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  1. Re:Waiting for the followup on Researcher Prints 'PWNED!' On Hundreds of GPS Watches' Maps Due To Unfixed API (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So having RTFA and watching the video on his presentation, his initial concerns were reported to the vendor and a 90 day window to fix the vulnerabilities was given. The 90 day window lapsed and the story on the vulnerabilities were published in the media. As that applies to the initial vulnerabilities found, I do not know if that applies to the current data injection or if a new window was applied for this vulnerability, however, the presentation showed that there were 2900 and change devices active in 2019. The data injected to write pwned was applied to any device not active in 2019 which three months into the year seems like a fair assessment of a device that is no longer in use. I'd like to hear your suggestion on what more reasonable option is present on bringing attention to these issues. Like most things, it should be a matter of "trust, but verify" so this guy verified and found an issue. A government agency also investigated these devices, however it seems their investigation was not as through as this.

  2. Re:cheaper to spotify on More People Bought Physical CDs and Vinyl Than Songs on iTunes Last Year (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah what's missing from the discussion is that this statistic is sales by revenue. So sure streaming is >75% of revenue (wtf is that 3% synch amount I saw? https://www.macrumors.com/2019...) and digital sales are 11%.

    Vinyl and CDs is 12% (ok mainly just vinyl) because a record costs $20. A CD costs $10. iTunes store is $9.99. My favourite band launched preorders of their newest album coming at the end of this month and they had 500 limited edition coloured vinyl for $22 which easily sold out within a day. So something that costs more makes more revenue. Hmmm.... (now doing the math that chart is 101% as it's rounded to the nearest percent so the difference is literally a rounding error)

  3. The contents are safe though on 2.7 Million Patient Phone Call Recordings Left Exposed Online (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a good thing that the recordings are obfuscated in Swedish. We'll never be able to decrypt that

  4. Re:Do something useful with it on 'This Person Does Not Exist' Website Uses AI To Create Realistic Yet Horrifying Faces (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    If I had one of these photos, I wouldn't have been banned from Facebook. That and had a name that wasn't "Jus D'Orange"

  5. Please resist your government, but Apple is teh evil for resisting the good ol' US of A

  6. Sounds off on Cyber Thieves Claim To Hit Two Big Canadian Banks (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Like anyone of any importance at a bank could be reachable by a random outsider on a Sunday. And given how little most companies care about security, I would be surprised if anyone would actually respond.

  7. Re:Who wants to get on first? on Airlines Won't Dare Use the Fastest Way to Board Planes (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    I guess I don't understand it. I'm a pretty bug guy so why would I want to race to get on a plane just to sit in a cramped seat for longer? I wait around the gate until final boarding call just because that is less stressful and more comfortable. All the yahoos have already fought over whatever it is they do and I can just walk in, sit down and have the shortest wait until takeoff.

  8. Re:It took me 2 years to get off Facebook on Facebook Really Wants You To Come Back (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Confirmed. My name was changed to Jus D'Orange because I got bored. Years later they bust me for it. Require me to change my name before I can log in again. Bam: "Jus de Pomme". Week later banned and now need to upload a government issued ID to confirm my name.... oh hell no.

    Only problem is: I can't log in to be able to delete my account. I'm sure that password will get breached eventually (not sure if I can even change it in the current state), but the ID requirement will be there protecting my account.

    Terms of service say I can't create a new account to circumvent a ban so yeah

  9. Re:Dystopian Sci-Fi on US Scientists Try 1st Gene Editing in the Body (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Obligatory C&H (if that's a thing): http://explosm.net/comics/556/

  10. Re:Look, I love Elon as much as the next sycophant on Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children's Hospital In Puerto Rico (npr.org) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Of course it was done for PR-reasons

    Yeah. PR as in Puerto Rico >.>

  11. There's got to be a better way! on A Game You Control With Your Mind (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "I can move objects with my mind if I use my hands."
    -Demetri Martin

  12. Remember when the DS wasn't replacing the GBA? It was a "third pillar" along side the GCN and GBA... but it actually took off and devs migrated. I can understand that this is a console enough, but being able to take console games on the go makes the 3DS look dusty. Although the game and system cost of the 3DS is still waaay cheaper

  13. Re:More examples of stupid admins in U of C on University Bans BitTorrent To Stop Flood of Infringement Notices (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    My mom works for U of C too and I wanted to slap those people for their ham fisted communications and messaging about the whole ordeal. I've seen good implementations of O365 and the company I work for now is beginning their implementation too which is likely larger than the U of C by a small margin. I would have thought that other email addresses would be banned for work related purposes as a matter of principle from the get go. The saddest thing overall to me is that the malware ransom didn't come out of the President's salary.

