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Comment AOL - the scam that never ends (Score 2) 47

by Indy1 (#65759050) Attached to: AOL To Be Sold To Bending Spoons For Roughly $1.5 Billion

Used to be a long time ago the scam was the idiot suckers who paid AOL for shitty internet access.

The past few years the scam has morphed into whoever is DUMB enough to buy AOL.

Apollo apparently was stupid enough to waste 5 billion on AOL in 2021, and they're only getting 1.5 billion out of it. 3.5 billion loss in 4 years - slick investment there guys (LOL).

Comment Re:RC4 is still widely used in APCO-25 systems (Score 1) 64

by Indy1 (#65574130) Attached to: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

Yet would you use RC4 for wifi or web security?

Poor security is no security, and I'm shocked someone hasn't written a program that would tie into a cheap realtek SDR and eat ADP keys for breakfast.

It would be like when DVD encryption got cracked. Once someone buys a case a beer and spends a weekend coding it, the horse is out of the barn for good.

 

Submission + - 45 years ago CompuServe connected the world before the World Wide Web (wosu.org)

Submitted by Tony Isaac
Tony Isaac writes: Silicon Valley has the reputation of being the birthplace of our hyper-connected Internet age, the hub of companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook. However, a pioneering company here in central Ohio is responsible for developing and popularizing many of the technologies we take for granted today.

A listener submitted a question to WOSU’s Curious Cbus series wanting to know more about the legacy of CompuServe and what it meant to go online before the Internet.

That legacy was recently commemorated by the Ohio History Connection when they installed a historical marker in Upper Arlington — near the corner of Arlington Center and Henderson roads — where the company located its computer center and corporate building in 1973.

The plaque explains that CompuServe was "the first major online information service provider," and that its subscribers were among the first to have access to email, online newspapers and magazines and the ability to share and download files

Submission + - Car Software Patches Are Over 20% of Recalls, Study Finds (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law. While that's a sign of growing inconvenience for drivers, the silver lining is that a software patch is usually a much quicker fix than something requiring hardware replacement. "Our analysis suggests we're witnessing a shift in how automotive recalls are handled. The growing number of software-related recalls, coupled with the ability to address issues remotely, could revolutionize the recall process for both manufacturers and vehicle owners," said a spokesperson for DeMayo Law.

In 2014, 34 of 277 automotive recalls were software fixes. The percentage of software recalls floated around 12–13 percent (apart from a spike in 2015) before growing steadily from 2020. In 2021, 16 percent of automotive recalls (61 out of 380) were for software. In 2022, almost 22 percent of recalls were software fixes (76 out of 348), and last year topped 23 percent (82 out of 356). Leading the way was Chrysler, with 82 different software recalls since 2014. Ford (66 recalls) and Mercedes-Benz (60) are the two runner-ups. Meanwhile, Tesla ranks only eighth, with 26 software recalls since 2014, which puts it on par with Hyundai (25) and Kia (25).

Electrical systems were the most common problem area, which makes sense—this is also the second-most common hardware fix recall and would probably be the top if it were not for the massive Takata airbag recall, which has affected more than 100 million cars worldwide. The other common systems affected by recalls requiring software remedies were related to backover prevention—whether that be reversing cameras, collision warnings, or automatic emergency braking—airbags, powertrains, and exterior lighting.

Comment Re:Chinese Characteristics with Non-Characteristic (Score 1) 72

by Indy1 (#64574313) Attached to: Chinese Tech Companies Push Staff To the Limit

Yeah that worked wonders for them.

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https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Go ahead though, enjoy your communism comrade.

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