July 8, 2016 - The WAN Show Document

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Main News Topics

Samsung Unveils Successor to MicroSD

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/622317-samsung OP: yt1993

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/7/7/12115616/samsung-ufs-re

Source 3: https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-introduces-worlds-first-universal-flash-s

• Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Memory Cards

• Designed for use in high-resolution mobile shooting devices such as DSLRs, 3D VR cameras, action cams and drones

• Storage capacities include 32gb, 64gb, 128gb and 256gb

• Jung-bae Lee, SVP: Memory Product Planning & Application Engineering

  • “By launching our new high-capacity, high-performance UFS card line-up, we are changing the growing paradigm of the memory card market to prioritize performance and user convenience for all.”

• UFS removeable memory card provides more than five times faster sequential read performance than a typical microSD card

• Reads sequentially at 530MB/s, comparable to most SSDs

• With the UFS card, users can read a 5GB, full HD movie in approximately 10 seconds

  • UHS-1 microSD card would take over 50 seconds with a 95MB/s read speed

• Random read rate of 40,000 IOPS

  • 256GB UFS card delivers more than 20 times higher random read performance compared to a typical microSD

  • A microSD card offers approximately 1,800 IOPS

• 256GB UFS card processes 35,000 random IOPS

  • 350 times higher than the 100 IOPS of a typical microSD card

  • UFS card attains a 170MB/s write speed

• Samsung has been aggressive in preparing UFS for market

  • Contributing to JEDEC standardization in UFS 2.0 specs in Sep, 2013

  • UFS 1. Card Extension standards in Mar 2016

  • Completed the Universal Flash Storage Association’s certification program

    • Evaluating electrical and functional specs for compatibility of a UFS card

 

MIT Research Shows the Hole in the Ozone Layer Might be Healing

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/620694-mit-research-shows OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/24662/20160704/hole-ozone-layer-cl

Source 3: http://news.mit.edu/2016/signs-healing-antarctic-ozone-layer-0630

• Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified signs of healing of the Antarctic ozone layer

  • Findings published earlier this week in the journal Science by Susan Solomon

• Team found that the September ozone hole has shrunk more than 4 million square kilometers

  • About half the area of the United States

  • Since 2000, when ozone depletion was at its peak

• Team also showed that recovery has slowed somewhat at times

  • Due to effects of volcanic eruptions year to year

• Authors used “fingerprints” of the ozone changes with season and altitude to attribute the ozone’s recovery to decline of atmospheric chlorine originating from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

  • Chemical compounds were once emitted by dry cleaning processes, old refrigerators, and aerosols such as hairsprays

  • In 1987 virtually every country in the world signed on to the Montreal Protocol to ban the use of CFCs and repair the ozone hole

• Researchers tracked the yearly opening of the Antarctic ozone hole in the month of September, from 2000 to 2015

  • Analyzed ozone measurements taken from weather balloons and satellites

  • As well as satellite measurements of sulfur dioxide emitted by volcanoes

  • Also tracked meteorological changes

    • Such as temperature and wind, which can shift the ozone hole back and forth

• Solomon sees no reason, barring future volcanic eruptions, that the ozone hole shouldn’t shrink and eventually close permanently by midcentury

 

UN Council says Blocking Internet Access Violates Human Rights

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/621352-un-declares-o OP: jos

Source 2: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/un-council-says-blocking-internet-access-violates-hum

• Delegates gathered for the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council in UN, Geneva, Switzerland on June 13th

• Taking aim to countries that block access to internet as means to suppress free expression

• Resolution passed by 47-member council:

  • “condemns unequivocally measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online in violation of international human rights law and calls on all states to refrain from and cease such measures.”

