Trust Not The TSA

Read:

• http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/07/07/florida.tsa.employee.theft/

Now does anyone trust TSA anymore ? It's just one of the many cases. 

Don't trust a device

Read:

• http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/06/yet_another_peo.html

Any thumbdrive / USB flash drive / USB flash stick you found is not automatically danger-proof. There are known incidents whereby the manufacturers themselves have faulty systems that introduce the malware / viruses ... into the thumbdrive / USB flash drive / USB flash stick during the time of manufacturing the product. Treat all devices with suspicion. Disable the auto-run feature and always scan the device before using if it's not a device you trust and own. For more paranoid measures, regardless of any device, simply scan them (even your own trusted devices).

Should I Trust A Third Party App Store

Read:

• http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211879/Infected_Android_app_runs_up_big_texting_bills

Can you really trust an unsanctioned third party app store ? Not at all because you never know what codes they have in their apps. Sadly people are willing to risk it. 

Google should quickly push out a stable app store API so that developers could create applications that could be connected into the official Android Marketplace and be able to download trustworthy apps.

The Corrupted Evil Oracle

We have all known that nothing goes well when Oracle literally 'eats up' Sun. Most of us who were pretty much happier with Sun have seen our predictions come true ... which is when Oracle takes over, we are in for HELL. It's literal and it's real.


Firstly, Oracle kills off innovative Sun initiated projects, refuses to support OpenSolaris, puts a price tag on MS Office plugin for ODF format (making people pay to use ODF format on MS Office) and now Oracle attacks Google because of the Dalvik VM for Android (Read: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/oracle-sues-google-over-use-of-java-in-android-sdk.ars) . 


Isn't Oracle gonna promote the use of Java rather then hinder it's growth ?


Good thing James Gosling quit and escape this evil menacing company called Oracle when Oracle decides to eat up Sun.


Everything when really bad when Oracle ate Sun up. Ouch and it hurts !!!


MySQL database's future is even more unstable because of these hurtful moves Oracle have done.


Oracle's moves have once again further reduced developers confidence that Oracle could take over Sun's legacy and protect us, but Oracle is doing the opposite, reducing our confidence and 'attacking' us.


I, as a Java developer, felt that this step Oracle has done to take on the Dalvik VM is one of the fatal blows to my confidence of Oracle. I am pretty convinced all these years of Sun's legacy would be lost forever by Oracle's sins.


Oracle only cares for itself rather then the communities of developers.


I think it's a little late for Sun to regret handing over their front door keys and trust that Oracle would continue to be nice and not evil. Oracle have betrayed these sacred trusts and ruined the good name Sun once built.


SHAME ON YOU ORACLE.