In your years which allow you to have such a low id... have you observed that CEOs are likely to follow a damned process? In my experience, the higher up the org chart, the less you're willing to actually follow any processes and policies; I've seen VPs who would do stuff which would get a normal person sacked because it's so stupid and contrary to security policies.
But, in this specific case, it sounds like a well crafted bit of spear phishing... an email from someone you know, demanding something they know you have, and containing all of the right cues to make you respond.
Most people aren't really capable of the sustained level of paranoia which allows you to say "I just received email from our CEO and I need to assume it's completely fraudulent". As much as many of us on Slashdot do it, it's really not a "normal" behavior most people can wrap their head around.
Not trusting anything is normally considered a mental problem; sadly where it comes to email and modern technology, it's the entirely reasonable response.
As I have always understood the term it's pretty all-inclusive.
So, really, put on your VR gloves, your VR goggles, your VR blowjob unit, and whatever other attachments you fancy... and... well, best you keep that to yourself.
When an idea is so clearly developed that they've made movies involving the use of it, how can a corporation even think of patenting it?
Lawyers, and idiot lawmakers who have been handing over increasingly stupid laws allowing for the protection of "intellectual property", even for things which are so well documented in popular culture as to be more or less obvious.
I'm with you, in the last 30 years, who can't envision this exact product, and who hasn't been expecting another iteration to come along?
Updating the technology doesn't change that the specific "invention" is really widely known.
When the US government is pushing for greater rights of IP holders, because they're on the payroll, patenting this shit is even more lucrative than ever... it's more rent seeking by multinational corporations handed over to them by governments who somehow think this helps anybody except the multinational corporations.
The dystopian future, as envisioned by the cyberpunk authors who envisioned the dystopian future, becoming the dystopian future. Sony patenting this is almost meta in its absurdity.
Rule #34 always applies, and in most cases is simply a corollary to the fact that any new technology will not be successful until the porn industry embraces it.
VR and teledildonics are so inextricably linked in the future it isn't funny.
Which means these gloves need to be easily washable.
And we should feel sympathy for early adopters of technology... why?
I applaud the people who have money to piss away on new technology which is as yet unproven, they pave the way for the rest of us to get a version which actually works.
If you spent your last $3k on this technology thinking it was going to make you rich, well, sucks to be you.
Those guys who splash out $20K on the latest TV technology? Thanks for allowing the failure rate of new technology to keep going so we don't have to be the suckers who bought it on the first iteration.
But don't expect us to care if that money you had to spend on the latest and greatest turned out to be a bad choice; cutting edge can cut both ways.
You know, in fairness, marketing people all over the world are prone to bullshit exaggeration and a fundamental lack of understanding that words have actual meanings
The only thing I know about WhatsApp is I started getting spam claiming I have messages for a service I've never heard of.
Which means it's probably exactly what I think it is: some overhyped app which everybody claims is the next big thing and which has likely fleeced investors out of billions but will never make any money -- but which is now a great target for spammers as everybody will uncritically click anything claiming to be from them.
Awww, pookie... do you make internet connected toasters.
Wah wah wah, the mean old man made fun of IoT.
Seriously? Get over it. I know what IoT is, I just don't think it's worth all the hype.
A bunch of random crap connected to the internet so a bunch of idiots with no attention span can feel cool because they can control it from their phone? Yeah, don't care. Your technology fetish is your damned problem.
The only value I see in IoT is the endless amusement I get as everybody howls about how they've been taken and sold cheap crap with non-existent security.
In mathematics, "almost all" means "all, except for a finite number"
Hmmm... did "mostly kinda sorta" become a rigorous mathematical construct when I wasn't looking?
As the number of pictures in this universe is finite
While waiting for a seat in a restaurant last night, I watched 3 teenage girls taking selfies. I assure you, this is not true.
And, as a bit of a photography junkie who does a lot of macro photographs and weird things which aren't just straight representational and therefore often don't have much in the way of reference points... I can say that there will be entire classes of types of photos in which this "magic" machine won't do shit -- like anything with a shallow depth of field in which stuff quickly isn't in focus outside the subject or doesn't provide a lot of other contextual clues.
