Posts by Mark 85

Re: Bullshit Alert

This also presumes that someone has set the access to said servers and locked them down instead of leaving them in the default settings like we've heard about here on El Reg.

Re: @Dave126

Big Brother is watching and reaching out more and more. All in all, it's just another brick in the wall isn't it.

Re: Trying reasonableness?

No. This is more like the village bobby coming home with you and listening to everything you say and watching everything you do. See 1984 for where this is headed.

Re: Not surprising at all

Er... Google and Microsoft.. hmm.. one's a money grabbing bastard with some (not many) ethics where profit is king and most products work as intended. the other is just a money grabbing bastard where profit is king and none of their products are presumed to work as intended. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out which is which.

Re: Police are investigating?

Why weren't they called the moment the owners walked in and saw all the ne're-do-wells?

That would have been my 2nd step after saying something like "oops, wrong address" to whoever opened the door and then turn and go back to the car. Better off to let cops enter just in case the idiots inside are armed, or bombed out of their minds.

Re: 2.65m people?

Surprisingly, even if some of those died during the wait, the SSN would still be valid. SS has some issues with being able to shut down an SSN.

Re: The Man from U.N.C.L.E....

Then there was Maxwell Smarts' telephone booth...

Re: Let's be fair to MS (thought experiment)

Windows users tend to have a very strong case of Stockholm syndrome.

That and Windows has been around and dominant so long that the average person doesn't know any better. Most haven't a clue how fix or even make minor changes to improve things. They don't know about sites like this where prudent people will sit back after an update is released and what breaks or test it themselves. I think the term "Sheeple" is how MS views it's users/customers.

Re: The American "justice" system...

After watching this country as a citizen for most of my life (I'm well past my retirement date) it will probably get worse before it gets better. I would have moved out decades ago but the question of "where" made me realize the whole planet is seriously screwed up.

I'm not either. This seems more like a variation of the old game strategy of "save early, safe often", such that when you screw up, you go back to a good part and try again but differently. Not really AI, as far as I can tell. But then AI is the buzz phrase of the year at this point.

Re: Would have expected this from a luser.

A certain amount of paranoia should be part of any InfoSec's personality. This does seem a bit intense and overboard on her part. Have an upvote for not testing one's own defenses as this could have part of the probationary process.

It's not a question of what they HOLD (though that is affected by GDPR, it's hardly different to what they need to do), it's a question of what they DISTRIBUTE. Which should, quite literally, be... nothing.

The answer is in the article and other articles... lawyers. They want free access. It's particularly the media lawyers for take down notices, fines, and lawsuits. When in doubt, follow the money.

Re: Planting the flag

Planting the flag and claiming it for a given country has to be done by a human as I recall. Otherwise, just fire off rockets with a flag on board and claim wherever it hits/lands/crashes.

Re: Off to the tower with Zuck

I'll settle for someone of large size and muscles kicking in Zuck's door and the large one's minion carrying a baseball bat and singing "Someone's going to get it...."

Re: Howard

Who is Howard?

A duck.

...they deserve to have their heads on pikes at the front gate.

At some point, the enforcers of GDPR should do this as an example to others. At this point, heavy fines are just a threat. The law might have teeth but the implantation doesn't so where's the motivation for companies to comply? Or two heads on pikes would go a long way to getting others into compliance.

Re: Or, in my case..

We have similar stores here in the US in malls. My personal belief is that those stores helped contribute to the decline of malls because the odors spread from one end to the other. Noxious they are.

Re: Well, who'd have thought it?

Actions have consequences, so suck it up.

Exactly. From the west side of the pond, it appears to be the norm that things are not thought out by those in power. While Brexit may or may not have been a good idea and purely politically motived by those in power, no one thought further than the vote. Too many times we've seen where actions have re-actions and consequences far beyond the initial action.

You would really expect an Igor to be better organised than that - a new face and digits at the very least...

And/or at least change the time stamp on the camera.... A two minute (at most) job.

Re: Office 2010

Why is anyone still using Office 2010 anyway? It's not like it'll even connect to Exchange servers anymore...

You just answered your own question It's because it's NOT connected any MS Exchange servers.

Oh.... lots of people. If there's a good pension policy, maybe certain other perks for those being booted out, then PM for a week might not be a bad gig for the resume.

Re: Don't know what a genius is going to inspire kids to do

It will inspire them to become marketing and sales doirds and eventually CEO's.

Re: Yes, this will happen

Bob,

You are correct. However until Congress gets it crap together and becomes functional, the only way to deal with regulatory issues is via the courts. Per the Constitution, the laws, regulations can be pursued through the courts based on constitutionality and legality so yes, the courts could rule to kill the law or provisions and then it's up to Congress to fix it.

Re: WTF???

Sounds like the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. I'm thinking this old concept applies: " 10% never get the word. The other 90% don't pay attention to it".

Re: Here we go again

Now obviously that would be a big red flag to switched on guys and gals, but you'd be surprised how many will accept the offered choice when they can't see what it is they are getting...

It should be but isn't. Seems most people will open it out of curiousity. Techies (or semi-techies) according to recent article here at El Reg, are even worse because "we has skills"....

Re: death penalty for insurance company directors

I don't believe in the death penalty, I want them to live a very long and painful life.

Time to bring back the staking them out on the anthill then. And make them pay for the honey to be spread as bait on their bodies.

Re: My local store is over two miles away

Strange that the more right wing and authoritarian USA legalises it but UK doesn't

It's not all of the US, only certain states at this point.

Re: Lock her up Lock her up!!!

Why can't we do both?

Re: Yes

Weird? It's weird that someone has nothing better to do than downvote? Nah.. someone's just bored and wants to stir the pot a bit.

Re: The wrong question ...

but the real reason will be some ALL organization's profit at my expense.

FTFY.

Re: So, buying bots are we ?

Well, the last part here sort of says it: "As Microsoft prepares its army of unpaid testers for another Bug Bash in January, a swathe of fixes is really what the company should be focusing on.".

MS is putting more effort into polishing the turd instead of fixing the problems.

I think the judge hasn't a clue to what the terms "dedicated hacker" or "extraordinary talent" actually means.