Things don't need to be logical these days . . . they just need to be cheaper. The cheapest suggestion, which saves the most operating costs, wins.
If this were true, then hiring remote people would be more common. By this I mean full time employees, not people supplied by contracting companies.
I presume the OP was referring to full time work as a software developer, and if your statement was true, then companies should prefer to hire remote people, because you usually pay remote people relative to their location. You can pay someone living in rural Missouri far less than someone living in the Bay Area or New York because the cost of living on Missouri is less than metropolitan cities.
Managers don't like hiring remote workers because they don't trust that the person will be productive or they might not be doing their own work.
Legitimate people/companies are not likely going to use this service. The only people that would likely use this are people doing things that are shady, and they don't want it to be traced back to them. If the company (and your domain) gets seized, you would probably rather just let the domain go, and find another way to get a new domain than try to fight to get your domain back and expose your identity.
Yeah, a ride sharing service run by the government or a non-profit could be a very good idea.
I'm sure that was a sarcastic comment, but the problem with that is now you have multiple different ride sharing services, all of which are probably under-funded, and low quality. Take Austin, for example. They have banned Uber and Lyft, and they have 3 different "community-based" ride sharing apps. I've looked at all 3 of their apps on the app store, and they all have horrible reviews for either sleazy drivers or poor app performance.
I also don't see any evidence of cyberstalking, cut easily be that someone else in the community happened to also be in the site and recognized the name. Hypocritical, but not stalking.
Presumably, most people on those types of sites are into that sort of thing, so they should not care if a prominent person had an account there. The fact that someone went on the site, found his profile, and made it public means that they were there looking for people who "should not be there" with the intention of making their presence there public. Maybe it was not stalking of him specifically, but it was a definite intentional action to punish him for his lifestyle choices.
Let's see if all this 2-factor authentication is everything it's cracked up to be!
Since this is starting to sound like yet another case of people being lazy with passwords, it's unlikely anyone affected has two-factor authentication enabled.
You don't get access to 300 million account by guessing passwords or phishing. You get it by hacking Apple directly and stealing the backend data. Either way, anyone with an iCloud account should change their password just to be sure.
The hackers have even said that they would accept 75k in iTunes card. That's money that will eventually get spent on Apple goods and services anyway. Apple's tax evasion special...
1) They asked for 100,000 in iTunes cards, not 75,000
2) The "money" from these iTunes cards may get spent on Apple products, but since those cards were given away and not paid for, Apple is still losing money.
3) This is rather stupid, since once Apple gives them the cards, and confirms the data is cleared, Apple will invalidate the cards making them useless.
Without having commercials to teach you that companies consider you a never-ending open wallet, and that they WILL lie to you to get your money, will these Netflix-only kids grow up to be or more less naive about the honesty of other people and companies?
Well, I certainly hope that the parents of these kids will do their job as parents and teach their kids these things instead of hoping that TV will teach them.
So if you have already got a job offer from a new employer, does this matter? Give them your "3 month notice" and just stop coming in to work. They fire you, and you get to start the new job right away. Problem solved!
I agree. Handing out biometrical data to american companies with all that NSA stuff going on seems kind of dumb.
Do you not have a driver's license? The NSA (government) can get your fingerprint from its own databases much easier than trying to get it from your phone.
I know longer worry the whole ride home if the phone going off in my pocket is a crisis, or something I can safely ignore.
How do you know, by looking at your watch vs your phone, that the unknown phone calling you is not the hospital emergency room calling you because a loved one was just in an accident?
Most newer car stereo systems have Bluetooth connectivity to your phone so you can see who is calling you and even answer the phone hands-free without ever touching your phone.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple products, but the reasons you listed are not enough to make me want to get an Apple Watch.
People think I am weird if I don't like to create an account if I can help it and often don't use a service if it forces the issue for some nebulous reason.
Then stuff like this happens. Again. And even more services force account creation.
Even if you don't create an account, the company still has your name, email and mailing address, and credit card info if you actually bought anything. That is why I only use virtual credit cards on websites, or PayPal.
It doesn't matter - Apple is not using external counsel. They have a whole stable of lawyers that they can pick from in order to make this go away.
Do you really think that a company of Apple's size doesn't get sued constantly....
Do you think that stable of lawyers are just sitting in a room waiting for a case to handle? All of their lawyers are working on something so that means they will have to stop working on whatever they are doing to handle this. That costs them time and money.
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The FCC is big enough to handle it's own website.
You presume that the FCC actually has technically competent people working there.
Things don't need to be logical these days . . . they just need to be cheaper. The cheapest suggestion, which saves the most operating costs, wins.
If this were true, then hiring remote people would be more common. By this I mean full time employees, not people supplied by contracting companies.
I presume the OP was referring to full time work as a software developer, and if your statement was true, then companies should prefer to hire remote people, because you usually pay remote people relative to their location. You can pay someone living in rural Missouri far less than someone living in the Bay Area or New York because the cost of living on Missouri is less than metropolitan cities.
