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  1. Re:Oh, Android on Android Pie Has a Battery Life Problem (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It only shows how much battery was used per process since when you last fully recharged. I never charge above 85% to reduce battery stress, so I can't see a breakdown of say, the last 30 minutes.

    A good example of this failing during last night, something was eating my battery, but since the history includes everything over the last 4 days, I can't look in detail at the more recent timeperiod.

  2. Did you have security freezes with all three major agencies? I'm surprised that an organization would give you credit without being able to verify your worthiness, unless there's a "back door" that we're not aware of. I've had to do freeze lifts for even things like opening a bank or brokerage account, but I don't mind, since that happens maybe once every few years.

    Transunion has the least painful process by far, since you actually have an account with them so you don't have to re-enter a bunch of personal data each time, and the lift control is much better. For example, you can have a temporary lift, and then cancel it (I just did it a couple of days ago).

  3. I'll simlply defer to what MEGA stated:

    MEGAsync and our Firefox extension are signed and hosted by us and could therefore not have fallen victim to this attack vector. While our mobile apps are hosted by Apple/Google/Microsoft, they are cryptographically signed by us and therefore immune as well.

  4. Re:Who can afford to run a tor exit node ? on Tor Browser Gets a Redesign, Switches To New Firefox Quantum Engine (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    And that's just because no matter how noble the cause, idiots will just ruin it. You don't need a list of Tor exit nodes because if you run a reasonably popular website, you'll find out quite rapidly what they are and auto-blacklist t hem.

    I should mention that I don't and never did allow access on port 80 or 443, yet Shut up and Sit Down's RSS feed blocks me. There is no way my host was causing issues for their site, with the 20 KB/s of bandwidth I allowed. Additionally, I only allowed ports like IRC, DNS, and SMTP (+ ssl versions).

    Same with Steam community forums -- my host was blocked there too (and might still be).

    Don't forget that the GGP said he had a non-exit relay and was getting blocked.

  5. Re:Who can afford to run a tor exit node ? on Tor Browser Gets a Redesign, Switches To New Firefox Quantum Engine (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    You can run something like a Linode instance pretty cheaply and get more IPs. I've run a highly restricted exit node in the past (low bandwidth, select ports), and I've had the same problems with you if I try to use my Linode as a web proxy. My most recent problem has been with Shut Up and Sit Down RSS feeds, which are blocking my host :-\

  6. Compromising the account does not imply that the PKI is also compromised. Updating the public key can require a stringent protocol.

  7. Signing code is a different workflow than uploading to Google. Also, why not just let both Google and the publisher sign the code, which each signature imparting different meaning?

  8. I guess Firefox is smart in requiring signed extensions:

    "Unfortunately, Google decided to disallow publisher signatures on Chrome extensions and is now relying solely on signing them automatically after upload to the Chrome webstore, which removes an important barrier to external compromise. MEGAsync and our Firefox extension are signed and hosted by us and could therefore not have fallen victim to this attack vector. While our mobile apps are hosted by Apple/Google/Microsoft, they are cryptographically signed by us and therefore immune as well."

  9. Re:@aol on Is Your Email Address Holding You Back? (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    On your phone, having to poll for email via IMAP is pretty wasteful battery-wise.

  10. Also relevant: https://xkcd.com/932/

  11. TFS's most interesting moniker for Oracle... on TCP Flaw Lets Remote Attackers Stall Devices With Tiny DoS Attack (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    The "Solaris slinger"

  12. Re:What a disappointment on Sony's Mobile Business Is Shrinking Out of Existence (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm totally with you on the Xperia Compact. It has been a great small phone. It has been getting updates for more than two years beyond the release date, too!

  13. Re:US National Registration Required on Indiana Is Purging Voters Using Software That's 99 Percent Inaccurate, Lawsuit Alleges (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 2

    Apparently there's a huge benefit in having mandatory voting in Australia because candidates can't pander exclusively to the base in an attempt to get out the vote, as it is now in the US. I'm all for trying mandatory voting and seeing how it would change things.

    http://freakonomics.com/podcas...

  14. Re:Master password is new? on Firefox To Get a Better Password Manager (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been using synced passwords with a master password for 10+ years now, if not longer. Why do you suggest it's not supported?

  15. There is one huge problem when you outlaw a currency: The shadow market doesn't give a shit about it. When I trade in illegal goods, why the hell should I care that the currency I trade it for is illegal, too?

    Liberty Dollar is dead.

  16. for everything on Slashdot Asks: Do You Still Use RSS? · · Score: 1

    I use a self-hosted Tiny Tiny RSS as my main source of news for:

    * blogs
    * slashdot
    * YouTube channel uploads
    * xkcd
    * and so on....

    Do people actually expect to go clicking on each site they visit each day to see updates?

  17. Re:so we're basing these on inventiveness? on Laptop Ban on Planes Came After Plot To Put Explosives in iPad (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    $85 was not the only price you paid.

  18. Emojis? on Google Releases Android N Developer Preview 2 · · Score: 1

    So we've got "Vulkan is a new 3D rendering API", something I'd consider part of a normal update for an OS. A point or two later I read "[w]e are introducing a new emoji design for people emoji that moves away from our generic look".

    I am amazed that these two updates would be applied to the same infrastructure.

  19. Re:Good on Senate Bill Draft Would Prohibit Unbreakable Encryption (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Precedence, as generally used in this context, is not given by law, but by judicial review of law (the judicial branch is separate from the legislative branch, which passes laws). So an assumption in your statement, "precedence of the previous law" doesn't quite fit in the US.

  20. Re:Good on Senate Bill Draft Would Prohibit Unbreakable Encryption (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Losing in the courts provides precedence. Losing in the legislature means the same proposal gets re-introduced 10 or 20 years later.

  21. Re:Legality? on Yahoo Denies Ad-blocking Users Access To Email (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Ruling in favor of EULAs: Vernor v. Autodesk

    Please note such rulings only apply in the U.S.

  22. Passive voice on Senators Attempting To Remove Robocall Loophole · · Score: 0

    "that a loophole for debt collection robocalls had found its way into the budget bill". Just like your English teacher might have done, I want to see this phrase re-written in the active voice. I want appropriate attribution for such a loophole.

  23. Re: Dropping stderr and syslog messages... on Busybox Deletes Systemd Support · · Score: 1

    If you want to seek around a plain text file, you have to load it in memory,

    Nope. See seek(2).

    And the rest of your rant is, well, just a rant.

  24. Re: Dropping stderr and syslog messages... on Busybox Deletes Systemd Support · · Score: 2

    Having a file residing in plain text vs having plain text piped to another program is a pretty significant difference. You can't seek around piped input, unless you cache it memory -- which could be resource-consuming. (And maybe your tool for reading piped input is broken because of shared library problems). Being able to read a resting file in plain text is very important in recovery situations.

  25. Re:Requirement to be forgotten on Experian Breached, 15 Million T-Mobile Customer's Data Exposed · · Score: 1

    One of the best things that can be done to prevent data breaches is require that data be deleted after a certain time. I don't see a good reason why 15 million customers should have their data retained after the credit check is complete.

    Credit scores reasonably include attempts to acquire more credit (which is what most phone contract really are, even if month-to-month), so it wouldn't be possible to delete data after a credit check is complete.

    Note: it is possible escape the credit-check part of the equation by using pre-paid phones.