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  1. Instagram will let you download your data? on Instagram Will Soon Let You Download a Copy of Your Data (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Why is such data stored on servers in the first place. Such data should be stored locally and only accessible to those you share it with and only stored on their local machine. This centralized everything stored in the cloud paradigm violate the decentralized nature of the Internet.

  2. Who put that nutjob in charge on The US Military Desperately Wants To Weaponize AI (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 0

    "I think our adversaries -- and they are our adversaries -- understand very well the possible future utility of machine learning, and I think it's time we did as well."

    The US has lost the Soviet Union as its chief bogeyman and is desperately in search of a new one and in the process trying to drag us all into the next world war.

  3. How does Zukerberg track non-Facebook users on Mark Zuckerberg Denies Knowledge of Non-Consensual Shadow Profiles Facebook Has Been Building of Non-Users For Years · · Score: 4, Informative

    By contracting with companies to plant invisible trackers known as WEBBUGs on their web sites, such as these that are pinged every time you click on a techcrunch.com page:

    cdn.tinypass.com/
    d1z2jf7jlzjs58.cloudfront.net/
    dashboard.tinypass.com/
    dpm.demdex.net/
    geo.yahoo.com/
    o.aolcdn.com/
    p.typekit.net/
    plugin.mediavoice.com/
    s.sa.aol.com/
    s.yimg.com/
    sb.scorecardresearch.com/
    stats.wp.com/
    use.typekit.net/
    www.google-analytics.com/
    www.npttech.com/

    And these ones that are pinged when you click on a slashdot article:

    a.fsdn.com/
    ads.pro-market.net/
    analytics.slashdotmedia.com/
    cdn-social.janrain.com/
    cdn.taboola.com/
    consent.trustarc.com/
    d1o5u7ifbz3swt.cloudfront.net/
    ml314.com/
    rpxnow.com/
    snap.licdn.com/
    ssl.google-analytics.com/
    tag.crsspxl.com/
    www.stack-sonar.com/

  4. Slashdot advert trackers .. on Tim Cook Says Ads That Follow You Online Are 'Creepy' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1
  5. Fuck off with this neocon BS on a tech site .. on 'Vigilante Hackers' Strike Routers In Russia and Iran, Reports Motherboard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "We were tired of attacks from government-backed hackers on the United States and other countries," someone in control of an email address left in the note told Motherboard Saturday"

  6. Yet more neocon waffle posted on slashdot on US Suspects Listening Devices in Washington (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    "For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminal could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages"

    The only people using Stingrays are the Washington police and the state security apparatus.

    Stingray, the fake cell phone tower cops and carriers use to track your every move

    Stingray I/II Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)

  7. Re:How “open source” was coined on Interviews: Ask a Question To Christine Peterson, the Nanotech Expert Who Coined the Term 'Open Source' · · Score: 1

    @Anonymous Coward: "Chris couldn’t read my mind, so she had no way to know that I spotted “open source” as the winner we were looking for the first or second time the phrase was mentioned [in that same meeting where Chris Peterson introduced the term, which is what this essay is about]

    Fixed that for you
    ."

    I'm sure Raymond will appreciate you correcting him :]

  8. Microsoft Windows strikes again on Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Saks and Lord & Taylor Customers (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    'Gemini Advisory alleges the thief this time is known as JokerStash or Fin7. The hackers sent phishing emails to company employees.

    If the recipient clicked on the attachment, which is meant to appear as an invoice, the hackers infected the system, according to the Associated Press.' link

  9. How “open source” was coined on Interviews: Ask a Question To Christine Peterson, the Nanotech Expert Who Coined the Term 'Open Source' · · Score: -1, Troll

    'Chris couldn’t read my mind, so she had no way to know that I spotted “open source” as the winner we were looking for the first or second time the phrase was mentioned – well before I explicitly advocated for it myself. It seemed perfect to me – ideologically neutral, easy to parse, and with just enough connection to an already respectable term of art (that is, intelligence-community use of “open source”) to be useful.' Posted on 2018-02-04 by Eric Raymond

  10. Automated scanners and government computers on UK High Court 'Perma-Bans' Efforts to Extradite Lauri Love to the US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "Love was originally arrested in the UK in October of 2013 after using an automated scanner to locate servers within a large range of IP addresses"

    Do you mean something like NMAP

  11. Lucky winner of Chaturbate contest on Sex Workers Say Porn On Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappearing (vice.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is this what slashdot is reduced to, giving free advertising to some wank site?

