The General Technology Thread

[BugI02]

I think it is much more likely that streaming will just create virtual cable companies with all the arrogance, greed and anti-competitiveness of the originals

 

[ArcadiaGP]

La Porte County Pays $130,000 Ransom To Ryuk Ransomware

 

[jkaetz]

La Porte County Pays $130,000 Ransom To Ryuk Ransomware

I'm wondering how the ransomware had permissions to do anything on a domain controller. Someone failed miserably at the principal of least privilege.

 

[Phase2]

I'm wondering how the ransomware had permissions to do anything on a domain controller. Someone failed miserably at the principal of least privilege.

The first goal of pretty much all malware/hackers once they enter a network is to elevate privileges. Once you have admin/root, you can do almost anything. There are ways to minimize such attacks, but no way to absolutely shut it down.

 

[jkaetz]

The first goal of pretty much all malware/hackers once they enter a network is to elevate privileges. Once you have admin/root, you can do almost anything. There are ways to minimize such attacks, but no way to absolutely shut it down.

Yep, which is why there should be a single digit number of accounts that could do anything damaging to a domain controller and those accounts should only be used when making a change to the domain. For malware to be executed with a credential even remotely capable of accessing a DC is a security failure of monumental proportions.

 

[WebSnyper]

This isn't more competition. This is each studio creating a monopoly for their content.

I get that, but most people will pick one maybe two based on what content they want to watch. So still competition, but with licensing rights.

If there was only 1 in play, do you think it would charge less than if there are many (even with different content)? And while I don't like it, I can understand content producers/license owners wanting to get as much $ for their intellectual property as they can and maximize that streaming market.

I love Marvel stuff, but I likely won't ever pay for Disney's streaming service as I just don't want to pay for another streaming service.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Neuralink, Elon Musk's company focused on brain augmentation, is set to start clinical trials next year.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Netflix is going to edit out a scene from their show "13 Reasons Why", which is about suicide.

Raises questions about media preservation going forward... especially since they say they will go after people that upload the original, unedited version to the Internet.

+1 for Piracy
-1 for Revisionists

 

[JettaKnight]

Netflix is going to edit out a scene from their show "13 Reasons Why", which is about suicide.

Raises questions about media preservation going forward... especially since they say they will go after people that upload the original, unedited version to the Internet.

+1 for Piracy
-1 for Revisionists

Meh.

That stuff has been happening far before Netflix. Pre-coffee, but I can at least point to South Park as an example.


It's their material, they can decide that they want to make an edit after it originally airs. Heck, this sort of stuff has been happening ever since Gutenberg made his contraption.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

FYI - Don't use "FaceApp", the viral thing going around that makes people look older.

It's a Russian-owned app that has 100% ownership of you by using it. Your photos, et al, can be used for whatever commercial purpose they choose.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

1st Cir. finally puts an end to long-running litigation brought by a dumb mother who convinced herself and her son that wifi caused him to have headaches and "chest pressure."

She argued the ADA required the school to remove the wifi.

http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/18-1602P-01A.pdf

 

[jkaetz]

Meh.

That stuff has been happening far before Netflix. Pre-coffee, but I can at least point to South Park as an example.


It's their material, they can decide that they want to make an edit after it originally airs. Heck, this sort of stuff has been happening ever since Gutenberg made his contraption.

You can go back a lot farther than that. Just look at some of the older Looney Tunes episodes. As a kid I didn't even realize they were censored and the jokes had no impact on my current treatment of people. I watched Bugs Bunny as blackface plenty of times and didn't even know what it was until the SJWs made a big deal out of current affairs where someone painted their face black.

 

[Jludo]

Neuralink, Elon Musk's company focused on brain augmentation, is set to start clinical trials next year.

How much you want to bet one of those nerds is already wearing one.

 

[jamil]

FYI - Don't use "FaceApp", the viral thing going around that makes people look older.

It's a Russian-owned app that has 100% ownership of you by using it. Your photos, et al, can be used for whatever commercial purpose they choose.

Yeah. If the product you're using is free, chances are YOU are the product.

 

[BugI02]

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[bwframe]

La Porte County Pays $130,000 Ransom To Ryuk Ransomware

Is it our state taxes that pay this ransom?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Is it our state taxes that pay this ransom?

Just heard their insurance company paid $100k, but yeah... not sure where the rest comes from. Probably... which would suck, since it's due to their own failures.

 

[jkaetz]

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Privacy is still alive and well, anonymity not so much. People should learn to separate the two. The lack of anonymity amplifies the impact of any privacy breach though. A good assumption is that if you're using someone's software, they own and will use the data you generate in the process.

 

[BugI02]

Point is no overlap between privacy and the internet

P ∩ I = Ø

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Scientists Successfully Turn Breast Cancer Cells Into Fat to Stop Them From Spreading