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Comment Re:Don't read political spin, it makes you stupid. (Score 1) 469

by marmot7 (#53266865) Attached to: Russia Says it Was in Touch With Trump Campaign During Election
There's so much direct evidence that Trump and Putin are are allies that I think it's well beyond just spin. Russia is a dystopia run by a handful of rich people, while normal people live grim, miserable lives. Putin took a weak hand, making it strong by supporting right wing populists in the the U.S. and Europe.

Submission + - Cisco Develops System To Automatically Cut-Off Pirate Video Streams (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Pirate services obtain content by capturing and restreaming feeds obtained from official sources, often from something as humble as a regular subscriber account. These streams can then be redistributed by thousands of other sites and services, many of which are easily found using a simple search. Dedicated anti-piracy companies track down these streams and send takedown notices to the hosts carrying them. Sometimes this means that streams go down quickly but in other cases hosts can take a while to respond or may not comply at all. Networking company Cisco thinks it has found a solution to these problems. The company’s claims center around its Streaming Piracy Prevention (SPP) platform, a system that aims to take down illicit streams in real-time. Perhaps most interestingly, Cisco says SPP functions without needing to send takedown notices to companies hosting illicit streams. “Traditional takedown mechanisms such as sending legal notices (commonly referred to as ‘DMCA notices’) are ineffective where pirate services have put in place infrastructure capable of delivering video at tens and even hundreds of gigabits per second, as in essence there is nobody to send a notice to,” the company explains. “Escalation to infrastructure providers works to an extent, but the process is often slow as the pirate services will likely provide the largest revenue source for many of the platform providers in question.” To overcome these problems Cisco says it has partnered with Friend MTS (FMTS), a UK-based company specializing in content-protection. Among its services, FMTS offers Distribution iD, which allows content providers to pinpoint which of their downstream distributors’ platforms are a current source of content leaks. “Robust and unique watermarks are embedded into each distributor feed for identification. The code is invisible to the viewer but can be recovered by our specialist detector software,” FMTS explains. “Once infringing content has been located, the service automatically extracts the watermark for accurate distributor identification.” According to Cisco, FMTS feeds the SPP service with pirate video streams it finds online. These are tracked back to the source of the leak (such as a particular distributor or specific pay TV subscriber account) which can then be shut-down in real time.

Submission + - Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking 1

Submitted by Fudge Factor 3000
Fudge Factor 3000 writes: Google has recently quietly changed its privacy policy to allow it to associate web tracking, which is supposed to remain anonymous, with personally identifiable user data: https://www.propublica.org/art...

This completely reneges its promise to keep a wall between ad tracking and personally identifiable user data, further eroding one's anonymity on the internet. Google's priorities are clear. All they care about is monetizing user information to rake in the big dollars from ad revenue.

Think twice before you purchase the premium priced Google Pixel. Google is getting added value from you as its product without giving you part of the revenue it is generating through tracking through lower prices.

Submission + - UK Government Proposes Minimum 10Mbps Broadband For Poor (thestack.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The UK's Local Government Association (LGA) is proposing a social tariff to ensure that minimum broadband access of at least 10 Mbps is available to all UK citizens at an affordable price. Last November, Parliament announced that it would begin work on a Universal Service Obligation (USO), which would grant all citizens the right to request broadband service with a minimum 10Mbps. At the time, Prime Minister David Cameron said, “Access to the Internet shouldn’t be a luxury; it should be a right – absolutely fundamental to life in 21st century Britain.” Research by Ofcom in 2014 showed “marked relationships between socio-economic deprivation and [poor] broadband availability in cities”. Similar results have been found in rural areas, which means that the demand for increasing broadband service to a minimum level may be high among people with lower incomes.

Submission + - Fedora 25 Beta Linux distro now available for Raspberry Pi (betanews.com)

Submitted by BrianFagioli
BrianFagioli writes: The Raspberry Pi computers are extremely popular. It isn't hard to see why people like them — they are small, inexpensive, and very useful for various projects. While they are arguably under-powered for use as, say, a full-time workstation, the diminutive machines aren't really meant for that.

