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pmille5··on Chasing Cats
What did those cats do to him...?
pmille5··on Review of ‘Chaos Monkeys’, Silicon Valley tell-all
I couldn't get through the first paragraph of that review. I'll try a sample of the book, but that NYT piece was utterly unpleasant.
pmille5··on From web dev to 3D: Learning 3D modeling
That was a pretty quick and awesome example of immersive learning.
pmille5··on BMW, Audi and Toyota cars can be unlocked and started with hacked radios
Requiring the key fob to be activated in some way would prevent a good number of these attacks. For instance, a capacitive sensor could be installed on the fob that would only begin transmission when picked up by someone's hand and cease wireless transmission after some timeframe, say 2 minutes. This would at least stop many of the burglaries that occur at night when people are at home.
pmille5··on BMW, Audi and Toyota cars can be unlocked and started with hacked radios
The auto manufacturers (and for that matter all the "IoT" creators) couldn't give two shits about protecting consumers. Building security into this stuff is trivial and a responsibility.
pmille5··on German government to use Trojan spyware to monitor citizens
Civilians are now subject to an unprecedented level of surveillance. It would be a mistake to underestimate the probabilities of abuse of personal and private information. The 'justifications' for spying are as endless as the means for carrying it out; in 2001 it was Al Queda, today it's ISIL and tomorrow it will be something else. Exactly how these surveillance programs are implemented is beside the point. The results are very clearly a loss of privacy and freedom of expression. Whether or not you're likely to become a security threat will be left to the interpretation of bureaucrats rummaging through your Evernote entries and text messages.
pmille5··on Comodo Internet Security installs and starts a VNC server by default
Years ago Comodo made a decent app. With updates I've noticed the software become scummier and less effective. I totally removed and CCleaned it away a few years ago.
pmille5··on Software “detects CEO emotions, predicts financial performance”
The empirical data is weak. Stock prices change for a myriad reasons, CEO emotion and behavior being only one of them. Dr. Cicon's data may be sufficient for day traders but rigorous real world testing is needed to confirm if the tech is any good.