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I haven't had time to go verify this article, and the source it references is behind a paywall. But thought folks might find interesting food for thought...

After a week-long evaluation, it is strongly recommend to people considering using Discourse.org's product, to not consider using it in a production environment any time soon. Maybe in 3 to 5 years, if it continues, it can be re-eavaluated. Beware of the Discourse.org Discourse product. You have been warned. The product is far too fragile, and the community support is far below standards. UPDATE: I can now recommend people instead consider using NodeBB.

Surveillance and counter-surveillance discussion

all night vision cameras share a common “flaw” of infrared lights in the lenses. Although you can’t see infrared light with your eyes, it is what allows a camera to keep up surveillance in the dark. If you think there might be small hidden cameras in your house or business, then you can use your smartphone to find out. When a room is dark, he suggested turning on your smartphone camera and slowly scanning the room. If there are hidden cameras, then Polstra said you will be able to see the flare of infrared from the covert camera through your phone’s display. If you don’t have a smartphone, but do have a digital camera , then you can use that to look for evidence of being under video surveillance. He had additional tips for detecting wireless cameras such as using an app to detect a wireless ad hoc network that the surveillance devices are using to communicate with each other. He called airodump-ng an “easy way” to search for wireless cameras, but listed more sophisticated methods such as using Python. Although he proposed several moderately expensive methods, he said an inexpensive solution would be to use a BeagleBone -based system. http://www.networkworld.com/article/2462752/microsoft-subnet/def-con-talk-gives-low-tech-tips-for-detecting-high-tech-surveillance.html

Google has released Project Wycheproof -- a test suite designed to test cryptographic libraries against a series of known attacks.

Time to run those updates Plone admins. Rare for Plone, this one is ready and released...

The Service Station in Spokane is changing hours, so we have to move the monthly meetings to a new location. For October we will try out the Starbuck's on the corner of Hawthorne & Nevada. More details below...

Here is a quick summary of some of the topics covered in the August 5th, 2016 Spokane 2600 meeting...