Comment Re: Positive pressure? (Score 1) 378
Seriously? Ever though about the electronics and mechanics in there? Apparently not.
Comment Re:Positive pressure? (Score 1) 378
Customers do not encounter ATM bombings. Banks do.
Comment Re:Positive pressure? (Score 2) 378
Doe not work. What the thieves need is about 3% gas concentration (above and below it does not explode) and that can still be done. At the same time, positive pressure has to come from somewhere and has a number of real problems.
FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband 430
halfEvilTech writes As part of its 2015 Broadband Progress Report, the Federal Communications Commission has voted to change the definition of broadband by raising the minimum download speeds needed from 4Mbps to 25Mbps, and the minimum upload speed from 1Mbps to 3Mbps, which effectively triples the number of U.S. households without broadband access. Currently, 6.3 percent of U.S. households don't have access to broadband under the previous 4Mpbs/1Mbps threshold, while another 13.1 percent don't have access to broadband under the new 25Mbps downstream threshold.
Comment Re:FUCK YOU WHAT THE FUCK IS IOT (Score 1) 252
Relax. Not anything important whatsoever. Just the next hype for the clueless.
Comment Re:Or maybe (Score 1) 252
So basically making money by ripping off people and spying on them? About what I thought.
Comment Re:What's more irritating? (Score 1) 252
I know it, but this is just another worthless hype-fest that will produce nothing of any use.
One In Five Developers Now Works On IoT Projects 252
dcblogs writes Evans Data Corp., which provides research and intelligence for the software development industry, said that of the estimated 19 million developers worldwide, 19% are now doing IoT-related work. A year ago, the first year IoT-specific data was collected, that figure was 17%. But when developers were asked whether they plan to work in IoT development over the next year, 44% of the respondents said they are planning to do so, said Michael Rasalan, director of research at Evans.
Why Screen Lockers On X11 Cannot Be Secure 375
jones_supa writes: One thing we all remember from Windows NT is the security feature requiring the user to press CTRL-ALT-DEL to unlock the workstation (this can still be enabled with a policy setting). The motivation was to make it impossible for other programs to mimic a lock screen, as they couldn't react to the special key combination. Martin Gräßlin from the KDE team takes a look at the lock screen security on X11. On a protocol level, X11 doesn't know anything of screen lockers. Also the X server doesn't know that the screen is locked as it doesn't understand the concept. This means the screen locker can only use the core functionality available to emulate screen locking. That in turn also means that any other client can do the same and prevent the screen locker from working (for example opening a context menu on any window prevents the screen locker from activating). That's quite a bummer: any process connected to the X server can block the screen locker, and even more it could fake your screen locker.
Justice Department: Default Encryption Has Created a 'Zone of Lawlessness' 431
Jason Koebler writes: Leslie Caldwell, an assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, said Tuesday that the department is "very concerned" by the Google's and Apple's decision to automatically encrypt all data on Android and iOS devices.
"We understand the value of encryption and the importance of security," she said. "But we're very concerned they not lead to the creation of what I would call a 'zone of lawlessness,' where there's evidence that we could have lawful access through a court order that we're prohibited from getting because of a company's technological choices.
"We understand the value of encryption and the importance of security," she said. "But we're very concerned they not lead to the creation of what I would call a 'zone of lawlessness,' where there's evidence that we could have lawful access through a court order that we're prohibited from getting because of a company's technological choices.
Comment Re:Open source code is open for everyone (Score 1) 211
That is because all these people mocking FOSS have absolutely no clue, but try to elevate themselves by pretending to be smart. If they know how abysmally bad many/most commercial closed software products are (I have seen a few samples), they would think differently.
Comment Re:Perfect Business (Score 1) 158
I paid $25 for Opera before it became free. I would do so again or an up-to-date replacement. Money very well spend, even if Version 15 and later are completely unusable. And Opera 12.17 does have a rather well-working ad-blocker integrated.
Comment Re:What's the problem? (Score 1) 146
You have a rather absolute view of things. Real life does not work that way.
Comment Re:Yeah, and all hacked (Score 1) 82
From my experience, that is a rather simplistic point of view. Sure, there will be some programmers that are actually only lacking the time to learn about security, but I have seen security being messed up time and again when it was an explicit requirement and the people doing it had "secure" in their job title.
Comment Re:What's the problem? (Score 1) 146
Clearly I was voicing _opinions_! You know, things people think may be right but do not claim as truth. Apparently you have problems with the concept. Attributes like "bullshit" or "nonsense" clearly mark opinions, not statements of fact.
You seem to have some rather serious problem interpreting what people say. I mean that not in the sense that I am trying to insult you, but in the sense that I detect an actual perception problem on your side. Maybe get that looked at, it could help you avoid serious misinterpretations of what people say on the future.
