Comment Re:Shields Up at Gibson Research (Score 1) 264
GRC? I would trust Steve Gibson with my flaky hardrive (spinrite) let alone telling me if my ports are wide open or not.....
Comment Do as I say... (Score 2) 93
Not as I do.
Because we can trust the US would never use malicious software as against another country/organization...
Also does the website accept malware that has made slashdot unusable?
Submission + - The NSA has nearly complete backdoor access to Apple's iPhone (dailydot.com) 3
Frankie70 writes: The U.S. National Security Agency has the ability to snoop on nearly every communication sent from an Apple iPhone, according to leaked documents shared by security researcher Jacob Appelbaum and German news magazine Der Spiegel.
An NSA program called DROPOUTJEEP allows the agency to intercept SMS messages, access contact lists, locate a phone using cell tower data, and even activate the device’s microphone and camera.
An NSA program called DROPOUTJEEP allows the agency to intercept SMS messages, access contact lists, locate a phone using cell tower data, and even activate the device’s microphone and camera.
Comment Re:This has been known for years (Score 1) 371
Wow, never heard about that till now. It's amazing how unscathed Apple's image was with this revolving around their hardware.
I didn't even see any mention of this around the time the NSA leaks were creating uproar.
Comment Re:Now the question is.... (Score 1) 54
I wonder what the statistics are across the board for all home routers and whether the owners are updating them when likely...
My guess is not the majority
Comment Re:Why not? (Score 1) 786
That is probably the biggest shock out of this whole event for me as I've have experienced several website (re)launches in the past few years.
Website launches, specifically those that have large scale rarely go without hiccups or failures in the first few days/weeks.
I'm shocked that people are shocked the website launch didn't go as well as it was planned...
Funneling everyone through a single site to help individuals get health for, of which is different for all 50 states seems like it would difficult to NOT fail or have some launch issues...
Journal Journal: Dear journal?
What? I have a journal?
Well something to take note of recently is that I've been getting a lot more mod points...
Not sure if it's from visiting slashdot on a more constant basis or that they are giving out more mod points to users than previously...
Comment Re:Left out an important one (Score 1) 143
GNOME 3+ yes... but I liked GNOME prior to it trying to mimic Unity and trying something radically different only to find it completely bloated and confusing
Submission + - GMail Chat/GTalk sending chats to wrong recipients
mystikkman writes: In what is a serious bug, GMail Chat/GTalk/Google Hangouts is sending messages to unintended recipients. ZDNet has confirmed first-hand that the glitch is present within Google Apps for Business accounts, including those that have not yet switched over to Google's new Hangouts platform. Messages appear to be visible on the mobile version of Hangouts. There are multiple reports of this issue.
Submission + - VLC reaches 2.1 (videolan.org)
An anonymous reader writes: With a new audio core, hardware decoding and encoding, port to mobile platforms, preparation for Ultra-HD video and a special care to support more formats, 2.1 is a major upgrade for VLC. The popular video player app also features support for 4K video as well as a partial Windows 8 and WinRT port for all those folks out there who don’t know what else to do with their Surface RT.
Comment Re:Been seeing lots of issues on upgraded phones (Score 2) 488
No, they are not identical or are you saying Apple's own website has bad information? https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
Comment Just got done installing 7U39... (Score 1) 55
Is oracle releasing updates on a bi-daily basis?! I could have sworn I was installing update 25 last month!
Note: I have no problems with having security exploits and vulnerabilities being patched, it's just at some point it would be easier on the end user to consolidate updates....
Note: I have no problems with having security exploits and vulnerabilities being patched, it's just at some point it would be easier on the end user to consolidate updates....
Comment Re:All the Buzz (Score 1) 235
Well I almost had a seizure reading the headline
Comment Re:Just steered clear (Score 2) 93
*facepalm* with that logic you should stop using Chrome, guess what, Google knows every place you go on the web even things you type in text boxes ("for spell check reasons" only ;) Stop using Reddit too since they track the links you click on....
Google Chrome, putting the fear into their user base every chance while providing a false sense of security by having the most vulnerabilities the past 3 years than any other browser. Source: http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2012 http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2013 http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2011
Google Chrome, putting the fear into their user base every chance while providing a false sense of security by having the most vulnerabilities the past 3 years than any other browser. Source: http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2012 http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2013 http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2011
Comment Does it fix the bloat? (Score 1) 120
Chrome's memory usage has increased tremendously over it's lifetime, more so that Firefox is leaner on memory than Chrome and starting to lose it's edge in the quickness department (I use Firefox a lot more than Chrome(ium) and even at cold start for both browsers Firefox is loaded up before Chromium has even appeared).
Firefox has come a long way since the first release of Chrome (see https://areweslimyet.com/ and http://arewefastyet.com/)
It's amazing what competition can do!
Speaking of which, does Slashdot report on new versions of other browsers or is Chrome get special treatment since it's the most popular (pushed) browser?
