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  1. Indeed it does. One might even say they will get some extra security due to the obscurity of their hardware. Yup sirree.

    They could call it Security through Obscurity. I am going to rush off and see if I can copyright the name.

  2. Re:That name sounds familiar... on Samsung Finally Lets You Disable the Bixby Button Without a Third-Party App (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that if you press the button, your phone will transform in to a giant green guy with serious rage issues,ripping it's way out of any case I might have put the phone in. Because if so, Count me in!!!

  3. Re:Not really true on Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    But I was told Uber and Lyft drivers weren't properly vetted and thus, were all rapists and thieves?

    Only the nicer ones. :)

  4. Re:dirty word on Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Says We Need To Start Over (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    As a great man once said, "Stereotypes are a real time saver."

  5. Changed my mind on South Park's Season Premier Sets Off Everyone's Amazon Echo (maxim.com) · · Score: 1

    For the first time ever I want one of these.
    Also WooHoo, new SouthPark.

  6. One VPN? on Two-Thirds of Tech Workers Now Use a VPN, Survey Finds (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I have three different VPNs for work.

  7. Re:Been using it for 10+ years now on Linux Desktop Market Share Crosses 3% (netmarketshare.com) · · Score: 1

    Mint Cinnamon 17.3 here.
    I use it because I swear a lot less using Linux, than when I am forced to use windows.

  8. The day Radio died (For me) on Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says (variety.com) · · Score: 2

    I was driving to work about a 35 minutes trip. As usual I jumped in the car, and turned on the radio to my local classic rock station. I then proceeded to hear the sports report, news report, at least 10 commercials for products I do not want, or need, the DJ yammering on about his golf game, and going out in his boat.
    I then arrived at work, having not heard any actual music.
    I know what you are thinking. Change to another station.
    That might work in another market, but where I live most/all the stations are owned by the same company, so there is really very little difference between them.
    I went out after work and bought an iPod, and an iPod interface for my stereo. Loaded my music, set it to shuffle play, and have been shuffling along ever since. (Over 10 years)(Several cars/stereos/media players.)

    I do listen to a local news only station in the morning while I am getting ready for work, but that is about the only time I ever listen to the radio.

  9. Re:The payphone isn't the important part on What We Get Wrong About Technology (timharford.com) · · Score: 1

    What I find the most ironic is the videophone. Everyone in the 20th century just assumed that we'd have AND use videophones..

    We DO have and use video phones. Skype video. I use it with a friend of mine, and another friend uses it so his kids can see and interact with their distant grand parents.
    It isn't in the form we expected, but it is here and being used every day.

  10. Re:Less money, more data on Amazon Just Made Shopping at Whole Foods Cheaper (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    You be paying less cash for items, but now even more of your data is being mined. People are just selling all of their shopping habits, their whereabouts, their schedules, etc for a few pennies.

    You are probably right. But most people not only do not care, but have no idea why you care.

  11. Meh, telnet isn't really the problem here.

    If one of those are true you have much larger problems to worry about than telnet.

    You are mistaken. A simple and essentially free method of making your device slightly more secure is to not install telnet. People are stupid, limiting their opportunities to prove it is the only sensible course.

  12. Really? It has been, what 25 years since I was told by a friend that using Telnet was a bad idea, and I should start using this newfangled ssh. I resisted for a while as my server was an old 386, and pretty slow to connect over ssh. But I eventually gave in and the world became a happier safer, and more secure place.

  13. Re:helpless at making sound purchase decisions on Columnist Mocks The Case Against Cord-Cutting As 'Too Many Choices' (techhive.com) · · Score: 1

    People are not spending money on shit entertainment because of the government, surely?

    Simple. Because Trump is just so damn entertaining... At least at a distance.

  14. This has got to be the seventh sign.
    I think I will repent, while I still have a chance.

  15. Re:Just a reminder on Trump Adviser Steve Bannon is Leaving White House Post (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    If he dissolves into ineffectiveness.

    I am pretty sure he has pole vaulted over that line.

  16. I come to Slashdot for Vi vs Emacs flame wars, and Linux vs Windows flame wars.

  17. We aren't bashing Trump for being Trump but for being a POTUS that is dividing America in the worst possible way

    Incorrect. He has united the world like on one else ever.
    Instead of thousands of little groups, now there are only two. One group hates him, the other loves him. I think you can all guess which group I am in. But I will just sit up here in Canada with my healthcare, and watch the festivities.

  18. Re:Best of slashdot on 'Best of' Lists Are the Worst (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn, I'm old. I remember when a comment like that would guarantee an intense flamewar that would overtake the actual topic at hand.

    I miss those days. :(
    I was hopeing for a good vi VS vim VS emacs VS edlin flamewar.

  19. Re:Best of slashdot on 'Best of' Lists Are the Worst (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    don't forget text editors

    vi is the only text editor.

  20. I am working for a living, and making good money.
    Thanks for your concern.

  21. before you leave.
    I am fanatical about it. As you are training your replacement remove all your access. Last thing I do is change my password to something like "N[Sf+JbQ*"X5ReXL54DwUp5>%&{lU3`yP^9T>Bumh~N"L"N9CB,Fu58", with me having no record of it. Then have my replacement disable my account. (Since most places I have worked we used Jira, accounts are really difficult to delete.)
    This insures that I am never even tempted to see if I have access, and if some ID10T reactivates my account in the future, the chance of someone hacking it is basically NIL.
    I do the same thing with password on every account I ever disable.

  22. P055word!1 on The Man Who Wrote the Password Rules Regrets Doing So (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    But P@55w0rd!2 is still safe, isn't it?

  23. Re:Voice has a time and place. on Is this the End of Typing? The Internet's Next Billion Users Want Video and Voice (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have a keyboard infront of you, I can't imagine anyone not preferring to use that, it's much more accurate... more private... and quieter.

    Obviously you don't have any IBM Model M keyboards in your office.

  24. I do exactly this. Has worked well for me for several years.

  25. May not be the answer, but I still want one. on Electric Cars Are Not the Answer To Air Pollution, Says Top UK Adviser (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    For starters there is no one answer.
    But I don't want an EV for any of the "environmental" reasons. I want it for the quiet. Every time I see an EV go by, I wish I could drive in silence like that. (I may not be typical.)
    At the moment I am drooling over this EV.