I listen to many many music tracks on YouTube (some are original artist uploads/official videos, some are those audio-track-plus-CD-cover-picture videos provided by some music company, some are unauthorized uploads and many are awesome covers uploaded by their creators) and I cant think of a single instance where I would have paid money to listen to that song where it not available on YouTube.
Just install a 3rd party ROM on the phone so you dont have to put up with this crap. Oh wait, its Verizon, they lock the phone down so you cant install 3rd party ROMs or remove their crapware...
Why anyone would go with Verizon when they do this crap instead of going with a phone and carrier that doesn't do crap like this is beyond me.
Every time I see some new report about smart TVs being hacked or spying on people or otherwise having problems, it makes me glad that my TV is a nice dumb 32" Samsung LCD.
What you suggest exists. Its called DANE. However browser vendors (like Google and Mozilla) have been reluctant to implement it because there are many real-world cases where DNS servers of various sorts simply dont support DNSSEC and DANE and also because DNSSEC and DANE use weaker 1024 bit keys in some places (chosen to keep bandwidth usage lower).
The other reason the incumbents hate competition (even commercial for-profit competition) is that the new players often initially cherry pick the areas that are easiest to service. This then results in the cost-per-customer to service all the customers who remain with the incumbent goes up meaning the incumbent has to charge more to avoid making a loss on each connection (at the same time as the new player is likely undercutting the price the incumbent is charging)
Not if you are on Windows (the kind of organization that would be doing MITM of this sort is likely going to be the kind of organization that runs Windows)
The way DNSSEC works is that everything ties back to the root namesevers and their special keys. Unless you replaced the root DNS trust anchor in the OS/browser on every single system on your network (something that any well-written OS/browser should make it VERY hard to do) AND re-signed every single DNS request made through that network with a new set of keys chained off that new root trust anchor, you wont be able to defeat DNSSEC.
Its not like SSL where you can just add a certificate from your HTTPS-inspection tool into the root trust store on all the machines on your network (something that most browsers/OSs make easy to do) and MITM things that way.
Of course I could be wrong and there may be an easy way to MITM DNSSEC if you control all the end points AND the DNS server they talk to (but I cant find any evidence of that)
Various proposals have been put forward to replace various parts of SSL/TLS (including the broken CA model) with better things that can't be easily targeted with man-in-the-middle attacks. The EFF has the Sovereign Keys project. DANE stores security related information in DNS and is the subject of several RFC standards. Other proposals exist to replace some or all of SSL/TLS as well.
Why are people out there in the real world (makers of web browsers and servers for example) not interested in implementing any of these alternatives to the current horridly broken system?
Microsoft has a huge QA lab full of machines of all sorts where they run QA tests of every new Windows update that gets released. This would cover different CPUs, GPUs, motherboards, storage devices, peripherals and other hardware.
The fact is, you installed Windows 7 on a system where Microsoft clearly said "we wont support Windows 7 on this hardware". Microsoft has clearly made the decision not to include Kaby Lake and Zen systems in the set of hardware they test Windows 7 patches on. Therefore, those patches are have not been tested by Microsoft on that hardware and Microsoft is within their rights to say "we haven't tested x update on y hardware configuration and in conjunction with their earlier "we wont support this" statement are within their rights to make Windows 7 patches not install on hardware configurations they haven't tested and don't support.
Again, I make the statement that if you bought a Kaby Lake or Zen CPU expecting to be able to run Windows 7 or 8 on it, you are stupid and should have bought hardware where Microsoft hasn't said "we wont support this OS on that hardware"
The founder of this company has set things up such that they get a fixed percentage of every premium people pay and everything else that doesn't get paid out in claims gets donated to a worthy cause. So there is no way to increase their revenue/profit by denying claims.
Microsoft made the announcement that Windows 7 would not be supported on these newer chips before these chips were even available to buy. Anyone who still needed Windows 7 should have seen this and bought something with an older chip in it (or if you are a big company lots of things with older chips in them)
The only problem is that the GOOD TV seems to be axed after a few episodes and the crap TV keeps getting made for season after season. Pure Genius (one of the best shows of recent times) didn't even get a full season yet garbage like Survivor keeps being green-lit for season after crappy season...
With Net Neutrality gone under Trump there is nothing to stop US ISPs from unilaterally blocking whatever they dont like (remember when Comcast got busted for their attempts to mess with BitTorrent traffic?)
