You are paranoid about security and have a Facebook account? You bring shame to Paranoid schizophrenics everywhere. Please join your local chapter of technologically illiterate anonymous.
On a more serious note. I know people who are convinced that Navy seals sit in the trees outside their house. You are halfway there. Get help before it is too late.
The other day I was playing doubles tennis with some guy friends and one of them joked about something that we thought was funny, but the guy on the receiving end of that joke got angry, smashed his racquet and walked off the court. The rest of us were left puzzled. In my mind, LKML is a bit like that. Some people are too sensitive to be in that community and they probably should not be part of it.
This lady is probably a fine engineer, but perhaps too sensitive for LKML.
I occasionally travel to Seattle from Portland, OR by train. Amtrak provide free wifi on the train. I have tried using it many many times, to do work while on the 3 hour ride. The wifi service is entirely useless and worthless. It is much much better to tether your computer to your phone and try to use that connection.
Part of the problem I think is wifi tech used by Amtrak. No 5GHz signal. The 2.4GHz signal gets saturated when more than a handful of people use it. All access points use the same frequency, etc. etc. They gave the contract to the lowest bidder or a buddy of the admin.
Google's wifi for the Indian Railway probably will be million times better than what we have here with Amtrak.
There have been a couple of times when I left home without my wallet and went to the store and realized, oh crap, no wallet. But I had my phone on me. For those times, it certainly would be convenient to have the ability to pay with my phone.
Oh and another big one. Receipts. Freaking lots of them. I would much rather have all that in a neat list inside my phone that I can pull and review. Between multiple credit cards, cash and checks etc, I would not be able to figure out how much money I spent last week or last month. But with completely electronic payments, things get a lot more manageable.
This service is obviously not for the paranoid who think that Google and Feds already have too much of their information. They probably should stick to paper money.
Mostly true. But there are some things that presidents can do without Congressional approval. Iran agreement is one big example. And the ACA, while it needed Congressional approval, simply would not have happened without the president deciding that it needed to happen.
But again, I do agree that presidents generally have limited powers and cannot bring about large scale changes by themselves.
I used to be a Sprint Wireless customer. They used to, and probably still do blacklist phones, based on ESN of the phone. The ideas was that stolen phones or phones that were not off contract could not be easily sold. The general concept is sound. And I want something like that for my expensive electronics as well.
My fully loaded Macbook Pro cost a little more than $3K. If it gets stolen, I would like to be able to get it back. I understand that police may only recover it from an idiot who bought it from a thief. That does not make the original idea invalid. The buying idiot still has to return it to me.
There still are questions about how the stolen MACs are reported, searched for etc. But I can see how a central database of stolen equipment could be used to look for it. Perhaps coffee shops and other public spots could help identify stolen equipment as well.
Those of you looking for a perfect solution that handles every case flawlessly will not like anything being proposed here. You should move on. The rest of us will be happy with something that does help with this menace.
> I'm pretty sure technology will drive us toward a paper cash-only society.
This story isn't about someone's bank account being depleted because of software security issues.
For every story you show me where someone lost cash electronically because of software security issue, I will show you 10 where someone lost paper cash. Either it was stolen from their house, work or they were robbed on the street.
Is paper cash more secure than electronic cash and transactions? The data certainly does not show it.
Its been a very long time since I have bought a router, and I have bought several, that I could stack things on top of. Many want to stand up vertical. Others will let you lay them down flat, but do not have a flat surface on top. The few that do, heat up so much that you really should not be putting anything on top of them, if you want them to work reliably for any length of time.
At this point, they can make them circular and I could care less. If they could make them suck a little less, be a little more reliable, and make the interface a little less clunky, they would do well.
> Put a proxy in & they can even MITM your https connections.
Paranoia is strong with you today. Explain to me how a Google router will MITM attack my HTTPS connection to Amazon.com when I am entering my credit card #?
Like with most things, there are pros and cons for this sort of thing. If you leave the automatic updates "OFF" by default, majority or users will not bother with updates on routers and when a vulnerability is discovered, crackers have a field day. By leaving them "ON" by default, but allowing concerned users to turn them off, perhaps you get to a reasonable medium.
> Most people who believe in God do NOT consider him angry, quite the opposite, He is seen as forgiving and a loving father who cares for His children deeply, even the ones who choose to reject Him.
Cooking people in hell. Is that supposed to be for warmth?
And killing all civilization with a flood for their "misdeeds"? Mercy killing I suppose.
The history of computing shows us that this technology is becoming more accessible. Both to consumers and the providers. You no longer have to use punch cards to write computer programs. Or use assembly. Modern languages and development tools are much easier to work with for an average person. And that trend is going to continue. There is nothing you and I or Apple/Facebook/Google can do to stop the march of progress.
