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Comment It would be a mistake ... (Score 1) 118

... to think that financial institutions are very serious about security. Their losses are covered by the consumer, so getting their hands on the consumer's money takes a much higher priority than protecting it. Of course, they justify it as "convenience" for the consumer, but it really all about the convenience for them.

Submission + - Making Faces for Security (bbc.co.uk)

Rambo Tribble writes: The BBC reports that Google has filed for a patent on making faces at your smartphone. Intended as a security measure to enhance the protection provided by facial recognition, one has to wonder at the scenes one might witness at the local cyber cafe, perhaps to be fodder for Google Glass uploads to YouTube?

Comment Address user tears with user tiers (Score 1) 597

Agile, like many new ideas, has a tendency to overreach. The exasperated users are the same ones who dread system updates. They see any technological change or inconvenience as the result of a vast technocratic conspiracy. These people are the ones who want it "to just work" and have little patience for the tedious process of taking matters to that point. These complaints stem from taking this group outside its narrow comfort zone.

On the other hand, there are end users, usually termed "power users", who love their engagement with technology and its processes. It is these people who should be part of the ongoing development process. The larger mass of users should be consulted and upgraded, but infrequently. Of course, this requires you not break backward compatibility with each new release. You know who you are.

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