Comment Re:OMG big brother... (Score 1) 353
Do you have any reliable sources for your claim? F-secure says using the default settings your data is sent to Apple twice a day.
Comment xkcd (Score 5, Funny) 120
Comment Re:"Available in WebM" (Score 5, Informative) 163
If you have opted in to use Html5 and website you visit uses iframe to embed YouTube videos you'll see the video without flashplugin. The codec used depends on the browser you are using:
Firefox and Opera will play the WebM version, Safari and IE9 will use h.264. I'm not sure what codec Chrome will prefer, but most likely WebM.
Submission + - SPAM: Serious Security Bugs Found In Android Kernel 1
geek4 writes: An analysis of Google Android Froyo's open source kernel has uncovered 88 critical flaws that could expose users' personal information
An analysis of the kernel used in Google’s Android smartphone software has turned up 88 high-risk security flaws that could be used to expose users’ personal information, security firm Coverity said in a report published on Tuesday.
The results, published in the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report, are based on an analysis of the Froyo kernel used in HTC’s Droid Incredible handset.
Enterprise fears
The results arrive as Android is increasing its market share and increasingly being used in the enterprise.
While Android implementations vary from device to device, Coverity said the same flaws were likely to exist in other handsets as well. Coverity uncovered a total of 359 bugs, about one-quarter of which were classified as high-risk.
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An analysis of the kernel used in Google’s Android smartphone software has turned up 88 high-risk security flaws that could be used to expose users’ personal information, security firm Coverity said in a report published on Tuesday.
The results, published in the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report, are based on an analysis of the Froyo kernel used in HTC’s Droid Incredible handset.
Enterprise fears
The results arrive as Android is increasing its market share and increasingly being used in the enterprise.
While Android implementations vary from device to device, Coverity said the same flaws were likely to exist in other handsets as well. Coverity uncovered a total of 359 bugs, about one-quarter of which were classified as high-risk.
Link to Original Source
Comment Re:If it makes Ubuntu feel any better.... (Score 1) 248
Dell might be selling preloaded Ubuntu machines but at least Dell UK makes it rather difficult to actually buy them. Basically you need to call sales rep, send them few emails, blog about how your emails just weren't answered and if you are lucky you get twitter name that might be able to help you in your quest. Not exactly the easiest shopping experience.
Comment Re:And? Care factor zero (Score 1) 194
Well how about you redo the experiment and prove to the world that this security expert is wrong, from the pdf you can find how he captured the data:
Packet captures were recorded using tshark, the console-based libpcap capture utility. The resulting files were then analyzed using a suite of open-source tools including Wireshark, ngrep, and the Perl Net::Pcap libraries in order to determine what, if any, personally-identifiable information was being shared with third parties.
Happy hacking.
Comment Re:And? Care factor zero (Score 2, Informative) 194
You don't see the problem because you didn't read the pdf:
For example, Amazon’s application communicates the logged-in user’s real name in plain text, along with the UDID, permitting both Amazon.com and network eavesdroppers to easily match a phone’s UDID with the name of the phone’s owner. The CBS News application transmits both the UDID and the iPhone device’s user-assigned name, which frequently contains the owner’s real name.
Comment Re:Who is Nokia again? (Score 1) 210
Yes rest of the world uses Nokia just happily, but I wonder why the North American market is so hard for them. Anyone got some insight on this? Is it carrier problem or some NIH syndrome as it was with Toyota acceleration problem only occurring at the USA?
The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally 703
jamie writes "A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent 'Restoring Honor' event. The would-be rally has been dubbed 'Restoring Truthiness' and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own Colbert Nation.'"
Comment Re:Valve... (Score 1) 313
I got the Humble Indie Bundle for my Ubuntu machine. All the games had different installers but they all worked just fine. If some small indie game developers can get their games working on Linux I can't see why big developers can't do the same. Something like quater of the sales came from Linux users despite it's not the platform any of the developers had in mind when they made their games.
Comment Plugins (Score 1) 256
If you want to test whether your favorite plugin will work at Firefox 4.0 b or not, do following: add new boolean entry at about:config named "extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0b" and set it to false. After that install your plugins and mostly they work just fine, if not nag to the plugin developer :)
Comment Re:Um ... (Score 2, Informative) 142
NFL football is more like a blend of chess and raw violence.
No, chess boxing is more like blend of chess and raw violence.
Comment 64-bit Flash Player 10.1 (Score 1) 272
Is there 64-bit flash 10.1 available on any platform yet? Paul Betlem (Sr. Director, Engineering at Adobe) writes at their blog: "We're working on 64-bit versions, but I'm unable to share a specific schedule at this point. We do understand the incredibly strong interest in its availability."
I can't read anywhere that they gona kill Linux version, or Solaris one for that matter.
Comment Re:Steam on Linux (Score 3, Informative) 256
Well EA already pledged support for MeeGo platform so it's not that far fetched idea.
More Evidence For Steam Games On Linux 256
SheeEttin writes "Back in November 2008, Phoronix reported that Linux libraries appeared in the Left 4 Dead demo, and then in March, Valve announced that Steam and the Source engine were coming to Mac OS X. Now, Phoronix reports that launcher scripts included with the (closed beta) Mac version of Steam include explicit support for launching a Linux version."
