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IOActive has unearthed worrying vulnerabilities in satellite communication systems, aka SATCOM, used by airplanes, ships and military units worldwide. The sky might not be falling, but other things might
And my in-flight WiFi might be tampered with. Oh, my stars!
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Cupertino swears it doesn't spy on you to serve targeted ads. Siri just watches you as you sleep
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Cupertino swears it doesn't spy on you to serve targeted ads.
Of course not, they just spy on you to sell the data. The ads are just random, they are easier and cheaper to deliver. 
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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Link between Autism, math, and systemization borne out in general population. "Where there is life there is a pattern, and where there is a pattern there is mathematics."
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Today, researchers at Trustwave released a new open-source tool called Social Mapper, which uses facial recognition to track subjects across social media networks. Designed for "security researchers". Really?
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Good thing my cat has limited access to social networking sites.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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This feature will allow administrators to run untrusted executables in a secure sandbox without fear that it can make any changes to the operating system or system's files. Countdown to it being hacked begins now
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Who does your software team _really_ serve? "Who profits by a sin has done the sin."
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You will be able to run new and existing Windows desktop applications on .NET Core and enjoy all the benefits that .NET Core has to offer, such as application-local deployment and improved performance. Windows Forms everywhere* (* wherever windows forms might be able to run)
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I was elated for a moment until I realized it is for Windows only. Why would anyone expend time and effort to port his WinForm and WPF application to .NET Core for no visible gain?
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That was the part I couldn't figure out as well. I guess so you can have the joy of porting? 
TTFN - Kent
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Do you have a link to anything more comprehensive - ideally looking at a real world application running on both platforms - even in aggregate microbenches are of limited value and one by itself says almost nothing.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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This article covers a (much) wider cross-section of APIs, including file access, cryptography, networking, etc. Still benchmarks, but illustrates improvements across the board which should translate to improved app performance...
Performance Improvements in .NET Core | .NET Blog
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Interesting. That also says they're planning to backport most of the changes to the main framework. But I'd guess they'd probably wait until 4.8 at the soonest since I wouldn't expect major internal rewrites in a 4.7.x release.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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Time-sharing systems got a lot right from a security standpoint. "We aimed toward a completely lights-out, 'no chance for mistakes' interface," says the security researcher. "Remember when systems had operators who were trained to operate the computer, instead of having everyone operate their own computers with no training at all? It was big mistake, in retrospect."
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In the future, your face could become the trigger for the execution of malware. "Intriguing. I wish I had more time to discuss this, because I must explode in 75 seconds."
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The system has to be robust enough to recognize slightly different speeds and shapes while still catching fraudulent attempts, researchers say. The bird is the (pass)word
But probably best not to use that one, everyone else will.
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Does
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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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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It will be the most common password.
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I "love" articles about what "could be" the next greatest thing since it usually ends up being, "this could be great if the infinite number of fatal problems could be solved, maybe."
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Well with my amazing maths this looks like a dumb idea. If it only uses one hand that is only 5 fingers (counting thumb here, simple maths).
So that like using five bits. 00100.
so 2 to power 5 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 36
x2 again = 64 - 1 = 63 possible combinations.
and i can only hold my middle finger down i use my thumb, so thats a few combos less.
so like 60 possible combinations.
now let me work out how many combos a-Z0-9 for 8 characters is...
oh maybe this better. Usually questions are what first pet. so this hand thing offers more combinations then that.
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I think you've confused fingers and gestures.
Given the 32 permutations of fingers, you could hold your hand horizontally, vertically, pointing towards the camera, moving between 2 positions and changing the number of fingers. Pretty soon you'll reach an astronomical variety of permutations.
I still thinks it's an awful idea as a password alternative, as it will be extremely easy to see someone else's gestures.
(Also 2 ^ 5 = 32, not 36)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Their next idea will be that you shout your password, but it also detects the loudness!
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Using magnetoencephalography, researchers showed that while the human brain is still able to perceive sounds during sleep, it is unable to group these sounds according to their organization in a sequence. OK, I need a new plan for meetings then
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