So I suppose that the prisons will be closed too and while were at it, let's just close down the internet and then set fire to Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen etc. (oooops some of that has already started)...
Posts by Khaptain
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Look out, law abiding folk: UK’s Counter-Extremism Bill slithers into view
Nintendo to revive long-dead 'World Championships' contest
Swedish Supreme Court keeps AssangeTM in Little Ecuador
Pakistan URINE STORM: Google Maps chokes off user editing
Microsoft: It's TRUE, you'll get Android and iOS apps in WINDOWS
Got a Samsung Galaxy S5? Crooks can steal your fingerprint – claim
Are you sure that they read your fingerprints !!
I have always understand that these devices can merely detect identifiable patterns within your fingerprints and then stock/store/cache these patterns. They do not actually read your fingerprint, ie they would be incapble of reproducing your fingerprint..
I do agree though that they stock a pattern which can then be associated with a password. This pattern could then be used to identify purchases if the pattern could be injected into the identification process. Which is probably possible via a means of hooking an chaining similar to what could be done with interrupts as long as you have kernel level access.
If this is not the case please give me a link to a worthy site which proves the contrary i.e. that these devices could actually reconstruct a fingerprint. At which point my tail will move quickly between my legs and I will scamper away into the darknass...
Cash register maker used same password – 166816 – non-stop since 1990
Fed-up Colorado man takes 9mm PISTOL to vexing Dell PC
It's official: David Brents are the weakest link in phishing attacks
Japan showcases really, really fast … whoa, WTF was that?!
De-acceleration
What happens when you cut the current, does this thing just drop down to the ground (10cm drop), start to slide and then quickly issue prayer books....because at 600Kph there will be lot of sparks, stained underpants and prayers that the slippery path is obstacle free.
Prayers won't make the damned bit of difference but lot's of people will like to believe at that precise moment that something or someone will save them from their slippery end.
Flying giant octopus menaces New York
Apple will cut down 36,000 acres of forest in 'conservation scheme'
Re: For people who cannot they see the wood for the trees
That all depends on the kind of forests you are cutting down
If it's 5 year old pine trees, I really don't think that it would matte to much.
If it is 200 year old Oak trees than that's not quite the same cup of tea.
If it's the Amazon rainforest in it's original condition then ........<insert castration method here>
Chinese 'Superphone' manufacturer declares war on Apple
The original image is easy to find and "subtle" would not definately not be one of the adjectives used to describe it
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/27/8298999/apple-hitler-china-letv-jia-yueting
I wondered how much the Chinese know about Hitler and I came across this unusual article
http://tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/theater-and-dance/75920/great-dictator..
Obviously out cultures are quite dfferent
iPhone vs. Galaxy fight hospitalises two after beer bottle stabbing
Slack raises $160m from investors, gets mega $2.8bn valuation
‘Right to be forgotten’ prompts more French privacy concerns
Scientists tail whales, hails their tales of record 14,000-mile migration
No shit sherlock
Large marine mammal in it's own back yard travels from one end of the yard to the other by going about it's normal business.
Blinks eyes as he realised just how unamazing this "record" really is...
I honestly believed that the article would have provided a little more than "Whale does it's business"
What's next : Giraffe filmed whilst eating leaves on a tall tree...
WORLD+DOG line up to SLAM Google after anti-trust case unveiled
What would have stopped TV5Monde hack? Yup, MOAR LAWS
So easy to protect, not
There have been several reports mentioning that this was likely an inside job, or at least they had access to someone on the inside feeding them with appropriate information.
How exactly will your "efforts" prevent this kind of situation. Oh, they won't, your appearance is just another public outrage/whine in order to gain some airtime...
"Digital Commissioner", now that's a very nice title and probably very handsomely paid. Do you actually need to know anything about IT, Security and/or the real world ?
This is where I do not understand Democracy and the voting/electoral system, how the hell do these people get into these positions..
Pre-order consumergasm will leave Apple Watches out of stock for months
USA is home to largest number of data perves, study finds
Re: Data perverts ?