Unfortunately for you, that means you will have to continue to learn new technologies to remain marketable to employers.
> It is used more and more like a currency rather than for speculation.
I know some places say they accept Bitcoin as a payment method. However most of them quickly convert it to dollars or another currency. Is there a demand from users to be able to pay in Bitcoin instead of their regular currency? I can understand that need when buying things where privacy is really needed (illegal drugs etc.), but for regular stuff?
Not long ago, value of Bitcoin was around $1200. Now it is around $250.
Anyone buying Bitcoin for stability is too stupid. Anyone suggesting that the value of Bitcoin is about to rise to $600 or $1200 is attempting to pump the price in order to dump their holdings.
I have owned Blackberry devices in the past and currently own an Android phone. I have always loved hardware keyboards and for the longest time insisted on phones with hardware keyboards including Android phones. However, over time, I have observed that software keyboards have improved a lot. And I mean a lot. To the point that I no longer wish to dedicate precious real estate on my phone to a hardware keyboard.
Hardware keyboard is an idea that is now dead on mobile phones. It will never (I usually advise my kids to never say never but I am making an exception here) be popular on mobile phones again. It takes too much space and many can type faster on a software keyboard. Speech recognition function has also come a long way. And usually, for me, that is the fastest way to enter text.
> This law seems to be a good reason to leave Oregon.
This isn't a law. At least not yet. And people leaving Oregon would be a good thing for the rest of us. Portland population is growing rapidly. Too fast for some of us. Portland area population is expected to swell by about 1 million in the next 6 years.
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You are paranoid about security and have a Facebook account? You bring shame to Paranoid schizophrenics everywhere. Please join your local chapter of technologically illiterate anonymous.
On a more serious note. I know people who are convinced that Navy seals sit in the trees outside their house. You are halfway there. Get help before it is too late.
The other day I was playing doubles tennis with some guy friends and one of them joked about something that we thought was funny, but the guy on the receiving end of that joke got angry, smashed his racquet and walked off the court. The rest of us were left puzzled. In my mind, LKML is a bit like that. Some people are too sensitive to be in that community and they probably should not be part of it.
This lady is probably a fine engineer, but perhaps too sensitive for LKML.
I occasionally travel to Seattle from Portland, OR by train. Amtrak provide free wifi on the train. I have tried using it many many times, to do work while on the 3 hour ride. The wifi service is entirely useless and worthless. It is much much better to tether your computer to your phone and try to use that connection.
Part of the problem I think is wifi tech used by Amtrak. No 5GHz signal. The 2.4GHz signal gets saturated when more than a handful of people use it. All access points use the same frequency, etc. etc. They gave the contract to the lowest bidder or a buddy of the admin.
Google's wifi for the Indian Railway probably will be million times better than what we have here with Amtrak.
Performance is roughly the same. Chrome renders HTML5 more correctly than others.
Tests were performed only on a Windows system. Still a very valid test as that what most people use.
There have been a couple of times when I left home without my wallet and went to the store and realized, oh crap, no wallet. But I had my phone on me. For those times, it certainly would be convenient to have the ability to pay with my phone.
Oh and another big one. Receipts. Freaking lots of them. I would much rather have all that in a neat list inside my phone that I can pull and review. Between multiple credit cards, cash and checks etc, I would not be able to figure out how much money I spent last week or last month. But with completely electronic payments, things get a lot more manageable.
This service is obviously not for the paranoid who think that Google and Feds already have too much of their information. They probably should stick to paper money.
Is your entire existence in your phone? Or are you being ridiculous?
Mostly true. But there are some things that presidents can do without Congressional approval. Iran agreement is one big example. And the ACA, while it needed Congressional approval, simply would not have happened without the president deciding that it needed to happen.
But again, I do agree that presidents generally have limited powers and cannot bring about large scale changes by themselves.
Because I am insane... but then look everybody else that is running for president.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. There is hope for me.
I used to be a Sprint Wireless customer. They used to, and probably still do blacklist phones, based on ESN of the phone. The ideas was that stolen phones or phones that were not off contract could not be easily sold. The general concept is sound. And I want something like that for my expensive electronics as well.
My fully loaded Macbook Pro cost a little more than $3K. If it gets stolen, I would like to be able to get it back. I understand that police may only recover it from an idiot who bought it from a thief. That does not make the original idea invalid. The buying idiot still has to return it to me.
There still are questions about how the stolen MACs are reported, searched for etc. But I can see how a central database of stolen equipment could be used to look for it. Perhaps coffee shops and other public spots could help identify stolen equipment as well.
