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  1. Many of these assistants are, potentially, spying on you via "smart" speakers. There is a pretty good idea floating around called Alias:

    https://github.com/bjoernkarma...

    To goal is the get control back from your smart assistants.

  2. Truth in advertising on Twitter CEO Says Bitcoin Will Be the World's 'Single Currency' In 10 Years (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Translation: Twitter CEO has bought bitcoin and want to dump it

  3. Given up on Encrypted Email Is Still a Pain in 2017 (incoherency.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have given up on GPG. It is a great program and in principle it is all you need. Until you have tried setting it up for your parents, spouse or friends.

    It cannot and will not work. It is too complicated. The best solution I have come up with is using tutanota (others exists as well) . It is not perfect, but now must of my family use encryption without really realising it:)

  4. Margrethe Vestager is a star on EU Accuses Facebook Of Giving Misleading Information During WhatsApp Takeover (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Best thing to come out the EU in a very long time. A person of integrity that cares more about the rule of law than whatever is convenient for random megacorp.

  5. Now that brings back memories... on Scientists To Open Mass-Cloning Factory in China This Year To Clone Cows, Pets, Humans (express.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    SMACX come alive.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGCaACqy1Ro

    Should have voiced it with Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

  6. Re:pretending that back doors dont exist on Apple Lawyer Ted Olson: Creating Unlock Tool Would Lead To 'Orwellian' Society (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Spot on!

    Apple i perfectly capable of cracking your device. They are not fighting for privacy. They are fightning for the appearance of privacy because it is good for business.

    It seems to me that either they follow the legal requests (which they are) or they get their shit together and create a phone that is actually secure.

  7. Easy solution on Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With a Persistent and Incessant Port Scanner? · · Score: 2

    Forget it and find a real problem to worry about.

  8. Re:Only one responsible party on Ex-CIA Director Says Snowden Should Be 'Hanged' For Paris Attacks (thehill.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Contributing. Sure. To that list I would add just about every civilized country (including my own) for not recognizing and acting on the threat of radical islamic terrorism. It is a disgrace. We should have stomped out these rats long ago - it would have helped if the reasonable muslim countries and communities had been a bit less accomodating of their own religious nutcases.

  9. Only one responsible party on Ex-CIA Director Says Snowden Should Be 'Hanged' For Paris Attacks (thehill.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And that is the murdering bunch of facist, misogynist, islamic assholes, that uses bronze age stories to justify the slaughter of innocents.

    Fuck him for suggesting otherwise!

  10. Rookie mistake number one on Disproving the Mythical Man-Month With DevOps · · Score: 1

    Thinking that microservices is a silver bullet.

    This idea surfaces every now and then. It certainly has its uses and no doubt there are scenarios where you can beat the mythical man month.

  11. Look no further on Tech Firm Ubiquiti Suffers $46M Cyberheist · · Score: 5, Informative

    Look no further than the sorry state of email today. This problem was fixed 25 years ago:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Digital_signatures

    One is almost tempted to think that someone is trying to keep private communications open and accessible...

  12. It is the economy on Ask Slashdot: Getting My Wife Back Into Programming After Long Maternity Leave? · · Score: 2

    I do not know you financial situation at all. But my wife and I were in a similar situation a couple of years ago. And it basically boils down to two things:

    1) You are parents. That means sometimes doing things you do not particularly like to make sure that your kids will have a reasonably stable upbringing - aka you can pay for stuff.

    2) Regardless of what you do, it is easier to get the next job if you are employed.

    No matter how you end up dealing with your situation, remember your wife. Help her, listen to her and be there. In a year or two you will have moved on, and this will just be another story to annoy your kids with.

    Best of luck!

  13. Re:Paper trail on Bug In DOS-Based Voting Machines Disrupts Belgian Election · · Score: 1

    I do not know:) Perhaps, if you somehow could create a trusted and platform to run it on, educate the voters enough to both verify their vote and the election process itself (the blockchain and the platform). None of which is trivial, but I guess it is not impossible

    The point remains however: What have you gained apart introducing a lot of complexity?

  14. Re:Paper trail on Bug In DOS-Based Voting Machines Disrupts Belgian Election · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No good reason. Except perhaps that a perfectly implemented system (if such a thing is possible, so far none has been devised) would be faster.

    Apart from that, the paper version is:

    Cheap,
    Reliable,
    Repeatable
    Extremely hard to rig on a large scale,
    Well tested
    Durable,

    And most important of all: Easy to understand and audit by a layperson.

    Many slashdot readers are well versed in CS and we do not trust these systems. How then can we expect the public to have any faith in these systems?

    If the many CS guys out there really want to help, they should think out algorithms for sorting that are efficient, precise and can be done by humans - preferably with some error correction built in. It will not make anyone rich, but it may just keep a bit of faith in elections

  15. No silver bullet on Can Reactive Programming Handle Complexity? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is a tool. Like any other tool you apply it when your skill and experience tells you to. I belive the term commonly associated with this is "professional".

  16. And so it begins on Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Give it a couple of weeks and Snowden will be labeled a pederast and it will play over and over in the news until it is true.

  17. US shipping only:( on Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting · · Score: 1

    Could some of the more rebellious elements be persuaded to send some of the plant seeds to Europe?

  18. I hope not... on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Feel About Recording Your Entire Life? · · Score: 1

    You should spend whatever time you have left looking forwards not backwards.

  19. Don't, just don't on Ask Slashdot: Techie Wedding Invitation Ideas? · · Score: 1

    Accept that a wedding is for her and about her. Ask her what she wants and give it to her.

  20. Re:DECtalk on Glimpse of Stephen Hawking's Computer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Neither dead nor alive! it is undead I tell you! UNDEAD cats roam the land!!!

  21. Re:Major reasons we care about sphere packing on Faster Algorithm for Sphere Packing Discovered · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that it is also cool. This is news for nerds after all:)

  22. Who are they kidding? on Facebook Makes Privacy Settings More Obvious · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Too little, too late.

  23. Re:In defense of Officer Bubbles... on 'Officer Bubbles' Sues YouTube Commenters Over Mockery · · Score: 1

    Well he is getting paid for it. Not only is it her right to be there, the most important part of his job is to make sure she can be there.

  24. Better title on Pope Says Technology Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction · · Score: 1

    Religion Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction

  25. Learn to say 'NO' on Software (and Appropriate Input Device) For a Toddler? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Learn to say no right now. It will be better for both you and you son.