I refuse to buy any games or other types of media in general that do this type of stuff. If more people would just not buy the damn stuff, even if they really want to. It would send a message to the producers and their parent companies that this sort of thing is not tolerated. Sadly, not enough people do that and the makers of these games and movies get a message entirely different. That treating your paying customers like criminals is acceptable.
I've played a good chunk of rpgs ranging from the dragon quest series to some of the more modern ones like mass effect. My all time favorite have been Final Fantasy 4 for the excellent story, Final Fantasy 12 for the great system (possibly the best system used in the series). Star Ocean for the PS2 was excellent but VERY long, and the Wild Arms series is also very cool.
Of coarse, I am very retro and still play games like Breath of Fire 1 and 2. You couldn't pry my nes and snes from my cold dead fingers. Games have come an awefully long way since those days but the only real difference has been graphics and music compilation. I have played some SNES games that took longer for me to beat than some Playstation games, like Tales of Phantasia (SNES) and the original Star Ocean for the SNES.
Some of the old puzzle games are still great too, most noteably for me was the Adventures of Lolo series for the NES. The game was very basic and graphics were crap but the puzzles just kept getting more and more difficult each stage (the game was just evil) I have way too many video games and way way too much time on my hands. It seems to be all that I have been doing lately.
Anyone who never had an SNES or a old school Nintendo should really go out and get one or at least find a decent emulator and download a few roms. It's worth going back to the basics and seeing just where all the killer games today have come from and really helps add perspective to see where they are going too.
(4) Can a business do for users what they can do for themselves? For example, rip a DVD copy onto a viewing device?
I do this almost every day where I work. Copy customer's data to dvd, cd, other hard drives, etc. Sometimes this includes "backup copies" of the music form their iTunes and other digital media. We are usually asked to do this before we do any sort of repair that would require a complete system restore, and charge a little more for the backup service.
Develope a social network of friends in the field. Share ideas and give them a hand here and there. Let them know you are interested in getting into the field they are in. Having someone who is already "in" the door can greatly increase your chances of getting more than just your foot in the door.
And be careful, if one company/institute/whatever slams your foot in the door, dont take it personally. Just keep developing that social network of yours and keep trying.
Another reason to have a good social network is because once you are "in" you will definitely run into something you might not be able to figure out but one of your buddies will. Thats how the world works and if you don't have a social network to help you grow and support you then you won't make it very long.
Thats the jist of what I understand to be standard practice in the security community for certain types of forensics with regards to computer crimes. Of coarse, evidence permitting, you can then gain further access to the actual hard drive, but not without finding probable cause. Traces of information wiping softwares, log files in hidden/system folders, etc.
The types of electronic searches you are referring to are more geared towards high risk crimes that would have some effect on a large scale, like national security. Not for looking for downloaded.mp3's. Those searches are extremely expensive and can take a VERY long time as the techniques used to run that low level of a disk scan are extremely thorough.
I don't think the **AA would spend that kind of money just to extort a very small fraction of it back after the fact. It just wouldn't happen. Leave those types of search and siezures to the government and the military for what they were intended for. Generic computer crimes such as hacking and stealing music or movies just wouldn't warrant it unless there was evidence that it was of a very large scale (duplication for profit) or other offenses (like child porn).
The proper way to examine a hard disk for evidence of a crime is to image it to another hard drive without TOUCHING the data on the original hard disk. Once the original has been tampered with, it is arguable that any evidence found may have been falsified and is not admissible in court. Also, if they planted spy software on your machine, you can sue them for invasion of privacy. I am pretty sure there is a law somewhere that prohibits unsolicited internet traffic to a computer.
Usually, professionals will use a live cd or similar tool to image the hard disk to another without writing to the disk being imaged. since the live cd loads into RAM and not on the HDD, there is less chance that it will be tampered with accidentally before any data has been accessed. All searches of HDDs are done from an image of the disk and should never be done on the original. standard Sec+ stuff, its dissappointing that the **AA would not follow those guidelines. I guess they really do just hope for the ooc settlements.
If the **AA did what you said they did, they did not follow proper procedure. Then again, they don't seem to be contracting professionals in the field that would know what to do anyway.
I care.
I live in a big house, wireless A just doesn't have the coverage I need if I want to sit in my living room and browse the internet.
Wireless B has decent range but isn't as fast as the wireless A, so if I want to transfer a file from my desktop (in the bedroom where my router is) to my laptop, I would have to go upstairs. I'm not lazy but I would rather not have to go all the way upstairs just to copy a file, I might as well just lug around a 500GB external hard drive everywhere I go.
Wireless G was great, it had good coverage and good speed, but signal degrades as it reaches farther and some areas of my house, like the porch get very weak and intermittent signals.
Wireless N is perfect for my situation and I for one am happy to see that ASUS is willing to hook me up with something even more functional if there is no easy fix for my draft-n network.
