I completely agree. I just can't get all that outraged when I know I'm the product, that someone wants to make money from it. It's good that its been found and the information published. Frankly, their "explanation" (read: excuse) doesn't ring true to me at all.

I agree. It's a legitimate beef. The outrage is useful, but I also believe that we as consumers of the product should not expect that it will always be created without our best interest in mind.

I demand the Firefox people refund all the money I've paid for their product, and do so immediately! Oh, wait...

I'm not sure if I should be alarmed that this is now available for use outside the already damned places it was before.

Remember, Microsoft browsers are the number one browsers used to download other browsers.

One supposes he plans to do something with his hyperloop idea.

...except it wasn't mouse sperm to start with. It turns out that ANY sperm stored in space produces healthy baby mice no matter what animal it was to start with. It's really a puzzle for scientists and a disappointment for astronauts.

If you take advantage of someone's incompetence to kill people, you are still a murderer.

You've just declared yourself a giant asshole by turning yet another thread into a venue to show off your ill informed parroting of inaccurate political slander against a person who is no longer a relevant candidate.

Many of the vulnerable systems are embedded computing systems or systems that the vendors have to update and those updates become unavailable. It's a problem hospital security people are constantly battling. Hospitals purchase the equipment based on it's ability to do a job medically, and getting security to be a critical part of that assessment is a long hard fight.

People in hospitals did not get care due to this. There was at least one critical stroke response unit that had shut down complete. Medical equipment also relies on computers, some of which were vulnerable. You want to blame the "victims" for un-patched systems? Sure, all systems should be up to date, but that's a bit like blaming the victim of a stray bullet from a gun fight for not wearing combat armor when he went out for a sandwich that day.

One of the problems is, I believe, a law in New Jersey that says once they are available they are mandatory. Instead of resulting in a rush to make them, this has so far been a reason to absolutely not make them.

Assange has made very clear that he's chosen a side in this election campaign. He really has given up any possible moral high ground he ever claimed.

Ecuador has been walking a line for some time providing refuge. Assange has made clear at this point both in statements and in actions, that when it comes to this election he has a very strong bias. Ecuador does not want to be seen taking steps to interfere in a US election. By providing the platform and venue for Assange to do what he's doing, as it becomes increasingly clear that he's not providing unbiased data release but rather acting as a proxy for Russian propaganda product, that's exactly the position they're in. By cutting off his access, they're preventing him using their protection to interfere in the US election.

I guess that means Han Solo isn't dead.

The call is coming from inside the house.... well, planet.