Comment Non-binding resolution (Score 1) 58
This is a non-binding resolution, as the EU parliament cannot start a directive proposal. This is just a plea to the EU commission, most of the time it gets ignored.
Comment Stuxnet in a water pump? (Score 2) 36
Article says
Ralph Langner, a researcher who conducted an in-depth analysis of Stuxnet after the malware’s existence came to light, noted that “a water pump cannot carry a copy of Stuxnet”.
Indeed, I wonder how it moved laterally from the water pump. Was it a connected water pump? What fool would grant network access to a water pump in a nuclear facility?
Comment Not transliterated (Score 1) 122
"visionOS begins with a lowercase v, even when it's the first word in a sentence." The terms should never be translated or transliterated
How should it be inserted in RTL writing?
Comment Maths vs physics (Score 1) 61
It is nice to prove software, it will fix bugs.
However, mathematically proved software runs on hardware, and hardware follows the laws of physics, where many things cannot be proven. Rowhammer attacks are there to remind us of the limits of proven software.
Comment How does it works? (Score 1) 109
Any information on how it works? It could be made secure, by using PKI, although it would need to cope with a camera updating its certificate and signing software. It could also be made obscure, and soon to be cracked.
Comment BSD too (Score 1) 170
Linux is the "only OS to support a diagonal monitor mode (...)"
BSD systems can do it too, you insensitive clod.
Comment Re:Fine (Score 1) 22
Southwest is alone making the headlines. Did other companies enjoyed a different weather?
Comment Famine (Score 1) 19
History has shown that between cutting on nuclear and famine, North Korea choose famine.
Comment Fine (Score 2) 22
They just had a 140M USD fine for last year's disruptions, but they keep selling tickets while they lack workers? Perhaps the fine is not big enough.
Comment Bargain (Score 1) 40
They hire then discover they do not need the employees? Instead of deploying IA, I suggest a bargain: fire a few C-level executives, it will help more that IA.
Comment Payback time (Score 1) 89
One could rejoice about payback time, since USA used unfair litigation against UE businesses for years. But I bet EU will carve out.
Comment Re:Reporting in 10 minutes? haha no (Score 1) 5
I agree 10 minutes is not enough to gather hard facts. Even 24 hours is often too short for that.
But I doubt it is designed as a prosecution tool. Do they really need that to proceed with unfair prosecution?
Comment Push back against 12 hours day (Score 3, Insightful) 11
[Unions are] pushing back on an effort by companies to get permission for 12-hour work days,
People refuse to spend their whole life, and even death, at work, and WSJ dares to call that business unfriendly.
Comment AI-generated? (Score 1) 34
Perhaps this is a biased report written by an AI with conflict of interest on the topic. Who knows?
EFF Proposes Addressing Online Harms with 'Privacy-First' Policies (eff.org) 32
Long-time Slashdot reader nmb3000 writes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a new white paper, Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms , to propose an alternative to the "often ill-conceived, bills written by state, federal, and international regulators to tackle a broad set of digital topics ranging from child safety to artificial intelligence." According to the EFF, "these scattershot proposals to correct online harm are often based on censorship and news cycles. Instead of this chaotic approach that rarely leads to the passage of good laws, we propose another solution."
The EFF writes:
The EFF writes:
What would this comprehensive privacy law look like? We believe it must include these components:
- No online behavioral ads.
- Data minimization.
- Opt-in consent.
- User rights to access, port, correct, and delete information.
- No preemption of state laws.
- Strong enforcement with a private right to action.
- No pay-for-privacy schemes.
- No deceptive design.
A strong comprehensive data privacy law promotes privacy, free expression, and security. It can also help protect children, support journalism, protect access to health care, foster digital justice, limit private data collection to train generative AI, limit foreign government surveillance, and strengthen competition. These are all issues on which lawmakers are actively pushing legislation—both good and bad.
