When I worked in Russia, that was a common way to pay corruption fees for running a business. The way to go was to "employ" some person who never showed up to work, and pay "salary". Companies I worked for were branches…
People can get sick after eating wrong food, due to chemical or bacterial contamination. Where do you think this is more likely to happen: in a restaurant with professional staff that feeds 100 people every day, or on a…
1. Only two asymmetric algorithms are widely supported and almost universlly recommended, RSA and ECDSA. Compared to RSA, ECC needs smaller keys for same security. 2. I did that couple years ago already, I think it…
When I work on embedded Linux stuff I sign my packages. Shipping hardware as opposed to software allows secure deployment of pre-shared keys which can be trusted. Even if someone hacks our automatic updates server (not…
(Throwaway account) Depends on the content but if it’s something remotely popular, and was released on BluRay, the answer is yes. The most popular torrent at the moment apparently 1.92GB BluRay rip of Joker (2019), with…
When I worked in Russia, that was a common way to pay corruption fees for running a business. The way to go was to "employ" some person who never showed up to work, and pay "salary". Companies I worked for were branches…
People can get sick after eating wrong food, due to chemical or bacterial contamination. Where do you think this is more likely to happen: in a restaurant with professional staff that feeds 100 people every day, or on a…
1. Only two asymmetric algorithms are widely supported and almost universlly recommended, RSA and ECDSA. Compared to RSA, ECC needs smaller keys for same security. 2. I did that couple years ago already, I think it…
When I work on embedded Linux stuff I sign my packages. Shipping hardware as opposed to software allows secure deployment of pre-shared keys which can be trusted. Even if someone hacks our automatic updates server (not…
(Throwaway account) Depends on the content but if it’s something remotely popular, and was released on BluRay, the answer is yes. The most popular torrent at the moment apparently 1.92GB BluRay rip of Joker (2019), with…