Anyone who is using closed source encryption software of any kind is only fooling themselves. It is, in my opinion, worse than using no encryption at all. At least with no encryption you're not lulled in to a false sense of security.

When anyone searches for "sensationalism" on Wikipedia this story should come up as an example. The only place where this dude is running for his life is in his imagination. It wouldn't surprise me if he was now trying to form a new country with John McAfee. They could call it "Fantasy Island".

My bad. I thought Canada had already decided to extradite her and we were talking about US courts. As you point out, that is not the case. So she may have a genuine chance.

Probably won't help her. It's only illegal when someone else does it. When the US does, it's perfectly fine. Just ask the US government.

And just who is going to find that actual treatment if the activists drive out all the researchers?

Fake news is a problem. But the bigger problem is a whole lot of Americans are too effing stupid to figure it out for themselves that it's fake.

There is, in my opinion, one major problem with Congress making a law that is that narrowly directed. If they can make a law that only applies to one company, then they can also make a law that only applies to you. Do we really want to go down that rabbit hole?

Another reason I don't like the idea of breaking up Facebook is look how well it worked on the phone company in the 60s and 70s. We're now back to monster companies like Verizon and AT&T. In the long run, that breakup really didn't accomplish anything.

Crap. Didn't realize I wasn't logged in until I hit 'submit'. So let's try this again so that it might actually show up instead of being a hidden 'anonymous coward'.

Actually he does have links for downloadable copies of the database. Go to the "Passwords" tab and scroll down to the bottom. But all the data is encoded SHA-1 or NTLM. It's not a clear text database. So I doubt having a local copy would be useful for a dictionary search.

According to reports on DPReview quoting Adobe, Adobe will still be supporting Windows 7 64 bit.

This story reminds me some of the Nero Burning Rom story. Back in the day, Nero Burning Rom was THE software for burning CDs on a Windows machine. Droves of Linux users mused how they wished the company behind Nero would produce a version for Linux. After some time, the company did just that and released Nero Burning Rom for Linux. Those same Linux users who so desperately wanted the software created were ready to take up arms because Nero had the nerve to charge actual money for it, just like they did for the Windows version. Nor would Nero make it open source. And at least that that time, it was amazing how many Linux people were under the delusion that one could not sell Linux software for money (I still see this now, too).

Obviously it's a very slow news day.

And next week we can reopen the years-long debate of is Linux pronounced lie-nucks, lee-nucks, or leh-nucks.

So why is Congress getting its collective panties in a wad over this, but they don't seem to give a damn about data breaches like Sears, Kmart, Best Buy, yadda yadda yadda. And don't forget that almost everyone in America got Equifucked. Could it be as simple as that currently Facebook is the popular thing to hate? Or that Facebook hasn't bought...er...donated to the campaigns of...as many Congresscritters as Equifax, etc? Nah, Congress would never be that biased.

I don't care whether someone brings a phone in to the concert or not. What I do object to is dozens, if not more, asshats in front of me recording with their phones over their heads blocking my view of the stage. Those people should have to store their phones firmly wedged up their rectum until the end of the concert. I came to see the band on stage, not the back of your phone.

I always get a kick out of reading the comments when Slashdot posts something like this. The majority of the comments on stories like these can be summed up in two sentences..."I don't have a use for this type of item nor have I ever owned one or any of its competitors, so I have no actual experience or knowledge to base my comment on. But because I don't like them nobody else should use them either, and anyone who does is a fucking idiot".

But at the same time, these comments also show how far Slashdot has degenerated over the years. Now every fourth comment is something like "This device is spying on you!!!!!!!!!!!1111111oneoneoneone". Back in the day, the average Slashdot reader was smart enough to have already fired up packet sniffing software and checked it out for themselves.

Now, to get back on topic. My 80 year old mother does not use Google Home. But she does have a couple of Amazon Echo Dots that I bought and set up for her. Their primary use is for daily news, weather information, music, and clocks and timers. She thinks its wonderful. That's good enough for me.