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  1. Strava or it didn't happen. on Pentagon Reviews GPS Policies After Fitness Trackers Reveal Locations (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    n/t

  2. Filming in PUBLIC vs PRIVATE on Two Activists Who Secretly Recorded Planned Parenthood Face 15 Felony Charges (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    There is a distinction between your privacy rights in public and private. Just like secretly recording telephone conversations is prohibited. The first amendment does not give me the right to come into your home, invited, and start secretly filming. If these videos had been recorded in public settings, I doubt the legality would be in question.

  3. Re:Because it sucks? on Ask Slashdot: Why Did 3D TVs and Stereoscopic 3D Television Broadcasting Fail? · · Score: 1

    Pretty much.

  4. Just because Uber is involved this is "news"? And almost a week late at that? This is not "news for nerds", sorry.

  5. Likely Not To Work on Flickering Lights May Illuminate A Path To Alzheimer's Treatment (latimes.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Unfortunately, a podcast I listened to recently, possibly Radiolab, also added that when moving Alzheimers therapies from mice to humans, there is a 99.6% failure rate.

  6. Wanna know what is more useful than storing plaintext passwords? Storing plaintext incorrect passwords.

  7. Re:I'm calling bullshit on New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft does control hardware certifications. They could refuse to certify any new hardware that "supports" windows 7. Not so directly, but perhaps by requiring things that Windows 7 cannot provide. Would that mean a driver isn't signed?

  8. Re:If it is insecure... on Don't Use Google Allo (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I always tell people who think they have nothing to hide something to the effect of "So did German Jews before the 1930s".

  9. Re:Sounds pretty dystopian to me on Google's Ray Kurzweil Wants To Live Forever, and He Thinks It Includes Nanobots (playboy.com) · · Score: 1

    Justin Timberlake fixes that problem

  10. which includes not worrying about things you can't change

    That last bit is very important, but very hard.

  11. Re:Users need 100% user-controlled encryption opti on Google, Facebook, WhatsApp and Others To Beef Up Encryption (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    What we need is some kind of portable version of Apple's secure enclave protected by a pin and a self destruct mechanism. A Yubikey NEO on steroids.

  12. So basically, your phone is still your enemy, and anyone with physical access to the device will eventually be able to defeat all of your safeguards. This same situation exists with laptops and other computers. Even if your entire system is encrypted, at some point you must enter a key. It would seem that anyone with physical access to the hardware can intercept that key by some means. The only "hard" problem is this ex-post facto style access where the keyholder is dead. I guess the cops will have to stop shooting first and develop better non-lethal methods.

    My question is, since we now must assume that everything the FBI is proposing has probably been done, is anything safe? If you start from an initial state of not even trusting your hardware, how can you establish trust?

  13. Re: Underweight layperson on Why the Calorie Is Broken (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And dozens of my fellow local cyclists are all anecdote. And the millions more worldwide. Yep, all anecdote.

  14. Re: No transit costs. on Verizon's Mobile Video Won't Count Against Data Caps -- but Netflix Will (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And it's about antitrust. Since the telcos have what us basically a government approved monopoly, they have to agree to certain rules that might seem weird in a free market. Such as net neutrality.

  15. Re: No transit costs. on Verizon's Mobile Video Won't Count Against Data Caps -- but Netflix Will (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You are wrong. Netflix will put servers physically next to Verizon's. The cost is that of a few feet of fiber and some ports. It's probably cheaper because your "general" incoming bandwidth isn't used.

  16. Re:Underweight layperson on Why the Calorie Is Broken (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The point is that the time and effort needed to try and improve the precision of these data is probably not worth it. Lots of empirical evidence seems to agree, because counting calories generally works.

  17. Re:Underweight layperson on Why the Calorie Is Broken (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ride your bike at a decent pace (18+ mph, 29 kph) for an hour. Eat 2000-2500 calories per day. Weight problem solved. I'm living proof.

  18. Re:One device to rule them all on Ask Slashdot: Smart Electronics For a Marathoner? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Parent is correct about DC Rainmaker. He's very thorough and accurate.

    For tunes, I recommend an ipod shuffle (the ONLY apple product I use). It's perfect for sports, it's VERY cheap, the battery lasts a long time, and if it can handle my sweat it can handle anything.

    Your garmin watch should not be having these problems. A 3 hour battery life is either a dud battery or something weird wrong with the software. Try a full reset. Regardless, you won't find anything better than a forerunner.

  19. Re:Got 'em at work - I hate 'em. on Ask Slashdot: Have You Tried a Standing Desk? · · Score: 1

    I agree. I've had jobs that required me to be on my feet, generally standing in one place all day, and my feet were killing me after 8 hours. That floor starts pushing back!

  20. Re:The first question that comes to my mind on Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files · · Score: 1

    The first question that comes to my mind is, "Has anything actually been cracked?" Maybe this is all just some kind of release to make Snowden looked bad. All I know is that spying is all about lying. All I know is that I'm an American who feels compelled to be an Anonymous Coward when talking about things like this... in America, and wondering if that makes any real difference. All I know is that they, ultimately, will die just as I will die. All I know is all they know, when you reduce it down. The spy is in me, and try as I might... I cannot decipher my own secret.

    Unless you posted using HTTPS and Tor, assume that they know exactly who it was.

  21. Re:Could be a false flag... on Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files · · Score: 1

    Whoops, hit wrong parent.

  22. Re:Could be a false flag... on Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files · · Score: 1

    Unless you posted using HTTPS and Tor, assume that they know exactly who it was.

  23. Re:Why is this relevant? on Ask Slashdot: What Hardware Is In Your Primary Computer? · · Score: 2

    To me, a more interesting question would be how do you economically back up a 20TB NAS (or, generally, any large storage array). I have a 24 GB raidz2 that I simply depend on hardware robustness and small, selective backups rather than a full backup.

  24. Re:I Got It All, Baby! on Ask Slashdot: What Hardware Is In Your Primary Computer? · · Score: 1

    Best answer yet.

  25. Re:Just GBE everywhere! on Ask Slashdot: If You Were Building a New Home, What Cool New Tech Would You Put In? · · Score: 1

    You should run 4 cat6 (that's a nice round number) to every place you are going to run a cable outlet or phone jack. Many builders use cat5 for the phone system anyway; I rewired the phone lines in my last house to GBE and used intellijack PoE switches on the walls. Would have been easier to just run 2 or more drops to each. With 4 ports you can handle a "smart tv", media streamer, HTPC, and a spare for something else. Cat6 is cheap compared to your construction costs; just run it all inside a 2" PVC pipe.