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Re:The “Chad” bug on Thursday December 31, 2015 @06:25AM (#10817192)
Top level domains do resolve though, email@bs is completely legal to try to send email to.
Re:Database leak exposes 3.3M Hello Kitty fans on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @09:00AM (#10777763)
Well, I seriously use my hellokitty.com email address.
Re:How I made my own Amazon Dash button on Monday December 21, 2015 @10:54PM (#10775717)
The lithium battery in it is super expensive too, I would be surprised if it cost less than $5 to make.
Many https sites use RC4, I wouldn't be so sure.
ANS.1 is pretty popular for introducing bugs, Estonia recently had to bin hundreds of thousands of ID cards due to an encoding mistake.

Integers being encoded as signed is a nightmare for cryptography, which makes no use of them.

The former would be authorized but unreviewed, unauthorized seems to mean they got owned.
Re:Philips Hue blocks 3rd party lights on Monday December 14, 2015 @11:06PM (#10735869)
The Chromebook method (to disable write protect) requires you to open the device and remove a specific screw, it's beyond just blindly following instructions.
Re:The quantum computing era is coming fast on Monday December 14, 2015 @08:23AM (#10730835)
It's probably still time to be dusting off lamport signatures.