I found myself *really* wishing the iPhone had a family-friendly filter of some sort for YouTube viewing on it.
Youtube's got a filter for this.
Just under the video, there's a bunch of links: Favorites, Share, Playlist, and Flag.
The "Flag" one, is to flag videos as innappropriate, after which you need to sign in and confirm age and all that before you can see it again. Don't know what the threshold is for this, whether one person has to flag it, 20 people, or what, but it's certainly a start....
I can't say that I've ever had Google turn up porn searches without warning.
Unless you're searching for resorts that offer waterskiing, and you type in "watersports", but that one's pretty obvious when you think about it.
I don't know what you're doing to get these unexpected porn results, but the only time I've ever seen it was on a customer's machine when it was infected with malware, and hijacking Google search results.
Actually, most of the time Explorer won't run like that. Very occasionally it will, but I haven't figured out what the trigger is, yet.
Try to do it, and it just doesn't start. It's like it won't run as two different users on the same machine, or something.
Although maybe if both the current user and admin had the "Open folder windows in separate process" option checked, it might work reliably. Have to try this.
The permission problem on the above Windows machine wasn't caused by Windows. It was caused by a stupid permission setup by the program installer, which in turn was caused by a stupid developer with no sense of security.
I saw a malware infection on a Windows XP machine recently, where the vast majority of it was done with the task scheduler and batch files. Pretty impressive, really. Although the author was a bit of an idiot, and the single piece that was an exe file was supposed to be downloaded from an FTP server, and the batch script to do the download had a bug in it. Duuh.
It did manage to keep turning off the firewall every 15 minutes, though.....
The only way to do it is to change it in the registry, reboot, get the blue screen, do a repair install, and then it'll work.
I suppose, in theory, somebody could make a utility that would do it, but it would be a massive amount of work, as it would have to search not only the registry, but also.ini and.bat/.cmd files to make sure no paths were hard coded, and also probably some proprietary binary config files for some programs that would break if you didn't fix them.
Then there's probably also be a bunch of REG_BINARY keys in the registry that would need to be updated, and who knows how that data is encoded. REG_SZ would be easy enough, though....
(redacted) advised Offer Eng that Mr. Calixte has changed grades for other students by accessing the Boston College computer system.
Yeah, and Iraq had WMDs. Where's the proof? We have some guy's unsubstantiated accusations, and....what?
[...] This computer has three log on fields and it is reported that Mr. Calixte uses the nicknames "enigma" and "Bootleg enigma".
3 logon accounts does not equal illegal activity. I have a logon account on my machine for regular stuff, which starts a whole bunch of utility programs, print monitors, etc.
I have another logon which doesn't start any of this, that I use for gaming.
I have a third logon that has limited permissions, that other people use.
I guess I must be hacking something, huh?
It goes on. Including that the witness said he say the guy hack the grading system for the campus,
Again, unsubstantiated allegations by some guy who was pissed.
harden other systems against scanning for downloads,
Shouldn't somebody who works for IT be hardening systems against network intrusion? Whether he was hardening them to prevent scanning for downloads is purely speculation.
jail breaks cell phones.
Is this illegal? If it is, it shouldn't be. It certainly isn't for me, but then, I'm not in the US.
Also he reported multiple illegal movies & music albums, and suspects the guy of tampering with his own system.
Arrrggh! Them thar dirty pirates be hacking into me computer! Make them walk the plank!
Civil offence. Has nothing to do with police, and is no reason to get a warrant. Unless they had evidence he's selling pirated movies, which they don't.
Oh, and the guy was also already under investigation for alleged theft of a laptop.
And taking his iPod helps with this investigation how, exactly?
And finally, way down at the end, they mention the email specifically. Please read:
[...] the suspect e-mails were traced back to Mr. Calixte
And how did they do that, exactly? Examining forged headers?
Even better, this guy, despite thinking he was some uber-hacker, left this information on the network switch..
How exactly does a switch pick up your email address? The MAC address, obviously, although that can still be forged. The name and OS, I could see, if it's a managed switch, which it probably is.
But email address? WTF? Do you have to log into the switch to get network connectivity? No.
The only way this could be connected, is if the university tracks MAC addresses for security, and his MAC address is connected to the email address in their database. But again, this can easily be forged, so it's certainly not a way of identifying someone.
All I see is a little, at best, circumstantial evidence. That's pretty shaky to get a warrant on.
The motion should be granted, the police involved should be suspended without pay while investigated, and the judge who rubber-stamped the warrant should be fired.
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I found myself *really* wishing the iPhone had a family-friendly filter of some sort for YouTube viewing on it.
Youtube's got a filter for this.
Just under the video, there's a bunch of links:
Favorites, Share, Playlist, and Flag.
The "Flag" one, is to flag videos as innappropriate, after which you need to sign in and confirm age and all that before you can see it again.
Don't know what the threshold is for this, whether one person has to flag it, 20 people, or what, but it's certainly a start....
I can't say that I've ever had Google turn up porn searches without warning.
Unless you're searching for resorts that offer waterskiing, and you type in "watersports", but that one's pretty obvious when you think about it.
I don't know what you're doing to get these unexpected porn results, but the only time I've ever seen it was on a customer's machine when it was infected with malware, and hijacking Google search results.
Actually, most of the time Explorer won't run like that. Very occasionally it will, but I haven't figured out what the trigger is, yet.
Try to do it, and it just doesn't start. It's like it won't run as two different users on the same machine, or something.
Although maybe if both the current user and admin had the "Open folder windows in separate process" option checked, it might work reliably. Have to try this.
Anybody who doesn't want to use the CLI is somebody who shouldn't be administering machines in any capacity.
