Recent content by humorific

Okay, we know Huawei, but not what, when and where...

My solution is to enter windows firewall rules to block all network access for the updater and all executables. It should need any of it to do its job

Clearly, Facebook does not possess commonsense or the culture to understand what they are doing is wrong. I propose that as part of the profile, users should be able to see then name, date, and their statistics given of every company that has been given their information, anonymized or not.

Yeah, but have you tested if the patch actually is effective on spectre and meltdown?

Total War: Neanderthals vs Homo Sapiens

Can you trust ANY antivirus? The cure may be worse than the disease..

What really needs to be done is to put in place a system to eliminate the SSN altogether. If it hasn't been exposed by now, it eventually will be. It's too late to secure this archaic ID.I propose a public/private rolling key. You provide a "new" SSN to a requestor. Then you would take both that...

@BULKZERKER You missed my point. I'm not talking about an adapter that happens to use a usb cable. I have that already. I'm talking about an actual usb device, probably with more memory than a graphics card and running at higher speeds to compensate for the lower bandwidth link.

I keep waiting for someone to to create a mining specific card that uses something other than a PCI-E slot, like SATA or USB 3.1. It would be bandwidth restricted, but, in the case of USB, you could attach many more units and cool them more effectively, externally.

Agronomic: a keyboard with leaf and reed switches...

Biometrics were always fools gold. As much as we everyone likes to bash passwords, ultimately they are still the best, most secure, most flexible option, and likely to stay that way. Remember, the purpose of security is to be secure, not convenient.

D-Link is short for Delinquent.

Wither on the Vine?