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  1. Paging Legal at MS and Google. on Apple Reportedly In Talks With Comcast For Separate Apple Streaming Path · · Score: 1

    Comcast would have a vested interest in having customers use Apple's services.

    Lawsuit on line 1...

  2. Re:Mr Obama on Russian State TV Anchor: Russia Could Turn US To "Radioactive Ash" · · Score: 1

    That seems to be the foreign policy he's following, actually.

  3. Re:Shouldn't they start out small first? on 43,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Remains Offer Strong Chance of Cloning · · Score: 1

    People have been cloning mammals for 20 years now.

  4. /user on Tested: Asus Chromebox Based On Haswell Core i3 · · Score: 1

    So used to typing "user" in various contexts. I meant "/usr".

  5. 16GB SSD storage is enough for Linux on Tested: Asus Chromebox Based On Haswell Core i3 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A lightweight one with X and xfce. Put /user on a USB drive and you're set.

    I wonder how hard it is to hack the bootloader?

  6. Re:Obligatory cynicism on Court Denies NSA Request To Hold Phone Records Beyond 5 Years · · Score: 1

    the act of deleting the data will also delete the evidence that would be used to establish a citizen's grounds for suing the NSA over its illegal data retention.
    That's what the NSA said when they asked for permission to hold the data for more than 5 years.

  7. Setec Astronomy on Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Outed By Newsweek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It was only while scouring a database that contained the registration cards of naturalized U.S. citizens that a Satoshi Nakamoto turned up whose profile and background offered a potential match. But it was not until after ordering his records from the National Archives

    Guess the Privacy Act doesn't apply to individuals.

  8. No security issues here. Nope. None. on Comcast Turning Chicago Homes Into Xfinity Hotspots · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How hard is it to set up a router with the network ssid "xfnintywifi " and gather up all the username/password combinations that people use to log on? Not hard at all.

  9. But it isn't a public matter on MtGox Files For Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 1

    According to Janet Yellen

    The Federal Reserve simply does not have authority to supervise or regulate bitcoin in any way

    After all, it's not a legitimate currency, is it? So no reason for the Feds to get involved! Which is also what her Japanese counterpart is saying.

  10. Interesting attack on Bitcoin on MtGox Files For Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 5, Interesting

    From the AP Story

    a weakness in the exchange's systems was behind a massive loss of the virtual currency involving 750,000 bitcoins from users and 100,000 of the company's own bitcoins. That would amount to about $425 million at recent prices.

    The reactions of the various Japanese government officials are interesting. Essentially, there was no "theft" because Bitcoin is not a "real" currency. Which is an interesting attack. Anyone can steal your bitcoins and you have no recourse to the law because it isn't actually theft.

  11. Is Snow Leopard vulnerable? on Apple Drops Snow Leopard Security Updates, Doesn't Tell Anyone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IIRC, the bug was introduced (fairly) recently. iOS 5 doesn't have it, either.

  12. Yeah, this will work just as well on WV Senator Calls For Ban On All Unregulated Cryptocurrencies · · Score: 1

    As banning online gambling did. And we all know how well that worked.

    It worked pretty damn well, actually.

  13. Re:On the record on 'Obnoxious' RSA Protests, RSA Remains Mum · · Score: 1, Interesting

    They already did.

  14. what will it take for general acceptance on Woman Attacked In San Francisco Bar For Wearing Google Glass · · Score: 5, Insightful

    to finally take hold?

    Oh, I dunno, maybe not wearing it in a bar and threatening to record other people with it when they don't want to be recorded.

    Or, maybe, we'll just have to get used to living in a post-privacy future.

  15. Re:Depends on China on N. Korea Could Face Prosecution For 'Crimes Against Humanity' · · Score: 1

    And the US, too, under the UN's authority.

  16. They must have Apple stock. on California Bill Proposes Mandatory Kill-Switch On Phones and Tablets · · Score: 1

    Since this bill would make Find My iPhone's "Activation Lock", which I would bet money is patented, a requirement for Android and Windows devices.

  17. Find my iphone already does this. on California Bill Proposes Mandatory Kill-Switch On Phones and Tablets · · Score: 1

    You can nuke your iThingy remotely if you've enabled that.

  18. Re:None on Ask Slashdot: What Online News Is Worth Paying For? · · Score: 1

    all they do is sit on their asses copying/pasting shit from AP, Reuters, or Bloomberg
    And just how do you think the Associated Press, United Press, and Bloomberg get their funding?

  19. only mainstream media to support Edward Snowden on Ask Slashdot: What Online News Is Worth Paying For? · · Score: 1

    Other than the Washington Post, New York Times, and several other places publishing the information he provided.

  20. Re:Imagine on Americans To FCC Chair: No Cell Calls On Planes, Please · · Score: 2

    The plane is quiet.
    I don't think anyone is going to be sleeping after the engines have shut down.

  21. Re:Discount for keeping old phone might change thi on Apple Devices To Reach Parity With Windows PCs In 2014 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Take a look at T-Mobile. Pay full price for the phone, get the service at 1/4th off.

  22. "Polar vortex" isn't the name on Polar Vortex Sends Life-Threatening Freeze To US · · Score: 1

    It's a description.

  23. I saw "Polar Vortex" open for the Rolling Stones on Polar Vortex Sends Life-Threatening Freeze To US · · Score: 1

    Back in 88. Helluva show.

  24. Re:don't connect everything to the internet! on Target Has Major Credit Card Breach · · Score: 1

    Apparently you don't realize that not every network is part of the public internet.

  25. In order for this to work we need 2 things on The Case For a Global, Compulsory Bug Bounty · · Score: 2

    A ban on "free" or "open sourced" software that doesn't have a corporation behind it. And a legal requirement that software only be produced by licensed and bonded "software engineers".