Another goofy conspiracy theory, but... Has anyone ever theorized that banks may think they can profit from ID theft in some manner? (Taking into account the losses these banks have to swallow when a fraud alert is raised.)
It's hard to imagine that with the money these banks generate in profit, why they heck aren't they more pro-active with security? First ChoicePoint now Bank of America. Does anyone know what shipping company BoA used to ship the tapes?
They had to shift their strategy regarding the roll out of the.NET services since the original plan wasn't something that interested their corporate customers. They couldn't address the security issues regarding Hailstorm at that point in time.
I still believe they *want* to centralize personal information, but at the scale they would like it.. not now. Rather than call it "cancelled", it is more "shelved".
Can anyone tell me why ChoicePoint never did any deeper background checks on their clients knowing full well that identity theft is at an all time high? Didn't they have enough time to ramp up their security protocols to prevent this sort of thing from happening? Plus, who the !@#$% gave ChoicePoint permission to gather data on me?
Funny, ChoicePoint kind of reminds me of what Microsoft wants to do with their.NET establishment. Gather all personal info on one database. Currrently, it's a mistake to put all the eggs in one basket.
First, the thief needs to get close enough to you in order to pick up the transmission. I don't know about anyone else, but I try to make it a point that people I don't know are kept a little more than arm's length. (With the exception of a nice gal D-cup and up without implants.)
Next, the thief has to know EXACTLY which car you drive. Aside from going through the trouble of making the fake key with chip, they would look quit stupid (and suspicious) going to a parking lot and doing the trial-and-error method.
Third, they would have to know where & when you leave your car parked so as they can have the time to make the attempt to steal it without your notice.
Kind of alot of trouble to go through for the average car. Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you drive an expensive sports car. Plus nowadays people put in stero systems worth more than their car.. so the thieves (looking for the quick kill) would rather take the stereo.
However, I did hear of thieves managing to get keys through some dealerships by providing false proof of ownership. I believe all they would need is the VIN number. And in California, all they would need to get the VIN is go here http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/vehtests/pubtstqry.asp x and insert the plate number. (I hope I'm wrong about this.)
I agree. I don't see the point in going all out for this e-voting system if the old one worked well enough.
Overall, the old system is really not hard to do and even schoolkids can do it with no trouble at all. The problem is those that are either too lazy or STILL do not know how to read English or any of the other printed languages the ballots comes in. (I'm going to fathom more of the former.)
If people have that much trouble trying to figure out the punch hole version, then why not simply go to scantrons? I mean if they can't take a #2 pencil to fill in the proper circle.. then maybe they need to re-enter gradeschool?
I heavily doubt it will work that simple. The hardware/software is likely to be designed to monitor a bunch of different conditions and variables simultaneously before making a decision. So a happy face and finger won't be enough to get at the person-in-question's money.
There are how many machines out there that run on a 32-bit architecture? All I can say is that that the hardware/software industries should offer interim solutions to allow everyone the time to upgrade.
It was annoying enough watching critical software that worked in Windoze 98, end up being in-operable in Windows XP with no solution around this.
First they scrape up as much marketing information they can get from you, then they sue you.
RIAA: "Hi. We caught you stealing our music. But our market research shows that you will be more than willing to give us a blank check. Thank you for your selection."
What I would like to know is this. If China decides to completely adopt a Linux-type OS and dump Windows, will it mean that spammers will have a more difficult time hijacking their systems for spamming. (Probably a dumb question, but I thought I'd ask it anyways.)
I'm assuming there will be several sensors to make that determination. MIT already have computers that can recognize different emotional expressions by examining a face.
Overall, something has to be done. ID theft is really nasty for the victim to contend with.
Chater is on several blocklists I'm afraid. Due to the lack of response regarding complaints of spam being relayed through dozens of trojaned/open proxies on Chater, several ISPs had to take their own action towards stopping this.
