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here here, Apple is not the market leader in phone tech these days, perhaps they can win a law suit to prove they were.

Re: DevOps

Highly doubt that. DevOps is all about test pipelines. Isn't fool proof but I doubt they have not go change control on prod config.

RF jamming got to be worth a try for taking out toy drones.

cheap , easy , probably illegal to try it out in the office.

tasty, presumably targeting has to be more precise than explosives. you're probably only targeting in 2d, explosives would need to know the distance.

This is Huawei vs Cisco not capitalism vs communism. If it were the US would shut up and let the market decide. Ho ho.

Re: " Still funny, even after all these years"

What do they call the blue screen of cantshutdowndespitegettingonaplane.

I get that pretty much every flight.

I think I prefered bsod.

Re: I would think ...

No point in a sata port, you can connect hd via usb 2 for a nas. The ports are not what limits a rpis performance.

Re: Beware Manglement with DHCP laptops

What year was this?

I cant imagine working at a place without dhcp where you could not start work until an IT turned up.

Re: Rather than a defence...

Why should they be permitted to do anything before phoning up and asking permission.

That's all it takes and ahem "security research" is legal.

Re: Did Google implemented it on its servers to test it fully and at scale?

I'm sure they earned their "works on my machine badge of honour".

Re: Meh

If the nsa can install hardware on route they can pop a wifi chip in there and save themselves from scrabbling around in your fuse box.

Re: Why so long??

Simple and cheap ph test should have been done. Love to know what the road side test is that can be so obviously wrong.

Re: It would be fun if the Chinese Govt just turned it off

A lot of haters would take to twitter where Trump's remaining supporters hang out.

Re: Very unlikely

isn't this just pattern matching? wouldn't you get similar results with input data that was the person's face while watching the tele?

Re: FAA -- Environmental Champions?

and remember the only reason rich people take the (air) bus is because they are permitted to sit segregated from the plebs at the front.

Re: There are alternatives...

You sound informed, whats current recommendation for a mail server in Linux? Simple, low volume, low resource usage are a priority.

Even if they take 50% half a million goes a long way in Ethiopia. Is it cynical of me to think that this number is a lie.

Re: Facebook a critical service?

The fact that something is not here now, does not imply it was not important when it was.

Re: Don't let the door hit you in the ass, Putin.

I guess people who think all russians are evil dont get many emails from the outside world anyway?

Re: Looking forward to "the Facebook brwoser", "the Amazon browser" and friends

If you write an app in android that does not use webview. Do Google still spy on network traffic?

Re: Isn't serialization something inherently scary?

afaik you only serialize the data, the class, the byte code, is not serialized. Be nice to know more details on the attack.

Re: all those billions in profits

What you care to hand over to these fuckers is one thing, but uploading your SMS records is pure theft of personal data.

Re: closed source

hehe but joking aside, whats the real purpose wasm in this use case over C++ compiled to native code? Is it to sandbox the "smart contracts"?

They thought of that. There are a few comms Sat's around Mars already, I think 4. I remember reading here about them hiding behind Mars from solar flares.

Re: Tiny?

Which system would that be, Mr Grey Beard sir?

I tried Google earth, maps, apple maps, street view and I just couldn't reproduce your test incident.

Re: Forked it

If app developers don't support the _only_ competition, they are paying thier cards with Google wrong, no matter how many app they sell via Huawei.

Re: It seems like a good idea

Microsoft protection from word docs containing executable code all over again.

Text files are safe (if you are not using Microsoft tools) .

Re: If you think that this device is expensive

Re "solution waiting for a question" How many people have a phone and a tablet? Potentially thats your market?

Re: Was't Acrobat reader always a free download?

When you hold a monopoly, rules change, and so do your responsibilities. It's no longer a free market.

hear hear

The lack of a spending cap was a Showstopper for me too. What happens if you write a infinite loop in the cloud?

single use plastic/metal

that'll be my wacom tablet, two crap mp3 players and about 10 free mice.

single use electronics seems to be a thing.

Re: Yet in the West.

They were fined for anticompetative actions. If you believe in the free market this is exactly what you want from your government.

Re: Man in the middle attack

"Avoid CDNs, you're exposing your customer data."

Exposing data is what CDNs are for, Shirley?

Not needed? But at 100€ a pop I have 2000x1000 pixels stationed where ever I'm likely to drop my laptop. Productivity increase defo covers that in a ~4yr lifespan.

Re: Windows XP is still around in many places.

"all traffic to the Internet is blocked" worrying sounds like it's not airgapped. When was the firewall / router last patched?

Re: Still a work in early progress in need of greater fundamental fettling

it's a tad disingenuous to quote "working-level staff" when you are really quoting Google translate.

re: more likely to have been warfare

I believe the oposite...

Taoist alchemists looking for elixir of eternal life.

Per the Tao of Pooh & Te of Piglet. Probably reliable.

Re: Thank goodness we can turn it off...

Its a massive security hole too.

Sending localhst8080?username=bob&passwodr=whatever

to a search engine.

I disable the irritatingly named "awsome bar" always.

Re: No more managing operating systems and monolithic apps

You lost me. My phone and data center servers are computers running Linux, running containers running apps.

Re: Did the Reg contact Intel etc?

Vulture: hi can I speak to someone about the upcoming security snafu

Intel: sure, let me put you through to marketing.