Posts by seatrotter

Just wondering...

Doesn't any of those banks involved, have any options for authenticating transactions? How about those companies involved, don't they look for banks that authenticates transactions, and opt for such a service?

The simplest transaction authentication (I can think of) is, for a transaction to complete, by sending a text message (from the bank) to the account owner? Containing either an additional challenge code, or by having the recipient text/call back? Of course, this could be rendered useless if, say, changing of phone number is not properly/securely handled.

They should have...

...compared by cities between countries. This would ensure clearer comparison, with additional info, ofcourse (eg, population, land area, population density, average salary, etc).

But somehow, I'm guessing US still won't fair any better. Heck, it may even cement the fact that it has a lousy infrastructure compared to other industrialized nations.

"Hacker"

So, the "hacker" basically used a login credential he stole from another employee to gain access to the system.

Errmm... where was the instance of "hacking" there? Doesn't "hacking" involve some more sophistication? Unless ofcourse he used "social enginnering" to trick the person he stole the credentials from.

But really, doesn't seem to take much effort to do what he did, unless it was thrown in just to add weight to his crime/punishment.

Browsers...

"One track will pit hackers against the major browsers, including Safari, Internet Explorer, and Firefox."

What? No Opera? I wish they include it.

Re: walled garden or nothing......

Like I said, "Their model COULD have worked..." so it wouldn't necessarily work, though thanks for poking more holes in their sinking ship :D

Really, anyone/any business contemplating on Targeted Ad is really asking for it.

If it's just size...

a terabyte could is possible for the optical media. Even some more resistance to scratch (at least compared to current reflective tech). The catch? It's based on the technology put out of reach of the consumer. What is it? Fluorescent Multilayer Disc.

@Onionman

That's the problem w/ most "fanboys". In general, these group of people (Mac, Linux, Firefox, etc fanboys) more often than not, gets carried-away with simple statements that easily leads to misconceptions.

Take for example, the common statement: "If only he'd used [insert software here], he wouldn't be infected". Obviously, that's bull's crap. But then again, it's a lot catchier than saying: "If only he'd used [insert software here], he would've minimized the chance of being infected". If you're blindly pushing something, you'd go for the first statement.

The result? The majority of users would be too complacent on security thinking they're immune to security exploits just because he/she "is using [insert software here]".

And don't get me started on security practices. Just saying "don't go to pr0n/warez sites" is not enough (though still a good advice).

[Sigh]

I don't see...

...how an [internet-based] Ad company that does user-specific targetted ads is operating legally w/o explicit user consent. Could'nt enough people harass their government representatives to make it outright/obviously illegal for such practice? Or are there too much money pouring in to the government official's pockets from these companies that makes such actions futile?

Only if...

...we had laws that when a company is caught lying and actively misleading consumers, should be penalyzed to bankruptcy. Plus, penalyze also the management of such companies.