Recent content by hotwire_downunder

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    Nest Smart Thermostat Can Be Hacked to Spy on Owners

    If an intruder's able to physically get to your thermostat, then you've got more pressing security issues than a hacked thermostat :)
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    Antivirus Software Isn't Very Secure, Researchers Find

    What a pile of garbage!, This fellow is taking factual data that everyone in the Security Industry already knows and take a totally single sided, sensationalized view and presents it like it's the gospel! His research and test samples are of a very small subset. If I didn't know better I would...
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    EKOCYCLE Cube 3D Printer Prints in Recycled Plastic Bottles

    That's just gimmick. Somebody should start a kick-starter project that can shred house hold PET waste, melt it and use it to print 3D objects! It's totally doable!
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    Mutant Malware Threatens US Android Phones

    Your's is an ignorant and dangerous attitude to have about Anit-Malware.
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    Game of Thrones Canceled? Nope -- It's a Scam

    ...and in other tech news...
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    Office Phone Flaws Threaten Workplace Computer Security

    Not sure how this can be considered news, maybe when IP Telephony first started and people were new to the technology... but now-a-days everybody knows the security pitfalls of IP Telephony. If you are talking about specific vulnerabilities that have been discovered recently, that's different...
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    Google Boosts Encrypted Email, Says Others Lag Behind

    I would not trust any form of encryption where I do not have total control over and still only trust it with data that has value for a limited amount of time... but then again I have very little to hide :)
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    Samsung Demos Tizen-Powered Smart Home

    a) It's not a Roomba, It's a Samsung Robotic Vac not a Roomba b) Samsung has massive presence in the home Appliance Market, Apple needs to depend on Third Parties supporting it's tech... Looks like the Author is a just a tiny bit biased...
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    Parrot MiniDrone Hands-on: Big Wheels, Big Fun

    That would be an autonomous robotic drone. Drone does not necessarily mean autonomous.
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    Symantec's 'Death of Antivirus' Is a Dangerous Marketing Ploy

    Unfortunately this incident reflects a serious issue with some tech companies... It is totally one thing to get business savy individuals to run a company and totally something else to let them speak about that technology in a public forum... This is specially true in InfoSec... A/V is always a...