I still don't see how I gave this impression - it's the opposite of what I meant. NPEs will stop targeting big companies because they couldn't afford to lose. Instead they'l target many small companies who can't afford to go to court in the first place.
I'm really puzzled - everyone seems to interpret my post in the way you have, but I meant the opposite: NPEs will be targeting smaller companies that can't fight them with greater frequency than they are now.
Correct. But this makes it worse for them inthat they will be increasingly targeted by NPEs who don't want to take the risk of going to court with one of the big players.
A couple of weeks ago, one of our deployment SSH keys was compromised. After the hole was plugged, every employee had to re-key, re-upload keys, etc - even though we knew only one key was obtained .
What kind of org do you work in where they don't take security importantly enough to do this?
The Obama administration, no matter how many accusations regarding some sort of "Socialism" get lobbed at it, is a *corporatist* White House. It's only slightly less corporatist than the Bush Jr and Clinton admins.
Nothing will happen. The corporate cheerleaders and know nothings thinks this somehow protects corporations from the great unwashed.
The petition was an interesting thought, but could never be successful. The executive branch does not (as far as I know) have the power to simply overturn something determined by the legislative branch (LoC is overseen by the legislative branch). [Yes, executive has veto power - but this exemption was never passed as law by congress to begin with...]
Unsurprisingly, the summary and TFA get it wrong. The vulnerability is not in devices. "Messaging Agent" and "MDS Connection Service" are server side components - the vulnerability is there, and not on the phone.
The phone can trigger them because web browsing on a BES-connected device goes through the MDS connection service, so a properly crafted web page can compromise the the MDS service on the server.
Similarly, sending an email will get routed through messaging agent - which is why a crafted email can trigger this without the email being opened on the client device.
If his judgement is so good about the mobile phone industry, how did he take the undisputed industry leader and run it off the road?
Perhaps he thinks the new models are missing the navigation wheel and the color screen is distracting.
Exactly this. This person has largely run the company into the ground. If he's sold off his stock - and his influence on the Board... well, as a stockholder I'm celebrating.
(As were many others. Stock closed up 7% today on the news.)
apparently because there are not enough apps there for Vertu's rich customers.
This was nowhere in the article, so I have to assume that the summary writer hasn't used a Windows Phone. Windows Phones don't need access to a bazillion apps, usually, because the phones do so much more out of the box than the other two big competitors. But, all of the major apps are certainly available. I guess if you need 500 different fart apps, then the Windows Phone may not be for you. I only counted about 30 in the Windows Phone app store.
Wait - are you a WP defender or a BlackBerry defender?!
The problem here isn't termination - the problem is that he has a paid-for smartphone, and in order to connect it to AT&T's network he's being required to pay a data fee every month - even though he doesn't need or want a data plan. Other providers have told him the same thing would happen if he connected to their networks.
I make this point... if you are so goddamn special with your 10 year degree, come on down and prove it face to face in the jungle, I have already proven it in your steel and concrete world. I guarantee I would win this contest.
Says the anonymous coward - thus offering no evidence that you've proven it in the first place.
Why would this make us more obese, this won't make more fat food then we already have, just a new way of doing it. It will just put a few low paid cooks out of a job and leaves one job for some guy that fixes the machine.
No, this was just an opportunity for the author to jump on the American self-hate that's in vogue right now.
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A design flaw is a bug in the design. Dubious historical etymology notwithstanding.
A bug can exist anywhere in your stack - requirements, design, implementation, test.
I still don't see how I gave this impression - it's the opposite of what I meant. NPEs will stop targeting big companies because they couldn't afford to lose. Instead they'l target many small companies who can't afford to go to court in the first place.
I'm really puzzled - everyone seems to interpret my post in the way you have, but I meant the opposite: NPEs will be targeting smaller companies that can't fight them with greater frequency than they are now.
Correct. But this makes it worse for them inthat they will be increasingly targeted by NPEs who don't want to take the risk of going to court with one of the big players.
I'd call that a design error. The browser is behaving as it is designed to, it's just that the way it's designed to behave is wrong.
Which is, in other words, a bug.
Why do people persist in believing that bugs can only happen in code?
Seems to me that this will just encourage greater extortion of small shops - those that can't afford to even consider taking a case to court.
A couple of weeks ago, one of our deployment SSH keys was compromised. After the hole was plugged, every employee had to re-key, re-upload keys, etc - even though we knew only one key was obtained .
