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  1. Re:Could Google just fucking tell me on Google Is Shutting Down Its Allo Messaging App, Says Report (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    The only real flaw in Hangouts is that it lacks end to end encryption, but otherwise it's by far and away the best option available.

  2. Re:Goodbye Allo on Google Is Shutting Down Its Allo Messaging App, Says Report (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    You say "Yes", I say "No".
    You say "Stop" and I say "Go, go, go".
    Oh no.
    You say "Goodbye" and I say "Allo, allo, allo".
    I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Allo, allo, allo".
    I don't know why you say goodbye, I say allo.

  3. Re:Could vs. Should on First Baby Born After Deceased Womb Transplant (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You could make the same argument about most transplants. Do we need to give people new hearts and new livers, or should we just let them die because there are plenty more humans. All the effort put in to hand transplants, when prosthetic ones are pretty good now.

    All kinds of medical treatments too. Do men really need plastic surgery when they have bits removed for prostate cancer? They can live perfectly fine with one ball, just a bit lop sided.

  4. Re:US sets Trade rules on US originating technolog on Canada Arrests Top Huawei Executive For Allegedly Violating Iran Sanctions (theglobeandmail.com) · · Score: 1

    Break the law or violate a contract where you agreed not to export to Iran? The latter is not a crime, it's a civil matter.

  5. Has a free, distributed network ever worked for web sites?

    The most successful seems to be Tor hidden services, but even they are mostly hosted centrally and the difficulty accessing them has prevented them from ever going mainstream.

    You need to think of something better than distribution. It works for BitTorrent downloads/streaming but not for interactive, random access stuff like web sites where people have a tolerance of a fraction of a second for the page to load.

    Ideally it has to work with a normal browser because having to install anything will put most people off.

  6. Re:Decrypt This Blockchain! on Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Laws [Update] (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Actually that loop will never complete. Maybe you meant "unsigned long"? I prefer uint32_t.

    Sorry.

  7. Re:I for one welcome... on 24 Amazon Workers Sent To Hospital After Robot Accidentally Unleashes Bear Spray · · Score: 1, Troll

    First one I would be asking is why a "non-lethal" form of defense would be considered "dangerous goods"

    What a bizarre question. You seem to be asking why something not designed to kill can still be dangerous, which makes me wonder how you survived into adulthood.

    Surely you meant to ask something else.

    As for a ban, maybe a ban on robots handling such things, at least until safety can be improved, is a good idea. We don't allow forklifts to carry certain things for the same reason.

  8. Re: needs motion sensor on Thieves Are Boosting the Signal From Key Fobs Inside Homes To Steal Vehicles (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    The fob doesn't transmit at all most of the time.

    There are various kinds. Some use an ultra-low power RF detector to detect signals from the car (since the car battery is massive and rechargable), and then wake up when in range and start communicating. Others are entirely passive, they simply modulate a signal sent out by the car and reflect it back.

    The current preferred method of avoiding these relay attacks is to look at the timing of the response. The relay adds a small amount of delay that can be detected.

  9. The car emits periodic radio signals that the keyfob can detect with an always-on ultra low power detection circuit. It's similar to RFID but a bit more sensitive, in that it's basically passive until excited by the radio signal from the car at which point the battery in the fob is used to power an amplifier and demodulate the actual signal.

  10. Re:hard to predict on FCC Chairman Admits Russia Meddled In Net Neutrality Debate (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The goal was to create chaos and undermine democracy in the US. The fact that it was easily detected just makes it easier to prove that Pai and the FCC must have known but covered it up because it produced the result they wanted.

  11. Re:How does this tell good guys from bad? on Australia Set To Spy on WhatsApp Messages With Encryption Law (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't surprise me if Facebook started a campaign against the government, like how it tries to smear other opponents.

  12. Re:Future Business Case Study on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Trial of the 350kW AC to DC converter hardware. It's a new design, it needs to be validated in the real world before they do a massive roll-out and modifications become extremely expensive. That is the normal way that products like this are tested.

    By the way, I seem to recall Tesla releasing chargers with a higher watt rating than their cars could actually use, in anticipation of future car upgrades.

  13. Re:Higher than necessary pay incnreases? on NYC Votes To Set Minimum Pay For Uber, Lyft Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Background checks and a robust monitoring/complaints system costs money to run.

  14. Re:Future Business Case Study on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, they exist but aren't exactly ready for consumers to be using day-in day-out.

