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Facebook’s movie talk device

Facebook Inc.’s experimental Building eight lab will produce a device designed for movie talk, according to Bloomberg.

The device is the very first major hardware product expected to be developed by the lab. It will feature a laptop-sized touchscreen and is intended to go after Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to “bring users closer together” with the idea that the capability to interact will make users in different geographical locations feel like they’re in the same space.

The device is said to feature a wide-angle camera, built in microphone and speakers, and artificial intelligence tech to improve its photographic and audio options (with features like zooming in and focusing on faces).

The company is also said to be developing a wise speaker product like Amazon Echo and Google Home. Early rumors hinted that the talk device and wise speaker were a single, combined device but now emerge to be separate offerings.

Sophos Home

Free home computer security software for all the family

Planetary Protection Officer

The Fresh York Post just trumpeted that a “NASA job opening to protect Earth from aliens has [a] 6-figure salary”, which certainly got our attention.

It’s not stringently true: the very first part of the job is actually to protect aliens from us (OK, we’re extrapolating for effect).

The six-figure salary part is true, however, with an upper roped listed of $187,000 per year.

It’s a three-year gig, and you’ll be worried with how to stop contaminants from earth making their way off the planet during space exploration missions.

But the Fresh York Post is at least partly right, because you’ll also be worrying about what might come back with the mission along with all that moon dust, albeit that sounds less charming than “protecting Earth from aliens”.

The best thing about the job, however – aside from one hundred eighty seven large ones a year, of course – is how cool your business card will be, because the job title is Planetary Protection Officer.

That should put all those Senior Chief Space Research Scientists’ noses out of joint!

If you’re interested, you can apply online (you need to be a US citizen or US national).

Real users want…

Earlier today, we wrote about a claim from a senior British politician that “real people choose ease of use […] to unbreakable security”.

This was Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s latest salvo in the argument about whether the UK ought to force software such as WhatsApp to open up to law enforcement.

Rudd wants to compel WhatsApp and others to make their encryption crackable (or perhaps abandon it altogether) to make it less secure for terrorists – and thus less secure for everyone else, too.

We’re not sure why “real people” (the only sort we’ve ever met, but perhaps we need to get out more?) would choose ease of use over encryption, considering that they can have both, but that’s what Amber Rudd said.

We’re also not sure whether “real people” indeed are glad to see strong encryption brushed aside.

So we thought we’d let all you “real people” speak for yourselves:

Calling all "real people" – do you want unbreakable encryption?

News in brief: Facebook movie talk; protecting Earth from aliens; do you want encryption? Naked Security

Naked Security

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Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Facebook’s movie talk device

Facebook Inc.’s experimental Building eight lab will produce a device designed for movie talk, according to Bloomberg.

The device is the very first major hardware product expected to be developed by the lab. It will feature a laptop-sized touchscreen and is intended to go after Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to “bring users closer together” with the idea that the capability to interact will make users in different geographical locations feel like they’re in the same space.

The device is said to feature a wide-angle camera, built in microphone and speakers, and artificial intelligence tech to improve its photographic and audio options (with features like zooming in and focusing on faces).

The company is also said to be developing a clever speaker product like Amazon Echo and Google Home. Early rumors hinted that the talk device and clever speaker were a single, combined device but now emerge to be separate offerings.

Sophos Home

Free home computer security software for all the family

Planetary Protection Officer

The Fresh York Post just trumpeted that a “NASA job opening to protect Earth from aliens has [a] 6-figure salary”, which certainly got our attention.

It’s not rigorously true: the very first part of the job is actually to protect aliens from us (OK, we’re extrapolating for effect).

The six-figure salary part is true, however, with an upper roped listed of $187,000 per year.

It’s a three-year gig, and you’ll be worried with how to stop contaminants from earth making their way off the planet during space exploration missions.

But the Fresh York Post is at least partly right, because you’ll also be worrying about what might come back with the mission along with all that moon dust, albeit that sounds less captivating than “protecting Earth from aliens”.

The best thing about the job, tho’ – aside from one hundred eighty seven large ones a year, of course – is how cool your business card will be, because the job title is Planetary Protection Officer.

That should put all those Senior Chief Space Research Scientists’ noses out of joint!

If you’re interested, you can apply online (you need to be a US citizen or US national).

Real users want…

Earlier today, we wrote about a claim from a senior British politician that “real people choose ease of use […] to unbreakable security”.

This was Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s latest salvo in the argument about whether the UK ought to force software such as WhatsApp to open up to law enforcement.

Rudd wants to compel WhatsApp and others to make their encryption crackable (or perhaps abandon it altogether) to make it less secure for terrorists – and thus less secure for everyone else, too.

We’re not sure why “real people” (the only sort we’ve ever met, but perhaps we need to get out more?) would choose ease of use over encryption, considering that they can have both, but that’s what Amber Rudd said.

We’re also not sure whether “real people” truly are blessed to see strong encryption brushed aside.

So we thought we’d let all you “real people” speak for yourselves:

Calling all "real people" – do you want unbreakable encryption?

