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  1. Yup, gotta agree with you there. My fingers are never on the back of my phone - and wouldn't be, even if I didn't use a case.

  2. Spoiler alert on 'Dear Apple, The iPhone X and Face ID Are Orwellian and Creepy' (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It recently leaked that - in the opening scene of Game Of Thrones Season 8, we'll see Arya Stark successfully unlock Littlefinger's iPhone X using his face.

  3. Re:This guy has no idea how Face ID works on 'Dear Apple, The iPhone X and Face ID Are Orwellian and Creepy' (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    In iOS 11, just click the power button 5 times - that temporarily disables both TouchID and FaceID, requiring a passcode to unlock the phone

  4. You reap what you sow on Distrustful US Allies Force Spy Agency To Back Down In Encryption Fight (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    " In interviews and emails seen by Reuters, academic and industry experts from countries including Germany, Japan and Israel worried that the U.S. electronic spy agency was pushing the new techniques not because they were good encryption tools, but because it knew how to break them."

    The NSA is widely believed to have done exactly this when it recommended particular elliptic curve constants quite a few years back.

    Once you've betrayed people's trust, you're going to have a hard time convincing them you're worth trusting with anything that matters ever again.

  5. Re: If John McAfee said it... on John McAfee Said Top Executives From the Major Bitcoin Exchanges Weren't Allowed To Leave China (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, it seems that Bitcoin is used a lot for purchasing illegal drugs, and McAfee is known for shoving such things up his butt - so it's a match made in heaven.

  6. Re:Computer security. on CEO Catches Stranger After Hours, Prompting Espionage Charges (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Or dress up like an FTD guy and deliver a big bouquet of flowers with a walkie-talkie inside the arrangement!

  7. Additionally on Equifax Has Been Sending Consumers To a Fake Phishing Site for Almost Two Weeks (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's worth pointing out that it's pretty stupid to use a link obfuscator (aka short URL service) in this situation... which this "Tim" person from Equifax also did - he used a link shortener to direct people to the fake website!

    (I'd argue link shorteners are evil in general, but that's a discussion for another day)

  8. It apparently disconnects your phone/tablet from Bluetooth devices and wifi networks.

    Of course having those toggles actually turn off the radios - like they did prior to iOS 11 - would also accomplish this.

  9. Re:This is why I refuse to update my iphone on Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center Doesn't Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    OR you block the following URLs on your wifi router:

    I can't speak to your circumstances... but I suspect most people's cellular phones leave the house occasionally - and probably connect to numerous other wifi networks.

  10. Re:becau$e it can on Slashdot Asks: Why Does Google Want To Purchase HTC? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    People gave the "people and factories" argument when Google purchased Motorola... but it turned out to simply be about acquiring patents, and discarding the rest. I imagine it'll be the same with HTC, if it actually happens.

  11. For example if you are doing your taxes, remember what you did the year before may be helpful for both you (ex: you found a great site listing deductibles) and advertisers (ex: you considered hiring an accountant).

    If I've found a useful site I may want to use in the future - I bookmark it.

    And, unless that "great site" was #1 on my initial search for information... I probably clicked on the links which were presented above it in the Google search results. So it seems unlikely Google is going to know that result #3 was actually the one I preferred rather than result #1 or #2.

  12. Re:Computer security. on CEO Catches Stranger After Hours, Prompting Espionage Charges (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't speak to Silicon Valley, but - most of the reasonably recently-built conference rooms I've seen have either glass walls or large windows.

    However there are also blinds, which means the design was more of an architectural design choice than anything else.

  13. How's that again? on Google, Bing, Yahoo Data Retention Doesn't Improve Search Quality, Study Claims (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What has data retention got to do with search results? Advertising is why they want to hold onto all your data.

  14. Re:Public Buses are different on Electric Bus Sets Record With 1,101-Mile Trip On a Single Charge (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    That *might* be economically feasible.

    Certainly more feasible than the submission's apparent suggestion of purchasing multiple electric busses to replace each single gas-powered bus, anyway. Sure, cities will have no problem buying enough busses to have two charging for every one on the road. Why don't people think things through?

  15. Re:"Cassandra" is not the right term on Google's AI Boss Blasts Musk's Scare Tactics on Machine Takeover (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I had to look this up... it's been many years since I read the Iliad! From Wikipedia:

    "Cassandra made many predictions, with all of her prophecies being disbelieved except for one. She was believed when she foresaw who Paris was and proclaimed that he was her abandoned brother. This took place after he had sought refuge in the altar of Zeus from their brothers’ wrath, which resulted in his reunion with their family."

  16. "Cassandra" is not the right term on Google's AI Boss Blasts Musk's Scare Tactics on Machine Takeover (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Not unless you're saying he's absolutely correct, but we all refuse to listen to his warnings.

  17. it's like including a built-in database called "oracle."

    I'd like people to try my new app. It makes managing your contact lists quite easy, and can even include their pictures.

    I call it the Facebook.

  18. Who is Baroness Lane-Fox on Internet Is Having a Midlife Crisis (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that a name or a title?

    The Lastminute.com founder

    Is mentioning some unknown website supposed to clarify things somehow?

  19. What is the capital city of Hell?

    I believe it's in Atlantic City, New Jersey - directly under Reckless Ted's Funland.

  20. Re:Obligatory on Developer Marco Arment Shares Thoughts On iPhone X's Notch (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Those guys could’ve made an entire video just mocking the “ears” on the iPhone X-moji.

  21. It may just be me, but on Developer Marco Arment Shares Thoughts On iPhone X's Notch (marco.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I’ll be sticking with my notch-less iPhone 6S for a while longer.

    While there are certainly different tiers of smartphones, we’re really at the point where these are more or less commodities. They’ve been powerful enough to keep using multiple years for some time now.

    So sorry, Mr. Veblun, but I won’t be spending $1000-1200 on a phone.

  22. Is there anybody more awesome than me? on Jeweler Forged Judge's Signature To Force Google To Kill Negative Reviews (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Betterige says...

  23. Is there a problem here? on Jeweler Forged Judge's Signature To Force Google To Kill Negative Reviews (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The guy did something illegal and is now going to jail. To my mind, the system worked as it’s supposed to in this case.

  24. Re:Hiring Chief Security Officers with music degre on Slashdot Asks: Which IT Hiring Trends Are Hot, and Which Ones Are Going Cold? · · Score: 2

    Definitely in a downtrend.

    I would've used the term decrescendo.

  25. If you're on multiple platforms, why do you necessarily need to be using the same browser everywhere? Unless you're willing to let Google track you (e.g. by logging in and using their "cloud" bookmarks), there's no particular advantage to it. Web browsers are pretty simple, so it's not exactly hard to adjust to how each one does things.

    I use Safari on the Mac, keeping Chrome around specifically for when some site I need to access requires Flash. If I have to venture over to Windows, I generally use Firefox.