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Volume 18, Issue 26 Atari Online News, Etc. July 1, 2016
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~ Google's "My Activity" ~ People Are Talking! ~ ST News Site Reborn!
~ Woman Beats Microsoft! ~ China Supercomputer! ~ Nintendo NX in March?
~ Google CEO Is Hacked! ~ Big Windows 10 Update! ~ STOP Rule 41!
-* Judge: No Rights to Privacy! *-
-* Update Your AV Software Right Now! *-
-* Facebook Wins Appeal, CPP Issues Warning! *-
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->From the Editor's Keyboard "Saying it like it is!"
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Here we are, the beginning of the long Fourth of July holiday
weekend! Hopefully, everyone is stocked up with plenty of food
for some cookouts, as well as a cooler or two full of ice cold
beverages (yeah, beer!). Yup, I finished stocking up on my
supplies today - so we're all set to go. I'll manage to get in
some grilling time in-between having to work over the long
weekend. But, that's okay - I managed to take off a couple of
days after the holiday. One way or another, I'll manage to get
that long weekend!
Do yourself and your friends and neighbors a favor during this
long weekend - enjoy holiday celebrations, but remember to do
everything with responsibility in mind! Most importantly, do
not drink and drive! Happy 4th of July!
Until next time...
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->In This Week's Gaming Section - Nintendo NX Coming Out In Nine Months?
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Are We Really Supposed To Believe The Nintendo NX
Is Coming Out In Nine Months?
In 2015, Nintendo made a bit of a strange proclamation. In the
face of declining Wii U and 3DS sales, they announced to their
investors that they were indeed working on a piece of new
hardware, the NX. They would say nothing more about it, and as
they made clear, they would keep saying nothing until 2016,
presumably the year it would be released.
2016 arrived, and things became stranger still. Nintendo was
silent about the NX for months, until finally, when they did
start talking about it again, it was only to say that the
console would not be at E3, the largest games show of the year.
They did, however, give a release date for it, March 2017.
Right now, March 2017 is eight months away, nine months if weíre
waiting until the very end of the month. E3 has come and gone and
Nintendo was true to their word, they didnít reveal anything
about the console at all. But in the weeks that have followed,
thereís been nothing. No announcements about the console, nor
even announcements about announcements, that an NX-focused
Direct is on the way. Once again, there has simply been nothing.
Nintendo has defended their secrecy, deflecting questions about
the NX at E3 by saying theyíre ìworried about imitatorsî stealing
whatever the central hook is for the NX. I can buy this, but only
to a point. Microsoft and Sony are deep into Scorpio and NEO
development, which seem to be pretty relentlessly focused on
power. It seem incredibly unlikely to me that Nintendo would
reveal some aspect of their new console that in the next nine
months both companies would immediately try to rip-off, especially
considering the performance of the Wii U, and how MS/Sonyís own
tech fared when they tried to rip-off the Wii the last time with
the Move and Kinect.
There has just been shockingly little information about the NX
from Nintendo directly. I believe only two third parties have
confirmed games on the system (Dragon Quest and Just Dance) and
Nintendo has said that Zelda: Breath of the Wild is
cross-generation. But besides that? Practically nothing. Only
rumors and whispers about the NX using cartridges and using a
controller that doubles as a mobile handheld.
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The Latest in Computer Technology News
Compiled by: Dana P. Jacobson
STOP Rule 41 ó FBI Should Not Get Legal Power
To Hack Computers Worldwide
We have been hearing a lot about Rule 41 after the US Department
of Justice has pushed an update to the rule.
The change to the Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure grants the FBI much greater powers to hack legally into
any computer across the country, and perhaps anywhere in the world,
with just a single search warrant authorized by any US judge.
However, both civil liberties groups and tech companies have
blasted the proposed change, saying it is an affront to the Fourth
Amendment and would allow the cops and Feds in America to hack
remotely into people's computers and phones around the world.