It doesn't matter if you have a HDD, an SSD, floppies, Zip disks, cassette tapes or stone tablets. Whatever you store your data on, if you dont have suitable backups your data is at risk.
Just because certain models of HDD may make noises in certain situations prior to failure doesn't mean HDDs are better than SSDs. I have had several HDDs go bust over the years without even the slightest hint that something was going to fail.
Considering that all the compiling work still happens using whatever (presumably trusted) version of GCC and Binutils is running on the Linux box (or VM) you are using, I dont think that particular risk applies here.
South Australia has a lot of wind turbines which generate plenty of power when the wind is blowing but not much at other times. Adding battery storage will make excess power from the wind turbines available at times when the wind isn't blowing so much.
Adding battery storage to the grid as the way to solve the problems (assuming it will in fact do what Musk claims it will do) is a much better option than building more gas generators (which then require gas to operate which makes gas more expensive and has flow-on effects) or worse, so-called "clean coal" power stations.
That said, I suspect our current prime minister (who has a love of all things coal) will probably come up with some FUD and BS about why batteries aren't a good idea or why they won't solve the problems and building clean coal stations is the only way to ensure grid stability into the future...
Make it so that you can tell Windows 10 to wait before rebooting for a user-configurable amount of time (anywhere from 1 hour to 3 days) with a "do it now" button you can activate anytime before the set time (i.e. if you know you dont need the PC for a while)
If trump is a constitutionalist and doesn't support the government overstepping its boundaries, why wont he end the unconstitutional spying by the NSA?
Or is he another hypocrite who is only constitutionalist when it suits him...
Last I heard Donald Trump was opposed to the AT&T/Timer Warner merger. The FCC is right in saying they don't have jurisdiction here but unless Trump has changed his mind, he should still be able to direct the agencies that DO have jurisdiction on this to block it.
Just how expensive do you think the hardware (and databases) necessary to do to real-time speech recognition on a non-internet connected device is going to be? Do you think a toy company can do that in a doll? I think not.
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I listen to many many music tracks on YouTube (some are original artist uploads/official videos, some are those audio-track-plus-CD-cover-picture videos provided by some music company, some are unauthorized uploads and many are awesome covers uploaded by their creators) and I cant think of a single instance where I would have paid money to listen to that song where it not available on YouTube.
Just install a 3rd party ROM on the phone so you dont have to put up with this crap. Oh wait, its Verizon, they lock the phone down so you cant install 3rd party ROMs or remove their crapware...
Why anyone would go with Verizon when they do this crap instead of going with a phone and carrier that doesn't do crap like this is beyond me.
Every time I see some new report about smart TVs being hacked or spying on people or otherwise having problems, it makes me glad that my TV is a nice dumb 32" Samsung LCD.
What you suggest exists. Its called DANE.
However browser vendors (like Google and Mozilla) have been reluctant to implement it because there are many real-world cases where DNS servers of various sorts simply dont support DNSSEC and DANE and also because DNSSEC and DANE use weaker 1024 bit keys in some places (chosen to keep bandwidth usage lower).
The other reason the incumbents hate competition (even commercial for-profit competition) is that the new players often initially cherry pick the areas that are easiest to service. This then results in the cost-per-customer to service all the customers who remain with the incumbent goes up meaning the incumbent has to charge more to avoid making a loss on each connection (at the same time as the new player is likely undercutting the price the incumbent is charging)
Not if you are on Windows (the kind of organization that would be doing MITM of this sort is likely going to be the kind of organization that runs Windows)
The way DNSSEC works is that everything ties back to the root namesevers and their special keys.
Unless you replaced the root DNS trust anchor in the OS/browser on every single system on your network (something that any well-written OS/browser should make it VERY hard to do) AND re-signed every single DNS request made through that network with a new set of keys chained off that new root trust anchor, you wont be able to defeat DNSSEC.
Its not like SSL where you can just add a certificate from your HTTPS-inspection tool into the root trust store on all the machines on your network (something that most browsers/OSs make easy to do) and MITM things that way.
Of course I could be wrong and there may be an easy way to MITM DNSSEC if you control all the end points AND the DNS server they talk to (but I cant find any evidence of that)
Various proposals have been put forward to replace various parts of SSL/TLS (including the broken CA model) with better things that can't be easily targeted with man-in-the-middle attacks.
The EFF has the Sovereign Keys project.
DANE stores security related information in DNS and is the subject of several RFC standards.
Other proposals exist to replace some or all of SSL/TLS as well.
