Geez. that's a heck of a list. Never knew that it was used for all that. And I didn't know that because I fight tooth and nails to keep it *off* my system. I hate iTunes w/ the passion it deserves to be hated with.
Also on his tweeter account Mr Bryan posted that he was coming to destroy America.
And if DHS is using these tweets as evidence, one should hope that the officers handling the case have enough intelligence to name the little beast correctly: it's Twitter not Tweeter, ya DHS dufus!
This is either a case of an officer lacking in intelligence, or his/her inability to pay attention to details when writing official documentation. I would think that, ideally, both intelligence and being observant would be essential qualities for all homeland security officers. Especially those in the field.
Remember that this figure includes all attempted fraud of this kind to date. Compare this to credit card fraud:
The cost of card fraud in 2006 were 7 cents per 100 dollars worth of transactions (7 basis points). Due to the high volume of transactions this translates to billions of dollars. In 2006, fraud in the United Kingdom alone was estimated at £535 million, or US$750–830 million at prevailing 2006 exchange rates.
So, yes, $6m in actual cost to victims seems very low.
Never did I suggest letting unsavory individuals get away with their crimes. Merely suggesting that the powers that be might be more concerned with the market being played and causing much more damage than the obvious cost of siphoned funds to a few brokers.
Preventing manipulation of the market might very well be the reason that FINRA issued the advisory and would be taking this seriously. According to the article:
As of December 2011, the attempted fraud amounts total approximately $23 million; the actual victim losses are approximately $6 million.
$23 million in attempted fraud up until Dec 2011 seems like peanuts to me.
Take a look - an organization that represents a minority of the population's interests, can have more privileges than all other citizens, and other citizens are obliged to that minority. this is against democracy.
Many many corporations are switching to Android phones and iphones that do a lot more WITHOUT the horribly overpriced special blackberry server and service fees.
Yep. While I still use and like my BB, I *really* hate it that they don't let me use native BB mail application without BIS/BES. I just want to retrieve my mail over Wifi and this is something that is not possible on any BB device.
While I can one of the first to be concerned about private data becoming available for marketing purposes, I don't mind as much if the data is not linked to me personally. That is what seems to be the case here: the mall can track my whereabouts as long as they do not know it's me (by linking my credit card purchases to my phone for instance). If this information is gathered in this (anonymous) way, I do not mind as much. If they can link the data to me personally, I shall be bothered...
And yes, Westfield is the name of the company testing this software right now.
I highly doubt it. Where there's money to be made businesses are likely to innovate. The fact that the other players at the time did not "see the future" does not mean that this future would not have come about (perhaps in a different form). Bringing computing to the masses seems like an overwhelmingly obvious step to take...eventually. I don't think we'd all still be living in the tech stone age without the likes of Gates/Woz/Jobs. But I could be wrong.
before the world gradually changes out from under them, and a purpose-designed, clever, far more powerful platform, such as Android or iOS, might actually start to change the web browser's position in the computing ecosystem
You raise a valid point. Looking at it that way, I'd certainly prefer to glance over such a mini-post than the alternative you mentioned. Still, it strikes me as a strange concept on/. Youtube? Yeah okay.
Right'o, I'm letting go (and that's not the Diazepam talking).
That! is really annoying. What is up with people and their This! Am I really getting that old? Is it too much to ask to actually write a few more words? And is This! the reason one feels the need to post as AC?
Whack-a-mole by proxy. Nice one. I just add these nefarious URLs as local loopbacks in my host file. That seems to work well: haven't seen any "like" buttons for a while.
I think the real question is: "who's paying for the continual stream of anti Google stories in the tech media; why are they so desperate; and do they really think we are that stupid"
Personally, with the masses running after and rooting for Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, etc, I have no problem with a stream of critical views on megacorps (which tend to have more than capable spin doctors on their books to toe the official "all's well/do no evil/trust us" line).
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I'm sure we'll invent something for this invention.
Cane toads.
... risk being trampled by these big creatures.
Geez. that's a heck of a list. Never knew that it was used for all that. And I didn't know that because I fight tooth and nails to keep it *off* my system. I hate iTunes w/ the passion it deserves to be hated with.
Sounds like you were Target-ed.
The USSR is back in business?
Very well put, sir. I'd live in that world with you.
Also on his tweeter account Mr Bryan posted that he was coming to destroy America.
