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Smartphone users can do "very little" to stop security services getting "total control" over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden has said.
The former intelligence contractor told the BBC's Panorama that UK intelligence agency GCHQ had the power to hack into phones without their owners' knowledge.
Mr Snowden said GCHQ could gain access to a handset by sending it an encrypted text message and use it for such things as taking pictures and listening in.
The UK government declined to comment. And that's surprising to people...?
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The emergency dispatchers who handle calls to 911 must grapple with urgent situations, frantic callers and garbled messages.
As if that's not enough, now they're facing another challenge: butt dialing. I fully stand behind the 911 dispatchers and pledge to do my part to crack down on this important issue.
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Kevin Priddle wrote: pledge to do my part to crack down
Great word play.
Also, why do smart phones have that stupid little "EMERGENCY CALL" link that is bound to get pressed by accident?
Ridiculous!
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faster calling in a genuine emergency, and though less an issue now when mobile phones were less common being able to use the phone on the belt holster of the guy who just collapsed on the sidewalk instead of running into the nearest store/pounding on a house door because you don't have a phone of your own was a major factor. For parents of young children (who don't have a phone of their own) it still is relevant.
OTOH I have a case with a flip cover. Preventing butt dialing is one of the reasons.
On the gripping hand when my brother used to butt dial me while practicing his Sax was rather amusing. He got a few 'thanks for the concert' type voice mails a while back. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: faster calling in a genuine emergency
It's bad logic, really. Just because now technology supports "fast dialing" via a quicklink then that is a standard.
FYI - I'm not arguing with you. I'm arguing the case of this entire idea.
It is bad design.
Consider this...now voice commands are entirely feasible so now if you whisper "help" isn't it the absolute responsibility of your phone to dial the authorities immediately?
I'm sure this is a misguided attempt by cell phone manufacturers -- who have no clue -- to put a line on their sales brochure that says, "easily dial 911 with only the click of a button".
Voice Dial 911 by simply whispering "help".
Next, revision...
Simply think the word "help" and your phone dials 911.
Next revision...
Robot VOICE: My human just experienced a spasmodic pain. I (iPhone) am is dialing 9-1-1!!! Hold on, Human, I wil help you.
Sheesh...
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Not to mention the slower response due to the call center lines being loaded with butt-mergencies.
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If you think using secure HTTP would be enough to protect your privacy when checking webmail, think again. When users connect to their Microsoft user account page, Outlook.com, or OneDrive.com even when using HTTPS, the connection leaks a unique identifier that can be used to retrieve their name and profile photo in plaintext. Time to call a plumber.
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Tech recruiters say the darndest things. How many of these cringeworthy pronouncements have you heard? Trigger warning for anyone that's had to deal with recruiters.
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That list is spot on.
I've often heard "You'll get to work with smart people!", as if it's a perk or something. For me, that's an expectation.
I would also add Category G - recruiters who only want to hit you up for contacts, companies and other data gathering activities because they're too lazy to use Google/LinkedIn/Indeed/etc.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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:cringe:
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Article I am working with the founders of a stealth mode startup disrupting the infrastructure/data center space.
Sounds like fun, when we'll be orbiting? Is there an armory or should I procure my own weapons?
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Windows 10's accelerated update and upgrade tempo requires enterprises to discard habits that accreted over decades, a painful change but one that can be managed, a Gartner analyst said today.
"There's a new velocity of the rate of change when you move to Windows 10," Steven Kleynhans, a Gartner analyst who tracks the Redmond, Wash. firm, said in an interview. "It's not optional. You have to get on board." Well that seems a little harsh.
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a Gartner analyst said : You have to get on board
The duece you say.
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Why do they Always think you 'Have to" have the latest version.
If enough will put their foots down instead of just accepting then Microsoft will have to change.
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Isn't this what W10 Enterprise is supposed to be for? Hold onto W7 for another 3+ years and then freeze your W10 version at a snapshot for another half dozen afterward.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Why does anyone listen to Gartner analysts. I can't remember the last time they were right.
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A hack of the popular crowdfunding platform may be worse than Patreon itself has let on. Don't judge me too harshly when you found out what I funded. Let's call it a 10 month accident.
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IPFS isn’t exactly a well-known technology yet, even among many in the Valley, but it’s quickly spreading by word of mouth among folks in the open-source community. Hey if you want to make Netflix faster, who am I to impede progress?
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Is the 'gap' between the fastest RAM and the fastest disks bigger or smaller now than the gap was 10 or 20 years ago? Googling can't stop an opinion war.
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Well... answer me this: Which category is an SSD in? RAM or Disk?
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Another simple CSS trick that I found useful in the past. One can never have too many CSS tricks.
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Both Atlassian and FogCreek started off as bootstrapped businesses. However, Atlassian is clearly the winner even though it started long after Fogcreek. Two products enter, one product leaves.
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