Date on TFA is 3/31 so I am assuming this is not a joke.
I just don't like the idea of my device connecting to any hotspot that it may come close enough to.
I am already annoyed that my MAC address is being harvested if I happen to forget to turn off the wifi before I leave the house.
If my device automatically connects to a hotspot who knows what kind of MITM mischief could happen if some background app's protocol is vulnerable when it phones home for whatever.
I am wondering if a "dead man's toggle" would work for this situation?
Say you post to your blog once a week. You get an NSA letter that "gags" you so you don't post anything that week.
You are not informing anyone, you are just not posting anything for that week. Then, the next week you post again. By this method, one could gather a list of weeks that the system was failed open and thereby determine those weeks that letters were received.
Though, it would be simple enough to change the verbiage of the letter to read something like: "Through no action or inaction may you reveal the receipt of this message" but it would still be matter of the NSA compelling one to post something to their blog, which may not be legal.
I would be extremely surprised if Netflix didn't have all options on the table. Ads are fine if they are strategic and minimal but it is a slippery slope. Once you start down that road it's just a matter of time before it is equal or worse than broadcast television.
That said, I would continue to pay for Netflix if it had a small postroll inline with the credits. Anything more than that and I would probably pull the plug.
Well, my understanding is that AOSP is open source... but Andoid is not.
If AT&T does the AOSP thing, they will lose out on all the stuff that most people associate with Android, namely: Google Play and all of the Google apps (Mail, Chrome, etc).
So they will have to come up with their own store and app ecosystem for this device.
I am also wondering if this would threaten their ability to sell other handsets with full Android on them? My understanding is that Google shuns those who don't pay for a spot at the table...
I like AT&T's prepaid network because it is cheap, you can BYOD and it has many payment options (including cash at payment kiosks). AT&T is actually cheaper than Straight Talk now too, which I find surprising.
Verizon seems to be very strict about what they allow on their network and will even snip features out of devices before selling them.
It is clear to me that what MS is actually doing is attempting to subvert Android (and to some extent iOS) to their own purposes.
MS is introducing low level apps on both platforms which make it easier to turn either device into a MS platform. For example, I have a work issued iPad and there are more MS apps on it than Apple apps.
I think this is a smart thing for MS to do; A way of hedging their bets. If Windows users cannot have their own platform, MS enables them to have something very similar on a different OS. This is especially true for Android. As a matter of fact, I know that MS has deals with some Android manufacturers to embed MS apps.
I love Windows mobile and continue to run Win10 on my Lumia 920 but some day in the not-too-distant future the platform will truly be dead. When that happens, at least I know I can go to Android and get most of the same experience, especially if I replace the launcher.
Me too. I do all my primary browsing in FF with exactly 2 add-ins: noscript and colorful tabs.
I use Opera, Chrome and Edge for other specialty purposes. Chrome whenever I need to cast something to the TV. Opera for one of my side project jobs and Edge for all other work-related stuff.
NoScript does as much ad blocking as I require. That is, it blocks the harmful/obnoxious ads... that is all I require. I don't care about banner ads or textual ads.
This is why I never browse while logged in to anything and I clear my cookies every time I close my browser. I also keep auto complete turned off. In addition, I run with noscript and will always leave google-analytics and other tracking domains blocked.
I do not need to run an ad blocker because the only ads I see are the plain-jane non scripted ones.
Everybody makes mistakes. I can pretty much guarantee you that the exec in question won't easily fall for this again. If new procedures can come out of this that prevent these mistakes from happening again, then the 3 mil becomes an investment rather than a loss.
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"Autonomous" is the new "smart"
Date on TFA is 3/31 so I am assuming this is not a joke.
I just don't like the idea of my device connecting to any hotspot that it may come close enough to.
I am already annoyed that my MAC address is being harvested if I happen to forget to turn off the wifi before I leave the house.
If my device automatically connects to a hotspot who knows what kind of MITM mischief could happen if some background app's protocol is vulnerable when it phones home for whatever.
I am wondering if a "dead man's toggle" would work for this situation?
Say you post to your blog once a week. You get an NSA letter that "gags" you so you don't post anything that week.
You are not informing anyone, you are just not posting anything for that week. Then, the next week you post again. By this method, one could gather a list of weeks that the system was failed open and thereby determine those weeks that letters were received.
Though, it would be simple enough to change the verbiage of the letter to read something like: "Through no action or inaction may you reveal the receipt of this message" but it would still be matter of the NSA compelling one to post something to their blog, which may not be legal.
China has the right idea.
"April Fool's Day" is an obnoxious tradition that I would not miss at all.
*WHOOSH*
I am with you....
