"may be delivered to smartphones, tablets, PCs or other internet-connected devices that share an IP address or other identifier with your Smart TV."
According to TFA , they somehow link the cookies they store on your browser when you visit their website to your TV. So I'm guessing they store the external IP address of the TV and if the same address suddenly starts querying their website they assume its a device behind NAT and feed it ads.
Solution - don't visit their website or delete your cookies. Quite why anyone needs a smart TV anyway is another matter. My TV is just a monitor - the smart stuff happens on my other devices.
Unfortunately it seems some people Just Don't Get It. They would probably recoil at the idea of only having one set of house keys yet for some reason they think having only 1 copy of important files is just dandy. To be frank, they deserve what they get because if this sort of malware doesn't get them then a dead hard drive or their own fat fingers on a delete button will one day.
Or its mpg for that matter, simply because the lab tests whether EU, US or elsewhere don't match real world conditions. Whether VW is refering to its lab results - in which case well duh - or real world driving - TFA doesn't say - it really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Personally I'd be looking VERY closely at the figures for hybrids because the real world driving test mpg & CO2 is frequently so far removed from the lab results that it might as well be for an entirely different vehicle.
These people are severly mentally handicapped, usually with an apparent low IQ, either due to lack of education or inability to interact enough to measure it properly - the Rain Man style savants are very few and far between and even they have problems functioning in society.
Yes - the former idiot Labour administration are responsible for it though the current incumbents don't seem in a hurry to do much about it either. Hence the out campaign.
I'm not talking about mutual agreements between nations - I'm talking about laws in the UK judicial system, 60% of which are now via the EU. Get a fucking clue.
"So he probably knows nothing about computers but he probably knows about the real cost and value of "control and security" better than you."
Unfortunately for your idea and much to the dispair of accountants everywhere - knowing the cost and value of something is rarely enough. I might know the cost and value of every part in my cars engine but that doesn't mean I know the best servicing procedure or that I can fix it when it suddenly dies in the middle of nowhere at night in the pissing rain.
Clearly this man only has vague concepts of what is really going on at the system level and what the compromises are. He probably just thinks saying "Cloud" often enough with a liberal sprinkling of other trendy buzzwords is enough to impress his peers and make him sound like he has his finger on the pulse.
Yeah, I know that. I meant what is the solution that all the whining masses and spineless politicians are likely to accept. If even the chinese can't keep a policy like this going then what chance anyone else?
We have a lot of old people so need even more young people in the hope that some will look after them. ANother generation down the line - those young people become an even bigger population of old people. Rinse and repeat until the human population size causes complete eco collapse.
One looks like it was designed for adults, the other for toddlers. The google car couldn't look any more childish if had pedals inside and coloured wheels.
"RAM ProMaster van here in the US versus a 4x4 Fiat Ducato in the UK. Same van... the US version is pathetic."
Same bodyshell - completely different engine and transmission. US version has 280hp max , best you'll get out the euro versions wheezing 4 cyl diesel is 148hp.
We have no idea what the limitations for self reproducing biochemistry are. I so no physical or chemical reason some form of it couldn't exist further down in the cloud deck.
Seems to me there's just as much chance of interesting chemistry possibly leading to some form of life happening deep down in a gas giant as there is on a small moon.
"If I've got an IoT device that is compromised, what can it do?"
Its a computer - it can do anything the hacker wants it to do within the limitations of its hardware. That could involve sniffing your network, overloading the wiring, compromising other devices, being an anon gateway, you name it.
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"may be delivered to smartphones, tablets, PCs or other internet-connected devices that share an IP address or other identifier with your Smart TV."
According to TFA , they somehow link the cookies they store on your browser when you visit their website to your TV. So I'm guessing they store the external IP address of the TV and if the same address suddenly starts querying their website they assume its a device behind NAT and feed it ads.
Solution - don't visit their website or delete your cookies. Quite why anyone needs a smart TV anyway is another matter. My TV is just a monitor - the smart stuff happens on my other devices.
Unfortunately it seems some people Just Don't Get It. They would probably recoil at the idea of only having one set of house keys yet for some reason they think having only 1 copy of important files is just dandy. To be frank, they deserve what they get because if this sort of malware doesn't get them then a dead hard drive or their own fat fingers on a delete button will one day.
