Dude, thank for the heads up on the X220. I've been using a 2013 MacBook Air with Linux on it for the past couple of years, but the keyboard is starting to go bad and I'm considering getting a notebook with real keys. This is a sweet notebook!
I totally agree. I've recycled old notebooks with Linux for old family members. They ALL love it, because it doesn't slow down over time and get bogged down like Windows or MacOS, and it does everything they need. The only bad thing about old computers is battery life. So, to answer the OP's question, I would not hesitate to get her a Linux based notebook. You may have to install Linux on it yourself and send it to her, or just choose on that already comes with Linux pre-installed.
If I hadn't posted on this thread, I'd mod you troll.
He said her needs were very simple and ANY computer people are surfing the net with would do what she needs. But more to the point of why she may have
use her own personal equipment for work, is that she's the second employee of a company with two employees. It's not like she got a job at a multi-million dollar corporation.
Having said that, there are benefits to having a company PC being used for work instead of a personal computer, but they fall outside of your reasons.
Apple is very similar to BMW and Mercedes when it comes to this "immersive brand experience" thing. None of these companies want people running around with old phones or cars. They want them on the 3-year leasing treadmill. They want you to basically subscribe to their hardware.
While I humbly agree, I do disagree in that the 3 year old leased car they take back from you ends up in the junk yard. It gets resold, and resold, and resold. I am a proud BMW owner of a 1998 M3 and a 2006 M5 who bought both of my cars when they came off lease. I still drive both cars on the road and both get looks, the 1998 because it is 21 years old and still drives like the first day in 2001 when I got my hands on it, and the M5 because, it's an M5 and you only see one of them every couple of months around Chicago. But the point is not that they're head-turners. They're both marvelous machines when it comes to driving. It has nothing to do with an "immersive brand experience". Neither one of my cars have any bells and whistles, by today's standards. They are performance machines, each in their own right.
If BMW wanted these cars off the road to protect an image and an experience, they've surely failed, because I see many old BMWs on the road.
If everyone blocks ads, all of the high-quality Internet services we use will go away, or become subscription services.
Damn it dude! You know this. I know this. But 95% of the people out there don't know it (or don't care), and of those only 10% would block the ads. Don't be spreading this fact. Before you know it the Internet will collapse.
P.S. Don't ask for references on those percentages. They're my best guess.
Replace any of these words instead of "data" in your sentence: cattle, concrete, correspondence, education, headquarters, help, jeans, luggage, news, police. It's not that clear cut, is it?
If the encryption process added a random length null message to the encrypted packet and also to the compression as well, it seems like this threat would become prohibitively difficult..
Interesting. Yes, that would make this much more difficult, but it would have to be of sufficient length (maybe up to 50 characters?) and it need be added to either/or, not both. You're just hoping that the variable end would suffice.
Technically, you're right. It doesn't impact the HTTP site necessarily, but once it gathers the user's credentials to the site, then it has an elevated status on the site and then who knows what?
which is what I would bet the old majority of slashdot readers would be concerned about.
I would think you're wrong. Majority of Slashdot users don't give a shit about the health and safety of the web site they're visiting, but they do care about their own information falling in the wrong hands.
All the attacker needs is to be able to inject something into the communication stream, pre-compression, and be able to monitor the length of the packets being sent back and forth. Over time, given that the same information is being sent over and over (think cookies), the attacker can then brute force the contents.
A good encryption algorithm should be able to protect any data, regardless of whether or not it is compressed. If compressing data before encryption renders the encryption algorithm insecure, I would suggest the algorithm was weak to begin with. Perhaps better, newer algorithms are needed. I'd be wary of a solution that just says "turn off compression and you'll be fine."
Huh? Neither algorithm is weak. Did you watch the slides? Each do their own thing well. This is a genius attack, in that it can brute force things like session cookies, passwords, etc.
In a way it reminds me of SQL attacks that try to find table names by going through alphanumeric and underscores one character at a time until they get the whole table name and then do whatever they want once they have the table names.
And much of stealth is just blending in. This isn't really anything new. One key to not getting robbed is to not wear all this flashy stuff that identifies you as someone worthy of being robbed. Who's the pick-pocket going to target, the guy with the $20,000 Rolex, or the guy with the $20 Timex?
Similarly, If you're doing things governments don't like, you'd far smarter just blending in rather than sticking out. People have this odd idea that they need to TELL EVERYONE who they are. Be Proud, Be Loud! Get over yourself. You can still make changes in the world and not have to stick out like a sore thumb.
The problem with your argument is that pick-pockets and thieves are there to get rich. The government, OTOH, is my employee. The government works for me! I shouldn't have to worry about the government giving me trouble for something that is completely legal. It's not just about being able to make a change in the world, yada yada yada. Making a change INCLUDES putting the government back in its place, as the servant of the people.
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Dude, thank for the heads up on the X220. I've been using a 2013 MacBook Air with Linux on it for the past couple of years, but the keyboard is starting to go bad and I'm considering getting a notebook with real keys. This is a sweet notebook!
See my other post. If my old, retired relatives can use a computer with a similar interface to Windows XP, any non-techie should be fine.
Why muddy the water with an installation of Windows at all if she's got Linux? You're just asking to double/triple your problems.
I totally agree. I've recycled old notebooks with Linux for old family members. They ALL love it, because it doesn't slow down over time and get bogged down like Windows or MacOS, and it does everything they need. The only bad thing about old computers is battery life. So, to answer the OP's question, I would not hesitate to get her a Linux based notebook. You may have to install Linux on it yourself and send it to her, or just choose on that already comes with Linux pre-installed.