Google, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Demand Progress,
FightForTheFuture, TOR (The Onion Router), Private Internet Access
and other VPN providers have joined their hands to block changes
to Rule 41.
"The U.S. government wants to use an obscure procedure ó
amending a federal rule known as Rule 41ó to radically expand
their authority to hack," the EFF says. "The changes to Rule 41
would make it easier for them to break into our computers, take
data, and engage in remote surveillance."
Back in March, a judicial panel approved the proposed change by
the DoJ, and then the U.S. Supreme Court approved the rule change
a month later, allowing law enforcement to obtain a warrant to
hack into computers as well as phones anywhere in the world.
This means that users of hidden services could all become
vulnerable, no matter which tool they are using, including TOR,
VPNs, and proxies.
However, the rule change does not stop here.
"[The rule change] might also extend to people who deny
access to location data for smartphone apps because they do not
feel like sharing their location with ad networks," the EFF
warned in April.
"It could even include isundividuals who change the country
setting in an online service, like folks who change the country
settings of their Twitter profile to read uncensored Tweets."
The rule change is set to go into effect on December 1st if it is
not stopped.
Therefore, in order to stop the rule change that many sees as a
danger to computer usersí security worldwide, Senators Ron Wyden
and Rand Paul have introduced a bill, and 50 organizations
including privacy tool providers, public interest groups, and
Internet companies have written a letter to Congress opposing the
changes.
In the letter, Google, EFF, Demand Progress, TOR,
FightForTheFuture, Private Internet Access, other VPN providers,
Golden Frog, Hide My Ass, and many other organizations have
urged Congress to "consider and debate" the implications of the
rule change.
You can also take part in the No Global Warrants petition,
encourage Congress to block this change to Rule 41 of the Federal
Rules of Criminal Procedure before it becomes permanent in
December this year.We have been hearing a lot about Rule 41 after
the US Department of Justice has pushed an update to the rule.
Judge Decides We Donít Have Any Right to Privacy
It seems we now live in a world where everyone is free to snoop on
everyone else to their heartís content.
If you connect your computer to the Internet, like billions of
people, then you canít expect any privacy. Or so says a judge in
Virginia.
According to eWeek:
A federal judge for the Eastern District of Virginia has
ruled that the user of any computer connected to the Internet
should not have an expectation of privacy because computer
security is ineffectual at stopping hackers.
So, does that mean we canít expect privacy in our own homes
because burglars can get in if they really try? If so, surely we
may just as well just leave our front doors wide open?
This court ruling goes back to Playpen, the child porn site that
the FBI operated for two weeks in 2015 as a honeytrap.
We reported in May that, during that time, the agency used a
so-called ìnetwork investigative techniqueî (NIT) to identify
the websiteís users.
Computers visiting the site were unwittingly infected with code
that could reveal their IP address, defeating anonymity afforded
by Tor. (Users and sites on the Tor network hide their IP
addresses from each other to help maintain anonymity.)
Senior U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. upheld the use
of a single warrant for the FBIís mass hacking. He even stated
that the FBIís original warrant was unnecessary because of the
type of crime being investigated:
The court finds that any such subjective expectation of
privacy ó if one even existed in this caseóis not objectively
reasonable.
However, while the FBI is focused on establishing the IP addresses
of child porn users, another interesting court case could scupper
the FBIís efforts completely.
Gizmodo reports on the story of Thomas Gonzales, who was accused
of illegally downloading Adam Sandlerís film ìThe Cobblerî from
a shared computer. Oregon District Court Magistrate Judge Stacie
Beckerman argued that you canít hold someone accountable for
copyright infringement unless you can prove they actually did it,
ruling:
IP-addresses arenít enough to prove that Gonzales was
directly involved with copyright infringement.
While the precedents in these cases could affect us all, itís
actually really hard to determine where we stand.
Looks like the FBI may have to wait until weíre all signing in
with biometrics before they can prosecute anyone for online child
abuseÖ but even that might not be enough.
