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/tmp/think/tank on Snowden, Judges and intelligence governance

A US federal judge has ruled that mass government surveillance of the phone network is legal. What does that mean? Judge and politics are trying to find a message, a communication solution to the NSA and surveillance problem. The NSA surveillance problem remains, as explained below, but these judge’s positions are in context of a political fight, judge are part of this. In front of the public outcry against USA and

New code at /tmp/lab: ss7calc

You certainly know about ipcalc, this simple but pretty utility that enables people to calculate netmasks and IP addresses notations easily? What about ss7calc (download)… Well, to start with, SS7 is even more complicated than IP netmasks. SS7 is the network protocol that enable you to send SMS, to receive calls on your mobile and even to change location while staying on the line. But SS7 “addresses” are not like