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[00:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AT&T Ramps Up its Fight Against Robocalls With Call Validation Feature - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:45] <exec> 08└─Well that's going to go on his Permanent Record.
[00:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AT&T Ramps Up its Fight Against Robocalls With Call Validation Feature - 689 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:46] <exec> 08└─Blocking means the PHONE DOES NOT RING! They are just pushing through the call with a random flag yes/no. Why would the complance want to block calls? They what to charge all for as many things as they can. IF they ruely wanted to to block these... IT IS SIMPLE... cross check the curcit to the numb...
[00:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Ramps Up its Fight Against Robocalls With Call Validation Feature - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:14:48] <exec> 08└─Saw this last week on the telly: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[00:15:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Soft Robotic Insect That Survives Being Flattened by a Fly Swatter - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:15:02] <exec> 08└─Strong polymer muscles look quite intriguing for use in prosthetics. Not all of us have everything working right. I can only imagine these technologies combined with the artistry behind "real doll".
[00:16:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Trump Administration Says Employers Can Ban Organizing Via Company Email - 1050 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:16:43] <exec> 08└─if people really cared about the tech industry more people would be organizing as decentralized networks of small companies to destroy these behemoths by the death of a thousand cuts with pooling of resources for expenses the individual companies couldn't make, like fabbing custom hardware or puttin...
[00:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Steal Data for 15 Million Patients, Then Sell It Back to Lab That Lost It - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:17:08] <exec> 08└─If they steal MY pills, they won't ever do it again. My heart pills are the exact opposite of Viagra. And my other pills will make you get up hourly to go pee. You will not get a decent night's sleep.
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[01:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Escher: Etch-a-Sketch As A Service - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:03] <exec> 08└─I was going to implement kick-the-can as a service, but I keep kicking the can down the road.
[01:14:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How SSH Key Shielding Works - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:11] <exec> 08└─Store your ssh keys using rot13, the NSA hasn't backdoored that yet.
[01:14:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How SSH Key Shielding Works - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:14:13] <exec> 08└─the main idea is to keep things 'encrypted at rest' and only unlock them for the shortest period of time possible.
[01:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Slams Media For Not Saying Nice Things About AWS - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:29] <exec> 08└─Not opening the source means fewer users, but more money. The answer seems obvious.
[01:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Satnav Watching Over Rugby Players - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:21] <exec> 08└─Yes I know I should stop being so cheap and buy it, well not that but a membership in a team they usually have the watchafl included in the membership and most have an out of country cheaper option as well. It would not be on a phone anyways I watch them all in wonderful high definition on my TV now...
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[02:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:54] <exec> 08└─Especially at the Gießen password office.
[02:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:55] <exec> 08└─It's gonna take me an hour to change my password from password to password1? Cuz I guarantee, 90% of those suckers did something similar.
[02:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:57] <exec> 08└─Are they doing top secret government work there where they cannot afford a hillary clinton? Just reset all accounts to the same password and let them change passwords when they next login. If someone changes someone elses password, then do the ID thing.
[02:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:00] <exec> 08└─Always doing the things the way they should be done!
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[03:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:59] <exec> 08└─He can come here and appeal the ruling.
[03:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:00] <exec> 08└─This isn't any surprise. After all, there are rules in place for people with access to classified information for a reason. Perhaps Snowden should have used a foreign publisher for his book.
[03:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:02] <exec> 08└─Correction. There are rules in place for little people. If you're a Senator or President or FBI agent or journalist, there's no punishment for leaking and lying.
[03:14:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:04] <exec> 08└─Alternatively, the US govt can kiss his ass, they aren't gonna be able to do anything in spite of the so-called "entitlement".
[03:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:07] <exec> 08└─Let me ask you this simple question, which should be easily answered by a simple yes or no: Do you honestly, sincerely believe that, if he came back to the U.S., he would get a fair trial ?