Why are people out there in the real world (makers of web browsers and servers for example) not interested in implementing any of these alternatives to the current horridly broken system?
Microsoft has a huge QA lab full of machines of all sorts where they run QA tests of every new Windows update that gets released. This would cover different CPUs, GPUs, motherboards, storage devices, peripherals and other hardware.
The fact is, you installed Windows 7 on a system where Microsoft clearly said "we wont support Windows 7 on this hardware".
Microsoft has clearly made the decision not to include Kaby Lake and Zen systems in the set of hardware they test Windows 7 patches on. Therefore, those patches are have not been tested by Microsoft on that hardware and Microsoft is within their rights to say "we haven't tested x update on y hardware configuration and in conjunction with their earlier "we wont support this" statement are within their rights to make Windows 7 patches not install on hardware configurations they haven't tested and don't support.
Again, I make the statement that if you bought a Kaby Lake or Zen CPU expecting to be able to run Windows 7 or 8 on it, you are stupid and should have bought hardware where Microsoft hasn't said "we wont support this OS on that hardware"
The founder of this company has set things up such that they get a fixed percentage of every premium people pay and everything else that doesn't get paid out in claims gets donated to a worthy cause.
So there is no way to increase their revenue/profit by denying claims.
Microsoft made the announcement that Windows 7 would not be supported on these newer chips before these chips were even available to buy. Anyone who still needed Windows 7 should have seen this and bought something with an older chip in it (or if you are a big company lots of things with older chips in them)
Why not just ask Google if they can use the software that auto-generates closed captions for YouTube videos?
The only problem is that the GOOD TV seems to be axed after a few episodes and the crap TV keeps getting made for season after season. Pure Genius (one of the best shows of recent times) didn't even get a full season yet garbage like Survivor keeps being green-lit for season after crappy season...
YES PLEASE. Done right, a Neuromancer film could be the best cyberpunk film ever made.
With Net Neutrality gone under Trump there is nothing to stop US ISPs from unilaterally blocking whatever they dont like (remember when Comcast got busted for their attempts to mess with BitTorrent traffic?)
Sony has been bitten by browser bugs on PS4 as well (and in fact such bugs have been used by people looking to jailbreak the system)
It doesn't matter if you have a HDD, an SSD, floppies, Zip disks, cassette tapes or stone tablets. Whatever you store your data on, if you dont have suitable backups your data is at risk.
Just because certain models of HDD may make noises in certain situations prior to failure doesn't mean HDDs are better than SSDs. I have had several HDDs go bust over the years without even the slightest hint that something was going to fail.
Considering that all the compiling work still happens using whatever (presumably trusted) version of GCC and Binutils is running on the Linux box (or VM) you are using, I dont think that particular risk applies here.
South Australia has a lot of wind turbines which generate plenty of power when the wind is blowing but not much at other times.
Adding battery storage will make excess power from the wind turbines available at times when the wind isn't blowing so much.
Adding battery storage to the grid as the way to solve the problems (assuming it will in fact do what Musk claims it will do) is a much better option than building more gas generators (which then require gas to operate which makes gas more expensive and has flow-on effects) or worse, so-called "clean coal" power stations.
That said, I suspect our current prime minister (who has a love of all things coal) will probably come up with some FUD and BS about why batteries aren't a good idea or why they won't solve the problems and building clean coal stations is the only way to ensure grid stability into the future...
Shielding the WiFi antenna (or the whole device) is the only way to be sure its secure.
You cant trust any software solutions or any hardware on-off switches installed by the manufacturer.
After all, one of his core messages was that he wanted to bring jobs back to America...
Make it so that you can tell Windows 10 to wait before rebooting for a user-configurable amount of time (anywhere from 1 hour to 3 days) with a "do it now" button you can activate anytime before the set time (i.e. if you know you dont need the PC for a while)
If trump is a constitutionalist and doesn't support the government overstepping its boundaries, why wont he end the unconstitutional spying by the NSA?
Or is he another hypocrite who is only constitutionalist when it suits him...
Last I heard Donald Trump was opposed to the AT&T/Timer Warner merger. The FCC is right in saying they don't have jurisdiction here but unless Trump has changed his mind, he should still be able to direct the agencies that DO have jurisdiction on this to block it.
Just how expensive do you think the hardware (and databases) necessary to do to real-time speech recognition on a non-internet connected device is going to be? Do you think a toy company can do that in a doll? I think not.