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I don't know if I should support such a vain activity, I read your first entry and I enjoyed it! If you haven't figured out the logs yet, you can add 1 to your manual hit counter.

So yes, I'm sure that Linux can work. But it will be difficult to prove to auditors that it will always work.

My jaw hit the floor the first time I heard this. Why Linux instead of an RTOS?? Apparently Tesla's autopilot also runs Linux, which seems like a huge accident waiting to happen (pun intended).

"You will only install the SpyFone software on devices for which you are the owner, or on devices for which you have received consent from the owner of the device."

Their service cannot be used by domestic abusers, obviously. (sarcasm)

"[wood ladders] don't conduct electricity like aluminum or wet fiberglass ladders do."

"'Aluminum or fiberglass, when it gets too hot, it gets soft; it will actually fold over without any warning,' he said. 'Wood takes hours to fail completely -- enough time for a firefighter to see it burning and get off it.'"

"Once an aluminum or fiberglass ladder cracks, it usually has to be replaced. Wooden ones can always be repaired, he said."

That is a good point though, it’s becoming more and more inconvenient for a company to self host everything. Microsoft does stand to benefit from everyone becoming more accustomed to relying on 3rd party services in the cloud.

The company I work at is very careful about keeping our intellectual property on our infrastructure, and I am surprised that a larger company like Microsoft doesn't have similar policies.

Wow! I am very surprised by that. Is that an officially allowed policy? Or is it something that is "don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness"?

When a different toolchain introduces a new feature for finding bugs that would be useful for Windows, the Microsoft compiler team can add that functionality to their own tools instead of porting Windows. An advantage of this is that they can customize the feature for exactly their use case. Yes, this is the definition of NIH syndrome, but that’s how large companies work.

Thanks for this! After 14+ years of using Linux almost daily, I had never heard of this command. I learned something new today, so now it's time to go home!

I see what you did there :)

That is what I am looking for! Do you know where to find those providers?

Hello XX,

I am concerned about the security of my cell phone location information.

Yesterday, a vulnerability was found that leaked the real-time location of 95% of the cell phones in the US. That is unacceptable.

US cell phone carriers including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon share personal information, including phone numbers and real-time location of cell phones, with companies such as LocationSmart, who then resells the information to other companies for marketing and other purposes. Carriers to not provide a way for users to opt-out of such sharing. This is completely legal under the current Electronic Communications Privacy Act. LocationSmart claims that they will not share the gathered information without user consent, but the definition of consent is vague, and that doesn't protect the public from security breaches. I understand that carriers need to have location data to comply with emergency 911 regulations, but it is unacceptable that they are able to share it with 3rd parties who may use it for dubious purposes, and may have lax security standards.

We need to have laws that protect the privacy of cell phone users, and do not allow carriers to sell personal information to 3rd parties. Or, and the very least, customers should be able to opt-out of such sharing from their carriers.

For more information on the vulnerability found yesterday, please see: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/tracking-firm-locationsm...

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you, XX