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  • On the post: Awesome Stuff: New Ways To Play

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2014 @ 10:25pm

    Japanese for Gamers

    Through $5 at the project. It looks interesting.

  • On the post: Peek-A-Boo: GCHQ Has Been Checking You Out Through Your Webcam

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2014 @ 12:39pm

    Re:

    Best comment I've seen so far on this: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4840985&cid=46360727

    Quoting part of it: "However, it doesn't take a PhD in teenagerology to suspect that Her Majesty's Wiretapping Crew are now sitting on one of the largest collections of illegal kiddie porn on the planet. And the kiddies are, on the whole, the unsuspecting children of the taxpayers of the UK."

  • On the post: New NSA Leakers Reveal NSA Switched From Spying On Merkel… To All Her Chief Advisors

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2014 @ 09:16am

    Re:

    Because the NSA lets them have most of the data they get from spying in Germany, plus access to the US stuff. It's a neat way for the German intelligence agencies to bypass Germany's spy laws by having the NSA do it for them. Then there's the fact that Germany probably has access to all that "useless" US telco metadata the NSA is gathering.

  • On the post: U.S.: We Have No Evidence Or Credibility On This Whatsoever, But Don't Use Huawei Because China Might Spy On You

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2014 @ 12:07pm

    Re: Just a thought but...

    Every time Huawai is brought up I keep wondering who's actually seen this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugdpbPW_k3g

    Basically, by modern standards Huawai gear is crap. The NSA and china don't need backdoors, the security is so bad that almost anyone could gain full control.

    The other takeaway is that all the advanced debugging features, which network administrators use when things inevitable don't work right, are only in Chinese. Not that big of a deal if your network administrators speak the language, but if they don't the only option is to pay Huawai to manage your network for you.

    I'm not saying Cisco is good, just that it's not utter garbage.

  • On the post: EA: You Can Only Rate Our Dungeon Keeper App If you Give It A Perfect Rating

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2014 @ 06:17am

    Google hates SEO

    I forget where I heard about this before. It might have been Slashdot. Oh well, there was one important thing mentioned that stuck out to me.

    Google hates SEO(Search Engine Optimization), and they like to keep control of their app store. They're not as bad as Apple, but Google has no problems pulling an app for bad behavior. Given those two things I'm half surprised that they haven't just shut down the game.

  • On the post: Comcast-Backed Lobbyist Insists Seattle Doesn't Want Faster, Cheaper Broadband

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2014 @ 06:44am

    Typo?

    Sorry if I'm a bit confused, but when you switched from 105Mbps to 505 it threw me off. Those cost of the faster connection make it seem like it's not a typo, but following right after the quote about 105Mbps was a little confusing.

    Still, wan't to bet that all of those service plans are "up to..." and don't include any guarantees about speed or downtime?

  • On the post: Found Him: This Has To Be THE Dumbest Criminal

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 10:41pm

    Re:

    No, but it was still really stupid. Plus, this guy violated rule #1 of the internet. If a stranger says they want to meet online it's a trap.

    Hell, using an account tied to you as someone wanted by the police is dumb to begin with. Even without trying to track the IP address, most browsers offer "location services" which are accurate enough to tell what building you're in.

    That's what they taught me in school at least, right along with the D.A.R.E. program. Might explain part of the problem online dating sites have had in the past.

  • On the post: New Jersey's Attorney General Freaks Out About Proof-Of-Concept Bitcoin Mining App; Issues Ridiculous Subpoena

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2014 @ 07:49am

    Standing

    How on Earth does this guy even have standing if nothing was done in NJ?

    Is he really using the argument that if it's online it has to comply with the laws of everywhere that has internet access?

  • On the post: Number Of Posts On Chinese Microblog Site Weibo Drops By 70 Percent In Wake of Government Clampdown

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2014 @ 06:52am

    Re:

    Funny thing about that quote. The guy who said it was later killed by a government agent, and most of his gear was destroyed.

    Sure, the signal can't be stopped, but the price is paid in blood.

  • On the post: Snowden Docs Show GCHQ Tried To DDoS Anonymous

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2014 @ 04:57am

    Re:

    In the early days nuclear fallout wasn't really understood. If you ignore the radiation, small nukes make handy explosives. Like the ones we use for construction now but larger.

    See Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare

    Since that didn't work out we ended up buying a bunch of old nukes from the Russians to power our reactors.

  • On the post: Snowden Docs Show GCHQ Tried To DDoS Anonymous

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2014 @ 04:54am

    Re: Wondering if this is legal

    I was thinking the same, but for different reasons.

