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Comment Are humans in similar cars? (Score 1) 171

Since the self-driving cars are new vehicles, safety comparisons should only be done against new cars of similar cost / specifications. (which would likely include automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, etc...)

Comparing against the existing fleet is only fair if the self-driving systems are meant to be retrofit onto the existing fleet.

Comment Re:"Not a security bug" (Score 1) 71

The user needs to enter the string - if it can be triggered from outside, it might be a security bug... (Even if it can run arbitrary code, code execution from an "attacker" (user) that already have arbitrary code execution (can install apps) on the device is not a security issue)

If it allows running code with elevate permissions though...

Comment Re:Step into vendor lock-in, blame yourself (Score 1) 110

Most companies have a data center and if they're lucky have a cloud backup. Fortune 100 can afford to do things differently. Some Fortune 500 will. After that... meh, very rare. Right now efficiency is more important when your entire data center team is one guy and his college dorm buddy.

Correct - some scale is needed - enough that two teams are not a lot of extra people.. (ideally most with some degree of skills on both) (likely virtualization teams of at least 10 people)

I wonder how much of a pricing advantage expanding capacity from the cheapest vendor might give... They might try to discount to get that business. (Slowly moving to just one vendor eliminates the advantages though)

Comment Re:Step into vendor lock-in, blame yourself (Score 1) 110

I was at a telecom company that would get two vendors for voice switches and later MSANs - they are normally divided between different regions, but it does mean that there are people skilled in both products and the vendors can be played off against each other....

Comment Re:Only dedicated hacking devices? (Score 1) 63

It is not even an SDR, it is has TI CC1101 RF chip dealing with the modulation. (It also have RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, hardware capable of 802.15.4 (but no software),IR and iButton support in one device...)

(The CC1101 is quite capable, but is limited to the modulation that it supports (e.g. no PSK)

Comment Re:Comedy gold. (Score 1) 80

As software ages, if there is no ongoing support process that includes security fixes, the software becomes less and less secure. Windows 11 will become more secure than Windows 10 over time, for the simple reason that Windows 10 will one day no longer be maintained.

Is stays as secure as it was - the security defects were present whether they were discovered or not... Without patches the defects does not decrease though...

Practically the impact of the defects does increase when they are widely known. No public knowledge of them does not mean they don't pose a danger or that small groups are not actively exploiting the flaws.

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