• Russia, China and Saudi Arabia asked the UN to strike that passage from the digital rights decree

  • South Africa and India also called for its removal

• Internet blackouts are well-documented across China and the Middle East

  • Turkish gov’t were reportedly blocking news outlets, as well as Facebook and Twitter in wake of the attack on Istanbul's Atatürk Airport

• Transparency reports published by Twitter show requests from courts and gov’t agencies have skyrocketed from six per year to over 1000

  • In the three years since they started releasing data

• Group called “Freedom House” estimates that 34% of global population lives in countries that heavily restrict internet access or content

  • Another 23% living in countries with partially restricted access

• Countries, including Canada have signalled a need to combat efforts of political regimes bent on controlling free expression online

  • Ottawa pledged $9 million last year for project aimed at helping citizens circumvent gov’t imposed restrictions in repressive environments

• Edward Snowden, former CIA employee has called the UN’s dedication to the issue “good news” through Twitter

 

CSGO YouTubers Promote Owned CS:GO Gambling Website Without Disclosure

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/621178-csgo-youtubers-pr OP: Megazero

Source 2: http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/7/12116902/csgo-lotto-and-owners-sued-over-illeg

Source 3: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/youtube-syndicate-tmartn-csgo-lotto-scandal/

Source 4: https://csgolotto.com/

• YouTubers Tom Syndicate and TmarTn were promoting their own CS:GO skin gambling site in videos and not disclosing the fact that they were owners of that site

  • In the first CSGO Lotto video that Tmartn posted, he said that “we found this new site called CSGO Lotto”, lying to his viewers

  • Encouraged his viewership to go check it out, and that he won a pot and it was the “coolest feeling ever”

• Both YouTubers had strings of videos on their channels where they gambled CSGO skins through their website

• Jun 27th, YouTuber “HonorTheTruth” reported that TmarTn and Syndicate actually own the company CSGO Lotto

  • Tmartn replied with a video informing his audience that it’s “never been a secret,” and originally claimed that he was offered an equity stake after he had already been sponsored by the company

    • The company documents show that he was the one that incorporated the company, so that is completely false

  • Said he claimed it in every video that he had uploaded

    • H3H3 found that TmarTn tried to go back to his older videos and put disclaimers in the video descriptions after the fact

  • This video has since been removed

  • Ownership of the company wasn’t noted on Tmartn’s LinkedIn, while his other business ventures are

• Jul 3rd, H3H3 Productions covered it and the story blew up

  • Tmartn then released an “apology” video, which he has since removed

• Jul 4th, Tmartn deleted all of his videos revolving around CSGO Lotto

• A second lawsuit has been filed against Valve since this issue came to light, with CS:GO lotto listed as a defendant

• Jul 7th - TmarTn has gone dark and his lawyers have stated that there will be no further comment, and that they will make their next comments in the courtroom

• Separate story, but related - on July 4th, YouTuber named Psisyndicate created a video where he admits that two of his  videos from company “Steamloto” were rigged

  • Was paid via skins to rig the lottery and win some highly valued CSGO skins

  • Totalbiscuit commented on the video “You people are a fucking embarrassment to our industry”

FaZe Rain and FaZe Banks Also ALLEGEDLY Caught Secretly Owning CS:GO Gambling Site, Legal Action Possibly Forthcoming

Source 1: http://www.gamezone.com/news/faze-rain-and-faze-banks-caug

• Two members of FaZe clan, have allegedly been caught just like Syndicate and Tmartn

• Two YouTubers are Nordan Shat (FaZe Rain) and Ricky Banks (FaZe Banks)

• They allegedly own the service “CSGOWild”

• They claim they do not “officially” own it (their accusers say that they are using this reply since it’s held by shell companies), but they are ALLEGEDLY the owner through a number of shells

• Found out by the YouTuber Eight Thoughts

 

In America Sharing Your Password is Now a Federal Crime!

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/622815-in-america-sha OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: motherboard.vice.com/password-sharing-is...

• Result of a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most powerful appeals courts in the US

• Any user sharing a password that has not been authorized by the host of the website is in breach of the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) in the US

• Conviction of David Nosal, former employee of Korn/Ferry International (a research firm) was upheld

• Nosal used a former coworker’s password to access one of the firm’s databases after his employment was terminated, which was declared as “unauthorized” use of a computer system under the CFAA

• Judge Margaret McKeown argues that “without authorization” in the CFAA is “an unambiguous, non-technical term that, given its plain and ordinary meaning, means accessing a protected computer without permission.”

