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Comment Re:Have they heard of a PC? (Score 1) 125

Time-based One Time Password. You and the server have a copy of a shared secret. The secret combined with the current UTC time (in blocks of 30 seconds typically) is hashed to produce a 4 digit code that you enter as a second authentication factor. Without the secret, even knowing the current TOTP code isn't enough for you to predict future ones.

Comment Re:Only two? (Score 1) 53

You have to go way back in evolution, to the pre-chordates, to find this mostly separated front vs back dual nervous system. In all the vertebrates, including fish and reptiles, the two systems are already combined (at least in the post-developmental stage).

You can still also see it in a few modern descendants of the pre-chordates such as jellyfsh and the acorn worm.

What do you think of the article's "Jellyfish, which diverged from humans about 600 to 700 million years ago..."?

Is there an Ascii for eye roll? 8^O

Submission + - Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location da (theguardian.com)

AmiMoJo writes: Google has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had manipulated users into agreeing to be constantly tracked on their mobile phones. The fine, imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), comes after complaints from multiple European consumer organisations that Google was following every step users took.

The DPC launched its inquiry six years ago and set out to find out whether Google had a valid legal basis for its use of location data. It found that Google users could have been unaware that their location was being used to influence them with adverts or to gather details about their health and interests.

Comment Re:Another side problem (Score 1) 73

Yes. We need to stop building software as cheaply as possible and put in actually resilient security. We know how to do that, the industry is just completely incapable of self-regulating. Hence we need liability, qualification requirements and unpleasant punishments for screwing up. Incidentally, that is how all other engineering disciplines made it to maturity. IT will not be different.

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