If you can't do anything other than point and click, you don't really get how things work. On ANY operating system.
The permission problem on the above Windows machine wasn't caused by Windows. It was caused by a stupid permission setup by the program installer, which in turn was caused by a stupid developer with no sense of security.
The exact same thing could happen on a Mac.
I run a business out of my house.
The BSA comes along, they can bugger off, because it's private property.
Even though I don't have anything pirated....
I saw a malware infection on a Windows XP machine recently, where the vast majority of it was done with the task scheduler and batch files.
Pretty impressive, really.
Although the author was a bit of an idiot, and the single piece that was an exe file was supposed to be downloaded from an FTP server, and the batch script to do the download had a bug in it. Duuh.
It did manage to keep turning off the firewall every 15 minutes, though.....
No.
The only way to do it is to change it in the registry, reboot, get the blue screen, do a repair install, and then it'll work.
I suppose, in theory, somebody could make a utility that would do it, but it would be a massive amount of work, as it would have to search not only the registry, but also .ini and .bat/.cmd files to make sure no paths were hard coded, and also probably some proprietary binary config files for some programs that would break if you didn't fix them.
Then there's probably also be a bunch of REG_BINARY keys in the registry that would need to be updated, and who knows how that data is encoded. REG_SZ would be easy enough, though....
Huh?
I download excecutable code from bittorrent all the time, and I've never had a problem! You'd have to be an idiot to get infected by....wait....
HELP MY MOUSE IS MOVING BY IT SELF
It's not a virus, it's a trojan, and no computer is stupid-user-proof.
Oh yeah? I've got a busted 486 with no hard drive that won't turn on. Try getting any idiot user to infect that one!
The solution? Log in as admin and fix it.
Nope.
runas /user:administrator cmd
cacls <filename> /E /G Everyone:W
Trend Housecall online scanner has a Java version that will run on a Mac.
There are a few A/Vs specifically for OSX, too.
Or you could just upload the files you download to virustotal.com, and see what it says. I do that for anything reasonably small that I download.
D'oh!!
There is no Ninnle?
Bull.
I wrote Ninnle!
I just haven't publicized it, so it's not on Google!
You can't prove a negative!!!!!11lol!!
And it's not "Linux users everywhere...."
It's "Linux users in their Mom's basement...."
(Yes, I'm a Linux user, and yes, I own my own house.
It's a joke, mods.....)
Mod parent down.
Spam comment.
Tor, blimey, mate!
They're a right bunch of wankers!
Then they'd still be competing with whatever Spirit and Opportunity are running, along with a bunch of other landers, so they'd still probably lose.
Try reading...
(redacted) advised Offer Eng that Mr. Calixte has changed grades for other students by accessing the Boston College computer system.
Yeah, and Iraq had WMDs. Where's the proof? We have some guy's unsubstantiated accusations, and....what?
[...] This computer has three log on fields and it is reported that Mr. Calixte uses the nicknames "enigma" and "Bootleg enigma".
3 logon accounts does not equal illegal activity. I have a logon account on my machine for regular stuff, which starts a whole bunch of utility programs, print monitors, etc.
I have another logon which doesn't start any of this, that I use for gaming.
I have a third logon that has limited permissions, that other people use.
I guess I must be hacking something, huh?
It goes on. Including that the witness said he say the guy hack the grading system for the campus,
Again, unsubstantiated allegations by some guy who was pissed.
harden other systems against scanning for downloads,
Shouldn't somebody who works for IT be hardening systems against network intrusion? Whether he was hardening them to prevent scanning for downloads is purely speculation.
jail breaks cell phones.
Is this illegal? If it is, it shouldn't be. It certainly isn't for me, but then, I'm not in the US.
Also he reported multiple illegal movies & music albums, and suspects the guy of tampering with his own system.
Arrrggh! Them thar dirty pirates be hacking into me computer! Make them walk the plank!
Civil offence. Has nothing to do with police, and is no reason to get a warrant. Unless they had evidence he's selling pirated movies, which they don't.
Oh, and the guy was also already under investigation for alleged theft of a laptop.
And taking his iPod helps with this investigation how, exactly?
And finally, way down at the end, they mention the email specifically. Please read:
[...] the suspect e-mails were traced back to Mr. Calixte
And how did they do that, exactly? Examining forged headers?
Even better, this guy, despite thinking he was some uber-hacker, left this information on the network switch..
Hardware Address: 00:23:38:BE:38:24
Computer Name: bootleg-laptop
Operating System: Unix Linux
Email Address: smaikopt@ctst.org
How exactly does a switch pick up your email address? The MAC address, obviously, although that can still be forged. The name and OS, I could see, if it's a managed switch, which it probably is.
But email address? WTF? Do you have to log into the switch to get network connectivity? No.
The only way this could be connected, is if the university tracks MAC addresses for security, and his MAC address is connected to the email address in their database. But again, this can easily be forged, so it's certainly not a way of identifying someone.
All I see is a little, at best, circumstantial evidence. That's pretty shaky to get a warrant on.
The motion should be granted, the police involved should be suspended without pay while investigated, and the judge who rubber-stamped the warrant should be fired.
Sound reasonable?
Yes, I'm being pompous, condescending and arrogant.
I believe the word you were looking for there is "subjective."
No...actually, I was being pompous and arrogant. :)
Errmm.... Methinks you got those links backwards.
Do you post on Facebook, by any chance? :)
Google builds card houses out of dominos?
How the heck does that work?
That was my first thought, too.
Just as the majority seem to have an appetite for garbage television, and garbage music, they also have an appetite for garbage Youtube videos.
Yes, I'm being pompous, condescending and arrogant. Got a problem with it?
If you can't figure out genius mode, maybe you aren't one.....