Unfortunately the regular users get stuck in the middle of this.
Cooling is one thing, but I'm not sure I'd like a hard drive that is too quiet. Usually one can tell if a hard drive is going to become a problem by listening to it. (If it sounds louder than normal, may be a sign to replace the drive before failure.) I managed to thwart a number of situations of data loss by listening to the drive noise for potential problems.
.. or SUN is going to end up on the auction block. I'm having feelings of deja vu thinking back to the last days of minicomputer maker Tandem before Compaq "assimilated" them. (Compaq didn't know what to do with their new asset so they just dismantled completely what was left of the company and sent all the employees packin'.)
How opportune to coincide with their attempts to shove Site Finder down everyone's throat. I'm betting this sale will mean that Site Finder stays down.
Hopefully the new owner will knock some decent service into Notwork Solutions and not try the dumbing-down of things Verisludge tried.
Isn't this enough reason for people to migrate to Linux? (or a Mac at least?) I mean seriously.. their RAD (Rapid Applications Development) program is the cause of all this trouble. Putting out software that has more holes in swiss cheese really doesn't help the public.
Warner Bros. has announced that in a whoa-worthy bit of synchronicity The Matrix Revolutions, the concluding chapter in the Wachowski brothers' hit sci-fi trilogy, will be released simultaneously in nearly 70 countries
Hmmm.. a nice example of parallel computing on a macro scale, don't you think? Gridwars anyone? http://www.gridwars.com/:-)
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Another goofy conspiracy theory, but... Has anyone ever theorized that banks may think they can profit from ID theft in some manner? (Taking into account the losses these banks have to swallow when a fraud alert is raised.)
It's hard to imagine that with the money these banks generate in profit, why they heck aren't they more pro-active with security? First ChoicePoint now Bank of America. Does anyone know what shipping company BoA used to ship the tapes?
They had to shift their strategy regarding the roll out of the .NET services since the original plan wasn't something that interested their corporate customers. They couldn't address the security issues regarding Hailstorm at that point in time.
I still believe they *want* to centralize personal information, but at the scale they would like it.. not now. Rather than call it "cancelled", it is more "shelved".
Can anyone tell me why ChoicePoint never did any deeper background checks on their clients knowing full well that identity theft is at an all time high? Didn't they have enough time to ramp up their security protocols to prevent this sort of thing from happening? Plus, who the !@#$% gave ChoicePoint permission to gather data on me?
.NET establishment. Gather all personal info on one database. Currrently, it's a mistake to put all the eggs in one basket.
Funny, ChoicePoint kind of reminds me of what Microsoft wants to do with their
30MB in MP3 format. I'd probably get 10 times the lawsuits from the RIAA. I'll pass on downloading this pup.
First, the thief needs to get close enough to you in order to pick up the transmission. I don't know about anyone else, but I try to make it a point that people I don't know are kept a little more than arm's length. (With the exception of a nice gal D-cup and up without implants.)
p x and insert the plate number. (I hope I'm wrong about this.)
Next, the thief has to know EXACTLY which car you drive. Aside from going through the trouble of making the fake key with chip, they would look quit stupid (and suspicious) going to a parking lot and doing the trial-and-error method.
Third, they would have to know where & when you leave your car parked so as they can have the time to make the attempt to steal it without your notice.
Kind of alot of trouble to go through for the average car. Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you drive an expensive sports car. Plus nowadays people put in stero systems worth more than their car.. so the thieves (looking for the quick kill) would rather take the stereo.
However, I did hear of thieves managing to get keys through some dealerships by providing false proof of ownership. I believe all they would need is the VIN number. And in California, all they would need to get the VIN is go here http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/vehtests/pubtstqry.as
I agree. I don't see the point in going all out for this e-voting system if the old one worked well enough.
Overall, the old system is really not hard to do and even schoolkids can do it with no trouble at all. The problem is those that are either too lazy or STILL do not know how to read English or any of the other printed languages the ballots comes in. (I'm going to fathom more of the former.)
