Screen Lock (including gestures to unlock in addition to alphanumeric codes) VPN support Standard Wireless Support (Wireless-N as well which is nice) Application Sandboxing Lacks Corporate Policy Enforcement (fail for enterprise) Application Signing - Doesn't require trusted signers which defeats the purpose No hardware encryption (fail for enterprise) No Remote Wipe (fail for enterprise)
IMO, the phone definitely seems ready for the home user, but is very lacking for enterprise
I couldn't recall any successful cases of a passenger being planted with a bomb either. Attempts have been made, but always caught. In this particular case, the bombs were planted after these travelers checked their bags but before the bags where scanned, meaning the travelers was entirely out of the loop.
This type of scan would only be useful for someone who either checks a bag and doesn't get on (won't happen these days as they will unload all bags when the passenger isn't on board), or a suicide bomber who checks their bag (which I can't recall any doing either). It leaves the bomber separated from the explosives and unable to do any damage at all if caught (I wonder if the cargo bay is shielded from radio frequencies?).
I agree that it is a possible vector of attack, but far less likely to succeed than the terrorist doing it themselves. With the advent of these 'sniffers' which can detect explosive compounds, and better scanning techniques, it helps to mitigate the risk of that type of attack from succeeding.
IMO, security is better spent on stopping vectors which we don't have an easy avenue to detect. In the case of a terrorist dropping a bomb in someone's bag, it would most likely need to be in a form that would be picked up by a sniffer since the carrier wouldn't be activating or prepping or mixing it in any way.
I DO agree that this type of test is necessary, but it is most definitely NOT necessary to plant it on a real travelers bag. They could have easily used a 'test' bag and simply grabbed the luggage after the security scans were done.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the police actions in this case were retarded in the extreme.
Except these were planted on checked bags AFTER they left the hands of the passengers.
The passengers had nothing to do with this specific scenario. The only way a terrorist could do what was done here would be to get a job at an airport, which is an entirely problem.
"Security experts said the episode illustrated the inadequacy of security screening of checked-in luggage — the very point the Slovak authorities had sought to test when they placed real bomb components in nine passengers' bags Saturday."
The point of this sub-thread is discussing whether or not it is a waste of time to plant tests on people with Carry-On baggage and if that properly reflects todays terrorist since they tend to be suicide bombers.
You didn't answer the question. Has there ever been an explosion caused by an unwitting passenger?
Compare Hindawi to every other terrorist plot to date in which the terrorist was the active antagonist. Also take into account that the Airport security of 20 years ago looks nothing like today.
Hell, they can see you fart at an airport. This is not your mothers airport security.
We also have 'sniffers' (no pun intended) for such a primitive explosive device like the one used by Hindawi. Granted my understanding of explosives is limited, but they must now mix the explosives after the security gates to avoid detection, meaning active participation by the terrorist.
Suicide Terrorism didn't even become common until after 2000. The Hindawi Incident was in 1985.
Has there ever been a recorded incident where an unwitting passenger caused an explosion? It would be very difficult for someone to open a piece of luggage, and plant a bomb without the owner being aware of it. I can't recall any cases where they weren't able to piece together the person who consciously brought a bomb on a plane and set it off with ties to terrorism.
As to a 'good actor', I don't think acting lessons are high on a terrorists list of training skills;)
Considering advances in sensor technology and face recognition software they already have sensors that will monitor perspiration, facial queues, and all sorts of unconscious signs that someone is suspicious. A similar story has already been on/. within the last year if I recall.
I think 190 MB is a nit shortsighted. The original iPhone apps started out small and simple in this way, but they've become much richer (and much larger) as a result as the App store matured and the developers started stretching their legs a bit. On the iPhone, there are many apps that are only 1MB (or less), but there are also a slew that are easily over 10, and the professional titles are easily over 100 MB like Spore, or Monkey Ball. The latest Myst title is supposed to be 700 MB. Any 3D app is going to have a hefty size.
Although 190 MB may be sufficient for now, I doubt it will stay that way once this phone's app selection matures.
Agreed. I'm hoping more follow in Chris Daughtry's path. Basically he flipped off the RIAA and did it his own way. He had a lot of visibility though. Tougher for new talent unfortunately.
"But the effort still has a long way to go before it can claim anything like success. The proof will be whether it revives home entertainment sales by getting consumers excited about the new freedoms of the digital world."
