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  1. Re:customers don't like having choices restricted on Amazon To Cease Sale of Apple TV and Chromecast · · Score: 1

    So they are taking a play from the Apple playbook, right? Shocking

  2. Re:customers don't like having choices restricted on Amazon To Cease Sale of Apple TV and Chromecast · · Score: 1

    which apple products are that? If you look, Amazon really does not directly sell that many. I found iPhone 5c and a few variants of macbook air/pro. Its not at all clear that losing those sales would materially effect Amazon.

  3. Phones, etc? on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    I would imagine SF has the highest percentage of fucktards looking at their iPrecious when crossing the street.

  4. Not that worried on Stagefright 2.0 Vulnerabilities Affect 1 Billion Android Devices · · Score: 0

    Stagefright 1.0, however, was exploited via a specially crafted MMS message which were at the time automatically processed by Stagefright. Google’s patch means Stagefright no longer does so, especially in new versions of Google’s Messenger and Hangouts apps. With Stagefright 2.0, Avraham said the most logical attack vector would be the mobile browser where an attacker tricks the victim via phishing or malvertising to visit a URL hosting the exploit. An attacker could also inject the exploit via a man-in-the-middle attack, or host a malicious third-party app that uses the vulnerable library.

    If you are really scared about MMS its pretty easy to fubar the settings to enable delivery of MMS messages. No big loss in the age of whatsapp, kik, line.

    On the new variant it seems no different than desktop. Don't click links or view pages that may be dodgy. Don't download a ton of shit apps. And if someone is bothering to MITM you, problems are deeper than the exploit.

  5. More than just initials on Are Non-Technical Certifications Worth Earning? · · Score: 2

    There are really two components to this. First, is the time/effort/expense worth it to gain knowledge that may be useful in your profession or career generally. Second, will that certificate confer any additional monetary benefits or different/more advanced position in the near term.

    The former is completely independent of the latter. Not everything you may know or do is assigned a tangible value by your current or future employer but having such knowledge may make your job easier to do or allow you to outperform others.

    The later may often be true for all but the most specialized certifications. Rather than just list a bunch of acronyms it might be better to reference having 'a number of additional certifications in related fields' and allow the hiring firm to enquire further if they are interested. By doing so you show you continue to improve and stay current for its own sake and not to wave a bunch of letters at someone.

  6. Re:Sure it's expensive on More Cities Use DNA To Catch Dog Owners Who Don't Pick Up Waste · · Score: 1

    Beyond the singling out of dogs (cats anyone? hmmm?), poster is correct in that there are certainly far more pressing cleanup needs before going to these lengths. Are they going to start using DNA to figure out who dropped the gum? candy wrappers? used tires?

  7. Cyanogenmod has gone downhill a bit on Since-Pulled Cyanogen Update For Oneplus Changes Default Home Page To Bing · · Score: 2

    As another example, in late June they promised final snapshot images of CM11 for all devices. Yet relatively few actually got an update while their build system continued to churn out nightlies. Comments on the original blog post are ignored. Sure we all know it is free but don't promise people something if you have no intention of delivering on it.

  8. Re:Android or is it Java? on Severe Deserialization Vulnerabilities Found In Android, 3rd Party Android SDKs · · Score: 1

    thank you for the more detailed explanation (also a few responders above you).

  9. Android or is it Java? on Severe Deserialization Vulnerabilities Found In Android, 3rd Party Android SDKs · · Score: 1

    Perhaps someone with more Java/Android experience can elaborate but my quick read on serialization leads me to believe that this is a flaw in Java itself and that per the below, while steps can be taken to mitigate the risk, it can't be eliminated.

    While the patches xed the specic instances that
    we had found, we feel that a general problem de-
    serves a general mitigation, reducing the impact of
    such serialization attacks. Since Bundles are very
    common in Android’s Inter-Process Communication,
    we suggest changing the Bundle’s default behavior
    that automatically instantiates all of its values (under
    BaseBundle.unparcel, that is invoked by any ’touch’
    of the Bundle) to a lazy approach, i.e. retrieving
    only the values of keys it is asked for. Of course by
    design the problem will still remain, but will depend
    more on specic developer’s code, so less apps will
    be vulnerable if another vulnerable class is found,
    signicantly narrowing the attack surface.

  10. Who needs 2G? on Comcast Launches Streaming Service and Unveils Pricing For 2G Fiber · · Score: 1

    According to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, it won't require more than a stable 15 Mbps to stream 4K.

    Even ISO's at 25MBps are done in next to no time. Instead of pumping up the volume so to speak, it would be far more consumer friendly (and valuable) to reduce the price of the connection dramatically. Of course, that will never happen as a) there is no competition and b) profits! The price of broad band is especially gualing giving how much fiber was scooped up for next to nothing during the dot.bomb

  11. Unless you live inside a major city the 'cost' is not the biggest factor. Convenience is. Being able to go on your own schedule and from and to the location you desire, rather than just some approximation of those points determines us. For those outside the city (even nearby suburbs) the sprawl is far too great.

