Kaspersky Lab uncovers a suite of surveillance platforms that hide in hard drive firmware

[captaincranky]

I was saving my "people are generally dim" post for the inevitable net neutrality pass vote story.

Although this will be a bit off topic, I have engineered a question about "net neutrality", I'd like you to consider. I have constructed the question to be at once, stupid, thoughtful, naive, relevant, and also poingant. Now that we are able, (theoretically), able to access the web at up to !GB per second, how much does being "throttled" really matter?

Also, it is worth noting that not all of the Nigerian princes are frauds. I am expecting a deposit in my account sometime later this week, in fact. Nasim "Big Money" Gachanumba seems like a pretty decent guy. A bit trusting (probably how he was betrayed), but nice.

My own Nigerian royal acquaintance, Prince yRaz, is a respected member of this very site! I have received the benefit of his banking and investment skills in bountiful measure! (y)

 

[davislane1]

Although this will be a bit off topic, I have engineered a question about "net neutrality", I'd like you to consider. I have constructed the question to be at once, stupid, thoughtful, naive, relevant, and also poingant. Now that we are able, (theoretically), able to access the web at up to !GB per second, how much does being "throttled" really matter?

In the real world or to all the people who aren't streaming 8K content?

 

[captaincranky]

In the real world or to all the people who aren't streaming 8K content?

Dude, you know yourself, by the time the iPhone has 8K resolution, we'll have 5Gbs internet to compensate.

 

[DelJo63]

Ever wonder why so many states have made or are making "Living-off-the-grid" illegal?
I did.

Interesting assertion - - can you site any resources to confirm this?

 

[davislane1]

Dude, you know yourself, by the time the iPhone has 8K resolution, we'll have 5Gbs internet to compensate.

Exactly. What I was alluding to is what I believe is the correct answer to the question: throtelling doesn't matter to anyone not using (relatively) immense bandwidth. The rest of us had to be told there was throtelling because someone watching netflix had a frame stutter during primetime, and maybe the one guy on fiber who notices when a webpage loads one hundredth of a second slower, caught the eye of...major ecommerce firms and streaming services with a vested interest in regulation.

In short, the question in question functions as intended.

 

[Cold Canuck]

Interesting assertion - - can you site any resources to confirm this?

Google is your friend, as well as mine :-}

 

[war59312]

Too bad we can't trust Kaspersky anymore!

 

[Cold Canuck]

Who says you can't?
Obviously, we can't be certain that Eugene Kaspersky was being sincere when he offered the U.S. government access to his AV source code, but if he was to actually take a position against the U.S., not only would all his billions would be put at risk, it would seriously heighten tensions between Russia and the west. Some of the more militant politicians might consider any nefarious acts by the Russia-based Kaspersky Labs to be an act of war.
I don't begrudge the U.S. government taking precautions, but I wouldn't start screaming about the sky falling.....yet.