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Mass hacking seems to be all the rage currently. A vigilante hacker apparently slipped secure code into vulnerable cameras and other insecure networked objects in the "Internet of Things" so that bad guys can't corral those devices into an army of zombie computers, like what happened with the record-breaking Mirai denial-of-service botnet. The Homeland Security Department issued alerts with instructions for fending off similar "Brickerbot malware," so-named because it bricks IoT devices.
And perhaps most unusual, the FBI recently obtained a single warrant in Alaska to hack the computers of thousands of victims in a bid to free them from the global botnet, Kelihos.
On April 5, Deborah M. Smith, chief magistrate judge of the US District Court in Alaska, greenlighted this first use of a controversial court order. Critics have since likened it to a license for mass hacking.
General warrants were a key reason cited by the Founding Fathers for their rebellion against King George.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday April 27 2017, @04:55PM (1 child)
I'm not a rich man by any means, but going extremely out of one's way to be Jewish is annoying to no end.
These are the kind of assholes who hold up 10-deep supermarket lines bringing fifty coupons, arguing with the clerk that whether or not some of those 10-cent coupons are still valid or apply to their situation, and sitting there in front of the PIN pad while they pore over their lengthy receipts checking to see if the cashier missed anything. They halt the line to make another attendant is get them a new six-pack because they found a dent in one of the cans and paw through their fast-food orders in the queues and demand a discount because the burger joint forgot mustard on their sandwhiches.
The last time I dealt with one of those, it was some old White lady, probably a Jew. Sensing that the cashier and the rest of the line were becoming irritated, I told her to please hurry up and stop being so cheap. She replied that saving all that money allowed her to retire. I then replied that, "good, now that you're retired you can buy yourself some goddamn dignity."
The cashier and the checkout line (many of whom were older adults themselves) laughed heartily while the old lady scoffed and walked out. I then chatted up the cashier while quickly entering my info in the POS terminal, "God, I hate customers. Working in stores gave me a seething hatred for them," as the crowd chuckled, the irony of my myself being a customer not lost on them.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 27 2017, @09:58PM
What's much more annoying is those who are anti-Semitic. Just sayin'.