• She then proceeded to argue that, though Nosal DID have authorization from the other employee, he did not have authorization from the firm, which is why he is in breach of the CFAA

• Civil liberties groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and legal scholars, as well as the dissenting judge in the 2-1 decision, are arguing that this wording is too vague, and are now asking the question “Authorization from who?”

• They argue that this sets a dangerous precedent for everyday citizens who share passwords for services like Netflix and HBO Go with friends and family members

• Since they do not have authorization from those companies to share these passwords, they are breaking federal law under the CFAA

• They are primarily concerned with what they call “the government’s boundless interpretation of the CFAA.”

• “The majority does not provide, nor do I see, a workable line which separates the consensual password sharing in this case from the consensual password sharing of millions of legitimate account holders, which may also be contrary to the policies of system owners,” wrote dissenting judge Stephen Reinhardt

• He also says that this decision “loses sight of the anti-hacking purpose of the CFAA.”

• “Using someone else’s password with their permission but not the system’s owner isn’t ‘hacking,’ but that’s what the court is treating it as.”

• Reinhardt also noted that all 50 states have their own more narrow computer trespassing statutes, and that the case would have been better suited for civil, not criminal proceedings

• Unless Netflix or HBO start to pursue individual customers, this probably means nothing, but it sets a precedent that users who share passwords in the US should consider

 

Net Neutrality: Should the EU Slash Regulation to Win 5G Connectivity?

Source 1: http://www.cbronline.com/news/telecoms/carrier/net-neutrality-should-the-eu-

Source 2: http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/5g-calls-for-eu-rethink-on-net-neutrality/a/d

Source 3: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1948026-4393-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1.html

• Europe's largest telecom groups have pledged to launch superfast 5G networks in at least one city in every EU country by 2020

  • As part of a manifesto signed by the heads of BT, Deutsche Telecom, Telecom Italia and Vodafone, among others

• As quid pro quo for more investment, controversial new EU rules on net neutrality should be watered down

  • According to the document signed by 17 different telecoms groups and seen by financial times

  • “Policies and rules must be future-oriented, pro-investment and pro-innovation” the manifesto reads

  • “The telecom Industry warns that the current Net Neutrality guidelines, as put forward by BEREC, create significant uncertainties around 5G return on investment. Investments are therefore likely to be delayed unless regulators take a positive stance on innovation and stick to it.”

• Telecoms industry also demanded regulatory “level playing field” by placing communication tools such as Whatsapp and Skype under the same rules as them

 

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Rapid Fire

NVIDIA GTX 1060

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/622638-1060-spec OP: Inrix

Source 2: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1060#cid=eBl

Source 3: http://www.gsmarena.com/nvidia_announces_geforce_gtx_1060_for_249-blog

Chart of 1060 vs 960

Technical Specifications

• Prices start at $249 USD for OEM variant and $299 USD for Founders Edition

• Claims to offer 3x performance of its predecessor

• NVIDIA says the GTX 1060 will outperform a 980

• Will go on sale July 19th

  • Founders edition available only through NVIDIA’s site

 

BMW, Intel and Mobileye Team up to Build an Entirely Self-Driving Car for 2021

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/619497-bmw-intel-and-mo OP: Tataffe

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/1/12078120/bmw-autonomous-car-anno

Source 3: https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/01/bmw-mobileye-and-intel-are-building-a-full-sel

• Planning to ship by 2021, Bloomberg reports

• Compared to existing technology, this new generation of cars should drive themselves from start to finish

• It’s a “door-to-door” self-driving car platform

• Called BMW “iNEXT”

• Company mentions potential ride-sharing use cases with a platform that would allow BMW to manage a fleet of autonomous vehicles

  • Could affect many areas of the transportation industry

• Should reach level 3 to level 5 of automated driving (“eyes off” to “driver off”)

  • BMW, Intel and Mobileye will then share the platform with other car manufacturers

• Test drives will start next year

• Mobileye has been developing camera sensors for cars, for the past two decades

  • Tesla uses their technology for its autopilot feature

• Mobileye shares jumped 12%, the most it has in almost two years

 

Israel Attacks Facebook, Claims they Allow Terrorists to Incite Terrorism

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/620792-israel-attacks-facebo OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36702897

