TowelRoot? That only worked on a handful of devices reliably. And yes, when I used it I got zero sleep for the rest of the week. A single click root? Not good folks, and clearly someone has taken on the task of using that for nefarious purposes.
Notice, though, how everyone is blaming hackingteam for this stuff, and not the NSA who likely knew about this long before them.
i've heard this before many times. Now I'm not about to call you specifically a liar. What I am going to pass along is the fact that every single human being I've encountered in "real life" that said they had an allergy to "cigarette" smoke in fact had an allergy to other people smoking, and didn't like the smell... which is fine in it's own right, but to instead lie, and invent an allergy (in some cases a "deadly" one) instead of just asking people not to smoke around you, it's pretty above and beyond selfish.
THAT SAID... as a former smoker myself, I do have issues with smoking in public buildings and certain public spaces. Walking trails? no, sorry, that's just silly. Open air parks? Again,no that's silly. I have a real, REAL HONEST allergy to certain perfumes and aftershaves, but that doesn't stop woman from drowning themselves in it, and it doesn't stop guys from swimming around in Axe body spray.
The exhaust from your cars are causing cancer and many other ailments attributed to second hand smoke, yet I don't see any bans on those, and who the hell would actually support them anyways?
But... this isn't about smoking, it's about porn. And the fact is, it's possible to an extent right now for these sites to block access to minors. If you are an idiot parent who gave your un-monitored child a credit card in YOUR name, then it's your fault. It's actually quite surprising what you can get access to, for free, without any verification, from paid legit sites. That can be fixed.
Pirated porn? There's no way to stop it. And that's the point, because once you link something to child porn, everyone is onboard with whatever it takes to stop it. And the name of the game is destroying online privacy, terrorism and child porn have been, and always will be the poster child for restrictions on your rights, privacy and freedom.
Well see, you have to at least be realistic about the position google is in. Yes, some asshat at some point decided that "do no evil" would be a smart motto. But look at this situation right here, a hypothetical. Google decides to censor content from search results to remove malware and such. Google immediately becomes "evil" because they are censoring.... something and that's a violation of my whatever. Or, Google doesn't censor the results, and immediately becomes evil because "google gave me a virus!". Google can be as transparent as possible when it comes to your data "It's not yours" but still, they are the big evil monster. No, no they clearly are not, a big ugly monster would run around screaming to anyone within earshot "I'm protecting your rights, I won't cave" while caving, 100% and giving your data up.
Google is as evil as people that are stupid enough to not understand the terms they agreed to.
because it's an illegal market dealing with illicit substances. This is how they operate, you don't just show up and get trusted, you have to be vetted, handing over control is part of that.
But lets be real for a second, when the internet erupts over the fact that the site has gone "dark" doesn't that mean it really wasn't that "dark" to begin with? The whole idea is how HARD these sites are to get access too, basically a need to know someone and get invited system.
It reminds me of back when torrents were still largely underground until sites like nova and thebay started blasting it to anyone who wanted to listen.
How exactly did this shutdown change your life for the worse?
Did you even apply for the jobs you are complaining about? Do you realize that most jobs don't pay a relocation fee? Let me guess, you are also one of those people who thinks healthcare should be a paid for industry, and you'll be DAMNED before you put money into a fund that helps people other than yourself.
I'm still baffled as to how a hoax showing your utter incompetence could lead to increased business. Is this the same thing as people getting reservations at places they saw on Kitchen Nightmares?
I have never added extensions to any of my scripts for any other reason than I'd likely forget what the hell it was and sometimes I don't feel like looking or grepping the first line to get the declaration.
I know. This really irritates me.
With your phone number they can hack you read your texts and listen to your calls! Well, your phone number and unfettered direct access into the SS7 system.
So what's next? All a hacker needs to due some identity theft on me in my SIN, bank card and pin, birth date, address, copy of my id, copy of my birth certificate.
Well slashdot has always been a nicer 4chan. Getting rid of the AC posting is a first step. We all have the option to flag and report posts, I typically reserve that for the really horrible stuff and I haven't had to do that in a long time.
