Paranoia Goes Better With Coke

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More Paranoia

More Paranoia 05/21/2004 06:57 PM
Apple's just released a Security Update that resolves the security vulnerability with Help Viewer. Unfortunately, that's all it resolves. The...

Paranoia

Paranoia 01/16/2004 01:02 PM
Peter Wayner writes: "The novel Paranoia begins with one of the most tantalizing premises I've read in some time. Young Adam Cassidy was just sliding by as a ...

Wi-Fi Paranoia Too High?

Wi-Fi Paranoia Too High? 05/20/2004 01:08 AM
David Pogue wonders if the concern about Wi-Fi security is at too high a pitch for home users: Pogue's email column, archived online, this week questions whether there's too much focus on security. Now, I'm the first to agree with him that people with home wireless networks that aren't near neighbors have nothing to fear. Even if you have near neighbors, enabling WEP or WPA, as Pogue recommends, lowers your risk from low to nil. (WEP's key weakness that enables a cracker to break a key and access a network could require weeks of network monitoring to extract enough data to carry that out. It's only a quick crack on high-usage business Wi-Fi networks.) But Pogue doesn't separate out different risk scenarios. My colleague and co-author on The Wireless Networking Starter Kit, Adam Engst, wrote an excellent essay on how to decide the level of exposure you have and how to mitigate it which parallels Pogue on the home networking side, but is more granular on risks outside the home network. Pogue opens his piece talking about public Wi-Fi: "It's just so glorious to be standing in an airport, hotel lobby or city street, open your laptop, and discover that you can go online at cable-modem speeds without hooking up a single cable." But the rest of his column focuses on home networking risks where I generally agree with his take and his recommendations. Out in the wild, the risks are quite high that someone could be monitoring an open free or fee-based Wi-Fi hotspot network -- it's probably 1,000 to 10,000 times more likely that someone is using software to monitor a hotspot than a home network. I have a piece of software that I can run that automatically captures all passwords passing over any network connection, Wi-Fi or otherwise, that requires me to press a single keystroke to activate. You should never conduct unsecured transactions over public hotspots using FTP, email, or the Web for this reason: it requires no effort to capture those passwords, and people may capture them idly. At the very least, your email password should be secured via APOP (authenticated POP), which creates a one-time use token for access. Your email would still pass in the clear, but your password would be protected. Better, try to use SSL for email (POP and SMTP), or read your email with a Web browser using an SSL...

Piracy Paranoia

Piracy Paranoia 07/09/2004 01:12 PM
Fear and hope in a scare sheet from the movie industry.

Pregnancy paranoia

Pregnancy paranoia 06/05/2004 06:23 PM
Business Times Singapore (subscription),Singapore-3 hours ago ... said. And there's quite a bit of doubt out there. Google the phrase 'pregnant women should avoid' and 6,970 entries appear. On Urbanbaby ...

Public paranoia

Public paranoia 02/19/2004 12:53 PM
The people re-creating the cultish game Paranoia (about which I know nothing) have a blog where they're talking about the process and the business....

Of penises and paranoia...

Of penises and paranoia... 02/13/2004 10:38 AM
It can only be Letters

Paranoia XP goes gold

Paranoia XP goes gold 08/06/2004 11:39 AM
Attention Alpha Complex troubleshooters of blue clearance or higher, good news! The open source version of Paranoia has gone gold. Just in time for GenCon. The happiness control officer will be around soon, to check on your compliance. Have a nice day!

Protection -- or paranoia?

Protection -- or paranoia? 08/06/2004 07:55 AM
Why is the Secret Service treating harmless professors and pacifist homeless advocates like they're members of al-Qaida?

I am Paranoid of Paranoia

I am Paranoid of Paranoia 03/27/2005 09:01 PM
People are way too paranoid these days. Especially mac users. They're going completely insane lately. You've got Symantec claiming that...

Farenheit 451 + 1984 = Paranoia

Farenheit 451 + 1984 = Paranoia 01/10/2004 09:06 PM
Techfocus Jan 10 2004 6:44PM ET

No More Paranoia, Awww Yeah

No More Paranoia, Awww Yeah 06/07/2004 06:51 PM
Whelp, it looks like Apple conveniently has decided to schedule the release of their fix for this fun security exploit...