• Gov’t ministers in Israel have accused Facebook of failing to tackle “inciteful” posts against the country on Facebook

• Justice minister Ayelet Shaked wants social media companies to pre-emptively remove content which Israel considers to be a security threat

• Mrs Shaked complained that threatening content must be manually reported by the website’s users before any action can be taken

• In a statement by Facebook

  • “We call on people to use our report tool if they find content they believe violates these rules, so that we can examine each case and take quick action”

• Facebook’s latest gov’t transparency report said the company blocked 236 posts in Israel

  • Were alleged to violate local harassment laws, or were related to Holocaust denial

 

Dell Ditching Android Tablets, Future Tablets to Run Windows 10

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/620443-dell-is-ditching-android OP: AluminumTech

Source 2:  http://wccftech.com/dell-has-discontinued-its-venue-tablets-running-android/

• Comes from Dell’s attempt to lure customers and business owners away from Windows

  • With hopes they’d adopt Android as a substitute OS for completion of everyday tasks

  • Tablet series is the Venue 10 7000 slate

 

Microsoft Invites ‘bae’ Interns to ‘get lit’ on ‘lots of dranks,’ then apologizes - again
Source 1: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-invites-bae-interns-to-get-lit-on-

• Email was sent to interns using a “cringey” version of current slang

• The email began “Hey Bae Intern! <3” and went on to offer “lots of dranks” and the ability to “get lit on a Monday night”

• Also promised beer pong and “hella noms”

• An apology was issued within hours, after the invites went viral on social networks, noting that “the email was poorly worded and not in keeping with our values as a company.”

 

LG’s Low G5 Sales Have Led to Some Drastic Decisions by the Company

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/620790-lgs-low-g5-sales-led-t OP: Djole123

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/lg-g5-abysmal-sales-performance-led-company-make-dra

• Since the decline in LG G5 sales, company has decided to dismiss several staff and restructure its mobile division

• Firm has also created a special ‘program management office’ that will oversee product development for the the future

• Mobile division will answer directly to LG Mobile’s head Cho Juno

• LG spokesperson explained that “this action wasn’t only about G5 sales and no executives were asked to leave LG as part of this realignment”

• “The purpose of the realignment is to create an optimised and agile organisation that can deliver greater performance going forward”

 

Consumer reports: Samsung Galaxy S7 Active not actually water resistant

Source 1: finance.yahoo.com/consumer-reports-samsung…

• Consumer Reports

• Appears to be limited to the Active (the more “rugged” model)

• Standard S7 and S7 Edge both have the same water resistance claims (“designed to survive in up to 5 feet of water for 30 minutes) and passed tests from Consumer Reports (a non-profit org, well respected for its product testing)

• They list the S7 and S7 edge as “Excellent” for their displays, battery life, and cameras, but cannot recommend the Active because it “doesn’t meet Samsung’s own claims”

• This result surprised the director of electronics testing from Consumer Reports, who said that Samsung’s claims are usually “fairly good”

• After half an hour in water, the Active’s screen “flashed green and other colors and didn’t respond to touch.”

• Tiny bubbles also appeared on the camera lenses

• They did not test the drop resistance (Samsung claims it can survive drops of up to 5 feet on a flat surface)

 

Apple Sued in China Over Showing of War Film from the 1990s

Source 1: http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/apple-sued-in-china-over-showing-of-war-film-fr

Source 2: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/04/apple-sued-chinese-media-regulator-war-film/

• Being sued by subsidiary of China’s broadcasting regulator over showing a propaganda film more than 20 years old

  • According to Associated Press

• Case brought by state-run production center which alleges Apple has infringed on its exclusive online rights to broadcast “Xuebo dixiao”
  “Xuebo dixiao” is a film depicting the Chinese army battling Japanese soldiers in northern China in the early 1930s

• Plaintiff also suing Heyi Information and Technology, for reportedly enabling users of its “Youku HD” app to watch the film

• Plaintiff wants two companies to stop broadcasting the film

  • Seeking compensation of 50,000 yuan ($7500 USD) plus “reasonable expenditure” of 20,158 yuan ($3000 USD)

