Most of this is just due to the ineptitude of IT in general, and lazy/bad coding techniques. Preventing SQL injection is elementary, yet LULZSEC and Anon seem to get a huge portion of their data by using it. The majority of the remainder of their data seems to come from social engineering, which IT departments should have weeded out a decade ago. The simple college computer lab support I did back in 2002 had explicit requirements for verification of identify before I did anything concerning accounts, security, etc.
While I don't believe that the users/customers themselves deserve to have their data exposed by the irresponsible practices of companies, I do believe these companies get exactly what's coming to them when stuff like this happens. This really isn't rocket science...
Another problem netflix will soon have to face. The worst part is that the big name ISPs are really only using a fraction of their available BW, but they sure do freak out a lot about that fraction.
The cost of mail shipping has increased dramatically since netflix was founded. The cost of bandwidth has decreased dramatically. Wake up and smell the reality.
Because you might stream 50 movies a month, but you're not going to rent more than about 15 through the mail in a given month, and that's if the stars align and USPS has a two day turnaround....
Netflix is trying to put the DVD side with a price to adequately cover its costs (which are substantial), and trying to push as many users as it can to the streaming side. I've been expecting this for a long time, and I think it was a good decision.
The fact is that shipping through the mail is just really expensive compared to streaming. Netflix needed to make this decision sooner or later, and I don't blame them for doing it. They've been talking about how expensive the mailings are for a long time now.
Thank you. I just said as much in a reply to another comment. Going to the grocery store or market for these people is probably harrowing in many places... This isn't an article about astronomy.
Give me a break. I'm sure these horrid circumstances extend to FAR more than just astronomy. Every thing that TFA mentions could just as easily apply to going down to the grocery store for these people. In its present form, this is not news.
No one ever said it was excusable. However, fear-mongering about it being intentional is just destructive and irresponsible. It was a mistake. Israel apologized and paid millions in restitution. End of story.
They most certainly CAN both be true. The US Army is (debatably) the strongest army in the world by a wide margin....and yet we frequently have friendly fire and "wrong target" incidents. You should have thought through your argument a little more....
And you're a moron if you think Israel has an inefficient military. Research the six day war. They effectively defeated the entire arab world single handedly in six days.
"Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the identity of the USS Liberty."
All the whining about how Israel was intentionally trying to sick the ship doesn't make any sense. Considering the efficiency of the Israeli military at getting these sorts of jobs done, there's no way they somehow didn't manage to sink the ship. If they had intended to do it, they would have done it. No question whatsoever.
The only explanation is that they attempted to destroy it with all due effort, and ceased attempting when they realized that they were attacking a friendly target. Considering they accidentally attacked a column of their own tanks the day before, it's not hard to imagine that they could make another similar mistake, especially given the craziness that was going on during those days.
My point remains however. This isn't news. This is a non-google sanctioned market and they're responsible for what they post. Not google. Not android.
I'd much rather carefully pick my apps....and actually be able to carefully pick my apps, instead of being limited to only doing a small subset of the features my device would otherwise be capable of.
Meh. This isn't news. The app is available on some third party app markets (read: not google's market) which are used on the other side of the planet. There was a time when a malicious text message could damage or brick an iphone.
Yeah, upon further reflection, it makes sense to fine both the office who granted it, and the party who held the invalid patent. No sense in giving back the money of the party who wasted everyone's time in the first place.
Considering the amount of money it takes to file and get a patent approved, I think they should be required to refund any fees when a patent is declared invalid. That would be enough of a fine, and hopefully enough of a deterrent against rubber stamping patent applications.
The waste collection department in my town works and I suppose you could call that a "government agency." They pick up my trash every Tuesday and Friday. But yeah...that's about as complicated a job as any government agency can handle.
Say the morning of the voting, someone comes in and removes a candidate from the ballot? What if no one reports it until noon? I would say that that might have something to do with the votes or voters;-)
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Jailbreaking does not magically leave your phone wide open for attack.
Congressmen?
You apparently don't know satire when you see it.
I would boycott them because paypal sucks. They're one of the dirtiest business out there. They make other banks look saintly.
More accurately, 30% of people lie when asked a question that they know a "sounds right" answer to.
