The only thing is, I can't see Apple making a car... That is one item that nobody would want to pay the "Apple tax" on. Who would want to buy a car for 100% more than the competition's car? Just so that it works with your Apple watch?
It is probably because of all the restrictions on car imports... if you sell a car in America, I think you pretty much have to have a manufacturing plant there to assemble them.
Yes, I administer a small network of about 150 bodies and roughly double that number of devices.
I take security seriously.
However, there are trade offs.
For example. I *could* implement a sandbox environment for all apps, do application whitelisting, strip attachments and links from e-mails and a bunch of other stuff... but these things add complexity and reduce productivity as they inevitably run head-on into usability.
As it is, I do everything reasonable to avoid the worst, but security is definitely second fiddle to productivity.
So, several years from now, when the "smart" prefix is played out or new technology makes "smart" look "dumb" what do we call these poles? Light posts?
I am guessing the home user (maybe not you specifically).
At least the Amazon employee has to sit through some security training on this stuff. Also, I am sure that the nameless Amazon drone does not have access to anything important anyway.
Besides, I am sure that if you did this enough you would eventually be caught. After all, the thing will likely be recording video of everything around it and shipping it off to the cloud in near real time.
I have a neighbor whose car alarm goes off several times every day.... I cannot imagine that it is serving any purpose whatsoever at this point (other than to annoy)
OneDrive is not meant to be a stand alone product. It is meant to integrate their Office 365 offerings by having a centralized storage location.
I am sure that Microsoft would rather you use a dedicated storage service like Dropbox if you are not going to buy into their ecosystem.
Also, while 5GB is not a lot, it is special-purpose storage. Putting things there gives you several benefits that just storing those things on local media cannot provide. It is not meant to be a place for every piece of information ever... only stuff that makes sense to put there...
Microsoft tried something and it didn't work as they expected.
At no point did they limit the people uploading 75TB of data and they are giving everyone plenty of time to adjust to the changes in pricing.
Worst case is you can call it a "bait and switch" move.... but really, its not like you are locked in to using OneDrive to store you stuff.... There is a LOT of competition in this area.
I too am affected by this. I have 200GB of OneDrive storage and my cost will likely go up after all is said and done. However, I can always uninstall OneDrive and install GDrive, Dropbox or any one of a hundred other services.
Just make the encryption system user opt-in... most users will stick with a default (unencrypted) configuration.... I am sure that authorities would have no problem with this compromise....
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Why would you continue to back up after you have been infected?
Also, even if you did, your new backups shouldn't be overwriting your old backups.
Also, just enabling shadow copy on your hard drive and running as a standard user will defeat all ransomware even if you never back up.
The only thing is, I can't see Apple making a car... That is one item that nobody would want to pay the "Apple tax" on. Who would want to buy a car for 100% more than the competition's car? Just so that it works with your Apple watch?
It is probably because of all the restrictions on car imports... if you sell a car in America, I think you pretty much have to have a manufacturing plant there to assemble them.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong here....
Yes, I administer a small network of about 150 bodies and roughly double that number of devices.
I take security seriously.
However, there are trade offs.
For example. I *could* implement a sandbox environment for all apps, do application whitelisting, strip attachments and links from e-mails and a bunch of other stuff... but these things add complexity and reduce productivity as they inevitably run head-on into usability.
As it is, I do everything reasonable to avoid the worst, but security is definitely second fiddle to productivity.
Perhaps they can do both!
Embed "smart" dingleberries into the road when they fill the pot holes... that way they the roads can be smart too...
So, several years from now, when the "smart" prefix is played out or new technology makes "smart" look "dumb" what do we call these poles? Light posts?
This show how much I know about iPhones.
Thanks for the explanation.
Don't you have to enter an iTunes password every time you go to install an app on an iPhone?
If so, then why would the user allow this app to be installed in the first place?
But it looks freakin' awesome!
I could imagine raiding with one of these... Cheeto dust covering my chest... It just needs a beer holder...
Come on... I need this in either football fields or minutes...
I am guessing the home user (maybe not you specifically).
At least the Amazon employee has to sit through some security training on this stuff. Also, I am sure that the nameless Amazon drone does not have access to anything important anyway.
It kind of reminds me of the old "jet stream oven" infomercials.
"It is microwave fast ... 2x faster than cooking it in a conventional oven"
I am sure that the creators of this bot have considered all of these real-world scenarios.
I am interested to see how it works out. It seems to be a really good idea.
After all, if I can get away with not tipping for deliveries that would make me really happy :)
Not everyone is an asshole.
Besides, I am sure that if you did this enough you would eventually be caught. After all, the thing will likely be recording video of everything around it and shipping it off to the cloud in near real time.
Tell me about it.
I have a neighbor whose car alarm goes off several times every day.... I cannot imagine that it is serving any purpose whatsoever at this point (other than to annoy)
How many times did it take you before you learned to put it into your stowed luggage?
You are the champion, my friend.
Yeah.... I don't think so.
If anything, the spammer now knows this is a valid and active e-mail account. Your spam volume will go up and up if you reply in any way.
Besides, all spammers spoof the sending address anyway so the back scatter you create would be, itself, spam.
Just let the neural network send and reply to e-mails. I never even have to LOOK at my e-mail ever again!
Luckily for MS it is no longer a monopoly thanks to Google and Apple.
Also there is no way that MS is anywhere close to being the market leader in the cloud storage market...
OneDrive is not meant to be a stand alone product. It is meant to integrate their Office 365 offerings by having a centralized storage location.
I am sure that Microsoft would rather you use a dedicated storage service like Dropbox if you are not going to buy into their ecosystem.
Also, while 5GB is not a lot, it is special-purpose storage. Putting things there gives you several benefits that just storing those things on local media cannot provide. It is not meant to be a place for every piece of information ever... only stuff that makes sense to put there...
I don't see any whining anywhere.
Microsoft tried something and it didn't work as they expected.
At no point did they limit the people uploading 75TB of data and they are giving everyone plenty of time to adjust to the changes in pricing.
Worst case is you can call it a "bait and switch" move.... but really, its not like you are locked in to using OneDrive to store you stuff.... There is a LOT of competition in this area.
I too am affected by this. I have 200GB of OneDrive storage and my cost will likely go up after all is said and done. However, I can always uninstall OneDrive and install GDrive, Dropbox or any one of a hundred other services.
Just make the encryption system user opt-in... most users will stick with a default (unencrypted) configuration.... I am sure that authorities would have no problem with this compromise....
I am sure that government entities will be exempt from this law and will be able to use unbreakable encryption...