How many of those licenses had the disk reformatted and a pirate copy of Windows 7 installed?
Vista had downgrade rights to XP and a lot of people used them but it still counted as a Vista sale in Microsoft's accounts. If Windows 8 had downgrade rights to Windows 7 then I bet a *lot more* people would use it than they did with Vista.
./aversion to RTFA aside, it still makes no sense at all. They have the drive, they have (some of) the contents, they have proof the drive and contents were his.
What the hell more do they need, a signed confession?
It's an investigation. They want *everything*.
The other drives might be where he keeps the really nasty stuff. There might be useful information on the other drives (eg. links to other members of the gang). etc.
If there is legal reasons to not award people under the age of 17 with rewards and such for doing good, then the law is wrong. But then again, this is the "nanny state" where we write laws to protect people from themselves, and in the name of "protecting the children". These laws fix outlying problems at the expense of everyone else.
And remember...this is Germany, where 16 is the legal age for getting a job.
Who said anything about a contract? Why would you need one, are there any intellectual property rights on a vulnerabilities/bugs? Does he need to sign the ownership rights over to them so they can collect royalty payments from people who exploit it?
He reported a vulnerability, they acknowledged it exists and that he's reported it to them.
They're not employing him or entering into an ongoing business relationship with him, they need to STFU and give him his money as promised.
if the VM has a full root account, with a network address on the global network at large, then it has the ability to, for example, run a priviledged NMAP scan on the entire network. Which can expose open ports or vulnerabilities on another machine that can then be used to leverage access.
Try reading the third line of the summary again. The bit where is says "segregated LAN" might interest you...
Unless they take down the network, e.g. running a rogue DHCP server. Or they use it to hack other systems on the network, e.g. password-sniffing the other student's credentials when they log in from their VMs.
So... nothing they couldn't do much easier/more safely by just pulling the network cable out of the physical machine and connecting it to their netbook?
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According to this article they have sold 100 million copies so far: http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/windows-8-sells-100-million-230105134.html
Not at all bad, if you ask me.
How many of those licenses had the disk reformatted and a pirate copy of Windows 7 installed?
Vista had downgrade rights to XP and a lot of people used them but it still counted as a Vista sale in Microsoft's accounts. If Windows 8 had downgrade rights to Windows 7 then I bet a *lot more* people would use it than they did with Vista.
On Windows alt-tabbing back INTO the game almost always forces a 1 or 2 second hiccup.
Cry me a river...
PS: That's by design, not because "Windows is crap". When you ALT-TAB a game in Windows it dumps all the graphics resources from the graphics RAM, leaving it free for other things that you might want to do. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb174714(v=vs.85).aspx
The OEMs have to make an effort to put it on there. I'm sure Microsoft twists their arms but blame them for giving in...
i don't understand anybody that wants android on a pc, hell i barely understand why i have it on my phone.
Because it makes it easier to dial numbers and use the camera than old fashioned numeric-pad-plus-up-down-left-right phones?
You could try rooting your phone and installing a free command shell. After that you can type things like "sudo rm -rf /". You'll feel right at home.
You can't turn off SecureBoot on ARM-based surfaces, only on Intel-based ones (eg. Surface Pro).
Ref: http://www.howtogeek.com/149254/if-i-buy-a-computer-with-windows-8-and-secure-boot-can-i-still-install-linux/
Second this. Not too expensive,
"Not too expensive"... LOL!
Arduino are about to launch a new Robot...
I dunno...but how is this new exploit "news" if there's utility utilities like PairLock to prevent it?
may come on the backs of other species declines. .
You mean some of the other stuff that we're also overfishing...?
This "solves" the major gun issue in the world: kids playing with guns and casual handling of guns.
Most gun-related deaths are due to improperly stored guns being mishandled by someone else in the household.
If only there was some sort of physical object you could attach to a gun to stop it from firing if the kids got hold of it...something with a "key".
What's a "WinKey"? I don't think my model M has one of those.
./aversion to RTFA aside, it still makes no sense at all. They have the drive, they have (some of) the contents, they have proof the drive and contents were his.
What the hell more do they need, a signed confession?
It's an investigation. They want *everything*.
The other drives might be where he keeps the really nasty stuff. There might be useful information on the other drives (eg. links to other members of the gang). etc.
you didn't read the article did you?
He didn't even read the summary. Why on earth would he read the article?
AES with a decent password is very likely to be unbreakable.
"Legal Complications"
If there is legal reasons to not award people under the age of 17 with rewards and such for doing good, then the law is wrong. But then again, this is the "nanny state" where we write laws to protect people from themselves, and in the name of "protecting the children". These laws fix outlying problems at the expense of everyone else.
And remember...this is Germany, where 16 is the legal age for getting a job.
run afoul of child labor laws
Was Paypal employing him? Did they have any prior contact with him? Have they ever paid him money before?
If people aren't allowed to buy things off minors then the Girl Scouts of America are completely screwed.
Who said anything about a contract? Why would you need one, are there any intellectual property rights on a vulnerabilities/bugs? Does he need to sign the ownership rights over to them so they can collect royalty payments from people who exploit it?
He reported a vulnerability, they acknowledged it exists and that he's reported it to them.
They're not employing him or entering into an ongoing business relationship with him, they need to STFU and give him his money as promised.
It seems obvious to me, but if Robert Kugler is too young to receive the award
Is there an age restriction on owning money?
I'll try to remember that the next time I see girl scouts selling cookies.
And I'll notify the authorities immediately if I see any kids mowing the neighbors lawn. It's my moral duty.
2K??? Only a young whippersnapper would think 2K was restrictive.
PS: Back when it was called the ZX81 it only had 1K and the display could take 768 bytes of that. People still managed to program it...
if the VM has a full root account, with a network address on the global network at large, then it has the ability to, for example, run a priviledged NMAP scan on the entire network. Which can expose open ports or vulnerabilities on another machine that can then be used to leverage access.
Try reading the third line of the summary again. The bit where is says "segregated LAN" might interest you...
You know how I know you didn't even read the summary...?
All of that applies to non-virtual machines, too.
Unless they take down the network, e.g. running a rogue DHCP server. Or they use it to hack other systems on the network, e.g. password-sniffing the other student's credentials when they log in from their VMs.
So... nothing they couldn't do much easier/more safely by just pulling the network cable out of the physical machine and connecting it to their netbook?
Why would you have an account on a student's VM?
The whole point of a VM is that being root isn't a safety concern.