[03:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 647 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:09] <exec> 08└─There was a Slashdot post about this. In the comments there are discussions about rules for convicted criminals that write books and where the proceeds go (ie: to the families of the victims). alvinrod writes "It's not surprising. Generally the courts haven't allowed criminals to profit from selling...
[03:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:20] <exec> 08└─In the meantime the students will just use their gmail accounts like usual...because the email from the U sucks.
[03:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:21] <exec> 08└─They won't get any email from the Uni anyway, unless the Uni have a special contract with Google that don't track the email addresses it uses.
[03:14:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Escher: Etch-a-Sketch As A Service - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:33] <exec> 08└─These folks might not be so happy about the use of "Escher" ?? https://mcescher.com [mcescher.com] M. C. Escher was an amazing and unique artist, for anyone that doesn't know. The cloud-a-sketch guy could have at least explained where the name came from and sent people to the official site......
[03:15:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Ramps Up its Fight Against Robocalls With Call Validation Feature - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:16] <exec> 08└─I'd think a better take on their clout would be here [opensecrets.org]. When you've at least attempted to buy 350 Representatives, 66 Senators, and everybody with a snowball's chance in hell of becoming president, I'd say you're pretty influential.
[03:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Ramps Up its Fight Against Robocalls With Call Validation Feature - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:17] <exec> 08└─Don't be silly. The phone company knows who to bill. How do you think they make their money?
[03:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Soft Robotic Insect That Survives Being Flattened by a Fly Swatter - 701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:33] <exec> 08└─This looks like something the government can use to spy on people. Try to sneak a 'housefly' into an unsuspecting person's house. So if someone hits this thing with a fly swatter can the police then claim that they're destroying government property? Oh wait .... *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (...
[03:15:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Chemical Compound Found in Essential Oils Improves Wound Healing - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:42] <exec> 08└─This attitude ain't since the dawning of science, it is since 1940 or so. Because patents. No one is going to pay $100 million to get FDA approval for something they can't patent.
[03:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Says Employers Can Ban Organizing Via Company Email - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:27] <exec> 08└─How is it the employer's responsibility to help employees organize against them?
[03:20:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hottest Day of December on Record in Australia - Most of It Over 42C - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:20:31] <exec> 08└─These city folk... no appreciation for life ;)
[03:20:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hottest Day of December on Record in Australia - Most of It Over 42C - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:20:33] <exec> 08└─Heh, when I visited my parents the first time after emmigating, I made the mistake to rent a car. The most frustrating experience ever, even outside the city: you can drive over 50-60kph for distances of 2-3 km; that is, until you hit the next village and need to cut back the speed. Good to live in...
[03:20:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hottest Day of December on Record in Australia - Most of It Over 42C - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:20:35] <exec> 08└─Heh, yeah the sense of scale when you're living down here is rather different from what you get in Europe.
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[04:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:02] <exec> 08└─Not sure if I should mod this as spam or flaimbait or troll !
[04:14:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:04] <exec> 08└─No.
[04:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:06] <exec> 08└─the NSA broke the law: can they be sued for what they profited from?
[04:14:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Government is Entitled to All Snowden Book Proceeds, Judge Rules - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:08] <exec> 08└─This presumes that he would get a trial.
[04:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:21] <exec> 08└─> that don't track the email addresses it uses. Who does "it" refer to above? For a smart guy this post is very confusing.
[04:14:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:22] <exec> 08└─....probably a Windows attack vector? What's your TCO now?
[04:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uni Forces 38,000 Students, Staff to Queue With ID for Password Reset After 'Cyber Atttack' - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:24] <exec> 08└─Who does "it" refer to above?
[04:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Vocal Minority [2765] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How SSH Key Shielding Works - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:45] <exec> 08└─OK, so, this makes it harder to retrieve the SSH private key from memory because the attacker must slurp a (relatively) massive prekey as well as the encrypted private key?
[04:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How SSH Key Shielding Works - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:46] <exec> 08└─Even better, do it twice!
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