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  1. Re:Whenever I travel to the US... on US Chip Cards Are Being Compromised In the Millions (threatpost.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can disable the magstripe with a magnet too.

    That might stop it working in ATM's though.
    Some bank ATM's rewrite the magstripe every time you use it with a different security code. They recommend you insert your card in their ATM's when you return from holiday, as if it was skimmed and they've update the security code since then, the fraud detection kicks in immediately when the skimmed card is used.

    National Australia Bank calls it LENSecure

  2. Re:Slow adoptance because of banks on US Chip Cards Are Being Compromised In the Millions (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Lucky for Europeans. 2.5% is common in New Zealand.

  3. Re:But what about Apple/Google Pay on US Chip Cards Are Being Compromised In the Millions (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    You're also safe using a regular contactless card.

  4. Re:MST with your watch, token sent on US Chip Cards Are Being Compromised In the Millions (threatpost.com) · · Score: 2

    That's also how chip cards and contactless cards work too.
    Except when you're in the USA and all the terminals still allow the use of magstripes, regardless of the card having a chip, then you can bypass the chip completely.

  5. Problem non existant in NZ on US Chip Cards Are Being Compromised In the Millions (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The merchants are liable for card fraud if a magstripe is used.
    Most of the merchants don't own the terminals, they're leased.

    It didn't take long for the full rollout of emv chip+pin.

    The only annoying thing now is all the terminals support NFC, but a lot of merchants don't have it enabled because the fees are higher. If contactless transactions cost the same as credit cards I wouldn't need to carry my wallet around when I go out for lunch.

  6. Re:Sick of big companies snooping your dns? on Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 Service Launches on Android and iOS (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be trivial to hide data in the encrypted secure dns lookups the app is primarily designed to do.

  7. Re:It's the single moms on When No One Retires (hbr.org) · · Score: 0

    Sounds like you're old and bitter, after your wife left you for another man.

  8. Re:Retiring? on When No One Retires (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    20 years ago the baby boomer generation was 34 to 52 years old. None were of retirement age. Only half of them are of "retirement age" now, being 54 to 72 years old. Half of them should still be working now.
    Who ever told you that back in 1998 couldn't math.

  9. I don't see how this will work on When No One Retires (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    How are they going to say "get off my lawn" when there are no lawns in an office building?

  10. Re: Sick of big companies snooping your dns? on Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 Service Launches on Android and iOS (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    or more likely, they'll present data showing connection times, time to first data, data throughput, failed connection attempts, etc for the customers they're trying to win over.
    That network data can be provided by a VPN app.

  11. Re:Sick of big companies snooping your dns? on Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 Service Launches on Android and iOS (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm not sure what your point is, because you've failed at english.

    But VPN apps get access to all network traffic on your phone. they're free to inspect the data and are responsible for routing it. That's just how VPNs work.
    If you're worried about "big data" getting your data, I'm failing to see how freely giving it all to a "big data" company is going to help. Especially when the service they're offering is free. Someone is paying for it.

    Maybe they want to analyse the data to find popular websites people use that don't go through Cloudflare services, so they can better target their marking to those site operators.

  12. Sick of big companies snooping your dns? on Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 Service Launches on Android and iOS (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We have a simple solution!
    Install this app and give Cloudflare permission to access all of your network traffic and you can use our DNS server!

  13. Re:Max Headroom Called He Wants His Shtick Back on Chinese News Agency Adds AI Anchors To Its Broadcast Team (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the patent on "news anchor on a computer" has expired now

  14. Re: How do they make this work? on The Future of the Kilo: a Weighty Matter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't you need a vacuum for it to be accurate?
    The spark isn't going to go in a straight line if it's travelling through ionised air.
    Paper wouldn't be good either, as the conductivity/breakdown of it is going to change when it gets burnt. You may end up with an arc going through the same point on the paper when the object has moved.

    Why not just drop an object past 3 sensors. You can calculate the average speeds between each gap based on time and measured distance and derive the acceleration from that. No unpredictable spark paths. No dodgy burning paper.

  15. Re:"Chaos" is overstated on The Future of the Kilo: a Weighty Matter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They have a meter? What does it measure? Does it measure the length of a metre?

  16. Re:Been following this stuff on The Future of the Kilo: a Weighty Matter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A litre of water is exactly 1000 cubic centimetres.

  17. Pity their latest product is from 2014, stuck on Android 6

  18. Cartman hated it

  19. Re: Convergence is Coming on New iPad Pro Has Comparable Performance To 2018 15" MacBook Pro in Benchmarks (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    You, apparently, with your capital letters and profanities.

    Calm down, it's just slashdot.

  20. Re: Convergence is Coming on New iPad Pro Has Comparable Performance To 2018 15" MacBook Pro in Benchmarks (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple are a service company too. They make 1/4 of their revenue from their App Store, at a much higher profit margin than any hardware they sell.

    They make more profit from app store purchases than they do from iPhone purchases. I'm pretty sure they would care if you installed Android on an iPhone, bypassing their store.

  21. Re:The ability to load unsigned firmware images is on Bleedingbit Zero-Day Chip Flaws May Expose Majority of Enterprises To Remote Code Execution Attacks (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    So to upgrade the firmware in these enterprise outdoor access points, they should send a guy on site up a pole, take the thing down, open it up, insert the jumper, upgrade the firmware, reassemble it and then reinstall it outside? For each of the hundred devices they have?
    Even the indoor AP's in my building would be a costly nightmare. There's 10 floors with at least 6 AP's on the roof of each floor.

  22. Re:Why does a wireless access point have bluetooth on Bleedingbit Zero-Day Chip Flaws May Expose Majority of Enterprises To Remote Code Execution Attacks (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    In other words, you mean none of the products identified as having this issue.
    These aren't consumer marketed products. Just because Cisco has a consumer brand with a different set of products, doesn't mean their enterprise offerings are identical.

  23. Re:The ability to load unsigned firmware images is on Bleedingbit Zero-Day Chip Flaws May Expose Majority of Enterprises To Remote Code Execution Attacks (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Except one of these vulnerabilities is exactly what you're complaining about.
    The ability to allow any code to be uploaded was accidentally left enabled, allowing anyone within radio range to load any code they wish.

  24. microcode is the code a cpu runs internally to implement its own instruction set.
    I highly doubt the cpu in these ble chips use microcode at all.

  25. Re:Why does a wireless access point have bluetooth on Bleedingbit Zero-Day Chip Flaws May Expose Majority of Enterprises To Remote Code Execution Attacks (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    How many big box mart stores sell these enterprise Cisco, Aruba and Meraki access points?