Managers don't like hiring remote workers because they don't trust that the person will be productive or they might not be doing their own work.
treat places in the west as if it's a banana republic
What does this have to do with clothing?
Its not surprising that the Millennials, who spend a lot of their time texting on their phones, like to be contacted by texts.
What is this bookstore thing you refer to? Can you explain it in a car analogy?
Legitimate people/companies are not likely going to use this service. The only people that would likely use this are people doing things that are shady, and they don't want it to be traced back to them. If the company (and your domain) gets seized, you would probably rather just let the domain go, and find another way to get a new domain than try to fight to get your domain back and expose your identity.
or even "hamburger royale".
I think you mean "Royale with cheese".
Yeah, a ride sharing service run by the government or a non-profit could be a very good idea.
I'm sure that was a sarcastic comment, but the problem with that is now you have multiple different ride sharing services, all of which are probably under-funded, and low quality. Take Austin, for example. They have banned Uber and Lyft, and they have 3 different "community-based" ride sharing apps. I've looked at all 3 of their apps on the app store, and they all have horrible reviews for either sleazy drivers or poor app performance.
I also don't see any evidence of cyberstalking, cut easily be that someone else in the community happened to also be in the site and recognized the name. Hypocritical, but not stalking.
Presumably, most people on those types of sites are into that sort of thing, so they should not care if a prominent person had an account there. The fact that someone went on the site, found his profile, and made it public means that they were there looking for people who "should not be there" with the intention of making their presence there public. Maybe it was not stalking of him specifically, but it was a definite intentional action to punish him for his lifestyle choices.
I don't sit here tearing my hair out doing nothing waiting for everyone to leave so I can type.
You might also get more work done if you stay off Slashdot during work hours too... :)
They already have your information. Every page with an FB like knows your IP, browser info, etc.
Not if you have NoScript blocking all of the facebook domains.
Let's see if all this 2-factor authentication is everything it's cracked up to be!
Since this is starting to sound like yet another case of people being lazy with passwords, it's unlikely anyone affected has two-factor authentication enabled.
You don't get access to 300 million account by guessing passwords or phishing. You get it by hacking Apple directly and stealing the backend data. Either way, anyone with an iCloud account should change their password just to be sure.
The hackers have even said that they would accept 75k in iTunes card. That's money that will eventually get spent on Apple goods and services anyway. Apple's tax evasion special...
1) They asked for 100,000 in iTunes cards, not 75,000
2) The "money" from these iTunes cards may get spent on Apple products, but since those cards were given away and not paid for, Apple is still losing money.
3) This is rather stupid, since once Apple gives them the cards, and confirms the data is cleared, Apple will invalidate the cards making them useless.
Without having commercials to teach you that companies consider you a never-ending open wallet, and that they WILL lie to you to get your money, will these Netflix-only kids grow up to be or more less naive about the honesty of other people and companies?
Well, I certainly hope that the parents of these kids will do their job as parents and teach their kids these things instead of hoping that TV will teach them.
Uber really is a despicable company
Name ONE other bad thing Uber has done!
So if you have already got a job offer from a new employer, does this matter? Give them your "3 month notice" and just stop coming in to work. They fire you, and you get to start the new job right away. Problem solved!
Why not use thumb for regular login, middle finger for wipe, seems apropo
Maybe switch them around. Good luck convincing a cop/FBI/border patrol that you regularly use your middle finger to unlock your phone.
I agree. Handing out biometrical data to american companies with all that NSA stuff going on seems kind of dumb.
Do you not have a driver's license? The NSA (government) can get your fingerprint from its own databases much easier than trying to get it from your phone.
The Linux destktop is as dead as the democrat party.
Duh, these are laptops, dummy.
This is why we would would prefer discussing technology to politics in this forum.
Because there is never any name-calling in the tech-related comments?
I know longer worry the whole ride home if the phone going off in my pocket is a crisis, or something I can safely ignore.
How do you know, by looking at your watch vs your phone, that the unknown phone calling you is not the hospital emergency room calling you because a loved one was just in an accident?
Most newer car stereo systems have Bluetooth connectivity to your phone so you can see who is calling you and even answer the phone hands-free without ever touching your phone.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple products, but the reasons you listed are not enough to make me want to get an Apple Watch.
People think I am weird if I don't like to create an account if I can help it and often don't use a service if it forces the issue for some nebulous reason.
Then stuff like this happens. Again. And even more services force account creation.
Even if you don't create an account, the company still has your name, email and mailing address, and credit card info if you actually bought anything. That is why I only use virtual credit cards on websites, or PayPal.
This proves the importance of using different passwords for every online service you use.
Amazon will be increasing their unhappy workforce by 100,000 poor souls.
It doesn't matter - Apple is not using external counsel. They have a whole stable of lawyers that they can pick from in order to make this go away.
Do you really think that a company of Apple's size doesn't get sued constantly ....
Do you think that stable of lawyers are just sitting in a room waiting for a case to handle? All of their lawyers are working on something so that means they will have to stop working on whatever they are doing to handle this. That costs them time and money.