This bug allowed some data from unlaunched projects to be made accessible via the API. It was immediately fixed upon discovering the error. No account or financial data of any kind was made accessible.
The bug was introduced when we launched the API in conjunction with our new homepage on April 24, and was live until it was discovered and fixed on Friday, May 11, at 1:42pm. The bug made accessible the project description, goal, duration, rewards, video, image, location, category, and user name for unlaunched projects.
Without even having the decency of calling it rain. They think we're dumb enough for same sentence double speak... and for the vast majority they're probably right.
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Whether you like it or not, practically anything government-related today is tied back to corporations.
The truth is there *is* a cyber war issue, just as there is a terror issue and yes, even a drug issue that needs to be addressed (meth).
What get's confused is the border between appropriate action and sponsored action. What's appropriate today is spend billions on contractors hoping the problem will go away, and less smart allocation.
Bloat's always been a part of government, but today we're seeing an extremely stark privatization of public money, and externalization of corporate cost in public debt...
Apple got slammed in court for one simple reason: they guaranteed replacement for 4 years. 3 years in, they reneged on their promise. Simple, blatant double talk.
The customer had the documentation to prove his case, and he won.
It sounds like a straight-up cash purchase of a "turn-key drone" is your ticket. Otherwise, I'd recommend some kind of "DIY framework" - a drone platform that's taken care of the aerodynamics, controls and fuel tank and radio controls for you. Then you just tweak it to match your exact need.
My advice: whether, you DIY it or buy it outright.... don't skimp. Walk into this knowing you're probably going to spend twice as much as your initial estimate, if you can budget it. A semi-autonomous LONG RANGE drone is NOT cheap. A 20km bare minimum range puts this project into a semi-professional to professional level. Most "hobbiest" drone projects or commercial products couldn't even spit at the kind of quality and scale needed to perform such a task.
If you decide to buy something... look at commercial surveying drones. They have the range, the quality and the sophisticated integration already taken care of for you.
Do your homework upfront, buy it right the first time, take care of it and maintain it properly and it will give you YEARS of little or no issue service.
thank you - I found it excruciatingly annoying that something as simple as counting a vote would be so tough to secure. However, anonymity does add a different layer of complexity.... to a point.
Wouldn't some kind of heavily-salted MD5 hash of a combo of private info (mother's maden name + a secret pin + social security number) be enough to keep things secret?
Even Diebold makes ATMs. Our online banking systems are pretty damn secure. Not hacker proof of course, but pretty good. So then why is it so damn hard to make a *secure*, paper-trail-producing and recountable voting system? This is a fucking easy engineering problem, compared to the kinds of digital financial transaction systems we've already built. Why is it so hard to make a viable electronic voting system?
Cashless means dangerous should our electronic web collapse. As long as cash currency is accepted it's always best to keep something on hand. Woe be the day we loose our paper or coin currency completely.
If netflix decides one day to suddenly to perform some kind of shady spying on it's customers, I don't see how this "forced EULA" could have a snowball's chance in hell in court.
SUE ANYWAY
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Concrete is dense by every definition.
Without even having the decency of calling it rain. They think we're dumb enough for same sentence double speak... and for the vast majority they're probably right.
How much of this will be paid content?
Whether you like it or not, practically anything government-related today is tied back to corporations.
The truth is there *is* a cyber war issue, just as there is a terror issue and yes, even a drug issue that needs to be addressed (meth).
What get's confused is the border between appropriate action and sponsored action. What's appropriate today is spend billions on contractors hoping the problem will go away, and less smart allocation.
Bloat's always been a part of government, but today we're seeing an extremely stark privatization of public money, and externalization of corporate cost in public debt...
Apple got slammed in court for one simple reason: they guaranteed replacement for 4 years. 3 years in, they reneged on their promise. Simple, blatant double talk.
The customer had the documentation to prove his case, and he won.
It sounds like a straight-up cash purchase of a "turn-key drone" is your ticket. Otherwise, I'd recommend some kind of "DIY framework" - a drone platform that's taken care of the aerodynamics, controls and fuel tank and radio controls for you. Then you just tweak it to match your exact need.
My advice: whether, you DIY it or buy it outright.... don't skimp. Walk into this knowing you're probably going to spend twice as much as your initial estimate, if you can budget it. A semi-autonomous LONG RANGE drone is NOT cheap. A 20km bare minimum range puts this project into a semi-professional to professional level. Most "hobbiest" drone projects or commercial products couldn't even spit at the kind of quality and scale needed to perform such a task.
If you decide to buy something... look at commercial surveying drones. They have the range, the quality and the sophisticated integration already taken care of for you.
Do your homework upfront, buy it right the first time, take care of it and maintain it properly and it will give you YEARS of little or no issue service.
My MD5 hash suggestion was only about anonymity...not secuity. Securing it seems would be done with standard-issue security techniques.
thank you - I found it excruciatingly annoying that something as simple as counting a vote would be so tough to secure. However, anonymity does add a different layer of complexity.... to a point.
Wouldn't some kind of heavily-salted MD5 hash of a combo of private info (mother's maden name + a secret pin + social security number) be enough to keep things secret?
If that's the case, I'm sure every park visitor at Disneyworld now has their fingerprints automatically added to an FBI database
Even Diebold makes ATMs. Our online banking systems are pretty damn secure. Not hacker proof of course, but pretty good.
So then why is it so damn hard to make a *secure*, paper-trail-producing and recountable voting system?
This is a fucking easy engineering problem, compared to the kinds of digital financial transaction systems we've already built. Why is it so hard to make a viable electronic voting system?
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forgot the all-important "/s for sarcasm"
be GONE thy insidious wrenched beast! GO! SCAT! BE GONE I SAY!
Frothy Gunky post... hey! it's relevant!
have the damn funniest names...."Payne & Fears"..."Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen"... "Weiner & Cox"
Moodle, even if it's in it's current state of code should make for a very usable open-source platform for a long time to come.
Thank you - right front center .... "doh"
The biggest F#$@#!!#@ tease - where is that damn DOWNLOAD button?!?
The planet is one giant brain!
Cashless means dangerous should our electronic web collapse. As long as cash currency is accepted it's always best to keep something on hand. Woe be the day we loose our paper or coin currency completely.
The Document Foundation is eating Open Office's lunch. When will Open Office merge with the Document Foundation?
If netflix decides one day to suddenly to perform some kind of shady spying on it's customers, I don't see how this "forced EULA" could have a snowball's chance in hell in court. SUE ANYWAY
oohhh but yes! You Can! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
Son - you've got other problems if you're on a bot net.