Comment Re:Allow me to quote... (Score 1) 572
how did people die from this? or likely anyway?
Comment well (Score 1) 456
this kind of explains why i can buy a used Lumia Windows Phone for $20 on amazon
Submission + - CIA: 10 Tips when investigating a flying saucer (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: Most people don’t typically associate the Central Intelligence Agency with historical UFO investigations but the agency did have a big role in such investigations many years ago. That’s why I thought it was unusual and kind of interesting that the agency this week issued a release called “How to investigate a flying saucer.” [The release is also a nod to the fact that the science fiction TV series X-Files returns to the screen this weekend]
Submission + - NSA Chief: Arguing Against Encryption Is a Waste of Time (theintercept.com)
An anonymous reader writes: NSA director Mike Rogers said, "encryption is foundational to the future" on Thursday. He added that it was a waste of time to argue that encryption is bad or that we ought to do away with it. Rogers is taking a stance in opposition to many other government officials, like FBI director James Comey. Rogers further said that neither security nor privacy should be the imperative that drives everything else. He said, "We’ve got to meet these two imperatives. We’ve got some challenging times ahead of us, folks."
Submission + - Google Says It Killed 780 Million 'Bad Ads' In 2015 (cio.com)
itwbennett writes: According to a new Google report, the search giant disabled more than 780 million "bad ads," including include ads for counterfeit products, misleading or unapproved pharmaceuticals, weight loss scams, phishing ploys, unwanted software and "trick-to-click" cons, globally last year. This marks a 49 percent increase over 2014. For perspective, it would take an individual nearly 25 years to look at the 780 million ads Google removed last year for just one second each, according to Google. If the trend continues, Google's team of more than 1,000 staffers dedicated to killing spam will be even busier in 2016, and they could disable more than a billion junky ads.
Submission + - Volvo promises 'death-proof' cars by 2020 (msn.com)
mrspoonsi writes: Volvo, which produces some of the safest cars in the world, is pledging that by 2020 no one will be killed or injured by a new vehicle it manufactures.
The Swedish manufacturer had no reported deaths in its XC90 in the US last year, showing that some of its cars are already preventing deaths on the road.
Volvo would like this statistic to be true for the whole range and not just the XC90, and with the development of new accident avoidance technologies, the Swedish car giant believes it can achieve this goal.
CEO of Volvo's North American division Lex Kressemakers said: "If you meet Swedish engineers, they're pretty genuine. They don't say things when they don't believe it."
New and more accurate safety technologies — such as collision avoidance, pedestrian detection and auto lane-keeping assist — would also help the development of autonomous cars, which some manufacturers, such as Volvo, are hoping to release by 2020.
The Swedish manufacturer had no reported deaths in its XC90 in the US last year, showing that some of its cars are already preventing deaths on the road.
Volvo would like this statistic to be true for the whole range and not just the XC90, and with the development of new accident avoidance technologies, the Swedish car giant believes it can achieve this goal.
CEO of Volvo's North American division Lex Kressemakers said: "If you meet Swedish engineers, they're pretty genuine. They don't say things when they don't believe it."
New and more accurate safety technologies — such as collision avoidance, pedestrian detection and auto lane-keeping assist — would also help the development of autonomous cars, which some manufacturers, such as Volvo, are hoping to release by 2020.
Submission + - Bank Heists - Another Profession That Technology is Killing Off
HughPickens.com writes: In 1992 there were 847 bank robberies in the UK; by 2011 that had dropped to just 66. Now Lawrence Dobbs writes in the Telegraph about how technology is killing off this age old profession. “The development of more sophisticated alarm systems and CCTV, as well as supporting forensic developments such as DNA analysis and facial recognition software, all serve to assist police," says Jim Dickie, a former detective who spent more than 30 years with the Metropolitan Police. Those who do try are either feckless opportunists or “serial offenders” who have already served time and are easily found on police databases. “Hands-on heists are a dying art, because those who have a background in it are literally dying off.”
