I recently accessed the Bank of Brazil's online system, and they have a pretty neat way to turn keyloggers useless: they use a Java Applet that displays the valid digits you can use in your password, and you actually have to click on each key in order to enter your password (if you don't see the numbers, click the contrast "+"). Keyboards do not work on the password field.
Most of the online banking sites in Brazil apply a similar technology, to prevent their account holders to fall victim of keyloggers, which was extremely high just a couple of months ago.
And besides the main site's password, each user has a secondary password that is used when performing financial transactions such as transfers, payments, etc.
Wouldn't this device make the person being invisible also blind? If light is going *around* the person, he will not have light going into his eyes, therefore he won't be able to see anything. Am I overlooking (pun intended) something here?
I came accross this PDF a while ago, and though it was very informative, even providing examples of a few injection ways I hadn't thought before. Their White Papers section is overall pretty good, should be kept in your bookmarks for one of those slow news day.
There should be a limit on how many stories you can submit on a daily or weekly basis, or better yet, a limit to approved submissions. Some of you might argue that 2 articles per week is not enough, that you have plenty more that you'd like to share. Well, that's great, you're a very good contributor, but any approved submission after your limit will automatically be changed to Anonymous Coward.
I was going to patent this idea but... what the heck, here it goes:
Why not use our own electric static charge to charge things we touch? C'mon, it can't be THAT hard. Remember that aussie mate who walked up for an interview and set the place on fire with his static electricty? Why can't we safely collect some of that energy into a small battery that we'd use to charge other stuff?
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Well, you all know how Sony treats its (ex-)customers, and calling them will get you nowhere. So instead of calling or emailing Sony, contact the US Department of Justice, and demand an action against Sony. They have never charged a big corporation with a computer crime, but I believe that Sony should be the first one, and let it set an example.
I'm in the market for a 400 CD changer and after much research, I had decided to buy the Sony CDP-CX455. Well, that was last month and fortunately I postponed the purchase another month. And today I'm ready to go with my previous second choice from Pioneer. I was seriously considering getting my wife a Vaio laptop on her birthday, Dec 1st. I'm in between Toshiba and HP now.
Sony and the others should begin to realize that they cannot treat their customers as criminals. They depend on us, not the other way around. The same people who bursted a vain in their forehead when they read about the rootkit are the same people who go out shopping for TVs, CD-Players, computers... To tell you the truth, I was happy with Sony products up until this huge pile of steaming crap surfaced, and let me tell you, they will never get another penny from me. Never.
"We also intend to re-examine all aspects of our content protection initiative to be sure that it continues to meet our goals of security and ease of consumer use," Sony BMG added.
I really can't believe this clown is saying that. Did they ever have a security goal in mind??? Does this statement mean that they continue to do business as usual???
I went back to their FAQs, and found a few interesting lines:
- You must log on to your computer with Administrator rights or Power User rights to fully use the disc. So I must be an admin just to listen to Ricky Martin??? Gimme a break.
- To date, Apple has not been willing to cooperate with our protection vendors to make ripping to iTunes and to the iPod a simple experience. And hopefully it'll stay that way for a long, long, long time...
- the protection components are never installed without the consumer first accepting the End User License Agreement. But nowhere in the EULA it is mentioned what the user is in fact installing.
- If at some point you wish to remove the software from your machine simply contact customer service through this link. You will, though, be unable to use the disc on your computer once you uninstall the components. Now this is another issue. Sony is marketing their discs as CDs, but their are not campatible with standard CD players??? They can't slap the CD logo anywhere they want and get away with it. They have to follow the standards, or call their DRM discs something else and anounce in big bold letters that such disc may not be playable in all devices.
Let's take advantage of this whole mess with Sony. Right now is the perfect time to create some awareness on the average Joe about the implications of DRM and how the insdustry is going way too far with it.
So how did Honda pick the Spallinos? The normality of the Spallino family appealed to the company, which wanted to see how the vehicle held up under the stresses of family driving.
"I use it for everyday life," said Sandy Spallino, "just little one-mile jaunts here and there."
I read the FAQ's yesterday and the just added the following overnight:
6. I have heard that the protection software is really malware/spyware. Could this be true?
How do I uninstall the software?
The uninstalling the doesn't say much, it just points us to a form that asks: Where you purchase the disc, Artist Name, Album Title, Store Name, Email Address. That's it. Now, let's say I want to uninstall this rootkit and I fill out the form. What will they do? Send me the instructions on the e-mail? From what Russinovich wrote, it's not a simple and easy task that the average user could do. So they have to send someone over to my house to uninstall this beast from my computer?
Couldn't Sony foresee the reaction on actual consumers: "I wanna buy this CD, but it has DRM (rootkit or not). Maybe it'll play on my car stereo maybe not. Maybe I'll be able to listen to it on my Discman (made by the same Sony), maybe not. Forget it, I'll get it online."