If I hadn't posted on this thread, I'd mod you troll.
He said her needs were very simple and ANY computer people are surfing the net with would do what she needs. But more to the point of why she may have use her own personal equipment for work, is that she's the second employee of a company with two employees. It's not like she got a job at a multi-million dollar corporation.
Having said that, there are benefits to having a company PC being used for work instead of a personal computer, but they fall outside of your reasons.
Woosh!!!
That would be trivial to find out.
Stuxnet much?
It's just a hex viewer, you can already see the instructions if you know their code number.
Reminds me of the The Story of Mel
Does it come with a free thumbdrive? If not, I won't be interested.
You just let the whole world know who the real AC is.
Apple is very similar to BMW and Mercedes when it comes to this "immersive brand experience" thing. None of these companies want people running around with old phones or cars. They want them on the 3-year leasing treadmill. They want you to basically subscribe to their hardware.
While I humbly agree, I do disagree in that the 3 year old leased car they take back from you ends up in the junk yard. It gets resold, and resold, and resold. I am a proud BMW owner of a 1998 M3 and a 2006 M5 who bought both of my cars when they came off lease. I still drive both cars on the road and both get looks, the 1998 because it is 21 years old and still drives like the first day in 2001 when I got my hands on it, and the M5 because, it's an M5 and you only see one of them every couple of months around Chicago. But the point is not that they're head-turners. They're both marvelous machines when it comes to driving. It has nothing to do with an "immersive brand experience". Neither one of my cars have any bells and whistles, by today's standards. They are performance machines, each in their own right.
If BMW wanted these cars off the road to protect an image and an experience, they've surely failed, because I see many old BMWs on the road.
As opposed to gullible young man?
Shit, for a second I thought I was on FB (forgive me 'cause I'm drunk) and looked for the "Like" link.
Don't worry. It'll all be to their demise.
If everyone blocks ads, all of the high-quality Internet services we use will go away, or become subscription services.
Damn it dude! You know this. I know this. But 95% of the people out there don't know it (or don't care), and of those only 10% would block the ads. Don't be spreading this fact. Before you know it the Internet will collapse.
P.S. Don't ask for references on those percentages. They're my best guess.
Ha! .. I can still get my thrills from viewing 58008 upside down on my calculator. Take that sugarland fairy team!
Or 55378008 for that matter.
"I have a "Request Ass" table out there in one database and whereas it made me laugh 7 years ago- now it makes me cringe."
Why does it make you cringe? Because you realize that you're too stupid to use a period when you abbreviate things?
Periods are usually not allowed in table and column names.
I'm all for this, but whaddya bet this will continue unabated:
https://www.instagram.com/expl...
Dude, a little warning would've been nice!
blocks? lmao. Almost fell off my chair.
Replace any of these words instead of "data" in your sentence: cattle, concrete, correspondence, education, headquarters, help, jeans, luggage, news, police. It's not that clear cut, is it?
If the encryption process added a random length null message to the encrypted packet and also to the compression as well, it seems like this threat would become prohibitively difficult..
Interesting. Yes, that would make this much more difficult, but it would have to be of sufficient length (maybe up to 50 characters?) and it need be added to either/or, not both. You're just hoping that the variable end would suffice.
VORACLE does not impact HTTP sites behind a VPN
Technically, you're right. It doesn't impact the HTTP site necessarily, but once it gathers the user's credentials to the site, then it has an elevated status on the site and then who knows what?
which is what I would bet the old majority of slashdot readers would be concerned about.
I would think you're wrong. Majority of Slashdot users don't give a shit about the health and safety of the web site they're visiting, but they do care about their own information falling in the wrong hands.
All the attacker needs is to be able to inject something into the communication stream, pre-compression, and be able to monitor the length of the packets being sent back and forth. Over time, given that the same information is being sent over and over (think cookies), the attacker can then brute force the contents.
It didn't click for me until slide #70. Here's the link to the slides.
A good encryption algorithm should be able to protect any data, regardless of whether or not it is compressed. If compressing data before encryption renders the encryption algorithm insecure, I would suggest the algorithm was weak to begin with. Perhaps better, newer algorithms are needed. I'd be wary of a solution that just says "turn off compression and you'll be fine."
Huh? Neither algorithm is weak. Did you watch the slides? Each do their own thing well. This is a genius attack, in that it can brute force things like session cookies, passwords, etc.
In a way it reminds me of SQL attacks that try to find table names by going through alphanumeric and underscores one character at a time until they get the whole table name and then do whatever they want once they have the table names.
And much of stealth is just blending in. This isn't really anything new. One key to not getting robbed is to not wear all this flashy stuff that identifies you as someone worthy of being robbed. Who's the pick-pocket going to target, the guy with the $20,000 Rolex, or the guy with the $20 Timex?
Similarly, If you're doing things governments don't like, you'd far smarter just blending in rather than sticking out. People have this odd idea that they need to TELL EVERYONE who they are. Be Proud, Be Loud! Get over yourself. You can still make changes in the world and not have to stick out like a sore thumb.
The problem with your argument is that pick-pockets and thieves are there to get rich. The government, OTOH, is my employee. The government works for me! I shouldn't have to worry about the government giving me trouble for something that is completely legal. It's not just about being able to make a change in the world, yada yada yada. Making a change INCLUDES putting the government back in its place, as the servant of the people.