Driver Arrested for Secret Car Compartment Full of Nothing; Amazon Workers Face 'Increased Risk of Mental Illness,' BBC Reports

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Driver Arrested for Secret Car Compartment Full of Nothing New Wonder Conductor Could Replace Graphene Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? Amazon Workers Face 'Increased Risk of Mental Illness,' BBC Reports Hot Comment: "So you get to starve to death or dehydrate. Excuse me if I don't consider..." From the Vault: Google Wants to Take Away Your Capslock Key Watch It: Game Review: Path of Exile Poll Booth: I wish my cell phone was... Driver Arrested for Secret Car Compartment Full of Nothing Ohio state troopers made the first arrest under the state's new "hidden compartment" law. And the driver faces drug-related charges despite the fact that there were no drugs found. The 2012 law makes it a felony to alter a vehicle to add a secret compartment with the "intent" of using it to conceal drugs for trafficking. Sound Off>> New Wonder Conductor Could Replace Graphene Forget graphene. A team of theoretical physicists says that "Stanene" -- a single layer of tin atoms -- could be the world's first material to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at the temperatures that computer chips operate. Sound Off>> Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries A community of bloggers wants to turn the dial way back to the days before the French Revolution. Neoreactionaries believe that democracy has actually done more harm than good and propose a return to old-fashioned gender roles, social order and monarchy. Sound Off>> How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? An anonymous reader, who is being targeted by an overseas debt collection scam and gets calls every 10-15 minutes all day every day despite being on the Do Not Call Registry, asked Slashdotters whether there are any real solutions out there. Sound Off>> Amazon Workers Face 'Increased Risk of Mental Illness,' BBC Reports The BBC is reporting that an investigation into a UK-based Amazon facility has uncovered conditions that experts believe foster mental illness. At the root of the problem seems to be unreasonable performance expectations combined with a fundamentally dehumanizing environment. Sound Off>>   Re: Should be legal, with caveat "So you get to starve to death or dehydrate. Excuse me if I don't consider death by organ failure over several days as "quickly". I don't think anyone would call that humane. We would put down a dog in that condition. Not let it starve or die by dehydration." --by h4rr4r Read More>>   Google Wants to Take Away Your Capslock Key Three years ago, Gizmodo reported that is going to eliminate the Caps Lock key from all the notebooks made for the Chrome operating system. Why? According to Google, this will improve the quality of the comments, because people will not be able to write all in capital letters. Read More>> Game Review: Path of Exile Several years ago, a group of hardcore gamers put together an independent game studio and began developing Path of Exile, an ARPG that would update and refine all of the characteristics that made the genre great. We take a look at what the free-to-play game has to offer. Watch the Video>>   I wish my cell phone was... 50% faster 50% cheaper 50% smaller 50% bigger 50% lighter 50% more secure 50% more battery efficient 50% of the known universe Cast Your Vote>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

Do LG TVs Spy on Your Viewing Habits?; Drivers Asked for Saliva, Blood at Roadblock

