Posts by Adam 1

Re: We really need a reference Usain

That is quite a lot of him. Of they were all carrying a DVD it would leave gfast for dead.

Easy, there's a USB port in the dash. Open the door, plug it in and it will start to draw power. This should provide enough charge to fire up the phone. You can then launch the app, open the door, plug it in and it will start to draw power. This should provide enough charge to fire up the phone. You can then launch the app, open the door........ Stack overflow

What's the El Reg stance on https?

Problem is that they are mostly Queenslanders so it is a bit hard to tell.

^ ouch

A good point. This sort of authentication is not designed to be a primary authentication because you really couldn't tell whether to let them use the computer until after a length of time. Generally speaking, you want someone to authenticate before they start using it, so I see this more like a mechanism to protect workstations where the user has wandered off without locking it. As a secondary measure, it would most likely be quite forgiving to minimise the false positive rates, or could work with tertiary measures like activating the webcam for facial recognition when it has a doubt.

The point about the arc refers to the fact that it is very difficult to move your mouse in an absolutely straight fashion due to how people usually hold their mouse. The size of that arc would depend on a number of factors, such as how you grip the mouse, your usual posture and what part of your wrist is still in contact with the desk, the size of your hands etc. Also, the basic direction you move would influence the extremeness of the arc (which would go back to whether you hold it square on or at an angle).

As a result, (in answer to your question) a relatively simple calculation could create a believable profile for pressing minimise or close. The end point and clicks would be chosen by the attacker, but the mouse movements would not raise any alarms because they emulate the speed and direction such a user is likely to take. The easiest attack vector I can think of is to send some exec a "free mouse" and embed the attack code within it.

Re: Much complication.

The creators of the transaction are not only the customer. Equally without the vendor, no such information would exist. The vendor will provide a receipt if you want your own record of the transaction.

More interesting, unless you opt out, Google will track your location via your android smartphone through location history. They would be in an amazing position to track the movements of customers over time through various businesses. If they play those cards right, they could well and truly beat the financial markets at their own games.

Re: It's KW

>I think even a tiny electric car might take a few days to charge at 3W

But on the bright side, at least it could use a standard USB charger.

Just because they provide updates doesn't mean you should install them. Some of the older models that scrape onto the list of compatible devices work so slow you will soon need an upgrade.

Re: Some wierd assumptions

Plus the assumption that you run a data centre but would have to call a guy in to replace the drive?

Re: So is Firefox safe or what?

The problem isn't so much the browser (or they would just update it in Google play or advise you to use another browser). The problem is that the WebKit rendering engine is used by apps to integrate web content into a regular app. Most commonly, this is how the ad supported apps show those ads, but there are also things like phonegap which lets you wrap an html5 website and deploy it to the various app stores in what appears to the user to be a regular app on their platform.

We are in a state where a dodgy advertisement on a free game is a relatively easy attack vector but Google won't fix it.

Not good enough Google!

(Posted from my Nexus 5 running lollipop)

Re: Wouldn't this problem take care of itself?

You have to keep an eye on the drop bear with a selfie stick. That never ends well.

>That said, 8EiB is about a couple orders of magnitude or so higher than even today's high-end RAM usage.

And the fart of a flea is also a couple of orders of magnitude quieter than a jumbo jet at take off.

The 64 bit address space is really big [citation needed].

The Titan supercomputer at oak ridge is the current largest by RAM. If you decided that you needed you needed a million times more RAM to play the latest version of Crysis, you are still an order of magnitude from running out.

Re: Apple Worried, more like happy!

Not all android is Java.

Re: People still buy travel insurance?

Mostly to get you first world (or as close as available nearby) hospital cover if you fall ill or get injured abroad. Some injuries have long recovery times and prevent you travelling home on your cattle class tickets.

Shirley they could have used more understandable units of measure. I mean we all know that hair driers need a lot of energy [citation needed] so saying that could mean anything.

Why not just state the number in terms of how it compares to the power used by a London bus to drive one beard second.

Re: Acronym fun

Seems a good candidate for Total Inability To Support Usual Performance...

Re: Microsoft FAIL

Eadon?

Re: Necessary sacrifices

I, for one, welcome our new <noun> <adverb> overlords.

you miss one important differentiating feature

With a Mondeo, you need to find a marked car spot at B. With the others you can just use the dual purpose indicator stalk and stop your vehicle somewhere you find convenient.

I just hope they have the good sense to check the el reg forums before they waste any more money.

Re: So its more efficient in the use of fuel

Yes. Methane is a particularly potent greenhouse gas.

.... where his pennies were spent?

Re: How come...

If the alternative is FireWire then USB is definitely more secure (can't bypass OS and read all RAM directly)

It would be more convincing if their submission explicitly stated that they only sought permission to jam APs that purported to be associated with the hotel but that were not.

Re: Meh

>Yep. I guess 'Woman Made To Prove Laptop Worked At Airport' wouldn't be as interesting a headline

Why does it matter if it works? What if it broke whist travelling? Let's say or wonderfully reliable SSD just gave up without warning and now you just see some text about missing boot devices? Are you supposed to their away your otherwise fine laptop? Are you supposed to fart around trying to sort out warranty claims whilst abroad?

Officialdom gone mad is the kindest way to put it. Time for hidden volumes when travelling to France I suppose...

Probably because you can reallocate that partition back if you were inclined to do so (just pray that you never need to reformat)

Re: Consequences - just like the US

>calling them "unintended consequences" would imply staggering stupidity on the part of managements

I have no trouble accepting the premise of that statement

really is a good meme candidate

> Very naughty people use ...

Very naughty people use cars

Some mouse manufacturers have started cutting costs by omitting the ALT button off their mice. Now I need a keyboard to access the menu. If I have to reach for the keyboard then I might as well just hit the Ctrl + XYZ combo needed to do the same thing.

Re: I know it's a long article...

Apple Pay works using an NFC chip in the device with touch finger-print censor.

revenge cyber attack knocking the Hermit Kingdonm offline

Re: Flaw in the WiFi specs?

Yes it is a design flaw in the spec. It has been changed so I doubt this technique will work in 10 years time. Just needs to be practical to drop support for the older protocol versions.

See here

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11w-2009

Re: What a headline...

Heard it before though.

Re: Survey?

f) SONY - revenge against the internet.