luso_brazilian

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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
Of course, you are right. I seem to have carried the belief that freeing a null pointer was as bad as freeing one twice. And now I know. Seems to be a common misconception [1], thanks for pointing out, that makes the GGP code correct in all
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
I know it is just an example to illustrate the point but this seems to have a bug in it: resource2 won't be initialized if the function fail to allocate resource1 so resource2 will be null when the code enters the deallocation conditio
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
Not really, if you see the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for sourceforge.net (emphasis mine) [1]: >> What is the current listing status for sourceforge.net? >> This site is >>>not currently listed as suspicious
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
The position of the site admin [1] is: >> Quote Originally Posted by Mike >> Will will not publish any information in the FAQ just to keep this as low below "radar" as possible. Every exclusion request is handled manu
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
Yes. If opening a webpage downloaded a script that permanently altered the browser adding or removing functionality without explicit user intervention or consent it would be a security incident. There is even a class of scripts that warrant
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Facebook turns to wizened old C++ to power new photo-sharing app(itworld.com)
8 points by luso_brazilian 11y ago|1 comments
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
The source code being downloaded, compiled and run or a script being download and run would be a as much a security incident as what happened. In this context (Chromium on Debian) having a closed source binary downloaded and executed is an
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
The tone was inflammatory but the sentiment is valid. Quoting: Since no one really know which binaries have been downloaded there and what they actually do, and since it cannot be excluded that it was actually executed, such systems are ba
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
That's something that have been happening for a while but, as always, first they came for the undesirables and nobody said a thing. The Syria civil is going for as long as the term "Arab spring" exists, with protests and the
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
The tragedy is that when those exports arrive on their destination (take mangos arriving in Portugal, for instance), due to necessity to prevent the fruit to get ripe in transit they alter it somehow and not for the best. I'm used to t
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“Microsoft security software (...) removes this unwanted software” (AskToolbar)(microsoft.com)
9 points by luso_brazilian 11y ago|2 comments
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
Here are some very pragmatic advices not based on what it should be (were the world fair and just) but on what is most likely is: 1. If your music can be heard outside your earphone it must be very loud. For your own auditory health sake tu
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
Evil is a very loaded word because the API is being used for the exact purpose it was created: to allow the users of the platform to move their data unimpeded. This kind of reasoning central point of the copyleft vs. permissive licensing de
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
From the Time Inc. (former CNN Time Warner) domains alone: 1. October 2006 - Hackers look to crack Mac [1] "Apple computers have long been prized for being virus-free. But as more people use Apple products, experts say the company is i
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
For me the most surprising part of this report is: "Instead, the government relies on self-reported figures from the nation's 17,000 law enforcement agencies. The figures exclude killings deemed not to have been justified." 1
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
The submission was accepted on Slashdot [1] but with several modifications that changes "Fyodor accuses Sourceforge of hijacking nmap account" to "Fyodor warns that he doesn't control Sourceforge nmap mirror", among
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by luso_brazilian 11y ago
Just submitted the story to Slashdot [1]. Sharing the same owner as Sourceforge let's see if it gets "buried" [2] (or "late released due to an editor vacation" [3] as it was their explanation) or if they publish it
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by luso_brazilian 12y ago
Seems to be giving 403 Forbbidden. Link to google cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:N9AZNZV...
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by luso_brazilian 12y ago
Based on the timeline I would suppose it is related with the massive financial crisis that Portugal plunged in that time period, culminating in the 2011 bailout. At least as far as it can be observed from my first hand perspective most homi