    I don't know much about British law, but Techdirt has published several stories about parallel construction. It sounds like GCHQ might have been doing the same thing. It casts doubt over any court cases involving Lulsec and Anonymous.

    I wonder, if The UK have the same problem with most cases ending with the defendant pleading guilty. Here in the US they'll have nice men with badges and guns take family members of the defendant out of work and ask them to call him or her. The threat being that since they also benefited from the alleged crime that they'll be charged as well. Unless, of course, the defendant agrees to immediately plead guilty to the judge that they have waiting down at the courthouse.

  • On the post: NSA Interception In Action? Tor Developer's Computer Gets Mysteriously Re-Routed To Virginia

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2014 @ 12:19pm

    Re:

    It's actually worse than that.

    The NSA can replace the network jack on your computer with one that looks identical, but has an extra chip in it that talks to their servers.

    It's impossible to find without careful X-Raying or destructive testing, and I doubt that this is the only component they can do that to.

  • On the post: Not Cool: MPAA Joins The W3C

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2014 @ 01:02pm

    Re: Re:

    The problem is that DRM requires native code execution. So you're replacing one plugin with another. Given the way the media companies operate it will probably require root/administrator privileges too. It's a security nightmare waiting to happen.

  • On the post: Obama Plans Cosmetic Surveillance Changes After All, Will Set Up Pretend Fight Over NSLs

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 02:16pm

    Re: Re: Wrong AC @ #1: Next step, MORE surveillance.

    You'd be surprised what the government could get away with. Even if you ignore the blackmail potential that the NSA's data provides, they could:
    a) fine the company a bajillion dollars
    b) have the SEC crack down on the company
    c) just arrest the poor low level guy who told them no

    While I agree that some companies have been voluntarily working with the NSA, many don't have a choice.

  • On the post: Yahoo Users Hit By Malicious Ads

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 09:51pm

    The NSA also loves Yahoo for just that reason.
    At the same presentation where Jacob Applebaum talked about the NSA's bios and hardware hacking the slides specifically singled out Yahoo quite a few times. Probably because it's a site with poor security that many non techies use.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0w36GAyZIA

  • On the post: Rep. Peter King Says NSA Should Spy On Congress, Because They Might Be Talking To Al Qaeda

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 01:02pm

    Like people even know what the candidates stand for

    Have you tried to research who you're voting for?

    Where I am the only third party that I can find that even mentions the candidates is my local newspaper, and there online site is paywalled. So if I miss picking up the issue that focuses on the candidates I'm SOL. Worse, they only talk about the Democrat and Republican candidate. Third parties are barely mentioned. I've tried the candidates websites. When they even existed almost all of them were useless.

    I understand why many people don't vote. Despite what politicians want people to believe, an uninformed vote is worse than no vote at all. Combine this with the way that election districts work for house members and it's no wonder we get people like this in office.

    I really with the US had some sort of percentage representation in the house. Kind of like how most civilized countries handle it.

  • On the post: Weird California Incident Last Year Points To The Real Threat To The Power Grid (Hint: It's Not Cyberattacks)

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2014 @ 09:38am

    While I agree that it would still be cheaper, we still need to compare the cost of all the substations, not just one. Plus that hundred bucks estimate doesn't include labor and kickbacks.

    Nearly the same point was made in the first comment of the slashdot discussion: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/12/29/0118228/hearing-shows-how-military-style-raid-on-calif-power-station-spooks-us

  • On the post: Documents Show LA Sheriff's Department Hired Thieves, Statutory Rapists And Bad Cops

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 12:38pm

    Re: Some laws are illegitimate

    While I tend to agree, don't forget the hipocracy that's going on here.

    These are the same police that charged others as well. Most of these offenses would result in firing from any other job. Hell, in some cases they did result in an officer getting fired, but the LA Sheriff hired them back into the police force.

    Everyone should be held to the same standard and treated the same. If anything people who have the power to violate someone's rights should be held to a higher standard.

  • On the post: Police Chief To Be Paid In Bitcoin, But Mostly As A Publicity Stunt Gimmick

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2013 @ 11:50am

    Re: So?

    You can't argue with advertising. Even if it super gimmicky. I'd rather have people like that running things than the people in Detroit.

    On the other hand, does anyone know the specifics of this anti discrimination ordinance? Discrimination sucks, but I would like to double check how this affect free speech.

  • On the post: Court Says Team Prenda 'Flat-Out Lied' To Court; Hits Them With $261k More In Attorneys' Fees To Pay Up

    Arthur Moore ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2013 @ 02:49pm

    Re:

    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

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