What kind of org do you work in where they don't take security importantly enough to do this?
Except the LoC decision was based in part upon the fact that all US carriers are now unlocking at the end of the contract period.
If that changes, you can expect that decision to be revisited.
You now live in a world where you can't get the title for your car until you pay off the loan.
The horror.
The Obama administration, no matter how many accusations regarding some sort of "Socialism" get lobbed at it, is a *corporatist* White House. It's only slightly less corporatist than the Bush Jr and Clinton admins.
Nothing will happen. The corporate cheerleaders and know nothings thinks this somehow protects corporations from the great unwashed.
The petition was an interesting thought, but could never be successful. The executive branch does not (as far as I know) have the power to simply overturn something determined by the legislative branch (LoC is overseen by the legislative branch). [Yes, executive has veto power - but this exemption was never passed as law by congress to begin with...]
The server doesn't render them but it does parse them, likely (I'm not sure) to provide compression for the client.
Unsurprisingly, the summary and TFA get it wrong. The vulnerability is not in devices. "Messaging Agent" and "MDS Connection Service" are server side components - the vulnerability is there, and not on the phone.
The phone can trigger them because web browsing on a BES-connected device goes through the MDS connection service, so a properly crafted web page can compromise the the MDS service on the server.
Similarly, sending an email will get routed through messaging agent - which is why a crafted email can trigger this without the email being opened on the client device.
Some large fraction of the slashdot crowd enjoys characterizing anti-illegal immigration types as 'racists.'
Citation? Large fraction indicates you've come across many different people here expressing this view.
(I think you tried "large fraction" as a way to avoid being accused of playing the slashdot groupthink card, but I'm still calling you on it :p )
And, I only look at the speedometer when the radar detector comes on, or I see a cop nearby.
You do realize that by then, it's too late?
There are better ways to not get caught - 90% of it is watching what cars are doing ahead of you (which you should anyway, of course).
If his judgement is so good about the mobile phone industry, how did he take the undisputed industry leader and run it off the road?
Perhaps he thinks the new models are missing the navigation wheel and the color screen is distracting.
Exactly this. This person has largely run the company into the ground. If he's sold off his stock - and his influence on the Board... well, as a stockholder I'm celebrating.
(As were many others. Stock closed up 7% today on the news.)
I laughed when I read the summary.
Then I read it again and realized it wasn't a joke.
WTF... who the hell thinks this kind of crap up?
apparently because there are not enough apps there for Vertu's rich customers.
This was nowhere in the article, so I have to assume that the summary writer hasn't used a Windows Phone. Windows Phones don't need access to a bazillion apps, usually, because the phones do so much more out of the box than the other two big competitors. But, all of the major apps are certainly available. I guess if you need 500 different fart apps, then the Windows Phone may not be for you. I only counted about 30 in the Windows Phone app store.
Wait - are you a WP defender or a BlackBerry defender?!
I get so confused anymore...
I've disputed several inaccuracies on my credit report, and had most of them removed without further fight.
I'm not saying 60 minutes is full of shit, but ...
60 minutes is in the business of selling scare stories. A little bit of cherry picking goes a long way.
This provoked some shock and incredulity from others
Mostly, it seemed to provoke yawns and "meh" and "oh yeah, me too". Why is this news here?
Did you actually read the summary?
The problem here isn't termination - the problem is that he has a paid-for smartphone, and in order to connect it to AT&T's network he's being required to pay a data fee every month - even though he doesn't need or want a data plan. Other providers have told him the same thing would happen if he connected to their networks.
+1 for creativity.
-1 for having to work so hard to set it up.
I make this point... if you are so goddamn special with your 10 year degree, come on down and prove it face to face in the jungle, I have already proven it in your steel and concrete world. I guarantee I would win this contest.
Says the anonymous coward - thus offering no evidence that you've proven it in the first place.
There will always be work that a human can do more economically than a machine.
On the other hand, you likely can't argue that there will always be more of those jobs than there are humans to fill them.
Those jobs are becoming more scarce. The number of humans who need such jobs are becoming more numerous.
Why would this make us more obese, this won't make more fat food then we already have, just a new way of doing it. It will just put a few low paid cooks out of a job and leaves one job for some guy that fixes the machine.
No, this was just an opportunity for the author to jump on the American self-hate that's in vogue right now.
I know those boards are small and tasty and all, but... did nobody tell you that you're not supposed to eat them?
If you know they're tasty, I daresay you are hardly in a position to give such advice.