Free games on Origin (BF4 maps) and EA (The Crew) - google for links

cheap way to upgrade your iPhone 6 to a 7:
http://appleplugs.com/

@scottalanmiller said in Apple Watch 2 Announced:

@Nic said in Apple Watch 2 Announced:

so faster, more waterproof and gps? that's it?

How much did you want?

yeah good point - not much else to ask for in a smart watch

so faster, more waterproof and gps? that's it?

Enter here:
http://mysite.webroot.com/16Q4-AMER-Channel-NextGenMSPLandingPage?sf35251772=1

@scottalanmiller said in Cylance Questions:

@Jstear said in Cylance Questions:

I tested out Cylance to see if it was as great as everyone says it is, but it was basically Webroot from what I could tell. The biggest issue I had with it was I couldn't do much management. I has to send most requests to the dealer I was getting the trial from. They said that was going to change in the future though.

I've not heard of anything that really differentiates them from Webroot (other than costing way more.) They describe this awesome way that they work, but Webroot describes that way too. So not sure how much different they are. They had a session at SW last year but blew it big time - which was not really their fault and they've apologized and explained about that and that's all fine, but they had an opportunity to explain what made them different and failed to do so. They sound like a good option, but with Webroot at there, more mature, at a fraction of the price, I've not heard a compelling argument for Cylance's value proposition other than providing an alternative.

To boil it down to the essentials we do:

1. Online database to identify known malicious software
2. Machine Learning and heuristics to catch unknown bad actors
3. Journaling and rollback for anything we can't immediately identify

Cylance focuses on one layer which is the machine learning and heuristics to classify software as good or bad. Their approach puts all their energy into making #2 the best it can be, whereas we have three layers that we spread our effort across. Different approaches, but both different from and superior to signature-based definitions.

@scottalanmiller said in I'm ready!:

Sweet! I leave in the morning to head towards the conference.

Let me guess, you're visiting 27 states along the way?

I'll be headed home, sorry.

Got keycode cards to give out. The best swag is free product, right?

@scottalanmiller said in New Thermostat:

@Nic said in New Thermostat:

@Dashrender said in New Thermostat:

@Nic said in New Thermostat:

@Dashrender said in New Thermostat:

If it checks into a central server that isn't controlled by you, today that's just a bad idea. Most of those protocols have been shown to have little to no real security.

Yeah that's the only downside. Webroot is trying to build a security framework that vendors can use since they mostly don't think about it until it's too late: https://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/iot

here's hoping that takes off!

I hope webroot also realizes that it needs to be free if it's going to be accepted.

Steve Gibson is making a new authentication mechanism - he knows the only way it will be largely accepted is if it's free, so he's open sourcing the project.

Well we do have to make some money. Plus hosting all the stuff on AWS and supporting the API calls costs us money, so if it were a free service then we'd be losing money on the deal But it's certainly something we want to make affordable enough for vendors to use so that it will be widely adopted.

If you price it per unit, so that little vendors can get in at $1/unit or something like that, it might work. You need to make the point of entry low, that's the bigger issue.

Yeah I haven't heard anything on the pricing yet, and I'm not sure if that is fully baked. We're still in the process of building it

@Dashrender said in New Thermostat:

@Nic said in New Thermostat:

@Dashrender said in New Thermostat:

If it checks into a central server that isn't controlled by you, today that's just a bad idea. Most of those protocols have been shown to have little to no real security.

Yeah that's the only downside. Webroot is trying to build a security framework that vendors can use since they mostly don't think about it until it's too late: https://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/iot

here's hoping that takes off!

I hope webroot also realizes that it needs to be free if it's going to be accepted.

Steve Gibson is making a new authentication mechanism - he knows the only way it will be largely accepted is if it's free, so he's open sourcing the project.

Well we do have to make some money. Plus hosting all the stuff on AWS and supporting the API calls costs us money, so if it were a free service then we'd be losing money on the deal But it's certainly something we want to make affordable enough for vendors to use so that it will be widely adopted.

@Dashrender said in New Thermostat:

If it checks into a central server that isn't controlled by you, today that's just a bad idea. Most of those protocols have been shown to have little to no real security.

Yeah that's the only downside. Webroot is trying to build a security framework that vendors can use since they mostly don't think about it until it's too late: https://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/iot

@scottalanmiller said in New Thermostat:

@Nic said in New Thermostat:

@scottalanmiller said in New Thermostat:

So I have a digital thermostat currently but it is awful and needs to be replaced. It doesn't work like it should and the interface is garbage. So am thinking about what I could replace it with. Came across this one and it looks really interesting...

https://www.smarthome.com/ecobee-eb-state3-01ecobee3-smart-wi-fi-thermostat.html

I really like that it is Alexa enabled, because we use the Amazon Echo extensively and would like to use it more. We have the Echo and Tap currently and plan to put a Dot in the main part of the house with the big sound system.

Alexa enabled you say?

Yup, I love that feature option. Big deal for us.

Yeah I have an Alexa now so that's appealing to be able to tell it to change the temp.s

@scottalanmiller said in New Thermostat:

So I have a digital thermostat currently but it is awful and needs to be replaced. It doesn't work like it should and the interface is garbage. So am thinking about what I could replace it with. Came across this one and it looks really interesting...

https://www.smarthome.com/ecobee-eb-state3-01ecobee3-smart-wi-fi-thermostat.html

I really like that it is Alexa enabled, because we use the Amazon Echo extensively and would like to use it more. We have the Echo and Tap currently and plan to put a Dot in the main part of the house with the big sound system.

Alexa enabled you say?

@Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

Stealing.
Lying.
No commitment, zero energy, just slothful.
No desire/drive to improve on weak areas.

These for me are the big 4, I'm not really into the "He wasted $$$ fire him" because I've done it in business and regretted it, mistakes do happen but you do learn from him but point 4, if there is no desire to improve after the mistake, then that's when we have problems.

I'm with you on the first two but for the second two I'd investigate to see if there's some underlying reason for the low drive. Could be a medical or family issue that could be corrected with some help. Especially if they were previously a good employee.

@scottalanmiller Using RAID 5

Yeah they're coming strong and fast. And evolving, as this blog post shows:
https://www.webroot.com/blog/2016/08/16/nemucod-ransomware-analysis/

Tyler's webinars are always really good. I've seen him do a previous version of this one and it's fascinating to see the history. I'll be watching again for sure.

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