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• On the post: LAPD's Body Cams To Be Synced To Taser Deployment

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2015 @ 03:53am

  Re: Better Yet

  Better still, why not activate the camera by sound - such as when shouting is detected? (As well as when the gun/tazer is unholstere)d

• On the post: Irony: Sony Turns To Google, The Company It Was Plotting Against, To Stream The Interview

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2014 @ 02:03pm

  Re: Progress!

  Yet despite the global distribution that all these services offer, Sony still would prefer me to pirate it than take my money due to imaginary regional boundaries.

• On the post: The Ridiculousness Of Turning The Sony Hack Into The 9/11 Of Computer Security

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2014 @ 12:10pm

  Nearly completely compromised?

  Sony, which has no one to blame but itself for being nearly completely compromised

  
  Nearly????

• On the post: Swedish Law Enforcement Delivers Long-Awaited Pirate Bay Raid Sequel; Seizes Servers And Knocks Site Offline

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 07:13am

  Re: Re:

  Nor did any of their other servers.

• On the post: How Should Standard-Essential Patents Be Licensed?

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2014 @ 03:56am

  Re: Or at least specify the license terms

  Agree.. Standards that have patents which require royalty payments should have the cost to everybody built in - set fees for use of the standard which includes royalties of all inventions within the standard.

• On the post: DOJ Using Antiquated 1789 'All Writs Act' To Try To Force Phone Manufacturers To Help Unlock Encrypted Phones

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2014 @ 12:04pm

  Re: Shredding services

  Certainly in the UK - yes a warrant signed by a judge would be required.

• On the post: DOJ Using Antiquated 1789 'All Writs Act' To Try To Force Phone Manufacturers To Help Unlock Encrypted Phones

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2014 @ 11:19am

  So... Apples choice is either to reveal a backdoor or security flaw in IOS or to protest by saying their phone / OS is so secure that it can't be done..
  
  Have the FBI tried searching Google for "ios lock screen bypass"? (Would use a lmgtfy link, but it appears to be down)

• On the post: Far Cry 4 Publishers Messing With Pirates By Getting Them To Admit They Are Pirates

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 25 Nov, 2014 @ 08:15am

  Re: Re:

  When I started gaming I was lucky to have 4 colours! Many games were mono!

• On the post: Baltimore Prosecutors Withdraw Evidence Rather Than Talk About Police Department's Stingray Usage

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2014 @ 05:57am

  Re: Re:

  Don't forget the children! Why does nobody think of the children?

• On the post: Cops Decide Running Surprise School Shooter Drill During Class At A Middle School Is A Great Idea

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2014 @ 08:17am

  Re: Re: Re: Dodged a bullet there...

  You're welcome!
  
  In all honesty, it is one of the memories of that school that will stick with me. It did actually teach us not to panic in a fire situation and obviously was effective because I remember it well over 20 years later!

• On the post: Cops Decide Running Surprise School Shooter Drill During Class At A Middle School Is A Great Idea

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2014 @ 06:34am

  Re: Dodged a bullet there...

  When I was at school (at around age 11), our science teacher would randomly drop a lit paper towel or set fire to a gas tap - to see what we would do.. More than once this resulted in one of the kids setting off the fire alarm instead of just stamping on the towel or turning off the gas tap.

• On the post: German Spy Agency Wants To Buy Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Order To Undermine SSL Security

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2014 @ 01:01pm

  SSL?

  I thought we were all supposed to be phasing out SSL in favour of TLS after the POODLE attack proved SSL to be insecure.

• On the post: Spain Copyright Executive Claims $50k Brothel Bill Was For Work-Related Activities

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2014 @ 07:44am

  it takes a supreme set of testicles to turn in $50k worth of receipts for money spent at whorehouses

  
  
  In more ways than one..

• On the post: Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Universal Music Takes Down Fun Mashup Of Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' And 1989 Aerobics Video

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2014 @ 05:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I think I might even PAY to see that happen :D

• On the post: Former NSA Lawyer Says Reason Blackberry Failed Was 'Too Much Encryption' Warns Google/Apple Not To Make Same Mistake

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2014 @ 06:29am

  I'm not actually all that bothered about encryption on my phone - I don't keep much on it anyway and I can remotely wipe / disable / back up / track it anyway.
  
  On my computer however, things are a little different. I use bitlocker to ensure it is all encrypted (Using both a TPM and a USB key which I carry around with me) - not to stop law enforcement (although they would have to have a very convincing warrant for me to give up the keys), but because I use it to run an offsite backup of works servers - which, as we are a scanning bureau, contain over 400GB of data, most of which consists of legal files for criminal cases, personal data, accountancy data etc. It would probably be criminal for me to NOT keep this kind of information encrypted!

• On the post: Guidelines On Who Might Be Suspicious: Too Nervous? Too Calm? Blending In? Standing Out? It's All Suspicious

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2014 @ 05:18am

  The solution is obvious..

  ..Only board a train or plane when extremely drunk.. That's not on the list!

• On the post: This Post Is Not About GamerGate

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2014 @ 11:27am

  Re:

  Personally, I leave adblock on (but I do pay a small amount each month)

• On the post: Complete Failure: Chicago's Speed Camera Traps Fail To Bring In The Revenue Mayor Emanuel Counted Upon

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2014 @ 08:41am

  Re: Re:

  Funny thing - I am currently loking at purchasing a new car - and the driver assistance pack does EXACTLY that! It literally reads the road signs and displays the current speed limit on the dash.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuD5NPpTwQI
  from about 50 seconds in.

• On the post: Apple May Want To Protect Your Phone Data From Snooping, But It's Snarfing Up Your Local Desktop Searches

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2014 @ 08:28am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Yet no big fuss over Ubuntu and Win 8? This is one case where I feel Apple are being unfairly singled out.

• On the post: Apple May Want To Protect Your Phone Data From Snooping, But It's Snarfing Up Your Local Desktop Searches

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2014 @ 04:07am

  Re:

  It's pretty simple really - Spotlight offers a unified search by default - just like the Windows 8/8.1 search screen.
  
  This unified search sends your query over to Apple who then pass it to Bing to return web results alongside your local search.
  
  It is a feature that can easily be disabled.
  
  I'm not a fan of Apple, but this is really no different to what Microsoft are doing with Windows 8, Ubuntu is doing with unity etc. I have no doubt Microsoft use IP geolocation if they don't tap into your location directly.
  
  The main issue is that it also sends Apple your location and other identifying information - which the Apple statement addresses.

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