In the report (PDF) published in April and unearthed by ZDNet, the Inspector General detailed the flaws it found in five random locations where the Missile Defense Agency installed ballistic missiles as part of the program. One of the most common issues it came across was lax enforcement when it comes to multi-factor authentication.

Apparently, many users/employees who have access to the BMDS’ network in three of the five locations haven’t even switched on multi-factor. Instead, they continue to use only their access cards and passwords for entry. And that’s probably not secure enough, since, you know, the system was designed to launch ballistic missiles in order to intercept enemy nuclear rockets and defend US territories.

The auditors also found that three of the five missile locations didn’t apply patches for vulnerabilities discovered years and years ago, even as far back as 1990.

Last week, the Australian government passed the country’s controversial Access and Assistance Bill 2018 into law, legislation that allows government agencies to demand access to encrypted communications. Companies that don’t comply with the new law could face fines of up to AU$10 million ($7.3 million). A number of companies that stand to be affected have spoken out about the legislation, and Signal has now joined in, explaining that it won’t be able to fulfill such requests if asked.

“By design, Signal does not have a record of your contacts, social graph, conversation list, location, user avatar, user profile name, group memberships, group titles or group avatars,” Signal’s Joshua Lund wrote in a blog post. “The end-to-end encrypted contents of every message and voice/video call are protected by keys that are entirely inaccessible to us.” Lund added that Signal is open source, meaning anyone can “verify or examine the code for each release.” “People often use Signal to share secrets with their friends, but we can’t hide secrets in our software,” he wrote. “We can’t include a backdoor in Signal.”

• Schweppes commissioned research into how often women are touched by strangers
• A sensor-equipped dress designed by Ogilvy captured the party experience of three women
• The experiment confirms for men what women have known all along

Women get groped A LOT and that’s not at all OK in any way. To be fair, this research was done in a night club where I would assume that number tilt more in favor of groping. At least I would hope that is the case. As a man… holy crap, while I know it happens I hope it’s not as bad in regular life. A nightclub would be more alcohol infused, etc. is all I’m saying… not that a woman wouldn’t run into similar behavior outside of a club. 

To successfully complete their missions, astronauts need to be emotionally and psychologically stable to withstand weightlessness, isolation and other challenges of long space flights. And as surprising as it may seem, NASA’s crew commander Angelo Vermeulen claims that food is absolutely crucial to the psychology of the crew.

The following infographic will take you on a journey through the evolution of food in space, show you the challenges of eating in zero gravity, educate you on space food preparation processes and explain why food is such an important factor in keeping the astronauts sane. Check out this infographic via labley to find out more.

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