In 2015 a gang of aging jewel thieves pulled off one last spectacular job. Using a diamond-tipped drill and a 10-ton hydraulic ram, they broke into the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd vault and made off with at least £14million in precious stones, gems, bullion and jewelry in the largest burglary in English history. But the Hatton Garden burglars were caught because they used one of their own cars within view of a security camera. According to David Kelly, it’s CCTV which has changed things most. “It’s now virtually impossible to travel through any public space in a major metropolitan area without being captured. They’re everywhere, the image quality is better, and the ability to store images for longer has increased." Then there are your physical alarm devices: motion sensors, window monitors which detect glass shattering, or devices which trigger when a door is opened. “These devices can now be deployed wirelessly – in an older building, where you might not have wires in place," says Kelly. “There are also tools at the disposal of the private sector, in cooperation with the public sector, which are perhaps not matters of common knowledge, and there’s a tactical advantage to our clients in them remaining that way.” Add to this the various technologies used to protect or track the loot itself – dye packs hiding inside stacks of banknotes, which explode when they leave a certain range; GPS tracking on security vans and inside cash containers – and you can see why even a hardened criminal might prefer to stay in bed.
In 2015 a gang of aging jewel thieves pulled off one last spectacular job. Using a diamond-tipped drill and a 10-ton hydraulic ram, they broke into the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd vault and made off with at least £14million in precious stones, gems, bullion and jewelry in the largest burglary in English history. But the Hatton Garden burglars were caught because they used one of their own cars within view of a security camera. According to David Kelly, it’s CCTV which has changed things most. “It’s now virtually impossible to travel through any public space in a major metropolitan area without being captured. They’re everywhere, the image quality is better, and the ability to store images for longer has increased." Then there are your physical alarm devices: motion sensors, window monitors which detect glass shattering, or devices which trigger when a door is opened. “These devices can now be deployed wirelessly – in an older building, where you might not have wires in place," says Kelly. “There are also tools at the disposal of the private sector, in cooperation with the public sector, which are perhaps not matters of common knowledge, and there’s a tactical advantage to our clients in them remaining that way.” Add to this the various technologies used to protect or track the loot itself – dye packs hiding inside stacks of banknotes, which explode when they leave a certain range; GPS tracking on security vans and inside cash containers – and you can see why even a hardened criminal might prefer to stay in bed.
Submission + - Backdoor Account Found on Devices Used by White House, US Military (sec-consult.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A hidden backdoor account was discovered embedded in the firmware of devices deployed at the White House and in various US Military strategic centers, more precisely in AMX conference room equipment. The first account was named Black Widow, and after security researchers reported its presence to AMX, the company's employees simply renamed it to Batman thinking nobody will notice. AMX did remove the backdoor after three months. In its firmware's official release notes, AMX claimed that the two accounts were only used for debugging, just like Fortinet claimed that its FortiOS SSH backdoor was used only internally by a management protocol.
Submission + - Psychic dogs and enlisted men: the military's research into ESP (muckrock.com)
v3rgEz writes: Government research often pushes the boundaries between science and science fiction. Today, the proud bearer of that mantle is often DARPA, experimenting with robots, cybernetics, and more. But in the sixties, during the height of the Cold War, this research often went into more fantastical realms, even exploring whether ExtraSensory Perception (ESP) was possible. Thanks to FOIA, MuckRock looks back on the paranormal history of American surveillance.
