I wouldn't say that. Since they are allowed to enter the persons house, and physically use your computer to add the trojan.
Since the trojan would make calls out to their server from the PC, the firewall wouldn't stop it. And it would probably use a rootkit to hide it from you.
Even in a well secured OS/network, unless you were Sniffing/snorting packets, I doubt you'd notice it was there and probably feel safe.
Again, it's the breaking into your house and physically being at your PC that lets them do this. If it was just a matter of being able to hack in via the web, I'd be less concerned (though only slightly).
I was thinking more on the security side of the program. Hopefully there's a nice strong password, and maybe it requires knocking to get in (you know, try to connect to port 300 twice, then port 400 twice, then to the actual port 777 after 5 seconds...).
I know, it's wishful thinking, but I just hope it's not a password like "goldfish" that gets you onto the computer...
"It's ok boss, we put the port # to 1025. Hackers don't scan that high... ever."
Does this imply that they can install a virus on my PC in Canada if I'm talking to a suspect in Bavaria?
I hope not.
Will this code be safe? What if it opens the infected PC up to access by hackers and the PC is damaged or materials (virtual) are stolen? Is there any liability for the police?
"If you wante to know if 2^127-1 is a prime number, you can get the machine to give you the answer in a matter of days, it takes a week to set it up and..."
That kind of thing always makes me smile. First off, how complicated the whole setup is to do this.
Honestly, this is just amazing to watch. Thanks for the link!
Oh, and I remember the first voice I ever heard from my computer. It was either a gold game ("Oh, got a hold of that one!" or Mach-3, a really cool racing game that would say it's name when you turned first started playing it... man, I miss that game:-)
QUOTE: "Closing out the book is a list of author bios (there are 15, contributing to 16 chapters), including the likes of the aforementioned Richard Dansky (Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell), Chris Klug (Stargate Worlds, Earth & Beyond), Rhianna Pratchett (Heavenly Sword, Overlord), Anne Toole (The Witcher, Stargate Worlds) and Andrew Walsh (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)"
Other then Ghost Recon... are any of these games any good!? Stargate isn't out yet, never heard of "the witcher" and Splinter Cell made me want to yell endlessly at the person who designed the camera angles...
I'd be more interested in hearing from people who designed world of warcraft ("uh, we just hired 15 crack dealers and had them explain how they get people hooked.. the program wrote itself from there...") or GTA4 ("It's just like living in New York, we're surprised anyone likes it...").
If it was an HP, then it's not XP's fault. HP, especially their 2000 series laptops, do not have any drivers for XP. Or rather, they don't work.
I have Vista on my HP 2000 laptop, and Ubuntu 8.04. Both work great. XP just isn't worth the hassle to try to install because the drivers aren't there.
Now on my desktop, I have all 3 installed, and I've never run into a situation where my PC ran better in Vista then it did in XP. XP is just faster and more solid then Vista. Ubuntu cleans house over both MS products...
I got an email about buying real estate on the moon. Had I bought it, at least I could rest easy knowing I wasn't a moron and it was in fact the person sending it who was at fault...
I've also won a MILLION DOLLARS from readers digest...
And they got millions?? really!?
But the US has no power in Canada... How could this order make a difference?
Actually, strike that last part. I'm fairly certain the US controls Canada:-). Harper would love that...
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OH MY GOD! oh crap, I'm going to jail.
It may finally be time to upgrade my 7950GT...
Competition = good news for the consumer.
I wouldn't say that. Since they are allowed to enter the persons house, and physically use your computer to add the trojan.
Since the trojan would make calls out to their server from the PC, the firewall wouldn't stop it. And it would probably use a rootkit to hide it from you.
Even in a well secured OS/network, unless you were Sniffing/snorting packets, I doubt you'd notice it was there and probably feel safe.
Again, it's the breaking into your house and physically being at your PC that lets them do this. If it was just a matter of being able to hack in via the web, I'd be less concerned (though only slightly).
:-) Ok, I walked into that one.
/palmface
I was thinking more on the security side of the program. Hopefully there's a nice strong password, and maybe it requires knocking to get in (you know, try to connect to port 300 twice, then port 400 twice, then to the actual port 777 after 5 seconds...).
I know, it's wishful thinking, but I just hope it's not a password like "goldfish" that gets you onto the computer...
"It's ok boss, we put the port # to 1025. Hackers don't scan that high... ever."
Does this imply that they can install a virus on my PC in Canada if I'm talking to a suspect in Bavaria?
I hope not.
Will this code be safe? What if it opens the infected PC up to access by hackers and the PC is damaged or materials (virtual) are stolen? Is there any liability for the police?
I'm happy I wasn't the only one :-).
I also enjoy the beer (wait... that's Brava...). oh well.
Sadly, I also realized I had no idea where Colorado was yesterday. I think I need to spend a few hours with a map and un-dumb myself...
You need to use a Canadian??
I know we're polite, but sheesh, do I have to walk this file to everyone's house now too?
I will write a very strongly worded letter to my MP about this...
"If you wante to know if 2^127-1 is a prime number, you can get the machine to give you the answer in a matter of days, it takes a week to set it up and..."
:-)
That kind of thing always makes me smile. First off, how complicated the whole setup is to do this.
Honestly, this is just amazing to watch. Thanks for the link!
Oh, and I remember the first voice I ever heard from my computer. It was either a gold game ("Oh, got a hold of that one!" or Mach-3, a really cool racing game that would say it's name when you turned first started playing it... man, I miss that game
QUOTE: "Closing out the book is a list of author bios (there are 15, contributing to 16 chapters), including the likes of the aforementioned Richard Dansky (Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell), Chris Klug (Stargate Worlds, Earth & Beyond), Rhianna Pratchett (Heavenly Sword, Overlord), Anne Toole (The Witcher, Stargate Worlds) and Andrew Walsh (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)"
Other then Ghost Recon... are any of these games any good!? Stargate isn't out yet, never heard of "the witcher" and Splinter Cell made me want to yell endlessly at the person who designed the camera angles...
I'd be more interested in hearing from people who designed world of warcraft ("uh, we just hired 15 crack dealers and had them explain how they get people hooked.. the program wrote itself from there...") or GTA4 ("It's just like living in New York, we're surprised anyone likes it...").
If it was an HP, then it's not XP's fault. HP, especially their 2000 series laptops, do not have any drivers for XP. Or rather, they don't work. I have Vista on my HP 2000 laptop, and Ubuntu 8.04. Both work great. XP just isn't worth the hassle to try to install because the drivers aren't there. Now on my desktop, I have all 3 installed, and I've never run into a situation where my PC ran better in Vista then it did in XP. XP is just faster and more solid then Vista. Ubuntu cleans house over both MS products...
I got an email about buying real estate on the moon. Had I bought it, at least I could rest easy knowing I wasn't a moron and it was in fact the person sending it who was at fault... I've also won a MILLION DOLLARS from readers digest... And they got millions?? really!? But the US has no power in Canada... How could this order make a difference? Actually, strike that last part. I'm fairly certain the US controls Canada :-). Harper would love that...