@scottalanmiller said

Have you been to SV? It's worth groaning about 🙂

Never been to the states but SV lost the illusion of a bunch of cool flip flop wearing surfer dudes when they all started suing each other a few years ago.

Now they just look like a few big corporates and lots of unicorn startups who are going to change the world.

@scottalanmiller said in Cambridge Proves FBI Lied About Needing iPhone Backdoor:

@NattNatt said in Cambridge Proves FBI Lied About Needing iPhone Backdoor:

@pchiodo said in Cambridge Proves FBI Lied About Needing iPhone Backdoor:

The goal was never to get into just one phone. They wanted a legal precedent that would allow them to force a manufacturer to assist in breaking any phone, along with the potential to use the same case to force manufacturers to provide an encryption back door.

But they already have that? The smurf toolset gives all of that anyways doesn't it...?

Yes, but they'd have to admit having it. So mostly this was probably an attempt to get people to think (And it worked too) that they didn't have a capability that they already clearly have. It wasn't just about getting legal power, it was about trying to hide their actual toolsets.

It's not called Smurf in the US, but we buy Smurf from the UK and rebrand it, I'm told.

Yeah, the good old Snowden leak gave away far more than they ever wanted to be known...

Yeah, I knew it's a joint op between GCHQ and the NSA, wasn't sure as to which side "made" more of it etc

@IRJ said in The iPhone's hardware may be closed, but iOS is more open than ever:

Now we are calling adding smileys and integration with yelp, and uber as being more open than ever?

Apparently, yes. But it is true technically as well. Does not mean it is very open compared to FOSS software, but in context it is true.

#eatmorchickn!

@nadnerB said in ITT tech ban from enrolling students with federal funds.:

I get the feeling that "and nothing of value was lost" is appropriate.

I'm guessing that is right!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/itt-educational-services-files-for-bankruptcy-after-shutdown-it6byu6t

The expected release for those that signed up for early access is mid October ish.

@BBigford said in Raspberry Pi Ships 10,000,000th Unit:

That's awesome. One of my favorite cases is still the Ninja Coupe. Only as much case as needed. Super low profile and very slick looking.

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Nice, I like that.

@Dashrender said in Free Ticket to SpiceWorld Austin 2016:

That's fine... It was $100... Pp is good.

Perfect. I might be able to do it Friday, if not, I'll do it next Friday. Thank you! That just took a huge weight off my mind!

I too pay for a few sites... Journalist that I like.

Surprise, surprise. Zero-day trading governments, companies paying 6 digit for unreported security flaws, "sponsored" backdoors...

@dafyre said in Open Text to buy Dell-EMC enterprise Content Division:

@stacksofplates said in Open Text to buy Dell-EMC enterprise Content Division:

Right but with our software, they only support the default which is Gnome 3. And at $70K per seat per year for some of it, we don't stray too far away from that.

Okay, yeah. That's understandable. Set up Gnome 3 on one of your Home VMs and see how painful or not it is, lol.

Ha I've got a couple running here and I've tried different ways to get in. We can run apps with X2Go with the published apps list, but just no desktop. It's not a big deal, but some people like having the full desktop to work with.

@travisdh1 said in Seagate Sued by Own Employees Over Security Breach:

@IRJ said in Seagate Sued by Own Employees Over Security Breach:

@scottalanmiller said in Seagate Sued by Own Employees Over Security Breach:

Tagging @stus

I read the Knowbe4 Blog Daily. I love it!

I saw this attack on there this morning.

I signed up for the email summaries. Great blog site.

I love how their blog articles are technical, but also include a summary for non-technical people.

@StrongBad said in Windows 10 Fails to Meet Expectations:

https://fossbytes.com/windows-10-failure-according-microsofts-metric/

Microsoft no longer expecting to hit their billion device number.

They made that announcement months ago. or at least I heard they did from Paul Thurrott.

@scottalanmiller said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

@stacksofplates said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

@JaredBusch said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

@scottalanmiller said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

@travisdh1 said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

@scottalanmiller said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

@travisdh1 said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

@Minion-Queen said in T-Mobile just announced unlimited 4G LTE until 2019.:

OH I haven't had any issues with my Verizon there when we have traveled through. But we do keep to main routes so not sure that makes a difference. In TX the only place Verizon didn't work for me is in DownTown Dallas.

If you're ever through my part of Ohio I'll take a few hours off work and we can go have lunch/dinner at one of the Amish style restaurants, only then can you appreciate how backwards things are around here.

OH sure, but not when I was there 😞

I didn't realize you were headed within 1/4 mile of my place until it was to late to plan anything 😞

Sure sure, always an excuse.

No different than you driving right past me in St Louis and claiming @scale was more important than meeting up with me.

Excuses I tell ya.

Or driving past Pittsburgh recently also.

Not all that close. Only as close as Sharon.

That's only like an hour, depending on how fast you drive.

Regarding the iPhone 7....

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My PC protection is purrfect. In fact, it's pawsome!
Must run, I've got a hot date and about to whisker away

While a good idea, they should...

Stop blocking the existing functionality for this, because it is there, they just disabled it. Make Skype actually work first.