What would your suggestion be? Moderators? I think we both know how that ends up working, a few good mods, a lot of bitching, 1 bad mod, a loss of community members.
i'm not sure there IS a fix, other than trying to hammer the site with quality, relevant, articles ourselves. But you know what? People will STILL complain. People will complain when you make an insightful comment, people will complain when YOU complain.
there is no winning here.
While I agree that complaining about dupe posts and horrific grammar/spelling as well as blatantly wrong or misleading summaries has always been a part of slash dot...
I disagree at the proportion of non-geek news articles that have been hitting the site, this has been on a steady increase, but the truth is, that started before the change of hands.
Let us not forget this is a community driven site, if you are not seeing articles on the topics you want, there's an easy fix.
I thought Blender (3d modeling / rendering software for those who don't know) was able to export to all of the expected formats, that was kind of the point of an open source 3d tool to replace maya, 3dmax and lightwav.
and is the reason that I'd vote 100% to disable AC posting, even though it's roughly 1% of the AC posts that are like this and the apps apper apeshit asshat
Now I have to call you on your BS here, the phone Apple refused to unlock was a government issued phone, there was no need to force unlock it, it was not a secure phone to begin with (from a terrorist stand point). And lets ignore the fact that all of the other attacks used straight up sms, no encryption, no magic whatsapp and no bullet codes on walls inside call of duty.
And the next BS I have to call you on is "Linux" Linux isn't a company, linux isn't even an Operation System. Linux is an ECOSYSTEM of operating systems. Comparing an open community to a closed company highlights your bias.
Apple sucks, Microsoft sucks, and to an extent, blatant linux fan boys suck worse.
and the source link beside the title makes that fail about 1000 times worse. I'd say it's a spell check auto correct type thing but......... it can't be.
Honestly, I wouldn't stop at their win apps, below the bells and whistles they layer ontop of the same OS they release every damn year, you'll see a trend of half-assed-ness that's beyond disgraceful. And I'm talking about their products on their platforms here. I'm not even talking about them purposefully gimping non apple software on apple devices (when MS did this, it was pure evil remember) and I'm not even mentioning the nasty certificate authority that was handing out forged certs for a bunch of google services that Apple decided to keep allowing while every other responsible company blocked the shit out of that CA. At this point, without a fundamental shift inside the company, I wouldn't even trust them with slapping skins on other peoples software.
rm -rf doesn't actually delete the files. It's the linux counterpart to windows "quick format" lets wipe out the table and index, but not the actual data.
So....... you had it within your ability to recover the data.
Nope, not buying any part of this story, nope. No one is dumb enough to run that without a test. And how were the offsite backups even accessible? doesn't matter, because everything would be recoverable from the systems he "wiped".
No, this is another bullshit story spread around by IT departments.
this did not happen.
Yeah it came off confusing but I think we were supposed to figure it out from: "OS 1970 Bug Is Back" back, meaning it's the same bug. It is NOT clear that this bug doesn't affect 9.3.1 from the summary, the article linked though states it's clearly.
This is the new slashdot, at least this one is kinda relevant to geek news
Well you shouldn't be allowing their devices on your internal network if you don't want them. Packetfence comes to mind....... but there's plenty of other easy to implement solutions to resolve rogue devices connecting with legit credentials.
"Twenty minutes later, if the battery didn't catch fire (which is possible with this new exploit), the iPad or iPhone device is permanently and irreversibly bricked."
How exactly does changing the system time via NTP cause the battery to catch fire? While I'm fully onboard with hating ios and most things apple does..... I'm not exactly sure how that statement makes any sense.
I'm going to tell you right now, changing the date on my windows device and android device does not, in any way, affect battery life or heat. At all. The fact that this is even possible means there's a massive code issue in relation to the battery.
Under what mechanism does the date and time have any effect on the battery drain? It simply makes no sense.
Than again, the same can be said for the system becoming unresponsive AT ALL due to the fucking date. This is half-assed work at best.
I expect a lot of bullshit from apple, but half assed stuff like this is not one of those things.
