I agree that she shouldn't be applauded for finally figuring out she was on 'Candid Camera', but keep in mind that it isn't always in their best interest to find these scammers out. They profit from providing their services to all comers, including those that happen to be in the malware business. Keeping the 'cash engine' running often serves up some blinders.
Some of our clients have forums on their sites. We train them to check the domain info of the user trying to join their forum, compare the IP to other IP's that have been blocked, actually *read* the username and e-mail username, etc, etc before approving the user. It's unfortunate that being suspicious is now a prerequisite to being good at what you do on the internet.
Since the TSA scanned a 12 year old girl, why aren't child pornography charges being brought up on them?
Despite me not agreeing with this program, the "think of the children" scream has no bearing here. Child pornography must be pornographic. Even nude stills that are considered artistic (ie, some of Lewis Caroll's photos he took) are not considered pornography and are perfectly legal. You simply have to prove that the purpose of the image is not for "deviant gratification". In this case, the purpose of the images will be for airport security. End of story. It's the same reason every pediatrician in the country isn't going to jail for molestation. As long as their contact is necessary and professional, then it's allowed.
Let's not forget you need parental consent to take these 'acceptable' photos. Are the parents signing waviers as they waltz through the scanners?
Slashdot please help me!!! I need to know if it's gay or not if I let a guy fuck me in the ass. I didn't kiss him, suck him off or let our balls touch so was it gay or not?
The only advice I can give you on this is to ask your boss. You should give him a full demonstration, preferably in a conference room full of his boss, his boss' boss, etc. I'm sure they'll be able to help you define this activity much better than we can here at/.
A roof over one's head is a necessity but stocks are tantamount to gambling by people who are just far too greedy in the first place...
Hey, if no one invested in Apple how would I ever get the opportunity to give them all my money for their shiny new stuff? Huh? Do you think that was just gonna happen with magic?
If they build in some 'real world' latency to simulate the approx 200 million mile distance between Earth and Mars we'll be able to run it on a 286 and still not suffer a performance hit.
No. Apple wrote all the PDF handling code in iOS (and on the Mac). We'd see a lot more attacks like this had they embedded Adobe Reader...
I missed that in the story. Since it's been a part of iOS/OSX for a long time there is absolutely no excuse for it.
With 4.1 so close at hand, they may wait on that to finish up... or perhaps it's a sliding scale and the first sign of any real attack will bring down the update hammer if it happens before 4.1 (4.1 beta 3 just came out today and probably fixes this bug).
I'd be all over MS if they waited until this 'hit the fan' and I'll give Apple the same level of tolerance: zero. Apple needs to issue a fix for this yesterday.
In a way it should be labeled Malware, but that hardly seems an appropriate label since it's doing the user a favor...
If you consider jailbreaking the iPhone a favor to the user. The next site that uses this gaping security hole to install a rootkit, or other malicious piece of software, won't be such a favor. This is a huge security issue for iDevices. When I posted the 'browser jailbreak' story the other day I included this (which was not included in version that posted by the editor):
The ability to modify iOS simply by visiting a website leaves these iDevices vulnerable to all sorts of malicious possibilities. I'd bet the ranch that Apple isn't the only one analyzing the website in order to diagnose this major security hole... so are those with more nefarious intentions.
The fact that it is a PDF exploit rather than an iOS issue makes it more difficult for Apple to patch since it's not "one of their own". Clearly it's Apple responsibility to fix this ASAP (and their fault for letting it get into customer's hands), so they better get on it before someone else starts turning things into iP0wns.
King Tutankhamun, the pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, rode full speed over the desert dunes on a Formula One-like chariot, according to new investigations into the technical features of the boy king's vehicle collection.
They were the Ferrari of antiquity. They boasted an elegant design and an extremely sophisticated and astonishingly modern technology,"
Did you look at the picture? The wheels are out of round. That thing had a worse ride than a shopping cart with metal wheels. And how fast could a horse pull a chariot over 'the desert dunes' without ejecting the occupant?
If the government grants access to other parties to freely traipse across private property, it's still a taking. In effect, the government has forced one party to give a permanent easement to another party, destroying the first's "right to exclude."
The carriers already allow access to other parties. They just want to discriminate against some 'parties' which probably violates some other law, regulation and/or amendment.
It's also time to realize that our phones are full fledged computers. You gotta protect them.
I completely agree. I keep my iPhone in a condom at all times. I get some funny looks when I'm holding it, especially when I'm not using my bluetooth, but it's worth it to be safe.
Maybe if Oracle had purchased a product that it could use to store their pricing tables and client commitments they could have avoided this mess. Is DBase still in business??
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Read that aloud in your best Shatneresque cadence :-)
I agree that she shouldn't be applauded for finally figuring out she was on 'Candid Camera', but keep in mind that it isn't always in their best interest to find these scammers out. They profit from providing their services to all comers, including those that happen to be in the malware business. Keeping the 'cash engine' running often serves up some blinders.
Some of our clients have forums on their sites. We train them to check the domain info of the user trying to join their forum, compare the IP to other IP's that have been blocked, actually *read* the username and e-mail username, etc, etc before approving the user. It's unfortunate that being suspicious is now a prerequisite to being good at what you do on the internet.
