This should be reason enough for Apple to finally implement their own cut-and-paste functionality. Even if they aren't making the apps/bookmarklets that have these security breaches, the bad PR in general will drag them through the mud.
Thnk about it for a second. You don't install a keylogger on a server and then capture logins from students from remote machines... the keyloggers were installed on the students' laptops. This is NOT "hacking" or "cracking" the university's computers. He installed keyloggers on up to 37 other students' laptops to capture their login info.
I agree, his actions are borderline script kiddie. There is no glory in running a keylogger and then turning the results over to their owners.
By turning this in to the administrators, he asked for his punishment. At the university I'm currently at, it is strictly outlined in our network access policy about what you can and cannot do on the university network. Something tells me that his university probably has something similar set up and he decided to defy it.
This isn't to say that I'm against experimenting and exploring networks -- but do it on your own computers; don't violate the privacy of others for your own benefit because you think you'll be praised for some discovery. In reality, its a catch-22, but the student will lose 99.99999% of the time.
Yup, I still remember when I got all excited about the WinFS Filesystem (yeah, in the ATM Machine) which was supposed to come in Vista... this "leak" was surely "leaked" by Microsoft's hype department. I'm curious, how exactly does one get a job in the MS hype department?
this is such a terrible idea, i disable extraneous sounds on everything i own, from my current windows install to my cell phone to the cd player in my car, the only time i want to hear sound is when i want it to be played, not when microsoft wants it to be played
i hope that this "feature" is left out of the final release, it would be so irritating to hear a noise for every restart that i will have to make on a monthly basis because of the frequent windows updates that i will have to be installing for years to come
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This should be reason enough for Apple to finally implement their own cut-and-paste functionality. Even if they aren't making the apps/bookmarklets that have these security breaches, the bad PR in general will drag them through the mud.
So what happens if there is an emergency coming from the other end?
ie. A parent or friend? I guess the death of a loved one will just have to wait til they get to the movie theater.
This is an example of the government being overly protective. If we never let people make mistakes, they'll never learn.
Thnk about it for a second. You don't install a keylogger on a server and then capture logins from students from remote machines ... the keyloggers were installed on the students' laptops. This is NOT "hacking" or "cracking" the university's computers. He installed keyloggers on up to 37 other students' laptops to capture their login info.
I agree, his actions are borderline script kiddie. There is no glory in running a keylogger and then turning the results over to their owners.
By turning this in to the administrators, he asked for his punishment. At the university I'm currently at, it is strictly outlined in our network access policy about what you can and cannot do on the university network. Something tells me that his university probably has something similar set up and he decided to defy it.
This isn't to say that I'm against experimenting and exploring networks -- but do it on your own computers; don't violate the privacy of others for your own benefit because you think you'll be praised for some discovery. In reality, its a catch-22, but the student will lose 99.99999% of the time.
Get rid of two of your three phones? Do you really need that many?
where does the I in TIGR come from?
maybe they'll dump their winnings into a good developer who can code his way out of the shitstorm that is blackboard
i couldn't agree more with this
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.89763,-77.03658&i e=UTF8&z=17&ll=38.897939,-77.036766&spn=0.003774,0 .013561&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr which is taken from http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php? params=38.89763_N_-77.03658_E_type:landmark_region :US which is taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_house
you don't really need to look that hard
ugh, my fault, there should be a break between played and i in the second line
this is such a terrible idea, i disable extraneous sounds on everything i own, from my current windows install to my cell phone to the cd player in my car, the only time i want to hear sound is when i want it to be played, not when microsoft wants it to be played i hope that this "feature" is left out of the final release, it would be so irritating to hear a noise for every restart that i will have to make on a monthly basis because of the frequent windows updates that i will have to be installing for years to come