There's this thing called "probable cause" that nicely balances the state's need to prevent crime with my need for privacy.
If they want to search my trip logs they can go to a judge and get a fucking warrant first.
Otherwise they can keep their nose out of my business and let me join the pursuit of happiness without government interference.
Government snooping is interference no matter how benign its intentions. The TSA holding up the line for searches is just one example of many of government paranoia turning into a hassle for me.
If the feds can't come up with a good reason to mess with my life they need to stay the hell out of my way so I can go on about my business.
Because even if I have nothing to hide, putting my own life on hold to satiate their curiosity is a waste of my time.
And that's assuming a rogue hacker doesn't bust through the government's firewalls and scoop up my personal information.
Even a well meaning government that is incompetent can cause trouble if my information falls into the wrong hands.
All the more reason for the government not to possess it in the first place unless they actually need it. Fewer ways to fail, and it keeps my tax dollars from being wasted on precious man hours diverted to rummaging through personal lives that are better off left alone.
I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of extra terrestrials.
Not because it's a government secret, but because I honestly don't have a fucking clue one way or the other.
It is not something that can be proven or disproven conclusively. There is supposedly a large part of the universe that is beyond the point at which the metric expansion of space exceeds the speed of light relative to our present location, which means any information from them will never reach us.
What if there were extra terrestrials beyond that boundary? We would never know.
Except sometimes the hosting pulls out their ToS and exercises their right to unilaterly dump whatever they don't like, consider who has more legal muscle, and shun whoever would lose.
When apple is part of an IP crazy cartel that together conspires to deprive us of our rights, they ARE the bad guy.
Hell, the recent clauses in everyone's ToS forbidding class action lawsuits is only because Sony got sued and is nothing more than a conpsiracy to enhance corporate power at the expense of the individual.
Detecting an infected computer requres a judgement call that cannot be taken away from the blatant conflict of interest possible with those who could enforce it.
You cannot stop spam without also stopping free speech, since both use the same methods to get their payload delivered. And at its heart, spam is just speech you don't want to hear, much like dissent is speech the government doesn't want to hear.
There is no way for a computer to reliably distinguish the two, and the only people who can are also biased and have a vested interest in their own agenda.
You assume that the US is going to abide by the terms of a treaty. Their conduct against their own citizens proves that they have no intention of playing by the book, and if the only thing protecting assange is legal procedures written on a piece of paper then he has plenty of reason to fear.
The honor of playing it straight is rather hollow when the other side can cheat and get away with it.
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So can you get two tickets, one for obstructing traffic and another for speeding, if you're doing both at the same time?
Heh, collisions :)
There's this thing called "probable cause" that nicely balances the state's need to prevent crime with my need for privacy.
If they want to search my trip logs they can go to a judge and get a fucking warrant first.
Otherwise they can keep their nose out of my business and let me join the pursuit of happiness without government interference.
Government snooping is interference no matter how benign its intentions. The TSA holding up the line for searches is just one example of many of government paranoia turning into a hassle for me.
If the feds can't come up with a good reason to mess with my life they need to stay the hell out of my way so I can go on about my business.
Because even if I have nothing to hide, putting my own life on hold to satiate their curiosity is a waste of my time.
And that's assuming a rogue hacker doesn't bust through the government's firewalls and scoop up my personal information.
Even a well meaning government that is incompetent can cause trouble if my information falls into the wrong hands.
All the more reason for the government not to possess it in the first place unless they actually need it. Fewer ways to fail, and it keeps my tax dollars from being wasted on precious man hours diverted to rummaging through personal lives that are better off left alone.
128 bits ought to be enough for everyone.
I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of extra terrestrials.
Not because it's a government secret, but because I honestly don't have a fucking clue one way or the other.
It is not something that can be proven or disproven conclusively. There is supposedly a large part of the universe that is beyond the point at which the metric expansion of space exceeds the speed of light relative to our present location, which means any information from them will never reach us.
What if there were extra terrestrials beyond that boundary? We would never know.
Except sometimes the hosting pulls out their ToS and exercises their right to unilaterly dump whatever they don't like, consider who has more legal muscle, and shun whoever would lose.
So is fanatical hatred of foreign nations that don't share your ideology.
And just how do you expect to distinguish the two cases without peeking at the user's hard drive?
Simple.
Treat spam as spam no matter who is sending it.
If you get credible complaints, shut the user's access down, period.
Users who are willfully blind to computer security are aiding and abetting.
Which is rather ironic when you remember the BMG rootkit scandal.
Shhh, don't give them ideas.
Lern2legal.
If you die, your spouse inherits your interest unless your will says otherwise.
Properly only escheats (goes to the state) when there ARE NO heirs.
Except that the TOS may well make it not qualify as personal property to begin with.
When apple is part of an IP crazy cartel that together conspires to deprive us of our rights, they ARE the bad guy.
Hell, the recent clauses in everyone's ToS forbidding class action lawsuits is only because Sony got sued and is nothing more than a conpsiracy to enhance corporate power at the expense of the individual.
As owner you can grant yourself a license that makes you immune to infringement claims.
Detecting an infected computer requres a judgement call that cannot be taken away from the blatant conflict of interest possible with those who could enforce it.
You cannot stop spam without also stopping free speech, since both use the same methods to get their payload delivered. And at its heart, spam is just speech you don't want to hear, much like dissent is speech the government doesn't want to hear.
There is no way for a computer to reliably distinguish the two, and the only people who can are also biased and have a vested interest in their own agenda.
It's going to bonuses for management.
Save that retort for when someone can enter the market without being a member of the good ole boys network.
The hypothesis is in fact tested.
We just aren't the ones designed to benefit.
I predict option 4: Established corporations build themselves a gentleman's cartel and only let each other in on the action.
You are only held liable if the elite don't like you.
Companies in bed with each other are going to give each other a pass, as always.
That rolling might well be rotating on a spit in hell for all I know.
In soviet russia, peers dis you.
You assume that the US is going to abide by the terms of a treaty. Their conduct against their own citizens proves that they have no intention of playing by the book, and if the only thing protecting assange is legal procedures written on a piece of paper then he has plenty of reason to fear.
The honor of playing it straight is rather hollow when the other side can cheat and get away with it.