  14. More examples of stupid admins in U of C on University Bans BitTorrent To Stop Flood of Infringement Notices (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    So this is the same place that paid $20,000 to decrypt a malware attack that locked down its email and AD infrastructure... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/university-calgary-ransomware-cyberattack-1.3620979

    I doubt they've learned much about how to operate a network at this rate.

  15. Re:Can't wait for the aftermath. on Canadian Cable Company Shames Non-Paying Customers Publicly On Facebook (hothardware.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah this is a town of 1200 people and they only got a highway in the 70s. NWT has its own scale of how sparse it is. The largest city, Yellowknife is about 25k people and likely at least a four hour drive from that town. If you think the duopoly everywhere else in North America is bad, try NWT

  16. Re:You don't need a ROM in order to do speedruns.. on Nintendo Nixes YouTube Videos of Super Mario Speedruns · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Here's a list of tool assisted speed runs that are actually run on real hardware with a real copy of software : http://tasvideos.org/Movies-Ve...

    Getting things to sync to real hardware is amazing that so much effort FROM FANS has gone into preserving these games in emulators that it works outside of those emulators.

  17. Well... on YouTube Reportedly Bypassing Ad Blockers On Google Chrome · · Score: 1

    Even the user switching menu being permanently on and taking space from my tab bar is enough to have me wanting to switch.

    I will say too that it seems like YouTube also has ads when having DNS ad blocking turned on. (http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/) This behaviour is not something I've noticed before a month ish ago. It also seems like background audio on iOS is not possible when using the YouTube webpage. Just more extinguish of the EEE.

  18. Wouldn't apply to Netflix on Netflix Hoping For Free Network Access From ISPs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Free peering typically means that each carrier sends and receives about the same amount of data - they each benefit equally from the peering. How much data is inbound to Netflix? About 1/10000th what comes out.

    That said, why isn't Netflix's traffic upload "paid for" when they pay their data centre ISP? or is that too perfect world?

  19. Re:*beta* program on Apple Will Let Users Test iOS Beta Versions For the First Time · · Score: 0

    It won't matter anyway because iOS 8 GM introduced bugs that were never in the beta versions anyway. Bluetooth handsfree not working was one of them.

  20. Re:Any actual examples? on Tumblr Co-Founder: Apple's Software Is In a Nosedive · · Score: 1

    Also the text auto correction has gotten so bad that I've turned it off when I never have in six years of using an iPhone.

    If it thinks "tbag" shouldn't be replaced with "that", I think it can be off.

  21. Re:Any actual examples? on Tumblr Co-Founder: Apple's Software Is In a Nosedive · · Score: 1

    I'll add my example.

    iOS 8's GM added a bug for bluetooth handsfree to not work when no other beta version had this problem.

    What is the point of betas if you go and have a completely different product get released instead of the one that was tested?

  22. Re:The French can be just as silly... on Blame America For Everything You Hate About "Internet Culture" · · Score: 1

    https://twitter.com/PKFCx/stat...

    I'll just leave this here :P

  23. Oh man, Red Bull totally knows gaming on The Nintendo DS Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    Two Tony Hawk games? THPS2 on GBA was crazy for its time to cram it into a handheld, but still, you wouldn't have ever preferred a portable to a handheld for that series.

    GTA was vaguely neat in the sense that it was on a Nintendo system

    How about Elite Beat Agents (or Ouendan)? Hotel Dusk Room 215? Phoenix Wright? Professor Layton? 999? BRAIN AGE! Gawd. Get a better list. :P

  24. Re:time served is good as you don't want to be sni on US Gov't Seeks 7-Month Sentence For LulzSec's Sabu · · Score: 3

    What about the golden snitch? :P

  25. Duh - help his state out on Senator Makes NASA Complete $350 Million Testing Tower That It Will Never Use · · Score: 5, Insightful

    a $350 million rocket-engine testing tower at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi

    compelled by legislation from Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)

    will cost taxpayers $840,000 a year to maintain.

    Hey let's pour money into my home state plzkthx