So the data is transferred via SSL, and then encrypted with AES-256 on their server? In other words, their server has access to the encryption key. So if the server is compromised, the attacker has not only access to the encrypted data, but also to the key decrypting it. IOW, it's as good as never encrypting it in the first place.
I hope it's just a bad description, not them really be that stupid.
That's what quantum encryption is for. Typically quantum encryption protocols are actually nonlocal OTP creation algorithms. That is, the OTP is generated at both end sites without ever being transmitted.
Also note that it already had been proven that the stork brings the babies (in Germany, both stork population and birth rates were going down for a long time, this is a clear correlation). So maybe cell phones attract storks.:-)
The way the submitted stories seem to overwhelmingly favor paywalls, and when I see that a thoughtful person usually finds and posts a relevant link with no such restrictions, I can't help but wonder if Slashdot has some kind of "kickback" arrangement with several paywall sites.
For scientific journals, almost all of them are behind paywalls, especially the high-profile ones. So unless the scientists put the articles on arXiv (which not all do; also some journals may not allow that) or choose one of the few open-access journals (but as I said, the high-profile journals aren't, and for your career it's important to get publications in those), those articles will always be behind paywalls.
If they wanted to induce hype, they would have used Fahrenheit (-453.1 degrees Fahrenheit).
I guess in Australia temperatures are usually measured in Celsius in non-science context, and thus this is the scale people are used to. So with "-269.5 degrees Celsius" everyone knows "damn cold", while with "3.65 Kelvin" most readers would just have said: "huh?"
And everyone who knows the Kelvin scale can easily calculate the Kelvin temperature (because temperature differences are the same in Kelvin and degrees Celsius). Also note that, contrary to what you imply, -269.5 degrees Celsius is in no way inaccurate (actually 3.65 Kelvin is inaccurate because it claims a higher accuracy than given; 3.7 Kelvin would be the correctly rounded value).
And to prevent people from using WebM for videos because they want their content to show up on Firefox.
The fact that it gives Firefox users on Windows an incentive to upgrade to the latest Windows version is also very much intended, I guess (of course no one will upgrade just because of this, but if someone is already considering whether he should update or not, this increases the bias for upgrading).
Now we just need a new search engine which doesn't actually trust the links to web sites... I think unless we get search engines which really understand what web pages say, every search algorithm will get tricked. A new algorithm will be successful until the SEOs find out how to trick it, and then it goes downhill.
Actually the Altavista search at least had the advantage that people didn't get a desire to spam guest books etc. with links.
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So the data is transferred via SSL, and then encrypted with AES-256 on their server? In other words, their server has access to the encryption key. So if the server is compromised, the attacker has not only access to the encrypted data, but also to the key decrypting it. IOW, it's as good as never encrypting it in the first place.
I hope it's just a bad description, not them really be that stupid.
But my files are already local! Do you possibly mean a remote copy?
That's what quantum encryption is for. Typically quantum encryption protocols are actually nonlocal OTP creation algorithms. That is, the OTP is generated at both end sites without ever being transmitted.
Combined with the policy that the password has to be changed every month. :-)
So if you fear that someone might break into your house to get your passwords, make sure you've got some wrong passwords lying around.
Until the U.S. postal system stops delivering money orders if it thinks the receiver belongs to WikiLeaks ...
Yeah, those dupes start to get boron. They should better post something neon.
Will they now start a DDoS on Slashdot?
The signal of a cell tower causes the women's womb to create a baby.
Indeed, you can poison yourself by drinking DHMO!
I suggest a study about the correlation between file sharing and global warming. It seems to have significantly slowed down after Napster started.
But causation causes correlation.
Also note that it already had been proven that the stork brings the babies (in Germany, both stork population and birth rates were going down for a long time, this is a clear correlation). So maybe cell phones attract storks. :-)
I guess they used the term "Trojan Horse" in its original meaning, which is older than computer technology.
I can see the face quite well even without a photo editor. Maybe it's something with your monitor settings?
For scientific journals, almost all of them are behind paywalls, especially the high-profile ones. So unless the scientists put the articles on arXiv (which not all do; also some journals may not allow that) or choose one of the few open-access journals (but as I said, the high-profile journals aren't, and for your career it's important to get publications in those), those articles will always be behind paywalls.
Roughly for the same reason why macroscopic technologies tend to work less well during an earthquake.
If they wanted to induce hype, they would have used Fahrenheit (-453.1 degrees Fahrenheit).
I guess in Australia temperatures are usually measured in Celsius in non-science context, and thus this is the scale people are used to. So with "-269.5 degrees Celsius" everyone knows "damn cold", while with "3.65 Kelvin" most readers would just have said: "huh?"
And everyone who knows the Kelvin scale can easily calculate the Kelvin temperature (because temperature differences are the same in Kelvin and degrees Celsius). Also note that, contrary to what you imply, -269.5 degrees Celsius is in no way inaccurate (actually 3.65 Kelvin is inaccurate because it claims a higher accuracy than given; 3.7 Kelvin would be the correctly rounded value).
And to prevent people from using WebM for videos because they want their content to show up on Firefox.
The fact that it gives Firefox users on Windows an incentive to upgrade to the latest Windows version is also very much intended, I guess (of course no one will upgrade just because of this, but if someone is already considering whether he should update or not, this increases the bias for upgrading).
Now we just need a new search engine which doesn't actually trust the links to web sites ...
I think unless we get search engines which really understand what web pages say, every search algorithm will get tricked. A new algorithm will be successful until the SEOs find out how to trick it, and then it goes downhill.
Actually the Altavista search at least had the advantage that people didn't get a desire to spam guest books etc. with links.
Well, maybe part of her contract with H1N1 was that it wouldn't attack you if she let it attack her. :-)
It is different because it contains an extra message: "I know I'm not supposed to say that, but you won't stop me from saying it anyway."
You could store the encrypted backup on company 1's cloud, and the backup of the OTP on company 2's cloud.
Indeed, just think of what computers looked like 30 years ago. And what data rates you could get over your phone line.
No, it means directors have to focus on 3D. That's still new enough.