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2015-05-02

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The problem with self-driving cars: who controls the code?

2015-12-24

The Trolley Problem is an ethical brainteaser thats been entertaining philosophers since it was posed by Philippa Foot in 1967:A runaway train will slaughter five innocents tied to its track unless you pull a lever to switch it to a siding on which one man, also innocent and unawares, is standing. Pull the lever, you save the five, but kill the one: what is the ethical course of action?The problem has run many variants over time, including ones in which you have to choose between a trolley killing five innocents or personally shoving a man who is fat enough to stop the train (but not to survive the impact) into its path; a variant in which the fat man is the villain who tied the innocents to the track in the first place, and so on.Now its found a fresh life in the debate over autonomous vehicles. The new variant goes like this: your self-driving car realizes that it can either divert itself in a way that will kill you and save, say, a busload of children; or it can plow on and save you, but the kids all die. What should it be programmed to do?I cant count the number of times Ive heard this question posed as chin-stroking, far-seeing futurism, and it never fails to infuriate me. Bad enough that this formulation is a shallow problem masquerading as deep, but worse still is the way in which this formulation masks a deeper, more significant one.Heres a different way of thinking about this problem: if you wanted to design a car that intentionally murdered its driver under certain circumstances, how would you make sure that the driver never altered its programming so that they could be assured that their property would never intentionally murder them?Theres an obvious answer, which is the iPhone model. Design the car so that it only accepts software thats been signed by the Ministry of Transport (or the manufacturer), and make it a felony to teach people how to override the lock. This is the current statutory landscape for iPhones, games consoles and many other devices that are larded with digital locks, often known by the trade-name DRM. Laws like the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998) and directives like the EUCD (2001) prohibit removing digital locks that restrict access tocopyrighted works, and also punish people who disclose any information that might help in removing the locks, such as vulnerabilities in the device.Theres a strong argument for this. The programming in autonomous vehicles will be in charge of a high-speed, moving object that inhabits public roads, amid soft and fragile humans. Tinker with your cars brains? Why not perform amateur brain surgery on yourself first?But this obvious answer has an obvious problem: it doesnt work. Every locked device can be easily jailbroken, for good, well-understood technical reasons. The primary effect of digital locks rules isnt to keep people from reconfiguring their devices its just to ensure that they have to do so without the help of a business or a product. Recall the years before the UK telecoms regulator Ofcom clarified the legality of unlocking mobile phones in 2002; it wasnt hard to unlock your phone. You could download software from the net to do it, or ask someone who operated an illegal jailbreaking business. But now that its clearly legal, you can have your phone unlocked at the newsagents or even the dry-cleaners.If self-driving cars can only be safe if we are sure no one can reconfigure them without manufacturer approval, then they will never be safe.But even if we could lock cars configurations, we shouldnt. A digital lock creates a zone in a computers programmer that even its owner cant enter. For it to work, the locks associated files must be invisible to the owner. When they ask the operating system for a list of files in the locks directory, it must lie and omit those files (because otherwise the user could delete or replace them). When they ask the operating system to list all the running programs, the lock program has to be omitted (because otherwise the user could terminate it).All computers have flaws. Even software that has been used for years, whose source code has been viewed by thousands of programmers, will have subtle bugs lurking in it. Security is a process, not a product. Specifically, it is the process of identifying bugs and patching them before your adversary identifies them and exploits them. Since you cant be assured that this will happen, its also the process of discovering when your adversary has found a vulnerability before you and exploited it, rooting the adversary out of your system and repairing the damage they did.When Sony-BMG covertly infected hundreds of thousands of computers with a digital lock designed to prevent CD ripping, it had to hide its lock from anti-virus software, which correctly identified it as a program that had been installed without the owners knowledge and that ran against the owners wishes. It did this by changing its victims operating systems to render them blind to any file that started with a special, secret string of letters: $sys$. As soon as this was discovered, other malware writers took advantage of it: when their programs landed on computers that Sony had compromised, the program could hide under Sonys cloak, shielded from anti-virus programs.A car is a high-speed, heavy object with the power to kill its users and the people around it. A compromise in the software that allowed an attacker to take over the brakes, accelerator and steering (such as last summers exploit against Chryslers Jeeps, which triggered a 1.4m vehicle recall) is a nightmare scenario. The only thing worse would be such an exploit against a car designed to have no user-override designed, in fact, to treat any attempt from the vehicles user to redirect its programming as a selfish attempt to avoid the Trolley Problems cold equations.Whatever problems we will have with self-driving cars, they will be worsened by designing them to treat their passengers as adversaries.That has profound implications beyond the hypothetical silliness of the Trolley Problem. The world of networked equipment is already governed by a patchwork of lawful interception rules requiring them to have some sort of back door to allow the police to monitor them. These have been the source of grave problems in computer security, such as the 2011 attack by the Chinese government on the Gmail accounts of suspected dissident activists was executed by exploiting lawful interception; so was the NSAs wiretapping of the Greek government during the 2004 Olympic bidding process.Despite these problems, law enforcement wants more back doors. The new crypto wars, being fought in the UK through Theresa Mays Snoopers Charter, would force companies to weaken the security of their products to make it possible to surveil their users. Its likely that well get calls for a lawful interception capability in self-driving cars: the power for the police to send a signal to your car to force it to pull over. This will have all the problems of the Trolley Problem and more: an in-built capability to drive a car in a way that its passengers object to is a gift to any crook, murderer or rapist who can successfully impersonate a law enforcement officer to the vehicle not to mention the use of such a facility by the police of governments we view as illegitimate say, Bashar al-Assads secret police, or the self-appointed police officers in Isis-controlled territories.Thats the thorny Trolley Problem, and it gets thornier: the major attraction of autonomous vehicles for city planners is the possibility that theyll reduce the number of cars on the road, by changing the norm from private ownership to a kind of driverless Uber. Uber can even be seen as a dry-run for autonomous, ever-circling, point-to-point fleet vehicles in which humans stand in for the robots to come just as globalism and competition paved the way for exploitative overseas labour arrangements that in turn led to greater automation and the elimination of workers from many industrial processes.If Uber is a morally ambiguous proposition now that its in the business of exploiting its workforce, that ambiguity will not vanish when the workers go. Your relationship to the car you ride in, but do not own, makes all the problems mentioned even harder. You wont have the right to change (or even monitor, or certify) the software in an Autonom-uber. It will be designed to let third parties (the fleets owner) override it. It may have a user override (Tube trains have passenger-operated emergency brakes), possibly mandated by the insurer, but you can just as easily see how an insurer would prohibit such a thing altogether.Forget trolleys: the destiny of self-driving cars will turn on labour relationships, surveillance capabilities, and the distribution of capital wealth.