 

Apple Promoting Organ Donation in iOS 10

Source 1: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/apple-using-new-iphone-software-update-to-ge

Source 2: http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-promoting-organ-donation-in-ios-10/

• Starting in iOS 10, Apples Health app will allow US users to register themselves to donate organs, eyes and tissue

• Apple working with Donate Life America

  • Says when you register, data is sent directly to the National Donate Life Registry

• Donate Life America President and CEO, David Fleming said:

  • “One donor can save as many as eight lives”

• More than 120,000 Americans are currently waiting for a transplant, and every 10 minutes, new person is added to that waiting list

  • Leading to the death of one person awaiting a transplant every hour in the US

 

Hillary Clinton Unveils Her Technology Initiative

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/621149-hillary-c OP: SansVarnic

Source 2: http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-to-unveil-platform-on-technolo

Source 3: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2016/06/27/hillary-clintons-initiative-o

• Released a wide-ranging agenda calling for connecting every household to high-speed internet

  • Promoting innovation and developing the next generation of entrepreneurs

• She states in Denver for her campaign:

  • “I intend to make sure we do what we did with electricity in my grandparents generation - we connect every home and business in America to high-speed internet”

  • “And we do it on as fast a time scale as possible”

• Set a goal of bringing broadband to every US home by 2020

 

HummingBad Malware Reportedly Spreads to 85 Million Android Devices

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/621376-hummingbad-m OP: Castdeath97

Source 2: http://www.zdnet.com/article/this-android-malware-has-infected-85

Source 3: http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/07/01/from-hummingbad-to-worse-new-in-dep

• Has infected 85 million devices and makes its creators $300,000 a month

  • They make money from fraudulent apps

  • Also make money from millions of pop-up adverts

• Mobile malware has been analysed by security researchers at Check Point

  • After it was found on Android devices belonging to two employees at “a large financial institution”

• People behind malware are thought to be located in China

  • Estimated to generate around $1 million every quarter

• Initially discovered in February

  • Hummingbad infects Android devices via two methods

    • Drive-by downloads

    • Malicious payloads delivered by websites distributing adult content

• Once infected, HummingBad attempts to gain root access to the device using a rootkit

  • Which if successful gives attackers full access to the infected phone

  • If failed, will use a fake system update notification to trick users into giving it access to the phone

• Estimated that 10 million victims are using malicious apps without knowing it

  • Resulting in 2.5 million clicks every 24 hours

  • Engagement with pop-up ads deliver around $10,000 per day

• Victims in China, India, Philippines and Indonesia accounting for over half of those targeted

 

Blizzard is Suing Cheat Tool Creator Bossland, Claiming They Have Cost Blizzard Millions in Lost Sales

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/621265-blizzard-is-sui OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36713061

• Suing the German company over software that offers gamers advantages in Overwatch

• Taking legal action at a court in California over the “cheat” tools  Bossland offers

• Said the tools lost millions of dollars in sales and ruined the game for legitimate players

• Bossland said a US court would have no jurisdiction over it

• Howard Rubin, partner of law firm “Bird and Bird” said US court would have jurisdiction over Bossland, because “it is likely that the licence agreement is subject to US law”

• Bossland cheat tool Watchover Tyrant offers Overwatch players variety of features

  • Including making enemies visible

• Blizzard has 10 other continuing legal cases against Bossland in Germany

 

Russian Crackers Claim to Have Cracked Denuvo V3

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/622873-russian-crack OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/07/rise-of-the-tom

• Rise of the Tomb Raider might finally be cracked six months after release

• Step-by-step video showing a cracked copy of the ROTR surfaced in Russia last week

• Crack has yet to be replicated

• Denuvo said they can’t verify if the crack is real as there are no available to test

  • They told Eurogamer “only public available cracks are relevant as they harm the content owners business”

  • “For us it is important to secure the initial sales window of games, which worked out well on all the recent titles,” Denuvo pointed out to PCGamesN

 

Newest Facebook Devices Brings us Closer to a Fully Connected World

Source 1: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/newest-facebook-device-bring OP: Kloaked

Source 2:

