Posts by Hooda Thunkett

Elon Musk's Neuralink probed over pathogen transport

Why would this be reported to the Department of Transportation instead of the FDA, or Ag Department or...Oh! Would this explain why Tesla's ram into concrete barriers and emergency vehicles? Are they trying to end the suffering of the "Full Self Drive" units?

With Mastodon, decentralization strikes back

Re: Standards

Last I heard, Vizio was now making more from the ads displayed on its TVs interface than on selling TVs.

Now-frozen crypto-lending biz Celsius accused of devolving into a Ponzi scheme

Re: Lending ….

It's a classic scam "only on a computer."

Has Intel gone too far with its Ohio fab 'delay' stunt?

Re: Journalists parsing press statements

A college instructor of mine, a former police spokesman for a couple of year, once noted to the class that he hadn't ever been quoted accurately by the press.

I'm not at all certain he was being hyperbolic.

Out with the old and in with the new as Java 14 arrives, bringing with it first Project Panama enhancements

"Project Panama is an OpenJDK project to make the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) accessible via non-Java APIs, so developers can make native C/C++ calls, for example, from the JVM..."

So, breaking the old "write once, run everywhere" further then?

'Unfixable' boot ROM security flaw in millions of Intel chips could spell 'utter chaos' for DRM, file encryption, etc

If any kit on your computer has DMA access, is it capable of attacking the CSME in this way? I'm thinking perhaps of Ethernet controllers for systems that have power-on over Ethernet capability. If that controller has a different vulnerability that would allow an attacker to modify the ROM of the Ethernet controller, which has DMA and can reset the processor (or potentially power-cycle it) then you could have a significant vulnerability.

Transport for London Oyster system pulled offline after credential-stuffing crooks board customers' accounts

Re: We encourage all customers not to use the same password for multiple sites

To be perfectly honest, if these really are reused email/password combinations then I have no sympathy for those people by this point. I really don't. Let them lose some money, probably not a lot considering this is a transport system, just to learn not to do this anymore.

Samsung slings the skinny on its 12GB GötterDRAMmerung for next-gen smartmobes

If Apple or someone really comes out with desktop class ARM processors, I could see them using this in a high-end iPad meant to take the place of a MacBook.

Dead retailer's 'customer data' turns up on seized kit, unencrypted and very much for sale

Re: Why?

No, but you can default encrypt the hard drives. NCIX didn't even do that.

Self-driving cars will be safe, we're testing them in a massive AI Sim

Re: L5

This is the big problem. Until you have Level 5 automation, it's all useless. It's like allowing a student driver to operate the car; you have to be paying close enough attention to take control when the AI doesn't recognize a situation is dangerous. If you're paying that close attention, then why aren't you driving the car?

Beardy Branson: Wacky hyperloop tube maglev cheaper than railways

I was going to ask how a high-speed rail system with a bunch of added parts, like tubes or tunnels or working in vacuum, could possibly be cheaper than high-speed rail without the added bits, but others here have done this so well before me.

So you can ignore this comment. Move along. Nothing to see here.

Congratulations, we all survived Star Wars day! Now for some security headaches

SB315

Are those hackers trying to get SB315 passed, or not? Seems like hacking businesses there over a bill that is trying to make hacking illegal (however poorly worded) is only going to increase support for the bill.