Comment Re:TrueDepth (Score 1) 570
Someone might make a cool application for it.
That's definitely not Apple's way of doing things.
Not saying that's good or bad; it just not how they work.
US Congressional Committee Concludes Encryption Backdoors Won't Work (betanews.com) 98
"Any measure that weakens encryption works against the national interest," reports a bipartisan committee in the U.S. Congress. Mark Wilson quotes Beta News:
The Congressional Encryption Working Group (EWG) was set up in the wake of the Apple vs FBI case in which the FBI wanted to gain access to the encrypted contents of a shooter's iPhone. The group has just published its end-of-year report summarizing months of meetings, analysis and debate. The report makes four key observations, starting off with: "Any measure that weakens encryption works against the national interest".
This is certainly not a new argument against encryption backdoors for the likes of the FBI, but it is an important one... The group says: "Congress should not weaken this vital technology... Cryptography experts and information security professionals believe that it is exceedingly difficult and impractical, if not impossible, to devise and implement a system that gives law enforcement exceptional access to encrypted data without also compromising security against hackers, industrial spies, and other malicious actors...
The report recommends that instead, Congress "should foster cooperation between the law enforcement community and technology companies," adding "there is already substantial cooperation between the private sector and law enforcement." [PDF] It also suggests that analyzing the metadata from "our digital 'footprints'...could play a role in filling in the gap. The technology community leverages this information every day to improve services and target advertisements. There appears to be an opportunity for law enforcement to better leverage this information in criminal investigations."
This is certainly not a new argument against encryption backdoors for the likes of the FBI, but it is an important one... The group says: "Congress should not weaken this vital technology... Cryptography experts and information security professionals believe that it is exceedingly difficult and impractical, if not impossible, to devise and implement a system that gives law enforcement exceptional access to encrypted data without also compromising security against hackers, industrial spies, and other malicious actors...
The report recommends that instead, Congress "should foster cooperation between the law enforcement community and technology companies," adding "there is already substantial cooperation between the private sector and law enforcement." [PDF] It also suggests that analyzing the metadata from "our digital 'footprints'...could play a role in filling in the gap. The technology community leverages this information every day to improve services and target advertisements. There appears to be an opportunity for law enforcement to better leverage this information in criminal investigations."
HP Announces All-Metal Chromebook 13: Thinner Than MacBook Pro, Costs $800 Less 211
On Thursday, HP unveiled a new Chromebook 13. Designed in collaboration with Google, the Chromebook 13 sports an all-metal body and is merely 13mm thick while weighing 1.29kg. It sports a 13-inch display with 3200x1800 pixels resolution and is powered by Intel's sixth-gen Core M processor, which comes coupled with up to 16GB of RAM. There's a USB Type-C port as well, and the company is also promising up to 11.5 hours of battery life on a single charge. The retail price of the HP Chromebook starts at $499, and will launch in the US later this month.
Comment Re:At this rate (Score 1) 104
He *IS* an extremist. That doesn't mean he isn't right about some of the things he says.
Comment http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs?allowsremote (Score 1) 318
That's how I got my current job.
The catch is that you are competing with all the best developers in the world, so you'd better be very good.
Comment Re:Oh well (Score 1) 225
You bastard! I was reading Slashdot from Skype!
Now I have to throw away my computer and buy a new one.
Comment If Steve Jobs was still around... (Score 2, Insightful) 421
He would tell the users they are not supposed to put an iPhone 6 Plus in their pockets.
Comment "wild, teeth-gnashing rants" (Score 1) 826
Sorry, but this reminded me of http://xkcd.com/1095/
(I gotta say, I use MacOS and Windows more than Linux these days; but even when I was a heavier Linux user I didn't care THAT much)
Comment Great idea! (Score 1) 103
Every month, when "Shark Week" arrives, I'll start wearing kevlar. My connection might be wireless, but my head isn't.
Comment Android App (Score 1) 368
I use https://play.google.com/store/...
Good audio quality, you can choose to record all conversations by default (and then decide which ones to keep), etc.
It doesn't have an automated notice, but you can always say it yourself
Comment Re:Southwest Boarding Policies (Score 1) 928
And the company is totally within their right to enforce that policy and deny the free "upgrade".
Getting the family off the plane and illegally threatening them, on the other hand...
Comment Idiomatic ramifications (Score 1) 116
So... EMET is SHEKER?
Comment Re:fake premise (Score 1) 742
My android phone crashes way more often than my Windows VMs (which almost NEVER crash, or reboot without warning, giving credibility to the theories that blame faulty hardware and drivers for Windows problems). This also happens at inconvenient times. Maybe you stopped using Windows 15 years ago (I wouldn't blame you)
Comment Re:Mavericks is free? Hmmm... (Score 2, Informative) 471
Just the same as Mavericks, only you have to enter your CREDIT CARD INFORMATION to create an Apple ID.
Comment Re:Real world experience? (Score 2) 121
Did I miss anything?
Nope, you've just described my average Friday.
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