  12. Yet more cyberbullshit .. on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you seriously think the FSB would use a computer that can be traced back to the street address of the FSB.

  13. Total cyber bullshit .. on US Charges Iranians For Global Cyber Attacks on Behalf of Tehran (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    A fascist regime bent on fermenting discord anywhere on the planet, the united States of America. I figure what with the Russians not responding to the neocon bait, they have to pick a fight elsewhere.

  14. How do we know we are the same person on Ask Slashdot: Is Beaming Down In Star Trek a Death Sentence? · · Score: 1

    "how do we know if we are the same person when we wake up in the morning or after we were put under during general anesthesia?"

    We're not the same person, we're recreated from our memories each time we wake up.

  15. Atlanta team of technology professionals on Atlanta City Government Systems Down Due To Ransomware Attack (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "At this time, our Atlanta Information Management team is working diligently with support from Microsoft to resolve the issue .. We are confident that our team of technology professionals will be able to restore applications soon."

    haaaaaAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!

  16. Insert yet more Russian bogeyman waffle on Russia Secretly Helped Venezuela Launch a Cryptocurrency To Evade US Sanctions (time.com) · · Score: 0
  17. "Orbitz says a legacy travel booking platform may have been hacked .. Data that was likely exposed includes name, payment card information, date of birth, phone number, email address, physical and/or billing address and gender"

    I have a good idea, why not store the customer data in an encrypted form on the booking platform. That way, in the event Orbiz gets hacked, no customer information.

  18. Vladimir Putin keeping tabs on electronic communic on Telegram Loses Supreme Court Appeal In Russia, Must Hand Over Encryption Keys (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    "Telegram has lost a bid before Russia's Supreme Court to block security services from getting access to users' data, giving President Vladimir Putin a victory in his effort to keep tabs on electronic communications. Bloomberg reports"

    Is this anything like the FBI taking Apple to court to hack a suspects iphone. The whole thing being most probably a scam as the FBI already has a backdoor into Apple and Microsoft and Dell :)

  19. Re:Putin hiding behind nuclear weapons on US Says Russia Hacked Energy Grid, Punishes 19 for Meddling (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    @Oswald McWeany: "Putin is dangerous because he doesn't play by the rules"

    Total bullshit !!

  20. Yet more neocon russian bogeyman waffle .. on US Says Russia Hacked Energy Grid, Punishes 19 for Meddling (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    How did it come to this, that slashdot is reduced to repeating US neocon waffle on a technology site.

  21. Another win for the War on Drugs .. on Feds Bust CEO Allegedly Selling Custom BlackBerry Phones To Sinaloa Drug Cartel (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    When are the going to go after the banks that facilitate the movement of the narcobucks through the banking system. After all it should be easy as they keep detailed records.

  22. How did this shit get posted on Can Electricity Travel Through Space on Astrophysical Jets? (mdpi.com) · · Score: 2

    @Anon: "This is clearly a troll submission. Bullshit paper in a bullshit journal. Basically the equivalent of a crackpot posting on his own blog. How did this shit get posted?"

    Slashdot are hiring on ten year olds to do the article vetting.

  23. What is this pseudo-science doing on slashdot? on Can Electricity Travel Through Space on Astrophysical Jets? (mdpi.com) · · Score: 2

    What is this pseudo-science doing on slashdot, it this the best you can find as an article on what used to be a top tech site?

  24. HP innovates sanitation in Healthcare .. on 'Repeatable Sanitization' is a Feature of PCs Now (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    'The EliteBook will ship with software called "Easy Clean" that disables the keyboard, touchscreen and keypad "to facilitate cleaning with germicidal wipes while the device is still on."'

    What geniuses must HP possess that they came up with such innovation in 2018 - just kidding. Seriously, a couple of lines of BASH code would achieve the same effect. Seriously slashdot, is this the best you can find to fill a whole article.

  25. Yet more Russian bogeyman waffle on Germany Says Government Network Was Breached (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    "German security services had discovered a breach of the government's IT network in December and traced it back to state-sponsored Russian hacker"

    New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies

    NSA tapped German Chancellery for decades, WikiLeaks claims