And, finally, after years of giving the wife the camera to take pictures, sorting out where a specific picture of a thumb was taken can be almost impossible, even if you have access to the EXIF data. Most photogenic thumb ever.:-P
Oh good grief! If you don't want Microsoft to gather information from your beta testing of Microsoft products, don't become a beta tester. I mean, is that what beta testers do, use the product and give feed back as requested
Sorry, but the entire release cycle of Windows 10 has been a fucking public beta... shove people towards running an OS still in development, take away their control of the platform, and keep doing it to them.
They've been finishing Windows 10 by making everybody the beta testers, and treating it like some agile development turd.
And sooner or later the extent to which they've pissed off everybody will become apparent, and then hopefully they find themselves wondering how to win people back after all the bullshit they've pulled with Windows 10.
Beta tester or no, you're getting telemetry shoved up your ass whether you like it or not.
the behavior is an "insanely bad idea," and that it opens an attack vector into home networks
I'm sorry, but based on what we've been seeing, so far the entire Internet of Things is an insanely bad idea... shoddy security by incompetent idiots who want more analytics data and ad revenue, and don't give a crap about your security.
Fuck that, I want my toaster connected to the internet why again?
That this is happening should no longer come as a surprise to anybody who has paid even the smallest amount of attention to how much of a mess the IoT is.
Adding a cookie to a web browsing session (which I presume is so that session is not subjected to such measures in the future) is hardly mass surveillance.
Not any more than any ad and analytics shit is mass surveillance... you know, tracking people on a large scale.
You're right, it likely has nothing specific to do with Tor, but let's not pretend the assholes who are tacking everybody on the internet aren't essentially doing mass surveillance.
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In your years which allow you to have such a low id ... have you observed that CEOs are likely to follow a damned process? In my experience, the higher up the org chart, the less you're willing to actually follow any processes and policies; I've seen VPs who would do stuff which would get a normal person sacked because it's so stupid and contrary to security policies.
But, in this specific case, it sounds like a well crafted bit of spear phishing ... an email from someone you know, demanding something they know you have, and containing all of the right cues to make you respond.
Most people aren't really capable of the sustained level of paranoia which allows you to say "I just received email from our CEO and I need to assume it's completely fraudulent". As much as many of us on Slashdot do it, it's really not a "normal" behavior most people can wrap their head around.
Not trusting anything is normally considered a mental problem; sadly where it comes to email and modern technology, it's the entirely reasonable response.
Isn't snapchat where you show your penis to random people on the internet and see how long before they disconnect?
You'd think she'd recognize the CEO. ;-)
Bah ... in capitalist America, presidential candidates on moonshine.
As I have always understood the term it's pretty all-inclusive.
So, really, put on your VR gloves, your VR goggles, your VR blowjob unit, and whatever other attachments you fancy ... and ... well, best you keep that to yourself.
Lawyers, and idiot lawmakers who have been handing over increasingly stupid laws allowing for the protection of "intellectual property", even for things which are so well documented in popular culture as to be more or less obvious.
I'm with you, in the last 30 years, who can't envision this exact product, and who hasn't been expecting another iteration to come along?
Updating the technology doesn't change that the specific "invention" is really widely known.
When the US government is pushing for greater rights of IP holders, because they're on the payroll, patenting this shit is even more lucrative than ever ... it's more rent seeking by multinational corporations handed over to them by governments who somehow think this helps anybody except the multinational corporations.
The dystopian future, as envisioned by the cyberpunk authors who envisioned the dystopian future, becoming the dystopian future. Sony patenting this is almost meta in its absurdity.
In virtual-space ...everybody knows you're fapping.
Rule #34 always applies, and in most cases is simply a corollary to the fact that any new technology will not be successful until the porn industry embraces it.
VR and teledildonics are so inextricably linked in the future it isn't funny.
Which means these gloves need to be easily washable.
And we should feel sympathy for early adopters of technology ... why?
I applaud the people who have money to piss away on new technology which is as yet unproven, they pave the way for the rest of us to get a version which actually works.
If you spent your last $3k on this technology thinking it was going to make you rich, well, sucks to be you.
Those guys who splash out $20K on the latest TV technology? Thanks for allowing the failure rate of new technology to keep going so we don't have to be the suckers who bought it on the first iteration.
But don't expect us to care if that money you had to spend on the latest and greatest turned out to be a bad choice; cutting edge can cut both ways.
Wait, we have liquid crystal computers these days?
