Yet in most cases I have found the people who the job is outsourced to, to be quite "one track". In most cases for a actual development or similar job you need a broad understanding of things.
Most people coming out of university programs in countries like India are actually trained in a very narrow part of the subject. This is fine for a actual "techie" that does a very narrow job, but anyone doind R&D or such needs more. (note that many people from "western universities suffer from the same, but there atleast you can find the other type fairly easy)
The real thing was likely more crimial negligence than an attempt to break things. They should thus pay for all the associated costs as anyone breaks something owned by someone else and so on...
That is why they need regulation, so that the DHS rootkit will be included in each commercially distributed rootkit and that the manufacturers check for compability.
Certainly at some level the things that happen around a company in public sources have a bearing on the stock price as many people base their investments on such info.
But the real problem with everything like this is.. even if it works well for many things... there will be those who will try to missuse it.. and finding all those will be very hard. Further it only takes one major problem case and your nice product becomes a laughing stock.
The way these services and others make place irrelevant is a good thing, people have tried many different solutions from PDAs and laptops to remote control software to achieve the same goal.
But this solution has also it's own problem, like all the earlier attempts, in this case the problem is a lot about security and secrecy.
When these applications start to be sold to companies to run on the company's own servers, some of the problems do go away ofcourse..
Indeed, even if you do not lock the door it should be criminal... but some places have laws that make a big difference in what punishemnt you get of you have to actually force your way in as opposed to just going in uninvited.
So perhaps here too the punishment should depend on the protections you have to bypass...
Even if you did not need a fast computer you were able to enjoy gigahertz race, just buy the slowest computer there is, and enjoy the other side of it.. slower things became cheaper.
Well, in some parts of the world we have consumer rights. Getting replacemenent disks has never been a problem here, though the processes have been bit cumbersome at times. So I do not see this as problem.
The problem is, with the threat environments changing so fast, schools are definitely not the best place to teach this, as schools should give lifelong skills.
Anything they would teach about spyware today could very well be moot in 5 years if most people use secure systems.
More proper thing would likely be going the route of licencing.. that is in order to allow use of a computer that is connected, you need a computer lisence, the same way you need a drivers license to drive a car on roads. That lisence could then be limited in duration and you would need to get updated on newest things, from behavior to threaths.
Ofcourse that would bring many other problems in itself...
Regardless of how mch the actual numbers given there are over the top, the actual numbers of PCs having spyware infections is way too many.
Slowly people that I know start to have things in order as I have managed to make them change habits, install tools and such, but not everyone has such aquintances, and even then, the number of times I have cleaned spyware from someones computer is way high...
The most efficient arrangement I have found was a 2/room thing in couple of places I worked, we had a fairly large office partially divided by a screen. Worked very well when you had someone closeby to be a soundingboard and similar and yet there was no background noise or such when the door was closed. I think the google model has same benefits, though personally I would thing 6 people would likely be too much.
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Judging by prior events.. the thing will still take 10-20 years to run it's course.
Most people coming out of university programs in countries like India are actually trained in a very narrow part of the subject. This is fine for a actual "techie" that does a very narrow job, but anyone doind R&D or such needs more. (note that many people from "western universities suffer from the same, but there atleast you can find the other type fairly easy)
Thus the prestige that was attached to technical jobs is gone and most people do not see them as desirable jobs.
Yet, to further the livingstandards and so on we need technical and engineering people.. in huge numbers and as smart as possible.
Today, unfortunately most smart people choose some other carreers instead.
Should it not read RICO act?
Vaio was one of the more popular laptop models for our salesforce. It has now been dropped from list of approved products.
The real thing was likely more crimial negligence than an attempt to break things. They should thus pay for all the associated costs as anyone breaks something owned by someone else and so on...
That is why they need regulation, so that the DHS rootkit will be included in each commercially distributed rootkit and that the manufacturers check for compability.
"Sony, making your entertainment experience more thrilling"
But the 15 year old is a terrorist for attacking national infrastructure. The company is just trying to protect it's godgiven right for profits.
Would really make me happy too.. I really hate having to go buy new things just to replace old ones that have been worn out way too quickly.
Atleast both Finland and Sweden have much lower population density than US, yet they have high standards of living.
But the real problem with everything like this is.. even if it works well for many things... there will be those who will try to missuse it.. and finding all those will be very hard. Further it only takes one major problem case and your nice product becomes a laughing stock.
But this solution has also it's own problem, like all the earlier attempts, in this case the problem is a lot about security and secrecy.
When these applications start to be sold to companies to run on the company's own servers, some of the problems do go away ofcourse..
So perhaps here too the punishment should depend on the protections you have to bypass...
if you make promotions that encourage antisocial behavior you should be ashamed..
if you try to steal money frm above promitions by using above holes you are ofcourse a thing called criminal.
And the extras: Companies making unsecure products..
No.. Intel talk tends to be way more expensive to customers historically...
Even if you did not need a fast computer you were able to enjoy gigahertz race, just buy the slowest computer there is, and enjoy the other side of it.. slower things became cheaper.
Well, in some parts of the world we have consumer rights. Getting replacemenent disks has never been a problem here, though the processes have been bit cumbersome at times. So I do not see this as problem.
Anything they would teach about spyware today could very well be moot in 5 years if most people use secure systems.
More proper thing would likely be going the route of licencing.. that is in order to allow use of a computer that is connected, you need a computer lisence, the same way you need a drivers license to drive a car on roads. That lisence could then be limited in duration and you would need to get updated on newest things, from behavior to threaths.
Ofcourse that would bring many other problems in itself...
Slowly people that I know start to have things in order as I have managed to make them change habits, install tools and such, but not everyone has such aquintances, and even then, the number of times I have cleaned spyware from someones computer is way high...
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The most efficient arrangement I have found was a 2/room thing in couple of places I worked, we had a fairly large office partially divided by a screen. Worked very well when you had someone closeby to be a soundingboard and similar and yet there was no background noise or such when the door was closed. I think the google model has same benefits, though personally I would thing 6 people would likely be too much.
Now only buy few games that will bring enough intresting things with them.
Definitely do not think that $60 for "Another FPS" is worth it unless something truly revolutionary.
Well some people do have 9 people on their slashdot friends list atleast.. maybe send one to each... :)
The gender roles in the area are still quite clear.. would not do to have a "girl".