Archive for December, 2007

Did the NSA put a back door in our Mobile Security? (and more about bad random number generators)

After the recent discovery of a potential back-door in a NIST approved random number generator, I thought it would be timely to state clearly that we do not use the generator scheme involved, but a more straightforward AES based random number generator, which does not fall prey to the suspicious curves. Why do we care [...]

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Coverage: Symbiano-Tek

Tom's post featured on Carnival of the Mobilists 102

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Job Vacancy: Java Developer

NO RECRUITING AGENTS! (I really mean this, I will be very rude to any recruiter that calls, you have been warned.) Candidate must have Java experience, but doesn’t necessarily need mobile experience. Variety of work, young team, exciting world-changing projects and located in the heart of London’s trendy South Bank, close to the culinary delights [...]

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Cell IDs and Location-Based Services

It was very interesting to read about the latest update to Google Maps, one of the nicest J2ME apps around at the moment, which can now find your location without GPS. My instant reaction was – “Finally! But will the operators let them continue?” Current operator location services work by triangulating signal strength from multiple [...]

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Coverage: RailPro Magazine

Just The Ticket (PDF download)

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