David Berlind has some interesting takes on the whole DRM issue.
About that free ride thing, Google is taking advantage of what MS have done so far. Sure enough MS pushed the home computer industry faster than anyone else and along with it came the broad Internet usage we see throughout the globe today. Unfortunately (for Microsoft) they're paying the price of being labeled (with good reason) a monopoly and their products as insecure and unstable. And flying, from the sky, came Google, creeping up on my IE and finally taking over my whole operating system. And I like that! I do! There's not one product the Google released that I didn't install. I trust them. They're managed and coded by people from the generation where Internet is a part of everyone's life. And that makes a BIG difference.
Let's take a look at EVERYTHING he said about clustering with Linux:
With Linux [...] you can build powerful clusters with a very small budget and keep adding extra nodes based on need.br>
The GNU/Linux operating system (Linux) has spurred the adoption of clusters on a large scale. Linux runs on a wide variety of hardware, and high-quality compilers and other software like parallel filesystems and MPI implementations are freely available for Linux. Also with Linux, users have the ability to customize the kernel for their workload. Linux is a recognized favorite platform for building HPC clusters.
That's what to do to have your article/.ed: use Google Sets and make sure you include at least half a dozen on the first paragraph...
...that Microsoft was behind it. Rumors are that they're running a sweatshop in Malaysia to mass produce viruses to attack the compteition's products, creating a hype about how safer MS really is.
Besides the one virus mentioned in the article, another one infected machines with the Google toolbar installed: it randomly displays a flying chair across your screen while popping up messages like "I'm gonna kill YOU!".
"And now we're also very much focussing on moving away from the computer into mobile devices, so you can use Skype for free wirelessly."
They (Murdoch and Zennström) were already talking back then. Deals worth 3 Gigadollars are very well studied by both parties, and they've done their homework. Murdoch sees the niche that he can jump into after leaving News Corp. and Zennström makes it just plain clear that he's talking with wireless carriers that already has the customer base and infrastructure to support such Skype over your wireless phone...
DIY articles are a dime a dozend these days at/. so I figured I'd ride the gravy train:
By duct tape and 2 LCD monitors
Wrap them up together.
This is the trickiest part. Years of study has shown that the best way is if they're back-to-back. Avoid taping the screen itself.
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I recently accessed the Bank of Brazil's online system, and they have a pretty neat way to turn keyloggers useless: they use a Java Applet that displays the valid digits you can use in your password, and you actually have to click on each key in order to enter your password (if you don't see the numbers, click the contrast "+"). Keyboards do not work on the password field.
Most of the online banking sites in Brazil apply a similar technology, to prevent their account holders to fall victim of keyloggers, which was extremely high just a couple of months ago.
And besides the main site's password, each user has a secondary password that is used when performing financial transactions such as transfers, payments, etc.
Wouldn't this device make the person being invisible also blind? If light is going *around* the person, he will not have light going into his eyes, therefore he won't be able to see anything. Am I overlooking (pun intended) something here?
I came accross this PDF a while ago, and though it was very informative, even providing examples of a few injection ways I hadn't thought before. Their White Papers section is overall pretty good, should be kept in your bookmarks for one of those slow news day.
There should be a limit on how many stories you can submit on a daily or weekly basis, or better yet, a limit to approved submissions. Some of you might argue that 2 articles per week is not enough, that you have plenty more that you'd like to share. Well, that's great, you're a very good contributor, but any approved submission after your limit will automatically be changed to Anonymous Coward.
I was going to patent this idea but... what the heck, here it goes:
Why not use our own electric static charge to charge things we touch? C'mon, it can't be THAT hard. Remember that aussie mate who walked up for an interview and set the place on fire with his static electricty? Why can't we safely collect some of that energy into a small battery that we'd use to charge other stuff?
Well, that goes my million dollar idea.
Really funny! I wish I could mod you up to 11!
C'mon, read the first link and MOD PARENT UP.
Well, you all know how Sony treats its (ex-)customers, and calling them will get you nowhere. So instead of calling or emailing Sony, contact the US Department of Justice , and demand an action against Sony. They have never charged a big corporation with a computer crime, but I believe that Sony should be the first one, and let it set an example.
I'm in the market for a 400 CD changer and after much research, I had decided to buy the Sony CDP-CX455. Well, that was last month and fortunately I postponed the purchase another month. And today I'm ready to go with my previous second choice from Pioneer. I was seriously considering getting my wife a Vaio laptop on her birthday, Dec 1st. I'm in between Toshiba and HP now.
Sony and the others should begin to realize that they cannot treat their customers as criminals. They depend on us, not the other way around. The same people who bursted a vain in their forehead when they read about the rootkit are the same people who go out shopping for TVs, CD-Players, computers... To tell you the truth, I was happy with Sony products up until this huge pile of steaming crap surfaced, and let me tell you, they will never get another penny from me. Never.
