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Comment Re:Lots of assumptions going on here... (Score 1) 64

If you read the available information about this, there seems to be many procedures in place to avoid social engineering.

Except those same procedures have been worked around in past social engineering attacks. Unless Apple's CSRs are magically immune to social engineering then there's no reason to expect that anyone determined enough won't get around them.

lso, there is nothing here about anyone having access to any ones files or data (encrypted or otherwise). Just procedures which would allow one access to there own account, this would be akin to an automated password reset.

Having access to someone's account means one can download an decrypt iCloud device backups.

Comment Re:So what (Score 1) 184

by Lunix Nutcase (#50029189) Attached to: Depression: The Secret Struggle Startup Founders Won't Talk About

http://www.mentalhealth.wa.gov...

Three out of four people with a mental illness report that they have experienced stigma. Stigma is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart. When a person is labelled by their illness they are seen as part of a stereotyped group. Negative attitudes create prejudice which leads to negative actions and discrimination.

Comment Re:He answered the most boring questions! (Score 3, Insightful) 187

by Lunix Nutcase (#50027145) Attached to: Interviews: Linus Torvalds Answers Your Question

He did answer what you wanted:

Yeah, I've had some personality issues with some of the maintainers, but that's about how you handle bug reports and accept blame (or not) for when things go wrong. If people thought that meant that I dislike systemd, I will have to disappoint you guys.
Software

Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly, Version-Preserving File Sharing For Linux? 212

Posted by timothy from the when-diff+cron-isn't-the-right-answer dept.
petherfile writes: I've been a professional with Microsoft stuff for more than 10 years and I'm a bit sick of it to be honest. The one that's got me stuck is really not where I expected it to be. You can use a combination of DFS and VSS to create a file share where users can put whatever files they are working on that is both redundant and has "previous versions" of files they can recover. That is, users have a highly available network location where they can "go back" to how their file was an hour ago. How do you do that with Linux?

This is a highly desirable situation for users. I know there are nice document management things out there that make sharepoint look silly, but I just want a simple file share, not a document management utility. I've found versioning file systems for Linux that do what Microsoft does with VSS so much better (for having previous version of files available.) I've found distributed file systems for Linux that make DFS look like a bad joke. Unfortunately, they seem to be mutually exclusive. Is there something simple I have missed?
Security

My United Airlines Website Hack Gets Snubbed 187

Posted by timothy from the no-seat-back-recline-for-you! dept.
Bennett Haselton writes: United Airlines announced that they will offer up to 1 million air miles to users who can find security holes in their website. I demonstrated a way to brute-force a user's 4-digit PIN number and submitted it to them for review, emailing their Bugs Bounty contact address on three occasions, but I never heard back from them. Read on for the rest. If you've had a different experience with the program, please chime in below.
Google

Google Tests Code Repository Service 44

Posted by Soulskill from the a-challenger-appears dept.
An anonymous reader writes: VentureBeat notes that Google has begun testing an unannounced service to host and edit source code repositories as part of its cloud platform. It's called Cloud Source Repositories, and it's currently being beta-tested. "Google is taking a gradual approach with the new service: It can serve as a 'remote' for Git repositories sitting elsewhere on the Internet or locally. Still, over time the new tool could help Google become more of an all-in-one destination for building and deploying applications."

Comment Re:"find a way to leverage existing faculty" (Score 1) 89

by Lunix Nutcase (#49987547) Attached to: New Google and CMU Moonshot: the 'Teacherless Classroom'

Bingo. This is the advancement. You can get a world class education for NOTHING. How is that not an advancement? You only need to attend a physical university if you want 1) a diploma, or 2) to meet girls.

Except that this still requires students to enroll in a university to take the class. And $6000 is hardly "nothing" to most people.

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