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In a troubling experiment, researchers at security firm McAfee were able to trick two 2016 Teslas, with cruise control enabled, into driving up to 50 mph in a 35 mph zone — simply by sticking two inches of black tape over the three on the speed sign, making the vehicles think they were in an 85 mph zone. Beware of hackers with sticky tape
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I think we need to put a little work into the definition of "hacker".
But this should not work. The GPS I use doesn't read road signs, because all the data is available from various gubernatorial servers. If teslas rely on road signs for such information, they're designed by idiots.
I will now go and stick a scale model of a no-entry sign at the bottom of my road, to keep the buggers out, thereby reducing the risk of my being run over by one of the contraptions.
And I'll put some thought into which road signs I want on the backs of my jackets.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I think we need to put a little work into the definition of "hacker".
This could be a "hack" in the original sense of the term - The Meaning of ‘Hack’. OTOH, I wouldn't expect a contemporary "Tech. reporter" to be aware of this usage.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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We will be exploring how ‘Default Interface Methods’ work under-the-hood, looking at what the .NET Core Runtime has to do to make them work and how the feature was developed. "I got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood"
Always make sure your acronyms aren't sending a message you don't want to send
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The union will offer a common market for data-sharing, work on new rules for AI and invest in homegrown companies. Beyond fining them?
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Nelek wrote: I do see the need to make something to compete for a piece of the cake.
They don't want a piece of the cake, they want to defend their people.
That's the job of government (despite the fact that the UK and US governments think otherwise).
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Mark_Wallace wrote: They don't want a piece of the cake, they want to defend their people.
Fair enough
But, sorry, I am not really sure about it
But I do want to think you are right, and hope they do what is needed to pay back your trust on them
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Yeah, right, like gov't run anything has ever worked well before. 
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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You're right. Things are perfect as they are.
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#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I can't wait to see the FUD that google, fb, amazon, et al regurgitate, in an attempt to get people to go against this, but it's about time an authoritative body stood up and made it clear that US corporations do not rule the world.
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Oh, but they DO.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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The latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report eloquently argues that aside from wireless, the form factor of mobile in and of itself poses security risks. You mean that devices being used for every purpose other than their original intent aren't secure?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: You mean that devices being used for every purpose other than their original intent aren't secure?
I've only recently realised that "mobile" is short for "mobile phone".
I even tried making a phone call with my mobile, and it worked!
Live and learn.
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Users often interact with their mobile devices while walking, talking, driving, and doing all manner of other activities that interfere with their ability to pay careful attention to incoming information.
So that's why we're not allowed to use our phones and drive!
Driving distracts you from the important stuff, like mobile security.
I don't know which is worse, that this was written apparently with a straight face, or that I get where he's coming from.
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Quote: Worse than you thought
I doubt it.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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When it comes to security, developers are saying one thing but doing another, according to a new study from MongoDB. I'd think that almost 100% take responsibility, just some of them do it too late
Granted, it's a study from MongoDB, that seems to take no responsibility for security
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Granted, it's a study from MongoDB, that seems to take no responsibility for security
And giving percentages without a sample size reeks of deception.
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Or incompetent reporting.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Considering I read somewhere that 60% of business lack high enough software security measures, this seems to match up close enough
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In its latest study, the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative discovered just how prevalent open-source components are in all software and their shared problems and vulnerabilities. Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow...or hacked
I guess it's pretty bad that I've only heard of one of these components?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I guess it's pretty bad that I've only heard of one of these components?
I'd be in awe of anyone who knew a dozen.
I remember the fuss over left-pad, but only because I read about it; I have no idea what it does.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I remember the fuss over left-pad, but only because I read about it; I have no idea what it does.
That's the saddest part - it does what it says on the tin - it left pads strings. Definitely something that needs a separate component. 
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Definitely something that needs a separate component framework
I'll get to work on it right now.
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