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How to open Wikileaks’ Insurance.AES256 file

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Apparently many of us found out about the possible “doomsday” file that Wikileak had embedded in one of their leaks as a single massive 1.4GB file, “insurance.AES256”

I happened to download that and found out in forums on how to open it using AESCRYPT32 FOR WINDOWS.

  1. Download it
  2. Once it’s downloaded, Unzip the package and you’ll find each a .exe and .msi file.
  3. Doubleclick on the .msi file and follow the prompts.
  4. AESCrypt has been installed to C:\Program Files\AESCrypt\
  5. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to that directory and take the 3 files from it.. two .exe and one .dll and put them back into C:\ (the root of the drive)
  6. Take insurance.256aes and put that in your C:\ drive too, so you have 4 files sitting there. AESCrypt.dll aescrypt.exe AESCrypt32.exe and last but not least, insurance.256aes
  7. Click on your Start button and goto Run or in Windows 7 / Vista, you can type it straight into the ‘Search for Files or Programs” bar.. type in command and hit enter.
  8. From there, you need to get back to c:\ type in “cd \” and you will be returned to the root of the drive being C:\.
  9. From there, type this.. aescrypt32 insurance.aes256
  10. A window should pop up prompting you for the magical password.
  11. Or you can just install aescrypt, go to the insurance file>right click>properties>change opens with>browse to aescrypt32>ok
  12. then you just need to double click the insurance file whenever you want to view it/prompt for password.

The question is what is the password and if you happen to have that password do you want to know what’s inside this file?
You can either see the spreadsheet HERE or below
Below is the “failed” passwords so that you don’t need to try them.

Update: Seems like some comments indicated that this insurance file can only be opened by OpenSSL encryption, anyone know the software to use to decrypt it?
Update: 31st August 2011 – WikiLeaks Springs a Leak: Full Database of Diplomatic Cables Appears Online

Good Bye MSN IM SPAM!

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For years, yes years! I had been plagued with spam bots that send me instant messaging messages via MSN and it’s driving me CRAZY!!

I should had seek for the solutions way earlier!

Currently I’m on a mac and running Adium IM that can connect to MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk & more and I always look into the preference to see if there is any privacy setting but fail to find but at last! I found the solutions from a MacRumors Forum!

It’s right there!!

Adium Menu Bar

Click the Privacy Settings instead of Preferences

Then you will find this

Select the “Allow only Contacts on my contact list”

Close it and you can only get messages from people in your contact list! NO MORE SPAM!

For people running MSN on Windows

The solution is simple.

  1. Open MSN Messenger main window.
  2. Click Options… on Tools window.
  3. Switch to Privacy tab.
  4. Select “All Other Users” in the My Allow List and click “Block>>” button. The “All Other Users” groups will appear in the My Block List list box.
  5. Click OK to save your settings.

Now, only those who are on your contact list can send message to you and you are free of such spam now.

Works in Trillian also

  1. Go To Preferences (Right click tray icon, Preferences)
  2. Scroll down to “Identities & Connections” and select MSN “connection”. Under the MSN option select Privacy
  3. Hidden amongst your contacts is the “All other users” contact in your “My Allow List”, select it and click on the “Block>>” button
  4. Hit OK and voila, no more spam.

Building A Cheap Fish Trap (DIY) For catching fish in the wild.

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I had read books and websites on how to build a fish trap using soda bottle(s) with many different variations and I had personally tested a few designs and most works but not perfect. I am designing one just for those fishing in canal or just for fun. I will put those designs that does not work that well in a canal and those works.

This design works well in an aquarium tank and you can trap the fish safely without using the fish net and risk stressing out the fishes. However you cannot choose which fish that you want to trap and it does take some time for the fish to find it’s way into the bottle by using bait.

This design also not good enough for catching wild fishes in the sea or fresh water fishes as they will swim back out quickly.

I read the book on SAS Survival Guide on the fish trap section did show the above design but I soon realized it’s not good enough in catching fishes in the wild. I search deeper into the internet world and found Soda-Bottle-Fish-Trap at instructables.com but it’s basically the same concept but with different method of building it.

Here’s how I created my version of a relatively cheap fish trap using a bigger plastic bottle and a small stainless steel wire mesh for water drainage.

Firstly, I got a bigger plastic bottle from the supermarket. This is the bigger version then ordinary soda bottles for bigger fishes.

Then I use a scissors to poke an hole and cut around the bottle head, do not spoil the head as you need it for the trap to work.

This looks like the original design but it’s not complete yet! There are more things to add to this design to make it more effective to catch fishes in the wild! :)

The idea is to make a water drainage at the bottom side of the fish trap where the head is the inverted bottle neck and the bottom drains the water out when you pull the trap out of the water/Sea.

Cut out the stainless steel wire mesh for washing vegetables and fit the wire mesh inside the bottom of the fish trap and use some fishing lines to tie it up nicely and securely.

(WARNING! The wire mesh edges IS VERY SHARP! Wear a glove or handle it with extreme care!)

Then on the top side use stapler to stapler the fish trap plus drill two small hole to put the fishing line through for holding it upright when lowering down to the water. Put some weight at the bottom to let it sink down faster. Since the water can pass through easily, it will sink like a stone. Put some of your favorite fish bait in and watch the fish go blindly into the trap.

When hoisting up the fish trap, the water goes out from the bottom hence making it light weight and harder for the fish to swim out as the water pressure is pressing downwards while the trap are pulled out of the water.

You will be surprised how easy to catch fish using this. I had tested a smaller version of this with great success. I will test out this later this week and hope to get video for you to see how it works. Pray that it won’t rain on Saturday or Sunday! :)



Now you can see more detailed instruction to build this trap at instructables.com