"We also intend to re-examine all aspects of our content protection initiative to be sure that it continues to meet our goals of security and ease of consumer use," Sony BMG added.
I really can't believe this clown is saying that. Did they ever have a security goal in mind??? Does this statement mean that they continue to do business as usual???
I went back to their FAQs, and found a few interesting lines:
- You must log on to your computer with Administrator rights or Power User rights to fully use the disc.
So I must be an admin just to listen to Ricky Martin??? Gimme a break.
- To date, Apple has not been willing to cooperate with our protection vendors to make ripping to iTunes and to the iPod a simple experience.
And hopefully it'll stay that way for a long, long, long time...
- the protection components are never installed without the consumer first accepting the End User License Agreement.
But nowhere in the EULA it is mentioned what the user is in fact installing.
- If at some point you wish to remove the software from your machine simply contact customer service through this link. You will, though, be unable to use the disc on your computer once you uninstall the components.
Now this is another issue. Sony is marketing their discs as CDs, but their are not campatible with standard CD players??? They can't slap the CD logo anywhere they want and get away with it. They have to follow the standards, or call their DRM discs something else and anounce in big bold letters that such disc may not be playable in all devices.
Let's take advantage of this whole mess with Sony. Right now is the perfect time to create some awareness on the average Joe about the implications of DRM and how the insdustry is going way too far with it.
So how did Honda pick the Spallinos?
The normality of the Spallino family appealed to the company, which wanted to see how the vehicle held up under the stresses of family driving.
"I use it for everyday life," said Sandy Spallino, "just little one-mile jaunts here and there."
Very, very stressfull driving indeed.
Google's snapshot of the FAQ from a week ago
- 6. I have heard that the protection software is really malware/spyware. Could this be true?
- How do I uninstall the software?
The uninstalling the doesn't say much, it just points us to a form that asks: Where you purchase the disc, Artist Name, Album Title, Store Name, Email Address. That's it. Now, let's say I want to uninstall this rootkit and I fill out the form. What will they do? Send me the instructions on the e-mail? From what Russinovich wrote, it's not a simple and easy task that the average user could do. So they have to send someone over to my house to uninstall this beast from my computer?Couldn't Sony foresee the reaction on actual consumers: "I wanna buy this CD, but it has DRM (rootkit or not). Maybe it'll play on my car stereo maybe not. Maybe I'll be able to listen to it on my Discman (made by the same Sony), maybe not. Forget it, I'll get it online."
David Berlind has some interesting takes on the whole DRM issue.
About that free ride thing, Google is taking advantage of what MS have done so far. Sure enough MS pushed the home computer industry faster than anyone else and along with it came the broad Internet usage we see throughout the globe today. Unfortunately (for Microsoft) they're paying the price of being labeled (with good reason) a monopoly and their products as insecure and unstable. And flying, from the sky, came Google, creeping up on my IE and finally taking over my whole operating system. And I like that! I do! There's not one product the Google released that I didn't install. I trust them. They're managed and coded by people from the generation where Internet is a part of everyone's life. And that makes a BIG difference.
Microsoft helped dig its own grave.
And above all, he's got a glass eye!
That's what to do to have your article /.ed: use Google Sets and make sure you include at least half a dozen on the first paragraph...
bluetooth compatible?
...that Microsoft was behind it.
Rumors are that they're running a sweatshop in Malaysia to mass produce viruses to attack the compteition's products, creating a hype about how safer MS really is.
Besides the one virus mentioned in the article, another one infected machines with the Google toolbar installed: it randomly displays a flying chair across your screen while popping up messages like "I'm gonna kill YOU!".
- By duct tape and 2 LCD monitors
- Wrap them up together.
Viewers must be 180 degrees apart.This is the trickiest part. Years of study has shown that the best way is if they're back-to-back. Avoid taping the screen itself.
That guys works as a CompUSA salesperson, that's why he got in trouble for popping those MS keys.
Must... not.... humpf.... surrender..... URGHHHH! There goes another "Windows" key. Next!
Picture a world...Talking about "pictures" and the beginning of it all, here's the first picture ever to be clicked on in a web browser...
Did Al Gore authorize all those other coutries to use his invention??? I mean, he holds a patent, right?
I just got the following message:
WARNING
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You're about to purchase Linux Bible, 2005 Edition, which should not be read in combination with Windows XP for Dummies that you bought last week.
This item has been made unavailable for your purchase for the next 10 years, when the effects of the first item are completely gone!
- Gasoline
- Ethanol (a.k.a. Alcohol)
- A combiation of Gasoline and Ethanol, at any ratio
- Natural Gas
While Gasoline and Natural Gas are fossil fuels, ethanol comes mainly from corn (here in US) or sugar cane (Brazil). Renewable, clenaer sources of energy. Check out: