LaoTzePhuuk - Slashdot User

Comment This is why.... (Score 5, Interesting) 203

by LaoTzePhuuk on Thursday December 01, 2016 @04:44PM (#53403943) Attached to: Bitcoin Exchange Ordered To Give IRS Years of Data On Millions of Users

....cash should be used whenever possible.

Comment What was really going on with... (Score 1) 169

by LaoTzePhuuk on Sunday November 22, 2015 @12:16AM (#50978805) Attached to: Netflix Remaking Lost In Space

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?

Comment 2FA / MFA (Score 1) 258

by LaoTzePhuuk on Sunday October 04, 2015 @12:47PM (#50656617) Attached to: You can have my passwords ...

...not that my passwords will do you any good, with my use of multi-factor authentication...

Comment American Express (Score 2) 345

by LaoTzePhuuk on Sunday October 04, 2015 @12:45PM (#50656591) Attached to: When Fraud Detection Shuts Down Credit Cards Inappropriately

I travel quite bit and I have found that American Express (AMEX) does the best job of fraud prevention & detecting bad transactions without losing the ability to use my card.
The only downside is how many merchants don't take AMEX at point of sale :(

Comment Why are we STILL discussing this? (Score 2) 223

by LaoTzePhuuk on Friday October 24, 2014 @06:15PM (#48225735) Attached to: Passwords: Too Much and Not Enough

Le'ts just get to Two Factor Authentication everywhere and be done with this conversation!

Feed Google News Sci Tech: AT&T Locks Apple SIM Cards on New iPads - PC Magazine (google.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Friday October 24, 2014 @06:12PM

seattlepi.com

AT&T Locks Apple SIM Cards on New iPads
PC Magazine
Apple's SIM cards let you easily switch wireless carriers, but AT&T is having none of that. 0shares. iPad mini 3 centered VIEW ALL PHOTOS IN GALLERY. The idea behind the Apple SIM in the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 was to let you easily switch...
Wolverton: New iPad impresses, but not enough to reverse the negative trendSan Jose Mercury News
10 Awesome Cases For Your New iPad Air 2 (APPL)SFGate
AT&T Locking Apple Interchangeable SIMs in iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 [Updated]Mac Rumors
Fox News-CNET-Re/code
all 195 news articles

Verizon Injects Unique IDs Into HTTP Traffic 206

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 24, 2014 @05:26PM from the doing-the-wrong-thing-badly dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, is now also a real-time data broker. According to a security researcher at Stanford, Big Red has been adding a unique identifier to web traffic. The purpose of the identifier is advertisement targeting, which is bad enough. But the design of the system also functions as a 'supercookie' for any website that a subscriber visits. "Any website can easily track a user, regardless of cookie blocking and other privacy protections. No relationship with Verizon is required. ...while Verizon offers privacy settings, they don’t prevent sending the X-UIDH header. All they do, seemingly, is prevent Verizon from selling information about a user." Just like they said they would.

Comment ...While Black... (Score 1) 379

by LaoTzePhuuk on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @10:42AM (#43013871) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Would You Feel About Recording Your Entire Life?

I like the idea of going to work every day in my suit and tie and every time a cop stops me for Driving While Black, Walking While Black, or Being Black in a Public Place, I can record every interaction and share my everyday experiences with the world.

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