Googleís Sundar Pichai Has Been Hacked; Which CEO Will Be Next?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has become the latest tech executive to
have a social media account hacked, and the group responsible says
more targets will follow.
On Sunday, a group of hackers calling themselves OurMine briefly
took over Pichaiís account on Quora, a question-and-answer site.
"We are just testing your security,î the hackers wrote, with the
same message auto-posted via Quora to Pichaiís Twitter account.
On Monday, the posts had been deleted.
OurMine is the same group that hacked the social media accounts
of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this month, and they've
claimed other victims too, including the CEO of Spotify and a
prominent Amazon executive.
The hacks have been fairly innocuous so far, with no major
repercussions or sensitive data stolen. But Silicon Valley types
are likely wondering who'll be next.
In Zuckerberg's case, the hackers claimed to have broken in by
finding his password, ìdadada,î which was exposed in a breach at
LinkedIn. In Pichaiís case, OurMine only said that ìhis security
was really weak.î The group posted information about the hack on
its website.
OurMine said via email that it would continue to hack the accounts
of tech executives and celebrities. Last week, the group claimed
to have taken over the Twitter accounts of movie star Channing
Tatum and of Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, and posted
screenshots.
On Monday, the group hit the Twitter account of Amazon CTO Werner
Vogels. In a tweet, Vogels said it was actually his Bitly account
that had been compromised.
So far, it seems the hacks are more of a publicity stunt. The
group has tweeted that users can upgrade their security by
purchasing OurMineís services.
For $100, the group claims it can improve the security of social
media accounts. For $1,000, it will scan a website for
vulnerabilities.
"We are just trying to tell everyone that nobody is safe!î OurMine
said via email. Some accounts were broken into because of weak
passwords, others because of some "vulnerability," the group
added, without specifying. OurMine claimed to have made $18,400 so
far selling its services.
Facebook Wins Appeal, CPP Warns of ìMassive Violations of Privacyî
Facebook has collared Belgiumís privacy watchdog: itís won an
appeal in a privacy case and can now resume tracking any Belgian
it wants to, including people whoíve never registered for an
account and those who arenít logged in.
This is the latest twist in a long-running case over Facebookís
use of the so-called datr cookie, which lets Facebook track users
as they visit other sites, even when theyíre not logged in to
Facebook.
That cookie can be picked up by visitors who visit a friendís page
on Facebook, or on any other page on the web with Facebook like or
share code in it ñ even if a visitor never signed up for a
Facebook account.
In November, a Belgian court ruled that Facebook was using the
datr cookie to illegally collect personal data ñ the type of data
that Facebook should only be allowed to use if the internet user
expressly gives their consent, as Belgian privacy law dictates.
Then, Belgium set the clock ticking, saying that Facebook would
face fines of up to Ä250,000 EUR ($267,000 USD) a day if it didnít
stop tracking non-Facebook users.
Facebook appealed, on the grounds that Belgium doesnít have the
authority to reach cross-border and tell it what to do with data
stored on servers in Dublin, which is the social networkís
European base of operations.
On Wednesday, it won that appeal.
A Brussels appeals court overturned the ruling that had forced
Facebook to block people without an account from accessing its site
if they were located in Belgium.
The Brussels appeals court also threw out the Belgian privacy
watchdogís claim that the case was urgent and required expedited
procedure.
From the ruling, as quoted by Bloomberg:
Belgian courts donít have international jurisdiction over
Facebook Ireland, where the data concerning Europe is processed.
The privacy watchdog who brought the suit against Facebook ñ the
Belgian CPP (Commission for the Protection of Privacy) ñ said in
a statement that the showís not over yet.
It may launch an appeal to the court of last resort, the Belgian
court of cassation, which has in the past overruled cases
involving foreign company jurisdiction.
Specifically, in a case over whether Yahoo had to cooperate with
local law enforcement, the court of cassation in December 2015
ruled that information disclosure from a communications network
who operates in Belgium doesnít imply that there will be
intervention outside of Belgium.
