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Comment Re:Permissions? (Score 2) 89

by Eyeball97 (#37622894) Attached to: Android Malware Using Blog As C&C Server

Ok, so let me get this right. You have to agree to permissions for everything an android app does?

Yes.

Do you just spend your whole life agreeing to stuff on your phone?

[Sarcasm]Yes that's right, because I spend every waking moment installing apps on my phone...[/Sarcasm]

I'll take my iPhone, it works, and it always works thank you.

Ok, so let me get this right. You hand over ALL your trust to the app store, and you don't care what permissions an app gets. Because the iDrones at the app store would never make a mistake and let a bad app through, right? You have an iProduct because you like it simple, and reviewing what an app has permission to do while you're installing it is far too complicated for you?
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Woman Claims Wii Fit Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome Screenshot-sm 380

Posted by samzenpus from the can't-stop-playing dept.
Amanda Flowers always liked her Wii Fit but now she can't get enough of it. Amanda claims a fall from her balance board damaged a nerve and has left her suffering from persistent sexual arousal syndrome. From the article: "The catering worker said: 'It began as a twinge down below before surging through my body. Sometimes it built up into a trembling orgasm.' A doctor diagnosed her with persistent sexual arousal syndrome due to a damaged nerve."

Comment Re:Touch (Score 1) 443

by Eyeball97 (#31698316) Attached to: Apple iPad Reviewed

Personally, I find that I am slowly developing an RSI type problem wrt touchpads and touchscreens, preventing extensive use. Anyone else?

Indeed. I notice my hands cramp up a lot faster on my Storm II than they did on my Bold 9700. I thought it was just me...
Privacy

U.S. Confiscating Data at the Border 630

Posted by Zonk from the keep-your-mitts-off-my-bits dept.
PizzaFace writes "U.S. Customs agents have long had broad authority to examine the things a person tries to bring into the country, to prevent the importation of contraband. The agents can conduct their searches without a warrant or probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. In recent years, Customs agents have begun using their authority to insist on copying data brought to the border on laptop computers, cell phones and other devices. The government claims that this intelligence-gathering by Customs is the same as looking in a suitcase. In response the EFF is filing a lawsuit attempting to force the government to reveal its policies on border searches. 'The question of whether border agents have a right to search electronic devices at all without suspicion of a crime is already under review in the federal courts. The lawsuit was inspired by some two dozen cases, 15 of which involved searches of cellphones, laptops, MP3 players and other electronics.'"
The Internet

Submission + - Weak link in Spam business

Submitted by stuckinarut
stuckinarut writes: A study of more than a million spam emails has revealed a weak link in the junk email business.Geoff Voelker and Chris Fleizach at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) examined the infrastructure behind spam. The pair studied more than a million spam messages, collected over a single week in 2006, which advertised 2334 distinct companies, ranging from businesses selling legal products to financial scamming sites.
The messages came from a wide range of sources ... but when the UCSD team followed web links in each spam message, they found that 94% directed traffic to a single web server. Furthermore, 57% led to a single host based in the US.
Upgrades

Submission + - Thermaltake Symphony Mini Liquid Cooling System

Submitted by
Nathan
Nathan writes: "Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/thermaltake_symph ony_mini_liquid_cooling_system/
Article PIC: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/thermaltake_symph ony_mini_liquid_cooling_system/img/email.jpg

Article Snippet:

"Thermaltake has a great watercooling product here with the Symphony Mini. It is easy enough for a beginner to install yet still performs well enough that enthusiasts will be satisfied. With a price tag of over $200 USD it's definitely not the cheapest solution out there but I feel you do get what you pay for. The Mini has a nice sleek look to it although the size of the unit might be an issue for some as it is not practical to move around.""
Wireless Networking

Submission + - The great WIFI consipracy

Submitted by
tsoldrin
tsoldrin writes: "From: http://billzyblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/great-wifi- consipracy.html We are on the cusp of an emerging, ground breaking and revolutionary technology. The question is; will we be allowed to have it? In the United States of America, specifically in metropolitan area's, its difficult to be out of range of some wireless access point or another. We are throwing more signal around than SETI could dream of. But what is the limitation of WIFI? The answer is distance, the range at which you can negotiate a viable connection to a wireless access point. What if distance were no longer an issue? Lets say we had the power to make WIFI reach up to 30 miles. What would we do? The answer is simple, we would embrace and use that technology to our hearts content as we have amply demonstrated in the past. What if I told you we not only have the ability to accommodate 30 mile long wireless connections, its also affordable. So why don't we have it? This is a simple question. We don't have long range consumer level wireless connectivity devices because no ones figured out a way to make money with it yet. But that isn't the biggest reason. The real reason is the potential to bankrupt every broadcast media company on the planet. That and the overwhelming possibility of free speech and communication for everyone. Remember the BBS days back in the late 70's, 80's and 90's? We connected up to message boards by way of analog modems. We relayed Fidonet, Cnet and Usenet by scheduling UUCP drops or Unix to Unix copy. It was very cool, we enjoyed it because of the technology behind it. We were involved and happy to do it because we alone were responsible for propagating the technology, news and information that goes along with it. We were mavericks in our own sense, we understood what most of the world didn't. We have a chance to have it again but that chance is very slim. Given the technology behind radio and WIFI feasibility is no longer at question. The real question is how do you keep it from destroying all the major networks, advertisers and brands. Imagine if you will that the availability of a 30 mile range WIFI access point was an off the shelf item at your local Best Buy. In 2004 17.5 million wireless access points were sold. What we would do with these devices is a no brainer. We would link them together in a massive global network providing free access to all. In a matter of a few years the Internet as we know it would no longer exist. Port charges and up stream providers, gone. On demand streaming audio and video wherever and whenever you want it — and free. The major networks will be forced onto this medium. Cable, satellite and phone companies will be a thing of the past. The whole network controlled by and for the people. Remember that? Where do we go from here? Good question, technophiles are aware of the controversy known as Net Neutrality. If your not I'll sum it up for you. Billion dollar broadcast communications corporations crying poor because of the bandwidth required to stream audio and video. You know the likes; AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon. They have demonstrated that they don't want to provide any resources to those that are not paying them. Never mind the fleecing we the consumer are subjected to. I think the best we can do right now is to keep our eyes and ears on the technology. The technology will emerge in bits and pieces and the big guys (see above) are not going to like it. One thing that comes to mind would be to compile lists of the lobbyists and the senators and or congressmen which have stakes in these companies. We need to be ready to call them on their decisions the moment these questions are posed. Make no mistake, billions if not trillions are at stake here and those that have it now are not going to easily give up what they've got."
Privacy

