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by asclepi 10y ago
Apple has been offering a similar "iTunes Pass" feature since 2014 [1]. [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203021
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by asclepi 10y ago
T&C usually restrict using gift cards to purchase other gift cards ( inter alia for the reason you mentioned) [1]. [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=... (see under 2. Limita
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by asclepi 10y ago
He may be referring to the rather elementary form of DNS filtering that both countries currently employ: * http://greatfirewallofbelgium.be/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Denmark#Interne
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by asclepi 10y ago
While I get your point, an in-flight device that gets stuck in an infinite loop should not cause an in-flight fire. If that still happens, then it's safe to say that more than one mistake was made. Otherwise you're basically ass
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by asclepi 10y ago
It's not "Symantec", it's not "Norton", it's the "VeriSign checkmark". That's why they also bought the checkmark from VeriSign (which was also their corporate logo) when they acquired the CA
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by asclepi 10y ago
Apart from the reasons posted earlier, "legacy" also comes into play. Symantec acquired the CA business from the old VeriSign in 2010, which back then was the largest CA and had a large corporate client portfolio accustomed to pay
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by asclepi 10y ago
If this is supposed to be "taking down the internet", then I'm not impressed. Using cached DNS still gives access to any service. I'm even typing here on HackerNews. If this is another practice run, then I'm still n
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by asclepi 10y ago
So how exactly is one entity, even a state entity, going to take down all 13 root servers, assuming that that is what Schneier is talking about since the man speaks in mysteries? What would it take to do that? Let's safely assume tha