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MS Security: On A Path As Clear As It Is Reliable
bobthemonkey13 writes: "It appears that Microsoft's 'secure' E-Book system has been cracked. MIT Technology Review is reporting that an anonymous programmer has figured out how to bypass the 'advanced antipiracy features' in Microsoft Reader. This sounds a lot like what Dmitry did except for two things: The MS E-Book hacker has (wisely) decided to remain anonymous, and he's not publishing his program. God bless the U.S., where moving a book from your home to your office is a federal offence."
Along similar lines, an Anonymous Coward indicates this story at USA Today titled "Expert Hacks Hotmail in 1 Line of Code." "I'm in awe! Unless someone can figure out how to execute pseudocode or half a line this isn't beatable. I hope this get's fixed or the whole future of pay-per-view web services could be impacted. :-q" Good thing Microsoft isn't quite sure what to do with all this universal-password stuff. (Thanks to Sacha Prins.)
Jamie adds:
In other news about poor security where you least expect it, Kitetoa informed Veridian a little while ago that: "Any script kiddy can root your web site. And... By the way... Someone already did it (as you should have seen at www.veridian.com/upload/ if you knew anything about internet security)."
I don't know what that URL gives you now, but as of this writing, and for the last several hours, it's read:
fuck USA Government
fuck PoizonBOx
contact:sysadmcn@yahoo.com.cn
This is the same Veridian that the Defense Department picked to track computer network attacks on DoD systems, specifically attacks coming from China.
... but that headline is simply hitting way below the belt. There's plenty of security holes in every stock Linux distro too, you know.
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Turly an American icon.
Hell, there's so many novels in the public domain that you can transfer to MS Reader, why bother with the pay ones? Grab a slew of them here. The Bible, Moby Dick, even a dictionary
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You do not exist. Go away.
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Microsoft loving bitch. Eat a large penis.
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You're an idiot!
Really. Slashdot has gotten more and more close minded. I can't respect this crap anymore.
Don't worry, you'll still get hits from me. I'm not going to post anymore except to spam.