For the whole fscking plant? This is so far below the natural background level of NOx creation it is funny. But then I guess it isn't so funny if you are trying to do business in California.
Right. But then these OEMs probably represent the low end of the software vendor's customers. If you want your own key, you pay them a few extra bucks to generate one for your product line. And then you take measures to protect your investment. Like specifying firmware read protection in your device hardware.
Odds are that these 900+ devices were built from the same image. Hence the identical keys. And if this is the case, then either all of them have an exposed private key or none of them do. Once a build process has been verified to load the correct components and not load those that should not be, stamping out identical copies is quite secure.
In the case of identical key pairs being loaded on different devices, all that this key does is uniquely identify the particular software build that your IoT device is based on. If you need to uniquely identify a single instance of device, then its key pair must be generated based on a unique identifier, such as a MAC address or serial number. Or better yet, some combination of unique identifier and random seed.
Because desktop environments need closer integration to the hardware/kernel/root
Nope. The kernel is there to insulate the user (and anything the user runs) from the hardware layer. OS Design Principles 101.
integration for handling things like usb devices coming and going, cdroms,
Already done. Without systemd.
suspend/resume events
Didn't even read TFS, did you? This is what the submitter complained about. Suspend and hibernate are broken (thanks, systemd) and the response to his report was basically the software support equivalent of "Fuck you!"
... capture all the ads and offer a 'sponsors' button/tab with the requested page? That way, people who want to see the ads can elect to view them as a list. Or reload the page with ads included. Whatever works best.
Most of our outages were due to transmission line faults (a.k.a. 'the grid'). The local power company also pulled the plug on a bunch of circuits to reduce load when they lost their transmission lines. Because they didn't want to pay wheeling charges to use parallel public utilities' lines that were still in operation.
... we are just recovering from a week long power outage. If these attacks occurred here, we would have trouble differentiating between terrorism and normal power company operations.
It seems that Woolsey is a member in good standing. It is pretty well understood by now that the Paris terrorists did not use encrypted apps, PlayStations, Bitcoins or any of the other TLA bugaboos. So what Snowden revealed had absolutely nothing to do with the success of these attacks. In fact, given the capabilities of the various intelligence agencies that ES revealed, I'm surprised that this attack wasn't prevented completely. But that can be explained easily by sheer incompetence.
The CIA/NSA/FBI and its foreign counterparts may have honest and capable employees, who would never abuse their position of trust in the handing of our personal data. But their upper management appears to be populated by a bunch of senile old coots who couldn't run WalMart's loss prevention department. And who can be conned into handing a complete dump of their customer data to any sleazy telemarketer.
I wonder how many people would have been accidentally shot, shot because they "looked like a terr'ist",
Probably less than 89. The most accidental shots would be one CW carrier shooting another because he/she was carrying a gun. And since that's a risk people choose to take, not as bad as shooting innocent bystanders.
This is something that as the CEO of a cell phone company you could fight against.
If you wanted to be harrassed by TLAs for the rest of your life.
I have a phone that displays the difference between a secure call/data connection and an unsecure (unencrypted) one. It is an ancient Motorola RAZR V3. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but in the case of more modern phones, this feature has been dropped. And I'd guess that this was at the request of law enforcement.
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The VW scandal has focused attention on a problem we hardly knew about,
Because, prior to the VW news breaking, nobody was looking for some source of excessive NOx emissions that couldn't be accounted for.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
you diseased weak minded truth hating freaks
I think that's a big yes on the adverse psychological effects.
For the whole fscking plant? This is so far below the natural background level of NOx creation it is funny. But then I guess it isn't so funny if you are trying to do business in California.
Right. But then these OEMs probably represent the low end of the software vendor's customers. If you want your own key, you pay them a few extra bucks to generate one for your product line. And then you take measures to protect your investment. Like specifying firmware read protection in your device hardware.
Odds are that these 900+ devices were built from the same image. Hence the identical keys. And if this is the case, then either all of them have an exposed private key or none of them do. Once a build process has been verified to load the correct components and not load those that should not be, stamping out identical copies is quite secure.
In the case of identical key pairs being loaded on different devices, all that this key does is uniquely identify the particular software build that your IoT device is based on. If you need to uniquely identify a single instance of device, then its key pair must be generated based on a unique identifier, such as a MAC address or serial number. Or better yet, some combination of unique identifier and random seed.
Or this?
Oh crap! Another one of those Annie May fans who is depleting the inventory of Nixie tubes to build a divergence meter.
Because desktop environments need closer integration to the hardware/kernel/root
Nope. The kernel is there to insulate the user (and anything the user runs) from the hardware layer. OS Design Principles 101.
integration for handling things like usb devices coming and going, cdroms,
Already done. Without systemd.
suspend/resume events
Didn't even read TFS, did you? This is what the submitter complained about. Suspend and hibernate are broken (thanks, systemd) and the response to his report was basically the software support equivalent of "Fuck you!"
doesn't have a girlfriend
Well, not any more
your PC
What ever made you think it was yours? It belongs to Microsoft.
FTW!
Most of our outages were due to transmission line faults (a.k.a. 'the grid'). The local power company also pulled the plug on a bunch of circuits to reduce load when they lost their transmission lines. Because they didn't want to pay wheeling charges to use parallel public utilities' lines that were still in operation.
You must be holding it wrong.
You don't have the McAfee removal instructions yet? (NSFW)
Why not play Moonlight Sonata? The intelligence is just about as effective as it was for Coventry.
You forgot to include a picture.
I'm just surprised that the US Army had room in the training program for them, what with all the Zetas we had enrolled.
It seems that Woolsey is a member in good standing. It is pretty well understood by now that the Paris terrorists did not use encrypted apps, PlayStations, Bitcoins or any of the other TLA bugaboos. So what Snowden revealed had absolutely nothing to do with the success of these attacks. In fact, given the capabilities of the various intelligence agencies that ES revealed, I'm surprised that this attack wasn't prevented completely. But that can be explained easily by sheer incompetence.
The CIA/NSA/FBI and its foreign counterparts may have honest and capable employees, who would never abuse their position of trust in the handing of our personal data. But their upper management appears to be populated by a bunch of senile old coots who couldn't run WalMart's loss prevention department. And who can be conned into handing a complete dump of their customer data to any sleazy telemarketer.
I wonder how many people would have been accidentally shot, shot because they "looked like a terr'ist",
Probably less than 89. The most accidental shots would be one CW carrier shooting another because he/she was carrying a gun. And since that's a risk people choose to take, not as bad as shooting innocent bystanders.
This is something that as the CEO of a cell phone company you could fight against.
If you wanted to be harrassed by TLAs for the rest of your life.
I have a phone that displays the difference between a secure call/data connection and an unsecure (unencrypted) one. It is an ancient Motorola RAZR V3. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but in the case of more modern phones, this feature has been dropped. And I'd guess that this was at the request of law enforcement.