@Dashrender said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:

Again, getting less than 20 people quickly to make a vote is one thing, getting 1000's is another. Perhaps the number of companies that have 1000's that matter (i.e. it takes thousands of shareholders to make up a majority, it can't be done with less) is so small that it's not relevant to the conversation?

That's likely only a handful of companies. If any, it's only a theory that any like that exist. Normally there are either super large individual investors or funds that hold the majority of shares in just four or five representatives. They normally talk directly.

But if there was even need for an exception to this, investors can do whatever they want. They can have email voting and require responses in five minutes if they want.

@Patrick said in Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys:

@scottalanmiller It's not my damn planet monkeyboy!

Well then, I suggest you get yourself acquainted with Elon Musk 😛

@Jason said in Blackberry is Done, No More BlackBerry Phones:

Say what you want about their outdated OS And methodology. But their BES was one of the best MDM solutions, iOS and Android MDMs aren't near as powerful, and they are much easier to bypass.

I was really rooting for the z10 when it was announced. The hub was really cool. Sadly, it didn't take off.

@Dashrender said

LOL he said made in America.

Yes he did 🙂

@scottalanmiller said in Did HP Break the Law Vandalizing Your Printer?:

@IRJ that sums things up. We've not advanced past Okidata.

Gah, stop with the painful (yet colorful) memories!

I'm currently working in the Beta with it. So far, it has been working great!

@travisdh1 said in Krebs <3's The IoT:

@Dashrender said in Krebs <3's The IoT:

@scottalanmiller said in Krebs <3's The IoT:

@coliver said in Krebs <3's The IoT:

@aidan_walsh said in Krebs <3's The IoT:

OVH are reporting they were hit by a 990Gbps IOT-based DDOS. Hurrah, its the f***[moderated] DDOS Olympics.

And the internet is still standing? Wasn't 900Gb/s the theoretical threshold for an internet ending event? Trying to find the article on it.

That's not really that much data. Not any longer. I mean you could have that much of a DDoS in a neighbourhood without even hitting the Internet backbone! Netflix streams far more than that continuous!

Wow. You're saying there are neighborhoods that have in excess of 900 Gb/s connections to the backbone? I suppose Google Fiber to truly allow a neighborhood, each house to have 1 Gb/s themselves would potentially need more than 900 Gb/s connection.. but damn, lol

You can get a 100Gb/s connection in Cleveland, OH of all places, so yeah.

Exactly. I had 10Gb/s links all over the place over a decade ago. They were rare and expensive, but they were there. Today, that stuff is pretty reasonable.

@coliver said in OneDrive Placeholders Are Returning:

@Dashrender said in OneDrive Placeholders Are Returning:

@coliver said in OneDrive Placeholders Are Returning:

@BRRABill said in OneDrive Placeholders Are Returning:

@JaredBusch said

No, you stated that you refuse to use it because it does nothing to prevent crypto from affecting the files.

It is a file sync program that has nothing to do with preventing crypto.

So your entire premise of not using it is not valid.

OK, so I went back and read what I wrote. You are correct in interpreting what my words actually said. What I mean to say is ... I do not use it to sync. My main concern/reason was to not have data locally on my machine, rather than anything to do with crypto- stuff.

I use it without syncing, and it works perfectly for me. Could I sync, and then add the extra step of backing those files up, sure. But it is working fine for me as-is. Would I like a "file structure" on my local PC that works like the way you can easily access OneDrive like the Office apps do? Sure.

Connect to it via WebDav. This is built into Windows 7 and 10 without any additional steps. No files on the local machine, although you still would run into the crypto issues.

I'm going to JB this one - that's just a bandaid to what Bill wants.

True, but it's closer the what he wants then the local sync client.

Compared to what? WebDav if I understand it correctly is similar to a SMB mapped share. If the desire is to have an application front end to data that can't be easily gotten through is the goal, I don't see how WebDav is any better? OneDrive non sync'ed basically is WebDav, at least in function, again, assuming I understand the way it all works.

@mlnews said in My Mom Runs Linux from Freedom Penguin:

https://freedompenguin.com/articles/opinion/mom-runs-linux/
They are lost from the "start"...,

Favorite line!

@scottalanmiller said in Yahoo Breach Hit Half Billion Users:

Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37447016

I was wondering when it was going to be confirmed. Yahoo kept wiping their brow and saying "Man, this is going to lower our value to Verizon... how do we spin this?"

I have my recalled Note 7. Verizon received them yesterday and shipped me one overnight. All things considered, despite the fact the flawed Note 7's should have never been released, I think Samsung has handled this fairly well.

I even have a "green" battery indicator so make it easy to identify the fixed model over the bad ones. 🙂

@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