"The automobile diesel production of soot is trivial"
No, it really isn't. Take off the particulate trap and floor the throttle and you'll see black smoke spew out of the exhaust.
"CO2 can be calculated from known mpg or l/100km."
Not with diesels it can't since a lot of the carbon from the fuel ends up as soot depending on how hard the engine is working.
Or its mpg for that matter, simply because the lab tests whether EU, US or elsewhere don't match real world conditions. Whether VW is refering to its lab results - in which case well duh - or real world driving - TFA doesn't say - it really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Personally I'd be looking VERY closely at the figures for hybrids because the real world driving test mpg & CO2 is frequently so far removed from the lab results that it might as well be for an entirely different vehicle.
"Autism is just a preference for being alone from the Greek autos."
Horseshit. Go read up about it then get back to us.
The plural of anecdote is not evidence.
Besides , a syndrome by definition is a-typical. Defining the typical as a syndrome robs the word of any meaning whatsoever.
These people are severly mentally handicapped, usually with an apparent low IQ, either due to lack of education or inability to interact enough to measure it properly - the Rain Man style savants are very few and far between and even they have problems functioning in society.
Yes - the former idiot Labour administration are responsible for it though the current incumbents don't seem in a hurry to do much about it either. Hence the out campaign.
I'm not talking about mutual agreements between nations - I'm talking about laws in the UK judicial system, 60% of which are now via the EU. Get a fucking clue.
"So he probably knows nothing about computers but he probably knows about the real cost and value of "control and security" better than you."
Unfortunately for your idea and much to the dispair of accountants everywhere - knowing the cost and value of something is rarely enough. I might know the cost and value of every part in my cars engine but that doesn't mean I know the best servicing procedure or that I can fix it when it suddenly dies in the middle of nowhere at night in the pissing rain.
Clearly this man only has vague concepts of what is really going on at the system level and what the compromises are. He probably just thinks saying "Cloud" often enough with a liberal sprinkling of other trendy buzzwords is enough to impress his peers and make him sound like he has his finger on the pulse.
Do you have an MBA by any chance?
" If you rented time on a mainframe and then decided you need 16 more mainframes in the next half hour, would that be possible in the old days?"
Yes. VMs started on mainframes. Learn some computer history.
"Yes, that's why the morons want out."
Yes, imagine that - a nation wanting self determination of its own laws! Radical huh?
"Uhh ... the solution is to have fewer kids."
Yeah, I know that. I meant what is the solution that all the whining masses and spineless politicians are likely to accept. If even the chinese can't keep a policy like this going then what chance anyone else?
"DEY TERK URR JERBS!"
You won't be so dismissive when it happens to you pal.
We have a lot of old people so need even more young people in the hope that some will look after them. ANother generation down the line - those young people become an even bigger population of old people. Rinse and repeat until the human population size causes complete eco collapse.
Whats the solution? Wish I knew.
If you want anyone to buy the thing then you'd damn well better get the styling right!
One looks like it was designed for adults, the other for toddlers. The google car couldn't look any more childish if had pedals inside and coloured wheels.
Obviously the issue with NOx pollution from diesels passed you by.
"RAM ProMaster van here in the US versus a 4x4 Fiat Ducato in the UK. Same van... the US version is pathetic."
Same bodyshell - completely different engine and transmission. US version has 280hp max , best you'll get out the euro versions wheezing 4 cyl diesel is 148hp.
"tossing it into Saturn itself seems the best option."
I would have thought putting it in a parking orbit would have been the best option. That way it could still be used.
We have no idea what the limitations for self reproducing biochemistry are. I so no physical or chemical reason some form of it couldn't exist further down in the cloud deck.
Seems to me there's just as much chance of interesting chemistry possibly leading to some form of life happening deep down in a gas giant as there is on a small moon.
"And how is that different than any other computer in my house?"
Go back and read the title of this article.
"I'm not going to ditch it just because it is another unknown on my network."
And that demonstrates why so many idiots in this world get hacked.
"If I've got an IoT device that is compromised, what can it do?"
Its a computer - it can do anything the hacker wants it to do within the limitations of its hardware. That could involve sniffing your network, overloading the wiring, compromising other devices, being an anon gateway, you name it.