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2015-12-30

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Twitter could be about to extend character limit from 140 to 10,000

2016-01-06

TWITTER CEO Jack Dorsey has admitted that the company is looking into the possibility of tweets of up to 10,000 characters.The golden rule of the social network has always been its 140-character limit, but the company has still to prove its value to investors, and users are deserting the site in droves, so it seems that a rethink is in order.There is no official response from Twitter, but Dorsey said in a lengthy jpeg posted on Twitter: "What makes Twitter Twitter is its fast, public live conversational nature. We will always work to strengthen that."We're not going to be shy about building more utility and power into Twitter for people. As long as it's consistent with what people want to do, we're going to explore it."Dorsey's technique of screenshotting a longer message is common for people who want to rant, but they don't become a searchable part of the Twitter conversation because they are a shown as a single image. Adding more characters, perhaps with only the first 140 shown, would make these longer messages a full part of the Twitter experience.Other techniques have been tried in the past, such as TwitLonger, but these involve going offsite and, as any webmaster will tell you, that's the last thing Twitter wants.The future of Twitter presents a serious conundrum. Removing the 140-character limit would take away exactly what differentiates it from other social networks, but just as with hashtags the screenshot technique has been driven by user preference, and the company has integrated these grass roots features.The pressure was on after Twitter's IPO to find a way to make a profit out of the company, something that it is yet to achievewhile Facebook has made over half a billion.As such, the only way to keep the appeal of the service going is to look at user behaviour and act on it, and if that means 10,000 characters, then that could be what it has to do.