Most of this is just due to the ineptitude of IT in general, and lazy/bad coding techniques. Preventing SQL injection is elementary, yet LULZSEC and Anon seem to get a huge portion of their data by using it. The majority of the remainder of their data seems to come from social engineering, which IT departments should have weeded out a decade ago. The simple college computer lab support I did back in 2002 had explicit requirements for verification of identify before I did anything concerning accounts, security, etc.
While I don't believe that the users/customers themselves deserve to have their data exposed by the irresponsible practices of companies, I do believe these companies get exactly what's coming to them when stuff like this happens. This really isn't rocket science...
I'm talking about at a high level. Not for us poor peons.
Another problem netflix will soon have to face. The worst part is that the big name ISPs are really only using a fraction of their available BW, but they sure do freak out a lot about that fraction.
The cost of mail shipping has increased dramatically since netflix was founded. The cost of bandwidth has decreased dramatically. Wake up and smell the reality.
Because you might stream 50 movies a month, but you're not going to rent more than about 15 through the mail in a given month, and that's if the stars align and USPS has a two day turnaround....
Netflix is trying to put the DVD side with a price to adequately cover its costs (which are substantial), and trying to push as many users as it can to the streaming side. I've been expecting this for a long time, and I think it was a good decision.
The fact is that shipping through the mail is just really expensive compared to streaming. Netflix needed to make this decision sooner or later, and I don't blame them for doing it. They've been talking about how expensive the mailings are for a long time now.
Did you really just invoke foxnews? Hasn't that been added to Godwin's law by now?
Take your own advice. Moron.
Thank you. I just said as much in a reply to another comment. Going to the grocery store or market for these people is probably harrowing in many places... This isn't an article about astronomy.
Give me a break. I'm sure these horrid circumstances extend to FAR more than just astronomy. Every thing that TFA mentions could just as easily apply to going down to the grocery store for these people. In its present form, this is not news.
No one ever said it was excusable. However, fear-mongering about it being intentional is just destructive and irresponsible. It was a mistake. Israel apologized and paid millions in restitution. End of story.
They most certainly CAN both be true. The US Army is (debatably) the strongest army in the world by a wide margin....and yet we frequently have friendly fire and "wrong target" incidents. You should have thought through your argument a little more....
And you're a moron if you think Israel has an inefficient military. Research the six day war. They effectively defeated the entire arab world single handedly in six days.
"Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the identity of the USS Liberty."
All the whining about how Israel was intentionally trying to sick the ship doesn't make any sense. Considering the efficiency of the Israeli military at getting these sorts of jobs done, there's no way they somehow didn't manage to sink the ship. If they had intended to do it, they would have done it. No question whatsoever.
The only explanation is that they attempted to destroy it with all due effort, and ceased attempting when they realized that they were attacking a friendly target. Considering they accidentally attacked a column of their own tanks the day before, it's not hard to imagine that they could make another similar mistake, especially given the craziness that was going on during those days.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/28/hackers-iphone-apple-technology-security-hackers.html
My point remains however. This isn't news. This is a non-google sanctioned market and they're responsible for what they post. Not google. Not android.
I'd much rather carefully pick my apps....and actually be able to carefully pick my apps, instead of being limited to only doing a small subset of the features my device would otherwise be capable of.
As you said, people in glass houses....
Meh. This isn't news. The app is available on some third party app markets (read: not google's market) which are used on the other side of the planet. There was a time when a malicious text message could damage or brick an iphone.
Yeah, upon further reflection, it makes sense to fine both the office who granted it, and the party who held the invalid patent. No sense in giving back the money of the party who wasted everyone's time in the first place.
Considering the amount of money it takes to file and get a patent approved, I think they should be required to refund any fees when a patent is declared invalid. That would be enough of a fine, and hopefully enough of a deterrent against rubber stamping patent applications.
The waste collection department in my town works and I suppose you could call that a "government agency." They pick up my trash every Tuesday and Friday. But yeah...that's about as complicated a job as any government agency can handle.
Say the morning of the voting, someone comes in and removes a candidate from the ballot? What if no one reports it until noon? I would say that that might have something to do with the votes or voters ;-)