Useful Thoughts and Actions Taken

PGP Encryption Software Notes

Browsing session has been hanging around on my computer for some time now.  Had to do something with it.

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By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP) precision materials deposition system

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Dimatix Materials Cartridge The Dimatix Materials Cartridge is a snap-in replaceable printhead used with both DMP models and is available in 1 pL and 10 pL drop volumes. Based on FUJIFILM Dimatix' proprietary silicon MEMS technology, the 16-jet Dimatix Materials Cartridge is designed for high-resolution, non-contact jetting of functional fluids in a broad range of applications. The industry-first 1 pL cartridge can deposit features as small as 20 μm (20 millionths of a meter) to fabricate products such as organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) and printed circuits.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Slur Website –

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Slur is an open source, decentralized and anonymous marketplace for the selling of secret information in exchange for bitcoin. Slur is written in C and operates over the Tor network with bitcoin transactions through libbitcoin. Both buyers and sellers are fully anonymous and there are no restrictions on the data that is auctioned. There is no charge to buy or sell on the Slur marketplace except in the case of a dispute, where a token sum is paid to volunteers.

Touted as Wikileaks 2.0

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Android Applications – Investigations into how safe they are to install

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I use quite a bit of open source software and the protection mechanism is that the code is open and can be inspected by capable programmers across the globe.  If you use the popular software that is widely used you can be relatively sure of problems being discovered quickly.  

What about with installing apps into your android based phone?   There are two business models.  Advertising and selling the application.  It appears selling apps is an uphill battle.  So most rely on advertising.

What is the business model? Is there incentive for malware etc?

SleepBot – I want to use this app and thus will be using it as an example to investigate.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago