Sorry, citizen, but how we determine what IS and is NOT classified is classified information.
It's fun to be snide, but sometimes the facts get in the way. How the U.S. Govt. determines what should and shouldn't be classified is spelled out in Executive Order 13526, the text of which is not classified.
Sec. 1.4. Classification Categories.
Information shall not be considered for classification unless its unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause identifiable or describable damage to the national security in accordance with section 1.2 of this order, and it pertains to one or more of the following:
(a) military plans, weapons systems, or operations;
(b) foreign government information;
(c) intelligence activities (including covert action), intelligence sources or methods, or cryptology;
(d) foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States, including confidential sources;
(e) scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to the national security;
(f) United States Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or facilities;
(g) vulnerabilities or capabilities of systems, installations, infrastructures, projects, plans, or protection services relating to the national security; or
(h) the development, production, or use of weapons of mass destruction.
If officers don't follow evidence procedures correctly, evidence gets screwed up. And it doesn't happen very often.
"Sometimes you'll get a cellphone that comes in that is wiped, [but] it's not all that common," he said. Agents were trained to incapacitate devices, but Kearns cautioned that not all enforcement agencies had the same knowledge.
The article doesn't explain that it was the combination of LEDs and WiFi that causes this psychological problem. That or vaccines plus violent video games.
If this works (and it is at least creative) it will have little to do with the security of linux or of a live CD. It will be in getting customers to change their online banking behavior, being willing to take an extra, obtrusive step, reducing convenience in the name of security. Which is quite the opposite direction that banking has been going for a while (ATMs, online banking, mobile banking).
Which then begs the question, what about mobile banking?
Don't hate the submitter for following standard/. article format: "simplify, then exaggerate."
Next up: how this crash is actually the fault of RIAA and Airbus should have used Linux.
Mod this parent up. The summary is right on. It drives me nuts how Slashdot can't break out of its "get yer goverment hands off my computerz!" mindset for even unrelated stories. This isn't a story about the RIAA suing grandmothers. This is about stupid users, poor security policies, and badly configured software coming together to pose a national security threat (and even a threat to an individual) which is certainly newsworthy.
This is from the University of Amsterdam, not Emory University.
TFA:
says Seth Norrholm, a neuroscientist at Emory University, in Atlanta, who was not involved in the research...
In the new experiment, researchers from the University of Amsterdam...
Yes, "cyberwar" and bot nets haven't killed anyone, but you're looking at it the wrong way. They are analogous to WMD's in that they are equalizers between small and big powers. Botnets give criminal organizations etc. the same level of computing power and bandwidth as government agencies, companies, and universities. What we're talking about isn't destruction so much as proliferation.
As a social science undergrad, I had it drilled into my brain the importance of IRB's. Not following the review process can threaten your schools federal funding. Any grad student or professor should know better, regardless of their discipline.
Gold is arguably not terribly useful, especially when compared to other metals (such as iron, which was used as currency in ancient Sparta)
According to Wikipedia, gold's advantage was that forgeries could be detected without destroying the object itself.
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Sorry, citizen, but how we determine what IS and is NOT classified is classified information.
It's fun to be snide, but sometimes the facts get in the way. How the U.S. Govt. determines what should and shouldn't be classified is spelled out in Executive Order 13526, the text of which is not classified.
Sec. 1.4. Classification Categories. Information shall not be considered for classification unless its unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause identifiable or describable damage to the national security in accordance with section 1.2 of this order, and it pertains to one or more of the following: (a) military plans, weapons systems, or operations; (b) foreign government information; (c) intelligence activities (including covert action), intelligence sources or methods, or cryptology; (d) foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States, including confidential sources; (e) scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to the national security; (f) United States Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or facilities; (g) vulnerabilities or capabilities of systems, installations, infrastructures, projects, plans, or protection services relating to the national security; or (h) the development, production, or use of weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-classified-national-security-information
And this is why we're screwed trying to stop Chinese espionage...our security consultants are frakking morons.
I love that you quote the link to slippery slope fallacy, proceed to make a slippery slope argument, and get modded +5 insightful.
The article doesn't explain that it was the combination of LEDs and WiFi that causes this psychological problem. That or vaccines plus violent video games.
If this works (and it is at least creative) it will have little to do with the security of linux or of a live CD. It will be in getting customers to change their online banking behavior, being willing to take an extra, obtrusive step, reducing convenience in the name of security. Which is quite the opposite direction that banking has been going for a while (ATMs, online banking, mobile banking). Which then begs the question, what about mobile banking?
Not only am I pedantic, but I also missed the point of your comment. Wee!
The "in Cuba" bit has something to do with the lack of American tourists bit. Pedantic yes, but I couldn't help myself.
That's why I'll wait for Karmic SP1. How long does a service pack take. 6 months or so?
Use of CAPS to assert your arguments without evidence DOESN'T make them more credible. Use facts, not caps. (Can we make that a motto or something?)
Don't hate the submitter for following standard /. article format: "simplify, then exaggerate."
Next up: how this crash is actually the fault of RIAA and Airbus should have used Linux.
Assuming that Linux is chosen, it might be extremely good publicity (especially that "free and open" sounds vaguely Buddhist anyways.
On the other hand, I can't think of a better way for Chinese hackers to start searching for holes in desktop Linux than this.
Mod this parent up. The summary is right on. It drives me nuts how Slashdot can't break out of its "get yer goverment hands off my computerz!" mindset for even unrelated stories. This isn't a story about the RIAA suing grandmothers. This is about stupid users, poor security policies, and badly configured software coming together to pose a national security threat (and even a threat to an individual) which is certainly newsworthy.
This is from the University of Amsterdam, not Emory University. TFA: says Seth Norrholm, a neuroscientist at Emory University, in Atlanta, who was not involved in the research ...
In the new experiment, researchers from the University of Amsterdam...
If you can't think of ways to crash the network, then you're not doing your job correctly. No matter what your job actually is.
That would make for an amusing ad campaign once Volvo gets this out.
A use for all those cars we Americans won't buy now! We can bail out Detroit and save babies at the same time.
Yes, "cyberwar" and bot nets haven't killed anyone, but you're looking at it the wrong way. They are analogous to WMD's in that they are equalizers between small and big powers. Botnets give criminal organizations etc. the same level of computing power and bandwidth as government agencies, companies, and universities. What we're talking about isn't destruction so much as proliferation.
http://xkcd.com/261/
Maybe they were all in Brussels at the time...
Better yet is the Space Shuttle, a hyper-fast sports car/rocket that only Air Force types with PhDs can use.
Isn't this the business Luke's uncle and aunt were in on Tatooine? Making Star Wars a reality is the most important consideration of course.
Conduit (http://www.conduit-project.org/) is aiming to be what you what. Currently it supports some two-way syncing between Google contacts and GCal. It only has one-way to GDocs so far. Lifehacker reviews it here: http://lifehacker.com/398775/sync-and-back-up-your-data-with-conduit-for-linux
As a social science undergrad, I had it drilled into my brain the importance of IRB's. Not following the review process can threaten your schools federal funding. Any grad student or professor should know better, regardless of their discipline.
Gold is arguably not terribly useful, especially when compared to other metals (such as iron, which was used as currency in ancient Sparta) According to Wikipedia, gold's advantage was that forgeries could be detected without destroying the object itself.