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  1. Not really. The 'firewall' is an enhancement to Ethernet that checks packet sources against a list of 'approved' hardware MAC addresses. But if you cat trick the passenger entertainment equipment into running Evil applications, you are in the system talking to the avionics.

  2. Re:Commercial aircraft connected to the Internet? on US Government Probes Airplane Vulnerabilities, Says Airline Hack Is 'Only a Matter of Time' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    People flew fine, lived fine, without such nonsense.

    Now convince some sperglord that he can't play his MMPORG while stuck in an airplane for 6 hours. Watch the neurotic fits ensue.

  3. No fly by wire system is updateable

    Not true. Having worked at Boeing, I've seen numerous systems updated by plugging a laptop into the controller and uploading a new s/w version. With some, you do have to pull the box, open a cover and access a port (JTAG). But at the other end of the spectrum, 787 systems can be accessed over the on-board network.

    Boeing applied for and received approval from the FAA to allow connection between passenger entertainment and avionics networks on the 787. Now all that one needs to do is to upload a malicious app into the video and game processor. One third party vendor has already sued to gain permission to sell their entertainment apps directly to airlines to be run on onboard systems. So, we are practically there.

  4. What about that manhole cover?

  5. Re:What this poll doesn't say: on Majority of Americans Believe It Is Essential That the US Remain a Global Leader in Space (pewinternet.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read the first 10 pages. Is that enough?

  6. tax exemptions on religions are immoral

    Immoral or not, they run afoul of the First Amendment in that the government is now in the business of determining what is and what is not a qualifying religion.

  7. Re:Two problems here on YouTube Can Be Liable For Copyright Infringing Videos, Court Rules (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    How NASDAQ solved YouTubeâ(TM)s problem.

    Levying fines as an income source. That's going to work really well when the uploader may not have supplied a real identity and can just disappear into cyberspace. I'd like to see what Youtube will look like when they start requiring verified accounts with SSNs and an organization like FINRA.

  8. Re:Two problems here on YouTube Can Be Liable For Copyright Infringing Videos, Court Rules (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    If the US company supplies goods and services to the foreign company then they will need to abide by their rules.

    Unless Alphabet/Google/Youtube maintain servers within Austria, they aren't actually supplying anything there. Some Austrian went to a German (or UK, or USA) site, fetched the content and imported it.

  9. Re:This is why on Zip Slip Vulnerability Affects Thousands of Projects (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I highly doubt you maintain a separate account for downloading things from the web.

    Why not? Extra user accounts are free on Linux. Do you really think I do my on-line banking in the same user space that I shit-post Slashdot with?

    I send and receive e-mail from separate machines. The receive system can't send e-mail and the sending machines can only pop a copy off the receiver.

  10. Re:Stupid America on Robocallers Win Even if You Don't Answer (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do the called person has to support part of the communication fee ?

    I don't pay to receive calls on my land line. Cell phone is different, but that's one reason I maintain a basic landline. Someone needs my phone number (watch a cashier throw a hissy fit if there's no phone # on a check) but I don't want them calling my cell. I can't really stop them from calling, as my providing them a phone number establishes a 'business relationship' exemption from the do no call laws.

  11. Re:Headline contradicted by summary on Robocallers Win Even if You Don't Answer (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Sounds like when you receive a call and you have caller ID, a lookup is done in some third part database. Paid for by your phone company. The payment is split between the database owner and the caller.\

    My VoIP line displays the calling number, but no further identifying information. So I imagine that no db search fee is being paid. I can maintain my own whitelist of people I know and the rest just remain unknown.

  12. Re:This is why on Zip Slip Vulnerability Affects Thousands of Projects (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Only if one unpacks the archive as user root. If I am logged in as some typical user, it's not likely that I have write permission anywhere under /etc. The unpacking process will generate an error and odds are that I'd catch it.

  13. Markets work.

    Except for all the AGW doom mongers who were hoping to use this as a wealth transfer mechanism.

  14. Re:Carbon neutral by law? on Hawaii Passes Law To Make State Carbon Neutral By 2045 (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    Just think of 30m people fleeing to the US once that happens

    They are already all lined up at Costco in Bellingham with gas cans.

  15. Re:It could be so much easier! on Apple Is Testing a Feature That Could Kill Police iPhone Unlockers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Because my wife pulls her phone out of her purse upside down or face down just as many times as she does right side up. One swipe the wrong way and everything is gone.

  16. Re:1%? so shit is MUCH WORSE than already known? on 5 Years on, US Government Still Counting Snowden Leak Costs (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    would be nice if 100% of the data was released

    A good part of that might expose the identity of agents in the field. And will never be released. Per Snowden's request to the media outlets to screen such data out.

    Dick Cheney probably exposed more undercover field agents when he outed Valerie Plame. And foreign intelligence just worked backwards finding links between her, her cover employer and other possible spies. Why isn't Cheney hiding in Russia?

  17. ... the Morlock need the Eloi.

  18. Re:where is their return on investment? on Microsoft Acquires GitHub For $7.5B (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    subject to licensing and copyright

    Going forward maybe. But my understanding of GPLx licenses (and many other OS licenses as well) is that you can't take the content 'private' once it has been licensed and released. And derivative works are covered as well. Something something viral something.

  19. Re:Fuck it, who cares? on Dolby Looking To Monopolize Consumer Audio By Restricting Its Codec (audioholics.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank goodness I'm getting old. I used to care about media sound quality back when I could actually hear it. But after decades of rock and roll music and some live fire artillery practice, it makes no difference to me any more.

  20. Re:Githuuubbb!!! on Programmer Creates Bee Counter Using a Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. Microsoft will be releasing Bee# pretty soon.

  21. Re:Maybe this is FUD anyway but... on Microsoft Acquires GitHub For $7.5B (microsoft.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You don't 'steal' open source code. You just lock it down to inconvenience the developers. Get ready to fire up VisualStudio and SourceSafe as the only working interfaces to GitHub content. It's not about stealing the code. Microsoft could always grab their own copies of anything they wanted. And it's not about funding the site. They could have kicked in cash as a major user/contributor of the site without taking an ownership/control position. This is about dragging everyone else down to their level.

    Bucket of crabs.

  22. Re:where is their return on investment? on Microsoft Acquires GitHub For $7.5B (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    So the only value left is the content.

    It was my understanding that you could pull your own submissions off of GitHub. As some developers have threatened to do. At any rate, the content is/was free for the taking.

  23. Re:Sarbanes-Oxley. on American Tech Giants Are Making Life Tough For Startups (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    A startup could just go overseas and raise capital beyond the reach of Sarbanes-Oxley. On second thought, that won't work either. Face it. We live behind an economic Iron Curtain.

  24. ... have some signs made up explaining the details of these programs? And then post them around Seattle's hobo camps.

  25. Re:So Uber doesn't let drivers defend themselves? on Uber Driver Kills His Passenger (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    And conversely, no policy by Uber stops passengers from legally carrying.

    That's not what TFS says.