20 must-know Windows 8 tips and tricks | PCWorld

2016-01-13

Windows 8 is rife with features and behaviors that conspire to perplex even the most experienced PC users. Not all of them are bad, per se, but few of them are immediately intuitive. Making matters worse, the OS was primarily designed for touch control, and as a result, many mouse and keyboard commands feel like tacked-on afterthoughts.But help is on the way.We've assembled a list of our favorite Windows 8 shortcuts, tricks, and workarounds. Many focus on making the most of the OS on a traditional desktop PC, so if you're interested in touch gestures, please check out our article that focuses directly on the Windows 8 touch experience. Now let's start our journey of discovery with a look ateasy-to-use (though often tough to remember!) Windows 8 hotkey commands.Employ the hottest hotkeys we knowIn these key combinations, hold down the Windows key (normally located between Alt and Ctrl) and another key, as described on this list.Press the Windows key to enter the tiled Start screen.The Windows key + M minimizes everything that's showing on the desktop.The Windows key + E opens Explorer for quick access to folders.On the Start screen, press the Windows key + D to instantly get to the desktop.The Windows key + Tab opens a list of currently running programs.The Windows key + Print Screen takes a screenshot and saves it in a Screenshots folder nested in your Pictures folder.To take a screenshot on a Windows 8 tablet, simultaneously press the Windows button and the volume-down buttonon the tablet chassis.The Windows key + Q opens a global search menu. Type what you're looking for and where you would like to look.The Windows key + W opens a search in your system settings to quickly locate and change system properties.The Windows key + F opens a file and folder search.The Windows key + Pause opens the system properties page to show you a quick rundown of your specs.The Windows key + "," (that's the comma sign!) makes all current windows transparent, giving you a peek at the desktop as long as you hold down the Windows key.The Windows key + "." (the period) snaps a window to the right or left side (toggling each time you press ".").The Windows key + R prompts the Run commanduseful for quickly launching apps and other routines with a command prompt.The Windows key + X opens the Quick Access Menu, exposing system functionality such as the Command Prompt, Disk Management, File Explorer, Run, and more. Alternatively, you can right-click on the bottom right corner of the screen to spawn the Quick Access Menu.The Windows key + I opens the settings menu, giving you quick access to the Control Panel, Personalization, and your Power button, among other features.The Windows key + O locksorientation ondevices with an accelerometer.Zoom in tightSee all your tiles and groups at once with semantic zoom.The Start Screen is full of nice, big, chunky tiles that represent all your apps. The tiles are easy to see in small groups, but what if you have hundreds of apps installed? Most will be hidden from view, unless you want to do a lot of scrolling. Enter the new semantic zoom feature. If youre using a touch display, squeeze the Start screen with two fingers to receive a birds eye view of your entire screen contents. And the feature is also available to mouse and keyboard users: Simply hold down the Ctrl button, and use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out.Categorize your appsStart screen customization for the organized.Your Start screen can become a cluttered mess if you collect too many apps and other elements that have been pinned to the screen as tiles, so take advantage of built-in organization tools that let you divide everything into labeled groups.First, drag all the tiles you want to assign to a single group to the far right-hand side of your Start screen in vacant territory; the OS should sequester the tiles together. Once you're satisfied with your assembly, use semantic zoom (described above) to get a bird's eye view of your desktop. Now right-click the group (or simply drag down on it), and select the "Name group" option on the left of the bar that appears below. Type in the name, and enjoy your newly organized Start screen!


Asda accused of leaving personal details open to hackers

2016-01-20

FOOD AND STUFF facilitator Asda has apparently been called to task over security precautions and the care of personal and payment details relating to its bum-slap-happy customers.Security expert Paul Moore took his discovery and concerns about cross-site scripting flaws to the BBC and posted it online.Moore said that a simple hack on the servers of the company would leave user details open to access, and that obviously this is a bad thing. Worse, Moore explained that he flagged this up to Asda in March last year.Presumably he became frustrated by the queue at the security concerns till, abandoned his concern basket, and grabbed a Tannoy."Back in March 2014 I contacted Asda to report several security vulnerabilities and, despite a fix promised 'in the next few weeks', little appears to have changed," he said."Two of the simplest and most prevalent exploits allow an attacker to quickly and effectively collect personal information and full payment details."Asda did respond to Moore at the time, and suggested to him and others that they should stop worrying and deploy Chrome. It seems that the firm has had time to reconsider its stance since this blew up on places like the BBC. @Stuho1mez All of our sites are secure, I would advise using Chrome. Thanks, Beth Asda Service Team (@AsdaServiceTeam) January 14, 2016"Asda and Walmart take the security of our websites very seriously. We are aware of the issue and have implemented changes to improve the security on our website. The points flagged pose a low risk to customers and our monitoring of these security issues indicate that no customer information has been compromised over that two-year period," Asda told Auntie Beeb in a statement."The small risk to customer information has been removed and an update has been applied. We're now adding further enhancements which will be completed by this evening." In short, one of the two issues is fixed but nothing that remains poses any risk to any customer information or card details.