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TowelRoot? That only worked on a handful of devices reliably. And yes, when I used it I got zero sleep for the rest of the week. A single click root? Not good folks, and clearly someone has taken on the task of using that for nefarious purposes. Notice, though, how everyone is blaming hackingteam for this stuff, and not the NSA who likely knew about this long before them.
i've heard this before many times. Now I'm not about to call you specifically a liar. What I am going to pass along is the fact that every single human being I've encountered in "real life" that said they had an allergy to "cigarette" smoke in fact had an allergy to other people smoking, and didn't like the smell... which is fine in it's own right, but to instead lie, and invent an allergy (in some cases a "deadly" one) instead of just asking people not to smoke around you, it's pretty above and beyond selfish. THAT SAID... as a former smoker myself, I do have issues with smoking in public buildings and certain public spaces. Walking trails? no, sorry, that's just silly. Open air parks? Again,no that's silly. I have a real, REAL HONEST allergy to certain perfumes and aftershaves, but that doesn't stop woman from drowning themselves in it, and it doesn't stop guys from swimming around in Axe body spray. The exhaust from your cars are causing cancer and many other ailments attributed to second hand smoke, yet I don't see any bans on those, and who the hell would actually support them anyways? But... this isn't about smoking, it's about porn. And the fact is, it's possible to an extent right now for these sites to block access to minors. If you are an idiot parent who gave your un-monitored child a credit card in YOUR name, then it's your fault. It's actually quite surprising what you can get access to, for free, without any verification, from paid legit sites. That can be fixed. Pirated porn? There's no way to stop it. And that's the point, because once you link something to child porn, everyone is onboard with whatever it takes to stop it. And the name of the game is destroying online privacy, terrorism and child porn have been, and always will be the poster child for restrictions on your rights, privacy and freedom.
And I'd say the same thing about your cancer causing car exhaust.
Step 1. Find something you don't like. Step 2. Link aforementioned thing to child porn. Step 3. I'm not sure wtf this step is supposed to be
Well see, you have to at least be realistic about the position google is in. Yes, some asshat at some point decided that "do no evil" would be a smart motto. But look at this situation right here, a hypothetical. Google decides to censor content from search results to remove malware and such. Google immediately becomes "evil" because they are censoring.... something and that's a violation of my whatever. Or, Google doesn't censor the results, and immediately becomes evil because "google gave me a virus!". Google can be as transparent as possible when it comes to your data "It's not yours" but still, they are the big evil monster. No, no they clearly are not, a big ugly monster would run around screaming to anyone within earshot "I'm protecting your rights, I won't cave" while caving, 100% and giving your data up. Google is as evil as people that are stupid enough to not understand the terms they agreed to.
FFS. Just no. NO.
That seems like a perfectly reasonable response... If you are batshit crazy.
because it's an illegal market dealing with illicit substances. This is how they operate, you don't just show up and get trusted, you have to be vetted, handing over control is part of that. But lets be real for a second, when the internet erupts over the fact that the site has gone "dark" doesn't that mean it really wasn't that "dark" to begin with? The whole idea is how HARD these sites are to get access too, basically a need to know someone and get invited system. It reminds me of back when torrents were still largely underground until sites like nova and thebay started blasting it to anyone who wanted to listen.
How exactly did this shutdown change your life for the worse? Did you even apply for the jobs you are complaining about? Do you realize that most jobs don't pay a relocation fee? Let me guess, you are also one of those people who thinks healthcare should be a paid for industry, and you'll be DAMNED before you put money into a fund that helps people other than yourself.
I'm still baffled as to how a hoax showing your utter incompetence could lead to increased business. Is this the same thing as people getting reservations at places they saw on Kitchen Nightmares?
I have never added extensions to any of my scripts for any other reason than I'd likely forget what the hell it was and sometimes I don't feel like looking or grepping the first line to get the declaration.
I know. This really irritates me. With your phone number they can hack you read your texts and listen to your calls! Well, your phone number and unfettered direct access into the SS7 system. So what's next? All a hacker needs to due some identity theft on me in my SIN, bank card and pin, birth date, address, copy of my id, copy of my birth certificate.