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Do LG TVs Spy on Your Viewing Habits? Drivers Asked for Saliva, Blood at Roadblock Bitcoin-Powered 'Assasination Market' Crowdfunds Murder Winamp Being Killed After 15 Years Boston Cops Outraged Over Being Tracked by GPS Hot Comment: "Liberty is the only thing in danger here... From those who kill it in the...: From the Vault: Should We Clone a Neanderthal? Watch It: Alfred Poor Talks 3-D and Ultra-High-Def TV Poll Booth: On the subject of robots ... Do LG TVs Spy on Your Viewing Habits? Blogger DoctorBeet discovered that his new LG television was surreptitiously sending information about his TV viewing habits, as well as the names of the files he watched on removable media, to LG's servers. Sound Off>> Drivers Asked for Saliva, Blood at Roadblock Some drivers in Fort Worth, Texas have reported that they were stopped at a police roadblock and asked for samples of their breath, saliva and blood. It was part of a government research study aimed at determining the number of drunken or drug-impaired drivers. Sound Off>> Bitcoin-Powered 'Assasination Market' Crowdfunds Murder As Silk Road emerged from the "dark web," other sites have appeared offering services that are frowned upon by most. And as Forbes reports, perhaps the most-disturbing is "The Assassination Market," which is a crowdfunding service that lets anyone anonymously contribute bitcoins towards a bounty on the head of any government official. Sound Off>> Boston Cops Outraged Over Being Tracked by GPS The Boston Globe reports that the pending use of GPS tracking devices, slated to be installed in Boston police cruisers, has many officers worried that commanders will monitor their every move. But administrators say the system will improve response time. Sound Off>> Winamp Being Killed After 15 Years According to a new banner on the download page, AOL will be pulling the plug on the iconic llama-whipping music player in a month: "Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download." Sound Off>>   "Liberty is the only thing in danger here. From those who kill it in the name of defending it." --by landofcleve Read More>>   Should We Clone a Neanderthal? Five years ago, SpaceAdmiral wrote, "Forget cloning a woolly mammoth -- should scientists clone a Neanderthal? Such a feat should be possible soon, although it raises a number of bioethics concerns, including where to draw the line between humans and other animals." Read More>> Alfred Poor on 3-D and Ultra-High-Def TV Long-time display technology expert Dr. Alfred Poor discusses whether 3-D and ultra-high-def TV and whether they're worth buying. Do, if you're thinking about buying a new TV for yourself or as a gift this holiday season, you might want to listen to what Dr. Poor has to say on the subject before you do. Watch the Video>>    On the subject of robots ... I neither have nor want any of my own I have none, but would like one or more I have one (commercial) I have more than one (all commercial) I not only have a robot, but I built it myself! No one can prove that any of them are mine Cast Your Vote>>    Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

UK Spy Agency Responds to Man-in-Middle Attack Against Slashdot; The Second OS Hiding in Every Mobile Phone

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend UK Spy Agency Responds to Man-in-Middle Attack Against Slashdot The Second OS Hiding in Every Mobile Phone Can You Sue Spy Agencies Like GCHQ or NSA for Hacking Your Data? Prisoner Shortage Forces Sweden to Shut Several Prisons Scientists Puzzled by Strange Things Happening on the Sun Hot Comment: "I don't think the primary motivation for massive surveillance and such things is fear..." From the Vault: Stallman Unsure Whether Firefox Is Truly Free Watch It: Red Hat Aims to Be a Dominant Force in the Cloud Poll Booth: In an arcade with only the following games ... UK Spy Agency Responds to Man-in-Middle Attack Against Slashdot Using a fake Slashdot website, the GCHQ, Britain's equivalent of the NSA, reportedly gained access to a Belgian telecommunications network to siphon sensitive data. In an emailed statement to Slashdot, the spy agency said all of its work is "carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework."  Sound Off>> The Second OS Hiding in Every Mobile Phone Thom Holwerda at OSNews writes about the small hidden OS on your smartphone that does not have "any exploit mitigation (or only very little of it), which automatically trusts every instruction, piece of code, or data it receives from the base station you're connected to. What could possibly go wrong?" Sound Off>> Can You Sue GCHQ or NSA for Hacking Your Data? If the attack could be proven without a doubt, would the GCHQ--or any similar spy agency engaging in the same sort of behavior--be liable for violating trademarks or copyrights, since a key part of its attack would necessitate the appropriation of intellectual property such as logos and content? The answer is dispiriting. Sound Off>> Prisoner Shortage Forces Sweden to Shut Several Prisons Sweden is taking steps to close several prisons due to the lack of inmates. The country has already shut down 4 prisons and a detention center this year. It seems the government is planning to focus on preventing crime rather than on jailing people involved in criminal activities. Sound Off>> Scientists Puzzled by Strange Things Happening on the Sun The WSJ reports that current solar activity is stranger than it has been in a century or more. The sun is producing barely half the number of sunspots as expected, and its magnetic poles are oddly out of sync. And researchers can't tell if the lull is temporary or the onset of a decades-long decline. Sound Off>>   Is it fear? "I don't think the primary motivation for massive surveillance and such things is fear. In my opinion it is about control and power. Being able to silence any opposition before it gets organized and knowing in advance which groups dissent is growing gives you the power to stay in control longer. Fear is only used to gain acceptance of the public: think of the terrorists etc." --by Melkman Read More>>   Stallman Unsure Whether Firefox Is Truly Free Five years ago in a Q&A with PC & Tech Authority, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation Richard Stallman discussed why Facebook may not share private data with the CIA, Firefox isn't really "free software," and his dreams of a day where nobody is involved in developing or promoting proprietary software. Read More>> Red Hat Aims to Be a Dominant Force in the Cloud Red Hat is working to become as strong in the Open Source cloud world as it already is in GNU/Linux, or so says the company's two primary cloud evangelists--Gordon Haff and Richard Morrell. They are passionate about code and an open hybrid cloud, but admit that this interview may not "represent the views of Red Hat." Watch the Video>>   In an arcade with only the following games ... I'd play pinball I'd play "Dragon's Lair" I'd play the 1983 "Star Wars" I'd play "Yie Ar Kung Fu" I'd play "Defender" I'd play "Sea Wolf" I'd play "Q*bert" I'd play "Thirst for Blood" Cast Your Vote>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