Tips from The Onion on blizzard survival - Treehugger

2016-01-24

OK, blizzards are serious business, I know. They can be destructive in many many ways; and property can be destroyed and people die ... but leave it to the extraordinary satirists at The Onion to sprinkle the whole deadly-winter-storm thing with a good dose of dark humor. Bless their wonderfully twisted brains.If you've already polished up on all of your (real) blizzard tips, and you have a taste for satire, then these indispensable Blizzard Survival Tips are for you. You can never be too prepared!1. Grocery stores will quickly sell out of food during a blizzard, so be sure to stock up on supplies several days before you came across this article.2. If any of your pets go outside for any reason, leave them there. They belong to the snows now. [Joking aside, see: How to protect your pets during cold weather.]3. Purchase a CB radio to maintain lines of communication with the other lunatics in your neighborhood.4. Steer wildly when you hit that first patch of ice. [TreeHugger disclaimer: Please don't really do that.]5. Stockpile flint and colored beads. These will be important for bartering in the After Times.6. Prepare by reading Jack Londons To Build A Fire, which will teach you how to keep warm when there is no sun nor hint of sun, though the sky is empty of clouds. And yet there seems an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that makes the day dark, and that is due to the absence of sun when day breaks cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray.7. Keep frail young Frederick away from the windows, for he is consumptive, and a mere moment too long in the bluster could spell the end of his beautiful life.8. Be aware that no matter what you do, sometimes youre just going to be crushed by the sheer weight of the snow.And since I didn't include the cheekiest ones, click over to The Onion for the rest.


How to get Windows 10 help | Windows 10 free tech support - PC Advisor

2016-01-28

Windows 10 help is available in several forms: from Microsoft in the form of the Contact Support app built into Windows 10, from PC Advisor's extensive catalogue of Windows 10 tutorials, and from independent Windows 10 forums. We detail all your Windows 10 help options within this article.We explain how to get help and advice with Windows 10. Windows 10 tips. Windows 10 guides. Windows 10 tutorials. Windows 10 tech support, and Windows 10 forums. Yup: this is the page about Windows 10 help. See also: how to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 10.Like it or not - and I like it -Windows 10 is here. And if you run most versions of Windows 8 or Windows 7 on your PC, laptop or tablet, you will be nagged until you accept the upgrade to Microsoft's all-new operating system. In general this is a good thing. Windows 10 offers new features, should be more responsive, and has been at least partly shaped by user request.But it isn't perfect, and Windows 10 could be different to what you are used to. For a lot of people that difference will cause problems - Microsoft is not famed for guiding people through change in quite the way that Apple or even Google is. (Here's how to downgrade to Windows 7 or 8.)So here we outline three great ways to get help with Windows 10. If you have a Windows 10 problem, the answer is here.How to get help with Windows 10: from MicrosoftWe wouldn't recommend you go down this route for just any minor complaint, but when you just can't find the help you need Microsoft has provided a safety net. In Windows 10 Microsoft has added an app called 'Contact Support. Just as you might imagine, this app gives you an easy way to contact Microsoft's Windows Support when needed.The easiest way to access the app is to type "Contact Support" into the search box. In just a few quick clicks you can be connected by chat or phone to Microsoft Answer Desk. This is a one-on-one connection with a 'Windows 10 expert'. (You may use the term 'call centre operative', but either way you are getting help).From this app you can also connect with Microsoft's own Windows community forums, or request that someone from Answer Tech rings you as soon as possible so you don't have to wait on hold or schedule a call at a convenient time. It even lets you know the current waiting time.Again, we wouldn't suggest you always go to the Contact Support app. But when times are really bad, it is a great final call.How to get help with Windows 10: top Windows 10 tips and tutorialsWe would, of course, recommend our own extensive Windows 10 tips and tutorials. Of course we would.Our editors have spent months using Windows 10, putting together simple guides and tips and tricks to help you to get to grips with Microsoft's new operating system. We've foused on petty irritants and new features, trying to respond to what we think will be the biggest gripes of new users who suddenly find Windows 10 thrust upon them. (We'd be delighted to help if you have a specific Windows 10 problem, by the way. Just let us know in the comments below.)You can find all of our Windows tips and tricks here.And here is a selection of Windows 10 tips and tutorials:You can also find useful advice in our Windows 10 UK release date, price, features and Windows 10 review articles.How to get help with Windows 10: independent Windows forumLast, but very far from least, is the PC Advisor Windows forum. The PC Advisor forums are Europe's largest technology help resource, peopled by more than 300,000 forum angels, happy to help users with problems large and small. The PC Advisor Windows Help forum is the place to discuss new features and compatibility issues with all Windows operating systems. Fix problems with Windows 10, but also Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.Search the forum for the answer to your question, or post your own question dealing with an issue with Windows 10 - whether on Windows PC, laptop, tablet or phone. Our experts will be delighted to help with any Windows problems you are having.Visit the PC Advisor Windows forum now.Windows 10 poll