Well slashdot has always been a nicer 4chan. Getting rid of the AC posting is a first step. We all have the option to flag and report posts, I typically reserve that for the really horrible stuff and I haven't had to do that in a long time. What would your suggestion be? Moderators? I think we both know how that ends up working, a few good mods, a lot of bitching, 1 bad mod, a loss of community members. i'm not sure there IS a fix, other than trying to hammer the site with quality, relevant, articles ourselves. But you know what? People will STILL complain. People will complain when you make an insightful comment, people will complain when YOU complain. there is no winning here.
While I agree that complaining about dupe posts and horrific grammar/spelling as well as blatantly wrong or misleading summaries has always been a part of slash dot... I disagree at the proportion of non-geek news articles that have been hitting the site, this has been on a steady increase, but the truth is, that started before the change of hands. Let us not forget this is a community driven site, if you are not seeing articles on the topics you want, there's an easy fix.
I thought Blender (3d modeling / rendering software for those who don't know) was able to export to all of the expected formats, that was kind of the point of an open source 3d tool to replace maya, 3dmax and lightwav.
and is the reason that I'd vote 100% to disable AC posting, even though it's roughly 1% of the AC posts that are like this and the apps apper apeshit asshat
I'd say I play a lot of games. I haven't seen quicktime as a requirement, or included on an install disk or iso, in a very very long time.
Now I have to call you on your BS here, the phone Apple refused to unlock was a government issued phone, there was no need to force unlock it, it was not a secure phone to begin with (from a terrorist stand point). And lets ignore the fact that all of the other attacks used straight up sms, no encryption, no magic whatsapp and no bullet codes on walls inside call of duty. And the next BS I have to call you on is "Linux" Linux isn't a company, linux isn't even an Operation System. Linux is an ECOSYSTEM of operating systems. Comparing an open community to a closed company highlights your bias. Apple sucks, Microsoft sucks, and to an extent, blatant linux fan boys suck worse.
and the source link beside the title makes that fail about 1000 times worse. I'd say it's a spell check auto correct type thing but......... it can't be.
Honestly, I wouldn't stop at their win apps, below the bells and whistles they layer ontop of the same OS they release every damn year, you'll see a trend of half-assed-ness that's beyond disgraceful. And I'm talking about their products on their platforms here. I'm not even talking about them purposefully gimping non apple software on apple devices (when MS did this, it was pure evil remember) and I'm not even mentioning the nasty certificate authority that was handing out forged certs for a bunch of google services that Apple decided to keep allowing while every other responsible company blocked the shit out of that CA. At this point, without a fundamental shift inside the company, I wouldn't even trust them with slapping skins on other peoples software.
rm -rf doesn't actually delete the files. It's the linux counterpart to windows "quick format" lets wipe out the table and index, but not the actual data. So....... you had it within your ability to recover the data.
Nope, not buying any part of this story, nope. No one is dumb enough to run that without a test. And how were the offsite backups even accessible? doesn't matter, because everything would be recoverable from the systems he "wiped". No, this is another bullshit story spread around by IT departments. this did not happen.
Yeah it came off confusing but I think we were supposed to figure it out from: "OS 1970 Bug Is Back" back, meaning it's the same bug. It is NOT clear that this bug doesn't affect 9.3.1 from the summary, the article linked though states it's clearly. This is the new slashdot, at least this one is kinda relevant to geek news
Well you shouldn't be allowing their devices on your internal network if you don't want them. Packetfence comes to mind....... but there's plenty of other easy to implement solutions to resolve rogue devices connecting with legit credentials.
"Twenty minutes later, if the battery didn't catch fire (which is possible with this new exploit), the iPad or iPhone device is permanently and irreversibly bricked." How exactly does changing the system time via NTP cause the battery to catch fire? While I'm fully onboard with hating ios and most things apple does..... I'm not exactly sure how that statement makes any sense. I'm going to tell you right now, changing the date on my windows device and android device does not, in any way, affect battery life or heat. At all. The fact that this is even possible means there's a massive code issue in relation to the battery. Under what mechanism does the date and time have any effect on the battery drain? It simply makes no sense. Than again, the same can be said for the system becoming unresponsive AT ALL due to the fucking date. This is half-assed work at best. I expect a lot of bullshit from apple, but half assed stuff like this is not one of those things.