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nickdothutton commented on AT&T, Verizon blocking release of Salt Typhoon security assessment reports   reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/redman25
Zigurd · 19 hours ago
Many years ago I wrote a functional spec for lawful intercept in a 3G data node. It was based on a spec for a different product, so it contained a lot of institutional knowledge of how lawful intercept works.

A key element of the design of lawful intercept is not to trust the company running the network. Otherwise employees of that company would become targets for organized crime influence, among what are probably a few other considerations. The network operator isn't told about intercepts, and the relatively low rate of traffic intercept, the node has to support up to 3% of traffic intercepted, at least that was the spec at the time, makes it relatively easy for that traffic to be hidden from network management tools. It's not supposed to show up in your logs or network management reporting.

Intercepts originate on LI consoles operated by law enforcement agencies. This sounds pretty good so far. Until a hacker breaks into an LI console. Now that hacker can acquire traffic with pinpoint accuracy, undetected by design.

I have always been skeptical of claims that network operators have eliminated salt typhoon from their networks. I do not believe they know when the exploit began. Nor can they tell if their networks are truly free of salt typhoon activity. There are multiple vendors of LI console software. It's a standardized interoperable protocol to set up intercepts. So there's no one neck to wring.

nickdothutton · 3 hours ago
RAVEN?
nickdothutton commented on Brutalist Southbank Centre Listed   architectsjournal.co.uk/n... · Posted by u/daverol
nickdothutton · 3 hours ago
Although Brutalism is not my favourite architectural style, I still appreciate it done well. This particular building is <20 minutes from where I sit. "Decaying" as it is sometimes described, can be attributed to lack or complete absence of maintenance. This style was sold to government for their civic buildings partly because it was low maintenance, but low is not no.

It would look better with more maintenance, less graffiti, the absence of litter, and more uncluttered space around it.

nickdothutton commented on From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media   thejournal.ie/readme/bezo... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist
nickdothutton · 16 hours ago
It is now easier than ever to locate, contact, and spotlight for questioning individuals of any given movement, no matter how fringe. Yet the public still hears from the same journos, commentators, talking heads, and explainers, year after year, decade after decade. Really makes you think.
nickdothutton commented on Company as Code   blog.42futures.com/p/comp... · Posted by u/ahamez
nickdothutton · 5 days ago
I wrote a little on this same topic, automating away compliance with evidence, back in 2018 [1]. Some might find it interesting.

[1] "A Universal Lemma For Compliance" https://blog.eutopian.io/a-universal-lemma-for-compliance/

nickdothutton commented on Astrological CPU Scheduler   github.com/zampierilucas/... · Posted by u/fratellobigio
nickdothutton · 7 days ago
I guessed Claude Code was used. I think there will be an explosion in this kind of whimsy, I say so because I've indulged in it myself lately. Can't wait for something of this kind to find its way into, say, Golden Dome[1], because another AI agent thought it would be a sensible inclusion and nobody checked.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...

nickdothutton commented on A web server on a single floppy disk   floppy.ddns.net/... · Posted by u/ActionRetro
nickdothutton · 8 days ago
Anyone other than me remember the Cisco Micro Web Server?[1].

[1] https://www.employees.org/univercd/Feb-1998/cc/td/doc/prod_c...

nickdothutton commented on European Alternatives   european-alternatives.eu... · Posted by u/s_dev
direwolf20 · 18 days ago
Why do you want to be a customer of a company with extreme revenue? That only means you'll pay too much money.
nickdothutton · 18 days ago
Greater chance of survival, greater chance of being a winner in any consolidation in the industry, generally revenue translates to higher share price which means ability to acquire useful and interesting companies, likely lower cost of capital for borrowing for build-outs. Attracts greater talent with better packages. Now as teeny tiny (personal) customer of these guys... I'm not really going to care about most of this stuff. But in my $70B company market cap day-job... I do.
nickdothutton commented on European Alternatives   european-alternatives.eu... · Posted by u/s_dev
mejutoco · 18 days ago
Hertzner?
nickdothutton · 18 days ago
I'm a happy customer of Hetzner, but AWS revenues are 440x theirs. Not much of a castle.
nickdothutton commented on European Alternatives   european-alternatives.eu... · Posted by u/s_dev
nickdothutton · 18 days ago
Let me know when someone spots a "Rival Castle" to GCP, AWS, Azure, Alibaba, Oracle. These are Hamlets.
nickdothutton commented on Downtown Denver's office vacancy rate grows to 38.2%   coloradosun.com/2026/01/2... · Posted by u/mooreds
justinhj · 19 days ago
Historically we did this with suddenly unused industrial buildings in cities. Liverpool and London's Dockland warehouses, New Yorks lofts in lower Manhattan.

When it is suggested today modern planners and developers say it can't be done. What changed?

nickdothutton · 19 days ago
Regulations. I have some small experience with this, although I'm not a professional developer. The regulations for residential properties, whether built for purpose or converted, make this very difficult (and therefore costly) in the UK and I presume other countries.

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