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  1. This is news? on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Obama was doing this in 2008, and the Republicans have their own big data operations, too.

  2. Yep, time to go back to Linux on No New MacBook Airs as Apple Instead Makes Lower-End, $1,500 MacBook Pro (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Debian Unstable ftw.

  3. Flashback to the 90's. on Apple's New MacBook Pro Requires a $25 Dongle To Charge Your iOS Device (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    When Lost the Dongle was a plus.

  4. All bags will get a RFID tag. on Delta Now Lets You Track Your Baggage In Real-Time (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many people will forget to remove it after their flights? Not that there's anything wrong with having a passive tracker on your luggage.

  5. "...And the Band Played On." which goes into that.

  6. My watch is for timekeeping first. on No One Is Buying Smartwatches Anymore (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    It's an analog Timex, water resistant to 50 meters, and I don't need to put on my glasses to tell the time. Perfect for surfing, bike riding, and other outdoor activities, and it looks decent enough I can wear it to work and dress-up events.

    Oh, and it cost $40 at Target.

  7. Keeping an eye on the Mini. on Report: Apple To Unveil New Macs At An October 27th Event In Cupertino (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Mine is a 2011, and was due for replacement a year ago. I converted from Linux to Mac in '07, and am about ready to convert back. The hardest part will be replacing the iTunes files that are in m4a format. They may be DRM-free, but that doesn't mean players other than ipods can actually play them. Figure I can just buy the CD's I need, or download from Amazon MP3.

    Not the most expensive mistake I've made.

  8. Re: Has Wikileaks jumped the shark? on 4Chan Hackers Claim To Have Remotely Wiped John Podesta's iPhone and iPad (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    a literal rapist who raped multiple women
    So far as I know no literal rapists are running for President.

  9. "intruder with USB access" on Android Devices That Contain Foxconn Firmware May Have a Secret Backdoor (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a truism that if someone has physical access to a device, they can compromise it. Modulo any time/money requirements such as (worst case) cloning the device to brute-force it.

  10. Slashdot is big on Privacy but let's face it, if you send whack-job email to a public figure it may leak and embarrass you. So this guy really has nothing to complain about.

  11. Re:Stop blaming the Russians on Guccifer 2.0 Dumps a Bunch of Clinton Foundation Donor Data (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Because only the CIA does that sort of thing? Right.

    Oh, and Apple never shares your personal data with the FBI, and your personal feces in likewise non-odiferous.

  12. Re:Desperate on Guccifer 2.0 Dumps a Bunch of Clinton Foundation Donor Data (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It's pretty clear that "Guccifer 2.0" is a cover name for the KGB, or whatever they're calling themselves these days.

  13. Or at least that's what they call it here in DC.

  14. WikiLeaks is pretty good at trolling. on Julian Assange: All That Malware On Wikileaks Isn't a Big Deal (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting
  15. Re:A Lot of Effort to Bury the Lede on US Believes Hackers Are Shielded By Russia To Hide Its Role In Cyberintrusions: WSJ (newsmax.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, shame on the Democratic Party for supporting a lifelong Democrat who had done massive amounts of work to support other Democrats over the Socialist who became a Democrat recently only so he could run for President. They should've been more like the Republicans!

  16. " it is "obviously wrong". Why is that?"

    Russian astroturfers all over the net.

  17. They kind of have to log the IP Address on Apple Logs Your iMessage Contacts - And May Share Them With Police: The Intercept · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since you need that to route using the internet protocol. And, yes, it is possible to attach a location to an ip address. Which may not necessarily match your real location.

  18. Unix won.

  19. Re:[citation needed] on House Committee: Edward Snowden's Leaks Did 'Tremendous Damage' (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, it's classified. No sense revealing who we didn't go to war with because of successful data gathering if that would cause the war we avoided.

    If he'd just stuck to revealing domestic data collection activities he might've been OK. But he had to reveal sources and methods used against targets outside the US and its allies...

    And if you think Russia wasn't using those same sources and methods, well, I have a bridge to sell you. Nice view of Brooklyn. I bet he has "depression" and will eventually "commit suicide".

    50/50 chance his next of kin get a bill for the bullet.

  20. has an almost-self-driving capability when the lane departure assist is activated. But when driving on the freeway in heavy snow last winter, as soon as the optical system couldn't see the road because of the snow building up, all the automation shut down. Wth lots of visual and auditory warnings to let me know it was shutting down.

    I imagine this is the same sort of thing. Auditory and visual warnings to let the driver know the system is switching to fully manual operation.

  21. that Tor is a US Government supported project, right? The DoS is a big supporter.

  22. It looks like the best system for my needs... on LastPass Accounts Can Be 'Completely Compromised' When Users Visit Sites (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    ...is a notebook with usernames and passwords written down in it. Primarily because any system I use has to work on Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.

    I don't actually write down the password, but a description of it. "Usual, first letter cap, +9*3, without old First Sergeant's name" type of thing.

  23. It's "Commander Taco".

  24. Is this any different that what on Religious Hacker Defaces 111 Escort Sites (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Anonymous does?

  25. Working with DHS components on Study Finds Password Misuse In Hospitals Is 'Endemic' (securityledger.com) · · Score: 2

    DHS being the Defense Health Service of the DoD. Someone had the brilliant idea of requiring the use of CACs (ID cards) to log in to terminals used by military medical personnel worldwide. This would satisfy the HIPAA requirements, keep Security happy, make it easy to log who was seeing what, and generally be a Good Thing.

    Then it was pointed out that using a CAC for login required a connection to validation servers. And field hospitals in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places generating lots of patients might not have good connections... Oh, and Navy ships at (and especially under) sea can also lack good connectivity.

    Amazingly, the Powers That Be agreed that the Idea, while Good, was not practical, so using the CAC is now recommended rather than required.