Mechanics of FLUXBABBITT.

Published at: 09:01 pm - Tuesday January 07 2014

The public discovery of FLUXBABBITT, a modestly-clever American spy gadget – that may or may not have been “fired in anger” yet – has provoked the usual flood of media garbage (“JTAG is a Chinese back door! Threat or menace?”) What follows is some basic investigation regarding the plausible workings of this device, based only […]

Posted in: Cryptography, Distractions, Hardware, NonLoper, Photo, Reversing, SoftwareArchaeology by Stanislav 13 Comments

Cardano Prototype Tidbits: TRNG Boards.

Published at: 09:01 pm - Monday January 06 2014

Cardano is a joint project of yours truly and Mircea Popescu. The objective: an inexpensive, user-auditable gadget which attempts to deal with the problem discussed in “Don’t Blame the Mice.” Refer to Mr. Popescu’s page for more details. The device consists of a mainboard (not yet complete) to which two TRNG modules, containing two equivalent analog […]

Posted in: Bitcoin, Cold Air, Cryptography, Hardware, Mathematics, NonLoper, Photo by Stanislav 8 Comments

Wanted: FLUXBABBITT.

Published at: 12:01 pm - Sunday January 05 2014

By now, I imagine everyone with the slightest inkling of an interest in electronics has seen this scandalous tidbit: To anyone who has received this generous gift from his Government, I offer: 4 Bitcoin for either of the above, in working condition. 1 Bitcoin for a dead or untestable unit. Serious inquiries only! Please attach […]

Posted in: Bitcoin, Cryptography, Distractions, Hardware, NonLoper, SoftwareArchaeology by Stanislav 1 Comment