Some people use wireless for different things. I use mine for convenience at my home, this is perfect for me and I do indeed care.
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I refuse to buy any games or other types of media in general that do this type of stuff. If more people would just not buy the damn stuff, even if they really want to. It would send a message to the producers and their parent companies that this sort of thing is not tolerated. Sadly, not enough people do that and the makers of these games and movies get a message entirely different. That treating your paying customers like criminals is acceptable.
Because the voting machine companies worry more about their 'contributers' than their accountability to actual voters?
I've played a good chunk of rpgs ranging from the dragon quest series to some of the more modern ones like mass effect. My all time favorite have been Final Fantasy 4 for the excellent story, Final Fantasy 12 for the great system (possibly the best system used in the series). Star Ocean for the PS2 was excellent but VERY long, and the Wild Arms series is also very cool.
Of coarse, I am very retro and still play games like Breath of Fire 1 and 2. You couldn't pry my nes and snes from my cold dead fingers. Games have come an awefully long way since those days but the only real difference has been graphics and music compilation. I have played some SNES games that took longer for me to beat than some Playstation games, like Tales of Phantasia (SNES) and the original Star Ocean for the SNES.
Some of the old puzzle games are still great too, most noteably for me was the Adventures of Lolo series for the NES. The game was very basic and graphics were crap but the puzzles just kept getting more and more difficult each stage (the game was just evil) I have way too many video games and way way too much time on my hands. It seems to be all that I have been doing lately.
Anyone who never had an SNES or a old school Nintendo should really go out and get one or at least find a decent emulator and download a few roms. It's worth going back to the basics and seeing just where all the killer games today have come from and really helps add perspective to see where they are going too.
So when will the **AA sue our company?
Develope a social network of friends in the field. Share ideas and give them a hand here and there. Let them know you are interested in getting into the field they are in. Having someone who is already "in" the door can greatly increase your chances of getting more than just your foot in the door.
And be careful, if one company/institute/whatever slams your foot in the door, dont take it personally. Just keep developing that social network of yours and keep trying.
Another reason to have a good social network is because once you are "in" you will definitely run into something you might not be able to figure out but one of your buddies will. Thats how the world works and if you don't have a social network to help you grow and support you then you won't make it very long.
Thats the jist of what I understand to be standard practice in the security community for certain types of forensics with regards to computer crimes. Of coarse, evidence permitting, you can then gain further access to the actual hard drive, but not without finding probable cause. Traces of information wiping softwares, log files in hidden/system folders, etc.
.mp3's. Those searches are extremely expensive and can take a VERY long time as the techniques used to run that low level of a disk scan are extremely thorough.
The types of electronic searches you are referring to are more geared towards high risk crimes that would have some effect on a large scale, like national security. Not for looking for downloaded
I don't think the **AA would spend that kind of money just to extort a very small fraction of it back after the fact. It just wouldn't happen. Leave those types of search and siezures to the government and the military for what they were intended for. Generic computer crimes such as hacking and stealing music or movies just wouldn't warrant it unless there was evidence that it was of a very large scale (duplication for profit) or other offenses (like child porn).
The proper way to examine a hard disk for evidence of a crime is to image it to another hard drive without TOUCHING the data on the original hard disk. Once the original has been tampered with, it is arguable that any evidence found may have been falsified and is not admissible in court. Also, if they planted spy software on your machine, you can sue them for invasion of privacy. I am pretty sure there is a law somewhere that prohibits unsolicited internet traffic to a computer.
Usually, professionals will use a live cd or similar tool to image the hard disk to another without writing to the disk being imaged. since the live cd loads into RAM and not on the HDD, there is less chance that it will be tampered with accidentally before any data has been accessed. All searches of HDDs are done from an image of the disk and should never be done on the original. standard Sec+ stuff, its dissappointing that the **AA would not follow those guidelines. I guess they really do just hope for the ooc settlements.
If the **AA did what you said they did, they did not follow proper procedure. Then again, they don't seem to be contracting professionals in the field that would know what to do anyway.
I care.
I live in a big house, wireless A just doesn't have the coverage I need if I want to sit in my living room and browse the internet.
Wireless B has decent range but isn't as fast as the wireless A, so if I want to transfer a file from my desktop (in the bedroom where my router is) to my laptop, I would have to go upstairs. I'm not lazy but I would rather not have to go all the way upstairs just to copy a file, I might as well just lug around a 500GB external hard drive everywhere I go.
Wireless G was great, it had good coverage and good speed, but signal degrades as it reaches farther and some areas of my house, like the porch get very weak and intermittent signals. Wireless N is perfect for my situation and I for one am happy to see that ASUS is willing to hook me up with something even more functional if there is no easy fix for my draft-n network.
Some people use wireless for different things. I use mine for convenience at my home, this is perfect for me and I do indeed care.