Look at this from the position of Kim Jong Un, what will he think, how will he react ?
Will he not view this as more evidence of USA aggression ? Won't this just feed his paranoia ? I would have some sympathy with Kim Jong Un if he were to scream about provocation from the USA. It seems to me very much like prodding a hornets' nest with a stick. It would be foolish to think that any action like this would remain undiscovered forever.
I am not saying that I like North Korea having nukes, but neither do I like the USA, UK, Russia, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan having them but, somehow, those states having them is seen as not so bad - although some of their leaders are not the sort of character who I would like to have in charge of a nuclear button.
That should include numbers from another country. Telephone exchanges worldwide are just special purpose computers, so there is no reason/excuse at all that numbers should not be passed onto another country.
All those tractor manufacturers are going to use this to stop farmers repairing their own machines and will jack up the prices for repair jobs. That will be the start, next: cars, mobile 'phones, washing machines,... anything with a CPU in it that runs code that can be 'protected' by XORing bytes with 0xFF.
At least one manufacturer will see the marketing value of ''the car that does not spy on you'' - support them with your wallet: buy their cars, the others will get the point. OK: I agree that 90% of people will not care, but 10% is still a good market base.
Eh ? I don't understand. To install software (is that what you mean by ''load'') you generally need to become root for a short while since you typically need to create files in/usr/bin/ & similar. This is very different from the program needing superuser privileges in order to run -- only a very few do. Most packaged software needs to be installed with superuser privileges but if, however, you build it yourself you will run./configure and can put the software almost anywhere - usually.
As a European I am astounded that companies don't already have a requirement to keep personal data safe. It is something that I just expect to happen. OK: I do realise that what the law says and what companies actually do can be very different, but still - companies do get fined over here for lax security. This must be why people tell me that the USA is not a safe country for personal data.
It should also know what version you are running so it can offer updates.
That you choose to install or not.
If and when you choose to update it does need to tell Microsoft what packages (of Microsoft origin, not elsewhere) it has so that the appropriate updates can be installed. I do believe that the correct default option is for it to check for updates; many end users will not initiate update checks by themselves. If an update is needed: a red flag in a notification area should be shown; maybe getting bigger the longer that it is not clicked on -- but always performing an update is the user's choice.
Follow through the links: a cosmic ray caused problems, the jets misbehaved for a bit but the duplicated systems protected them from a crash - as they are supposed to after a malfunction.
The IT people are the one who understand the issues and can put things in place.
The C-suites must give the IT people the budget and the power - including telling C-suites that they cannot run their favourite games on corporate equipment.
In the event of a problem the C-suites must be the ones who are blamed, even if the IT people screw up (as they should have checked what they were being told by IT). This is the only way that there is a hope in hell that we might get close to getting this nailed.
This is one thing that Trump appears to be getting right. The latest draft of his Cyber security Executive Order puts the chief exec's butt on the line [ S1 (c) (i) ]. Let us hope that this is what he orders.
8 bits can store +-127, 16 bits can store +-32,767 (OK: add 1 to the absolute for negative numbers). 32 bits can store +-2,000,000,000 (well, a bit more), 3600 seconds in an hour, 86400 seconds in a day.
I find that some programmers only have a hazy idea what is meant by a 32 bit or 64 bit machine. These are fundamental, but they somehow get jobs not knowing the basics.
The only way of fixing this is to make the high street retailer liable for the damage (including clean up costs) for IoT device failures like this. The liability should be statutory, ie the householder/college/... would not have to show negligence, just that a device installed as per reasonable instructions had this failure. These devices should also have support (eg easy to apply software updates), this support should be for the reasonable expected lifetime of the device; which for something like a light sensor would be 20-40 years, not the paltry year or two that you get with most e-bling these days.
Making the manufacturer liable would not work, many of them are in other countries (eg China) and it would be too difficult for Joe Sixpack/Aunt Tilley to make a complaint - ie sue them. The retailer is in your country, a statutory liability would ensure that their buying departments do appropriate checks and arrange suitable long term support; then arrange insurance in case the manufacturer goes out of business or fails to deliver.
"Oh No!" I hear cries "this will make my IoT toys more expensive!". Please consider the cost of not doing this, not just immediate damage but the cost of employing a builder to replace the light-sensor/e-switch/central-heating/...