  15. Re:Future Business Case Study on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You say they don't mean anything, but Europe's emissions have been dropping consistently for decades. Europe's use of renewable energy has been increasing consistently for decades. Europe has been getting more energy efficient for decades.

    Look at Germany. Said they were closing all the nuclear plants and going big on renewables, and did it. They have been doing it for a decade and are not due to finish until the mid 2020s, so well beyond the lifetime of a single government, and yet somehow the policy has survived.

  16. Re:Future Business Case Study on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry I confused you. The 150kW chargers are rated for 200A/500V currently. They can deliver 150kW but need upgraded cabled because CCS1 is 200A max. In time the cables will be upgraded an the full 150kW will be delivered, but right now since there are no cars that can use it they aren't going to do upgrades that might need to be reworked later.

    The 350kW chargers can provide 350kW (i.e. the AC/DC converter can push that much energy) but are also waiting for CCS2 cars and cable upgrades. The really expensive bit is the converter and rolling it out early and testing at up to 100kW is a good field trial with real cars and real users. Although not maximum load it will be experiencing the range of weather conditions and different cars, and also allows them to test the new CCS connector which is the same shape but has silver coated contacts to reduce resistance.

    The water cooled cables are still being actively developed.

  17. To be fair they are more concerned about the average low tech criminal having easy access to powerful encryption tools.

    If they wanted to go full 1984 they could simply make the use of unbreakable encryption for messaging a crime and charge anyone found to be using it. Apple and Google would block such apps in their app stores, and most criminals would not have the skills to write their own (and even if they did would be convicted if discovered).

    So actually this law can be quite effective if they are willing to take it far enough. If not the best they can hope for is deterrent. And of course either way it's a really terrible thing to do to your country and the citizens you are supposed to be serving.

  18. Re:So everyone must be able to read all messages n on Australia Set To Spy on WhatsApp Messages With Encryption Law (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    How long do you think we could hide code in WhatsApp to parallel-encrypt with another public key and send to another server?

    Not very long, given that WhatsApp messages are encrypted using the Signal protocol which is open and easy to verify. In fact the German c'T magazine did verify operation using ARP spoofing.

  19. Re:How does this tell good guys from bad? on Australia Set To Spy on WhatsApp Messages With Encryption Law (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So where is this link to download my incognito mode Allo chats? They are not part of Takeout.

  20. Re:Higher than necessary pay incnreases? on NYC Votes To Set Minimum Pay For Uber, Lyft Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No-one chooses the crap service, they are forced to use it because they can't afford better.

  21. Re:How does this tell good guys from bad? on Australia Set To Spy on WhatsApp Messages With Encryption Law (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Can they actually enforce it against WhatsApp? Does WhatsApp have any business dealings in Australia?

    Otherwise it seems like the most they can do is pressure Google and Apple to block it from the Australian app stores. Maybe try to get ISPs to block it, good luck with that.

  22. Re:How does this tell good guys from bad? on Australia Set To Spy on WhatsApp Messages With Encryption Law (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If it were true that Google had a plaintext copy of messages it says are end-to-end encrypted it would be another Snowden moment. I assume you have zero evidence for this assertion or you would have provided it.

    I assume the same goes for WhatsApp.

    Back in reality for a moment, it actually makes a lot of business sense to use E2E encryption. If you don't you are going to get bombarded with requests from law enforcement, which cost money to process. Not to mention the reputation damage.

  23. Re:Future Business Case Study on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Homes in the UK are typically wired with a 100A fuse, so about 20kW max load. In the evenings with the cooker, kettle and shower/immersion heater on 10kW isn't unusual. So at worst it's about 35 homes.

    A 350kW charger doesn't pull 350kW constantly anyway, and they are designed to operate in banks so that they can distribute load between them and be thus operate on sites that can't supply the full load at once.

    Thing is, 350kW chargers will only be common on motorways and at certain destinations. Most charging will be done on 3kW or 7kW AC, and will be mostly at night.

  24. Re:Future Business Case Study on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The very simple solution to that is to encourage slow charging overnight with discounted rates. Demand is low at night anyway.

  25. Re:Future Business Case Study on VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Those 150kW chargers support 200A and 500V on the existing CCS 1 system for cars that support it. What's a shame is that they don't support dual 75kW charging from the same unit.

    If you look at the video Bjorn shows the data plate on the charger. It is capable of 920V and 500A. Obviously not at the same time. The charger will likely have some kind of cable upgrade when 350kW capable cars become available, to provide water cooling. For now they are field testing the chargers for reliability and putting them in place ready for the upgrade.