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  1. Can't Use Google Allo As Default SMS App on Google Allo Messaging App Launches For iOS and Android (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    What is Google thinking? Google Allo cannot be used as a default SMS app. If a text message is sent from Allo to a non-Allo user, the recipient would get a relay message asking him or her to join Allo. Google now has Hangouts (which can be used as a default SMS app), Allo (?), Duo (video messaging), Voice (?), and Messenger. What is the need for these apps?!

  2. Re:Underwater cables on America Uses Stealthy Submarines To Hack Other Countries' Systems (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    We have been doing this since the 1970s. Look up Operation Ivy Bells and you can read the book Blind Man's Bluff. The subs would install espionage devices that wouldn't require the cable to be cut. Or you would cut the cable at some shallow point pretending it was a trawler that made the cut accidentally, then you tap the deep water portion of the cable while the cable is down, then when the guys repair the cable, the characteristics would have been expected to change.

  3. So Clinton and the DNC was trying to manipulate the election, and they're pissed that Russia is doing the same?!

  4. And I was agreeing with you. The question is whether you howl at the moon or you devise another method that might be easier to adopt.

  5. Relatively few users will voluntarily use two-factor authentication. Users are uniformly angry when forced to adopt two-factor authentication. I guess these alternative technologies would encourage wider adoption of security protocols by the masses.

  6. Re:About time, overpaid lawyers on BakerHostetler Hires Artificial Intelligent Attorney 'Ross' (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Lawyers make their living explaining things to judges once. You get one shot as a lawyer in presenting your case. And we also have to make sure you're not lying, or at least test your story to make sure it'll stand up to inquisition by the other side. So, yeah, we make you repeat yourself multiple times to make sure your details are consistent. We also want to make sure that we understand the details PERFECTLY. You lived through the experience so you know what's going on but the lawyer has to learn perfectly what you were experiencing for a long time. And I'm betting the attorney prepared for the court appearance before.

    So, yeah, I know it sucks. But your attorney wasn't (completely) shafting you. The worse thing you can do is find an attorney who says yes to everything you say, tells that to the judge, who then pokes holes in it and then mocks you as he throws your case out.

  7. Auto companies have recalls for things like cars bursting into flames. A defective rear seat component is hardly a catastrophe.

  8. Re:here's why it's a crock on Godfather Of Encryption Explains Why Apple Should Help The FBI (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    You're one of the few posters who recognize the real problem: government compulsion to work as their agent! That's why the Thirteenth Amendment may bar this action, not amorphous claims about security. Note that the owner of this phone was the county, and they consented to the search. There is no Fourth Amendment issue here as a result. I mean, the FBI is laughing their balls off because everyone's freaking out over encryption and backdoors while no one realizes that Apple is an innocent third party in this case! It's like stealing a wheel barrel by filling it up with sand and walking it by security.

  9. Android supports monthly updates; it's the carriers that don't give a crap. The Google Nexus devices get monthly Android security updates pushed over the air, so it's possible. However, carriers want a few months to "certify" the devices to run on their own networks, i.e., cram that shit full of their "value-added" software. If you give a shit, buy a Google Nexus device.

  10. Buy Google Nexus devices. Monthly security updates pushed out over the air. Developers also flock to these devices so you will always have great ROMs. Also, Google supports those devices for a long time. The 2012 Google Nexus 7 Wi-Fi tablet was updated to Android 5.1.1.

  11. Re:Google... on Amazon's Customer Service Backdoor (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Google Apps For Work has customer service. In order to get service, the user has to log into the account to obtain a PIN, which expires a set time after generation. This method mitigates the concern of a phishing attack.

  12. Re:School girls on Hellfire Missile Mistakenly Shipped To Cuba · · Score: 1

    Cuba probably tosses those requests onto the pile of undeposited rent checks we sent them for Gitmo.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  13. Re:Let's make some assumptions... on Estimating SpaceX's Reusable Rocket Cost Savings (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I would bet that the second stage would be recovered somewhere else, not near the launch site. By the time the second stage booster completes its burn, it's already very, very far away and going very, very fast. It would make more sense to try to land it in Africa or Europe or the Pacific rather than to make it fly back to the launch site.

  14. Re:Your Data is worthless on Can the Cloud Be More Secure Than Your Own Servers? (Video) · · Score: 1

    No, you're wrong. Look at Cryptolocker and all the other random ransomware/malware/spyware. Lots of easy money out there going after consumer-grade "security". Heck, Synology had a huge ransomware scandal because of lax security. Do you really think the average guy who clicks on all the attachments to his emails is not going to get rooted and punted?

  15. Re:Stupid summary on Crypto-Ransomware Encrypts Files "Offline" · · Score: 1

    That's quite a change! Prior malware had hard-coded C&C servers, which were susceptible to hacking or white-knight control. This system allows these extortionists to change the address on the fly.

