This explains how my Epic account was breached last year even though it used a UNIQUE password.
$600 dollars withdrawn from my Paypal account (saved prior authorization that was immediately removed after this incident) within a matter of 30 seconds.
Even after enabling 2FA my account was still breached, my user name was changed to random alphanumeric nonsense and my friends' list deleted.
It wasn't until I changed my password that the unauthorized activity stopped... apparently killing any existing valid authentication tokens.
So either two ways this could have happened:
1. Epic's account database was compromised (possible but no public breach has ever been announced)
2. Some exploit in authenticating account access
They (Google) also have Waze, which is ALL about transmitting location data for the sake of identifying traffic conditions. Would be a little shocked if they didn't share data between services at this point.
The trend of "____ fan remake built in Unreal Engine 4" has gone on far too long...
Sadly it makes great clickbait for game sites which inveitibly hype up something that will most likely never see the light of day.
Well that's is expected for a feature that has made it to the Nightly/Aurura stage of development and release.
Between now and when e10s finally hits the stable branch, add-on developers are going to have do some patching to account for the major change in resource allocation in the browser.
It's not just that embeded apps in cars are garbage "new" but I've yet to see an car that has constant support for the newest innovations and devices (USB ports not compatible with new phones) that give the car owner reason to try to use said features when there is a big chance things that they will try to use with it in a year or two will not function due to the car not being updated to support them.
How do you provide updates to car? Auto manufactures are already pretty closed chested with the basic computers that are in most cars post 2000.
I understand cars are heavily regulated but I don't see internet-capable cars happening anytime in the near future as that opens up a bunch safety and security concerns.
just bought a 1TB 7200 RPM 2.5" HGST (what Hitachi became in the WD acquisition) it's been almost 4 months of daily use in my PS3 and not a single problem.
If you really dislike the way Firefox is going with changes in the newly released beta that includes the controversial UX overall they do have a survey set up to express your opinions on the changes
https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3...
The Xbox One does not use the same architecture as the 360, the 360 (and PS3) uses the PowerPC architecture which isn't used much any more. The Xbox One and the PS4 both utilize x86 architecture.
The only thing the Xbox One and 360 have in common hardware-wise is use of a smaller secondary cache of RAM that is faster than standard memory.
The Kinect costs around $75 to manufacture and even if they cut the price down $399 for a system that didn't include the Kinect they would be loosing over $20 on every system sold (The Xbox One base system costs more to make than PS4 base system)
Microsoft messed up big time as they are stuck with the system that costs more to make but offers less power than its major competitor (PS4)..
Not as I do.
Because we can trust the US would never use malicious software as against another country/organization...
Also does the website accept malware that has made slashdot unusable?
Wow, never heard about that till now. It's amazing how unscathed Apple's image was with this revolving around their hardware.
I didn't even see any mention of this around the time the NSA leaks were creating uproar.
I wonder what the statistics are across the board for all home routers and whether the owners are updating them when likely...
My guess is not the majority
That is probably the biggest shock out of this whole event for me as I've have experienced several website (re)launches in the past few years.
Website launches, specifically those that have large scale rarely go without hiccups or failures in the first few days/weeks.
I'm shocked that people are shocked the website launch didn't go as well as it was planned...
Funneling everyone through a single site to help individuals get health for, of which is different for all 50 states seems like it would difficult to NOT fail or have some launch issues...
GNOME 3+ yes... but I liked GNOME prior to it trying to mimic Unity and trying something radically different only to find it completely bloated and confusing
Is oracle releasing updates on a bi-daily basis?! I could have sworn I was installing update 25 last month!
Note: I have no problems with having security exploits and vulnerabilities being patched, it's just at some point it would be easier on the end user to consolidate updates....
*facepalm* with that logic you should stop using Chrome, guess what, Google knows every place you go on the web even things you type in text boxes ("for spell check reasons" only;) Stop using Reddit too since they track the links you click on....
Chrome's memory usage has increased tremendously over it's lifetime, more so that Firefox is leaner on memory than Chrome and starting to lose it's edge in the quickness department (I use Firefox a lot more than Chrome(ium) and even at cold start for both browsers Firefox is loaded up before Chromium has even appeared).
Firefox has come a long way since the first release of Chrome (see https://areweslimyet.com/ and http://arewefastyet.com/)
It's amazing what competition can do!
Speaking of which, does Slashdot report on new versions of other browsers or is Chrome get special treatment since it's the most popular (pushed) browser?
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This explains how my Epic account was breached last year even though it used a UNIQUE password. $600 dollars withdrawn from my Paypal account (saved prior authorization that was immediately removed after this incident) within a matter of 30 seconds.
Even after enabling 2FA my account was still breached, my user name was changed to random alphanumeric nonsense and my friends' list deleted. It wasn't until I changed my password that the unauthorized activity stopped... apparently killing any existing valid authentication tokens.
