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  1. Re: Sigh on Network Middleware Still Can't Handle TLS Without Breaking Encryption (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    These MITM proxies only work because they create their own certificates for every domain you visit, signed by their own CA, which is installed as a trusted CA on every corporate machine.
    If the software you use doesn't trust that CA, you'll get notified of the MITM.
    If the software you use records the fingerprint of the host you connect to, you'll be notified of the changed fingerprint when the MITM proxy intercepts the connection, even if the machine trusts the MITM CA.

    They're not magic encryption breaking devices. They simply pose as the remote server and offer their own certificate. They then make another connection to the remote server. The issues come up when the remote server is dodgy. Any trust issues in that connection can't be forwarded on to the client. The proxy needs to decide to accept it or deny it.
    Advances made in browsers to detect these issues aren't always made in the proxies.
    Compromises get made in the configurations of them so a few broken websites will still work - from accepting weak encryption protocols to ignoring name mismatches to not checking for revoked certificates.

    It is actually possible in theory to build a secure MITM HTTPS proxy. In reality they contain bugs and compromises.

  2. Re: recording after? on Body Camera Maker Will Let Cops Live-Stream Their Encounters (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    From TFA: "These technologies aren’t completely new: A similar sensor Axon released last year is meant to activate cameras once a weapon is drawn from its holster"

  3. Then why would you want pages without exactly that phrase?

  4. Re:bearings on Hubble Telescope Hit By Mechanical Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe Scott Manly did a youtube video about it.

  5. Re:But.. on Hubble Telescope Hit By Mechanical Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    RTFS: They launched with 6, 4 have now failed.

  6. It's replaced by the quote syntax
    Put double quotes around the term that must be included in the results. You can precede the quotes with a minus to exclude it.

  7. 2017 called, they want their new Maps feature back
    https://9to5google.com/2017/03...

    Location sharing has been in Maps for over a year now, It's no longer in Google+. Way to keep your finger on the pulse. It's even in wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  8. Of course. People use Google+ to sign in to things. They've created accounts on other websites with their Google+ account as the oauth sign in.
    Killing Google+ will kill those accounts. Dick move Google.

  9. Don't worry, they're already planning their Y2K38 bugs.

  10. this can't end well on Scientists Connect the Brains of Three People, Allowing Thought-Sharing (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    in 100 years or so when it actually works, some guy is going to get sued for sexual harassment because he forgot to turn it off when he started thinking about a coworker in an inappropriate way.

  11. Re:SpaceX vs. NASA, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed, etc. on A Shadowy Op-Ed Campaign Is Now Smearing SpaceX In Space Cities (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you consider space then?
    DSCOVR is currently 1 million miles away, launched by SpaceX Is that space enough for you?

  12. Re:Oh no... on A Shadowy Op-Ed Campaign Is Now Smearing SpaceX In Space Cities (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, some PR firms writing and publishing articles under the name of someone who might actually know something.
    RTFS: "Ars attempted to reach Hagar by phone and email in September. In the course of this process, we learned that he did not actually submit many of these op-eds"
    All of this, despite the fact NASA are signing off on the procedures of both Boeing and SpaceX, which are both going to use "load-and-go".

  13. Re:My objection on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    So your suggestion is that the most critical of emergency broadcasts should be more subtle, so as not to disturb any meetings?

  14. Americans are funny on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    This group of people want to avoid "arbitrary, biased, irrational" messages by filing an arbitrary, biased, irrational lawsuit.

  15. Re:No damages, no lawsuit on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you determine emotional trauma for something that has never and may never happen?

  16. Re:Huh???? on New Yorkers Sue Trump and FEMA To Stop Presidential Alert (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So all these net neutrality lawsuits are pointless?

  17. Re:Most of those same countries restrict or outlaw on Alphabet's Intra App Encrypts DNS Queries To Help Users Bypass Online Censorship (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not encrypted data sent in regular DNS queries, it's DNS over HTTPS. Like what Firefox started doing.
    From a network monitoring point of view, it's regular HTTPS traffic.

  18. Re:Netflix, others keep dumping 3rd party content on The Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's not Netflix's fault really
    The studios that make the movies and shows are starting to push them out their own streaming services and refusing the sell them to Netflix

  19. Re:And in other breaking news on Some Apple Laptops Shipped With Intel Chips In 'Manufacturing Mode' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    That would only be news if he's ever been onstange with his fly zipped up.

  20. Re:Don't buy Intel if you care about security on Some Apple Laptops Shipped With Intel Chips In 'Manufacturing Mode' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    If you value quality control, don't buy Apple.

    They left the chips in manufacturing mode, which means the one-time programmable fuses haven't been programmed. It's real OTP, as they get physically burned open.

    While you can get the CPU back to manufacturing mode, you can't re-burn the fuses.
    This isn't a security flaw in the processor if the OEM follows process. It's how security keys for signed boot and such are loaded, along with various other parameters.

    Leaving it open like Apple did allows code to re-write the ME firmware to old versions that contained vulnerabilities. This can be done because one of the OTP values is the address space of the flash memory that is writable. The default values prohibit writing to the ME firmware region.
    Closing it off and burning the fuses makes it not currently possible.

  21. Isn't the point the battery powered device doesn't need to compile any code? That takes power.

  22. Re:LLVM bitcode is NOT target-independent. on Apple Watch Apps Instantly Went 64-Bit Thanks To Obscure Bitcode Option (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Data layout is optional. Even if it wasn't there's no reason Apple can't modify it for different targets when it does the compilation to machine code.

  23. Re:Because "64bit" is somehow inherently better? on Apple Watch Apps Instantly Went 64-Bit Thanks To Obscure Bitcode Option (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Better instruction set
    larger registers
    more registers

  24. Re:Because "64bit" is somehow inherently better? on Apple Watch Apps Instantly Went 64-Bit Thanks To Obscure Bitcode Option (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    64bit ARM architectures are more power efficient than the older 32bit ones. ARMv8 is a more advanced instruction set than ARMv7.

  25. .... except the compiling happens in the app store infrastructure, not on the watch. So nothing like Java's byte code and JIT compilation. Not even like Android and it's ART runtime, that compiles the code when it's installed.