• Facebook unveiled “OpenCellular” on Wednesday

• Open source, cost-effective, software-defined wireless access platform

• Aims to improve connectivity in remote areas of the world

• Can drive a wireless network network for up to 1500 people over a 10km radius

  • Using a basic 2G cellular network, LTE network or traditional Wi-Fi connection

• Is the size of a shoebox, and can withstand natural elements

• Plans to open source the hardware design, along with necessary firmware and control software

  • Will enable telecom operators, entrepreneurs, OEMs, and researchers can easily and cheaply create and operate wireless networks

  • In places where building cellular towers would be too expensive

• Mark Zuckerberg said “More than 4 billion people still don’t have basic internet access, and one of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to reach remote areas existing infrastructure doesn’t cover”

• “Along with our solar-powered aircraft Aquila and high-bandwidth laser beams, OpenCellular is the next step on our journey to provide better, more affordable connectivity to bring the world closer together”

 

Avast Acquiring AVG for $1.3 Billion

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/622318-avast-acq OP: Trixanity

Source 2: http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/28935/avast-acquiring-avg-for-usd-1-3-billion/

• Two of the largest antivirus companies in the world, AVG and Avast, are merging

• Avast acquiring AVG for $1.3 Billion ($25 per share) and is waiting on AVG’s shareholder approval

• Avast hasn’t fully revealed what it plans to do with AVG

  • Looks like services from both companies will remain active

• Avast CEO Vincent Steckler pointed out some positive effects of the acquisition:

  • Will gain exciting mobile technology to protect families on line

  • In SMB, will be able to better support business users with a larger geographic footprint

  • Better technical support and technology from both companies

 

(RUMOR) Apples iPhone 7 Will Reportedly Start at 32GB of Storage

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/621479-apples-iphone-7 OP: kameshss

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12100944/iphone-7-16-gb-32-gb-s

• No 16GB option

 

(RUMOR) NVIDIA to Unveil GeForce Titan P at Gamescom

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/621297-n OP: NumLock21

Source 2: https://www.techpowerup.com/223895/nvidia-to-unveil-gefor

• Expected to be based on GP100 silicon

• Likely to come in two variants

  • 16GB and 12GB

• 16GB could feature four HBM2 stacks over a 4096-bit memory bus

• 12GB could feature three HBM2 stacks over a 3072-bit bus

[Master Disaster]

Great show as always. 

 

Im guessing you guys have insider info on the Titan P which is why it was totally absent from the show

 

@SlickHere in England some people call our Premier league the Andrex (Kleenex to Americans)  Premiership because it's really soft and unnecessarily expensive. 

[Ronda]

I suspect the title was meant to read 'fingernail-sized SSD', not 'fingernail-sided SSD'.

[ben dover kid]

why am i always sleeping when it's wan show time. it seems that you do it approximately 4-5am over here. damnit.

[mikat]

that was THE funniest intro to the wan show i've ever seen LMAO

[Djole123]

@LinusTech My nickname pronunciation was awful. BTW great show.

[minibois]

7 hours ago, ben dover kid said:

why am i always sleeping when it's wan show time. it seems that you do it approximately 4-5am over here. damnit.

they should start at 2:30 at night your time, but could be 3:00 at night too (as they are not always on time)

 

[NoobsWeStand]

When they were talking about the CS:GO stuff:

 

 

[minibois]

5 hours ago, Djole123 said:

@LinusTech My nickname pronunciation was awful. BTW great show.

How else would you pronounce it? I always assumed you pronounce it like he did

[Djole123]

32 minutes ago, Minibois said:

How else would you pronounce it? I always assumed you pronounce it like he did

He said something like Joel.

D is not silent.

E is not silent.

[minibois]

8 minutes ago, Djole123 said:

He said something like Joel.

D is not silent.

E is not silent.

I understand something like 'Jole', which is how I assumed it was pronounced too. So it should be something more like "Djolay" (in terms of pronunciation)?

[Djole123]

1 minute ago, Minibois said:

I understand something like 'Jole', which is how I assumed it was pronounced too. So it should be something more like "Djolay" (in terms of pronunciation)?