In that case, the court of cassation declared that since Yahoo
actively participates in the economic life of Belgium ñ by using
the domain name .be or displaying ads based on usersí location ñ
it ìvoluntarilyî submits itself to Belgian law.
In the meantime, while the CPP decides whether to appeal
Wednesdayís decision, the success of Facebookís appeal simply
means that the courts arenít protecting Belgian citizens from
privacy invasion, the CPP said.
Willem Debeuckelaere, president of the CPP:
Todayís decision means simply that the Belgian citizen cannot
obtain privacy protection through the courts when it comes to
foreign players. Belgians are thus exposed to massive violations
of privacy.
Facebook has in the past countered that Belgium would be turned
into a cradle for cyber terrorists without that datr cookie.
Specifically, Facebook has claimed that it uses the datr cookie
as part of the security systems that protect users, and that the
cookie prevents user accounts from being hacked.
You Should Update Your Antivirus Software Right Now
A security researcher at Google has found several fatal flaws in
Symantec antivirus software (also known as Norton) that he
describes as ìas bad as it gets.î Symantec has issued an advisory
to customers and released updates that fix the security flaws.
The blog post, written on Tuesday by Google security researcher
Tavis Ormandy, is brutal. It chastises Symantec for the multiple
critical vulnerabilities he discovered. ì[The security flaws]
donít require any user interaction, they affect the default
configuration, and the software runs at the highest privilege
levels possible,î Ormandy wrote.
Because Symantec uses the same ìcore engineî for every product,
Ormandy explained, the flaws effect all Symantec software. If
your antivirus software doesnít automatically update, itís
probably a good idea to do so now.
ìBecause Symantec uses a filter driver to intercept all system
[input and output], just emailing a file to a victim or sending
them a link to an exploit is enough to trigger itóthe victim does
not need to open the file or interact with it in anyway,î Ormandy
wrote. ìBecause no interaction is necessary to exploit it, this
is a wormable vulnerability with potentially devastating
consequences to Norton and Symantec customers.î
Keeping software updated is good computer security hygiene, as it
ensures you have the latest patches to any known security flaws.
For example, Google Chrome is considered one of the most secure
browsers because, among other things, it automatically updates
with important security patches.
My Activity: A Tool To See What Google Knows About You
How much does Google really know about us?
Well, letís seeÖ how deep is the ocean, and how high is the sky?
Probably both are a bit tighter than the ever-expanding capacity
of Googleís maw.
Depending on which of its tools we use, Google knows what we
think, what we need, what we desire, our political and spiritual
beliefs, our age, our gender, what music we listen to, what we
watch, what we read, where weíve been, where we plan to go, where
we work, where we hang out, where we live, who we meet, where we
shop, when we shop, what we buy, how much money weíre worth, how
much we spend, and how much energy we consume.
How does it amass all that data? Through Google search, the Chrome
browser, Gmail, Google News, Google+, Book Search, YouTube,
Picasa, Translation, Maps, Street Views, Waze, Nest, andÖ well,
the list keeps going, and growing, as Google acquires more
companies and more data-crunching ability.
Visual.ly has laid out how Google knows what and which tools are
feeding it in this nice infographic.
Google is, of course, an advertising company. It makes money by
following us around online and targeting ads it thinks stand a
chance of getting our attention.
If you donít like it, well, you can always stop using those
Google tools. Toss the smart thermostat and stop using Waze to
figure out the fastest way to get where youíre going.
At least, thatís the way itís been, until now. Google has launched
a new, opt-in ad service for non-Google sites and tools that shows
how it tracks your internet activity ñ what youíve searched for,
visited and watched on Google services ñ and actually lets you
delete specific items or entire topics that get associated with
your account.
The tool is Googleís new My Activity setting.
