It's easier for the credit card companies to just write it off as some fraud and not actually go out and do anything. Realistically most of their early warning systems probably limit their losses to under $1,000 to each card (i.e. the amount of money that someone can charge and get away with before the company discovers the card has been compromised). So figure if even ten people a day get their cards stolen by this method, that's 300 a month, or $300,000 in costs. They probably feel keeping the staff and the equipment to do this costs more than what they'll lose. That and they can always write off their fraud charges on their taxes ad bed debts.
According to a 2002 report Visa's commissions alone were over $455 million. If that entire $300,000/month fee was all on Visa, the 3.6 million a year is a drop in the bucket to them, less than 1% of their commission. Trust me, if it cost them less to setup the system than the money that's lost, it would be done.
I understand that they'll be able to crack 1024, but still, 3 years to see my e-mails. It's not worth it for them. Now when they got it down to 3 hours I'll be worried, but by then we'll probably be using 4096.
I know it sounds a bit paranoid but I agree with you. I think Google wants to be the mother of all data sites. After all such knowledge of that many people is worth HUGE amounts of money to companies.
one for the good guys. It's a start. Just amazes me how in some countries the mere thought of voter fraud creates giant revolutions, while in America you have blatant evidence of fraud, and very few people care.
One is the fact that kids were recording what was going on privately, i.e. these two teachers fighting. Sure one can argue it was done in public, but still. This is a new world, where even the average joe can feel like a famous actor, where any little flub or stupid act they do can be recoreded by 500 people with camera phones, and uploaded to millions of viewers in a few minutes. It used to be you needed to be someone important to be embarassed by millions, now you just need to be in the unfortunate position of being around a cell phone.
As for CBS, good for them. I would rather have an entire episode of a show, with commercials on youtube in a good resolution then to have to watch it on TV, or be forced to record it via dvr, etc.
This is the last nail in the coffin for AOL I would say. This is a horrible invasion of privacy for people. Many people, myself included have probably searched for our own names, addresses, cities, credit card numbers, etc. I really hope that an attorney somewhere sues AOL into oblivion over this.
Some intresting tidbits:
17556639 how to kill your wife 17556639 how to kill your wife 17556639 wife killer 17556639 how to kill a wife 17556639 poop 17556639 dead people 17556639 pictures of dead people 17556639 killed people 17556639 dead pictures 17556639 dead pictures 17556639 dead pictures 17556639 murder photo 17556639 steak and cheese 17556639 photo of death 17556639 photo of death 17556639 death 17556639 dead people photos 17556639 photo of dead people 17556639 www.murderdpeople.com 17556639 decapatated photos 17556639 decapatated photos 17556639 car crashes3 17556639 car crashes3
6497beach stud speedo5/23/2006 1:24 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:24 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:27 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:27 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28 6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:29 6497-5/23/2006 1:55 6497-5/23/2006 1:55 6497recent5/23/2006 1:55 6497speedo triathlete5/23/2006 1:55
3302children who have died from moms postpartum depression 3302children who have died from moms postpartum depression 3302rotovirus2006-03-24 19:55:12 3302statistics on infancide 3302statistics on infantcide 3302statistics on infanticie 3302statistics on infanticide postpartum depression 3302statistics on infanticide postpartum depression 3302statistics on infanticide postpartum depression 3302pictires of tom cruise and his wife 3302people magazines pictures of tom cruise and katie holmes
2652898my space.com (about 100 times) 2652898different ways to jerk of 2652898how to not ejaculate so early 2652898my penis has a big erection 2652898free videos of big dicks
Let's give Arab nations the capabilities to use a type of "plane" with the capability of "hitting" anywhere on the globe at high end speeds. Yeah this is gonna work out well.
"Get Off My Lawn 1.0" We could have Maxis do it, ala the Sims engine. Where you have a life simulation where you drive at 5mph down the roads, pay for food at the supermarket with 5,000 coupons, and yell at kids to get off your lawn.
Sure, they're a pretty friendly looking corporation now, but there's the old saying, "absolute power corrupts absolutly." I think 10-15 years from now, we'll have as much disdain for Google, as we do with Microsoft today. Do you honestly thing that once they becoome the juggernaut of the industry, they won't eventually abuse it to make even more money?
We as a species keep populating like rabbits. This is natures little check and balance. Eventually when humanity tops the huge digits and we run out of land to expand on we start going up. Then you'll have supercities where an earthquake will cause 50 million deaths and be minor, because there will be 50+ billion people on the planet.
Every area of the planet is considered unsafe, sure there are parts more likely or unlikely to have a natural disaster occue, but is history has shown us anything, nature has a few tricks up it's sleeves.
