I didn't see your post before adding mine about Pluton. Yeah - using security fears as a tool to drive sales. Planned obsolescence. From a greed factor, I could see the hardware vendors being eager to jump on board.

I see Pluton (and update lifespan) as a way to have planned obsolescence in your CPU. I could see the temptation to use security requirements in OS updates as a way to force people to upgrade systems (and thus buy new copies of the OS with it). I can't say if that is their plan - but my tinfoil hat is getting warm. When I first read about Pluton as a "chip" - I wasn't super worried. Then I see it being marketed to Intel and AMD. If they get buy in from the CPU vendors...

Interestingly enough, I think AWS is working on the whole "check a user's chosen password against known compromised user credentials" as a service offering. Since Amazon owns Ring, I would hope that would be coming soon...

This is a service for companies to use on transactions on their sites. Yes it is about data collection an machine learning. But Amazon as a reseller is a different animal than Amazon as a cloud provider. I missed the keynote where this was introduced, and the company that I work for is unlike to use the service (because we don't really have apps that lend themselves to this), so I don't know the specifics. It will likely be useful to some companies. Like it or not Amazon (reseller and cloud provider both) are really go at processing large amounts of data and predictive tech based on said data.

Looking at the screenshots at https://www.purebasic.com/show..., it appears to be a compiler. So the source code be cross platform (depending on the exploit) but the binary wouldn't...

Audible is probably the only reason I can stick with an exercise routine. I can tune out for a while daily and listen to a book. Also a lifesaver on long drives. Not sure I love to pay the bill, but I definitely use the service to the fullest.

I don't know, practice?

"The affected component is available remotely to users who have standard user accounts with domain credentials" https://technet.microsoft.com/... Sounds like a "fun" new target for malware.

Let's hope not. Have you seen the the people of Walmart website? I shudder to think.. oops... too late... must unsee with the mind's eye... arrrgggghhh!!!!

...not with your back.

I might actually like it if they handle it like they do Audible. Pay a flat monthly rate for credits to buy a single book of your choice per credit (The maximum subscription is currently 2 credits/month), the ability to bank credits you don't use, and discounts on books that you want to buy when you are out of credits. You keep the books you purchase in your digital library indefinitely.

n/t

Did they manage to capture any images of the elusive Leather Goddesses...?