Let see...
Firefox Dialog: "Open Executable File ?":
"junk.exe" is an executable file. Executable files may contain viruses or other malicious code that could harm your computer. Use caution when opening this file. Are you sure you want to launch "junk.exe"?
[OK] [Cancel]
User also checks "Dont ask me this again"
Next...
Windows Dialog: "Open File - Security Warning":
"The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software ? "
[RUN] [Cancel]
User also un-checks "Always ask before opening this file">
The file "junk.exe" is free to roam around now, and will do so more freely next time.
Seems like all google needs to do is to add two vague warnings just like that and the "security level" of this technology will match with the existing one (if any).
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If you cant make it secure, make it extremely boring to hack.
.. write access to a single file under Asterisk configuration grants you full control of the dialer. A number of hacking techniques, as well as a misconstrued box can lead to this. Moreover, if it happens to be running under Windows, then possibilities are limitless.
.... but nothing requires that it be the same, or similar, to properties that emerge in biological systems.
Agreed. And just because you didn't see consciousness in brain cells under a microscope, doesn't mean it should exists wherever you don't see it.
Besides, we have yet to understand (let alone identify) consciousness.
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Laziness is the mother of automation -- (myself)
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How about setting it to turn on automatically, using BIOS, an hour prior to your arrival at work ?
Let see ...
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Firefox Dialog: "Open Executable File ?":
"junk.exe" is an executable file. Executable files may contain viruses or other malicious code that could harm your computer. Use caution when opening this file. Are you sure you want to launch "junk.exe"?
[OK] [Cancel]
User also checks "Dont ask me this again"
Next
Windows Dialog: "Open File - Security Warning":
"The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software ? "
[RUN] [Cancel]
User also un-checks "Always ask before opening this file">
The file "junk.exe" is free to roam around now, and will do so more freely next time.
Seems like all google needs to do is to add two vague warnings just like that and the "security level" of this technology will match with the existing one (if any).
--- If you cant make it secure, make it extremely boring to hack.
Utterly misleading title, wasted precious 4 minutes of my life. Thankyouverymuch.
...cuz government(s) love any such tool which gives them yet another excuse to harass, intimidate and subdue its citizens.
I can believe they missed the most popular one: "To save the children"
Would you like to patent fries with that ?
.... but nothing requires that it be the same, or similar, to properties that emerge in biological systems.
Agreed. And just because you didn't see consciousness in brain cells under a microscope, doesn't mean it should exists wherever you don't see it.
Besides, we have yet to understand (let alone identify) consciousness.
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Laziness is the mother of automation -- (myself)