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FrgMstr

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You have to kind of like this idea (well I do anyway...), and Zatko brings chops to the model for sure. Would you install a software product on your box that got a C- grade for security and safety?

Now Zatko and his wife, former National Security Agency mathematician Sarah Zatko, are developing what amounts to a Consumer Reports-style rating system for software.
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The initiative, if it catches on, could lead to major changes in the business practices of some of the world’s largest software companies. It could also, he says, help deliver something that decades of the free market, the open-source movement, government commissions and well-paid lawyers have not: software that is consistently secure, or at least very expensive to compromise.
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Hack the planet!

Sounds like a good idea if they are stringent as to what constitutes each level and stick to it.
 
Not that I'm anywhere close, but if I were ever to go for a doctoral degree, this is what I'd want to do it in.
 
I like this idea, but where are the results to date?

The article makes some vague reference to them, but no linkage?
 
They going to test all software or just mainstream stuff? I don't buy mainstream software anyway but if they test everything then this would be good because I download a lot of tweak tools and shit and never know when one is going to mess up my PC. I have now resorted to making a restore point before I install new software for that reason.
 
rezerekted said:
They going to test all software or just mainstream stuff? I don't buy mainstream software anyway but if they test everything then this would be good because I download a lot of tweak tools and shit and never know when one is going to mess up my PC. I have now resorted to making a restore point before I install new software for that reason.
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Well, there is no way they'll reach EVERYTHING. They'd probably start by targeting things by install base volume and move down the list from there.

At least that's how I'd do it
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Well, there is no way they'll reach EVERYTHING. They'd probably start by targeting things by install base volume and move down the list from there.

At least that's how I'd do it
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Sounds logical but I guess that means they won't get around to testing Camel Crusher until 2030. Yes, I downloaded something called camelcrusher_win.zip and have no idea what it does but I will find out soon. :)
 
Gnimble said:
What movie is the news post image came from?
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It's the new Wargames movie with cast from the Mod Squad. I haven't a clue and i have never seen the "Seriously?" movie.

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i just used the reverse image search here Google Images click on the camera icon and post the link.
It's Hackers from 1995. With a 32% on the tomatometer, consider yourself lucky if you never watched it.
 
+1 for Hackers. The best computer/hacking movie EVER that had absolutely nothing to do with real life computers or hacking. I watched this in the movie theater with friends and we just laughed hysterically through the entire movie.

Great soundtrack though.
 
rezerekted said:
Sounds logical but I guess that means they won't get around to testing Camel Crusher until 2030. Yes, I downloaded something called camelcrusher_win.zip and have no idea what it does but I will find out soon. :)
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An always connected world is a world full of dumbasses.
 
Jim Kim said:
It's the new Wargames movie with cast from the Mod Squad. I haven't a clue and i have never seen the "Seriously?" movie.

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i just used the reverse image search here Google Images click on the camera icon and post the link.
It's Hackers from 1995. With a 32% on the tomatometer, consider yourself lucky if you never watched it.
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Thank you. One of the cast member looked like a youth version of an actor I've seen recently so was curious.
 
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