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Comment: TSA is not ALLOWED to exercise common sense (Score 1, Insightful) 811

It's not that they don't have common sense (I'm not saying they do), but they're not ALLOWED to exercise common sense. There is so much hubbub about patdowns of 90 year old grandmothers and 3 year old toddlers, but they're instructed to treat everyone equally. Otherwise, it would be profiling.

We need to learn from the Israelis that have the best security, but they do lots of common sense profiling.

Comment: Re:PEBKAC (Score 1) 374

by CheckeredFlag (#36255704) Attached to: Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required

On windows, don't the trojan makers try to install without you noticing. I find it really amazing that many people would get infected by this application.

No. By definition, a trojan is something other than what it claims to be and works be tricking the user to install something good that they want and instead delivering something evil.

Social engineering is only getting better and better. As long as the OS allows the execution of unsigned code obtained from any source, the user will be the weakest link. As much as I hate the idea of a closed app-store, Apple might be on to something here which may become the way of the future - i.e. the OS only allowing execution of software from a known trusted source. Malware writers are becoming so good, you can no longer trust the user to be wise. These decisions need to be moved back into the OS via signed code and certs.

Security

Survey Shows How Stupid People Are With Passwords 427

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the your-password-is-trustno1 dept.
wiredmikey writes "Another study was released to today that once again shows how careless people really are online. When it comes to safeguarding personal information online, many people don't seem to care very much, or don't think enough about it. In the survey of more than 2,500 people, some interesting and scary trends were revealed in how users handle their online passwords..."
Hardware Hacking

The Hackintosh Guide 453

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the because-you-can dept.
An anonymous reader writes "A 'Hackintosh' is a computer that runs Apple's OS X operating system on non-Apple hardware. This has been possible since Apple's switch from IBM's PowerPC processors to Intel processors a few years ago. Until recently, building a PC-based Mac was something done only by hard-core hackers and technophiles, but in the last few months, building a Hackintosh PC has become much easier. Benchmark Reviews looks at what it's possible to do with PC hardware and the Mac Snow Leopard OS today, and the pros and cons of building a Hackintosh computer system over purchasing a supported Apple Mac Pro."
The Internet

Woman's Nude Pics End Up Online After Call To Tech Support 197

Posted by samzenpus
from the how-was-your-service-today? dept.
Tara Fitzgerald couldn't find the nude pictures she planned on sending to her boyfriend, but instead of just taking more, she decided to see if a Dell tech support call could fix her problem. Apparently the tech support guy found them. Unfortunately, he then put them up on a site called "bitchtara."
Open Source

Lessons in How to Open Source an Internal Project ->

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snydeq
snydeq writes "Savio Rodrigues points to Lockheed Martin's EurekaStreams as an important lesson for IT shops considering open sourcing an internal project. Although the move to open source the internal social networking platform has been met with some measure of FUD, Rodrigues sees no need to question Lockheed Martin's motives. In fact, he sees a lot to learn from Lockheed Martin's approach. 'Eureka Streams is different than other open source projects, even commercial vendor-developed projects, in another way: The development and decision-making appear to be happening in the public. Lockheed engineers on the Eureka Streams project discuss build strategies and optimal search approaches on the Eureka Streams Google Groups forum. This helps prospective adopters understand and get involved in the project.'"
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Image

The Science of Caddyshack 55

Posted by samzenpus
from the it's-in-the-hole dept.
astroengine writes "Thirty years after the release of the cult classic comedy Caddyshack, Discovery News has geeked out and gone on the hunt for any trace amount of science they can find in the movie (video). From gopher territoriality to seismic deformation, from pool poop bacteria to the color of lightning, it turns out there's quite a lot of science to talk about..."
Google

YouTube upload limit increased to 15 minutes->

Submitted by tekgoblin
tekgoblin writes "This is great news, the original 10 minute limit on videos uploaded to YouTube (YouTube) has now been increased to 15 minutes. It was very time consuming to split an hour video into 6 separate parts, now it only has to be done 4 times.

YouTube stated that an increase in the time limit for videos was the number 1 most requested feature on YouTube. They want you to take advantage of this new change by uploading your 15 minutes of fame video to the site and tagging it with “yt15minutes” the best video will be displayed in the featured spotlight on YouTube’s front page for the world to see.

The move to 15 minutes was also influenced by the success of the content ID program created by YouTube to help the music and movie industry identify copyright content on YouTube."
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Comment: Where are the binaries with OpenSSL??? (Score 1) 160

by CheckeredFlag (#31401672) Attached to: Serious Apache Exploit Discovered

Looks like none of the download mirrors nor the Apache's backup contain the MSI installer that includes OpenSSL. Where is it? Only the non-ssl version is available.

The only exception appears to be the filehat mirror. There is no pgp signature on apache's main server to verify its integrity either.

Was it pulled? Anyone know why it's unavailable?

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