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  1. Re:What note solution? on Starting Next Year, Evernote Employees Could Access Your Unencrypted Notes (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You could always rent a small AWS instance and run your own turtl server.

  2. It's that in order to effectively propagate a virus needs to lay low for a while so that it can get to multiple systems. If it immediately bricks your system then it can't propagate.

    Great, now you've told the crypto malware guys how to really screw us. Thanks a lot, jerk!

  3. Re: Well, at least someone made money on Yik Yak Lays Off 60 Percent of Employees As Growth Collapses (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    and the workers on the ground who were offered stock options that can't trade for months (or years) after IPO, that get screwed.

    You don't know how IPOs work. When the company I worked for went IPO, any employees that had vested shares had the option to sell shares at the IPO price. Yes, there is a lockout period after the IPO, but anyone that had shares cold sell them if they wanted to. There were a lot more BMWs, Mercedes, and Audis at the company after our IPO, and it wasn't just the founders and executives.

  4. Only one conslusion on US Life Expectancy Declines For the First Time Since 1993 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Only one conclusion can be made from this: If you want to live longer, move out of the US.

  5. Re: seaweed taste for cows on Feeding Seaweed To Cows Eliminates Methane Emissions (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    humans, as well as many other animals, I susprct, typically do not like the feel of gas emission, and it does not interrupt the feeding process as gas tries to go back up the esophagus. Gastric juices damage the esophageal walls.

    I doubt that the cows are smart enough to remember that the seaweed gave them less gas, and therefore they should eat that instead. I'm sure the cow will go for whatever tastes the best, if any.

  6. Re: Plenty of examples to go by on Ask Slashdot: Could A 'Smart Firewall' Protect IoT Devices? · · Score: 1

    Tell us why you need an internet-connected refrigerator. Really.

    How else can I can see if I need to get more milk when I'm at the store???

  7. Re:$15-$18 million of real money or FIFA money? on Hacker Charged With Fraud After 'Stealing' In-game FIFA Currency (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    For example, $15 million dollars owned by EA.

    Unless players can also purchase coins from EA (which I don't think you can do), then they didn't steal $15 million from EA. They sold the coins on the black market to other players who used the coins to get whatever you can get from the EA store. If you google "FIFA Ultimate Team coins" you will find a hundred sites where you can purchase coins.

    This is no different than the gold farmers in World of Warcraft, except they found a way to get coins much quicker than you could from gold farming.

  8. Who watches video on their phone when they are not at home? Usually if I am not at home, I'm working or driving, or at a store where I can't watch video anyway.

    If I'm at home, I'm on my home wireless, so no data used there. If I'm at home, I might as well watch it on the big TV.

  9. Re:I prefer Twitter... on Twitter is Shutting Down Its Video App Vine (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    Twitter actually serves a purpose other than spreading your vanity. It's a great source to find out "happening now" news and information (understanding much of it is flawed)

    I beg to differ. Twitter is superb at showing people's vanity. Why do you think that almost every celebrity has a Twitter account? Do people really need to know what Justin Bieber and Beyonce are up to at any moment? No, but millions of people care about what celebrities are doing, and the celebrities love knowing that millions of people care about what they are doing. Twitter is ego stroking at its finest.

  10. Re:VeraCrypt is sponsored by Microsoft? on VeraCrypt Security Audit Reveals Many Flaws, Some Already Patched (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Its also hosted at SourceForge if you don't like downloading from Microsoft.

  11. Re:Of course on Police Complaints Drop 93 Percent After Deploying Body Cameras (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Likely, but complaints dropped even when the officer wasn't wearing a camera: "But even more surprising is that the data suggests everyone is on their best behavior whether the cameras are present or not... Officers were randomly assigned to wear or not wear cameras week by week (about half would be wearing them any given week), and had to keep them on during all encounters."

    It is also possible that even though an officer was not wearing a camera, they were on their best behavior for fear that another officer who was wearing a camera might show up to assist and capture their bad behavior.

  12. I'm surprised Comcast hasnt gone after Netflix already.

    They have, and been caught. The whole Net Neutrality thing was over this very concept.

    I think by "gone after", he means attempt to buy the company to help recover their lost revenue from cord cutters.

  13. Edward Snowden has not been convicted in a U.S. court of law, so how can he be pardoned?

  14. Re:Need to do two things on FCC Chief To Unveil Revised Plan To Eliminate Cable Boxes (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Local Municipalities can build out the Fiber Plant, and bring everything back to a COLO facility where ... the competition for the customer happens. The last mile, is owned by the citizens via their local government.

    The problem is, this has been tried and failed. The telecom companies and lobbyists are fighting to prevent this from being done for fear of losing their monopoly status.

  15. Just get another 500,000 of your friends to commit to signing up also, and they might consider bringing fiber to your area!

  16. Re:Anyone taping off their phone cameras already? on Apple Patenting a Way To Collect Fingerprints, Photos of Thieves (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    "Thieves thwart phone's anti-theft technology with masking tape and gloves. Story at 11"

  17. Re:They apparently need to add another pop up on Driver Killed a Pedestrian in Japan While Playing Pokemon Go (fortune.com) · · Score: 1
    From the Pokemon Go website:

    Get on your feet and step outside to find and catch wild Pokemon.
    ...
    As you walk through the real world, your smartphone will vibrate to let you know you're near a Pokemon.

  18. Re:They apparently need to add another pop up on Driver Killed a Pedestrian in Japan While Playing Pokemon Go (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    If the intent of the game is to get people out walking, then they should make all of the poke stops places that you can only get to by walking, like in a park or a mall or anywhere else away from roads.

  19. Re:iOS isn't really the problem.. on Malware Sold To Governments Helped Them Spy on iPhones (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    PEBKAC? There's no keyboard or chair involved in text messaging. I think you are referring to the ID-10-T error.

  20. Walmart doesn't need to turbo charge its commerce site. It needs to rewrite it? Have you tried searching for something in its online catalog? It's like a trip to Altavista circa 1995.

    That's what they are doing. If you don't have the technical expertise to do something, you either pay someone to write it for you, or you buy something that is already written. Jet.com is going to turn into Walmart's web front end.

  21. Re: Nothing New ... on Comcast Wants To Charge Broadband Users More For Privacy (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Because you'd be able to see that wildcard cert in the chain.

    I don't think they are talking about issuing a certificate for *.com. What they are talking about is issuing a subordinate certificate authority that is signed by their root CA that is already trusted by modern browsers. That would mean that whoever has that certificate could do man-in-the-middle SSL decryption without people knowing it.

  22. Re: Nothing New ... on Comcast Wants To Charge Broadband Users More For Privacy (dslreports.com) · · Score: 2

    What makes you think verisign or one of the other CAs havent given them a universal wild card to do just that?

    Because VeriSign is not stupid enough to do that. They know that if it came out that they gave a company a wildcard cert for snooping, their entire CA trust chain would be immediately revoked from all browsers.

  23. Re:BS "most popualar" on The Most Popular Product Of All Time · · Score: 1

    That's like saying if the most popular car is the Toyota Camry, then all American cars are more popular. Apple and oranges.

    Toyota is a Japanese company...

  24. I see this as entrapment. In CA, and many other states, it is illegal to use your phone in your car, even when you are stopped. So when the cop pulls you over, and starts chatting with you on the app, they can ticket you for using your cell phone.

  25. Re:Manfunction: Need input on The Great Tablet Gold Rush Is Over (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    If you could add a chorded keyboard into a "grip" for one side

    You want to put a piano onto the side of the tablet? Sounds a bit awkward to me.