Although we have lots of money and good prospects in our new products we don't want to pay our bills to our old suppliers. So we will shaft our old suppliers by getting out of paying them by using Chapter 11 financial magic. The following was not said: and management will be able to award itself bumper bonuses next year as a result.
I switched on the radio to hear the evening PM programme (I live in the UK). It was wall to wall Trump; a live broadcast of the choreographed event - public spectacle, not news. Have any more been found alive after that avalanche in Italy, what is happening in The Gambia,... ?
I'm not anti Trump, nor particularly for him. The news was when he was elected, today was just some pomp and ceremony - but not news.
Something like this is needed for every site for adults, most of who cannot be bothered to read any ToS and would not understand them if they did. Hell: I suspect a lot of adults would still not remember much about a ToS written like this even if you could persuade them to read it.
This written by someone who does read ToS and frequently refuses to use a service as a result.
Why would he need to bypass encryption ? He has access to the servers to which your power usage data was uploaded. All he then needs to do is to write a bit of SQL/... and print some addresses that he gives to his mate with the crow bar - Burglar Bill. It matters not how secure the Smart meter is, nor how well encrypted the data upload is; the data will end up on a server that someone will be able to query. Given how well (ahem) many corporates seem to protect customer data I would expect to see some of this grabbed by a cracker and put up for sale.
these devices allow remote monitoring of power usage with granularity of a day or better. How hard would it be for a power company sys-admin, who is a little short of cash, to write a script to find customers who's usage had dropped by 50% or more since a few days ago ? Then sell that list to his house burglar friend who would like to know about homes who's owners might be away on holiday.
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Look at this from the position of Kim Jong Un, what will he think, how will he react ?
Will he not view this as more evidence of USA aggression ? Won't this just feed his paranoia ? I would have some sympathy with Kim Jong Un if he were to scream about provocation from the USA. It seems to me very much like prodding a hornets' nest with a stick. It would be foolish to think that any action like this would remain undiscovered forever.
I am not saying that I like North Korea having nukes, but neither do I like the USA, UK, Russia, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan having them but, somehow, those states having them is seen as not so bad - although some of their leaders are not the sort of character who I would like to have in charge of a nuclear button.
How about Parrot ? It is the Perl 6 VM, a Javascript implementation is in the works, several other languages are also being developed.
That should include numbers from another country. Telephone exchanges worldwide are just special purpose computers, so there is no reason/excuse at all that numbers should not be passed onto another country.
All those tractor manufacturers are going to use this to stop farmers repairing their own machines and will jack up the prices for repair jobs. That will be the start, next: cars, mobile 'phones, washing machines, ... anything with a CPU in it that runs code that can be 'protected' by XORing bytes with 0xFF.
We know that there is life om Earth ... the question is: is the life on Earth intelligent ?
At least one manufacturer will see the marketing value of ''the car that does not spy on you'' - support them with your wallet: buy their cars, the others will get the point. OK: I agree that 90% of people will not care, but 10% is still a good market base.
Eh ? I don't understand. To install software (is that what you mean by ''load'') you generally need to become root for a short while since you typically need to create files in /usr/bin/ & similar. This is very different from the program needing superuser privileges in order to run -- only a very few do. Most packaged software needs to be installed with superuser privileges but if, however, you build it yourself you will run ./configure and can put the software almost anywhere - usually.
Even on my Linux boxes I do not run my web browser or email client as root. To do so is just asking for trouble - even on a Unix system.
As a European I am astounded that companies don't already have a requirement to keep personal data safe. It is something that I just expect to happen. OK: I do realise that what the law says and what companies actually do can be very different, but still - companies do get fined over here for lax security. This must be why people tell me that the USA is not a safe country for personal data.
It should also know what version you are running so it can offer updates.
That you choose to install or not.
If and when you choose to update it does need to tell Microsoft what packages (of Microsoft origin, not elsewhere) it has so that the appropriate updates can be installed. I do believe that the correct default option is for it to check for updates; many end users will not initiate update checks by themselves. If an update is needed: a red flag in a notification area should be shown; maybe getting bigger the longer that it is not clicked on -- but always performing an update is the user's choice.
Follow through the links: a cosmic ray caused problems, the jets misbehaved for a bit but the duplicated systems protected them from a crash - as they are supposed to after a malfunction.
