offtopic, flamebait, troll, etc. I dont' understand all the outrage at women and men who point out that gaming culture is very hostile to women. you don't get it - they're saying that there women and men who WANT to be gamers but are being shut out. they're not trying to take anything away from you, they're trying to open the door so more people can participate. this means more games will be made.
it also used to be acceptable to smoke, drink and womanize at work. when my secretary complains about me doing those things should I tell her to "get over it"?
This point needs some explaining. Which parts get backed up? Plus, I'm not sure how it contradicts what I've said already. Are you implying that the default is not to continue to upload pictures to iCloud once you've uploaded at least one?
the point is, you make it sound like celebrities were posting naked selfies on the internet and then got hacked. what happened was people took private pictures on their private phones, and assumed that because the phone was in their possession their private photos were safe. they didn't intend to make them accessible online. so stop trying to slutshame them.
* the exploit in #celebgate #thefappening was taking advantage of weak passwords and/or reset questions. it's not that the infrastructure was insecure, it was user error in selecting weak passwords / reset questions.
That's a pretty lame defense. Can you point to an analysis or an explanation to back that up? I've heard the same denial by the CEO of Apple on Charlie Rose, but I didn't believe it. Our infrastructure is secure, is not enough of an explanation.
the point is, the hack was due to a weakness in the security protocols, not a technical exploit of the servers or something. Also the hack was targeted at these people. look up 'spear fishing" when you have a chance.
Are all the owners beginning to sell just prior to the batteries reaching the end of their life?
batteries don't expire, they degrade over time. so it's not like there will be a day that is one day away from when the batteries go bad so you better sell by that day or else you'll be stuck with bad batteries.
While it is true that the yearly running costs of an electric car are lower than for a ICE car, that battery will be expensive to replace. All the oil changes in the world don't compete with that.
exxon and Russia just found an oil field in the Russian arctic ocean that's about the size of the gulf of mexico. So when you want to make comparisons to all the oil in the world, be ware that there's more out there than we realized!
apple has had FDE for a long time, but what has changed is apple used to have a LEO backdoor where they could unlock a phone when they physically had the phone in hand and a warrant was provided. I assume all phone makers have this loophole. What apple did with ios8 was close the loophole and take themselves out of the equation. it's actually very little difference for the end user, but a big eff u to the govt.
very interesting. this set of articles (the one you linked to and similar ones on other blogs) were all posted late yesterday, around the same time I posted my original comment. I was relying on earlier articles from a week ago saying that ios8 was at 40%+ and growing rapidly. the dangers of extrapolation!
a couple corrections to your inaccuracies (intentional?): * iphones back up automatically to icloud. * the exploit in #celebgate #thefappening was taking advantage of weak passwords and/or reset questions. it's not that the infrastructure was insecure, it was user error in selecting weak passwords / reset questions. * in response apple has widely rolled out two-factor. some people will always set their passwords to be '12345', but at least with 2FA being very easily accessible then people have less and less of an excuse.
Thank you for your open response. A Q that you may have addressed elsewhere in the thread: How can Google put out a security solution that relies on a hardware feature, when it has minimal influence on the hardware designs? Does this mean that encryption will work *if* compatible hardware is provided, and if it's not provided the coverage is much weaker? Will the user be informed of this? On what percentage of devices is it expected to have the needed hardware?
for me, and I think for a lot of/. readers, the biggest issue is comparing a solution that currently exists to vaporware that may exist in the future. The iOS solution is already implemented in the new OS which is on 50%+ of all iDevices after just one week. In contrast, Google's solution is promised for the next version of Android which will be released on TBD. This version will be used by new devices but likely trickle back to just a small percentage of old devices.
As a community we've always been skeptical of vaporware, especially when a lagging company announces vaporware in response to an innovator releasing a tangible product. Can we hold android to this standard?
OTOH all security is by obscurity, what is a password if not a piece of data that is obscured from most people and supposedly is only known by the one that owns it?
not impressed. "security by obscurity" generally refers to restrict information on how a system works in order to make it harder for people to access. pwords are not that - everybody knows that a system can be accessed by a password, and there are protocols in place for resetting or releasing passwords (if that is the case), etc. The rules of the game are well publicized.
Real name policies are BS anyhow - very Western Firstname Lastname centric, ignorant of cultures where the only unique name for someone is the list of all the names they're known by
my name is daenerys stormborn targaryan, trueborn queen of the andals and first men, mother of dragons
It was written about in the last issue. The article came right after the 10,000 word piece on the virtues of tweeds, and was followed by a scathing review of a Russian theater production in Mozambique.
these are all really great questions and I would like to know the answers. Meanwhile, here's a bit of extra info from TFA: "The reddit.com search returns a web page containing the list of botnet C&C servers and ports published by criminals in comments to the post minecraftserverlists under the account vtnhiaovyd."
so its clear that the user vtnhiaovyd is a 14yo minecraft fan who probably developed this extensive botnet as a way to farm gold or whatever you do in minecraft.
yes that was for ipad2 and iphone4. the diff between apple and goog is that less than 10% of ios devices are using anything before ios7, and less than 2% using anything before ios6. meanwhile, the vast majority of goog users are stuck on old OS before 4.0 cuz they're no longer supported.
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offtopic, flamebait, troll, etc. I dont' understand all the outrage at women and men who point out that gaming culture is very hostile to women. you don't get it - they're saying that there women and men who WANT to be gamers but are being shut out. they're not trying to take anything away from you, they're trying to open the door so more people can participate. this means more games will be made.
it also used to be acceptable to smoke, drink and womanize at work. when my secretary complains about me doing those things should I tell her to "get over it"?
don't you have some TPS reports to fill out?
