Comment Re:Have you watched the video? (Score 1) 105
Sorry, but even that is suspect. She could have borrowed, rented or stolen the Mac.
Comment Re:When the video was made is the clincher... (Score 2) 105
Why does nobody fake "evidence" convincingly anymore? As a member of the public, I really feel quite insulted.
Comment Re:Disappearing files (Score 1) 105
That is basically how somebody without a clue would fake being "hacked" Hollywood style....
Comment Re:This was bound to happen. (Score 2, Insightful) 112
Actually, the question is whether there are any real benefits to going into space with people at this time. I agree on the losses though: Either be able to life with them or scrap the whole idea of space.
Comment Well, at least the test was conclusive.... (Score 0, Flamebait) 112
"Boom" is a result that leaves very little room for interpretation.
Virginia Court: LEOs Can Force You To Provide Fingerprint To Unlock Your Phone 328
schwit1 writes with news of a Circuit Court decision from Virginia where a judge has ruled that a criminal defendant cannot use Fifth Amendment protections to safeguard a phone that is locked using his or her fingerprint.
According to Judge Steven C. Fucci, while a criminal defendant can't be compelled to hand over a passcode to police officers for the purpose of unlocking a cellular device, law enforcement officials can compel a defendant to give up a fingerprint. The Fifth Amendment states that "no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself," which protects memorized information like passwords and passcodes, but it does not extend to fingerprints in the eyes of the law, as speculated by Wired last year.
Frucci said that "giving police a fingerprint is akin to providing a DNA or handwriting sample or an actual key, which the law permits. A passcode, though, requires the defendant to divulge knowledge, which the law protects against, according to Frucci's written opinion."
Comment Re:Why dislike something you know nothing about? (Score 1) 928
It is. The kernel is special for a number of reasons that decidedly do not apply to an init system. And then there is the little problem of how systemd is pushed, how it devours every other little service it can get its hands on, how it has some utterly moronic decisions in there that alone disqualify it (e.g. binary logs that can lose the least few messages before a crash), etc.
Seriously, if it look bad in several respects, it very likely is. It actually does not matter anymore what its advantages are, its disadvantages are prohibitive.
Comment Re:Why dislike something you know nothing about? (Score 1) 928
Yes, that is just the point. The systemd proponents are all falling for "new" = "good" and miss that this is both untrue and that the idea of systemd is not new either. There is a reason SysVinit is still perfectly capable of doing the job after 22 years. And that reason is precisely that alternatives have far more problems that it has. Sure, it is not perfect, but why some upstarts that do not even understand basic things like the UNIX philosophy think they can do better is beyond me. And their modus (embrace and extend) is completely all by itself.
It is a mystery for me why they were not laughed out the room the first time they presented their "better" "solution". The only explanation I have is that far too many people either do not remember or never understood how difficult it was to arrive at things that work and do not have to be replaced every few years.
Comment Re:Not "remote" at all for libbfd (Score 1) 87
Indeed. Of course, "local exploit" + "stupidity" => "remote exploit". But that is no valid reason to call any exploit a "remote" one when it is not.
Comment Re:Why dislike something you know nothing about? (Score 0) 928
Nice troll-posting. Actually, the anti-systemd fraction has supplied facts all along. The ones not knowing anything about systemd seem to be the ones that cheer it onwards.
Comment Re:Still easy to remove on a server in Debian sid. (Score 1) 928
Keyword: "still". There will be significant effort invested by some quarters to close that escape-way.
Comment Nice thing: It makes enemies of freedom obvious (Score 1) 928
They sit at Red Hat. They plot a take-over. They aim to destroy most of what FOSS stands for. Systemd finally is the last bit of proof needed of the nefarious machinations going on. It is nice to be sure.
Mark Zuckerberg And John Doerr Donate $1M To Expand The Hour Of Code Campaign 24
theodp writes Techcrunch reports that Mark Zuckerberg has donated $500K to expand the Hour of Code campaign, which aims to reach 100 million students this year with its learn-to-code tutorials, including its top-featured tutorial starring Zuckerberg (video). Techcrunch adds that Zuckerberg's donation will be matched by fellow tutorial team teacher Bill Gates (video), Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Salesforce, Google, and others. Zuck and Gates appear to have a sizable captive audience — a Code.org District Partnership Model brochure on the code-or-no-HS-diploma-for-you Chicago Public Schools' website calls for partner districts to "hold a district-wide Hour of Code event each year" for three years.
Comment Not "remote" at all for libbfd (Score 1) 87
This is a local code execution vulnerability. Remove vulnerabilities do not need help to get onto the machine, that is the very point of the name.
Comment Re:Why not? (Re:No. Just no.) (Score 1) 206
It is the type of society-eroding tactics usually ascribed to "terrorists". As soon as you cannot take most things at face value anymore, civilization collapses.
