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  1. Re:The end of on-line banking and shopping on Snoopers' Charter Could Mean Trouble For UK Users of Encryption-Capable Apps · · Score: 1

    Except that we already have massive data breaches via security holes that weren't intentionally-created government backdoors. Why would anyone but an idiot believe that the same group of criminals won't also be able to discover and exploit the ones put in intentionally?

  2. Re:Trekonomy works on the Enterprise. Nowhere else on A 'Star Trek' Economic System May Be Closer Than You Think · · Score: 1

    There's also no need for the rich to share the output of their robots with the plebes.

  3. Re:Demo is Nice. Game Footage is Not. on NVIDIA Shakes Its Flowing Mane With Life-Like HairWorks 1.1 Demo · · Score: 3, Informative

    The hair blurs a bit when it is in motion,

    Yeah, due to the video compression.

  4. Re:TLDR: Apple has access to your encrypted files on Apple Drops Recovery Key From Two-Factor Authentication In New OS Versions · · Score: 1

    If someone can get access to your account, they can download and decrypt your iCloud backups.

  5. Re:TLDR: Apple has access to your encrypted files on Apple Drops Recovery Key From Two-Factor Authentication In New OS Versions · · Score: 1

    So I can roll my own encryption to replace that which is used by Google Play services? Ohh, wait...

  6. Re:Trusted certificate owners on OpenSSL Patches Critical Certificate Forgery Bug · · Score: 1

    Did you install the version of OpenSSL that introduced the bug?

  7. Re:Lots of assumptions going on here... on Apple Drops Recovery Key From Two-Factor Authentication In New OS Versions · · Score: 1

    If you read the available information about this, there seems to be many procedures in place to avoid social engineering.

    Except those same procedures have been worked around in past social engineering attacks. Unless Apple's CSRs are magically immune to social engineering then there's no reason to expect that anyone determined enough won't get around them.

    lso, there is nothing here about anyone having access to any ones files or data (encrypted or otherwise). Just procedures which would allow one access to there own account, this would be akin to an automated password reset.

    Having access to someone's account means one can download an decrypt iCloud device backups.

  8. Re:Statism vs. Libertarianism again on Hacking Team Breach Leaks Zero-Days, Renews Fight To Regulate Cyberweapons · · Score: 1

    Why? Because you said so? That's hardly a compelling argument.

  9. Re:meaningful connection? on Google: Stop Making Apps! (A Love Letter) · · Score: 1

    But who is certifying that my engagements are organic?

  10. Re:So what on Depression: The Secret Struggle Startup Founders Won't Talk About · · Score: 1

    http://www.mentalhealth.wa.gov...

    Three out of four people with a mental illness report that they have experienced stigma. Stigma is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart. When a person is labelled by their illness they are seen as part of a stereotyped group. Negative attitudes create prejudice which leads to negative actions and discrimination.

  11. Re:He answered the most boring questions! on Interviews: Linus Torvalds Answers Your Question · · Score: 1

    Doesn't mean systemd should be default across all dists

    It isn't, but it's really not your choice if you aren't the one making and maintaining the distro, no?

  12. Re:He answered the most boring questions! on Interviews: Linus Torvalds Answers Your Question · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He did answer what you wanted:

    Yeah, I've had some personality issues with some of the maintainers, but that's about how you handle bug reports and accept blame (or not) for when things go wrong. If people thought that meant that I dislike systemd, I will have to disappoint you guys.

  13. Re:Beware 'appliances' on Cisco Security Appliances Found To Have Default SSH Keys · · Score: 1

    Why invent some NSA conspiracy when Cisco clearly said it was intentional for support purposes?

    The default key apparently was inserted into the software for support reasons.

  14. Re:why not crack down on the rioting protesters? on After Protest, France Cracks Down On Uber · · Score: -1, Troll

    I heard that protesters were flipping cars over and smashing windows.

    From where exactly? Strange that you provide not a single source for this claim.

  15. Re:No brute-forcing murky... or clear? on My United Airlines Website Hack Gets Snubbed · · Score: 1

    You report it to them and they test it.

  16. Yeah, sure, Google. on Google Tests Code Repository Service · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would anyone use this considering Google Code was announced to be shut down? Are we supposed to believe that this service isn't just going to be shut down on a whim as well?

  17. Re:"find a way to leverage existing faculty" on New Google and CMU Moonshot: the 'Teacherless Classroom' · · Score: 1

    Bingo. This is the advancement. You can get a world class education for NOTHING. How is that not an advancement? You only need to attend a physical university if you want 1) a diploma, or 2) to meet girls.

    Except that this still requires students to enroll in a university to take the class. And $6000 is hardly "nothing" to most people.

  18. Re:"find a way to leverage existing faculty" on New Google and CMU Moonshot: the 'Teacherless Classroom' · · Score: 1

    The only "advancement" I see is that CMU is now going to have a huge profit margin on this $6000 course since they no longer have to pay a professor.

  19. Re:Free? on Microsoft Brings Office To Android Smartphones For Free · · Score: 1

    But the average person likely only cares about viewing and simple editing tasks which can be done without the Office 365 subscription.

  20. Re:Free? on Microsoft Brings Office To Android Smartphones For Free · · Score: 2

    Free means no charge and there are no ads. You only pay if you want to use advanced features that you need to have an Office 365 subscription to unlock.

  21. Re:A few years ago on "Invite-Only" Ubuntu Mobile-Powered Meizu UX4 Goes On Sale · · Score: 1

    It seems they are referring to "Ubuntu for Android" now that they've provided a link to what they are referring to.

  22. Re:A few years ago on "Invite-Only" Ubuntu Mobile-Powered Meizu UX4 Goes On Sale · · Score: 1

    The Atrix had a dock which turned the Android phone into an Android tablet.

    No. The Atrix had a dock that provided a desktop that used a modified Ubuntu.

    The Atrix 4G was one of the first Motorola devices to ship with its Webtop platform. When the phone is placed into its HD Multimedia Dock or Laptop Dock accessories, the user can access an Ubuntu-based desktop featuring access to the phone and its applications via the Mobile View'application, integration of Android notifications into the desktop, multimedia playback through Entertainment Center, file management through Nautilus, and the Firefox web browser (along with support for Prism for the site-specific browsers used on Webtop mode).[19]

  23. Re:A few years ago on "Invite-Only" Ubuntu Mobile-Powered Meizu UX4 Goes On Sale · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu hacked a Motorola Atrix so it ran Android when you used it like a phone, but plug it into a dock and suddenly it became a full blown Linux desktop. That's a concept ripe with potential. Doesn't have to be Android of course, but just the idea that it's a phone when you carry it around but you can use it as a computer too with a dock with some ports on it.

    Bzzzt, wrong. Motorola is the one that implemented the modified Ubuntu desktop when docking the Atrix. It was not Canonical that did that.

  24. Re:Aren't even the same thing? on MEAN Vs. LAMP: Finding the Right Fit For Your Next Project · · Score: 2

    Node.js.

  25. Re:Umm, bullshit. on DuckDuckGo Sees Massive Growth In Post-Snowden World · · Score: 1

    Soulskill a journalist? You best be joking...