dbaker - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Too bad they're not more open... (Score 1) 52

by dbaker on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @04:43PM (#49531237) Attached to: How Flight Tracking Works: a Global Network of Volunteers

FlightAware's PiAware software and FlightAware's FlightFeeder hardware both allow access to unfiltered access over TCP ports 10001, 30002, and 30003 as well as a live web interface on port 8080.

FlightAware, for years, has offered APIs and data feeds: https://flightaware.com/commer...

Comment Re:How to get my hands on live ADS-B data? (Score 1) 52

by dbaker on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @04:41PM (#49531223) Attached to: How Flight Tracking Works: a Global Network of Volunteers

FlightAware makes it available in data feeds and APIs: https://flightaware.com/commer...

Comment Re:Misses the point (Score 1) 313

by dbaker on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @03:53PM (#18086286) Attached to: Who Pays For Credit Card Breaches?

False. Have you ever signed a merchant contract? I have.

The merchant whose billing data was compromised is liable as well -- both for the charges, the cost of replacing cards, and fines by the issuer and/or credit card network.

It's easy to take a bunch of fraudulent charges and see which merchant they have in common to determine the source of the data. Merchants are fined more if they don't disclose a breach of data before the credit card companies discover it.

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