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  1. No, they round. But not from 5.6xxx to 5.8.

  2. No. They put together a phishing website that also requests 2FA details in a man-in-the-middle attack.

    For Google, there are a number of 2FA options - it can send an OTP by SMS, or generate one on the phone. Both of these would be vulnerable. The third option prompts directly on the mobile phone to confirm it is really you trying to access the site. This will be vulnerable too, as if the user is not aware that the site they are logging into is a man-in-the-middle site, they are going to confirm on their phone, and the attackers will be let through.

    Basically 2FA is not effective against phishing attacks that use a man-in-the-middle approach. It is only effective against your credentials being stolen and used without your involvement.

  3. Re:French Embassy on Mapping Service Blurs Out Military Bases, But Accidentally Locates Secret Ones · · Score: 1

    Or in Iraq, where missiles kept hitting Reuters and Al Jazeera buildings - the only two news agencies that weren't under "protection" of the US military so they could control what news was reported.

  4. Re:They were not secret on Mapping Service Blurs Out Military Bases, But Accidentally Locates Secret Ones · · Score: 1

    Indeed they have no obligation, and by revealing which bases the Russians' know about (if they weren't public knowledge, then they must have got the list of locations from somewhere), they may have shown their hand, or perhaps this is a bluff to misdirect foreign intelligence agencies.

  5. Re:Hmmm on President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip (politico.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The return to power politics is right up there with "clean coal" when it comes to outdated ideas that have no business being revived in the 21st century.

  6. Re:Just wondering on Californians Have Now Purchased Half a Million EVs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I saw a video on youtube once where a guy bought a Prius with a dead battery pack, replaced all the cells, and sold it on for a 3K profit. If you can do the work yourself, buying a car with a battery that needs replacing is a good deal. If you need to send it to the manufacturer's workshop though, you'll probably end up paying as much as the car is worth for the replacement.

  7. Re:Red Sticker, wrong direction on Californians Have Now Purchased Half a Million EVs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Putting EVs and hybrids into the carpool lane is counterproductive anyway. Congestion is where they have the most efficiency advantage over purely gasoline powered vehicles, so freeing up the carpool lane to allow the traffic to flow just a little bit more smoothly overall would be better for the environment.

  8. Re:Deeper story in there somewhere... on Evelyn Berezin, Who Built the First True Word Processor, Has Died at 93 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are interviews where the curious can find more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... or if you have the patience for a 3+ hour interview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  9. Re:It maked me wonder... on Evelyn Berezin, Who Built the First True Word Processor, Has Died at 93 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    In an interview, she acknowledged that she knew that IBM could easily improve their word processors to match hers, but being IBM she also knew that they would still be expensive, and the market would still be open to her.

  10. Re:Sexists, misogynists, and incels on Evelyn Berezin, Who Built the First True Word Processor, Has Died at 93 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You might want to read up on the history of why she started her own company...

  11. Re:Losing the Top 7% on Verizon Announces 10,400 Employees Will Voluntarily Leave the Company (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Or they're good enough that after they've had a 14 month salary windfall they are going to be contracting themselves back to Verizon at double the hourly rate to cover the fact that the 7% of the workforce lost creates some massive gaps in Verizon's ability to operate.

  12. Re:I got 3.98 at University over4 years in.. on 'What Straight-A Students Get Wrong' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I think there is a big difference between someone who learns how to do things vs someone who learns how to get good marks. Both sets of students are scoring highly academically at school, but they are suited to completely different career paths. Those who study to get good marks will generally get well paid jobs at well known companies when they graduate that put them on a fast-track career path to middle management, where their prospects hit a dead end. Those who study to learn will probably choose a lower paying but more intellectually satisfying job out of university, but due to their aptitude will have no ceiling on their career.

  13. Re: OMG, what a concept! on AI as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It took AI to figure that out. I've always suspected recruiters were nothing more than leaches, and now AI has confirmed it.

  14. Re:Always wondered what this was on Motion Impossible: Tom Cruise Declares War on TV Frame Interpolation (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real issue is that the interpolated frames wake up your body thetans, but Tommy doesn't want to get into that, because only people who have fully paid up for OT III are allowed to have this knowledge.

