sridharo - Slashdot User

Google's False Start reduces SSL latency by 30 %-> 0

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sridharo

on Friday May 20 2011, @01:11AM

sridharo writes "Google implemented SSL False Start in Chrome 9 that lead to a significant decrease in overall SSL connection setup times. SSL False Start reduces the latency of a SSL handshake by 30%.
Considering that more and more sites are turning to SSL ( Facebook and Twitter moved to SSL early this year ) , this move might benefit in making the web more secure."
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Android security practices? 1

Submitted by Soft on Thursday May 19 2011, @09:48PM

Soft writes "Smartphone security recommendations seem to boil down to Windows-like practices: install an antivirus, run updates, and don't execute apps from untrusted sources. On my own computers, running Linux, I choose to only install (signed) packages from the distribution's or well-known repositories, or programs I can check and compile myself, or run them as a dedicated user--and I don't bother with an antivirus.

What rules should I adopt on my soon-to-be-bought Android device? Can I use it purely with open-source apps and still make the most of it? Are Android's fine-grained permissions (accessing the network, contacts...) reliable? Can apps be trusted not to scan your files and keyboard for passwords and emails? What precautions do security-conscious Slashdotters take to keep control of their phones?"

Anonymization is not really anonymous-> 0

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sridharo

on Wednesday May 18 2011, @04:45AM

sridharo writes "The articles points out by cross-linking multiple anonymized data-sets, there is a good chance of matching identifiable public records to an individual.
In one of the papers, using the IMDB as the source of background knowledge, a individual subscriber can be identified from anonymized data of Netflix."
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Amazing Lego drawing robot-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 17 2011, @09:18PM

An anonymous reader writes "A gyroscope turns a Lego toy into a robot capable of drawing any Encapsulate Postscript (EPS) file. The robot localises itself using the gyroscope and wheel encoders. The system does not use any external reference."
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Comment: Aye Aye Picard (Score 1) 211

by sridharo on Monday May 16 2011, @07:30AM (#36139080) Attached to: Solar-Powered Airplane Completes First International Flight

Strangely, all notable figures by this name in Wikipedia are balloonists/scientists and so is the founder of this company. Now we know why it is Captain Picard in the Star Trek series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccard

Comment: Fake? (Score 1) 172

by sridharo on Thursday May 12 2011, @09:06AM (#36106280) Attached to: Facebook Admits Hiring PR Firm To Smear Google

Now, wait a minute, where's darling Steve ?
I think its a smear campaign by a po'd Steve Jobs to entangle Google & Facebook and take some press off iphone location data fiasco.
If only it was real...

'Superflares' Spotted in Crab Nebula by NASA-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 12 2011, @08:19AM

An anonymous reader writes "Astronomers were shocked when the dusty remains of an exploded star, the Crab Nebula, unleashed a surprising blast of gamma rays, the highest-energy light in the Universe.

The outburst, which was similar to an enormous 'superflare' five times more powerful than any flare previously seen from the object, was first detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope on April 12 and lasted six days."
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Einstein for Everyone-> 0

Submitted by sridharo on Thursday May 12 2011, @08:18AM

sridharo writes "An interesting post simplifying Einstein's Theories. It's Relativity theory made relatively simple."
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Facebook Admits Hiring PR Firm To Smear Google 172

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 12 2011, @08:16AM
from the yeah-we-meant-to-do-that dept.

hasanabbas1987 writes "The clash of the Internet Giants reached new heights after a spokesman for Facebook confirmed to Daily Beast that Facebook paid a high level Public Relation firm to publish and spread stories against Google throughout the media to study various methods to examine the allegations that Google has been violating user privacy."

How do I prevent websites from tracking me? 0

Submitted by witch-doktor on Thursday May 12 2011, @07:48AM

witch-doktor writes "I use FF4. I have "do not track" ticked. But when I go to discovery.com it seems to know all about me and my facebook friends. How do I stop this? How do I stop this in general?"