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Submission + - Scheme flooding in Tor may be able to profile users (schemeflood.com)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: Tor users, beware: 'Scheme flooding' probes for installed apps with custom URL schemes, it's possible to build 32-bit user profiles. Visiting the schemeflood.com site using a desktop (not mobile) browser and clicking demo generates a flood of custom URL scheme requests using a pre-populated list of likely apps that may generate a response. It's not very accurate but could cross track you if you're visiting some sites with Tor and others with a conventional browser.

Submission + - Tiny, Wireless, Injectable Chips Use Ultrasound to Monitor Body Processes (columbia.edu)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: Columbia Engineers develop the smallest single-chip system that is a complete functioning electronic circuit; implantable chips visible only in a microscope point the way to developing chips that can be injected into the body with a hypodermic needle to monitor medical conditions.

Sadly, one may also imagine that this technology will become a boogieman amongst the anti-science crowd.

Submission + - Happy 50th Birthday FTP (filestash.app) 1

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: April 16 1971 is not only the date where the Rolling Stone first released Brown Sugar, it is also the publication date of RFC 114 which mark the birthday of FTP.

Comment Competing with real sports watches may not be wise (Score 2) 18

by sandbagger (#61204786) Attached to: Apple Considers Launching Rugged Watch For Extreme Sports

Polar and Garmin have been making sports watches for athletes for decades. The software and stats they have for serious athletes validates the market but, really, is this where Apple needs to spend money to compete? Tracking vertical oscillation as you run is valuable for runners and other weird statistics is important for runners but really how much will Apple spend developing this and other features to compete for the small market place for serious athletes.

Also, let's not under estimate how brutally competent the competition is. Garmin makes radar systems that connect with their watches so that riders can be alerted about cars approaching from behind.

Apple makes excellent consumer products. Polar's heart rate monitor is as close to medical grade as it gets. Apple could push their chips in to compete, sure, but for how big a return for a comparatively small marketplace.

Comment My favourite tech headline (Score 1) 84

Back in the day when there was still an MP3 player market, Apple had 98 or more per cent of the market, with everyone else fighting for the last few per cent. Despite this, technology journalists kept writing articles about the 'iPod killer'. Like Loch Ness it was coming, apple should be afraid. Every new MP3 player was touted as the item that could slay the iPod.

It was nonsense of course. Even Microsoft's marketing muscle on the Zune amounted to a fart versus a windstorm.

Eventually even Real Audio (remember them? Buffering....buffering...) produced a player of their own. The Register summed Real Audio MP3 player as a potential Zune killer.

Submission + - In January electronics in France must be labelled with reparability ratings (gsmarena.com)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: France is introducing consumer packaging legislation for indicating how repairable electronics are. As we move to smaller modes, an inevitable future is components that group what used to be separate chips such as CPU and memory on the Apple M1 processor. But should SSDs and other consumables be permanently soldered in so that devices cannot be repaired? Maybe, but making this clear to consumer will give them options to vote with their dollars and euros.

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