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@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I don't see an issue there.
Clearly they didn't whitelist their designer malware with the Anti-malware software running on the computer, which Kaspersky picked it up and was just doing it's job as it should.
Oh yeah, seems like 100% an NSA "voluntarily sending data externally" problem. Nothing to do with the AV vendor directly.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I don't see an issue there.
Clearly they didn't whitelist their designer malware with the Anti-malware software running on the computer, which Kaspersky picked it up and was just doing it's job as it should.
Oh yeah, seems like 100% an NSA "voluntarily sending data externally" problem. Nothing to do with the AV vendor directly.
I'm sure they even agreed to have data sent to Kaspersky. Oddly I'm much more inclined to believe Kaspersky then the NSA... especially since this isn't the first time they've messed up like this.
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I don't see an issue there.
Clearly they didn't whitelist their designer malware with the Anti-malware software running on the computer, which Kaspersky picked it up and was just doing it's job as it should.
Oh yeah, seems like 100% an NSA "voluntarily sending data externally" problem. Nothing to do with the AV vendor directly.
I'm sure they even agreed to have data sent to Kaspersky. Oddly I'm much more inclined to believe Kaspersky then the NSA... especially since this isn't the first time they've messed up like this.
I guarantee that they did.
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Basically, the NSA was incompetent and didn't know basic security. Surprised? I didn't think so.
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NSFW is Not Safe for Work. Maybe NSA is Not Safe for America?
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@reid-cooper said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
NSFW is Not Safe for Work. Maybe NSA is Not Safe for America?
That's been common knowledge since their inception... or at least since they've been retasked to spy on American citizens.
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Fedora 28, likely more than six months away, is going to focus heavily on improving laptop battery life. Something very much needed in the Linux world.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I wonder why any delivery driver would agree to work with such service. Something gets stolen from your house, blame the delivery guy. Huge liability for them.
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@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I wonder why any delivery driver would agree to work with such service. Something gets stolen from your house, blame the delivery guy. Huge liability for them.
Not likely. I guarantee that they have legal forms for that. And don't they use cameras?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I wonder why any delivery driver would agree to work with such service. Something gets stolen from your house, blame the delivery guy. Huge liability for them.
Not likely. I guarantee that they have legal forms for that. And don't they use cameras?
Did you not read the article you linked? The hack specifically disables the camera.
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@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I wonder why any delivery driver would agree to work with such service. Something gets stolen from your house, blame the delivery guy. Huge liability for them.
Not likely. I guarantee that they have legal forms for that. And don't they use cameras?
Did you not read the article you linked? The hack specifically disables the camera.
That's different, though. We are talking about willingness to be the delivery guy. It's not really a realistic expectation that someone will hack the camera when YOU are the delivery guy.
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But if they did, which is possible, it makes it not your problem. As it is just disabled and your house exposed.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Like you really wanted this service anyhow.
The whole thing seems like a bad idea.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I wonder why any delivery driver would agree to work with such service. Something gets stolen from your house, blame the delivery guy. Huge liability for them.
Not likely. I guarantee that they have legal forms for that. And don't they use cameras?
Camera might not be covering everything, it might be placed badly, house layout could prevent that, just too many variables to rely on single camera.
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@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I wonder why any delivery driver would agree to work with such service. Something gets stolen from your house, blame the delivery guy. Huge liability for them.
Not likely. I guarantee that they have legal forms for that. And don't they use cameras?
Camera might not be covering everything, it might be placed badly, house layout could prevent that, just too many variables to rely on single camera.
I don't think that they are supposed to enter the house and go past the camera, right? They are to set the box inside? So if they can't be seen entering the house, they are covered.