Would that be one of the following
NSA - Not Secure Agency ( Mr Snowden is the president)
CIA - Criminal Instigation Agency. ( Caused more crimes than any other universal entitiy)
UKA - United Kingdom of America ( We don't actually look at the data we steal, we immediately send it to big brother)
JCHQ - Jihad Central Head Quarters (ok it's 4 not 3)
Credit card factories given new secure manufacturing rules
Re: hmmm... I wonder if there's a new rule
No, quite the opposite, they will even supply you the key according to one of today's articles..
National Grid's new designer pylon is 'too white and boring' – Pylon Appreciation Society
Indian cops spice up protests with pepper spray-armed DRONES
Anonymous
Doesn't India have an "anonymous" contingent, they could hack the airwaves and take control of the offending bots...
Lest not the police forget that necessity is the mother of all contention invention.
[2 Kg of Pepper spray in your face whilst going to work could seriously put a damper on your day...]
All Mac owners should migrate to OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 ASAP
Bored with Blighty? Relocation lessons for the data centre jetset
Re: Automatic weapons?
"What I find interesting is that where I live in Europe"
I would hazard a guess that you live in Switzerland, Luxembourg or possibly the Czech Republic.
Semi-automatics in Europe are not difficult to possess, fully automatics are generally much more difficult or completely illegal. Here in France "Fully Automatic" is a class A licence ie : A Weapon of War, and therefore forbidden. I believe that this is the case with most European countries as the the classification in France recently changed in order to comply with most of the others countries. I know that there are countries with exceptions but there are not many, hence my guess at CH, LU or CZ.
Re: Depresses me that consideration for UK areas...
And why wasn't the rest of Europe included, there are a ton of data centres here on the continent. Keeping stuff on the continent also makes Data Security people a lot more friendly...
With the United States Patriot Act etc, your data becomes their data which is not welcomed in many European and Swiss like, countries.
Definately agree with the OP, London <> UK......
Bad news everyone: Cybercrime is getting even easier
Volvo V60 Polestar: Speak softly, carry a big stick, dress like a Smurf
Barry Obama declares national emergency over foreign hackers
Project Spartan: We get our claws on Microsoft's browser for Windows 10
This one weird trick deletes any YouTube flick in just a few clicks
Anti-gay Indiana starts backtracking on hated law after tech pressure
Re: Big problems for humanity... are exploitable vulnerabilities/zeroday trading opportunities?
"The biggest problem facing humanity....is XXXXXX. The sooner the great unwashed start to think for themselves and wise up to the fact that it's all smoke an mirrors and dogma only serves to make good men do evil things, the better or all of us."
XXXXX could be replaced by several things
Religion, Politics, Publicity, Money, Royalty, etc etc take your pick.
Microsoft's Windows 10 build list snowballs for Lumia mobes
Hotel Wi-Fi not only hideously expensive – it's horribly insecure
Re: Anybody not running through a VPN deserves what they get, bedbugs and all.
"But I guess for you it's also easy to grow, and maybe kill, your food, sewn your clothes, and build your transport vehicles."
I can do VPN and all of the above except for building transport vehicles but that is nothing that can't be resolved by using the same tools as those used in the killing of the food scenario.
700,000 beautiful women do the bidding of one Twitter-scamming man
Tim Cook: I'll give just a THIRD of what Gates gave to charity last year
Distribution of cream among EMC executive fat cats revealed
GCHQ: Ensure biz security by STOPPING everyone from TALKING
Solution
"Staff in general are the "weakest link in the security chain" and disgruntled employees and the mischief they can create are a particular threat, the spooks advise."
I this is the case the why not immediately disband the entire GCHQ as it in itself presents the greatest risk to the country and it's people.
PIRATES and THIEVES to get Windows 10 as BOOTY
Re: Balancing the accounts.
"If Microsoft give them a free and legitamate copy, then they're not pirates anymore. Problem solved!"
Since they will be installing over a pirated copy, which will probably get flagged during the installation....they will effectively now be using a legitimate copy of windows but will have been flagged as previously being pirates and therefore will get monitored slightly more closely than everyone else.
It's my conspiracy theory for the day....