Further, I hate installing a new desktop client for every freaking IM client. That is why I bought the lifetime license for Trillian years ago.
Trillian continues to work pretty well for most clients with basic functionality (which is all I need).
I was going to post the exact same comment.
Kudos sir.
The only reasons I can think of that people get hung up on grammatical mistakes are:
1. They like to feel smarter/superior
2. They are OCD or have some kind of fixation
3. They are genuinely trying to help/improve someone's ability
But even if 2 or 3 are true, they still come off as number 1.
I would be extremely surprised if Netflix didn't have all options on the table. Ads are fine if they are strategic and minimal but it is a slippery slope. Once you start down that road it's just a matter of time before it is equal or worse than broadcast television.
That said, I would continue to pay for Netflix if it had a small postroll inline with the credits. Anything more than that and I would probably pull the plug.
You nailed it.
Also, I would be really interested in a news feed on Netflix or even just a parody news show ala TDS or TCR.
Well, my understanding is that AOSP is open source... but Andoid is not.
If AT&T does the AOSP thing, they will lose out on all the stuff that most people associate with Android, namely: Google Play and all of the Google apps (Mail, Chrome, etc).
So they will have to come up with their own store and app ecosystem for this device.
I am also wondering if this would threaten their ability to sell other handsets with full Android on them? My understanding is that Google shuns those who don't pay for a spot at the table...
I like AT&T's prepaid network because it is cheap, you can BYOD and it has many payment options (including cash at payment kiosks). AT&T is actually cheaper than Straight Talk now too, which I find surprising.
Verizon seems to be very strict about what they allow on their network and will even snip features out of devices before selling them.
Apple spits in the eye of the FBI and then people expect them to disclose the vulnerability (if that is what it was) to Apple?
Yeah... right.
I think it would be better if Apple spent some of its money on finding the vulnerability themselves.
It is clear to me that what MS is actually doing is attempting to subvert Android (and to some extent iOS) to their own purposes.
MS is introducing low level apps on both platforms which make it easier to turn either device into a MS platform. For example, I have a work issued iPad and there are more MS apps on it than Apple apps.
I think this is a smart thing for MS to do; A way of hedging their bets. If Windows users cannot have their own platform, MS enables them to have something very similar on a different OS. This is especially true for Android. As a matter of fact, I know that MS has deals with some Android manufacturers to embed MS apps.
I love Windows mobile and continue to run Win10 on my Lumia 920 but some day in the not-too-distant future the platform will truly be dead. When that happens, at least I know I can go to Android and get most of the same experience, especially if I replace the launcher.
True.
I would make one alteration:
- Microsoft remains perpetually guilty <strike>until proven innocent</strike>
Perhaps you should meta moderate more?
Me too. I do all my primary browsing in FF with exactly 2 add-ins: noscript and colorful tabs.
I use Opera, Chrome and Edge for other specialty purposes. Chrome whenever I need to cast something to the TV. Opera for one of my side project jobs and Edge for all other work-related stuff.
NoScript does as much ad blocking as I require. That is, it blocks the harmful/obnoxious ads... that is all I require. I don't care about banner ads or textual ads.
This is why I never browse while logged in to anything and I clear my cookies every time I close my browser. I also keep auto complete turned off. In addition, I run with noscript and will always leave google-analytics and other tracking domains blocked.
I do not need to run an ad blocker because the only ads I see are the plain-jane non scripted ones.
Everybody makes mistakes. I can pretty much guarantee you that the exec in question won't easily fall for this again. If new procedures can come out of this that prevent these mistakes from happening again, then the 3 mil becomes an investment rather than a loss.
To be fair, if this transaction quantity and type is something you deal with regularly, you can see how you might become lax in your procedures.
No excuse, to be sure. But I have sympathy for them.
I used to be way into Gentoo on my desktop. I haven't run Linux on the desktop in years though.
When I last looked, I saw that Sabayon seemed to be where the old Gentoo users went... is this still the case?
While I find Gentoo to be the most straight forward Linux distro, it does get old when it takes days to install, say, KDE from scratch.
Of course it is.
MS is an underdog in a lot of ways right now and so it is in their interest to embrace.
Once they are back on top (if that ever happens) with a firm grasp then phase 2 and 3 will happen in quick succession.
This is no different than any other profit driven company ever though.
Well, at least it didn't happen to Mint.
Yeah, Mint just replaces their ISOs with malware infested versions... ;)
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v DisableOSUpgrade /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Put it in a file and call it disable_gwx.bat
Double click.
Reboot.
You won't be nagged any more.
So it's ballistic nylon in the same way that a phone is smart...