raf’s Comments

• Sep 23rd, 2013 @ 9:27am

  Re: Identification, not authentication

  on Time To Change Your Fingerprints: Apple's Fingerprint Scanner Already Hacked
  Right...really the fingerprint is just a way of filling in the "username" field...but as implemented it's being used for both username and password which seems kind of a bad idea...
• Jul 9th, 2013 @ 11:48am

  Re: It's not the government drones you need to worry about.

  on Border Patrol Drone Fleet Straying Far From The Borders When Not Being Loaned Out To Whatever Agency Comes Asking
  That may be true but I rather doubt the privately owned drones are armed.
• Jun 28th, 2013 @ 10:09am

  Re: Re:

  on Yet Another Teen Making Stupid Jokes On Social Media Now Faces Years In Jail
  Actually I think it shows just the opposite. If it were NOT a police state, it wouldn't even be possible for idiot law enforcers to jail somebody indefinitely for making a trivial comment.
• Jun 21st, 2013 @ 5:58am

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  on Latest Stupid DRM Idea: Ebooks With Corrupted Texts That Vary By Customer
  The thing I think is lost on the publishers is how sweet a deal they've made for themselves by preventing people from loaning each other books. You buy something for your kindle and your roomy has to either buy another copy or use your kindle to read it...the increase in sales by preventing loaners more than makes up for any losses due to piracy as far as I can tell.
• May 10th, 2013 @ 7:47am

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  on PSA To Parents: Step 1 After Your Child Is Shot Is Not Checking WebMD
  Any gunshot wound taken to an emergency room will result in police being notified. My guess is that's the crux of the issue here...mom was hoping to keep it all on the down low