It shows users what its ad-tracking service has learned about
them ñ across search, YouTube, Chrome, Android and everything
else ñ and it allows users to opt in or out of a new personalised
ads service.
You might well be surprised by how much Google knows about you,
particularly if you donít use tools that block scripts, cookies
and ads, such as Ghostery, Privacy Badger and/or AdBlocker.
My Activity includes a setting that lets you choose ads that are
relevant and useful.
When ìads based on your interestsî is turned on, youíll see ads
based on your prior search queries, the videos youíve watched on
YouTube, as well as other information associated with your
account, such as your age range or gender.
On Google sites such as YouTube, youíll see ads related to your
interests, which you can edit. You can also block some ads that
you donít want to see.
Sorry, thereís no way to turn adds off. With ìads based on your
interestsî turned off, youíll still see ads.
Theyíll be less targeted and more based on information such as
your general location: city and state. You wonít be able to edit
your interests: in fact, all the advertising interests associated
with your Google account will be deleted.
You also now have the ability to turn off targeted advertising
when it comes to your activity on websites beyond google.com.
Youíll be able to mute some ads that donít interest you, you may
see ads related to your interests and previous visits to other
websites, and the ads may be based on anonymous demographic
details such as age and gender. They also may be based on your
general location (such as city or state) or the current page or
app youíre looking at.
Turn it off, and again, youíll still see (less relevant) ads.
Googleís also offering a Chrome extension to permanently opt out
of Googleís DoubleClick tracking cookie.
It wonít spare you from ads. And some reviewers on the Chrome
webstore said it didnít even keep them from being exposed to
targeted ads.
Unfortunately, there is, as one extension reviewer noted, neither
fairy dust nor other magic that will keep you from Google ads.
There are, however, a good amount of stories about adblockers
from Naked Security!
Microsoft Pays Woman $10,000 for
Auto-upgrading Her PC to Windows 10
Windows 10 auto-upgrades are like a sick, cruel joke being played
on us by this point. Most stories that start with "my Windows 10
PC auto-upgraded" tend to end with "and then all my data was
lost," but this particular version has a happy ending, because it
involves Microsoft paying out a lot of money.
A California woman has won $10,000 from Microsoft, after the tech
giant gave up challenging a court case. Teri Goldstein alleges
that after her computer was upgraded to Windows 10, it became
slow and unreliable.
ìI had never heard of Windows 10,î Goldstein said. ìNobody ever
asked me if I wanted to update.î
Goldstein subsequently took Microsoft to court, suing for lost
wages and the cost of a new computer (running OS X, I hope).
Goldstein won the initial court case, and although Microsoft
initially appealed, it just dropped that case. So, Goldstein
should be seeing a $10,000 check show up from Microsoft sometime
soon.
In a statement to the Seattle Times, Microsoft said that "ìweíre
continuing to listen to customer feedback and evolve the upgrade
experience based on their feedback.î
As well as being a great Monday morning story of justice, the
ruling has to be worrying for Microsoft. Ever since Windows 10
upgrades became more pushy (bordering on "malware" in some
cases), horror stories of Windows 10 upgrades gone wrong have
been doing the rounds of the internet. If even a tenth of
affected customers can get a payout on the level of Tori
Goldstein, this might be the most costly software update in
history.
Microsoft's Big Windows 10 Update To Launch
Microsoft's latest major refresh of Windows 10 will be released
publicly on Aug. 2, the company confirmed Wednesday morning.
In a blog post, Microsoft outlined the full list of new features
coming with the update, including security upgrades, improvements
to Cortana and features aimed at making touchscreen devices with
Windows 10 more useful.
The news comes almost a year after the consumer launch of
Windows 10, which has been one of the companyís major turning
points under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. The operating
system has seen massive (if, at times, unintentional) adoption by
both business and consumer users in that time, and these upgrades
may further spur adoption across those markets as well.
With the launch of the Anniversary Update, users will now be able
to do more with Cortana, the Microsoft virtual assistant that
shipped with the operating system last year. The assistant is now
available to take commands on usersí lock screens, so they can do
things like ask questions and play music without having to unlock
their devices.