Woah. :-P
You know, in fairness, marketing people all over the world are prone to bullshit exaggeration and a fundamental lack of understanding that words have actual meanings
Marketing hype will always be marketing hype.
The only thing I know about WhatsApp is I started getting spam claiming I have messages for a service I've never heard of.
Which means it's probably exactly what I think it is: some overhyped app which everybody claims is the next big thing and which has likely fleeced investors out of billions but will never make any money -- but which is now a great target for spammers as everybody will uncritically click anything claiming to be from them.
Am I right?
Awww, pookie ... do you make internet connected toasters.
Wah wah wah, the mean old man made fun of IoT.
Seriously? Get over it. I know what IoT is, I just don't think it's worth all the hype.
A bunch of random crap connected to the internet so a bunch of idiots with no attention span can feel cool because they can control it from their phone? Yeah, don't care. Your technology fetish is your damned problem.
The only value I see in IoT is the endless amusement I get as everybody howls about how they've been taken and sold cheap crap with non-existent security.
For that, it's priceless.
Hmmm ... did "mostly kinda sorta" become a rigorous mathematical construct when I wasn't looking?
While waiting for a seat in a restaurant last night, I watched 3 teenage girls taking selfies. I assure you, this is not true.
And, as a bit of a photography junkie who does a lot of macro photographs and weird things which aren't just straight representational and therefore often don't have much in the way of reference points ... I can say that there will be entire classes of types of photos in which this "magic" machine won't do shit -- like anything with a shallow depth of field in which stuff quickly isn't in focus outside the subject or doesn't provide a lot of other contextual clues.
And, finally, after years of giving the wife the camera to take pictures, sorting out where a specific picture of a thumb was taken can be almost impossible, even if you have access to the EXIF data. Most photogenic thumb ever. :-P
Skippy ... if you think I waste any fucking time giving a crazy idiot like you any "guff", you sorely over-value your place in your universe.
I'm not your personal stalker, I just ignore your stupid drivel and inane bullshit. Don't flatter yourself.
Sorry, but the entire release cycle of Windows 10 has been a fucking public beta ... shove people towards running an OS still in development, take away their control of the platform, and keep doing it to them.
They've been finishing Windows 10 by making everybody the beta testers, and treating it like some agile development turd.
And sooner or later the extent to which they've pissed off everybody will become apparent, and then hopefully they find themselves wondering how to win people back after all the bullshit they've pulled with Windows 10.
Beta tester or no, you're getting telemetry shoved up your ass whether you like it or not.
I'm sorry, but based on what we've been seeing, so far the entire Internet of Things is an insanely bad idea ... shoddy security by incompetent idiots who want more analytics data and ad revenue, and don't give a crap about your security.
Fuck that, I want my toaster connected to the internet why again?
That this is happening should no longer come as a surprise to anybody who has paid even the smallest amount of attention to how much of a mess the IoT is.
You know, Trump has been the same guy since the 80s when I first became aware of him .. I don't believe he's a parody.
He is that guy, and has been for the last 30 years quite publicly.
I just don't see how that could be an act.
Of course, there's the very real possibility that Trump is sincere in his brand of crazy, and that this resonates with a lot of people.
You should be afraid of this possibility. Very very afraid.
Not any more than any ad and analytics shit is mass surveillance ... you know, tracking people on a large scale.
You're right, it likely has nothing specific to do with Tor, but let's not pretend the assholes who are tacking everybody on the internet aren't essentially doing mass surveillance.
Well, they're paying out affiliate money with no return ... likely not so much.
Bah, I just need something to do between Matlock and Judge Judy.
Go on with your fancy hipster slang, honey badger don't care.
If your model doesn't account for reality, is your model deficient? I'd say yes.
Many things are improbable, but in a vast universe, improbable becomes fairly likely.
So, if he can't account for the Earth we have, the estimation of other ones like it is pretty useless.
You're free to be free as long as your freedom matches what you've been told you're allowed to do to be free.
Some software freedom limits what you can do. Other software freedom doesn't give a crap.
Mostly telling whiny punks like you to get off my lawn.
I don't keep tabs on what the hep-cats are calling script kiddies, because I don't give a damn.
Flamebait? Really?
In middle school skids is what we called the stoners and burnouts who weren't going anywhere in life.