There we go. It should be something like that.

Although we have a little bit softer "Dj" (it's actually supposed to be a Đ but we don't want to pay for non-ASCII chars xD). It's a mix of D as in dentist and J as in year. Just say those two quickly and you have formed a Đ. Hope I helped.

[minibois]

7 minutes ago, Djole123 said:

There we go. It should be something like that.

Although we have a little bit softer "Dj" (it's actually supposed to be a Đ but we don't want to pay for non-ASCII chars xD). It's a mix of D as in dentist and J as in year. Just say those two quickly and you have formed a Đ. Hope I helped.

At least he didn't say "DJ Olé 123" 

[Djole123]

2 minutes ago, Minibois said:

At least he didn't say "DJ Olé 123" 

If he was to say that I would instantly kill myself..

[TheSebware]

Regarding the employee sharing his login credentials with a former employee, we've got there a law for this for ages.

 

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§ 202a StGB - Ausspähen von Daten

 

(1) Wer unbefugt sich oder einem anderen Zugang zu Daten, die nicht für ihn bestimmt und die gegen unberechtigten Zugang besonders gesichert sind, unter Überwindung der Zugangssicherung verschafft, wird mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu drei Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe bestraft.

 

(2) Daten im Sinne des Absatzes 1 sind nur solche, die elektronisch, magnetisch oder sonst nicht unmittelbar wahrnehmbar gespeichert sind oder übermittelt werden.

 

Translation into english²: 

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Section 202a - Data espionage

 

(1) Whosoever unlawfully obtains data for himself or another that were not intended for him and were especially protected[³] against unauthorised access, if he has circumvented the protection, shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine.

 

(2) Within the meaning of subsection (1) above data shall only be those stored or transmitted electronically or magnetically or otherwise in a manner not immediately perceivable.

 

That means, in the case shown here, both could be put in prison for up to three years, as the former employee gains access to protected data he's not supposed to see and the one sharing his account for giving someone access to data no one outside of the company is supposed to see.

 

There are more laws regarding IT-crime (§ 202b StGB and § 202c StGB, maybe more) and (at least) one regarding publishing leaked documents (read: leaking documents to investigative journalists⁴, § 202d), which have their flaws, as e. g. § 202c prohibits the creation of exploits for any usecase, no differentiation between pentests (should be legal, but isn't clearly defined) and cracking⁵ (should and is illegal).

 

Sorry for the long post

TheSebware

 

Footnotes:

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1. Source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__202a.html , retrieved on 2016-07-09.
2. Translation by Prof. Dr. Michael Bohlander, Source https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1749, retrieved on 2016-07-09
3. I think "somehow protected" transfers the meaning better, as anything triggering an authorisation request that's working unless you're messing with it (read: works unless you run exploits against it), is "special protection", according to all judgings I can think of top of my head
4. A case was opened against investigative journalists and their sources last summer, (Netzpolitik.org-Affair, started with: https://netzpolitik.org/2015/suspicion-of-treason-federal-attorney-general-announces-investigation-against-us-in-addition-to-our-sources/
   30 min summary of the affair by Beckedahl and Meister (german): https://youtu.be/lqmhd7NxzmQ
5. I delibreately did not write hacker, as I define hacker as Wau Holland (founder of the CCC) did:

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   Ein Hacker ist jemand, der versucht einen Weg zu finden, wie man mit einer Kaffeemaschine Toast zubereiten kann

   English (I tried): "A hacker is someone trying to find a way to make toast with a coffee machine"

 

[Razor512]

I was really close to getting the G5 until I heard about the restrictions they were going to have or the modular devices. They made it nearly impossible for other companies to make modules for it. They raised the amount of investment needed to get into it, and also requires approval from the company to get to the next step of development. That causes unnecessary delay, cost, and potential rejection of ideas or modules that can actually be popular (e.g., the company that originally rejected Led Zeppelin missed out on a band that became mildly popular).

 

They shot them self in the foot, going modular, carries some downsides, but as seen with other established modular products, the benefits of the modularity so far outweighs the downsides, then no one worries about it. LG kept all of the cons, and restricted all of the pros, except the user replaceable battery.