JakeThompson1 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:hence new cali tax law (Score 2) 258

by JakeThompson1 on Monday January 25, 2021 @01:43AM (#60988010) Attached to: More Companies Are Joining 'Tech Exodus' From California

These aren't laws. These are proposed bills. No chance to pass, and it would violate the state and federal constitution if it did. It's a non-issue. I'm certain every other state out there has at least one moron also introducing stupid legislation that has no chance to pass.

I'm not sure that it's unconstitutional. In the 1990s, California and New York tried to pass a tax on retirement income of former residents with the following logic: if you get a California income tax deduction for what you put into your 401(k) while living in California, then you should still have to pay California tax on the withdrawal after retirement, even if you have left California. Congress stepped in and passed a law called PL 104-95 prohibiting this. I always wondered why this concept didn't keep coming up in political conversation until I heard about the law. http://pmstax.com/state/bull96...

Submission + - 21 Financial Sites Found to Store Sensitive Data in Browser Disk Cache (securityevaluators.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @02:45PM

An anonymous reader writes: The LA Times mentions that after visiting well known sites such as ADP, Verizon Wireless, Scottrade, Geico, Equifax, PayPal and Allstate, sensitive data remains in the browser disk cache despite those sites using SSL. This included full credit reports, prescription history, payroll statements, partial SSNs, credit card statements, and canceled checks. Web servers are supposed to send a Cache-Control: no-store header to prevent this, but many of the sites are sending non-standard headers recognized only by Internet Explorer, and others are sending no cache headers at all. While browsers were once cautious about writing content received over SSL to the disk cache, today, most do so by default unless the server specifies otherwise.

Submission + - Researchers hack over a dozen home routers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @02:48PM

An anonymous reader writes: Security researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have published a report demonstrating that a slew of home and small office (SOHO) routers are vulnerable to previously undisclosed vulnerabilities. The report asserts that at least thirteen popular routers can be compromised by a remote attacker, and a number of them do not require knowledge of credentials or active management sessions. Some of the routers are not listed as they work with vendors to fix them, but there are 17 vulnerabilities disclosed, with another 21 pending release. An article on CNET includes an interview with some of the researchers.

Comment Re:Isaac Asimov (Score 1) 757

by JakeThompson1 on Friday August 05, 2005 @10:07PM (#13255600) Attached to: Pentagon Wants Screenplays From Scientists

Any kid who really is interested in things of a technical nature is probably going to be reading Popular Science or something like that at the age these comics are geared toward, and any kid who's not will say "You mean Thomas Edison couldn't fly?" and go back to betting they're life on a career in the NFL.

What those kids bet their lives on becoming English teachers?

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