Could Password Hoarding at Work Get You Jail Time?; Google Bots Performing SQL Injection Attacks

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Could Password Hoarding at Work Get You Jail Time? Google Bots Performing SQL Injection Attacks Ender's Game Movie Review Snowden Publishes 'A Manifesto for the Truth' Speed Test: Comparing Intel C++ vs. GNU C++ vs. LLVM Clang Compilers Hot Comment: "Name one thing the TSA has stopped. One. Give up? They have..." From the Vault: Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? Watch It: Blizzard Co-Founders, Author Talk Diablo, Evolution of Video Game Making Poll Booth: WRT trans fats, the FDA should ... Could Password Hoarding at Work Get You Jail Time? A California appeals court has upheld the conviction of network engineer Terry Childs who withheld computer passwords after he was suspended from his job. The ruling provides a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they can gain leverage over their employer by controlling key passwords. Sound Off>> Google Bots Performing SQL Injection Attacks While Google could really care less about your site and has no real interest in hacking you, the company's automated bots can be used to do the heavy lifting for an attacker, according to cloud-based firewall/proxy system developer Daniel Cid. Sound Off>> Ender's Game Movie Review When Hollywood decided to finally go forward with a movie adaptation of the quintessential classic military sci-fi book, the initial reaction from most fans was one of skepticism. Find out if that skepticism was justified in our review of the movie, which was released last week. Sound Off>> Snowden Publishes 'A Manifesto for the Truth' Former NSA contract analyst Edward Snowden has published a letter in Der Spiegel titled, "A Manifesto for the Truth," where he reflects on the consequences of the information released so far, and their effect on exposing the extent and obscenity of international and domestic surveillance. Sound Off>> Speed Test: Comparing Intel C++ vs. GNU C++ vs. LLVM Clang Compilers Benchmarking is a tricky business: a valid benchmarking tries to remove all extraneous variables in order to get an accurate measurement, a process that's often problematic. See how developer and editor Jeff Cogswell approached comparing three compilers by taking a number of "real world" factors into account. Sound Off>>    Re: NOT posted as AC. "Name one thing the TSA has stopped. One. Give up? They have never stopped anything. Everything gets by them and has been stopped on the plane or failed on the plane. They only exist to get you used to "showing your papers" and getting searched." --by Dishevel Read More>>   Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? Four years ago, the Consumerist reported that Apple refused to work on computers that have been used in smoking households. "The Apple store called and informed me that due to the computer having been used in a house where there was smoking, [the warranty has been voided] and they refuse to work on the machine "due to health risks of second hand smoke," wrote one customer. Read More>> Blizzard Co-Founders, Author Talk Diablo, Evolution of Video Game Making We talk with author David Craddock about his investigation into the early days of game studio Blizzard and Dave Brevik and Max Schaefer, two of the co-founders of Blizzard North. Topics discussed include how an argument led to Diablo being a real-time action game, instead of being turn-based. Watch the Video>>   WRT trans fats, the FDA should ... Ban 'em outright Regulate with a heavy hand, but not ban. Regulate moderately; labels & limits. Try to nix egregious or unlabeled use. Stay out of my cabinet and grocery store! Die in a Twinkie fire! Cast Your Vote>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