The IT people are the one who understand the issues and can put things in place.
The C-suites must give the IT people the budget and the power - including telling C-suites that they cannot run their favourite games on corporate equipment.
In the event of a problem the C-suites must be the ones who are blamed, even if the IT people screw up (as they should have checked what they were being told by IT). This is the only way that there is a hope in hell that we might get close to getting this nailed.
This is one thing that Trump appears to be getting right. The latest draft of his Cyber security Executive Order puts the chief exec's butt on the line [ S1 (c) (i) ]. Let us hope that this is what he orders.
8 bits can store +-127, 16 bits can store +-32,767 (OK: add 1 to the absolute for negative numbers). 32 bits can store +-2,000,000,000 (well, a bit more), 3600 seconds in an hour, 86400 seconds in a day.
I find that some programmers only have a hazy idea what is meant by a 32 bit or 64 bit machine. These are fundamental, but they somehow get jobs not knowing the basics.
The only way of fixing this is to make the high street retailer liable for the damage (including clean up costs) for IoT device failures like this. The liability should be statutory, ie the householder/college/... would not have to show negligence, just that a device installed as per reasonable instructions had this failure. These devices should also have support (eg easy to apply software updates), this support should be for the reasonable expected lifetime of the device; which for something like a light sensor would be 20-40 years, not the paltry year or two that you get with most e-bling these days.
Making the manufacturer liable would not work, many of them are in other countries (eg China) and it would be too difficult for Joe Sixpack/Aunt Tilley to make a complaint - ie sue them. The retailer is in your country, a statutory liability would ensure that their buying departments do appropriate checks and arrange suitable long term support; then arrange insurance in case the manufacturer goes out of business or fails to deliver.
"Oh No!" I hear cries "this will make my IoT toys more expensive!". Please consider the cost of not doing this, not just immediate damage but the cost of employing a builder to replace the light-sensor/e-switch/central-heating/...
Nice idea, everyone should be taught the basics of programming; but, for most people, human languages are more important to be learned in depth.
Look at what they did to the USS Yorktown!
Although we have lots of money and good prospects in our new products we don't want to pay our bills to our old suppliers. So we will shaft our old suppliers by getting out of paying them by using Chapter 11 financial magic. The following was not said: and management will be able to award itself bumper bonuses next year as a result.
I switched on the radio to hear the evening PM programme (I live in the UK). It was wall to wall Trump; a live broadcast of the choreographed event - public spectacle, not news. Have any more been found alive after that avalanche in Italy, what is happening in The Gambia, ... ?
I'm not anti Trump, nor particularly for him. The news was when he was elected, today was just some pomp and ceremony - but not news.
if your girlfriend dumps you ... stem cell technology still has a long way to go ...
Something like this is needed for every site for adults, most of who cannot be bothered to read any ToS and would not understand them if they did. Hell: I suspect a lot of adults would still not remember much about a ToS written like this even if you could persuade them to read it.
This written by someone who does read ToS and frequently refuses to use a service as a result.
who you you most like/hate to share a cab with ? Answers below please:
Wrong, they are my organs until they are naturally absorbed by the Earth. Until then, only I get to say what happens to them, even after I'm dead.
I would check that in your jurisdiction, but. here in England, it is your relatives who decide. They might take note of your wishes, but they don't have to.
I know, I don't want to donate my organs
Why not, what else will you be doing with them once you are dead ?
I sure don't want someone elses grubby organs.
So: faced between death or taking some "grubby" organs - what will you do ?
Why would he need to bypass encryption ? He has access to the servers to which your power usage data was uploaded. All he then needs to do is to write a bit of SQL/... and print some addresses that he gives to his mate with the crow bar - Burglar Bill. It matters not how secure the Smart meter is, nor how well encrypted the data upload is; the data will end up on a server that someone will be able to query. Given how well (ahem) many corporates seem to protect customer data I would expect to see some of this grabbed by a cracker and put up for sale.
these devices allow remote monitoring of power usage with granularity of a day or better. How hard would it be for a power company sys-admin, who is a little short of cash, to write a script to find customers who's usage had dropped by 50% or more since a few days ago ? Then sell that list to his house burglar friend who would like to know about homes who's owners might be away on holiday.