I do not understand this mentality of people who use email as a 'to do list' or 'archive of information'. It excels at neither of these.
It's because we're lazy.
It's just easyer to leave it where it is than to move it elsewhere. Ill admit I have used email as a notepad while on the phone and emailed it to myself on numerous occasions.
"I like my privacy, and this feels like an invasion of that," said Janet Tobin, who lives on the property. "My friends already know how to get here. I don't need the whole world coming to my door."
Honestly this woman is so stupid she has no expectation to privacy. Now anyone can Google her name and find her dumbass.
Janet Tobin, I have news for you, no one is coming to your dam door, your a nobody.
They are not disclosing it to all users, that is not possible. They have only notified the customer not the user.
I don't pay for the Internet in this house so I won't be getting any notification that my privacy is being violated, and what if the bill payer is away? since it's opt out users on the home network would be violated until the bill payer returns and even then they may not get the letter or understand the ramifications involved.
What the United States need are some privacy laws (you apparently have none) to protect people from these vultures.
I bet you 20 dollars you didn't send them the money for the songs after downloading the music in the form you like.
Why the hell would I send them $20?
Downloading music is not stealing as nothing is lost, however what Yahoo is doing could be considered theft/fraud since users are actually losing something.
It takes someone with a minor god complex. "I'm the only thing that matters to my family, so they're better off dead." I know some people here will celebrate the spammers death, but I would have rather seen him in a 8x10 cell.
The days of the Internet as some kind of Wild West where you can do and say whatever the fuck you want without having to take the consequences for it are coming to an end.
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How is it trickery?
Im constantly deleting emails I do not have an infinate budget, data retention is very expensive. I recently deleted over 4.5 gigs worth of email.
Is it now a crime dor me to delete data I own?
That's why blanking your computer normally is a good idea, but when the RIAA contact you it becomes a bad idea.
Thats where whole-disk encryption comes in handy, personally I would just give them the disk from my other computer :)
So the trick is to delete the emails before being served with the hold letter/notice?
But the emails don't exist so you cannot be done for tampering with evidence.
A judge cannot simply rule in favor of the other party because he/she makes an impossible request.
But having a backdoor makes it far less useful
Emails are not evidence, until they have been submitted as such.
I share your view, if I write something it belongs to me, same goes for anything that has been addressed to me.
If I receive an email then that email belongs to me and Ill do what I want with it.
How can it be theft?
Im entitled to store my email if I wish to do so.
But if I delete an email from my system, how are you ever going to prove that it existed?
I do not understand this mentality of people who use email as a 'to do list' or 'archive of information'. It excels at neither of these.
It's because we're lazy.
It's just easyer to leave it where it is than to move it elsewhere. Ill admit I have used email as a notepad while on the phone and emailed it to myself on numerous occasions.
Do the plants disappear from view when the google car gets close?
"I like my privacy, and this feels like an invasion of that," said Janet Tobin, who lives on the property. "My friends already know how to get here. I don't need the whole world coming to my door."
Honestly this woman is so stupid she has no expectation to privacy. Now anyone can Google her name and find her dumbass.
Janet Tobin, I have news for you, no one is coming to your dam door, your a nobody.
I want to see them aswell.
It's not a security issue if the passwords are not disclosed.
Why is it upto Craigs list anyway?
The user didn't have the chance to defend themself.
Congress must prohibit all monitoring by the ISPs.
But that would require them to act in the intrests of the people!!!!
They are not disclosing it to all users, that is not possible. They have only notified the customer not the user.
I don't pay for the Internet in this house so I won't be getting any notification that my privacy is being violated, and what if the bill payer is away? since it's opt out users on the home network would be violated until the bill payer returns and even then they may not get the letter or understand the ramifications involved.
What the United States need are some privacy laws (you apparently have none) to protect people from these vultures.
How is this legal?
I thought warrantless wiretapping only covered law enforcement.
I bet you 20 dollars you didn't send them the money for the songs after downloading the music in the form you like.
Why the hell would I send them $20?
Downloading music is not stealing as nothing is lost, however what Yahoo is doing could be considered theft/fraud since users are actually losing something.
Security through Obscurity, that's my excuse.
Will they be fined for fraud?
Sadly, No I think their little scam will continue. why sell it only once when you can sell it over and over to the same customer.
Who buys music these days anyway?
But think how much money they can make by forcing users to buy their music again.
That's why I pirate all my music, it avoids problems like this.
Content produces claim they are "Losing sales" but its customers who are "Losing products" now a can justify my piracy by saying "its them or us"
It takes someone with a minor god complex. "I'm the only thing that matters to my family, so they're better off dead." I know some people here will celebrate the spammers death, but I would have rather seen him in a 8x10 cell.
Im glad he's dead.
Shame about the Wife tho.
The days of the Internet as some kind of Wild West where you can do and say whatever the fuck you want without having to take the consequences for it are coming to an end.
Wich is why we must act now to save it.
Im all for freespeech but impersonating someone isn't freespeech it's identity theft.