Imagine the German navy's delight if this were 1939...
In 1939 the Royal Navy couldn't retaliate with Trident ballistic missiles, and nuclear Tomahawks..
And nobody really knows if it could do it today. Trident missiles are designed, manufactured and serviced in USA. Would they even launch without additional authorization code in case UK and US interests diverged?
And is it not men problem? A question for you: what is the common element in all US shootings, recent terrorist attacks in UK (including Finsbury Park) and almost all rapes? Here is a small hint: it is not religion.
Traditional Swedish solution is to tax the hell out of it. When owners of older cars are paying tax higher than value of their clunkers every year, they will reconsider.
No, it is in fact very much about US and willingness of the government to strong-arm developers into crippling their crypto solutions. All the compliance with public spec won't help you when developers have been pressured into introducing a subtle bug that allows to make encryption easier to break or to modify their official binary builds by adding a piece of code that will store your private key somewhere.
Keep that in mind. If you are using VPN/encryption tool/secure communication network/etc. created by US based company, it is very unlikely that it is actually secure.
At least one chairman who has balls to say what he actually thinks instead of hiding behind insincere excuses. On the other hand I hope he won't cry when his critics start using stronger language as well.
They have to. Toshiba took enourmous losses ($6bn I think) on their nuclear power station business in US ( Westinghouse) and they really need money to stay solvent.
New Year Eve is coming again and this time Merkel doesn't want facebook breaking press silence about some migrants having good fun with local ladies in Cologne.
Companies and governments are pouring rivers of money into encouraging girls into IT. Is it really worth it? Do they really make so much better programmers to justify huge investment needed?
Why not? It is way simpler to write and requires no infrastructure to hold and release keys, etc. If you are crook who would create ransomware you don't have any honour anyway. Of course if this gets more popular, fewer people will be inclined to pay anything since chances of getting files back won't look so good, but criminals are in it for quick buck anyway.
The problem is not with users being lazy or stupid as it is suggested in the article, but with TOS.
For example Apple's TOS is 56 pages long and reading it won't you much good since without lawyer translating from legalese to English you are probably going to miss quite a lot of legal traps anyway.
The 'fix' is to stop treating TOS as if it was a law - at best it is a list of company's wishes and hopes.
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And if I drop it, he will have two knives and a shield. Not helping.
Imagine the German navy's delight if this were 1939...
In 1939 the Royal Navy couldn't retaliate with Trident ballistic missiles, and nuclear Tomahawks..
And nobody really knows if it could do it today. Trident missiles are designed, manufactured and serviced in USA. Would they even launch without additional authorization code in case UK and US interests diverged?
And is it not men problem? A question for you: what is the common element in all US shootings, recent terrorist attacks in UK (including Finsbury Park) and almost all rapes? Here is a small hint: it is not religion.
Traditional Swedish solution is to tax the hell out of it. When owners of older cars are paying tax higher than value of their clunkers every year, they will reconsider.
Guardian is pretty good source for news, however their opinion pieces are very often batshit insane.
And what do you have to show for it ? 20 year old car? Music albums you got bored of decade ago?
No, it is in fact very much about US and willingness of the government to strong-arm developers into crippling their crypto solutions. All the compliance with public spec won't help you when developers have been pressured into introducing a subtle bug that allows to make encryption easier to break or to modify their official binary builds by adding a piece of code that will store your private key somewhere.
Keep that in mind. If you are using VPN/encryption tool/secure communication network/etc. created by US based company, it is very unlikely that it is actually secure.
At least one chairman who has balls to say what he actually thinks instead of hiding behind insincere excuses. On the other hand I hope he won't cry when his critics start using stronger language as well.
It is not uncommon for TSA agents to help themselves to valuables from checked luggage.
Why do I put my whole carry-on baggage including a laptop through x-ray anyway?
Sell it as a way to prevent 'hate speech' and German government will be all over it.
Offspring of illegals.
If every producer can get off the hook just by demanding they disclose the vulnerability, it is not worth anything.
They have to. Toshiba took enourmous losses ($6bn I think) on their nuclear power station business in US ( Westinghouse) and they really need money to stay solvent.
"Uh, yeah, my account is throwaway12345@gmail.com. My password is 12345."
Uh, yeah, you are going back on next flight. See you, smarty pants.
I thought it as well. But then it growled at me.
New Year Eve is coming again and this time Merkel doesn't want facebook breaking press silence about some migrants having good fun with local ladies in Cologne.
Companies and governments are pouring rivers of money into encouraging girls into IT. Is it really worth it? Do they really make so much better programmers to justify huge investment needed?
"after she sent a video of herself having sex to some friends, including her ex-boyfriend, to make him jealous."
Stupidity kills.
Yes. Thanks Cthulhu there is no forced labour involved here. These people are free to return wherever they came from.
What happens next is that Trident II makes Russia glow.
So I guess tomorrow the government will appeal the decision.
Why not? It is way simpler to write and requires no infrastructure to hold and release keys, etc. If you are crook who would create ransomware you don't have any honour anyway. Of course if this gets more popular, fewer people will be inclined to pay anything since chances of getting files back won't look so good, but criminals are in it for quick buck anyway.
The problem is not with users being lazy or stupid as it is suggested in the article, but with TOS. For example Apple's TOS is 56 pages long and reading it won't you much good since without lawyer translating from legalese to English you are probably going to miss quite a lot of legal traps anyway. The 'fix' is to stop treating TOS as if it was a law - at best it is a list of company's wishes and hopes.