Really? New Freedoms? What crack are these people smoking? How delusional have they become? People rip these things of the disks because of the stranglehold these studios are attempting to put there. Once ripped, they can play them when and wherever they way. They already overcharge for content. Once it's digital the costs to the manufacturer drop and profit soars yet the consumer doesn't see any of that. We're still paying $10 bucks for a CD (sans the CD) how many years later?
People see the 'value' of an Audio CD or a movie and they know they are overpriced. The digital forms of that just enforce that opinion.
The whole economics of today seems like it's paying only for exorbitant CEO profits and studio whoring.
Are you stating that only a business can get a domain name from this group? That in itself is censorship. If this is the case, then things in AU must be in worse shape than I previously imagined.
Agreed. I think a lot of this hype will pass by the wayside. Early reviews indicate this will mostly just eat it's own. Another good phone, but not an iPhone killer.
Here's a rather lengthy review that talks about it's pros and cons at great length.
Personally, I think it will be a good smartphone, but it still lacks polish, and has some glaring missing features like basic sync capabilities if this review is accurate. Can someone verify the accuracy of this review? It's not a very kind review in some key areas:
Yes and no. The iPhone hasn't changed much since it's inception. It was huge when it was new. Now the improvements are incremental. Makes sense that a new phone with similar capabilities, a fresh face, new paint, and unknown possibilities will evoke keen interest. Time will tell of course. Until the actual sales numbers, rather than intent are in, this is worrisome, but hardly crushing news for Apple.
If you read the supplied Snopes link, it will tell you that the local governments have the right to decide upon the legality of warrants passed on by Interpol, meaning they are allowed only as much latitude as the states deign to grant. The local governments decide on the legality, the local governments send law enforcement if needed, etc. Interpol does not of those things. Interpol doesn't even issue warrants, it requires one of the member countries to do so. They simply pass them on to the necessary recipient.
Interpol does NOT have a police force, it does not conduct criminal investigations, and it does not make arrests. It acts as a data manager of sorts, for any member nations, coordinating information, passing warrants as needed from one member country to another, etc. They are basically an administration/secretarial service on an international scale. Whatever odd idea of Interpol people may have gotten from the Bond flicks or whatnot, are not quite accurate:
For those that don't want to read through all of the Snopes/NYTimes information:
These are the same standard rights that are granted to some 70+ other international organizations. These additional rights were not granted to Interpol because it did not have a local office on US soil at the time. This was submitted prior to Bush leaving office and the State Department suggested approving it so that Interpol had the same legal status as other international organizations. It was not completed before Bush left office however. This is a bit of house cleaning to complete the request.
It doesn't give them universal immunity to do as they will within our borders. Interpol has no police force. It's just an administrative organization that basically acts as a go-between between countries.
Your suggesting a company can simply ignore a law because they print something on a card? They could print anything they wanted and it still wouldn't dissolve the states right to unclaimed property.
They have intrinsic cash value for the balance on the card. It would have no value outside of the company who issued it as it wouldn't be legal tender at, say, the local sandwich shop. "No Cash Value" is typically something you see on things like poker chips, and game tokens and such. Return them to the company who issued them and they will honor it's value. That phrase simply means you won't get any value for it outside of the issuing company.
Hm..hadn't considered that. I don't keep a second monitor handy though unless I want to lug one down from the office. I just use the NTFS-3G method since it's just a reboot to fix. Handy to know if you have someone who's computer impaired though.
I just don't understand why the same rules that apply to wire taps and such wouldn't apply to accessing this database. Why is one protected while the other is not?
There are video driver issues with the 27" iMac. People get a black screen after it tries to use the stock ATI drivers. The workaround is to either use NTFS-3G to delete the %windir%\system32\drivers\ATI*.SYS files and reboot, or just boot into a safe mode command prompt and do it. Once your on the desktop, you can install ATI's drivers without issue.
There are also Magic Mouse driver issues (read: no driver). Although many people can get them working with old driver packages, they tend to be jerky, unusable, or just plain borked.
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You can't disable encryption on a 3GS. It's built in.
Screen Lock (including gestures to unlock in addition to alphanumeric codes)
VPN support
Standard Wireless Support (Wireless-N as well which is nice)
Application Sandboxing
Lacks Corporate Policy Enforcement (fail for enterprise)
Application Signing - Doesn't require trusted signers which defeats the purpose
No hardware encryption (fail for enterprise)
No Remote Wipe (fail for enterprise)
IMO, the phone definitely seems ready for the home user, but is very lacking for enterprise
I couldn't recall any successful cases of a passenger being planted with a bomb either. Attempts have been made, but always caught. In this particular case, the bombs were planted after these travelers checked their bags but before the bags where scanned, meaning the travelers was entirely out of the loop.
