News and notes from around the interweb:
- Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
A huge black barrier to block Mount Fuji from view will be installed in a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
Construction of the mesh net — 2.5 meters high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20 meters — will begin as early as next week, an official from Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, said Friday. - 30% transfer bonus from Citibank to Qatar Airways in May Several other banks around the world are included as well in the bonus:
- Marriott admits it falsely claimed for five years it was using encryption during 2018 breach
- The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan and you can even stay at the Intercontinental Kabul, the Most Bizarre Hotel In The World where the property’s HR manager has an M4 assault rifle and a Glock, and has bomb making skills.
Credit: Intercontinental Kabul - Lancaster, Pennsylvania is now losing its American Airlines bus service. And whereas Atlantic City and Allentown passengers clear TSA before getting on the bus, and are deposited in Philadelphia airside, that was never a feature in Lancaster.
- For the rest of 2024, Singapore Airlines will rotate a third champagne in first and suites class in addition to Krug Grand Cuvée and Taittinger Comtes de Champagne: Bollinger La Grande Année 2015; Henri Giraud Ay Grand Cru Brut MV19; Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2007.
Isn’t lying about data breaches involving personal information a criminal offense?
The Marriott encryption story is the much bigger deal. It’s up there with Hertz arresting their own customers and it deserves its own post.
I wonder how Afghanistan would feel about married women visiting without their husbands?
Yes, SHA-1 is insecure. But the deal about a hash vs. encryption is a red herring. For things like passwords you normally would use a hash, not encryption.
Trying not to get to get too technical, but given a hash you can’t reverse the process to get the original data. All you can do is try passwords until one passes. With encryption you can de-encrypt the stored data to get the original values.
Lancaster: Take frequent Amtrak Keystone service to Philadelphia 30th St. Station, then SEPTA Airport Line to Philadelphia International Airport; or, stay on Amtrak past Philadelphia to the Newark Airport Rail Station. Easy.
I second @Bill on the hash vs. encryption thing.
The difference between the two is just so massive that without more details about how they were being used, it’s impossible to know the implications. It sounds, to me, like the journalist and, frankly, the lawyers and judge may not really understand the arguments they’re making.
It’s not good that Marriott didn’t know what they were using, but I wouldn’t jump to any conclusions about the consequences. (Yes, SHA-1 is broken, but it may not be broken in a way that matters here…)