A few things: 1/ the system doesn’t need to be connected to a network, or can be on a private/secured network. 2/ You can make changes to BIOS and other elements of the system that the OS can’t “see”. 3/ If the system is sleeping or shutdown, JetKVM can send a wake-on-LAN signal/magic packet.
I’d say for many use cases, it’s not better than RDP/VNC, but if you’re looking access that is independent of the network and state of the system, JetKVM can’t be beat.
My thought process was if you search your primary email, you'll quickly see all the breaches with that email. Using a different email per service reduces the surface area (lateral movement). Security through obscurity has nominal value, but the reduction in ability to correlate has a much higher value.
Was your credit card still valid? Most cards aren't good for longer than 4 years, and chances are you had a few years on it when you signed up for Steam.
There are also numbers that suggest the more conservative states, such as Texas, are becoming more liberal over time. I would almost wager that Texas, at it's current growth rate, could be a swing state by the 2020 Presidential Election.
What do you mean by becoming more liberal? If anything the white population of texas has become more conservative and solidly republican over time. Until the hispanic population reaches a tipping point texas will be as conservative as any deep southern state. Just based on population data that really won't happen until 2028 at the earliest.
Many people are saying that the Hispanic population could swing the state by 2020. It's not just population data that matters, it's also election engineering. In states like Florida, no one predicted the results that we saw in the recent election because they didn't pay attention to the Obama campaign's Spanish-language get-out-the-vote effort that targeted non-Cuban Hispanics. In Ohio, Obama's victory can be partly attributed to his success in getting the black population to vote at a higher rate than the white population (a highly unusual phenomenon) by using gathering places in black communities, such as barbershops and beauty salons, as local campaign branches. There's much more to the story than raw demographics.
Such efforts didn't exist in Texas this time around because it wouldn't have been enough for this election for Obama to have a chance there. But things could be very different in 2020. Of course, it will also depend upon the two candidates and the general political climate at that time.
Does anyone find it completely insane that the iPhone (4/4S/5) doesn't show up in the top 10 for Consumer Electronics? A little bit of massaging going on there?
In addition, because there are a lot of scams that seem to originate from Nigeria (not all that say they're Nigerian are), the author wonders why people should not be suspicious of ALL Nigerians like they are of fake FBI notices.
Interestingly, that paragraph is the most hilighted of this thread and no one thinks that type of blatant sterotyping and discrimination is odd.
As a Nigerian, it makes me really sad and uncomfortable.
"On the customs form, I put the value at $500 and the description said “cardboard art.” I’m not completely sure of this, but I think Nigerians have to pay a small percentage of the value to customs, so putting a high price on the customs form hopefully cost them a little money."
That bit about the customs fee wouldn't make sense otherwise.
That still doesn't mean it was sent to Nigeria. It just confirms that, for whatever reason, the author assumed the recipient was in Nigeria. The recipient may have very well been in Nigeria but he offers no definitive evidence.
I don't believe the author meant that people should be suspicious of "Nigerians" in general, but rather that they should be suspicious of Nigerians when in the context of an online monetary transaction.
The sad truth is that a lot of scammers originate from Nigeria. Therefore, it makes sense to be extra cautious when engaging in financial transactions with someone who is in within Nigeria.
I highly doubt the author was implying any sort of racist sentiment.
There are definitely scams that certain ethnic groups are involved in (Indian tailor scams? Chinese tea/art scams?), but this has more to do with skill diffusion more than ethnicity; people willing to scam learn it from someone close to them, and it seems 419 scams have achieved critical mass in Nigeria so the diffusion is pretty broad now (couple with an economic situation that makes scamming somewhat desirable).
I've met plenty of Nigerians who are not scammers. Stereotypes melt away quickly when you meet real people, but the survival filters remain in place.
Requiring facebook connect is a deal breaker. My corporate intranet blocks all facebook request (and I do as well with Ghostly). Please place the facebook connect JavaScript at the bottom of the page.
I’d say for many use cases, it’s not better than RDP/VNC, but if you’re looking access that is independent of the network and state of the system, JetKVM can’t be beat.