Posts by Adam 1 2545 publicly visible posts • joined 7 May 2012
Your password would be used to decrypt a volume keywhich is used for your files. All changing your password does is to decrypt your volume key with your old password then generate a new encryption for the same volume key based upon your new password. The bits of your encrypted files doesn't need to change. At least that is how tools like truecrypt work.
The main problem with bushfires down under is ember attack. A few hundred metres of grass isn't going to stop a bushfire fueled by eucalyptus.
Smh has some incredible photos from a different fire but not too far away for some perspective.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/it-came-up-so-quick-and-was-phenomenal-the-moment-mark-will-never-forget-20130114-2cp34.html
Continuously pressing F5 while visiting a website I mean. Heck, even tee up a time with your friends after school and have an F5 party
Using an automated tool to send malformed packets in short time is not free speech. It is simply the denial of someone else's, even if they are sick bastards protesting at childrens' funerals.
@ejit, I agree his analogy is flawed because taking your wallet deprives you of the ability to use its contents even briefly. But the larger point is still valid. If the wallet wasn't grabbed but instead he memorialised them while you were making a purchase from someone, you are probably closer to a representative analogy.
If I understand this correctly, this criminal is responsible for 40% of the English movie piracy yet he only got a $15000 fine and a 12 years sentence. This does seem lenient for that level of infringement. Why then do we bankrupt people downloading 25 songs?
This copyright math (tm) makes bloody quantum theories a walk in the park. I guess I should leave it for the experts.
" The phone could log where you have been using GPS
Then later upload that data to correlate with any sheep rustling in deepest darkest Wales"
Lucky the concept of a smartphone that logs the user's location to a file that can be later downloaded is just science fiction.
http://petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker/
Anyone too lazy to backup their photos is going to be equally lazy when it comes to getting off their butts and going to a shop.
As much as the cloud is often just the same old rehashed, I suspect the days of manually copying jpegs off phones and cameras are limited. ( yes the Jesus phone amongst others already does this, I am referring to data charges on mobile networks as the current limiting factor.
The discussion on security by obscurity is always fun but in this case a red herring.
This is not a case of it. This is the way that Microsoft is balancing the risks.
Risk 1
Malicious person independently discovers the flaw and exploits it between the time it is fixed and the time the fix is published.
Risk 2
Malicious person looks at the patches and noting what has been changed to fix the flaw is able to design an exploit to take advantage of those who haven't bothered to apply the fix.
Risk 1 is reduced by patching quickly but by definition unpredictably. It is increased the longer the patch is withheld.
Risk 2 is reduced by patching predictably which by definition means you are delaying the publishing. A nice side effect is that it creates a reference point to how out of date a system's patching is which creates pressure to get it done at least sometime within the month.
For mine, the risk minimisation strategy Microsoft are using here is about right.
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