I don't like your analogy because peoples houses aren't ALWAYS targeted by criminals. How about we replace "your house" with "your local bank".
Suppose your local bank just left money lying around on the floor of the lobby. If anyone takes that money, they are stealing. Is that OK? Of course not, but it's really risky and stupid to keep it there in the first place. Also, in order to be FDIC insured, the bank needs to take at least some minimal precautions, like storing the money in a vault, and maybe having an armed guard. If the bank doesn't do this, they would probably be robbed the most, and the FDIC would not insure them. Result - The bank would quickly go out of business and close.
The malware is breaking the law by bricking the device, but in this scenario, I'm the fucking FDIC, bitch! I demand better security on your IOT device, or you must shut it down.
Computers have had that vulnerability for YEARS! It's not a *REMOTE* exploit. Anyone with physical access to the machine can flash the bios with something bad. It's only a problem with UEFI, which is supposed to have "SECURE BOOT" capability.
Are those the only 2 things you can think of? I can think of something that you didn't expect:
1. Border agents abide by the law, and no longer search your phone.
2. Border agents act as you describe in #2 of your post, which would lead travelers to wipe their phone before crossing, and restore the data later. But, the border agents could set up a free wifi hotspot and advertise "free internet access" so travelers could quickly re-sync the data from their phones. Of course, since the hotspot is controlled by customs, they can sift through your data.
Picard: "The economics of the future are somewhat different."
Since people are no longer concerned with money, there is no need to hire bottom-dollar programmers. Programming is a matter of pride and self-advancement, so stupid mistakes don't happen as frequently as they do today.
People work a couple of years at any given company because of layoffs, bad managers, poor pay, etc. If this company is offering an implant, then it's also an incentive to behave properly so they *DON'T* have a high turnover.
Blame Jean Luc Picard. He hauled that lionfish of his all over the damn galaxy. That's not the correct thing to do with an invasive species. I'm pretty sure that is a huge violation of the Prime Directive.
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The Turbo Switch!
Also, seven-segment displays on the front of the PC showing the Mhz of the processor.
You and your fancy auto-dial modems... I'll be up all night to flip the switch on my 300 baud volksmodem!
This sounds like like a recruitment tool for the Star League to defend The Frontier against Xur and the Kodan armada.
Easy. Anyone connected to the internet is your enemy. That makes security a lot easier to understand.
I don't like your analogy because peoples houses aren't ALWAYS targeted by criminals. How about we replace "your house" with "your local bank".
Suppose your local bank just left money lying around on the floor of the lobby. If anyone takes that money, they are stealing. Is that OK? Of course not, but it's really risky and stupid to keep it there in the first place. Also, in order to be FDIC insured, the bank needs to take at least some minimal precautions, like storing the money in a vault, and maybe having an armed guard. If the bank doesn't do this, they would probably be robbed the most, and the FDIC would not insure them. Result - The bank would quickly go out of business and close.
The malware is breaking the law by bricking the device, but in this scenario, I'm the fucking FDIC, bitch! I demand better security on your IOT device, or you must shut it down.
There will be no Windows 11. Windows 10 will be the last OS, like Apple's OS X.
Through Edge, Internet Explorer, or Cortana, of course, but what about a 3rd party browser?
Maybe from Windows Media Player, but what about VLC or KODI?
From the Microsoft Windows Store, but how about a 3rd party web browser?
This list just raises more questions than it answers.
...And it's CLEAN global warming!
SkyNet isn't a rogue AI, it's a hacking group from Russia!
Computers have had that vulnerability for YEARS! It's not a *REMOTE* exploit. Anyone with physical access to the machine can flash the bios with something bad. It's only a problem with UEFI, which is supposed to have "SECURE BOOT" capability.
By "suites", do you by any chance mean "suits"?
Well, it would be solar powered.
Tim Berners-Lee won the Turing Award. So, does that mean that his responses were indistinguishable from that of a human?
Magnited States of America!
11. Only one armrest if theater is crowded.
Are those the only 2 things you can think of? I can think of something that you didn't expect:
1. Border agents abide by the law, and no longer search your phone.
2. Border agents act as you describe in #2 of your post, which would lead travelers to wipe their phone before crossing, and restore the data later. But, the border agents could set up a free wifi hotspot and advertise "free internet access" so travelers could quickly re-sync the data from their phones. Of course, since the hotspot is controlled by customs, they can sift through your data.
The GPU is doing more work to render 1080p on an external monitor than it is rendering 720p on the internal one. More work=more heat.
Picard: "The economics of the future are somewhat different."
Since people are no longer concerned with money, there is no need to hire bottom-dollar programmers. Programming is a matter of pride and self-advancement, so stupid mistakes don't happen as frequently as they do today.
Jeezus! Overkill much? Wrapping a strip of tin foil around your arm would probably do the job just fine.
People work a couple of years at any given company because of layoffs, bad managers, poor pay, etc. If this company is offering an implant, then it's also an incentive to behave properly so they *DON'T* have a high turnover.
Nothing to see indeed! A summary of who Quidsi is and what they do would have been helpful.
Golly, here on the internet, they're called "Grammar Nazis". Maybe people who correct bad grammar aren't so bad after all...
From fractures or burns?
Doctorow wants you to know that he knows the difference between "effect" and "affect" and isn't afraid to show it.
Blame Jean Luc Picard. He hauled that lionfish of his all over the damn galaxy. That's not the correct thing to do with an invasive species. I'm pretty sure that is a huge violation of the Prime Directive.