  12. Did Oracle Buy FB? on Facebook's New Chief Security Officer Wants To Set a Date To Kill Flash · · Score: 1

    This is exactly how Oracle operates. 'We know what is best for you and shall disable XYZ'. Really FB, just go fuck yourself. Whether Flash is good/bad or something else, FB has no right to collude to deny computer users the right to use any program/plugin/interface outside of their own site.

  13. Next to last place to go on Rich and American? Australia Wants You · · Score: 1

    right after the UK. Australia has gone down the facist daddy state road at high speed. It is quite amazing how UK/AUS/NZ continue to out do even the US.

  14. Re:iOS is toys, OS X is Unix. Learn the difference on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    I've been a developer for 17 years....

    and only got a /. account last year!

  15. Hidden SSIDs and MAC addressing? on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 1

    Clearly MAC address blocking can prevent most unwanted access but is a pain to setup every time you have a guest. Wonder how this "feature" handles hidden SSIDs? normally you need to check an extra box to connect to a hidden network. That wouldn't prevent those determined to get acces but might stop the random casual use by neighbors.

  16. Re:The New Nazis on Google, Apple, and Others Remove Content Related To the Confederate Flag · · Score: 1

    You apparently lack much in the way of brains. Walmart and others have capitulated to the far left. I said corporate America were pussies, not that they were all lefty progs.

  17. Costs ignored? on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 2

    What would the cost have been without foreign sanctions? Without restrictions on suppliers? Iran has long said they wish to build many nuclear plants yet in the sanctions regime that is near impossible. Absent those issues the cost would be much lower, yet might still be considered high by 1st world standards.

    Why does the US waste $1 trillion on the F-35 program? Are there not other cheaper alternatives?

    Clearly both countries have made decisions based on their own internal metrics and view those costs as acceptable.

  18. Re:Another excuse for government involvement on Is the End of Government Acceptance of Homeopathy In Sight? · · Score: 1

    Sure they should. And shame on you if you are that stupid to buy it or believe the claims at face value.

  19. The New Nazis on Google, Apple, and Others Remove Content Related To the Confederate Flag · · Score: 2

    are the far left - free speech, free expression, as long as it conforms to their speech and their expression

    So sick of the pussies that corp Amerika has become. Uncle like people would really stop shopping at Amazon because they fulfill orders for Confederate flag? Really?

    You don't want a Confederate flag then don't buy one. Pretty simple.

    And unlike a bricks and mortar where *gasp* your sensibilities might be offended by seeing one on display, you aren't going to get a flag in your search results unless you are actually searching for one.

  20. Re:How many times? on Restaurateur Loses Copyright Suit To BMI · · Score: 1

    A bit late on the reply but...

    By this logic, if I have a party or just an outing with friends at a beach or park and we play music on a boom box, the fact that it can probably be heard by others relatively nearby our group seems to indicate that the law is broken and we should be getting a license.

    That, to me, is crazy.

  21. Another excuse for government involvement on Is the End of Government Acceptance of Homeopathy In Sight? · · Score: 1

    in your daily life. There is absolutely no good reason for the FDA or any other government body to be involved. People should be free to take any natural substance if they so chose to do so. And there are vast resources available to anyone who wishes to research any of these products.

    Stop trying to "save" us from ourselves.

  22. Re:How many times? on Restaurateur Loses Copyright Suit To BMI · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I buy a CD and play it in my home, how many others may be in the same room listening before I need to pay a fee?
    If a company buys a CD and plays it at their place of business, who else may be in the room listening before they need to pay a fee?

    I do not know the answer buy my personal opinion is "as many as I want" unless as a business the main reason why customers are paying me is to listen to those specific songs, in that case I am re-marketing them.

  23. Re:NSA-CIA on Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files · · Score: 1

    MI6 equivalent to CIA
    GCHQ equivalent to NSA
    MI6 equivalent to FBI

  24. Re:Back up a minute here on Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files · · Score: 2

    Very good at restating the NSA party line. They have no idea what he took or did not take and the figure you site is their guess at the maximum.

    Further - TFA is talking about MI6. NSA has nothing to do with MI6 agents or assets and its pretty unlikely that any NSA documents are going to reference operational assets of another agency (ie, CIA) let alone a foreign one.

    You may not have noticed that UK is having a marginally interesting "debate" on just how far up their ass they want to let their government spooks look. I'm just shocked that a story like this would be planted in one of the less reputable press outlets at the same time.

    If any assets or agents have been exposed, far more likely it is due to their own incompetence. If an Italian prosecutor can figure it all out then so can the Russian and Chinese counterintel officers who do that type of thing for a living.

    Both the CIA and MI6 have become increasingly ameteurish since the end of the cold war. Snowden is just a convenient foil.

  25. And I have the right on France Claims Right To Censor Search Results Globally · · Score: 2

    to demand France suck my dick every morning. Somehow I doubt that's going to happen either.