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Comment Re:DDOS = Digital Sit-in (Score 1) 206

Not really. If you are blocking the public right of way, you can be arrested. Most stores are on private property, not public so they can reserve the right to refuse service to you as well.

This is why those involved in sit-ins have been arrested in the past, and those on-strike have to 'keep moving' and can't just do their own sit-in.

Comment Re:Staff shortages (Score 1) 156

There's a lot of places to go with this, including over classifying data, etc.. that typically happens, and getting it revisited with the right class authority. You have to look no further than the SBU reports that come out from GAO. It makes it really tough, combined with existing regulations set in stone by congress.

Comment Re:Staff shortages (Score 1) 156

A lot of these jobs require that you be a US Citizen in order to pass the background check to be granted a security clearance. There are lots of jobs posted at clearancejobs.com and other sites that reflect this need. It may take 6-9 months for that process to complete itself (or up to ~2 years in some cases) but once that gauntlet has been run, it becomes much easier the next time.

If you're a qualified networking or IT geek that meets those criteria, there are plenty of jobs available.

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ may also be of value to you as well.

Some of these jobs are serious cash $119k+ ($10k/mo)

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Submission + - Apps Nuked By Google Were Botnet Proof-Of-Concept (forbes.com)

AGreenberg writes: I've written a post at Forbes' cybersecurity blog explaining something that's been missed in coverage of Google's decision to exercise its "kill switch" and delete two apps from Android phones. The apps were not "practically useless" as Google has described them. They were created by cybersecurity researcher Jon Oberheide as a proof-of-concept to show the possibility that a misleading application could transform into malware. One was a fake Twilight preview application capable of fetching new executable code, and was downloaded by more than 300 users. Google only became aware of the apps and deleted them after Oberheide presented his research at the Summercon security conference last week.

Comment Re:I don't fly anymore... (Score 1) 549

Flying was a lot of fun back in the day. If the US48 ever got a serious train system (eg: Shinkansen speeds) I would love to do that instead. The problem has been it's NEITHER time or cost effective to take the train. The plane is Faster and Cheaper and less prone to delays related to congestion. I've heard worse horror stories about trains being days late on long-haul routes vs any experiences in Air travel.

Comment Re:Try not to be too delusional. (Score 2, Interesting) 138

A sad note on the autorun activity. The challenges US-CERT has are complex as they have little ability to enforce sane standards and are just as the name says a response team. Once you formulate a response, someone has to execute it, and the federal government is one of the largest enterprises out there, certainly if you include all the contractors as well. It will be interesting to see if there is a shift away from bah to career feds.

At the same time, everyone makes mistakes and Phil has always shown himself to be a person who generally "gets it" compared to others I've bumped into at GLB. The same is true for any org, fed or not.

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