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  1. A name for that project on DARPA Wants To Make a Better, More Secure Version of WhatsApp (trustedreviews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Signal.

  2. Highest ristk on No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The biggest causes of death linked to alcohol in younger people were tuberculosis

    So... the highest alcohol-related death risk is a bacterial infection? Wat?

  3. Re:One thing that might help on Australians Who Won't Unlock Their Phones Could Face 10 Years In Jail (sophos.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Imagine a function built in to Android or IOS which re-encrypts the storage with a transient key which it then throws away.

    It could be triggered by entering a special pin code or something similar.

    Then imagine another ten years in jail for tampering with the evidence.

  4. Single threaded toy language on Is Python the Future of Programming? (economist.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    cannot be THE future of programming.

  5. Can it replace Lenny, on the other side of the call centres?

  6. Protomolecule FTW on Space is Full of Dirty, Toxic Grease, Scientists Reveal (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    They found the protomolecule.. Don't tell the Martians.

  7. Re:Not News For Nerds on Judge Backs Parents, Saying Their 30-Year-Old Son Must Move Out (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah.. listen.. clean your room, sort yourself out. And pet a cat if you see one on the street.

  8. It's another thing to ask for 10 grams of sugar every hour.

    Methinks this is intentional, and there would be a step two to make this process "more streamlined" by just getting a power of attorney for your neigbours. Or something.

  9. Use it.

  10. Ed is the standard text editor. on Vim Beats Emacs in 'Linux Journal' Reader Survey (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 2

    Nuff said.

  11. Re:So full of shit on Visa Claims Chip Cards Reduced Fraud By 70% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    When they first deployed the chip cards, I had mine for all of two weeks before it was compromised by the wait staff at one of the restaurants I frequent :|

    So the wait staff managed to duplicate the chip in your card? Where do you eat?

  12. Junk news != Fake news
    Although there are significant overlaps.

  13. It seems that the breach was not of Paypal network but of TIO network which paypal acquired in July 2017

    Yeah, but what's the point of reality when you can have a clickbait headline?

  14. "Macaque monkey's brain blinks when his attention shifts, researchers discover"

    You're welcome.

  15. Re:Lava lamps are VERY deterministic! on How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Have you ever watched a lava lamp for a while? Especially one that's been around for a while?

    Yeah.. Entropy ain't what it used to be... Sigh.

  16. https://www.equifaxsecurity201...

    As part of its investigation of this application vulnerability, Equifax also identified unauthorized access to limited personal information for certain UK and Canadian residents. Equifax will work with UK and Canadian regulators to determine appropriate next steps.

  17. Bill Burr... on The Man Who Wrote the Password Rules Regrets Doing So (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    ...also suggested using cruise ships for population control.

  18. Re:When's sshd getting incorporated? on DNS Lib Underscore Bug Bites Everyone's Favorite Init Tool, Blanks Netflix (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know if they've settled on a timeline for pulling all SSH into systemd as well?

    I think right after they pull systemd into emacs.

  19. Kids... on Ask Slashdot: Is Password Masking On Its Way Out? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, it is not going away, because it is more than just shoulder surfers that look at your screen. For example when you need to login while projecting the screen in a conference room, or sharing it during an online meeting. Now, get off my lawn. Please.

  20. Wait.. you fill it with Brawndo?

  21. Re:Lithium-ion batteries in cargo hold? on US Might Ban Laptops On All Flights Into And Out of the Country (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So now we're having to calculate if the risk of something really bad happening onboard due to an electronic device's battery kept in the cargo hold catching fire is higher than the risk of terrorists having explosives in their laptops.

    Death by terrorism is much scarier than death by a random cargo fire, and kudos to DHS for recognizing that. And for reading XKCD: https://xkcd.com/651/

  22. Re:So, basically, on T-Mobile's 'Digits' Program Revamps the Phone Number (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    they've re-invented Cisco's Jabber. Whee.

    Or SIP...

  23. Re:I reported my rape and got fired on At Google, an Employee-Run Email List Tracks Harassment and Bias Complaints (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Studies have shown that men interrupt women more than vice versa. So it is a real thing.

    Well, duh. The men make a point and then stop talking, so they do not need to be interrupted.

  24. Yeah, sure on WikiLeaks Reveals the 'Snowden Stopper': CIA Tool To Track Whistleblowers (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it only works with Microsoft Office products

    That's what they want you to think.

  25. Re:It's only "surprising" to arrogant idiots on The Surprising Rise of China As IP Powerhouse (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    We will outsorce basic manufacturing to where labor is cheap, like China, then we protect our own IP and business connections and just rake in all the profits. Nothing can go wrong with this plan.