Message-ID: <YQMkc2qXVm/dKWDO@themcintyres.us>
Date: 29 Jul 2021 16:58:11 -0500
From: "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn@themcintyres.us>
Subject: Re: Minor outage of CenturyLink
In comp.dcom.telecom, Modertor wrote:
>Here's a different kind of story: the site I just looked at shows
>statistical information about what the author characterizes as a
>"Minor outage," in Duluth, Saint Paul, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
>Please take a look at the URL, and fill in the blanks: what happened?
>What services were affected? What caused the problem?
...
https://app.fing.com/internet/outage/DROP:US-Minnesota--CenturyLink@2021-07-27-0100-00000
Since I'm in Minnesota, and run an ISP..et.al..
This looks to be a questionable measure of Internet Access service
provider's throughput.
I'm quite puzzled as to why USInternet (a mostly private fiber based
access provider) had the same exact outage times as CenturyLink
(probably doing ADSL services). When I know USInternet doesn't depend
on CenturyLink's infrastructure. I don't think they reach to Duluth
or Eden Prairie or Cloquet either. So, we'll just say that they may
have some overlap in their data.
Otherwise, I'm going to guess that this data is obtained via some
agent on consumer computer's connected to the Internet pinging the
services central point.
There's way more ISPs in Minnesota than three cable-cos and one telco,
and one private fiber provider.
But anyway, I'd guess this is purely "pings" over the Internet, and
not surprisingly enough all vendors have about the same level of
"outages" reported. I wouldn't put much faith in this. Or the
Internet in general to always deliver every packet put into it.
--
Doug McIntyre
doug@themcintyres.us
Message-ID: <B4689BBB-E354-49C9-81F5-19D5AED34E3F@roscom.com>
Date: 30 Jul 2021 11:21:19 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of
journalists, activists worldwide
Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists
worldwide
Military-grade spyware licensed by an Israeli firm to governments for tracking
terrorists and criminals was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37
smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists, business
executives and two women close to murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi,
according to an investigation by The Washington Post and 16 media partners.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/nso-spyware-pegasus-cellphones/
Message-ID: <5458C184-B8AC-4611-A8FE-F84929793FC2@roscom.com>
Date: 30 Jul 2021 11:23:19 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Re: Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of
journalists, activists worldwide
Jamal Khashoggi's wife targeted with spyware before his death
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/jamal-khashoggi-wife-fiancee-cellphone-hack/
How Pegasus works, who is most vulnerable and why it's hard to protect
yourself
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/18/what-to-know-spyware-pegasus/
In Hungary, spyware was used to monitor those who may challenge government
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/18/hungary-orban-spyware/
Why The Post joined news organizations across the globe to bring you this
investigation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/07/18/letter-executive-editor-pegasus-project/
Takeaways from the Pegasus Project
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/07/18/takeaways-nso-pegasus-project/
Message-ID: <74445FC5-404A-4EBA-96DB-EB2B92F313E2@roscom.com>
Date:
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: US hits anti-robocall milestone but annoying calls won't
stop any time soon
The nation's largest phone companies have met a federal deadline to
deploy a new anti-robocall technology, but unwanted calls and scams
will continue to be an annoying problem for Americans for the
foreseeable future.
Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairwoman Jessica
Rosenworcel announced Wednesday that "the largest voice service
providers are now using STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication standards
in their IP networks, in accordance with the [June 30] deadline set by
the FCC. This widespread implementation helps protect consumers
against malicious spoofed robocalls and helps law enforcement track
bad actors."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/us-hits-anti-robocall-milestone-but-annoying-calls-wont-stop-any-time-soon/
