Previously, when Alexa heard its name on an ad, it would briefly light up, but would then (presumably by sending audio back to the mothership and having it rejected) shut down again.
Now, they've started fudging with the audio, so instead of saying "Alexa" it sounds like "Alekfa" and doesn't trigger it at all.
If it's so easy to disable the protection in a Microsoft patch, I'm sure that anyone who wants to exploit the microcode bug could also disable the protection.
Your use of the phrase "I'm sure" leads me to suspect that you're not in any way sure about this.
That's just the thing though, Black Mirror my have been popular but Channel 4 didn't seem to realize it, or else they would not have lost it/let it go in the first place.
They're not made of money. They are, in fact, a public service broadcaster - albeit one funded largely by advertising, but even regardless of that fact, $40 million (which is what Netflix coughed up) is a lot of dough.
It is basically Black Mirror but without a proper sense of direction, just a ready back catalogue of short stories to adapt. They'd be much better off using the same team to produce some original stories.
Growing up, I had always heard that the "white noise" that analog TVs would display when not tuned to an active channel was actually leftover thermal noise caused by the Big Bang.
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The point is that you've got the money and you get to spend it.
Previously, when Alexa heard its name on an ad, it would briefly light up, but would then (presumably by sending audio back to the mothership and having it rejected) shut down again.
Now, they've started fudging with the audio, so instead of saying "Alexa" it sounds like "Alekfa" and doesn't trigger it at all.
Does this help, or just make it 1000x worse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
If it's so easy to disable the protection in a Microsoft patch, I'm sure that anyone who wants to exploit the microcode bug could also disable the protection.
Your use of the phrase "I'm sure" leads me to suspect that you're not in any way sure about this.
"Emergent phenomena/property" does not mean, as you seem to think it does, "magic."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There are plenty of emergent phenomena in physics that are perfectly understood.
You can interrogate it instantly, but you had to wait for it to arrive first.
And you still can't do anything useful with that information until you hear back from the other measurer.
No, there's a lot more to it than that. It's quite provably not the same as having two envelopes with hidden contents.
Stop being so credulous.
We encrypt in order to protect our information from bad actors.
Rob Schneider's always after my password!
Flat Earther Plans New Rocket Launch, Predicts Super Bowl-Sized Crater
FTFY.
You, I agree on this.
the paper describes to what degree the Bitcoin ecosystem is controlled by bad actors.
Jeez, Shatner gets the blame for everything these days.
That's just the thing though, Black Mirror my have been popular but Channel 4 didn't seem to realize it, or else they would not have lost it/let it go in the first place.
They're not made of money. They are, in fact, a public service broadcaster - albeit one funded largely by advertising, but even regardless of that fact, $40 million (which is what Netflix coughed up) is a lot of dough.
greater numbers.
Sand People! I knew it.
It is basically Black Mirror but without a proper sense of direction, just a ready back catalogue of short stories to adapt. They'd be much better off using the same team to produce some original stories.
And that "someone" was Channel 4, who launched Black Mirror before losing it to Netflix.
Our computers are creating problems, not solutions. For example, gerrymandering relies on fancy computers to rig the maps.
That's just computers doing what people tell them to do. Blame the people, not the computers.
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Yes, only this one can get easily vandalised and will cost much more to replace.
Growing up, I had always heard that the "white noise" that analog TVs would display when not tuned to an active channel was actually leftover thermal noise caused by the Big Bang.
Only a small percentage of it.
Why do you have to say that? Is someone trying to force you to buy these things?
If only there was some way not to buy these things.
merely by sending it the byte sequence "F0 0F C7 C8"
Sending, really? What, down a modem, via email, on a webpage?
No, you have to get the computer to execute that byte sequence. That involves a bit more than "sending."