Comments on: 2057 – The City http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city/ Information Security Think Tank Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: .mario http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-19454 .mario Wed, 02 May 2007 18:31:44 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city#comment-19454 Hmmm - i don't like that lurid disovery channel style but nice doku though. I've been trying to tell my people for years that someday their fridges will be hacked an turn against them ;) Hmmm – i don’t like that lurid disovery channel style but nice doku though. I’ve been trying to tell my people for years that someday their fridges will be hacked an turn against them ;)

]]> By: Sven Vetsch / Disenchant http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-19413 Sven Vetsch / Disenchant Wed, 02 May 2007 09:26:21 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city#comment-19413 "the central thesis of an ancient virus running on an OS in 40 years time? Get real." Hi Pete, I think you might be right when you say that but think of what we're doing right now for example with IP. It's an old protocol and it has some known design flaws but we start building VoIP and also other "new" technologies, based on it (even if we have the possibilities of IPv6). So perhaps in 50 years the world will look really different but isn't it possible, that then the whole backbone is based on old technologies? I think this is also today one of the most important things we have to care about because we can't build always new stuff which's based on old things, it's not the way to go. Or as another example think of X.25 networks and think about for how long they exist now, for how long they'll be still used and how many parts of this networks are completely forgotten by the people/companies who own it. “the central thesis of an ancient virus running on an OS in 40 years time? Get real.”

Hi Pete,
I think you might be right when you say that but think of what we’re doing right now for example with IP. It’s an old protocol and it has some known design flaws but we start building VoIP and also other “new” technologies, based on it (even if we have the possibilities of IPv6). So perhaps in 50 years the world will look really different but isn’t it possible, that then the whole backbone is based on old technologies? I think this is also today one of the most important things we have to care about because we can’t build always new stuff which’s based on old things, it’s not the way to go. Or as another example think of X.25 networks and think about for how long they exist now, for how long they’ll be still used and how many parts of this networks are completely forgotten by the people/companies who own it.

]]> By: pdp http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-19410 pdp Wed, 02 May 2007 08:20:08 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city#comment-19410 Pete, I know what u mean. Well, the documentary was mostly entertaining then being absolutely accurate but who knows... Pete, I know what u mean. Well, the documentary was mostly entertaining then being absolutely accurate but who knows…

]]> By: Pete http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-19355 Pete Tue, 01 May 2007 22:48:42 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city#comment-19355 pdp Did you notice that CCTV is pervasive in western societies - most noticeably in the UK? How come that the CCTV evidence is absent for the 'terrorist attacks' on New York, Madrid and and London? There is one CCTV picture that supposedly shows four 'suicide bombers' entering the mainline station in Luton (not London) and it is a provable PhotoShopped fake. Download it from the Metropolitan Police website and analyse it if your are interested. As regards 2057 the city - good laugh but the central thesis of an ancient virus running on an OS in 40 years time? Get real. pdp

Did you notice that CCTV is pervasive in western societies – most noticeably in the UK? How come that the CCTV evidence is absent for the ‘terrorist attacks’ on New York, Madrid and and London? There is one CCTV picture that supposedly shows four ’suicide bombers’ entering the mainline station in Luton (not London) and it is a provable PhotoShopped fake. Download it from the Metropolitan Police website and analyse it if your are interested.

As regards 2057 the city – good laugh but the central thesis of an ancient virus running on an OS in 40 years time? Get real.

]]> By: christ1an http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-19306 christ1an Tue, 01 May 2007 14:47:31 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/2057-the-city#comment-19306 I don't know what the world will be like in 50 years. I only know that something will change, for sure. Actually I'm not even creative enough to make assumptions, however as a consequence of the rapid changes in technology the importance of security will become more and more obvious. I wonder what kind of security issues we'll have to deal with then. In such a computer dominated world, hackers will control everything. (If the movie gives any answers, I apologize since it's still running) I don’t know what the world will be like in 50 years. I only know that something will change, for sure. Actually I’m not even creative enough to make assumptions, however as a consequence of the rapid changes in technology the importance of security will become more and more obvious. I wonder what kind of security issues we’ll have to deal with then.

In such a computer dominated world, hackers will control everything.

(If the movie gives any answers, I apologize since it’s still running)

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