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  1. Why Oracle should win its Java copyright case... on Judge Blasts Oracle's Attempt To Overturn Pro-Google Jury Verdict (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought the this article brought up some salient points.....

    www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/02/google_oracle_comment/

  2. Who would be responsible for the accident in the case of a BSOD? Microsoft? The car maker? The owner for making the mistake of buying it?

    How about the accident caused when the car is forced upgrade to Windows 12 with no close or cancel button why traveling down the highway at 70MPH?

  3. My local wendy's can't even get the screen in the drive-thru to show my order...
    I don't think I will go anywhere near them if they try to install automation.

  4. Re:Only electric cars can't cheat on emissions on Mitsubishi: We've Been Cheating On Fuel Tests For 25 years (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    And the other 40 states?

  5. This only makes one of two things clear... Either Apple people do not use Apple phones, or they are getting kickbacks from ad revenue somewhere.

  6. Destroy the relation ship... on Google, Yahoo Cry About Ad-Blocking (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Dear advertisers... It's not you, it's me. I no longer find you attractive, but I can't say that because then I'll feel guilty. Oh, by the way, good riddance.

  7. Re:Your content is not worth it. on Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    First: My search-fu is strong.
    Second: Its actually quite the time saver as in, "meh, maybe I should get back to work."
    Third: Chain of trust. When a site insists that you not continue without disabling your security, they insist that you trust them, and everyone they have decided to trust, and everyone they have decided to trust.

    In the day and the age of the drive-by download, I've been burned. I've been tricked. I paid that price in time, and data loss. Websites I completely trusted had compromised advertising. It led to a hard rule. Always use protection.

    My protection has a pretty large hole that ANY website could happily display all the ad content they wanted to me. Any content they directly host, (and therefore, take responsibility for) is allowed through. This gaping wound of security is covered by other software precautions in-case they get hacked... ('cause that never happens)

  8. Your content is not worth it. on Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whenever I encounter a page that requires me to turn off adblock: I close the site.

  9. Obviously it is not enough to invest in preventing the breach in the first place.
     
    FTC fines anyone?

  10. How can a group like this exist... on The Trials and Tribulations of America's Chief Internet Defender (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    and allow NSA/CIA/DHS pushes for backdoors?

  11. Lets say that your proposal is implemented in the full glory that you think it should be, Lauren.

    What happens when your crowd starts filtering out content based on what they don't like?
    What if your "large scale designed to average out variations in cultural attitudes" turns into a stuffed ballet box for one ideology/political party?

    More importantly, what happens when the messages go underground to websites that are not part of your anti-ISIS cabal?

    Seems to me that the best we can do is make the report inappropriate/offensive content buttons bigger, as the alternative is a slippery slope leading to an anti-free speech version of the DMCA.

  12. Re:What I Don't Understand... on A Proposal For Dealing With Terrorist Videos On the Internet (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    They are not way in the east. They have a global presence which is extended further every day. They may even live next door.
    You are not safe just because your in the US. We can ignore them, and they will continue to fester... We can fight them, and give the message they spout more validity... What we cannot do is take definitive and final action because it is too horrible to contemplate. (read as nukes)

    What we have not done is ask: What exactly caused them to come into being? What do they want?
    The next question I have is: How do we keep them from ever getting it?
    Bringing terror to peoples lives should be rewarded with the exact opposite of the demands, IMHO.

  13. Partial Immunity on Israeli Firm Creates a Device That Can Hack Any Nearby Phone (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    I manually manage my phones data, both LTE and wifi. I turn it on only when needed, and turn it off when I am done. I only connect my wifi to AP's I know and trust. (all 2 of them) I do this mainly to extend battery life, but in part because I barely trust the few app's I have. It seems to me that my everyday usage provides a moderate amount of immunity to this particular "attack". I have no illusions about the security of my phone. I will never mobile bank on it. I do not check my primary email account on it. I backup my data (pictures) to my computer, not drop box or any other cloud storage. I assume that anything I upload to the cloud can and will be made public. I don't trust my carrier, my email providers, my ISP, or any cloud with anything more than what is absolutely needed to maintain the service. We've seen the breaches, the hacks, the outing of private information from individuals, major companies, and even governments. I'm in a position where I do not have to trust, so why open attack vectors if I don't have to?

  14. Curse you di-hydrogen monoxide.

  15. Re:standard on Keep Two Bank Accounts To Beat Cyber Attacks, Says Bank of England Adviser (thestack.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The standard insurance amount is $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank, for each account ownership category.

  16. Don't forget front line and tier 2 support. on Why Do So Many Tech Workers Dislike Their Jobs? · · Score: 1

    The best techs in these area's are generally miserable as well. Nothing ruins a good day like an user who gets pissed at you, not the maker, not the brand, because his $250 computer can't swim in coffee and live.

  17. Re:I don't want a fucking TV channel! on Netflix Is Becoming Just Another TV Channel · · Score: 1

    agreed

  18. Re: What I want on Many Drivers Never Use In-Vehicle Tech, Don't Want Apple Or Google In Next Car · · Score: 1

    Hammer, just sayin

  19. what I don't want in my next new car... on Many Drivers Never Use In-Vehicle Tech, Don't Want Apple Or Google In Next Car · · Score: 1

    Closed source, insecure, bug ridden, computer systems. If I can't get that, I'll find something with a carberator, thanks.

  20. The only sure way to prevent win10 from installing, monitoring, reporting, narcing, and doing things on your privately owned hardware, with your privately paid for internet connection, is to Never install it. Ever. If you doubt me try rolling back. Go on. Try it. I'll wait.