  16. Re:Maintaining status quo... on Antineutrino Detection Is About To Change the Game In Nuclear Verification (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    You say that as if it's a bad thing. We can't put the nuclear genie back in the bottle but we certainly shouldn't be spreading the nuclear bomb technology everywhere. I understand it's hypocritical but it's not like the U.S. relies upon the nuclear bomb to threaten countries such as Iran or China; our military already gets the job done.

  17. Re:Precision on FDA Approves First 3D-Printed Drug Tablet · · Score: 1

    The major advantage here appears to be how quickly the pill dissolves compared to standard drugs. The 3D printing allows the structure to be built precisely without compressing the drug and binder. Thus, it can dissolve faster.

    http://www.businessinsider.com...

  18. Re:Good on Greece Rejects EU Terms · · Score: 1

    It appears that the problem is assuming that taxes paid went up because tax rates went up. Greece has a huge problem with underpayment of taxes.

    A study by researchers from the University of Chicago concluded that tax evasion in 2009 by self-employed professionals alone in Greece (accountants, dentists, lawyers, doctors, personal tutors and independent financial advisers) was â28 billion or 31% of the budget deficit that year.[1]

    Property records are essentially non-existent. Taxes are difficult to assess. Corruption is extreme.

  19. Re:Drone It on Test Pilot: the F-35 Can't Dogfight · · Score: 1

    Well, it's definitely troubling that the F-35 is getting its ass kicked in short-range battle but you're right. We're relying on stealth and advanced sensors along with next-generation AMRAAMS and ASRAAMS to get you the victory long before gun range.

  20. Re:Iran is not trying to save money on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Hash and Salt on LastPass Reporting a Security Breach, Including Authentication Hashes and Salts · · Score: 1

    A hacker could go through all that trouble to reverse a hash but if the user changes the master password, then there's no compromise. So...the race is to have the user change passwords before the hacker hacks the hash. Should be easy to win, no?

    Also, use two-factor. Seriously. No reason you shouldn't be using two-factor.

  22. Re:Some comments about the US legal system on Prenda Gets Hit Hard With Contempt Sanctions For Lying To Court · · Score: 0

    Many people seem to think that lawyers just popped into a case and started all this ruckus. However, that's not true. Attorneys represent parties with conflicts. The parties in conflict hate each other; that's why they're in court. So each attorney is trying to win the case for their client. Thus, each client thinks that the other side's attorney is a bad person because they are an extension of the other side.

    Therein lies the problem. With most court cases, you will have one winner and one loser. Fifty percent of litigants, therefore, would hate litigation.

    Courts hate issuing sanctions because if you lower the bar for sanctions, well, everyone and his mother would constantly file motions for sanctions. I mean, it's tough to get sanctions but lawyers routinely act like morons and threaten sanctions. Making it easier would only waste more time with parties trying to get sanctions.

    Why shouldn't attorneys get paid for their time? Again, they're representing someone. And if they're on the verge of getting money from the other side, well, aren't they just doing their job? Of course, the guy who lost will think it sucks but the guy who won is pretty happy about it.

  23. Re:A BIG thumbs-up so far! on Daredevil TV Show Debuts; Early Reviews Positive · · Score: 1

    The OP's point was probably a criticism of the sad state of network TV. Most of the shows you cite are on basic cable (AMC/FX) or premium cable, not basic over-the-air network TV. Thus, your criticism only underscores how pathetic network TV has been by comparison. I mean, as far as network TV goes, we only have Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and then what else? Jane the Virgin? Fresh Off the Boat?

    AMC: Mad Men; Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Half and Catch Fire, Walking Dead

    HBO: The Wire, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, The Leftovers, True Detective

    FX: The Shield, Justified, The Americans, Fargo, It's Always Sunny,

    Starz: Black Sails

    History: Vikings.

  24. Need to Make "Safer" Nuclear Weapons on US Pens $200 Million Deal For Massive Nuclear Security-Focused Supercomputer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The computers are probably part of an effort to make "safer" nuclear bombs without nuclear testing. Our warheads are now decades old. They need to be rebuilt and redesigned to institute safer technologies. Many warheads do not have inert explosives, which means that the warheads may become dirty bombs during a fire. We have created insensitive munitions that will not explode even when dropped or burnt. These newer explosives have different properties that require testing with computers to simulate.

  25. Isn't this stupid for hiring businessmen? on Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Bans Salary Negotiations To Equalize Pay For Men, Women · · Score: 1

    Doing away with negotiations might make sense if you were hiring programmers, but what about executive level staff? The C-suite people need to negotiate on behalf of the business. They need to go to vendors, clients, suppliers, etc. and argue their case. You might save a bit of money here and there but you're also losing people who are really good at negotiatingâ"I bet that the people who are good at negotiating would be negotiating themselves better salaries at other firms for more than Reddit is handing out.