  15. Re:I think that is the REAL reason on Dark Web Dealers Voluntarily Ban Deadly Fentanyl (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    China also started banning precursors and Fentanyl itself more than a year ago, since then they've been working on adjusting the laws to cover analogs and cover more of the precursors. Trump wants to take credit for this, but China has its own reasons to ban a drug that causes as much destruction in China as outside.

  16. Re:Chinese just made fentanyl illegal thanks Trump on Dark Web Dealers Voluntarily Ban Deadly Fentanyl (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The supply didn't dry up, it has moved across the border to Myanmar. It is in no one's interest to kill their own customers. I think this rather than fear of law enforcement (law enforcement attention is going to be attracted by trade in any drug) is what is really behind the ban.

  17. Re: article discusses Australian ruling on Companies 'Can Sack Workers For Refusing To Use Fingerprint Scanners' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The company didn't use his fingerprints when he got the job, so it isn't something he could foresee or have a choice in. I respect the company's right to let him go, but since they materially changed the terms of his employment causing his inability to continue working there, I think he should be entitled to a decent severance package, similar to what he would get if the company suddenly decided to move to Perth and he wanted to stay put in Queensland.

  18. Re: Materialism isn't the issue on Fed Says Millennials Are Just Like Their Parents. Only Poorer (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    When houses cost $20k, average income was $5k. When houses cost $200k, average income was $20k. See the problem yet?

  19. modern gm is better than modern ford.

    That's probably because modern GM is Daewoo. Ford ended their partnership with Mazda years ago.

  20. Re:From Netflix/HBO to network TV model on YouTube To Make New Originals Available For Free, Ad-Supported Viewing (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem now is that there are too many Netflix-like silos with one good show each, so to watch the good shows you end up needing to subscribe to them all, or give up and pirate since there isn't really enough value in each one to justify the subscription. Making them advertising supported gets rid of the subscription barrier, and probably brings in more revenue due to the jump in the number of people watching that one good show through the official channel rather than pirating it. That said, I'm yet to find what YouTube's one good show is...

  21. Re:We need an Airline Policy Standards Act on Airlines Face Crack Down on Use of 'Exploitative' Algorithm That Splits Up Families on Flights (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    7. Carriers shall be required to use real math, rather than 'airline math' in calculating rebates for downgrades from higher classes of service that a passenger paid for but which cannot be provided at flight time.

    If they screwed up by overbooking the higher class, then they should be on the hook - full refund (in cash, not coupons limited to buying more flights from them) plus a seat one class down on the same flight that was booked. Why should consumers settle for anything less?

  22. Re:Profitable business [Re:"Crack Down"-Should be. on Airlines Face Crack Down on Use of 'Exploitative' Algorithm That Splits Up Families on Flights (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    They only make that money in the Cayman Islands and other offshore tax havens. On paper in regular countries, they are losing money, hence the GP's confusion.

  23. Re:80% of your new job is domain knowledge on Does Switching Jobs Make You a Worse Programmer? (forrestbrazeal.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem with bypassing procedures like that is that you also have a higher risk of your change causing an issue, a disruption, or an outright problem.

    You are assuming here that the procedures are actually effective in producing the result that was intended.

    In a safety critical or highly regulated environment, the procedures may be mature enough and well designed enough that they are effective, or at least a little bit effective at avoiding a huge risk, and I wouldn't advise ignoring them, or starting work without understanding them in those situations. But a lot of companies have procedures that are not safety or regulatory related, and often times the only thing those procedures are effective at is killing productivity.

  24. Re:80% of your new job is domain knowledge on Does Switching Jobs Make You a Worse Programmer? (forrestbrazeal.com) · · Score: 2

    or maybe even optimize a SQL request (except they require that you go through sprocs and have an actual DBA sign off on it)

    Actually that highlights one of the areas where I've found being new at a company improves productivity. Ignorance of the productivity-killing procedures like this can make you shine in front of your boss, until they are alerted about the procedure bypasses and send you for corrective training on internal procedures.

  25. Or maybe it was just executives with inside information getting in before the lowly workers started driving up real estate prices in the neighborhood. Seems ethically pretty similar to insider share trading to me, even if it is not illegal.