This type of scan would only be useful for someone who either checks a bag and doesn't get on (won't happen these days as they will unload all bags when the passenger isn't on board), or a suicide bomber who checks their bag (which I can't recall any doing either). It leaves the bomber separated from the explosives and unable to do any damage at all if caught (I wonder if the cargo bay is shielded from radio frequencies?).
I agree that it is a possible vector of attack, but far less likely to succeed than the terrorist doing it themselves. With the advent of these 'sniffers' which can detect explosive compounds, and better scanning techniques, it helps to mitigate the risk of that type of attack from succeeding.
IMO, security is better spent on stopping vectors which we don't have an easy avenue to detect. In the case of a terrorist dropping a bomb in someone's bag, it would most likely need to be in a form that would be picked up by a sniffer since the carrier wouldn't be activating or prepping or mixing it in any way.
I DO agree that this type of test is necessary, but it is most definitely NOT necessary to plant it on a real travelers bag. They could have easily used a 'test' bag and simply grabbed the luggage after the security scans were done.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the police actions in this case were retarded in the extreme.
Except these were planted on checked bags AFTER they left the hands of the passengers.
The passengers had nothing to do with this specific scenario. The only way a terrorist could do what was done here would be to get a job at an airport, which is an entirely problem.
Had you been reading this sub-thread, or done any research, you would know the bags in question were CHECKED.
http://www.matthewyglesias.com/2010/01/05/slovak-man-takes-hidden-explosive-on-dublin-flight.html
"Security experts said the episode illustrated the inadequacy of security screening of checked-in luggage — the very point the Slovak authorities had sought to test when they placed real bomb components in nine passengers' bags Saturday."
The point of this sub-thread is discussing whether or not it is a waste of time to plant tests on people with Carry-On baggage and if that properly reflects todays terrorist since they tend to be suicide bombers.
You didn't answer the question. Has there ever been an explosion caused by an unwitting passenger?
Compare Hindawi to every other terrorist plot to date in which the terrorist was the active antagonist. Also take into account that the Airport security of 20 years ago looks nothing like today.
Hell, they can see you fart at an airport. This is not your mothers airport security.
We also have 'sniffers' (no pun intended) for such a primitive explosive device like the one used by Hindawi. Granted my understanding of explosives is limited, but they must now mix the explosives after the security gates to avoid detection, meaning active participation by the terrorist.
Suicide Terrorism didn't even become common until after 2000. The Hindawi Incident was in 1985.
http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/3400/3400lect06.htm
Has there ever been a recorded incident where an unwitting passenger caused an explosion? It would be very difficult for someone to open a piece of luggage, and plant a bomb without the owner being aware of it. I can't recall any cases where they weren't able to piece together the person who consciously brought a bomb on a plane and set it off with ties to terrorism.
As to a 'good actor', I don't think acting lessons are high on a terrorists list of training skills ;)
Considering advances in sensor technology and face recognition software they already have sensors that will monitor perspiration, facial queues, and all sorts of unconscious signs that someone is suspicious. A similar story has already been on /. within the last year if I recall.
You don't think a terrorist, who is carrying explosives is going to be twitchy? In every case, the terrorist would know they are carrying explosives.
I think 190 MB is a nit shortsighted. The original iPhone apps started out small and simple in this way, but they've become much richer (and much larger) as a result as the App store matured and the developers started stretching their legs a bit. On the iPhone, there are many apps that are only 1MB (or less), but there are also a slew that are easily over 10, and the professional titles are easily over 100 MB like Spore, or Monkey Ball. The latest Myst title is supposed to be 700 MB. Any 3D app is going to have a hefty size.
Although 190 MB may be sufficient for now, I doubt it will stay that way once this phone's app selection matures.
Agreed. I'm hoping more follow in Chris Daughtry's path. Basically he flipped off the RIAA and did it his own way. He had a lot of visibility though. Tougher for new talent unfortunately.
You mean like paying for price fixing?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2002-09-30-cd-settlement_x.htm
Yeah, we've gotta be more concerned about feeding that CEO machine...
I found this part particular amusing:
"But the effort still has a long way to go before it can claim anything like success. The proof will be whether it revives home entertainment sales by getting consumers excited about the new freedoms of the digital world."