The Age Old Entrepreneur-VC Paranoia
Question

The Age Old Entrepreneur-VC Paranoia
Question 03/14/2005 05:27 PM
More evidence that startups are back in fashion: we're seeing a repeat of articles about the startup process that were published during the bubble years. It seems that every new generation of entrepreneurs has to find out how things work yet again -- so the old stories are resuscitated with new actors filling all the usual roles. The Boston Globe is running the ever-popular "how secretive should you be with your business plan in pitching VCs?" story. This article was probably written and published twenty or so times in the mid-to-late nineties. While this one includes the story of how Sidestep pitched some VCs who later went on to found competitor Kayak, the example case five years ago was UrbanFe tch being created after an investor heard Kozmo's pitch and figured he could do a better job. Of course, VCs who actually do take someone else's idea are being pretty stupid -- because word gets around (such as in articles like this one, where VC firm General Catalyst is accused of poaching Sidestep's ideas) and it makes it more difficult for them to get the good deals in the future. Venture capital is a reputation business -- and jeopardizing the reputation over a single investment is a bad bet. However, in the long run, this issue is a silly one. If you have a good idea, keeping it secret is never going to be the answer. It may make sense initially, as you sort out some of the details, but if it's a good idea there's always going to be competition -- and the real trick is how well you can compete in the market, not in how well you hide your business plan.

Paranoia RPG Returns in New Edition

Paranoia RPG Returns in New Edition 02/19/2004 03:34 PM

Do We Suffer From Wi-Fi Security
Paranoia?

Do We Suffer From Wi-Fi Security
Paranoia? 05/21/2004 08:18 AM

Click Fraud: Problem and Paranoia

Click Fraud: Problem and Paranoia 03/14/2005 06:29 PM

Cyber Blog War , Paranoia or PR
Opportunism?

Cyber Blog War , Paranoia or PR
Opportunism? 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
According to an article by Lou Dolinar in Newsday, Al Qaeda may have initiated a denial of service attack aimed at Internet Haganah, a site that tries to get Web hosts to boot sites it believes belong to terrorists. Internet Haganah thinks that a recent DoS attack was directed at it by "hackers associated with Yussuf al-Ayyeri," an Osama crony. Although there was a DoS attack last week that shut down a bunch of blogs, the article gives no evidence to support the claim that it was directed at Internet Haganah or that it was instigated by any particular...

Google's Quiet-Period Paranoia

Google's Quiet-Period Paranoia 08/09/2004 05:39 AM
Forbes.com - Mon Aug 9, 10:01 am GMT

"turns his professional paranoia to the
Papal election"

"turns his professional paranoia to the
Papal election" 04/14/2005 08:34 PM

Muslim paranoia: Enemies made us
impotent!

Muslim paranoia: Enemies made us
impotent! 09/25/2004 07:14 PM
Mark Steyn: Muslim paranoia: Enemies made us impotent! .. Zionist sorcery is making their penises disappear .. Chicago Sun Times .. irreverent

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Paranoia game redesigned using
open-source methodology

Paranoia game redesigned using
open-source methodology 08/06/2004 07:52 AM
Paranoia, the classic role-playing game in which players battle a mad, totalitarian computer for their freedom ("a light-hearted game of terror, death, bureaucracy, mad scientists, mutants, dangerous weapons, insane robots, and technological satire that encourages players to lie, cheat, and backstab each other at every turn") has just re-launched with a new version that was collaboratively developed with players via a Wiki, borrowing "the tools and methods of open-source software development for a paper game."

To a large degree, the game was developed online, in public. Fans of the game contributed enthusiastically via blog, wiki, and online forum. They wrote text, debated rules, proofread, ran statistical analyses, and even wrote a computer simulator to test the game's paper-and-pencil rules.

"Online collaboration made this edition of Paranoia the best yet," said Allen Varney (www.allenvarney.com), the game's designer. "We borrowed the tools and methods of open-source software development for a paper game, and it worked brilliantly. I plan to create future games the same way, and other designers should consider it too."

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Coke Is It!

Coke Is It! 04/29/2004 05:46 PM
Introducing: Low Carb Coke! *sigh*

Coke Is Currently Not It

Coke Is Currently Not It 09/23/2004 12:48 PM
The company is in trouble once again. What's it going to take?

