Why we'll never get to use USB drives again

[Beans]

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/07/31/usb-security-threat/

They say in the article that the only way to defend against the newly found weakness is to fill your USB port with glue. They must not know about NMCI's special USB blanker plugs. Watch we go back to PS/2 keyboards and mice now.

 

[Gatordev]

They must not know about NMCI's special USB blanker plugs. Watch we go back to PS/2 keyboards and mice now.

They'll fit right in with our 2009 (!!!!) web browser that is barely able to run anything anymore.

 

[Swanee]

They'll fit right in with our 2009 (!!!!) web browser that is barely able to run anything anymore.

You aren't joking. AW is about the only website that I can view with any stability, to include .mil and .gov sites.

 

[Beans]

That's the IE-2/3 rule. We use an IE browser version that is 2/3 the current version. On IE 11 now in the civilian world? I'm guessing NMCI is upgrading to 8 right now.

 

[ea6bflyr]

They'll fit right in with our 2009 (!!!!) web browser that is barely able to run anything anymore.

You bastard, you got the upgrade early? NMCI = Non-Mission Capable Internet

 

[Gatordev]

Apparently the "rule" that keeps us at our current IE version is promulgated by the Info Dominance people (according to my CTR). I'm not sure how we can dominate anyone using a 5 year-old browser.

In other news, it looks like Flash got updated and Youtube works again. So...I guess bandwidth will dwindle again.

 

[lowflier03]

Apparently the "rule" that keeps us at our current IE version is promulgated by the Info Dominance people (according to my CTR). I'm not sure how we can dominate anyone using a 5 year-old browser.

In other news, it looks like Flash got updated and Youtube works again. So...I guess bandwidth will dwindle again.

I'm not sure if China still being on XP is a benefit to us or them?

 

[nittany03]

Apparently the "rule" that keeps us at our current IE version is promulgated by the Info Dominance people (according to my CTR). I'm not sure how we can dominate anyone using a 5 year-old browser.

So you're saying they don't know what the fuck they're talking about? Color me shocked. If only MS actually used the new versions to close security holes . . . Oh wait, they do. Even if they seemingly still miss 50 percent of them.

 

[Spekkio]

I think it's more a matter of laziness (or maybe 'constrained resources') for not wanting to do whatever security tests they do for every update of IE until it absolutely has to be done.

 

[ea6bflyr]

We are all BETA testers for hardware and software companies...