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by mises 8y ago
Thinking from the perspective of Joe Shmo, you're correct. However, biometrics are being pushed on enterprise security and other higher-value targets.
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Patching Is Failing as a Security Paradigm(motherboard.vice.com)
4 points by mises 8y ago|0 comments
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by mises 8y ago
An IMSI catcher is not a hacked femtocell. It basically just tracks nearby cell phones. A hacked femtocell, which is what you're thinking of, could do this.
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Google Cloud CEO Being Replaced by Oracle's Thomas Kurian(cnbc.com)
50 points by mises 8y ago|9 comments
875.
by mises 8y ago
Yes, tracking data is valuable to ad brokers.
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Judge orders Trump to restore Acosta's press pass(cnbc.com)
12 points by mises 8y ago|0 comments
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Build a do-it-yourself IMSI Catcher for about $20(motherboard.vice.com)
200 points by mises 8y ago|62 comments
878.
by mises 8y ago
Sorry to be that guy, but a weird machine is a defined computer science term. I got the wrong impression from the title, as I'm guessing, did others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_machine
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North Korea says it has tested ‘ultramodern tactical weapon’(apnews.com)
1 points by mises 8y ago|0 comments
880.
Pentagon Fails Its First-Ever Comprehensive Audit(reuters.com)
3 points by mises 8y ago|0 comments
881.
Apple Inks Deal to Make Feature Films(wsj.com)
2 points by mises 8y ago|0 comments
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by mises 8y ago
Please comment any suggestions/corrections. I've worked on this with a few friends, but I'd like to add more.
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Linux Bagels(docs.google.com)
2 points by mises 8y ago|1 comments
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Smoke from the Camp Fire Forcing Bay Area Schools to Close(abc7news.com)
1 points by mises 8y ago|2 comments
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The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange(wsj.com)
324 points by mises 8y ago|549 comments
886.
by mises 8y ago
Onedrive is great for exactly one use case: the MS walled garden. Integration w/Windows explorer; everything else sucks. Web client is absolute garbage, android app is junk, and don't even get me started w/linux. Very difficu
887.
by mises 8y ago
Backblaze is very good. Cheap and easily integrated. They've got B2 as well as a $5/mo backup service.
888.
by mises 8y ago
How will this work for, say, file transfers? I doubt people want to repeatedly download and look at checksums just ot make sure they didn't miss a packet.
889.
by mises 8y ago
Agreed. That said, I'm wondering if we can justifiably punish people for success. Punishing anticompetitive practice is good, but success itself shouldn't be wrong.
890.
by mises 8y ago
Am I the only one who can trigger this almost at-will? Music helps, and if I do it too often it gets weaker, but I can do this more or less voluntarily.
891.
by mises 8y ago
There's an app for Android called SoundAbout, which can reroute audio. Not sure how it works, but maybe something similar is possible for Krisp? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink....
892.
by mises 8y ago
When did we get the idea that biometrics were such a great idea? We literally wear our new "passwords" on our fingerprints all the time. We also leave fingerprints around, basically meaning we simply rely on people being too lazy
893.
by mises 8y ago
I think that was a typo...
894.
by mises 8y ago
Here's to hoping they make a version for Windows and/or Linux. Mac support is nice, but this seems business-focused (though handy for casual use). Most businesses, especially outside of Silicon Valley, don't use Mac; Windows
895.
by mises 8y ago
At this point, Google in many cases offers the best service: DuckDuckGo is good, but Google is better. It is so good that it indexes the CIA's stuff: https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/416215-cia-operation