takyon writes:With day 1 digital distribution of films becoming more prevalent, and movie theater chains going out of business, Hollywood and the MPAA are going to do everything they possibly can to kill or cobble illicit streaming. This could include increasing potential criminal penalties for individuals who operate "streaming piracy" services:Movie Company Boss Urges US Senators to Make Streaming Piracy a Felony
DannyB writes:'Scared to Death' by Arbitration: Companies Drowning in Their Own SystemLawyers and a Silicon Valley start-up have found ways to flood the system with claims, so companies are looking to thwart a process they created.
canopic jug writes:SSH key forwarding is to be avoided when possible. When it is not possibile to avoid, it is a good idea to limit what gets forwarded. Software developer Vincent Bernat describes one way by putting a simple shell script wrapper around the SSH client to provide a session with a unique, ephemeral key agent.
martyb writes:Here's an "oldie but goodie" that made a lasting impression on me and I thought others would enjoy it. I still find the writing style to be humorous and engaging. "The Code of Abibarshim" -- which appears at the end of the linked page -- makes excellent recommendations, but I cannot say I entirely agree with all of them. Take the first one, for starters. I sense it is not so much that the name changed but that old names were allowed to persist, unchanged. As long as all instances of the old name are found and updated, I sense there is very little cause for concern. But I've already said too much. Do read the whole article! Why not take a few minutes and enjoy from some light-hearted reading? What did you like? What, if anything, would you recommend changing in his 10 conclusions?Credit: As best I have been able to verify, this was originally credited to Paul Pendragon and published in "Production Engineering", July, 1981.Beware the Wrath of Abibarshim!
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:Jeff Bezos' space company is pressuring employees to launch a tourist rocket during the pandemic:
DannyB writes:While this is quasi related to the recent Zoom article on SN, this is mostly about attempting to outlaw End To End Encryption.From TechDirt:
canopic jug writes:Zoom has had a meteoric rise as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Jitsi and other useful teleconferencing tools are not very well known, though still widely used. Nearly all the buzz has been about the newcomer instead, but few have actually evaluated it. One group has. The Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, at the University of Toronto, has investigated Zoom briefly, covering both the technology, especially its lack of encryption, and the company itself:
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An Anonymous Coward writes:Mozilla has released Firefox 74.0.1 and ESR 68.6.1 which include fixes to two exploits which are being used in targeted attacks.The Release Notes, list two security vulnerabilities. The defects have been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures IDs: CVE-2017-6819 and CVE-2020-6819.Mozilla's release notes state:
hubie writes:One of the primary drivers for the distinct lack of a Martian atmosphere is believed to be the loss of atmospheric molecules that are stripped away by the passing solar wind. A strong planetary magnetic field would divert the solar wind around the planet and protect the Martian atmosphere. The MAVEN spacecraft confirmed this is happening, and some interesting ideas have been floated to mitigate the effect.A recent paper published in JGR: Space Physics used Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models to investigate the magnitude of the effect on atmospheric retention that a magnetic field would have on Mars and found a very interesting result. Their models confirmed that the rate of atmospheric loss was six times higher for a planet with no magnetic field compared to a planet with a strong magnetic field; however, they found the highest rate of atmospheric loss was actually when there was a weak magnetic field.
DannyB wrote in with a submission which inspired:EU Says That, No, Rental Car Companies Don't Need To Pay A License To Rent Cars With Radios That Might Play Music:
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