Cortana can also remember things for users, such as their
frequent flyer number, so they don't have to go rooting around in
a filing cabinet or email inbox in order to find that information.
Microsoft is also introducing new tools that make it easier to
jot down notes using a touchscreen-enabled tablet or laptop. The
Windows Ink features give users a virtual notepad to doodle,
sketch or scribble down notes without having to wait for an app
to launch.
Thatís only scratching the surface of the update, which also
brings a slew of other features including security enhancements
and improved Xbox integration. Microsoft Edge also received a
handful of updates, including support for browser extensions -
something that had been on the browserís roadmap since last year.
Until July 29, users can upgrade to Windows 10 for free.
Microsoft hasnít said how much it will charge for an upgrade to
its new operating system after that promotion ends, but the
company has made clear that its offer to upgrade users without
charge will be ending before the new update comes out.
Enterprise customersí deals remain the same - theyíve always had
to pay for volume licenses of Windows 10, and this upcoming
deadline doesnít change that.
People who want to take the new features for a spin a bit early
can take part in the Windows Insider Program, a group of public
beta testers that Microsoft has been giving new builds of
Windows 10 prior to their release to consumers. Using an Insider
build isnít for the faint of heart, however - they can have bugs
that break key parts of Windows.
China Develops The World's Most Powerful
Supercomputer Without US Chips
Sunway TaihuLight, a newly built supercomputer from China, now
ranks as the world's most powerful machine.
During the International Supercomputer Conference in Germany on
Monday, Top500 declared China's 10.65 Million-core Sunway
TaihuLight as the world's fastest supercomputer. Moreover, the
supercomputer is leading by a wide margin, too.
With 93 petaflops of processing power, Sunway TaihuLight is
nearly three times more powerful than the worldís previous
fastest supercomputer, Tianhe-2, which had been the world's
fastest computer for last 3 years with speeds of 33.9 petaflops
per second.
That's 93 quadrillion floating point operations per second
(FLOP), which means the supercomputer can perform around 93,000
trillion calculations per second, at its peak.
The Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is installed at the National
Supercomputing Centre in Wuxi.
"Sunway TaihuLight, with 10,649,600 computing cores comprising
40,960 nodes," is one of the world's most efficient systems,
with "peak power consumption under load (running the HPL
benchmark)" at a relatively modest 15.37 Megawatts of energy
consumption.
What's the irony?
The microprocessors inside Sunway TaihuLight are 100 percent
Chinese.
Sunway TaihuLight is powered entirely by Chinese processors (the
260-core ShenWei 26010) and runs on a custom Linux-based
operating system.
Speaking of the TOP500 list, the National Supercomputing
Centre's director, Professor Dr. Guangwen Yang said:
"As the first number one system of China that is completely
based on homegrown processors, the Sunway TaihuLight system
demonstrates the significant progress that China has made in the
domain of designing and manufacturing large-scale computation
system."
In the past, China relied heavily on American processors for its
supercomputers, but the US thought that China was using the
Tianhe-2, which was built with Intel cores, to run its nuclear
simulations.
Due to this reason, the United States government banned Intel
from exporting its powerful Xeon processors over a year ago to a
number of Chinese supercomputer makers.
The US decision did not halt the Chinese progress. Instead, it
seems like the US policy has made an opposite effect.
For the first time since the Top500 list began, China has
overtaken the United States in the amount of supercomputers
being used. China has 167 computers in the top 500 while the US
has 165.
"Considering that just 10 years ago, China claimed a mere 28
systems on the list, with none ranked in the top 30, the nation
has come further and faster than any other country in the history
of supercomputing," said the latest Top500 announcement.
Sunway TaihuLight will be used in scientific research and
engineering work in fields including life science research, data
analytics, advanced manufacturing and climate, weather and Earth
systems modeling.
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