cool, should be a selling point. even at masters levels I bet they get a lot of people who just think InfoSec is a good career and aren't actually interested in the field
so showing that you are, should be a bonus (you'd think!)
I'm trying to get through something called "discretionary admission". There were few cases where universities wave some eligibility conditions when the applicant can demonstrate exceptional knowledge and skills.
While my skills and knowledge are far from exceptional, I still think it won't be hard to stand out amongst the applicants.
@Adi Yeah, there are usually two things that can be done: accept someone in a course without having all the prerequisite, or you can probably also go for validation of knowledge as well (maybe not for a master degree?)
The interview went very well. Half the time we were joking laughing about InfoSec anecdotes. Both interviewers liked me a lot.
One of them said "When you start on your first day in August you'll meet other..." then the other interviewer interrupted and said "well, he's not accepted yet"
It's nice in Finland (and I think other countries) we have those work-friendly degrees. They're different from evening studies, but a similar idea. The contact lessons are in the weekends.
@Adi well if they backdoor the app. they can. but absent that if they have a per-user container and all encrypt/decrypt is done client-side they shouldn't be able to see anything meaningful...
@Adi sure, you still place reliance on software vendor. They can do various things to enhance the trust you place in them (3rd party code review, attestation, escrow, deterministic builds etc)
I've been worried about this password manager, PasswordBox that seems to be gathering quite a bit of steam lately.
They seem to have raised VC funding and are offering a free password management and storage tool. Their team does not seem to have extensive crypto experience.
What really worries ...
> PasswordBox servers will NEVER see your decrypted data > > PasswordBox never sees or stores your Master Password, so we can never gain access to your data
Yet they still magically decrypt your shit when you die
and, Jesus, what the fuck with the example they have?
@Simon To be honest, I see the problem they're trying to solve. When you die, what do you want to happen to your Facebook, GMail, StackExchange accounts?
@Simon Then you might not have an issue. For me, I'd rather a message displayed on my account for a few months informing about my death and then the accounts to be deactivated.
(sorry, dyslexic, and trying to spell correctly all the time. Also it bothers me sometimes when I know spelling is wrong, but I can't quite work out what it is)
@JourneymanGeek I don't mind being corrected at all, considering that English is not my main language I believe that it's quite important to be told when I'm wrong.
only an American would proudly proclaim "if only you could win a war by yourself!", not counting the fact that they got lucky when they fought for independance and they've basically been cheating through the over abuse of vastly superior firepower ever since
and that's before you consider how much of a secondary role they played in all of the justified wars
you're not winning a war if everybody else is backing down because you've just decimated the ecosystem for a large portion of what was formerly Japan with radioactive awesome
> I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob, conjure magic for them and they will be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they’ll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate it’s the sand of the Colosseum. He will bring them death and they will love him for it.
The beating heart of America is not the marble of the senate, it's the sands of terrorist_stronghold. Bring them death and they will love you for it.
@jrg Ah, this is a misconception. Gladiators were professional entertainers, similar in many ways to today's tennis players. They are not to be confused with criminals condemned to be eaten by ill-tempered beasts in graphically amusing ways.