Those of you looking for a perfect solution that handles every case flawlessly will not like anything being proposed here. You should move on. The rest of us will be happy with something that does help with this menace.
> I'm pretty sure technology will drive us toward a paper cash-only society.
This story isn't about someone's bank account being depleted because of software security issues.
For every story you show me where someone lost cash electronically because of software security issue, I will show you 10 where someone lost paper cash. Either it was stolen from their house, work or they were robbed on the street.
Is paper cash more secure than electronic cash and transactions? The data certainly does not show it.
>> Trump will flame out sooner or later, he has too.
> ...you mean like that Obama guy was supposed to do in 2008?
You are not seriously comparing Trump to Obama, are you?
Its been a very long time since I have bought a router, and I have bought several, that I could stack things on top of. Many want to stand up vertical. Others will let you lay them down flat, but do not have a flat surface on top. The few that do, heat up so much that you really should not be putting anything on top of them, if you want them to work reliably for any length of time.
At this point, they can make them circular and I could care less. If they could make them suck a little less, be a little more reliable, and make the interface a little less clunky, they would do well.
> Put a proxy in & they can even MITM your https connections.
Paranoia is strong with you today. Explain to me how a Google router will MITM attack my HTTPS connection to Amazon.com when I am entering my credit card #?
Like with most things, there are pros and cons for this sort of thing. If you leave the automatic updates "OFF" by default, majority or users will not bother with updates on routers and when a vulnerability is discovered, crackers have a field day. By leaving them "ON" by default, but allowing concerned users to turn them off, perhaps you get to a reasonable medium.
Me: Set a timer for 30 minutes
Cortana: Let me search the web for you...
Me: How far is New York City from here?
Cortana: I can't tell if you can get there by car
Microsoft has a lot of work to do before they can play with the big boys.
> Most people who believe in God do NOT consider him angry, quite the opposite, He is seen as forgiving and a loving father who cares for His children deeply, even the ones who choose to reject Him.
Cooking people in hell. Is that supposed to be for warmth?
And killing all civilization with a flood for their "misdeeds"? Mercy killing I suppose.
The history of computing shows us that this technology is becoming more accessible. Both to consumers and the providers. You no longer have to use punch cards to write computer programs. Or use assembly. Modern languages and development tools are much easier to work with for an average person. And that trend is going to continue. There is nothing you and I or Apple/Facebook/Google can do to stop the march of progress.
Unfortunately for you, that means you will have to continue to learn new technologies to remain marketable to employers.
> It is used more and more like a currency rather than for speculation.
I know some places say they accept Bitcoin as a payment method. However most of them quickly convert it to dollars or another currency. Is there a demand from users to be able to pay in Bitcoin instead of their regular currency? I can understand that need when buying things where privacy is really needed (illegal drugs etc.), but for regular stuff?
> Price.
I bought my 2015 GM Volt last week for $26K.
> Range.
40 miles electric. 300 miles+ gas at 37MPG.
> Recharge time.
Charges overnight at my home.
> Recharge stations!
Plenty where I live.
> Next dumb question, please!
Next dumb comment please.
> Google illegally copied Oracle's shit. Deal with it.
This would make sense to anybody who has never done any actual programming.
Not long ago, value of Bitcoin was around $1200. Now it is around $250.
Anyone buying Bitcoin for stability is too stupid. Anyone suggesting that the value of Bitcoin is about to rise to $600 or $1200 is attempting to pump the price in order to dump their holdings.
I have owned Blackberry devices in the past and currently own an Android phone. I have always loved hardware keyboards and for the longest time insisted on phones with hardware keyboards including Android phones. However, over time, I have observed that software keyboards have improved a lot. And I mean a lot. To the point that I no longer wish to dedicate precious real estate on my phone to a hardware keyboard.
Hardware keyboard is an idea that is now dead on mobile phones. It will never (I usually advise my kids to never say never but I am making an exception here) be popular on mobile phones again. It takes too much space and many can type faster on a software keyboard. Speech recognition function has also come a long way. And usually, for me, that is the fastest way to enter text.
I am 43 and starting to feel the effects of aging. I need this stuff pronto!
> This law seems to be a good reason to leave Oregon.
This isn't a law. At least not yet. And people leaving Oregon would be a good thing for the rest of us. Portland population is growing rapidly. Too fast for some of us. Portland area population is expected to swell by about 1 million in the next 6 years.
> Spying is a top item and Apple does less of it.
You know this because you have personal knowledge of how the spying is done at both organizations? Or it came to you in a dream?