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I block tons of spam that have Subjects that are a lot like that ... but they have wavy images of pills attached. ;-)
Since the TSA scanned a 12 year old girl, why aren't child pornography charges being brought up on them?
Despite me not agreeing with this program, the "think of the children" scream has no bearing here. Child pornography must be pornographic. Even nude stills that are considered artistic (ie, some of Lewis Caroll's photos he took) are not considered pornography and are perfectly legal. You simply have to prove that the purpose of the image is not for "deviant gratification". In this case, the purpose of the images will be for airport security. End of story. It's the same reason every pediatrician in the country isn't going to jail for molestation. As long as their contact is necessary and professional, then it's allowed.
Let's not forget you need parental consent to take these 'acceptable' photos. Are the parents signing waviers as they waltz through the scanners?
Slashdot please help me!!! I need to know if it's gay or not if I let a guy fuck me in the ass. I didn't kiss him, suck him off or let our balls touch so was it gay or not?
The only advice I can give you on this is to ask your boss. You should give him a full demonstration, preferably in a conference room full of his boss, his boss' boss, etc. I'm sure they'll be able to help you define this activity much better than we can here at /.
A roof over one's head is a necessity but stocks are tantamount to gambling by people who are just far too greedy in the first place...
Hey, if no one invested in Apple how would I ever get the opportunity to give them all my money for their shiny new stuff? Huh? Do you think that was just gonna happen with magic?
If they build in some 'real world' latency to simulate the approx 200 million mile distance between Earth and Mars we'll be able to run it on a 286 and still not suffer a performance hit.
No. Apple wrote all the PDF handling code in iOS (and on the Mac). We'd see a lot more attacks like this had they embedded Adobe Reader...
I missed that in the story. Since it's been a part of iOS/OSX for a long time there is absolutely no excuse for it.
With 4.1 so close at hand, they may wait on that to finish up... or perhaps it's a sliding scale and the first sign of any real attack will bring down the update hammer if it happens before 4.1 (4.1 beta 3 just came out today and probably fixes this bug).
I'd be all over MS if they waited until this 'hit the fan' and I'll give Apple the same level of tolerance: zero. Apple needs to issue a fix for this yesterday.
In a way it should be labeled Malware, but that hardly seems an appropriate label since it's doing the user a favor...
If you consider jailbreaking the iPhone a favor to the user. The next site that uses this gaping security hole to install a rootkit, or other malicious piece of software, won't be such a favor. This is a huge security issue for iDevices. When I posted the 'browser jailbreak' story the other day I included this (which was not included in version that posted by the editor):
The ability to modify iOS simply by visiting a website leaves these iDevices vulnerable to all sorts of malicious possibilities. I'd bet the ranch that Apple isn't the only one analyzing the website in order to diagnose this major security hole ... so are those with more nefarious intentions.
The fact that it is a PDF exploit rather than an iOS issue makes it more difficult for Apple to patch since it's not "one of their own". Clearly it's Apple responsibility to fix this ASAP (and their fault for letting it get into customer's hands), so they better get on it before someone else starts turning things into iP0wns.
King Tutankhamun, the pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, rode full speed over the desert dunes on a Formula One-like chariot, according to new investigations into the technical features of the boy king's vehicle collection.
They were the Ferrari of antiquity. They boasted an elegant design and an extremely sophisticated and astonishingly modern technology,"
Did you look at the picture? The wheels are out of round. That thing had a worse ride than a shopping cart with metal wheels. And how fast could a horse pull a chariot over 'the desert dunes' without ejecting the occupant?
Am I imagining things or is there a palm tree in one of those pictures? And a Jeep Grand Cherokee??
I was really hoping for an analogy using the metric system.
A picture of a giant bald ape?
You mean Kwyjibo?
Mmmm, beer.
it's not bullshit.
Look at how much arguing there is on slashdot, we are all quite stressed...
Says you !
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If the government grants access to other parties to freely traipse across private property, it's still a taking. In effect, the government has forced one party to give a permanent easement to another party, destroying the first's "right to exclude."
The carriers already allow access to other parties. They just want to discriminate against some 'parties' which probably violates some other law, regulation and/or amendment.
The title violates one of the grammar amendments.
It's also time to realize that our phones are full fledged computers. You gotta protect them.
I completely agree. I keep my iPhone in a condom at all times. I get some funny looks when I'm holding it, especially when I'm not using my bluetooth, but it's worth it to be safe.
They are lobbying to use dwarfs as the next renewable energy source?
Yes. Yes they are. It's a small operation, but some find it entertaining.
I would not be terribly surprised if the organizations that were listed had instructed their employees to download this torrent.
If a company sanctioned it (and that is purely an assumption) they could be looking for info on their own employees.
I wonder what they want with Facebook info? I hope it isn't to harass people.
I'm sure they have a more palatable word for it. Perhaps "save", "convert", "assist", etc.
The fossil fuel industry has a lobbing campaign that dwarfs that of renewable energy. 'nuf said.
I am not sure how it applies to what I wrote
He must have made the common mistake of clicking the reply button instead of the apply button. It happens a lot around here ;-)
Maybe if Oracle had purchased a product that it could use to store their pricing tables and client commitments they could have avoided this mess. Is DBase still in business??