Comment Dark matter black markets? (Score 1) 87
For a second I thought the title said Dark Matter Black Markets still growing like wow people are trained the stuff on the black market? Wow
Comment Re: Must example set of him (Score 1) 629
eh, come on now why such a hard line? I mean I understand what you're talking about in theory but in practice cops are people too and sometimes they just want to know basic information if we treat them like enemies like this they will treat us like enemies
I suppose since you're talking about your children I can respect what you're trying to tell them since they may not have the cognitive capacity to tell if the police are manipulating them however I've also heard people say here " never talk to the cops ever ever ever always ask for a lawyer" it's not like every single time a police officer opens his mouth he's trying to manipulate you there were two police officers at a community meeting today I attended and I almost asked him a question but someone else asked it before me
Comment Re: Idiot Parents (Score 1, Troll) 569
Parents are 100% responsible for every decision a child ever makes in their entire life because reality never throws situations at people that changes the circumstances.
Comment amazing (Score 1) 109
This is potentially an amazing breakthrough! Let's hope it does scale up safely for human trails.
Submission + - Mars One Delayed 2 Years, CEO releases video in response to criticism (astrowatch.net)
CryoKeen writes: Its interesting how different news sites spin #marsgate first the Yahoo News
The private colonization project Mars One has pushed its
planned launch of the first humans toward the Red Planet
back by two years, to 2026.
The delay was necessitated by a lack of investment funding,
which has slowed work on a robotic precursor mission that
Mars One had wanted to send toward the Red Planet in
2018, Mars One CEO Bas Lansdorp said in a new video
posted today... "We had a very successful investment round in 2013 that
has financed all the things that we have done up to now.
And we have actually come to an agreement with a
consortium of investors late last year for a much bigger
round of investments. Unfortunately, the paperwork of that
deal is taking much longer than we expected," Lansdorp Lansdorp said in the video.
This Astrowatch article is a lot more scathing and to the point " Mars One, the Dutch company planning to send people on a
one-way trip to Mars, that recently selected a group of 100
hopefuls, struggles with criticism. In a Medium story this
week, Mars One finalist Joseph Roche presented multiple
reasons as to why he believed the entire operation is a
complete scam. In response, the company published a
video Thursday in which Bas Lansdorp, CEO and Co-
founder of Mars One, replies to recent criticism concerning
the feasibility of Mars One's human trip to Mars. He also
revealed that the mission will be delayed for two years.
Roche said that the “only way” to get selected for the next
round of the Mars One candidacy process was to donate
money. “My nightmare about it is that people continue to
support it and give it money and attention, and it then gets
to the point where it inevitably falls on its face,” Roche told
Elmo Keep for Medium."
The private colonization project Mars One has pushed its
planned launch of the first humans toward the Red Planet
back by two years, to 2026.
The delay was necessitated by a lack of investment funding,
which has slowed work on a robotic precursor mission that
Mars One had wanted to send toward the Red Planet in
2018, Mars One CEO Bas Lansdorp said in a new video
posted today... "We had a very successful investment round in 2013 that
has financed all the things that we have done up to now.
And we have actually come to an agreement with a
consortium of investors late last year for a much bigger
round of investments. Unfortunately, the paperwork of that
deal is taking much longer than we expected," Lansdorp Lansdorp said in the video.
This Astrowatch article is a lot more scathing and to the point " Mars One, the Dutch company planning to send people on a
one-way trip to Mars, that recently selected a group of 100
hopefuls, struggles with criticism. In a Medium story this
week, Mars One finalist Joseph Roche presented multiple
reasons as to why he believed the entire operation is a
complete scam. In response, the company published a
video Thursday in which Bas Lansdorp, CEO and Co-
founder of Mars One, replies to recent criticism concerning
the feasibility of Mars One's human trip to Mars. He also
revealed that the mission will be delayed for two years.
Roche said that the “only way” to get selected for the next
round of the Mars One candidacy process was to donate
money. “My nightmare about it is that people continue to
support it and give it money and attention, and it then gets
to the point where it inevitably falls on its face,” Roche told
Elmo Keep for Medium."
Comment Re:What is the legal theory here? (Score 1) 140
Corporations have more power than the government. I never asked for this.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
*uses Adam Jensen cyborg powers and flies into the sky*
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