Apple Censors Lawrence Lessig's Comment on iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch; Coding Just for 'Exceptionally Dull Weirdos,' Says Telegraph Blogger

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Apple Censors Lawrence Lessig's Comment on iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch Leak: Samsung Smartwatches Stung by 30% Return Rate Why Can't Big Government Launch a Website? Coding Just for 'Exceptionally Dull Weirdos,' Says Telegraph Blogger Why Does Broadband Cost More in the U.S.? Hot Comment: "America is fundamentally punitive and violent. Same reason gun massacres..." From the Vault: What's Keeping You On Windows? Watch It: Industrial-Scale Exhibits at Ft. Wayne Regional Maker Faire Poll Booth: Do You Need Headphones While Working? Apple Censors Lawrence Lessig's Comment on iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch A glitch in iOS 7 has cost a number of Apple users their Wi-Fi access and Apple has censored posts in its "Apple Support Communities" forums where users suggest possible responses to the problem. One of the victims of the "comments slaughter" was Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig. Sound Off>> Leak: Samsung Smartwatches Stung by 30% Return Rate According to a leaked document, over 30 percent of Samsung's wrist gadgets are being returned after sale at Best Buy locations in the U.S. Could it be that the embarrassingly high return rate could be due to the realization that the smartwatch isn't everything it's cracked up to be? Sound Off>> Why Can't Big Government Launch a Website? The healthcare.gov site doesn't work, despite having more than three years to work on it. As Glenn Reynolds points out, "In about the same about of time after John F. Kennedy's 'we choose to go to the moon' speech, we'd already put people into orbit and brought them safely to earth." What does that tell us? Sound Off>> Coding Just for 'Exceptionally Dull Weirdos,' Says Telegraph Blogger In attacking the UK government's effort to teach all children to code software, Telegraph contributor Willard Foxton wrote that "Coding is a niche, mechanical skill, a bit like plumbing or car repair." He added that most developers are "exceptionally dull weirdos." Sound Off>> Why Does Broadband Cost More in the U.S.? The BBC reports that home broadband in the U.S. costs nearly three times as much as in the UK and France and more than five times as much as in South Korea. Why? "Americans pay so much because they don't have a choice," said a former special assistant to President Obama on science, technology and innovation policy. Sound Off>>    Re: As good a time as any "America is fundamentally punitive and violent. Same reason gun massacres every couple weeks make no impact, the highest proportion of people in prison for any country in the world makes no impact, military expenditures equal to the rest of the world combined makes no impact. Perhaps all empires come to be like that." --by dcollins Read More>>   What's Keeping You on Windows? Two years ago, tearmeapart decided it was time for another discussion/flamewar on the reasons why a lot of us are (still) using Microsoft. The last big discussion on Slashdot about a decade before, and a lot has changed since then. So... why are a lot of us still using Windows? What would it take for us to switch? Read More>> Industrial-Scale Exhibits at Ft. Wayne Regional Maker Faire SlashTV: Slashdot visited Fort Wayne, Indiana, during its 2013 Maker Faire and brought back videos of R2D2 model makers in all their bleeping glory, Mad Sasquatch Rocketry launching rockets, and functioning home-made jet engines, which no Maker Faire should be without. Watch the Video>> Do You Need Headphones While Working? I get nothing done without headphones I do better work with headphones, but can survive without them I use them only in certain circumstances Nope. They tend to hurt more than they help I can't stand working with headphones on Would trade them for an eject button on my officemate's chair Cast Your Vote>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.