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Comment Faster to type password (Score 3, Informative) 29

I've just tried this because I was curious. However, I suspect by the time I've pulled out my phone, unlocked it with a thumbprint, approved the request in the Lastpass Authenticator app (which does open automatically), and then verified my thumbprint again, it would have been quicker and easier to have just typed in my password. Will keep the setting for now, but will likely changed it back after I get sufficiently annoyed.

Comment Re:Fuel economy (Score 1) 1114

Wrong. Most modern cars will shut the injectors off completely when you take your foot off the accelerator and the engine is operating above idle RPM. When the engine is idling with the clutch in, it has to be supplied with a small amount of gas to keep it turning over and prevent it stalling.
Communications

Submission + - Skype encryption stumps police (nzherald.co.nz)

TallGuyRacer writes: "German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany's top police officer, Joerg Ziercke, said. "The encryption with Skype telephone software ... creates grave difficulties for us... We can't decipher it. That's why we're talking about source telecommunication surveillance — that is, getting to the source before encryption or after it's been decrypted.""
Robotics

Submission + - First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq

An anonymous reader writes: Robots have been roaming Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time — the first time in any warzone — the 'bots are carrying guns. The SWORDS robots, armed with M249 machine guns, "haven't fired their weapons yet," an Army official says. "But that'll be happening soon." The machines have actually been ready to a while, but safety concerns kept 'em off the battlefield. Now, the robots have kill switches, so "now we can kill the unit if it goes crazy," according to the Army. I feel safer already.

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