GPS Coke Can X-Rayed

GPS Coke Can X-Rayed 07/24/2004 04:54 AM

Coke Says Bye to Heyer

Coke Says Bye to Heyer 06/10/2004 09:27 AM
The transformation at the top of the massive drinks company continues.

Coke Via Cellphone

Coke Via Cellphone 08/19/2004 07:12 PM

So to encourage Japanese people to actually spend 120 yen (about $1.09) on a single can of soda, Coca-Cola today announced the "Cmode 2" vending machine, which allows customers with cellular phones to purchase drinks "cashlessly" one of three ways - two-dimensional barcodes, infrared, and the FeliCa contactless IC system. Though cashless "Cmode" vending machines have been in various places throughout Japan since April of 2002, these are the first vending machines to support contactless IC as a method of transfer.

With drink names like "Qoo," "SCORPION," and "Lovebody," who could resist?

Read - Press Release [Coca-ColaJP]

Is It Coke O'Cola Now?

Is It Coke O'Cola Now? 05/05/2004 05:03 PM
Plus, Whole Foods on fire, and CVS prescribes growth.

"Low Carb Coke"

"Low Carb Coke" 05/02/2004 03:15 AM

Is Coke Capped?

Is Coke Capped? 02/11/2004 04:20 PM
Are the flagship brands in refreshment getting stale here at home?

Coke Pours a Strong One

Coke Pours a Strong One 04/21/2004 12:51 PM
It reports some lively earnings that investors will find refreshing. Still, there is work to be done.

Et cetera: soda, pop, or Coke?

Et cetera: soda, pop, or Coke? 03/19/2005 02:34 AM
St. Patrick's Day nuggets of newsy goodness: another loss in France for Google, tax forms from the wrong decade, and more....

EDS hires former Coke marketer

EDS hires former Coke marketer 12/23/2003 12:54 PM
ZDNet Dec 23 2003 11:53AM ET

Coke Machine Hacks

Coke Machine Hacks 12/22/2004 01:30 AM
Xeni Jardin: HOWTO doc on hacking Coke vending machines by way of the drink selection buttons on the front display. Link (Thanks, Jason Sutton). Mirror one, Mirror two, and Google cache (Thanks, Dan, Jackson Baker and Scott M.)

Update:: Reader Chris Vincent says,

Just thought I'd point out that most of the content on those sites (including the Coke machine article) is verbatim from the Anarchist's Cookbook, a legendary collaborative document that can be found all over the internet. Everything from social engineering to fun explosives to (obviously) Coke machine hacks can be found there.

Another interesting bit of information, this time about Pepsi machines (not from the cookbook, just something I found out about last week):

New Pepsi machines have a "code", a special sequence in which you can push the buttons on the face of the machine, which causes the LED screen to report the number of cans sold and the total cash value. I'm not sure what that code is, and it may be configurable on a per-machine basis. I'm sure somebody out there can shed more light on it than me.

Military Stressed Over Coke Can GPS

Military Stressed Over Coke Can GPS 07/02/2004 08:22 AM

Militar y frets over Coke's phones, GPS: The military is asking soldiers to "examine their Coke cans" before bringing them into meetings. Pepsi is about to take a huge leap in the military market.

There's a new security threat at some of the nation's military bases, and it looks uncannily like a can of Coke.

Specially rigged Coke cans, part of a promotion, contain cell phones and global positioning chips. That has officials at some installations worried that the cans could be used to eavesdrop, and they are instituting protective measures.

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Wanna Buy Some Coke? It's Cheap.

Wanna Buy Some Coke? It's Cheap. 09/15/2004 01:33 PM
Coke falls again on a reduced profit outlook. Bottom feeders, keep your eyes open.

"Coke to launch new no-calorie soda"

"Coke to launch new no-calorie soda" 03/22/2005 11:44 PM

Outrage at Bush coke use claims |

Outrage at Bush coke use claims | 09/11/2004 02:07 AM
News.com.au - Sat Sep 11, 01:49 am GMT

Coke CEO says reorganization hurt morale

Coke CEO says reorganization hurt morale 09/23/2004 12:38 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Sep 23, 04:37 am GMT

Coke Enters the Music Business

Coke Enters the Music Business 12/09/2003 06:13 AM
Coca-Cola looks to Great Britain for its first foray into music downloading. Although the European market is small, Coke expects its brand recognition to help give things a shove.
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