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Comment Sort of... (Score 2) 112

"It doesn't disable JavaScript entirely," Xiong said. "It only partially disables JavaScript."

That line really bothers me. How many times before have ways been found around things like SQL sanitization procedures? Why not block ALL javascript unless it's explicitly enabled? I can't believe that they would let that go.

Comment Re:Hey! This thing has code! Were you expecting th (Score 2, Funny) 112

I'm almost done a "Database Design and Development" course at college. Turns out the course entirely relies on MS Access (not exactly what I had in mind when signing up). Anyway, in the later part of the course macros/VBA was embedded in the example files, and one of the first instructions in the book was always "Enable the contents" - but the book never bothered mentioning why the warning was there and what the purpose was. I'm sure at least half of my computer science major peers would click OK without thought.

Comment Why wasn't this implemented from day one? (Score 5, Insightful) 112

Is this really a "feature" that should be celebrated? This should have been implemented since the beginning. If you're making a PDF reader, and the PDF spec has an "execute" functionality, shouldn't everyone developing these programs have seen the spec and realized what this could do?

Comment Seems a bit silly at first glance... (Score 1) 202

This seems rather odd as the firmware is just a binary blob anyway, right? I'm not sure what they achieve by doing this other than alienating their customers. However, does the firmware just happen to fall under an umbrella of things that non-customers should not have access to? That would better explain their position. Or they could just be trying to squeeze an extra dime out of people...

Comment Forget Privacy Controls... (Score 1) 244

Instead of privacy controls, how about not entering information you want to keep to yourself or a select few from ever getting on the site in the first place ? It's already been proven that what is private now will not necessarily be kept private, and there's always leaks and whatnot. Is it really that hard to just NOT put certain stuff on these sites to begin with ?

Comment Great... (Score 2, Informative) 206

Most of the "Developing nations" out there are still having trouble with clean water, roads, and reliable power. So we're going to stick them with solar ? First, who is going to pay for it ? Second, if they aren't getting reliable power through more traditional means (like coal), how is this REALLY going to help them at all ?
Media

Submission + - Build a Media PC and 'Cut the Cord' from Cable TV (cuttingthebills.com)

mrthreeplates writes: Lots of people are getting tired of their (ever increasing) Cable / Satellite TV bills and starting to 'Cut the Cord' for free broadcast TV and phone service.

Here is how you can build a do-it-all Media-PC that makes the process painless, will be the envy of your friends, and you get to tell the cable company 'Cancel my service!'

Security

Submission + - False Start for Cyber Security Challenge UK (netcraft.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Netcraft writes about an ironic "false start" for the Cyber Security Challenge UK website. The new venture touts itself as "a programme of national challenges, designed by experts, to identify and nurture the UK’s future cyber security workforce". Unfortunately, the website appears to be vulnerable to a basic cross-site scripting vulnerability which was easily found by some Twitter users.

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