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  1. Re:As a recent buyer of a mid-2014 MBP on Apple Doubles MacBook Pro R/W Performance · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is so wrong in so many ways.

  2. Re:Does it, or doesn't it? on WHO Report Links Weed Killer Ingredient To Cancer Risk · · Score: 1

    For what sort of exposure, over what time frame?

  3. Re:Kill dogs, why not people??? on WHO Report Links Weed Killer Ingredient To Cancer Risk · · Score: 1

    "Anything that kills a living organism is potentially a problem for humans"
    Yeah, I'm seriously worried about my white blood cells!

  4. Re:Meh on GoDaddy Accounts Vulnerable To Social Engineering (and Photoshop) · · Score: 1

    Well, if they are going to accept "documents" (scans, easily edited), as proof of something, then really they should only accept real, notarized paper versions.

  5. Re:Meh on GoDaddy Accounts Vulnerable To Social Engineering (and Photoshop) · · Score: 1

    Notarized documents.

  6. Re:Meh on GoDaddy Accounts Vulnerable To Social Engineering (and Photoshop) · · Score: 1

    Gandi.

  7. Re:I use GnuPG on Moxie Marlinspike: GPG Has Run Its Course · · Score: 1

    Ha ha ha, your key is on "your" website. That isn't even running https. So how would anyone know that "your" key really is your key?

  8. Re:gpg on Moxie Marlinspike: GPG Has Run Its Course · · Score: 0

    For most people (windows users), their computers are so insecure as to make the idea of their private key being secure laughable.

  9. Re:Same error, repeated on Moxie Marlinspike: GPG Has Run Its Course · · Score: 1

    Side note, but DKIM was never intended to stop spam, it was only intended to stop joe-jobbing and reputation theft by preventing people from forging who the email was from.

  10. Re:No mention of refresh rate on VESA Embedded DisplayPort 1.4a Paves Way For 8K Displays, Longer Battery Life · · Score: 1

    I was thinking a pair of 128 GB microSDXC, one for each leg...

  11. Re:Bug or feature? on Apple Hiring Automotive Experts · · Score: 1

    My 1985 VW Jetta GLI had an accessory position. It was the point in the turn where the windows and radio would be powered, but little else.

  12. Re:No mention of refresh rate on VESA Embedded DisplayPort 1.4a Paves Way For 8K Displays, Longer Battery Life · · Score: 1

    Actually, with enough pigeons and big enough storage on them, you could have great frame rates, just horrible latency :-)

  13. Re:Best alternative? on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    It's not really. I run an open-wifi (outside the DMZ, filtered to prevent spammers) as a "public service" in case anyone nearby needs wifi. That means that there's nothing to stop nefarious code on the TV from using it... And even if I didn't, there may be easily hacked neighbor's wifi as well.
    A 'dumb' TV is really what I want, but I haven't seen much in the ~70" size we're looking for, and the Seiki 65" looks interesting, but the experience I've had with the 39" isn't great...

  14. Re:Best alternative? on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I _really_ should have been more specific, but I was in a hurry...

    I've got a 4K Seiki 39" that I picked up when it touched $299 at Amazon for a day. It's doing temporary duty as our TV while we complete the remodel, then it'll become my 4K computer monitor and we'll be replacing it with a ~70" TV. It doesn't seem like there's a very large selection of 'dumb' TVs that come in that size.
    And rather than the general comments I got, I really was looking for recommendations on what device I should buy today/soon based on Slashdotter's personal experiences. I figure I could look at A/V sites for recommendations, but they would be very unlikely to take the privacy/network security angles seriously.

  15. Re:Just treat it like any other insecure device on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    I run an unencrypted wifi for public use, and so I imagine the TV could just use that. I suppose I could do MAC blocking, but that would involve me swapping out the original Apple Airport I use for the open Wifi, as it only does MAC whitelisting.

  16. Re:DMZs on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    I think he's thinking of DMZ like the checkbox on consumer routers that opens that whole machine up to the public net.

  17. Best alternative? on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    I have been in the market for an HDTV for a while now, but haven't been convinced that any aren't massive security holes. Yes, I could leave it unconnected from the network, but then I'm just pushing the problem to another device.

  18. Re:"Lights out" operations replace "lights on" ops on Apple To Build New $2 Billion Data Center In Bankrupted GT Advanced Buildings · · Score: 1

    "the taxes which Apple pays"
    Ha ha, you're funny! :-)

  19. Re:OMG the Horror! on Reverse Engineering the Nike+ FuelBand's Communications Protocol · · Score: 1

    No GPS, but I'm guessing that if you can get the raw accelerometer data from one of these devices over a long enough time, you could map out where they've been....

  20. Re:Yup. on Wi-Fi Issues Continue For OS X Users Despite Updates · · Score: 1

    Did you try turning off/on the wireless? That sometimes works for me when I've got wifi issues. I think it may unload/reload the driver.

  21. Re:The problem being that anybody could break it on Reverse Engineering the Nike+ FuelBand's Communications Protocol · · Score: 1

    It's only bricked until you plug it into USB and then you can reflash the firmware

  22. Re:Electrical engineers write sucky code on Reverse Engineering the Nike+ FuelBand's Communications Protocol · · Score: 1

    Doubtful. You can use bluetooth to set the device into bootloader mode, but you can clear that by plugging it into USB, so the initial setup via USB (required, IIRC) could set the private key into the device.

  23. Re:Cool. on Reverse Engineering the Nike+ FuelBand's Communications Protocol · · Score: 1

    Um, he decompiled the Android version of the app to figure out that the device was insecure...

  24. Re:Someone teach me something here... on NASA, NOAA: 2014 Was the Warmest Year In the Modern Record · · Score: 1

    From your link, ~1.6% is the average for the year. Dec 2014 was: 0.76% hence my "these days"

  25. Re:Someone teach me something here... on NASA, NOAA: 2014 Was the Warmest Year In the Modern Record · · Score: 1

    Actually, these days 1.4% is probably higher than current inflation.
    And it's too low given the differential risks to 4% inflation vs 0% or 0.5% deflation.