This is like Cold War stuff. When do we reach mutually assured destruction? For the record, I use an ad blocker. Not because I don’t appreciate that many of the tools and sites I enjoy need to make money somehow, but because in the process of doing so, too many are making use of insecure…
In other words, VW created a backdoor, and assumed that it would remain hidden. But it did not. Backdoors are bad, and anyone who thinks they should be required to allow law enforcement access should be forced to take personal responsibility when something like this happens. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160812/10515435227/volkswagen-created-backdoor-to-basically-all-cars-now-hackers-can-open-all-them.shtml
“With the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260 character maximum path limit in Windows. You just need to make a minor edit to the Windows Registry or Group Policy. Here’s how to make it happen.” And long time Litigation Support folks who’ve had to deal with client data structured in…
Saw it for myself this past weekend, the walkway that connects Terminal 4 to the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. It’s really less than a 10 minute walk, and is so, so much nicer than either taking the Qantas bus if you’re connecting from American to Qantas, or having to actually exit the airport,…
“Ransomware is a huge problem. It seems that we hear of more infections despite all the training and news of the potential damage ransomware can cause. There is now a new website to help combat ransomware. The Dutch National Police, Europol, Intel Security, and Kaspersky Lab have launched a new website to aid in the…
“For their study, researchers surveyed over 1200 senior executives and non-executive employees about their workplace arrangements. While 53 percent of employees reported feeling less satisfied and less productive when they had to work through ambient noise, only 35 percent of executives felt the same way.The disconnect between the perceptions of management and the people they…