If people have that much trouble trying to figure out the punch hole version, then why not simply go to scantrons? I mean if they can't take a #2 pencil to fill in the proper circle.. then maybe they need to re-enter gradeschool?
Better ratchet up your blackhole lists. Those Korean zombies are getting an injection of steroids and adrenalin.
I wish I didn't. But there are companies that still utilize the older Windows OS to run the earlier software they really need to have.
I heavily doubt it will work that simple. The hardware/software is likely to be designed to monitor a bunch of different conditions and variables simultaneously before making a decision. So a happy face and finger won't be enough to get at the person-in-question's money.
I think the obvious will be taken into consideration when these things are designed.
There are how many machines out there that run on a 32-bit architecture? All I can say is that that the hardware/software industries should offer interim solutions to allow everyone the time to upgrade.
It was annoying enough watching critical software that worked in Windoze 98, end up being in-operable in Windows XP with no solution around this.
First they scrape up as much marketing information they can get from you, then they sue you.
RIAA: "Hi. We caught you stealing our music. But our market research shows that you will be more than willing to give us a blank check. Thank you for your selection."
What I would like to know is this. If China decides to completely adopt a Linux-type OS and dump Windows, will it mean that spammers will have a more difficult time hijacking their systems for spamming. (Probably a dumb question, but I thought I'd ask it anyways.)
I'm assuming there will be several sensors to make that determination. MIT already have computers that can recognize different emotional expressions by examining a face.
Overall, something has to be done. ID theft is really nasty for the victim to contend with.
Chater is on several blocklists I'm afraid. Due to the lack of response regarding complaints of spam being relayed through dozens of trojaned/open proxies on Chater, several ISPs had to take their own action towards stopping this.
Unfortunately the regular users get stuck in the middle of this.
Cooling is one thing, but I'm not sure I'd like a hard drive that is too quiet. Usually one can tell if a hard drive is going to become a problem by listening to it. (If it sounds louder than normal, may be a sign to replace the drive before failure.) I managed to thwart a number of situations of data loss by listening to the drive noise for potential problems.
.. or SUN is going to end up on the auction block. I'm having feelings of deja vu thinking back to the last days of minicomputer maker Tandem before Compaq "assimilated" them. (Compaq didn't know what to do with their new asset so they just dismantled completely what was left of the company and sent all the employees packin'.)
SCO will burn through that $50 million like a birch tree next to a Kuwaiti oil-fire.
How opportune to coincide with their attempts to shove Site Finder down everyone's throat. I'm betting this sale will mean that Site Finder stays down.
Hopefully the new owner will knock some decent service into Notwork Solutions and not try the dumbing-down of things Verisludge tried.
Isn't this enough reason for people to migrate to Linux? (or a Mac at least?) I mean seriously.. their RAD (Rapid Applications Development) program is the cause of all this trouble. Putting out software that has more holes in swiss cheese really doesn't help the public.
We already had enough problems as it is with spam and hacker-wannabe scriptkiddies.. and we were shoved with Veriscum's new invention.
Now that it is gone, lets hope it stays there. There is no reason to violate the RFCs as they did here.
Don't show up for work. :-)
Wow! This is almost like that gunfight between the Earps and the Clantons at the OK Corral.
Pass the popcorn!
Warner Bros. has announced that in a whoa-worthy bit of synchronicity The Matrix Revolutions, the concluding chapter in the Wachowski brothers' hit sci-fi trilogy, will be released simultaneously in nearly 70 countries
:-)
Hmmm.. a nice example of parallel computing on a macro scale, don't you think? Gridwars anyone? http://www.gridwars.com/
Prepare for more crazy ramblings from SCO in the immediate future.
SCO: See that "A" variable in the code? That is strictly SCO property! Yessiree! That "A" variable was in our code! And that LF too!