^ dah, wasn't logged in

I held off on selecting a custom user name as I knew this day would come. That said, is this active for all accounts? The post didn't say it was being rolled out over the coming days/weeks. When you go to Profit - About - Get URL you cannot select any name. Am I missing something here?

FAQ still has old details: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/2676340?hl=en&topic=2400106

Agreed! Thanks for posting the response. So quick to dog the NSA (for good reason) but this is a bulshite headline.

We in our tech circles know about the T&C of Instagram but to think that 25% of Instagram users know anything about this--much less care enough to stop using the service simply does not pass the sniff test.

NY Post, a questionably new source to begin with citing AppData, a company that has to use conjecture to create insight means there is NO NEWS HERE PEOPLE.

I've largely lurked for the past 15 years but /. is the first site I've visited each day for my entire adult life. This is a sad day for me and for all slashdotters. If they try any unified login bullshit or site enhancements I will die.

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned. Prepare to waste a few hours... http://chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com/

When I said, "yeah, sure", but what... literally what I said was "yeah, sure, sir."

\ I read the article and it provides no details on the exploit(s). How are we supposed to know if a system is vulnerable, let alone what configuration changes are required to harden security? The article links to the original Slashdot submission, which links to the article... which came first, and where is the original source?

http://www.facebook.com/common/browser.php isn't compatible with Firefox 4, IE 9, or Chromium 6

This is a good point. As long as the original images are still available then it isn't a step backwards. It still seems rather pointless until they use images of high enough quality to make a reasonable guess at the species of each tree.

Replacing a photo of an actual tree with a 3D model of some random tree that is native to the area (but may not even be the same species) is not progress. If it can identify the type of tree, along with approximate dimensions, then I'll be extremely impressed. I highly doubt they could even correctly determine the species based on the quality of photos they currently have, and if they have better quality photos then those should be made available as a layer or at a high enough zoom level (like Bing).

I use Google Earth to scout out potential hunting grounds in addition to exploring them in person. Unless these trees directly correspond to actual trees, this is a step backward as far as I'm concerned. They'd be better off obtaining higher-resolution images like Bing's "Bird's Eye View" feature, which only works in very limited areas but it's great where they have it.

...because it's impossible for anyone to rate a movie they saw before Netflix was around

I think you confused two parts of the article...

I disagree that the problem isn't that someone sent this spreadsheet to the entire company. It's not unreasonable for someone in HR to create something like that for a specific task, but it should be guarded closely. Maybe you meant it shouldn't have been so easily accessible that it could accidentally be emailed to the entire company, but that's not what you stated. That so-called bigwig should be reprimanded harshly if there's anyone above him.

Other than it growing to over 20 GB, nope, no problems at all.