Great so it's good to know the taxi will run cleaner as the cab drivers misinterprets "34th and Lexington" for "Take me to Staten Island, and let's go through Queens!"
Nothing wrong with that. The pronounciation of fjord (fee-yord), and Mustang is just a name of a horse. In fact look at a Ford Mustang site or pamphlet, notice there no trademark or copyrite. Now if you made the car look very similar or copied Fords distinctive logo, you're in trouble. As for EFF-150, that might get you in trouble, as it's very similar to a non-usual name. F-150 isn't a pre-existing word such as a Viper or Mustang or Cobra. They may still try and sue you, and probably will win since they can outlast you with lawyers.
Two completely different things. mikerowsoft.com isn't anywhere near a typo, just a phoenetic similarity. Also the guy was named Mike Rowe, different as well. If the guy named his site microsofg.com or microsotf.com where common typo mistakes would be made, that seeems more of a comparison.
Google had a valid claim because this guy registered these sites specifically for the fact that he could catch people making typo mistakes who were 100% guarenteed wanting google.com.
Sounds reasonable. I just thought it may be a cool effect on movies involving planes, spaceships, etc. Imagine Band of Brothers with the planes on the bombing run flying overhead, or even in craptacular Independance Day.
I wish I had mod points, for some reason your comment was the highlight of my morning. So either you're quite funny, or i'm had a really uneventful morning.
Slashdot Mirror
That they say this right after McAfee VirusScan turned a lot of PC's into bricks.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/03/mcafee_false_positive_glitch/
It's easier for the credit card companies to just write it off as some fraud and not actually go out and do anything. Realistically most of their early warning systems probably limit their losses to under $1,000 to each card (i.e. the amount of money that someone can charge and get away with before the company discovers the card has been compromised). So figure if even ten people a day get their cards stolen by this method, that's 300 a month, or $300,000 in costs. They probably feel keeping the staff and the equipment to do this costs more than what they'll lose. That and they can always write off their fraud charges on their taxes ad bed debts.
According to a 2002 report Visa's commissions alone were over $455 million. If that entire $300,000/month fee was all on Visa, the 3.6 million a year is a drop in the bucket to them, less than 1% of their commission. Trust me, if it cost them less to setup the system than the money that's lost, it would be done.
Tseric the big CM for the World of Warcraft forums was fired a few weeks ago after he finally lost it with the forum base.
I understand that they'll be able to crack 1024, but still, 3 years to see my e-mails. It's not worth it for them. Now when they got it down to 3 hours I'll be worried, but by then we'll probably be using 4096.
Awaiting laws passed in Italy that ban the use of encrypted cell phones in 3....2....1...
I know it sounds a bit paranoid but I agree with you. I think Google wants to be the mother of all data sites. After all such knowledge of that many people is worth HUGE amounts of money to companies.
Kid must be pretty smart if he was able to hack AOL's servers. *Reads article* Ohhhhh to get his account back...hmm forget it.
one for the good guys. It's a start. Just amazes me how in some countries the mere thought of voter fraud creates giant revolutions, while in America you have blatant evidence of fraud, and very few people care.
That guy on eBay who told me to use my Bank of America account to send money to Paypal all through his link may not have been legit?
One is the fact that kids were recording what was going on privately, i.e. these two teachers fighting. Sure one can argue it was done in public, but still. This is a new world, where even the average joe can feel like a famous actor, where any little flub or stupid act they do can be recoreded by 500 people with camera phones, and uploaded to millions of viewers in a few minutes. It used to be you needed to be someone important to be embarassed by millions, now you just need to be in the unfortunate position of being around a cell phone.
As for CBS, good for them. I would rather have an entire episode of a show, with commercials on youtube in a good resolution then to have to watch it on TV, or be forced to record it via dvr, etc.
This is the last nail in the coffin for AOL I would say. This is a horrible invasion of privacy for people. Many people, myself included have probably searched for our own names, addresses, cities, credit card numbers, etc. I really hope that an attorney somewhere sues AOL into oblivion over this.