And if DHS is using these tweets as evidence, one should hope that the officers handling the case have enough intelligence to name the little beast correctly: it's Twitter not Tweeter, ya DHS dufus!
This is either a case of an officer lacking in intelligence, or his/her inability to pay attention to details when writing official documentation. I would think that, ideally, both intelligence and being observant would be essential qualities for all homeland security officers. Especially those in the field.
Remember that this figure includes all attempted fraud of this kind to date. Compare this to credit card fraud:
The cost of card fraud in 2006 were 7 cents per 100 dollars worth of transactions (7 basis points). Due to the high volume of transactions this translates to billions of dollars. In 2006, fraud in the United Kingdom alone was estimated at £535 million, or US$750–830 million at prevailing 2006 exchange rates.
So, yes, $6m in actual cost to victims seems very low.
Never did I suggest letting unsavory individuals get away with their crimes. Merely suggesting that the powers that be might be more concerned with the market being played and causing much more damage than the obvious cost of siphoned funds to a few brokers.
Preventing manipulation of the market might very well be the reason that FINRA issued the advisory and would be taking this seriously. According to the article:
As of December 2011, the attempted fraud amounts total approximately $23 million; the actual victim losses are approximately $6 million.
$23 million in attempted fraud up until Dec 2011 seems like peanuts to me.
I, for one, would be very interested to see how the elimination of airport security measures impacts passengers' blood pressure.
Attitude control is what I like to see engineered, not merely just in our nanosatellites, but pretty much in all our tech devices.
if($sense == $nonsense){
// comment here
};
Take a look - an organization that represents a minority of the population's interests, can have more privileges than all other citizens, and other citizens are obliged to that minority. this is against democracy.
Are you new to this world?
Many many corporations are switching to Android phones and iphones that do a lot more WITHOUT the horribly overpriced special blackberry server and service fees.
Yep. While I still use and like my BB, I *really* hate it that they don't let me use native BB mail application without BIS/BES. I just want to retrieve my mail over Wifi and this is something that is not possible on any BB device.
The developer of the software behind this lists a sample of the data they can collect.
While I can one of the first to be concerned about private data becoming available for marketing purposes, I don't mind as much if the data is not linked to me personally. That is what seems to be the case here: the mall can track my whereabouts as long as they do not know it's me (by linking my credit card purchases to my phone for instance). If this information is gathered in this (anonymous) way, I do not mind as much. If they can link the data to me personally, I shall be bothered...
And yes, Westfield is the name of the company testing this software right now.
I highly doubt it. Where there's money to be made businesses are likely to innovate. The fact that the other players at the time did not "see the future" does not mean that this future would not have come about (perhaps in a different form). Bringing computing to the masses seems like an overwhelmingly obvious step to take...eventually. I don't think we'd all still be living in the tech stone age without the likes of Gates/Woz/Jobs. But I could be wrong.
before the world gradually changes out from under them, and a purpose-designed, clever, far more powerful platform, such as Android or iOS, might actually start to change the web browser's position in the computing ecosystem
the horror...the horror!
You make a lot of good points though.
Your brain must be thick as shit if you can't figure out that I was referring to it being an OS default font issue rather than a problem with Chrome.
Yes, let's be disrespectful on a post about the death of someone very much deserving of our respect.
You raise a valid point. Looking at it that way, I'd certainly prefer to glance over such a mini-post than the alternative you mentioned. Still, it strikes me as a strange concept on /. Youtube? Yeah okay.
Right'o, I'm letting go (and that's not the Diazepam talking).
That! is really annoying. What is up with people and their This! Am I really getting that old? Is it too much to ask to actually write a few more words? And is This! the reason one feels the need to post as AC?
Whack-a-mole by proxy. Nice one. I just add these nefarious URLs as local loopbacks in my host file. That seems to work well: haven't seen any "like" buttons for a while.
...just to make sure they don't get confused by all those scary polysyllabic words...
Well played sir, well played.
our government will be lucky to get it faster than our current ADSL
Care to elaborate? Why would that be the case?
I think the real question is: "who's paying for the continual stream of anti Google stories in the tech media; why are they so desperate; and do they really think we are that stupid"
Personally, with the masses running after and rooting for Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, etc, I have no problem with a stream of critical views on megacorps (which tend to have more than capable spin doctors on their books to toe the official "all's well/do no evil/trust us" line).
Let me fix that for you: "In other news, a free merchant denied the president eye freaking at his urinal."