“Steve Gibson has proposed a new standard method for website authentication. The SQRL system (pronounced ‘squirrel’) eliminates problems inherent in traditional login techniques. The website’s login presents a QR code containing the URL of its authentication service, plus a nonce. The user’s smartphone signs the login URL using a private key derived from its master secret and the URL’s domain name. The Smartphone sends the matching public key to identify the user, and the signature to authenticate it. It may be used alongside of traditional username/password to ease adoption.”
Category: Software
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Your car is about to go open source
Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.
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Telstra/AFL launch Google Glass app
The Australian Football League, its partner Telstra, and local developer Seventh Beam have teamed up to deliver an app running on Google’s next-generation Glass augmented reality headset that will allow AFL fans to get live information associated with AFL matches — all through their headset.
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Open Source Licensing Debate Has Positive Effect On GitHub
Critics have been pounding GitHub recently, claiming it is hosting tons of code with no explicit software license.
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Chromium Likely to Replace Firefox As Default Browser in Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 13.10 is hoping to ship with Chromium as the default web-browser in place of Mozilla Firefox.
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Apple Says iOS 6.1 Exchange Bug Fix is on the Way
Just a day after Microsoft offered workarounds for an iOS 6.1 Exchange syncing bug and said that it was working with Apple on a solution, Apple has announced on its support page (via ZDNet) that it has identified the problem and is working on a fix.
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Triple-0 app offers faster help
Australia’s emergency services are set to launch a long-awaited triple-0 smartphone application to respond more quickly to people in a crisis.
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Australian Police Warn Against Use of Apple Maps Due to Safety Concerns
Police in Victoria, Australia issued a warning to motorists this weekend regarding Apple Maps after several travelers became stranded in the Murray-Sunset National Park trying to reach the city of Mildura using Apple’s directions.
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Apple Fires Manager Responsible for Maps as Eddy Cue Turns to Outsiders for Help
As Apple continues to work toward improving the new Maps service the company rolled out in iOS 6, Bloomberg reports that Apple has fired Richard Williamson, the manager directly responsible for the project.
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Hands on: Apple Maps turn-by-turn
Will turn-by-turn sat-nav directions help restore Australia’s confidence in Apple Maps?