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  1. That's a bit of a leap on Are UK Police Hacking File-Sharers' Computers? · · Score: 2

    I did actually RTFA and my conclusion from the comments attributed to the police is that they are either full of shit or they just read some forum posts. Hacking never would have entered my mind.

  2. Re:For us non-US folk... on Google Pulls Support For CDMA Devices · · Score: 1

    For instance, can CDMA2k handle data and voice at the same time?

    Yes, and it has been supported on Verizon for several months on new phones (SVDO).

  3. Re:No kidding. on Google Wallet Stores Card Data In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    Indeed, but if someone steals your phone and it isn't protected they probably have a lot more information than what is being described here. The information stored is about the same as you might find on an ATM receipt with the addition of the expiration date. All of which I can probably get from your e-mail/facebook/sms/etc

  4. Re:Stupid headline on Google Wallet Stores Card Data In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    This 'social engineering' attack requires root on the user's phone as well by the way. A lot of effort just to get someone's credit card number.

  5. Re:Only new thing may be USB on How Ford Will Upgrade Owners' Display Screens · · Score: 1

    Well it is a software update. I don't know about Ford, which is why I said I assume other manufacturers do it, but with Audi the map DVDs included firmware updates with feature changes. How is that not a "software update"?

    In fact, I'm pretty sure Ford has issues updates for Sync in the past too.

  6. Only new thing may be USB on How Ford Will Upgrade Owners' Display Screens · · Score: 1

    With it, Ford breaks the model in which the technology in a car essentially stayed unchanged from assembly line to junk yard'

    This is nonsense. Audi, and I assume most manufacturers, have been issuing software updates on their map DVDs for years.

    This is without even getting into the programmable nature of modern engines.

  7. Re:This is a fallacy they would love you to believ on SOPA Hearings Stacked In Favor of Pro-SOPA Lobby · · Score: 1

    GWB received 50.7% of the vote in 2004. Hardly a mandate, but also not "less than 50%"

  8. Re:You still need iPhone 4S on Siri Protocol Cracked · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not trying to suggest that this would be a viable approach, but you only seem to have considered the worst case. You would not have to transfer 170 million yottabytes if your first guess was correct.

  9. Re:That would be weird on Microsoft Killing Silverlight? · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Silverlight 5, but Lakeview (Silverlight for the Xbox 360) is part of next Xbox update, for which they've already launched a public preview program. You can find plenty of details on it online, including the leaked technical documents (API references, overview, etc).

  10. That would be weird on Microsoft Killing Silverlight? · · Score: 2

    Since Silverlight is coming to the Xbox in a big way within the next few weeks. I suppose they could transition that to a different platform, but I don't think the large number of content providers they lined up for this release would be thrilled.

  11. Re:practically doesn't mean what it used to on Copyright Demands Push Largest European Usenet Provider Permanently Offline · · Score: 1

    Warner Bros. doesn't have anything to do with Time Warner Cable. They sold it off a few years ago

  12. Re:Nope on VMware, a Falling Giant? · · Score: 1

    Parent said greater than, not less-than

  13. Re:Too bad for him on Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 2

    They let him leave Sweden because he agreed to come back for questioning. He later decided to skip his appointment and refuse to return to Sweden (a fact which he admits).

  14. Re:USA against the World? on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 1

    Those are membership dues that are being withheld. UNESCO will probably let them go unpaid for awhile, but not forever.

  15. Re:USA against the World? on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 3

    It seems UNESCO and the US can get along fine without each other, as they did during the 20 years between Reagan's withdrawal from the group and Bush Jr.'s re-entry.

    It will be interesting to see what happens with the WHO/WIPO/WTO/IAEA, etc. but Congress can make exceptions if they feel like it.

  16. Probably on Is Verizon Breaking FCC Regulations With Locked Bootloaders? · · Score: 1

    and this is not the first time the question has been raised -- see also: potential future 4G iPhone (which will be very interesting)

    With regards to the Thunderbolt, however, the bootloader is easily unlocked so it doesn't seem to be the best case to get upset about.

  17. Re:Covering up on Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    These services were already known to authorities (and anyone who has logged into TOR) and Anonymous probably only hindered that investigation.

    The Dutch police's National Investigations Office said in a statement it had managed to infiltrate several "hidden services" sites internationally where users can surf the internet and communicate anonymously.

    Investigators managed to break into them and access the images as well as online chats that included identifying details of users of the sites. The details are being turned over to the FBI, prosecutors said.

    http://news.yahoo.com/dutch-probe-uncovers-hidden-child-porn-sites-us-152808634.html

  18. Jason Chaffetz is a Republican on Senator Introduces Bill To Stop Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    Since at least 1990. Summary is incorrect.

  19. Re:What happened to the constitution? on TSA Doing Random Truck Searches On Tennessee Highway · · Score: 1

    Good thing taking to bus or train is allegedly a privilege too, because they run the same VIPR program for those means.

  20. Misleading Summary on Sony Targeted Yet Again; Thwarts Attackers This Time · · Score: 2

    The summary states that there 93,000 login attempts and that a small number of the attempts were successful. This is false. There was an undisclosed number of attempts, and 93,000 accounts were successfully compromised. From Sony's own statement:

    There were approximately 93,000 accounts globally (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts.

  21. Re:curious.. on US Government Seizes Email of WikiLeaks Volunteer · · Score: 2

    Since 1986 (It is all explained in the article). Further, he hasn't had any charges filed against him.

  22. Re:Petition to ignorance on Australian Users Petitioning Against Windows 8 Secure Boot · · Score: 1

    This is no different than most smartphones available today. Are you equally paranoid about those things happening on your phone?

  23. Re:Only affects OEM stuff? on Australian Users Petitioning Against Windows 8 Secure Boot · · Score: 1

    It's not a requirement for Windows 8. It is a requirement for 'Designed for Windows 8' OEM systems.

  24. Re:Leaking can be entirely political ... on WikiLeaks Sues the Guardian Over Leak · · Score: 1

    Wikileaks certainly has an agenda, but they were not even responsible for "climategate" (Despite the revisionist claims of Assange)

    http://climateaudit.org/2010/11/30/assange-on-climategate/

  25. Re:Wikileaks should be happy... on WikiLeaks Sues the Guardian Over Leak · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have you bothered looking at wikileaks from before, say, 2010? Assange has no qualms about releasing private personal information, such as hacked emails, from people he doesn't like.