Comment Re:This is why right-to-repair is important (Score 1) 144
Rift/Quest?
Comment Re:This is why right-to-repair is important (Score 1) 144
and if that software requires a $100,000/month of clod servers to use? maybe it has custom hardware that the software needs to run. There are so many reasons why just turning over software isn't always an option
Submission + - Google Pay Users Alarmed by Bug Triggering Erroneous "New Card Added" Emails (9to5google.com)
apcyberax writes: A glitch causes expired and current payment methods to reappear, sparking confusion among users receiving multiple alerts.
A bug on Google’s end is causing expired payment methods that even have old addresses to reappear. There are some reports of cards currently in use appearing, while a few people say they are seeing unfamiliar payment methods, though this isn’t confirmed.
A bug on Google’s end is causing expired payment methods that even have old addresses to reappear. There are some reports of cards currently in use appearing, while a few people say they are seeing unfamiliar payment methods, though this isn’t confirmed.
Comment Re:Sure if you ignore the 60GB PS3 (Score 2) 31
People think $800 for a game system is expensive are the same people that spend $1200 on a new iphone every year
Submission + - T-Mobile shutting down 2G Network beginning next month. (msn.com) 1
Dustin Destree writes: T-Mobile will be shutting down their 2G network beginning next month making older phones obsolete.
Submission + - Disney says Disney+ TOS means man can't sue for wife's fatal allegic reaction 1
beamdriver writes: As is being reported in Newsday , Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the husband of a Carle Place physician who suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant.
The company cited legal language agreed to years earlier when Jeffrey Piccolo, widower of Kanokporn Tangsuan, 42, of Plainview, signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service that requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company, records show.
Kanokporn Tangsuan, died in October after dining with her husband, Jeffrey Piccolo, at a restaurant in a section of the Walt Disney World Resort. Despite informing the waitstaff several times of her severe peanut and dairy allergies and receiving assurances that her meal would be allergen-free, she began having severe difficulty breathing shortly after dinner. She self-administered an epi-pen and was transported to a hospital, where she later died.
A medical examiner attributed her death to anaphylaxis due to elevated levels of dairy and nuts in her system, according to the suit.
The company cited legal language agreed to years earlier when Jeffrey Piccolo, widower of Kanokporn Tangsuan, 42, of Plainview, signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service that requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company, records show.
Kanokporn Tangsuan, died in October after dining with her husband, Jeffrey Piccolo, at a restaurant in a section of the Walt Disney World Resort. Despite informing the waitstaff several times of her severe peanut and dairy allergies and receiving assurances that her meal would be allergen-free, she began having severe difficulty breathing shortly after dinner. She self-administered an epi-pen and was transported to a hospital, where she later died.
A medical examiner attributed her death to anaphylaxis due to elevated levels of dairy and nuts in her system, according to the suit.
Submission + - Microsoft Investigates Widespread Microsoft 365 and Azure Outage (bleepingcomputer.com)
apcyberax writes: Microsoft is actively addressing an ongoing global outage affecting access to select Microsoft 365 and Azure services. The company acknowledges connectivity and performance issues with multiple services and features, with more information available in the admin center under MO842351.
However, some users struggle to access the Microsoft 365 admin center and Service Health Status page, hampering real-time updates on Azure and Microsoft 365/Power Platform admin centers.
Microsoft states that the incident currently impacts European users and only a subset of its services.
However, some users struggle to access the Microsoft 365 admin center and Service Health Status page, hampering real-time updates on Azure and Microsoft 365/Power Platform admin centers.
Microsoft states that the incident currently impacts European users and only a subset of its services.
Comment Hope no one is having a day off (Score 1) 61
I got off lightly. Only 3 of mine needed reissuing. But 24 hours notice is insane. We got the email After hours yesterday so by the time i read it i had about 9 hours left.
I feel for anyone that might be on holiday or not checking emails.