News in brief: Facebook movie talk; protecting Earth from aliens; do you want encryption? Naked Security

Naked Security

Post navigation

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Facebook’s movie talk device

Facebook Inc.’s experimental Building eight lab will produce a device designed for movie talk, according to Bloomberg.

The device is the very first major hardware product expected to be developed by the lab. It will feature a laptop-sized touchscreen and is intended to go after Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to “bring users closer together” with the idea that the capability to interact will make users in different geographical locations feel like they’re in the same space.

The device is said to feature a wide-angle camera, built in microphone and speakers, and artificial intelligence tech to improve its photographic and audio options (with features like zooming in and focusing on faces).

The company is also said to be developing a brainy speaker product like Amazon Echo and Google Home. Early rumors hinted that the talk device and wise speaker were a single, combined device but now show up to be separate offerings.

Sophos Home

Free home computer security software for all the family

Planetary Protection Officer

The Fresh York Post just trumpeted that a “NASA job opening to protect Earth from aliens has [a] 6-figure salary”, which certainly got our attention.

It’s not stringently true: the very first part of the job is actually to protect aliens from us (OK, we’re extrapolating for effect).

The six-figure salary part is true, however, with an upper roped listed of $187,000 per year.

It’s a three-year gig, and you’ll be worried with how to stop contaminants from earth making their way off the planet during space exploration missions.

But the Fresh York Post is at least partly right, because you’ll also be worrying about what might come back with the mission along with all that moon dust, albeit that sounds less captivating than “protecting Earth from aliens”.

The best thing about the job, however – aside from one hundred eighty seven large ones a year, of course – is how cool your business card will be, because the job title is Planetary Protection Officer.

That should put all those Senior Chief Space Research Scientists’ noses out of joint!

If you’re interested, you can apply online (you need to be a US citizen or US national).

Real users want…

Earlier today, we wrote about a claim from a senior British politician that “real people choose ease of use […] to unbreakable security”.

This was Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s latest salvo in the argument about whether the UK ought to force software such as WhatsApp to open up to law enforcement.

Rudd wants to compel WhatsApp and others to make their encryption crackable (or perhaps abandon it altogether) to make it less secure for terrorists – and thus less secure for everyone else, too.

We’re not sure why “real people” (the only sort we’ve ever met, but perhaps we need to get out more?) would choose ease of use over encryption, considering that they can have both, but that’s what Amber Rudd said.

We’re also not sure whether “real people” indeed are glad to see strong encryption brushed aside.

So we thought we’d let all you “real people” speak for yourselves:

Calling all "real people" – do you want unbreakable encryption?

News in brief: Facebook movie talk; protecting Earth from aliens; do you want encryption? Naked Security

Naked Security

Post navigation

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Facebook’s movie talk device

Facebook Inc.’s experimental Building eight lab will produce a device designed for movie talk, according to Bloomberg.

The device is the very first major hardware product expected to be developed by the lab. It will feature a laptop-sized touchscreen and is intended to go after Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to “bring users closer together” with the idea that the capability to interact will make users in different geographical locations feel like they’re in the same space.

The device is said to feature a wide-angle camera, built in microphone and speakers, and artificial intelligence tech to improve its photographic and audio options (with features like zooming in and focusing on faces).

The company is also said to be developing a brainy speaker product like Amazon Echo and Google Home. Early rumors hinted that the talk device and wise speaker were a single, combined device but now emerge to be separate offerings.

Sophos Home

Free home computer security software for all the family

Planetary Protection Officer

The Fresh York Post just trumpeted that a “NASA job opening to protect Earth from aliens has [a] 6-figure salary”, which certainly got our attention.

It’s not stringently true: the very first part of the job is actually to protect aliens from us (OK, we’re extrapolating for effect).

The six-figure salary part is true, however, with an upper corded listed of $187,000 per year.

It’s a three-year gig, and you’ll be worried with how to stop contaminants from earth making their way off the planet during space exploration missions.

But the Fresh York Post is at least partly right, because you’ll also be worrying about what might come back with the mission along with all that moon dust, albeit that sounds less captivating than “protecting Earth from aliens”.

The best thing about the job, tho’ – aside from one hundred eighty seven large ones a year, of course – is how cool your business card will be, because the job title is Planetary Protection Officer.

That should put all those Senior Chief Space Research Scientists’ noses out of joint!

If you’re interested, you can apply online (you need to be a US citizen or US national).

Real users want…

Earlier today, we wrote about a claim from a senior British politician that “real people choose ease of use […] to unbreakable security”.

This was Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s latest salvo in the argument about whether the UK ought to force software such as WhatsApp to open up to law enforcement.

Rudd wants to compel WhatsApp and others to make their encryption crackable (or perhaps abandon it altogether) to make it less secure for terrorists – and thus less secure for everyone else, too.

We’re not sure why “real people” (the only sort we’ve ever met, but perhaps we need to get out more?) would choose ease of use over encryption, considering that they can have both, but that’s what Amber Rudd said.

We’re also not sure whether “real people” indeed are glad to see strong encryption brushed aside.

So we thought we’d let all you “real people” speak for yourselves:

Calling all "real people" – do you want unbreakable encryption?

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