If you do want to use it as a workstation, however, I have good news. Fedora 25 Beta Workstation is now available for both the Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3. In addition to the Workstation image, Fedora 25 Beta Server is available too. Owners of ARMv6-powered Pi models, such as the Pi Zero, are out of luck, as the operating system will not be made available for them.

Submission + - Recording Keystroke Sounds Over Skype to Steal Passwords

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes: Researchers have known for a long time that acoustic signals from keyboards can be intercepted and used to spy on users, but those attacks rely on grabbing the electronic emanation from the keyboard. New research from the University of California Irvine shows that an attacker, who has not compromised a target’s PC, can record the acoustic emanations of a victim’s keystrokes and later reconstruct the text of what he typed, simply by listening over a VoIP connection.

The researchers found that when connected to a target user on a Skype call, they could record the audio of the user’s keystrokes. With a small amount of knowledge about the victim’s typing style and the keyboard he’s using, the researchers could accurately get 91.7 percent of keystrokes. The attack does not require any malware on the victim’s machine and simply takes advantage of the way that VoIP software acquires acoustic emanations from the machine it’s on.

Comment Would NK leadership leave without a final act? (Score 1) 87

by marmot7 (#52955441) Attached to: U.S. Funds Challenges To North Korea's 'Information Shield'
If they saw the writing on the wall, would they make good on what they've been threatening since the cessation of the Korean War? I get the feeling that they're always in fight or flight mode anyway and an existential threat, making them feel cornered might incite them to lash out. I'm not saying it's a reason the U.S. shouldn't fund this project. I have no idea. I just hope those that do have an idea tend to things through well.

Comment Would stopping destruction of Amazon rain forest h (Score 1) 167

by marmot7 (#52955133) Attached to: Our Atmosphere Is Leaking Oxygen and Scientists Don't Know Why
Many people call the rain forests of the Amazon Basin the lungs of the earth. That hasn't stopped us (human beings) from slashing and burning it mercilessly for decades. If the inherent beauty of system and the species won't motivate us to stop, would preservation of what's left help with some of the environmental existential threats that face us? I'm not sure that the oxygen leakage is really an existential threat but it doesn't sound like an ideal trend, especially when combined with other factors. The overall sense I get is steady decline until we start really feeling it and wake up. It's not hard to imagine a perfect storm, and it's not impossible to imagine a semi-friendly wake up call such as people noticing it's actually getting harder to breathe, degrading to gasping for oxygen.

Comment Re:you are forgiven... (Score 1) 161

I suspect Zuckerberg is the first person to seriously think he could cure, prevent or manage all diseases for just $3 billion.

He doesn't think that, and he didn't say that. The quote about "curing all diseases" is taken out of context. If you look at what he actually said, it is clear that he meant that as an aspiration for all of humanity over the next century, not just for his project. So the headline, summary, and TFA are yet more examples of garbage journalism. They are are more than just distorted and misleading, they are outright lies.

'' The statement of intent is to cure all diseases within a decade. I doubt he meant his $3 billion alone would do the trick or even that he'd stop at $3 billion. That is not chump change so even if it's only $3 billion toward medical research that helps make some progress, then that's good. Normally when people say we're going to get somewhere far away or solve some massive problems, they don't plan to write a check and forget about the whole thing, they plan to stay engaged and they expect some help. I assume he didn't say I'm gonna get it done for you all. I got this one.

Comment Re: Help Wanted (Score 1) 138

by marmot7 (#52929355) Attached to: North Korea Has Just 28 Websites
Yes, but this is so horrific it defies comprehension. I doubt many people have the appropriate sheer horror reaction to this as the mind protests us from reality to a certain degree. It's important to know it's happening and maybe it'll sink in. Meanwhile, if tou ad this to the story of the handful of probably mind numbingly useless website they have in their top level domain, available to the people, you start to see a picture and maybe feel it some of what it deserves.

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