So either two ways this could have happened:
1. Epic's account database was compromised (possible but no public breach has ever been announced)
2. Some exploit in authenticating account access
Will be the first thing the people at EA will type into the the tool.
They (Google) also have Waze, which is ALL about transmitting location data for the sake of identifying traffic conditions. Would be a little shocked if they didn't share data between services at this point.
The trend of "____ fan remake built in Unreal Engine 4" has gone on far too long... Sadly it makes great clickbait for game sites which inveitibly hype up something that will most likely never see the light of day.
Notice the first sentence... Unless Windows 10 can now bypass router blocks (at the IP level)
Samsung's Keyboard is powered by SwiftKey...
Well that's is expected for a feature that has made it to the Nightly/Aurura stage of development and release. Between now and when e10s finally hits the stable branch, add-on developers are going to have do some patching to account for the major change in resource allocation in the browser.
It's not just that embeded apps in cars are garbage "new" but I've yet to see an car that has constant support for the newest innovations and devices (USB ports not compatible with new phones) that give the car owner reason to try to use said features when there is a big chance things that they will try to use with it in a year or two will not function due to the car not being updated to support them.
How do you provide updates to car? Auto manufactures are already pretty closed chested with the basic computers that are in most cars post 2000.
I understand cars are heavily regulated but I don't see internet-capable cars happening anytime in the near future as that opens up a bunch safety and security concerns.
It's amazing how a comedy from the 70's can be used allegorically...
just bought a 1TB 7200 RPM 2.5" HGST (what Hitachi became in the WD acquisition) it's been almost 4 months of daily use in my PS3 and not a single problem.
Can't tell if serious or not?
Context - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...
If you really dislike the way Firefox is going with changes in the newly released beta that includes the controversial UX overall they do have a survey set up to express your opinions on the changes https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3...
You shouldn't be so surprised Well it's not like their is a precedent of Apple being open and using/allowing of unified standards (USB/HDMI/uPNP)
The Xbox One does not use the same architecture as the 360, the 360 (and PS3) uses the PowerPC architecture which isn't used much any more. The Xbox One and the PS4 both utilize x86 architecture. The only thing the Xbox One and 360 have in common hardware-wise is use of a smaller secondary cache of RAM that is faster than standard memory. The Kinect costs around $75 to manufacture and even if they cut the price down $399 for a system that didn't include the Kinect they would be loosing over $20 on every system sold (The Xbox One base system costs more to make than PS4 base system) Microsoft messed up big time as they are stuck with the system that costs more to make but offers less power than its major competitor (PS4)..
GRC? I would trust Steve Gibson with my flaky hardrive (spinrite) let alone telling me if my ports are wide open or not.....
Not as I do. Because we can trust the US would never use malicious software as against another country/organization... Also does the website accept malware that has made slashdot unusable?
Wow, never heard about that till now. It's amazing how unscathed Apple's image was with this revolving around their hardware. I didn't even see any mention of this around the time the NSA leaks were creating uproar.
I wonder what the statistics are across the board for all home routers and whether the owners are updating them when likely... My guess is not the majority
That is probably the biggest shock out of this whole event for me as I've have experienced several website (re)launches in the past few years. Website launches, specifically those that have large scale rarely go without hiccups or failures in the first few days/weeks. I'm shocked that people are shocked the website launch didn't go as well as it was planned... Funneling everyone through a single site to help individuals get health for, of which is different for all 50 states seems like it would difficult to NOT fail or have some launch issues...
GNOME 3+ yes... but I liked GNOME prior to it trying to mimic Unity and trying something radically different only to find it completely bloated and confusing
No, they are not identical or are you saying Apple's own website has bad information? https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
Is oracle releasing updates on a bi-daily basis?! I could have sworn I was installing update 25 last month!
Note: I have no problems with having security exploits and vulnerabilities being patched, it's just at some point it would be easier on the end user to consolidate updates....
Well I almost had a seizure reading the headline
*facepalm* with that logic you should stop using Chrome, guess what, Google knows every place you go on the web even things you type in text boxes ("for spell check reasons" only ;) Stop using Reddit too since they track the links you click on....
Google Chrome, putting the fear into their user base every chance while providing a false sense of security by having the most vulnerabilities the past 3 years than any other browser. Source: http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2012 http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2013 http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2011
Chrome's memory usage has increased tremendously over it's lifetime, more so that Firefox is leaner on memory than Chrome and starting to lose it's edge in the quickness department (I use Firefox a lot more than Chrome(ium) and even at cold start for both browsers Firefox is loaded up before Chromium has even appeared). Firefox has come a long way since the first release of Chrome (see https://areweslimyet.com/ and http://arewefastyet.com/) It's amazing what competition can do! Speaking of which, does Slashdot report on new versions of other browsers or is Chrome get special treatment since it's the most popular (pushed) browser?