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  1. Re:Why? Its not like the users care. on Google Updates Chrome Web Store Review Process and Sets New Extension Code Requirements (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Google can say all they want about how they're trying to protect users against malicious extension updates, but I won't believe a word of it until they change the fact that Chrome still won't:

    - Show you what extensions of yours have recently updated
    - Show you when a particular extension was last updated
    - Allow users to disable automatic updates for an extension

    These are pretty basic features, and they're all things the Play Store has done on Android for years. It boggles the mind that they would develop a platform for shipping updates to one of the most important pieces of software many users run without giving the user any real control or insight into the process.

  2. Re:Good and bad about 5X on Google Shows Off 2 New Nexus Phones, a New Pixel, and More · · Score: 2

    4 hours of life in 10 minutes, and in general, is just way, way faster to charge. Wireless is nice, but it's always super sloooooooow.

    It's 7 PM right now, and the battery on my Nexus 5 is at 86%. The last time I gave any conscious thought to charging my phone was weeks ago. That's just not possible without wireless charging. Who cares that your phone charges slower when your battery never drops below 50%? USB-only means that I would go back to forgetting to plug in my phone when it needs it, and having to scramble to find a (new, not yet common) charger. That's a step backwards, and it's a deal breaker for me.

  3. Re:Opportunity on "Pixels" DMCA Takedown Even Worse Than We Thought · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Let them show the movie in theaters, but display small advertisements below the video with proceeds going to the creators of the 2010 film. Fair's fair, right?

  4. Re:juvenile vandalism on Lizard Squad Claims Attack On Lenovo Days After Superfish · · Score: 1

    While normally correct, this attack is more noteworthy when combined with the news of Superfish. This was a DNS hijack, which means the attackers would have been able to point *.lenovo.com at the server of their choosing. While I don't believe Superfish was actually running its requests through a subdomain of lenovo.com, this particular type of simple "vandalism" could have just as easily been used to take advantage of Superfish's automatic MITM and intercepted all manner of sensitive data.

  5. Distributing Spyware? on Hundreds of Police Agencies Distributing Spyware and Keylogger · · Score: 1

    Sounds like someone should go to jail. Right?

  6. Re:Nathan Fillion is speechless.gif on California Man Sues Sony Because Killzone: Shadowfall Isn't Really 1080 · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Great step! on Google Will Give a Search Edge To Websites That Use Encryption · · Score: 1

    ISP like to cite the fact that so few sites support IPv6 as a reason to not bother rolling it out themselves [citation needed]. If Google can encourage sites to support IPv6, ISPs have one less reason to not give it to their customers.

  8. Re: Great step! on Google Will Give a Search Edge To Websites That Use Encryption · · Score: 3, Informative

    CloudFlare has also announced that they're planning to roll out free SSL to customers in the coming months.

  9. "we have lots and lots of open source around here" on Microsoft's Olivier Bloch Explains Microsoft Open Source (Video) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...and yet, all of Microsoft's flagship products, AFAIK, are the polar opposite of open source. If Microsoft truly thought anything of open source, this should not be the case.

  10. Re:What the hell is going on down there? on Committee Formed To Scrutinize Australia's Web Censorship Law · · Score: 1

    That's it! Australia's government has been taken over by a giant rabid man-eating Wallaby.

  11. Re:WorldEdit did it first... on JavaScript Comes To Minecraft · · Score: 2

    That would be CraftScript, which yes, has been around for quite a while. It also uses Rhino.

  12. Re:Anything for download? on A Better Way To Program · · Score: 1

    I second that. While his ideas may not be as "revolutionary" as he says, I'd still like to try out that Javascript thing he had. Could be interesting.

  13. Re:ssh is permitted? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With University Firewalls? · · Score: 1

    My high school actually blocked port 443. No logging into your email, no SSL at all. They even dropped SSH packets going over port 80. It was terrible. Thank god my university doesn't censor a thing.