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  1. Six hours later... on Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    and my submission gets put up. An interesting story, better late than never.

  2. Not just Sony on Backdoor Accounts Found in 80 Sony IP Security Camera Models (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Lots of the big name security brands are running the same basic NetSurveillance WEB firmware underneath their skinned interface. I'm thinking particularly of the brand that makes flight data recorders... and cordless doorbells. I wonder if people would pay serious money for a IPTV network if they knew it's just a re-badged Mirai host.

    How do I know? They hit me 24/7, I'll be worried about the connectivity of the internet if they ever stop.

  3. Who knows? I wouldn't say there's no chance of a price increase though, it'll do what it'll do.

  4. Re:UK import grade cryptography on Encryption Backdoor Sneaks Into UK Law (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's already here: Enter the CESG's very own MIKEY SAKKE: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/04/gchq_voice_encryption/

    UK Government-approved(TM) encryption. The backdoor isn't a backdoor, because the Gov says it isn't.

    Here https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/articles/development-mikey-sakke is the take from the National Cyber Security Centre.

  5. Only to renew the copyrights on British Film Institute To Digitize 100,000 Old TV Shows Before They Disappear (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The BFI are scanning these so they can ascertain/renew/monopolise the distribution rights. Some of the still-missing material could be very valuable due to the fact the BBC/BFI currently DON'T have access to it. This is an effort to minimise the ability of others to lay claim to similarly rare material, whilst bringing the rest up to (copy-protected) DVD-retailable quality.

  6. For BOINC! on You Can Now Rent A Mirai Botnet Of 400,000 Bots (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    There must be some low/non CPU intensive BOINC projects out there that could really appreciate this sort of 'net. I suppose it's probably not worth the time to get different router/IoT ASICs to actually run custom applications, compared with just pointing them to an IP for laughs.

  7. FAKE... on Fidel Castro Is Dead (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    But consider for a moment, if it was fake.

  8. Maybe. Talk to Brian Aldiss first. on Slashdot Asks: Will Farming Be Fully Automated in the Future? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Just make sure the robots NEVER run out of work to do.

  9. Homeopathy â Herbalism.... on The US Government is Finally Telling People that Homeopathy is a Sham (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Though both probably have their share of people who just know taking this watered down juice/herb mixture will cure cancer/autism/republicanism in just 10 easy treatments for just $49.95!

  10. Time for a Retro version? on Mozilla Releases Firefox 50 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    No Imojis, no tablet UI menu, no transition animations, no persistent suggestion/help balloons, and (gasp) the hipsterist(TM) thing of all: An about:config that actually permits you to make persistent actionable changes to the way the browser works. We could call this.... Modding, or... personalisation? I know, it's progressive. I'm just thinking outside of the app store for a moment.

  11. Does this mean we can have normal web UI back again? Remember, when buttons and menus didn't take up a good 30% of the overall page space? Like beta? Fsck beta for even having been an example of this.

  12. Re:Very effective on Robot Babies Not Effective Birth Control, Australian Study Finds (sky.com) · · Score: 2

    That's because of the DRM.

  13. Here is how it works: on BBC To Deploy Detection Vans To Snoop On Internet Users (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The doctoral thesis explaining the techniques upon which this detection technology relies can be found here

  14. logged-out functionality vector on Windows 10 Anniversary Update: the Best New Features (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You'll be able to ask it to make a note, play music, set a reminder, and lots more without ever logging in.

    The point of logging out is to deny functionality of the computer to others. This is going to take the Windows mantra of trusting everyone-bar-the-owner to a whole new level.

  15. I'd rather hear this kind of news than news about how they got hacked/doxxed/cryptolocker'd, etc. This news is excellent, because it shows the system still works.

  16. Like Plessey did in 1980? on Full-Duplex Radio Integrated Circuit Could Double Radio Frequency Data Capacity · · Score: 0

    The Plessey Groundsat had simultaneous same channel repeat (insert technical name here) back in 1980. I wonder if the lack of real world applications today are limited by crazy patents on this kind of technology.

  17. Re:Tech Support: on NASA's Robonaut 2 Can't Use Its Space Legs Upgrade · · Score: 3, Funny

    /dev/ttyACM0 not found
    This program requires root priveliges to access legs.
    unable to run... using lateral undulation instead

  18. Surprising on Microsoft Quietly Fixes Windows XP Resource Hog Problem · · Score: 1

    Whilst I'm pleased to see this fix I'm surprised they didn't just leave it. What business sense is there in fixing soon-to-be-obsolete products, especially when takeup of the new ones is lower than expected?