Reuters reported on Saturday that the NSA had secretly paid RSA Data Security $10 million to make a certain flawed algorithm the default in RSA’s BSAFE crypto toolkit, which many companies relied on. RSA issued a vehement but artfully worded quasi-denial. Let’s look at the story, and RSA’s denial....
After spotting a police car with two huge boxes on its trunk — that turned out to be license-plate-reading cameras — a man in New Jersey became obsessed with the loss of privacy for vehicles on American roads. (He’s not the only one.) The man, who goes by the Internet handle “Puking Monkey,” did an analysis of the many ways his car could be tracked and stumbled upon something rather interesting: his E-ZPass, which he obtained for the purpose of paying tolls, was being used to track his car in unexpected places, far away from any toll booths.
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Fare cards, gift cards, credit and debit cards used at Target, etc.,.etc,. etc...
When are we going to make our erzatz money secure?
But no, lets make fun of him because it was "just a McDonald's hamburger."
I'm sorry, but to call 911 because you didn't get what you wanted at McDonalds is just plain stupid (and in some jurisdictions reason for a citation or arrest), no matter how to try to spin things based upon your weird personal experiences.
are there good reasons why such a feature isn't just standard on mobile devices?
Florida Woman Calls 911 After McDonald's Runs Out of McNuggets
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There are too many stupid people on this planet, and our emergency response people are already overworked without having to respond to McNugget shortages.
...do you trust that the compiler is generating the best code for you?,,,
Trust, but verify.
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I come from the days when it was the programmer, not the compiler, that optimized the code. So nowadays, I let the compiler do its thing, but I do a lot of double-checking of the generated code.
Again, no one is claiming that they are the same thing.
Perhaps you should chat with the author of the article. He seems to make that equation.
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Maybe he did it just to grab headlines, or maybe he did it for other reasons. Who knows his intent?
The bottom line is that page hits = $$
He got a lot of page hits from the story here on
The impression I get from the article is that the writer found that infrastructure providers' price models make "picking a vendor appropriate for the task at hand" not the easiest job.
Yeah, the writer seems to think that knowing what you need is a big problem.
...'The complete authorized session on the site is saved in the plist file in full view despite the use of https...
HTTPS only ensures security between the browser and the web server. HTTPS is not designed to ensure security of what the browser decides to store locally.
Seems like you can pick which vendor gives you the best value based on the use case of your application. Doesn't seem that absurd to me at all.
Exactly. It is a shame that the writer does not seem to be able to understand the process of picking a vendor appropriate for the task at hand.
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What does seem absurd, however, is how magazines seem to create issues to write about.
... Ford says the research vehicle's sensors are sensitive enough to detect the difference between a small animal and a paper bag even at maximum range...
That is not as difficult as it may sound. And it is not a question of "sensitivity". The paper bag does not generate heat, while a small animal does.
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So big deal - the car has an infrared camera on board.
As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again, we might as well try making it round this time. - Mike Dennison
