"Use your head! How is it logical to expose unencrypted DVRs and IP cameras and the IoT to the world without some type of encryption?"
Why? What are you trying to secure? That is the important question. IT does not matter to me if someone can see my IP camera signal on most of my public facing cameras. There is jsut no need for that most of the time. Im not saying there should be no encryption, im saying that requiring it by default is retarded.
Please watch the series From the Earth to the Moon, especially the episode 'Galileo was Right' to see why its so important to send men and women and not only robots.
It has nothing ot do with hardware overhead. It has everything to do with overall systemic overhead. Adding encryption is just another layer that can go wrong, needs updating, penetration testing, etc etc. Like i said i take exception to the idea that all this traffic needs to be encrypted by default, not the idea of encryption. Your argument is security through obscurity and nothing more.
" camera or DVR should be accessible form teh internet and no video feed should traverse the internet without encryption"
Just NO. Not everything needs to be encrypted. In lots of cases it jsut adds bloat to whatever it is you are trying to do. I absolutely believe companies should make better devices, but in the end its up to US to use the vast tool chest we have available to us to make up for these shortcomings. Dont force obfuscation where its not needed so that you dont have to think.
"Criminals may get the message that they can no longer use phones to carry out their crimes or ways of life. It is getting harder and harder to be a criminal."
You are either naive or being purposefully obtuse. Anything that can be used against others can be used against you. This makes it harder for EVERYONE, not just criminals.
I run regular x86-64 OpenElec 5.95 flawlessly on it. As it is now, i consider it 'done'. If it never gets another update, it will still function as long as the hardware lasts. Bluetooth, wifi, ethernet ir receiver, usb all work immediately after install. Even accepts my USB audio headphones and switches the audio no problem. Ill probably test the upgrade to 6.0 sometime this year just to pick up the 4.x Linux Kernel.
Nothing beats the newest Intel NUCs on performance per watt. I have a bunch of raspberry pi 2 boards and a I Pi Zero i was lucky enough to get, and i paid $5 + tax on it retail. When it came time to build a playback-only HTPC, i used a NUC. I paired the NUC5CPYH (braswell?) with 2 GB of RAM and OpenElec on a class 10 SD card. It also comes in a nice casing, wifi and integrated IR receiver all for about $150 retail. I could build up a pi 2 for about half that cost, but it wouldnt be nearly as performant, look as nice, or be as well integrated. The icing on the cake is that USB and the other internal busses are properly implemented (1GB ethernet vs 10/100, USB 3.0 with UASP vs USB 2.0) AND it can run x86-64 Linux and Windows....
The Ipad was already in full development for literally years before the first iphone debuted. IN 2003, when someone asked Steve Jobs if Apple would make another PDA like the NEWTON, he replied "To get back into the PDA business, we would have to get into the cell phone business", basically denying it. I pretty much knew that this meant Apple was going to build another Newton. The mobile ecosystem had already been in development for at least 3 years when he said that. Apple takes a VERY long view or things, at least when Steve was around.
I skimmed through the ruling and saw a mention of 'commonly available' but nowhere was it addressed if widespread public use means police can also avail themselves of these methods. Would you care to point out the relevant points?
"If I have seen farther, it is because i have stood on the shoulders of giants". Quite possibly the smartest man to ever live uttered these words. You advocate the methods of Alchemy, and seek to give it the same lofty perch as true Science.
Hawaii is AMERICAN soil, not native Hawaiian soil. Every American alive has just as much claim to Hawaii as any 'native'. Its not 'their' culture anymore, its 'ours'. You know, melting pot and all that.
Australia doesn't have a 2nd amendment. Our government does not have the powers the Australian govt does, it is forbidden by law. You have to repeal the 2nd if you want meaningful gun control in the USA.
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I have seen MM notation many times in publications.
No, MM is shorthand for 1000x1000 (1,000,000) in Roman Numerals.
Its creepy as hell and needs to be made illegal yesterday.
"We want it solved and eradicated, not just make the reasonable precautions and live with the residual risk."
Do you understand the word Liberty at all? There is NO LIBERTY without risk. What you ask for is impossible without enslaving the entire human race.
"Use your head! How is it logical to expose unencrypted DVRs and IP cameras and the IoT to the world without some type of encryption?"
