Posts by Just Enough

Re: Linux desktop for decades

In what way is this relevant?

Re: 80%

Yes. Let's give Facebook a justification for their current tracking and an excuse for expanding it. That couldn't possibly be abused in the future because of their past rigorous record of observing personal privacy and data regulations.

If there is one organisation I'm less likely to permit tracking me than the Government, it's Facebook.

Re: Hmm

That right, because only a stupid decision could make a previous stupid decision seem sensible.

Still missing it.

Re: Have they started to employ Microsoft staff or what?

Yeah. The fanboy crowing that always follows discoveries like this is irritating noise.

No-matter what OS you worship, it is not immune to hacks and exploits. So the partisan jeering when one is found in another is rather pathetic.

Re: I wonder what Phil Collins thinks...

Well, he's had 35 years to think about it, after this joke was first cracked. He must have a killer of a response by now.

"they promised to honour all of their existing accounts for life."

If if there's one thing you can depend on... it's a "for life" promise from a company!

Not what happened

"blame the users for not doing their security training"

Where's it say they did that? The reference to the lack of security training was from a 2018 audit, before the hack, and is a perfectly legitimate point for a security audit to make, among a number of others.

"Why am I not surprised?"

Because you didn't read what was said or didn't follow it.

Re: Good, good.

"include freedom of movement as part of the deal and it will be business as usual"

This will not happen, simply because it will be the UK, as usual, wanting the benefits of the EU without the obligations. The other members of the EU are not idiots. You want to be a member of their club? Then you pay your membership fee and follow the rules like everyone else.

Re: 2019?

You're forgetting that Brexit policy is fundamentally about returning to 1935 and the return of the Empire, pounds and shillings, inches and yards, randomly shaped bananas and blue passports. This is just reverse gear being engaged. All going to plan, we'll hit 2018 by March.

Re: F.U.D.

My advice to your clients is get the advice of a IT professional who takes security more seriously. An exploit will definitely be found at some point in the future that is not esoteric and difficult. It will be automated, requiring no effort on the part of those distributing it. No one will care whether your clients are a high value target or not, they will worry about this after they are infected/compromised/hijacked.

Meanwhile, expect companies to stop releasing Windows 7 compatible software. Expect their Windows 7 applications to stop getting security patches. This includes manufacturers of anti-virus.

The only hope those who want to stick to Windows 7 have is that they become such a small user-base, that virus writers stop bothering with them. That isn't going to happen over-night, and as of tomorrow they'll be making themselves increasingly vulnerable targets.

Re: For extra fun ...

Which is not what you said on your first post.

Re: Hello RSI

"Banging your fingers on a desk will cause RSI and make arthritis worse"

So don't bang your fingers. I doubt the force you hit the desk with plays any part in the keyboard working.

I am reminded of touch typists I've worked with, who learnt on typewriters. You sometimes had to politely point out that they didn't have to hammer computer keyboards to make them work.

Re: I am not an IT worker of any kind...

His "guests" were probably people he'd just met and had an "arrangement" with. They were probably known to the hotel staff. That's why they were spotted and told to sling their hook.

Never underestimate a drunk idiot's ability to do stupid things.

Re: Client Problem

"Then the trolls can send what they like, and everyone's happy."

Do we really want to social media platforms to worry about what makes trolls happy?

Re: But on the other hand...

"stop trying to pass them off as things which they aren't"

Have you ever mistakenly eaten one, when you thought it was the other? Didn't think so.

If you find that your delicate taste buds, or fragile carnivore virility, are threatened by the very idea of mistakenly eating a vegetarian product, I suggest you look at the labelling on them. Vegetarian products almost always go out of their way to make it clear they are vegetarian, because it's important to vegetarians.

Re: SOP

Komori definitely must bear most of the responsibility here. I presume that the contract with them must have included installation. It's their printer, they are the experts in installing it. They know best what's needed.

Re: No oxygen

"I once found a load of dead ants in a packet of Polo's."

I think I spotted one there, just between the o and the s in "Polos". It couldn't be anything else but an ant. Certainly not an apostrophe.

Re: A CITIZEN'S rights

"Giving those Rights to NON citizens only cheapens their value to those born with them"

How does this happen exactly?

Victims, not culprits

School and college / universities networks were the majority of the targets of the DDOS, not the networks being used for the DDOS.