Hot Potato exploit mashes old vulns into Windows System 'sploit

2016-02-01

Shmoocon Foxglove Security bod Stephen Breen has strung together dusty unpatched Windows vulnerabilities to gain local system-level access on Windows versions up to 8.1.The unholy zero-day concoction, reported to Microsoft in September and still unpatched, is a reliable way of p0wning Windows for attackers that have managed to pop user machines.Breen released exploit code for his attack dubbed Hot Potato following his talk at the Shmoocon conference in Washington over the weekend."Hot Potato takes advantage of known issues in Windows to gain local privilege escalation in default configurations, namely NTLM relay -- specifically HTTP-SMB relay - and NBNS spoofing," Breen says."Using this technique, we can elevate our privilege on a Windows workstation from the lowest levels to NT Authority/System the highest level of privilege available on a Windows machine."This is important because many organisations unfortunately rely on Windows account privileges to protect their corporate network."The work borrows techniques disclosed by the Google Project Zero hack house.Attackers who use the technique after first gaining low-level access - a common situation for black hats and penetration testers - can begin lateral network movement from where other hosts can be hosed."Gaining high privilege access on a host is often a critical step in a penetration test, and is usually performed in an ad-hoc manner as there are no known public exploits or techniques to do so reliably," Breen says.Microsoft has known of the vulnerable elements in the attack since the turn of the century, but legacy and backwards compatibility has made patching difficult.Attackers need patience when running the exploit thanks to some flaky Windows services.In a demonstration Breen shows how Windows 7 can be reliably hosed using the potato.exe binary exploiting Windows Defender's update mechanism.It is also successful on Windows Server 2008 and 2012, but the exploit can take an entire day to fire on the latter thanks to changes in the updating process.[embedded content] [embedded content]Breen's work includes NetBIOS Name Service spoofing attacks across network broadcast domains which has been brewed into a module for the the popular Responder tool. He suggests it may be possible to launch those attacks over the web.[embedded content]Sponsored: Building secure multi-factor authentication


What Everyone Really Needs To Know About Web Page Hosting

2016-02-13

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Some Things You Should Know About Web Page Hosting

2016-02-17

Ever wanted to send out automated messages to your users? You can, if you pick the right web host! Continue reading to discover how to select a hosting company that offers not only this service, but other essential features that will simplify the management of your website.Register any domain names you wish to use at an accredited registrar, not through your web host. You want to ensure you always retain control of the domain name. If you register your domain through the same company that provides your web hosting, you may lose control of the name in such circumstances.When you're looking for a place to host a website, pick out a company that is located where your target audience is. For example, if you want to sell things to people in Ireland, then you should choose a web host that has a data center in Ireland.Are you contemplating a free hosting provider as a place to put your new website? Such companies often don't back up your information, so remember to back it up yourself. You risk losing your files entirely. If that happens, there is not much you can do about it.When looking for a web host, choose one that offers detailed information about your site traffic. You should add a visitor counter to your site, and compare it to the numbers your web host is giving you. This helps you as an online businessperson to customize your information as you market to your niche.Be careful about choosing a web hosting package that promises unlimited services. A hosting provider offering unlimited disk space, for example, could put limitations on the types of files you are allowed to upload and store. Furthermore, unlimited bandwidth packages often have data management software on their servers, which can limit your transfer rate. Be sure to understand all of the terms and conditions of these unlimited deals so that you can make a very educated decision.As you've seen, hosting companies offer different things that can fit your needs and maximize your service. Prepare yourself for success and apply the advice you just read to find the web host that works the best for you.


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2016-02-24

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