Submission + - How a Cheap Barcode Scanner Helped Fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs In a Flash (theregister.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Not long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems engineer Rob Woltz remembered a small but important fact: When PCs boot, they consider barcode scanners no differently to keyboards. That knowledge nugget became important as the firm tried to figure out how to respond to the mess CrowdStrike created, which at Grant Thornton Australia threw hundreds of PCs and no fewer than 100 servers into the doomloop that CrowdStrike's shoddy testing software made possible. [...] The firm had the BitLocker keys for all its PCs, so Woltz and colleagues wrote a script that turned them into barcodes that were displayed on a locked-down management server's desktop. The script would be given a hostname and generate the necessary barcode and LAPS password to restore the machine.
Woltz went to an office supplies store and acquired an off-the-shelf barcode scanner for AU$55 ($36). At the point when rebooting PCs asked for a BitLocker key, pointing the scanner at the barcode on the server's screen made the machines treat the input exactly as if the key was being typed. That's a lot easier than typing it out every time, and the server's desktop could be accessed via a laptop for convenience. Woltz, Watson, and the team scaled the solution – which meant buying more scanners at more office supplies stores around Australia. On Monday, remote staff were told to come to the office with their PCs and visit IT to connect to a barcode scanner. All PCs in the firm's Australian fleet were fixed by lunchtime – taking only three to five minutes for each machine. Watson told us manually fixing servers needed about 20 minutes per machine.
Woltz went to an office supplies store and acquired an off-the-shelf barcode scanner for AU$55 ($36). At the point when rebooting PCs asked for a BitLocker key, pointing the scanner at the barcode on the server's screen made the machines treat the input exactly as if the key was being typed. That's a lot easier than typing it out every time, and the server's desktop could be accessed via a laptop for convenience. Woltz, Watson, and the team scaled the solution – which meant buying more scanners at more office supplies stores around Australia. On Monday, remote staff were told to come to the office with their PCs and visit IT to connect to a barcode scanner. All PCs in the firm's Australian fleet were fixed by lunchtime – taking only three to five minutes for each machine. Watson told us manually fixing servers needed about 20 minutes per machine.
Comment I'd rather way a fair amount (Score 1) 38
I remember before Facebook bought WhatsApp that you could pay about $1/£0.60/year for the service. I used to pay. I would rather support a service i use at a fair price to keep it running and ad free. But what people think there Apps are worth is way to much. WhatsApp is not worth £10/year.
This is shown in other apps.
LastPass is dying because why pay $48/year for something when you can get another service that does the same for $10/year.
Will this be the the thing that pushes everyone over to Signal?
Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 135
Your own FENCED IN GARDEN is not a public space. It is a private space.
Your fence is limited in height by local rules. Then some a-hole neighbor puts a camera up high enough to see over the fence.
So yeah, you do not know what you are talking about.
well, that is different. you have an expectation of privacy in a fenced-off private area. this seems to be more of they were filing the public view on the house or parking space,
Comment Re:Wow (Score 2) 135
No expectation of privacy in public.
Can we sue the government for the CCTV that records us in public? If this was only viewing what people can see from walking past it's not an issue. If you can't record the outside of someone's house this is a dangerous ruling.
What do you do with your dash cam when you are driving down a street.
This just opens up millions of people that can try and get £100k by moaning about someone's camera or doorbell. This is a dangerous ruling for us all.
The court should at the most of ordered the camera removed. To order a fine of that amount will make everyone try it.
Take down your Ring door bells people
Submission + - Neighbour wins privacy row over smart doorbell and cameras. (bbc.co.uk) 1
apcyberax writes: In a news report from the BBC, A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house in Oxfordshire "unjustifiably invaded" the privacy of a neighbour, in a case that could have implications for home surveillance devices.
Dr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment.
The judge upheld both these claims.
Mr Woodard now faces a substantial fine.
Dr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment.
The judge upheld both these claims.
Mr Woodard now faces a substantial fine.
Comment Replace it (Score 0) 111
Built-in the 80's Think about what cameras were like in the 80 vs now. Put up something new and think how much more we would see with 30 years newer optics
Submission + - Founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs dies, age 81 (apnews.com)
sandbagger writes: Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs — died at age 81.
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