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Comment Accurate demo. (Score 5, Interesting) 189

by deep44 (#55197193) Attached to: Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure
Accurate demo of just how frustrating it will be to use this stupid feature.

They obviously started with the idea of removing the home button, and worked backwards from there. Let's see: no home button means no fingerprint scanning ... couldn't go back to passcode-only because they already told everyone how bad that is ... iris scanning didn't pan out for whatever reason ... so ... facial recognition it is. Oh yeah, and swipe up to go home, because it hadn't dawned on anyone to try that before and turns out it's the best approach.

Comment Weak. (Score 1, Informative) 459

by deep44 (#15512031) Attached to: The Living Dilbert?
I can't believe how many people fall for this sort of thing. The parent is quite obviously a troll - he switches from being a hiring manager at some point in the past ('used to be a hiring manager ..') to currently working for a company that discriminates against ex-military applicants ('we actively discriminate ..').

Additionally, just reading the first paragraph, it's quite obvious the poster re-worded things quite a bit -- too many extra words.

All that, plus he's posting a very controversial opinion as an AC .. yep- troll. Nice try, though.

Freshman MIT Students Automate Dorm Room 290

Posted by Hemos from the kraftwerk-would-be-proud dept.
Inessa writes "Two freshman MIT students have automated their dorm room, complete with a big red party button which generates an instant party. Their custom-engineered system is called MIDAS, the Multi-Function In Dorm Automation System. According to the MIT News office, "Gone are the light switches and glaring fluorescent lights of a typical dorm room. Zack Anderson and RJ Ryan's room has several lighting schemes, remote web access, voice activation, a security system, electric blinds and more ... With the touch of one red button, their dorm room becomes a rave. The lights go out, the blinds close, the displays read, "feel the energy" as a voice repeats the same phrase over a deep bass beat.""

Overconfidence in SSH Protection 194

Posted by Zonk from the don't-be-too-proud-of-this-technological-terror dept.
nitsudima writes to mention a post on the Informit site about the common misunderstandings surrounding SSH, and how well-intentioned admins may be creating holes in their own security by using it. From the article: "In UNIX, all things are files. To send network traffic, UNIX writes the traffic to the network device file. In this case, the connection to Box A (and that private key used for authentication) is a socket file. This file will shuttle the authentication traffic between Box A and Box P. So what's the risk? Maybe the hacker can't get a copy of the private key through the socket file, but something better (from his/her view) can be done. If the hacker has root on Box D, he or she can point a private copy of the agent forwarding software to that socket file and thereby point the authentication process to the administrator's credentials--the ones kept on the 'safe' intranet. What are the chances that the administrator has configured access to all the DMZ servers he controls?"

MPAA Being Sued For Allegedly Hacking Torrentspy 448

Posted by Zonk from the shoe-is-on-the-other-camel's-foot dept.
goldaryn writes "Valence Media, the parent company of Torrentspy.com, one of the web's largest torrent search engines, has filed a lawsuit against the MPAA for allegedly hiring a hacker to steal e-mail correspondence and trade secrets. From the suit: 'The Motion Picture Association of America willfully and intentionally obtained without authority, conspired to obtain without authority, purchased, procured, used and disclosed private information that it knew was unlawfully obtained through unauthorized access to Plaintiffs' computer servers and private email accounts, in violation of United States and California privacy and computer security laws.'"

New IM Worm Installs Own Web Browser 479

Posted by CmdrTaco from the safety-first-everyone dept.
Aquafinality writes "A new IM worm discovered recently takes the novel step of installing its own web browser onto the victims PC. Ironically titled "The Safety Browser", its default settings actually make your PC less secure - switching on pop-ups, changing your home page and hijacking your desktop with a looped music track that plays every time you switch your computer on. It's clear people cannot resist clicking "yes" to anything they're presented with via IM - with this in mind, what on Earth can we do so stop the spread of garbage like the above? To put it another way, will reducing the amount of potential "suckers" out there dissuade the bad guys from coming up with ever-more elaborate ideas such as this latest scam? Or is IM safety a lost cause?"

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