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Comment Re:How about... (Score 1) 45

I mean yes, but also a pedestrian colliding against plastic designed to disipate energy by crumpling and breaking, is much much better than colliding against metal. That's the real reason. The problem is not the switch to plastic and functional crumpling. The real problem is the overpricing of collision parts because they know the main customer of these are the insurance companies.

Comment Re:Social Engineering? (Score 1) 116

I never thought this actually worked, then a week ago I got a concerned call from an old time customer that her computer was BSODing. Turns out, the AV license ran out and she got one of this ads and promptly downloaded the "Fix program". Cleaned the program away and the computer ran with no problem. Damn

Comment Re:the average American pays $99.10 per month for (Score 1) 174

What does the TV channels include and how fast is your internet? For comparison here in Mexico you can get a plan with 200Mbps down/20 Mbps up; 285 channels (95 in HD) with an unlimited phone line (which no one uses since cellphone lines are also unlimited, and no way to get rid of the phone) costs 1719 MXN a month which runs about 91.5 USD given the awful exchange rate (1 USD = 18.7975 MXN). This is on one of the expensive service providers. Recently changes to telecommunications law got passed making it easier to compete, we have a handful of choices even in the small city I live. Prices have gone down a lot! But still I'm curious if they are low enough or we're still being ripped off. Comparing to the states is one good option.
Android

Android Nougat Won't Boot If Your Phone's Software Is Corrupt Or Has Malware (androidauthority.com) 163

An anonymous reader shares a report on Android Authority: In a bid to increase the security of the Android operating system, Google has introduced a new check for malware as part of the boot process in all Android devices. Until Marshmallow, Android devices ran the check as part of the boot process and in Marshmallow, the phone would warn you that it was compromised but would continue to let the phone boot up. In Nougat however, Google is taking this security check to the next level. On the Android Developer's blog, the company explains that Android Nougat strictly enforces that boot check, giving you far more than a warning. The good news is that if your phone is infected with types of malware, it will refuse to boot or will boot in a limited capacity mode (presumably akin to safe mode). The bad news however, is that some non-malicious corruption of data could also mean that your phone will refuse to boot up. Considering that corrupted data may not always be malicious -- even a single-byte error could cause your phone to refuse to boot up -- Android Nougat brings additional code to guard against corruption.

Comment This could be on purpose (Score 1) 69

Elections are harsh in Mexico, with the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) doing whatever it takes to hold onto power. This might very well be on purpose to extract data on voters to fake votes and inflate ballot boxes. A good bribe to the sysadmin or even a harsh threat (political parties are known to have nexus with organized crime) could have been the reason for this.
Facebook

Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a Cause for Concern (uploadvr.com) 96

Will Mason, reporting for Upload VR: It turns out when you install the software to run Facebook's Oculus Rift, it creates a process with full system permissions called "VRServer_x64.exe." This process is always on, and regularly sends updates back to Facebook's servers. The process' main purpose is to help detect when the Rift is turned on and on your face so that it can launch Oculus Home, but the further reaching implications of it are potentially much more salacious. Digging into the Oculus Rift's Privacy Policy reveals that Facebook is not the only company that is able to collect your data, as under the policy "third parties may also collect information about you through the Services," this includes entities on the "related companies" list. The company plans to utilize your data to, among other things, "market to you." Surprised?

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