I think the author's point is that data sent today could be sniffed, stored, and cracked in 20 years. Some of that data may still be sensitive in 20 years, so we need to switch now.
Maybe those people shouldn't have publicly posted information that would tank their job applications if read by potential employers. I have never understood the mindset that what you post on Facebook is Facebook's (or Google's) fault.
I'll respond to this with a quote from someone else: "If you have a link to something.jpg, would you rather it open in an image viewer in another application window? The ubiquity of PDFs makes them worthy of the same treatment as images."
I usually hate added features to my browser (I prefer a lightweight, fast browser), and Firefox especially has needed to go on a diet for the past year or two (and it has, successfully, since version 4), but I think that this is a pretty fundamental feature for a browser to have. After all, PDF's are everywhere on the 'net. Your browser should be able to show them to you.
Gone are the days of saying "Oh, that link to an article I was barely interested in in the first place points to something in PDF format? Nevermind."
Actually, I filed a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/834037 (and another directly with the Linux kernel devs) and started an ubuntuforums thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1822629 . I did as much as I was able to with my skill set to gather information about the bug, and it looks like MANY others are experiencing the same problem. I would guess that you are also experiencing it, but just have not noticed (do an experiment and find out, and please report back on the bug).
Thanks for the comment though -_-
Oh, and I forgot to add: It doesn't really matter that hard drives don't last forever. Just make sure you buy a new one every so often and move the WHOLE rdiff-backup (keeping all increments) to the new HDD. I imagine you won't spend more than $250 every 5 years to keep this whole system operating VERY safely.
Use rdiff-backup to create incremental backups. This allows you to go "back in time" to any older version of the backup in the future if you discover some of your files became corrupt on the laptop, and potentially got backed up multiple times as corrupt files. Store one backup on one external hard drive which you update frequently (you can decide how big...I imagine 2 TB would suffice until it's time to replace the HDD anyway) and the other on another external hard drive, which you keep in a different geographical location (maybe keep it at your parents' house and update it each time you visit them).
You can get an eeePC netbook for $199 RETAIL at Best Buy...Best Buy!!!
I know this is talking about desktops, but it just doesn't seem that surprising...
The annoying this I find about using HTTPS Everywhere with Google Search is that it won't let you click through to an image search right from your web page search results. Google should really allow you to do so, even if it took you off of HTTPS.
As a precaution, you can encrypt the entire phone's filesystem. The Droid Pro, for example, offers this feature as a part of the OS. Unfortunately, for this to be fully effective, this means choosing a STRONG (ie long and complex) password with which to unlock the phone each time you want to use it, which may be impractical.
I feel bad for the girl who has problems with infertility, but is it really responsible to put your child at higher risk by having it grow in an essentially experimental situation, when you could just deal with your unfortunate problem, make the best of a bad situation, and possibly adopt?
Hi, I am currently employed as a researcher at Fermilab. Funny you should mention the theory of the ether in this argument. It just so happens that recent experiments have revealed that we should re-examine the ether theory, and that there might be evidence for it (or something extremely similar).
I don't know about the rest of you, but I have always felt neglected as a Linux Skype user. The Linux version of Skype has perpetually been in beta, and it has always had less features than its Windows counterpart.
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I think the author's point is that data sent today could be sniffed, stored, and cracked in 20 years. Some of that data may still be sensitive in 20 years, so we need to switch now.
Can we keep the blatant opinions out of the articles, and save them for the comments?
Maybe those people shouldn't have publicly posted information that would tank their job applications if read by potential employers. I have never understood the mindset that what you post on Facebook is Facebook's (or Google's) fault.
Try out Xubuntu! I switched as soon as Unity came to Ubuntu, and I'm not looking back!
I'll respond to this with a quote from someone else: "If you have a link to something.jpg, would you rather it open in an image viewer in another application window? The ubiquity of PDFs makes them worthy of the same treatment as images."
I usually hate added features to my browser (I prefer a lightweight, fast browser), and Firefox especially has needed to go on a diet for the past year or two (and it has, successfully, since version 4), but I think that this is a pretty fundamental feature for a browser to have. After all, PDF's are everywhere on the 'net. Your browser should be able to show them to you. Gone are the days of saying "Oh, that link to an article I was barely interested in in the first place points to something in PDF format? Nevermind."
At least these are still MODERATELY cost-prohibitive for most random morons: http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/S3_Krypton_Series-113-63.html
Actually, I filed a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/834037 (and another directly with the Linux kernel devs) and started an ubuntuforums thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1822629 . I did as much as I was able to with my skill set to gather information about the bug, and it looks like MANY others are experiencing the same problem. I would guess that you are also experiencing it, but just have not noticed (do an experiment and find out, and please report back on the bug). Thanks for the comment though -_-
Now they just need to fix support for Intel Sandy Bridge processors...
Oh, and I forgot to add: It doesn't really matter that hard drives don't last forever. Just make sure you buy a new one every so often and move the WHOLE rdiff-backup (keeping all increments) to the new HDD. I imagine you won't spend more than $250 every 5 years to keep this whole system operating VERY safely.
Use rdiff-backup to create incremental backups. This allows you to go "back in time" to any older version of the backup in the future if you discover some of your files became corrupt on the laptop, and potentially got backed up multiple times as corrupt files. Store one backup on one external hard drive which you update frequently (you can decide how big...I imagine 2 TB would suffice until it's time to replace the HDD anyway) and the other on another external hard drive, which you keep in a different geographical location (maybe keep it at your parents' house and update it each time you visit them).
You can get an eeePC netbook for $199 RETAIL at Best Buy...Best Buy!!! I know this is talking about desktops, but it just doesn't seem that surprising...
Come on, editors... "an adless app" or "an ad-less app" would have been okay, but this?
Google+ still exists?
"Hey baby, software predicted that we'd become friends..."
The annoying this I find about using HTTPS Everywhere with Google Search is that it won't let you click through to an image search right from your web page search results. Google should really allow you to do so, even if it took you off of HTTPS.
I'd have expected this to be news 5-10 years ago. I'd say if they're only taking a hit from the Internet now, they should consider themselves lucky!
As a precaution, you can encrypt the entire phone's filesystem. The Droid Pro, for example, offers this feature as a part of the OS. Unfortunately, for this to be fully effective, this means choosing a STRONG (ie long and complex) password with which to unlock the phone each time you want to use it, which may be impractical.
Slashdot might be getting a lot of unwanted traffic from Google search queries containing "13-year-old" now...
I feel bad for the girl who has problems with infertility, but is it really responsible to put your child at higher risk by having it grow in an essentially experimental situation, when you could just deal with your unfortunate problem, make the best of a bad situation, and possibly adopt?
Wouldn't they have to switch to Chromium? AFAIK, Chrome is not open-source software.
Hi, I am currently employed as a researcher at Fermilab. Funny you should mention the theory of the ether in this argument. It just so happens that recent experiments have revealed that we should re-examine the ether theory, and that there might be evidence for it (or something extremely similar).
I just Googled "Going Outside." FML.
I never knew that radiation was a particle!
I don't know about the rest of you, but I have always felt neglected as a Linux Skype user. The Linux version of Skype has perpetually been in beta, and it has always had less features than its Windows counterpart.