Submission + - 27B Stroke 6 Blog Taken Down Due to NSA Disclosure

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: 27B Stroke 6, the privacy blog by Ryan Singel and Wired News Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen, has been taken down by Typepad.com, before Singel and Poulsen were able to post on the disclosure below. Please consider posting this Slashdot submission for the widest dissemination possible due to the following information:

"The following partial list of IP blocks is routinely used by NSA (supported by private contractors) to gain access to, to monitor, and in some cases, to destroy IT networks. Such activity is related to the US "Terrorist Surveillance Program." Most of the registrants of the blocks listed below are not aware of these activities. Concerned network admins should examine traffic logs closely. A correlation of traffic from several of these IP blocks likely indicates that a network is under surveillance or has had access attempted by the US Government and affiliated entities.

[83.27.0.0 — 83.27.255.255]
[170.86.0.0 — 170.86.255.255]
[62.212.234.128 — 62.212.234.255]
[81.57.102.0 — 81.57.103.255]
[201.5.0.0 — 201.5.255.255]
[213.151.160.0 — 213.151.191.255]
[70.83.15.0 — 70.83.15.255]
[166.128.0.0 — 166.255.255.255]
[60.64.0.0 — 60.159.255.255]
[142.191.0.0 — 142.191.255.255]
[83.65.121.32 — 83.65.121.39]
[12.108.2.0 — 12.108.3.255]
[65.128.0.0 — 65.159.255.255]
[24.158.208.0 — 24.158.223.255]
[86.97.64.0 — 86.97.95.255]
[201.239.128.0 — 201.239.255.255]
[68.36.0.0 — 68.36.255.255]
[70.44.0.0 — 70.44.255.255]
[64.231.200.0 — 64.231.203.255]
[189.128.0.0 — 189.255.255.255]
[216.155.192.0 — 216.155.207.255]
[121.6.0.0 — 121.7.255.255]
[71.96.0.0 — 71.127.255.255]
[190.213.196.0 — 190.213.196.255]
[80.72.230.0 — 80.72.230.255]
[58.29.0.0 — 58.29.255.255]
[121.128.0.0 — 121.191.255.255]
[88.191.3.0 — 88.191.248.255]
[58.72.0.0 — 58.79.255.255]
[70.16.0.0 — 70.23.255.255]
[200.57.192.0 — 200.57.255.255]
[201.5.0.0 — 201.5.255.255]
[124.168.0.0 — 124.168.255.255]
[211.200.0.0 — 211.205.255.255]
[78.252.0.0 — 78.252.255.255]
[59.0.0.0 — 59.31.255.255]
[72.64.0.0 — 72.95.255.255]
[211.200.0.0 — 211.205.255.255]
[145.53.0.0 — 145.53.255.255]
[71.200.0.0 — 71.200.127.255]
[60.206.0.0 — 60.207.255.255]
[194.178.125.48 — 194.178.125.55]
[98.226.0.0 — 98.226.255.255]
[201.88.0.0 — 201.88.255.255]
[205.209.128.0 — 205.209.191.255]

[51.0.0.0 — 51.255.255.255]
[70.64.0.0 — 70.79.255.255]
[70.112.0.0 — 70.127.255.255]
[202.84.96.0 — 202.84.127.255]
[70.32.0.0 — 70.32.31.255]
[207.218.192.0 — 207.218.255.255]
[69.31.88.0 — 69.31.89.255]
[198.74.0.0 — 198.74.255.255]
[221.0.0.0 — 221.3.127.255]
[72.144.0.0 — 72.159.255.255]
[220.96.0.0 — 220.99.255.255]
[82.88.0.0 — 82.91.255.255]
[216.128.73.0 — 216.128.73.255]

216.155.192.0 — 216.155.207.255
86.81.0.0- 86.81.255.255
67.183.0.0 — 67.183.255.255
195.200.203.0 — 195.200.203.255
66.231.176.0 — 66.231.191.255"
The Internet

Journal Journal: Comcast gets tough on HighSpeed Internet Customers.

Journal by u-235-sentinel

I've been a Comcast customer nearly 4 years and have had a pleasant experience with them until recently. We received a phone call in December from someone claiming they were a Comcast rep to warn us of excessive bandwidth usage. After multiple calls to Comcast Customer Service that same day, we were told to ignore the call since their records said our account showed no issues.

AT&T Forwarding All Internet Traffic to NSA? 682

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the will-it-never-end dept.
An anonymous reader writes "SpamDailyNews is reporting that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief that claims AT&T has been forwarding internet traffic directly into the hands of the NSA. The brief was filed under seal (a procedure that allows only the judge and the litigants to view the document) in order to give the court time to review the information. From the article: 'More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now.'"

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