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   by heywire 12y ago

   And this is how Skynet was born.
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   by heywire 12y ago

   What a neat website! Anyone who is reading down the comments and hasn't checked it out, you should!
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   by heywire 12y ago

   The nostalgia is strong on HN today!
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   by heywire 12y ago

   Very neat. I wish I would have had something like this when I was young. Instead I had a pocket dictionary / organizer that I would type code into while bored at church with my mom. When we got home, I would copy the code line for l
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   by heywire 12y ago

   Am I the only one who keeps my Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned off unless I am specifically using them? I do this both for security/privacy and battery reasons.
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   by heywire 12y ago

   Do you have reason to believe that Windows 7 instead of Windows XP would have prevented this attack? It sounds like weak credentials and overall lax security are more to blame. edit: Also, keep in mind that some retailers are running POSRe
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   by heywire 12y ago

   It will be interesting to see if any Paypal account compromises can be attributed to this breach. From what I've read, this type of malware typically scrapes the memory of processes on the POS, looking specifically for what appears to
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   by heywire 12y ago

   Just for another point of data, all of my purchases during the timeframe in question were on the Self-Checkout units, and I was given the option for eReceipt, which I took advantage of. What I noticed was that upon returning with the same
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   by heywire 12y ago

   From what I've read so far, this was another case of memory scraping malware[1], most likely running on each POS. The pinpads typically have tamper protection, though I wouldn't completely discount the possibility that we'll
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    by heywire 12y ago

    I also found it strange how they worded things around the identity protection, "from April on", rather than something like, "From April XX, 2014 until September XX, 2014". Perhaps they just simplified the wording to mak
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    by heywire 12y ago

    EMV tag 57 [1] generally contains the "Track 2 Equivalent Data", and 5A the account number (PAN) [2] [1] http://www.emvlab.org/emvtags/show/t57/ [2] http://www.emvlab.org/emvtags&#x2
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    by heywire 12y ago

    Chase also supports this via SMS, email, or push notification.
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    by heywire 12y ago

    Interesting set of graphs available through that site. Is the same type of information available for US peering?
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    by heywire 12y ago

    It took me way too long to realize that there wasn't a camera on this gadget. I guess I should have read the article before watching the video :)
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    by heywire 12y ago

    I came here to make a similar comment. We need more companies pushing adoption of EMV here in the states. I know it isn't a perfect solution, but it is certainly better than the mag-stripe situation we have today. It makes me nervou
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    by heywire 12y ago

    I do something similar using Ericom AccessToGo (FREE) to RDP from my Samsung Chromebook (ARM) to various Windows boxes.
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    by heywire 12y ago

    The Lightning connector just seems so fragile to me. I haven't broken mine yet, but I have certainly seen a lot of broken ones on displays in stores. I can't say I've ever broken a USB connector. That said, there is somet
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    by heywire 12y ago

    Thanks for posting this, just picked one up. I've got the Samsung Chromebook (running crouton), which is great, but I would like to have something x86 as well...
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    by heywire 12y ago

    My opinion is yes, it is a real distraction. Especially now with digital billboards.
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    by heywire 12y ago

    Most definitely. That said, most carriers have started including unlimited SMS in their packages.
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    by heywire 12y ago

    I wonder if they're identical from a binary point of view, or if this was being used as some form of steganography...
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    by heywire 12y ago

    The audio reminds me of some of the slower digital modes used in HF ham radio... Would be interesting to see if there is any pattern to the frequencies.
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    by heywire 13y ago

    I personally had a terrible time using VirtualBox on a Lenovo T420 running Windows 7 x64 about 2 years ago. I was having frequent blue screens, so Lenovo sent out a tech to swap the motherboard. The issue persisted, and after some time, I
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    by heywire 13y ago

    If this type of thing interests you, check out http://wiki.osdev.org . I cannot recommend this site enough for someone who is interested in writing their own toy OS.
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    by heywire 13y ago

    On a side note, thanks for turning me on to this remix of "Music Sounds Better With You"! Actually, you have pretty good taste in music, I like all of the tracks you have in the default playlist :)
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    by heywire 13y ago

    This is really neat looking, but 50% CPU usage is a bit much. Admittedly, I'm on an older Core 2 Duo desktop, but still, I don't even remember Winamp visualizations taking this much CPU on my old Pentium-class machine years ago.
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    by heywire 13y ago

    Sorry, you're right. After reading the article, the double dialog approach was the one which stuck in my mind as having a potential for abuse. The example at the end, the on demand dialog, is what I would prefer that all applications
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    by heywire 13y ago

    That's my point. Today, if you deny a permission, you don't expect to be asked about it again. However, if this pattern of using your own dialog before the iOS dialog takes hold, I could see it being abused. The developer could
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    by heywire 13y ago

    Part of me worries that an app could use this in a bad way as well. If an app asks a user for a permission, and the user says no, the current expectation is that they won't be asked again. However, with this pattern, the app could bo
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    by heywire 13y ago

    I half expected this to include a mention of the Oculus Rift.