Really? New Freedoms? What crack are these people smoking? How delusional have they become? People rip these things of the disks because of the stranglehold these studios are attempting to put there. Once ripped, they can play them when and wherever they way. They already overcharge for content. Once it's digital the costs to the manufacturer drop and profit soars yet the consumer doesn't see any of that. We're still paying $10 bucks for a CD (sans the CD) how many years later?
People see the 'value' of an Audio CD or a movie and they know they are overpriced. The digital forms of that just enforce that opinion.
The whole economics of today seems like it's paying only for exorbitant CEO profits and studio whoring.
Are you stating that only a business can get a domain name from this group? That in itself is censorship. If this is the case, then things in AU must be in worse shape than I previously imagined.
Android. The iPhone has obviously gone beyond 'hype' as it's in it's 4th year.
The screen on the android is very nice, although time will tell if Joe user will appreciate it when it's in such small dimensions.
If this phone doesn't get it's act together for syncing music and such, it's not gonna fly with the average user.
Agreed. I think a lot of this hype will pass by the wayside. Early reviews indicate this will mostly just eat it's own. Another good phone, but not an iPhone killer.
Here's a rather lengthy review that talks about it's pros and cons at great length.
Personally, I think it will be a good smartphone, but it still lacks polish, and has some glaring missing features like basic sync capabilities if this review is accurate. Can someone verify the accuracy of this review? It's not a very kind review in some key areas:
http://gizmodo.com/5395801/android-20-review-almost-human
Yes and no. The iPhone hasn't changed much since it's inception. It was huge when it was new. Now the improvements are incremental. Makes sense that a new phone with similar capabilities, a fresh face, new paint, and unknown possibilities will evoke keen interest. Time will tell of course. Until the actual sales numbers, rather than intent are in, this is worrisome, but hardly crushing news for Apple.
If you read the supplied Snopes link, it will tell you that the local governments have the right to decide upon the legality of warrants passed on by Interpol, meaning they are allowed only as much latitude as the states deign to grant. The local governments decide on the legality, the local governments send law enforcement if needed, etc. Interpol does not of those things. Interpol doesn't even issue warrants, it requires one of the member countries to do so. They simply pass them on to the necessary recipient.
Interpol does NOT have a police force, it does not conduct criminal investigations, and it does not make arrests. It acts as a data manager of sorts, for any member nations, coordinating information, passing warrants as needed from one member country to another, etc. They are basically an administration/secretarial service on an international scale. Whatever odd idea of Interpol people may have gotten from the Bond flicks or whatnot, are not quite accurate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol
For those that don't want to read through all of the Snopes/NYTimes information:
These are the same standard rights that are granted to some 70+ other international organizations. These additional rights were not granted to Interpol because it did not have a local office on US soil at the time. This was submitted prior to Bush leaving office and the State Department suggested approving it so that Interpol had the same legal status as other international organizations. It was not completed before Bush left office however. This is a bit of house cleaning to complete the request.
It doesn't give them universal immunity to do as they will within our borders. Interpol has no police force. It's just an administrative organization that basically acts as a go-between between countries.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/interpol.asp
Your suggesting a company can simply ignore a law because they print something on a card? They could print anything they wanted and it still wouldn't dissolve the states right to unclaimed property.
They aren't asking for a 'refund'. They are asking that the remaining balance be transferred to another holder.
This type of thing is done all the time by states using unclaimed property laws.
They have intrinsic cash value for the balance on the card. It would have no value outside of the company who issued it as it wouldn't be legal tender at, say, the local sandwich shop. "No Cash Value" is typically something you see on things like poker chips, and game tokens and such. Return them to the company who issued them and they will honor it's value. That phrase simply means you won't get any value for it outside of the issuing company.
Hm..hadn't considered that. I don't keep a second monitor handy though unless I want to lug one down from the office. I just use the NTFS-3G method since it's just a reboot to fix. Handy to know if you have someone who's computer impaired though.
I just don't understand why the same rules that apply to wire taps and such wouldn't apply to accessing this database. Why is one protected while the other is not?
There are video driver issues with the 27" iMac. People get a black screen after it tries to use the stock ATI drivers. The workaround is to either use NTFS-3G to delete the %windir%\system32\drivers\ATI*.SYS files and reboot, or just boot into a safe mode command prompt and do it. Once your on the desktop, you can install ATI's drivers without issue.
There are also Magic Mouse driver issues (read: no driver). Although many people can get them working with old driver packages, they tend to be jerky, unusable, or just plain borked.