Some intresting tidbits:
17556639 how to kill your wife 17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 wife killer 17556639 how to kill a wife
17556639 poop 17556639 dead people
17556639 pictures of dead people 17556639 killed people
17556639 dead pictures 17556639 dead pictures
17556639 dead pictures 17556639 murder photo
17556639 steak and cheese
17556639 photo of death 17556639 photo of death
17556639 death 17556639 dead people photos
17556639 photo of dead people 17556639 www.murderdpeople.com
17556639 decapatated photos 17556639 decapatated photos
17556639 car crashes3 17556639 car crashes3
160689 light brown colored semen 3/2/2006 16:30 9 http://experts.about.com/
6497dog eat monkey5/22/2006 5:39
6497dog eat monkey5/22/2006 5:39
6497capuchin monkey dog5/22/2006 5:39
6497dog eating monkey5/22/2006 5:40
6497dog eating monkey5/22/2006 5:40
6497dog eating monkey5/22/2006 5:40
6497dog eats monkey5/22/2006 5:40
6497dog eats monkey5/22/2006 5:41
6497eating capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:41
6497eating capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:41
6497eating capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:41
6497kill capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:41
6497killing capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:41
6497slaughter capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:42
6497feeding capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:42
6497feeding capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:42
6497eyes capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:42
6497tail capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:42
6497tail capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:43
6497tail capuchin monkey5/22/2006 5:43
6497beach stud speedo5/23/2006 1:24
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:24
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:25
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:27
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:27
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:28
6497beach martin ricky5/23/2006 1:29
6497-5/23/2006 1:55
6497-5/23/2006 1:55
6497recent5/23/2006 1:55
6497speedo triathlete5/23/2006 1:55
3302children who have died from moms postpartum depression
3302children who have died from moms postpartum depression
3302rotovirus2006-03-24 19:55:12
3302statistics on infancide
3302statistics on infantcide
3302statistics on infanticie
3302statistics on infanticide postpartum depression
3302statistics on infanticide postpartum depression
3302statistics on infanticide postpartum depression
3302pictires of tom cruise and his wife
3302people magazines pictures of tom cruise and katie holmes
2652898my space.com (about 100 times)
2652898different ways to jerk of
2652898how to not ejaculate so early
2652898my penis has a big erection
2652898free videos of big dicks
Thanks to FARK.com for the snippits.
Let's give Arab nations the capabilities to use a type of "plane" with the capability of "hitting" anywhere on the globe at high end speeds. Yeah this is gonna work out well.
The group with the complaints is no longer on their web page. I guess Microsoft wants to keep the lid on this.
"Get Off My Lawn 1.0" We could have Maxis do it, ala the Sims engine. Where you have a life simulation where you drive at 5mph down the roads, pay for food at the supermarket with 5,000 coupons, and yell at kids to get off your lawn.
I wonder if EnronOnline had realtime showing of the stockholders assets flying out the window.
Sure, they're a pretty friendly looking corporation now, but there's the old saying, "absolute power corrupts absolutly." I think 10-15 years from now, we'll have as much disdain for Google, as we do with Microsoft today. Do you honestly thing that once they becoome the juggernaut of the industry, they won't eventually abuse it to make even more money?
Finally a use for my sliver of Hitler's brain! These six children will be the new Boys of Brazil!
We as a species keep populating like rabbits. This is natures little check and balance. Eventually when humanity tops the huge digits and we run out of land to expand on we start going up. Then you'll have supercities where an earthquake will cause 50 million deaths and be minor, because there will be 50+ billion people on the planet.
Every area of the planet is considered unsafe, sure there are parts more likely or unlikely to have a natural disaster occue, but is history has shown us anything, nature has a few tricks up it's sleeves.
Yeah pens and paper, yeesh gramps why not just ask us to carve it into stone tablets. Get with the times!
The problem with chinese space travel, is 30 minutes later you want to go into space again.
Great so it's good to know the taxi will run cleaner as the cab drivers misinterprets "34th and Lexington" for "Take me to Staten Island, and let's go through Queens!"
Nothing wrong with that. The pronounciation of fjord (fee-yord), and Mustang is just a name of a horse. In fact look at a Ford Mustang site or pamphlet, notice there no trademark or copyrite. Now if you made the car look very similar or copied Fords distinctive logo, you're in trouble. As for EFF-150, that might get you in trouble, as it's very similar to a non-usual name. F-150 isn't a pre-existing word such as a Viper or Mustang or Cobra. They may still try and sue you, and probably will win since they can outlast you with lawyers.
Two completely different things. mikerowsoft.com isn't anywhere near a typo, just a phoenetic similarity. Also the guy was named Mike Rowe, different as well. If the guy named his site microsofg.com or microsotf.com where common typo mistakes would be made, that seeems more of a comparison.
Google had a valid claim because this guy registered these sites specifically for the fact that he could catch people making typo mistakes who were 100% guarenteed wanting google.com.
Sounds reasonable. I just thought it may be a cool effect on movies involving planes, spaceships, etc. Imagine Band of Brothers with the planes on the bombing run flying overhead, or even in craptacular Independance Day.
I wish I had mod points, for some reason your comment was the highlight of my morning. So either you're quite funny, or i'm had a really uneventful morning.