* iphones back up automatically to icloud.
This point needs some explaining. Which parts get backed up? Plus, I'm not sure how it contradicts what I've said already. Are you implying that the default is not to continue to upload pictures to iCloud once you've uploaded at least one?
the point is, you make it sound like celebrities were posting naked selfies on the internet and then got hacked. what happened was people took private pictures on their private phones, and assumed that because the phone was in their possession their private photos were safe. they didn't intend to make them accessible online. so stop trying to slutshame them.
* the exploit in #celebgate #thefappening was taking advantage of weak passwords and/or reset questions. it's not that the infrastructure was insecure, it was user error in selecting weak passwords / reset questions.
That's a pretty lame defense. Can you point to an analysis or an explanation to back that up? I've heard the same denial by the CEO of Apple on Charlie Rose, but I didn't believe it. Our infrastructure is secure, is not enough of an explanation.
the point is, the hack was due to a weakness in the security protocols, not a technical exploit of the servers or something. Also the hack was targeted at these people. look up 'spear fishing" when you have a chance.
the most important spec that defines a luxury vehicle: $90k.
Are all the owners beginning to sell just prior to the batteries reaching the end of their life?
batteries don't expire, they degrade over time. so it's not like there will be a day that is one day away from when the batteries go bad so you better sell by that day or else you'll be stuck with bad batteries.
While it is true that the yearly running costs of an electric car are lower than for a ICE car, that battery will be expensive to replace. All the oil changes in the world don't compete with that.
exxon and Russia just found an oil field in the Russian arctic ocean that's about the size of the gulf of mexico. So when you want to make comparisons to all the oil in the world, be ware that there's more out there than we realized!
apple has had FDE for a long time, but what has changed is apple used to have a LEO backdoor where they could unlock a phone when they physically had the phone in hand and a warrant was provided. I assume all phone makers have this loophole. What apple did with ios8 was close the loophole and take themselves out of the equation. it's actually very little difference for the end user, but a big eff u to the govt.
very interesting. this set of articles (the one you linked to and similar ones on other blogs) were all posted late yesterday, around the same time I posted my original comment. I was relying on earlier articles from a week ago saying that ios8 was at 40%+ and growing rapidly. the dangers of extrapolation!
if you're designing the keymaster, who's designing the gatekeeper?
a couple corrections to your inaccuracies (intentional?):
* iphones back up automatically to icloud.
* the exploit in #celebgate #thefappening was taking advantage of weak passwords and/or reset questions. it's not that the infrastructure was insecure, it was user error in selecting weak passwords / reset questions.
* in response apple has widely rolled out two-factor. some people will always set their passwords to be '12345', but at least with 2FA being very easily accessible then people have less and less of an excuse.
Are we good now? kthx.
Thank you for your open response. A Q that you may have addressed elsewhere in the thread: How can Google put out a security solution that relies on a hardware feature, when it has minimal influence on the hardware designs? Does this mean that encryption will work *if* compatible hardware is provided, and if it's not provided the coverage is much weaker? Will the user be informed of this? On what percentage of devices is it expected to have the needed hardware?
kthx.
for me, and I think for a lot of /. readers, the biggest issue is comparing a solution that currently exists to vaporware that may exist in the future. The iOS solution is already implemented in the new OS which is on 50%+ of all iDevices after just one week. In contrast, Google's solution is promised for the next version of Android which will be released on TBD. This version will be used by new devices but likely trickle back to just a small percentage of old devices.
As a community we've always been skeptical of vaporware, especially when a lagging company announces vaporware in response to an innovator releasing a tangible product. Can we hold android to this standard?
I agree about celebrities. I am a celebrity so I speak from experience.
They learned from the Chinese how to control ideologies by manipulating access to information
OTOH all security is by obscurity, what is a password if not a piece of data that is obscured from most people and supposedly is only known by the one that owns it?
not impressed. "security by obscurity" generally refers to restrict information on how a system works in order to make it harder for people to access. pwords are not that - everybody knows that a system can be accessed by a password, and there are protocols in place for resetting or releasing passwords (if that is the case), etc. The rules of the game are well publicized.
Real name policies are BS anyhow - very Western Firstname Lastname centric, ignorant of cultures where the only unique name for someone is the list of all the names they're known by
my name is daenerys stormborn targaryan, trueborn queen of the andals and first men, mother of dragons
Cmon people! Fine I'll say it: I, for one, welcome our new octopus overlords. I feel like nobody's even trying right now!
Article is up for 20 mins, and no Kang and Kodos or Kent Brockman quotes yet. Thread starter. Bump.
It was written about in the last issue. The article came right after the 10,000 word piece on the virtues of tweeds, and was followed by a scathing review of a Russian theater production in Mozambique.
actually, upright citizens brigade. 4 min video here. kith is good too!
ass pennies!
so are disc drive and coffee tray :)
these are all really great questions and I would like to know the answers. Meanwhile, here's a bit of extra info from TFA: "The reddit.com search returns a web page containing the list of botnet C&C servers and ports published by criminals in comments to the post minecraftserverlists under the account vtnhiaovyd."
so its clear that the user vtnhiaovyd is a 14yo minecraft fan who probably developed this extensive botnet as a way to farm gold or whatever you do in minecraft.
yes that was for ipad2 and iphone4. the diff between apple and goog is that less than 10% of ios devices are using anything before ios7, and less than 2% using anything before ios6. meanwhile, the vast majority of goog users are stuck on old OS before 4.0 cuz they're no longer supported.