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Comment #9605045
Free: https://archive.is/hfbkz I tried to catch an Uber ride from Heathrow before, and it was a total nightmare in terms of not knowing where to go, having come out of the wrong ex…
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Comment #9605011
I remember when thinkgeek had a wide variety of genuinely interesting stuff and not just the latest pop culture 'geek' merchandise (sure, they've always had some of that, but years…
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Comment #9497236
Sometimes people don't comment because they don't have anything interesting/useful to add, but still found the article interesting and want it to be more visible, so they upvote it…
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Comment #9497133
Price, mostly. It's good, but there are alternatives that aren't as ridiculously expensive.
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Comment #9497131
>'Cyber' Literally laughed out loud. It's just become too much of a joke now.
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Comment #9497089
People don't want it because it's binary, not because you can't grep it. * you need to use a new proprietary tool to interact with them * all scripts relating to logs are now broke…
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Comment #9493274
I had the same feeling - plus the broadband there was terrible. I would never live in a suburb even if I was paid to. The middle of nowhere though, would be even worse than a subur…
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Comment #9464940
Not the first time it's been done. Of course, it's only worked some of the time it's been done, I guess.
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Comment #9464934
Mildly misleading title there; the dishes are all in the southern hemisphere IIRC. That said, Jodrell Bank is a very interesting place. Good article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2…
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Comment #9451074
Hasn't the US done this too, even if not recently then at least historically? The Royal Navy still does this today though.
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Comment #9433184
Are people only just realising this? I would only ever use agent forwarding to a trusted host exactly because of what it does - put a socket on that host that responds with your SS…
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Comment #9426014
The article says it uses a second vuln that forces the device to connect to a specific network.
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Comment #9425900
I would love this... if it wasn't by google. I'd rather not have them digging through yet more personal data :(
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Comment #9407884
>I hope to god those contactless credit cards can't be just cloned with a long range rfid reader or else this is gonna be a very funny few years They can. That's why they require y…
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Comment #9407875
Same as the "internet of things" - they are with security where Microsoft was in the 1990s. Security by obscurity is their watchword. Always remember: "Internet Of Things is also c…
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Comment #9392910
It's been happening since the 70s with cruise missiles, which are a basic drone that just flies into a target and explodes.
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Comment #9387415
You could get an RFID-blocking wallet (should anyway, really) and put the key in that. I have one from http://difrwear.com/ ; I've tested it and it's never leaked any signal from c…
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Comment #9387387
Free version: https://archive.today/WyCdu This is why I despair at all these new keyless cars. I would pay money to have a normal key over one of those, because it's more secure. A…
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Comment #9380052
Good for them. About time someone stood up to surveillance in a meaningful way - hit the government where it hurts (in the wallet) is a tactic that should be used more.
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Comment #9380049
Use it. 7.1a has been shown safe. Watch https://truecrypt.ch/ for news about any developments (CipherShed and/or VeraCrypt) as well as being a trusted source for 7.1a.
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Comment #9366467
Sadly, there are still plenty of real servers that badly secured.
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Comment #9366463
He wanted to make sure it was really chmoded.
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Comment #9366462
On their public site? It's also written in such an amateurish style anyway...
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Comment #9366436
https://archive.today/P6BhP
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Comment #9276072
Australia seems to be leading the world in oppression in a way even the US has yet to manage.