Why? What are you trying to secure? That is the important question. IT does not matter to me if someone can see my IP camera signal on most of my public facing cameras. There is jsut no need for that most of the time. Im not saying there should be no encryption, im saying that requiring it by default is retarded.
Please watch the series From the Earth to the Moon, especially the episode 'Galileo was Right' to see why its so important to send men and women and not only robots.
The government simply got used to being able to see everything at all times. Now that we can create blind spots, they are paranoid and lashing out.
It has nothing ot do with hardware overhead. It has everything to do with overall systemic overhead. Adding encryption is just another layer that can go wrong, needs updating, penetration testing, etc etc. Like i said i take exception to the idea that all this traffic needs to be encrypted by default, not the idea of encryption. Your argument is security through obscurity and nothing more.
" camera or DVR should be accessible form teh internet and no video feed should traverse the internet without encryption"
Just NO. Not everything needs to be encrypted. In lots of cases it jsut adds bloat to whatever it is you are trying to do. I absolutely believe companies should make better devices, but in the end its up to US to use the vast tool chest we have available to us to make up for these shortcomings. Dont force obfuscation where its not needed so that you dont have to think.
Radio can be jammed.....
"Criminals may get the message that they can no longer use phones to carry out their crimes or ways of life. It is getting harder and harder to be a criminal."
You are either naive or being purposefully obtuse. Anything that can be used against others can be used against you. This makes it harder for EVERYONE, not just criminals.
I run regular x86-64 OpenElec 5.95 flawlessly on it. As it is now, i consider it 'done'. If it never gets another update, it will still function as long as the hardware lasts. Bluetooth, wifi, ethernet ir receiver, usb all work immediately after install. Even accepts my USB audio headphones and switches the audio no problem. Ill probably test the upgrade to 6.0 sometime this year just to pick up the 4.x Linux Kernel.
Nothing beats the newest Intel NUCs on performance per watt. I have a bunch of raspberry pi 2 boards and a I Pi Zero i was lucky enough to get, and i paid $5 + tax on it retail. When it came time to build a playback-only HTPC, i used a NUC. I paired the NUC5CPYH (braswell?) with 2 GB of RAM and OpenElec on a class 10 SD card. It also comes in a nice casing, wifi and integrated IR receiver all for about $150 retail. I could build up a pi 2 for about half that cost, but it wouldnt be nearly as performant, look as nice, or be as well integrated. The icing on the cake is that USB and the other internal busses are properly implemented (1GB ethernet vs 10/100, USB 3.0 with UASP vs USB 2.0) AND it can run x86-64 Linux and Windows....
The Ipad was already in full development for literally years before the first iphone debuted. IN 2003, when someone asked Steve Jobs if Apple would make another PDA like the NEWTON, he replied "To get back into the PDA business, we would have to get into the cell phone business", basically denying it. I pretty much knew that this meant Apple was going to build another Newton. The mobile ecosystem had already been in development for at least 3 years when he said that. Apple takes a VERY long view or things, at least when Steve was around.
I skimmed through the ruling and saw a mention of 'commonly available' but nowhere was it addressed if widespread public use means police can also avail themselves of these methods. Would you care to point out the relevant points?
Sadly, very few citizens feel this way. They have this strange idea that police are basically our parents and we need permission to do anything.
TO watch the watchers, obviously. The average person is a citizen, that is all that is needed to keep tabs on our government.
Citizens can do a hell of a lot more things than police can. Citizens enjoying Liberty doesn't change how the police operate.
"If I have seen farther, it is because i have stood on the shoulders of giants". Quite possibly the smartest man to ever live uttered these words. You advocate the methods of Alchemy, and seek to give it the same lofty perch as true Science.
" at least it was until the white man started killing them" Right and now its ALL OUR LAND. Hawaii belongs to the US, not the natives.
Praise ATOM!
Hawaii is AMERICAN soil, not native Hawaiian soil. Every American alive has just as much claim to Hawaii as any 'native'. Its not 'their' culture anymore, its 'ours'. You know, melting pot and all that.
People who are not alive should not be granted stuff like this. No law should cover 'descendants' The law is for the LIVING.
"Just make new ones much harder to get"
2nd amendment says 'no'. What part of 'shall not be infringed' is ambiguous to you?
Australia doesn't have a 2nd amendment. Our government does not have the powers the Australian govt does, it is forbidden by law. You have to repeal the 2nd if you want meaningful gun control in the USA.