Tech news: An attacker using a low-powered, portable device such as an wireless-enabled PDA may cause significant could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to a malicious Web site and coaxing them into clicking on a link.
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Umm, couldn't someone do this with a nicely placed micorwave oven? Or even a small signal jammer? I mean, anything involving radio waves can be disruped by disrupting the waves.
On a side note: Tech support question of the year
Comcast cable, to my brother, whose cable modem stopped working when he went to Windows XP:
"Is your modem next to a microwave oven?"
Another way to disrupt your signals. Steal all the external antennas from the G5s out there.
http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2421
They have made it easy to send the message to your congressional representatives that you want to own the music and videos you buy, changing formats and backing up as YOU see fit within the existing laws that govern Fair Use. PlayFair/Hymn would be legal if this passed.
...makes sense to me, although it might also make sense to let the 'author' decide rather than the 'regulators'... I would think revenue loss is the ultimate test, so people who would never have gone out & paid for something in the first place probably couldn't count, although this is a potential Pandora's box...
As I understand it playing a CD at an open party is technically illegal as it is a 'public performance'...
Sure, we have seen that MS exploit coming more than once. However, it is about as harmful as proof-of-concept MP3 and rm -f trojan on OS X.
Have you seen or heard of reports of anyone actually had that happen to a PC user?
".However, it is about as harmful as proof-of-concept MP3 and rm -f trojan on OS X."
Except I don't think the Intego "discovered" trojans allowed someone to take over your computer. But I guess you could debate what was worse, having your home directory deleted or someone taking control of your computer.
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"A flaw in Microsoft Windows could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to a malicious Web site and coaxing them into clicking on a link"