Well we're not quite out of the woods. The EC (unelected and largely unaccountable) haven't given this one up yet. But the scale of the No vote, and the likelihood that the European Court will find at least some parts of ACTA unconstitutional, is going to make it tough for even the EC to push it through.
The Mozilla Foundation reportedly receives ~$300 million annually from Google.
Google is certainly an interested party when it comes to tracking user behavior.
Is this really a good move for Mozilla strategically?
The key issue here is informed consent. The "Collusion add-on so it will enable users to not only see who is tracking them across the Web, but also to turn that tracking off when they want to."
I've no problem allowing cookies and scripts from sites I trust and who are providing me with a service I want. The problem is the number of "drive-by" cookies and scripts you can get hit with.
When I started using NoScript I was amazed at amount of content I was being silently served from third-party sites without my knowledge or consent.
Without ownership, you're giving someone else the ability to take away your access. Once that happens a couple times, I think people will start moving back to an ownership model.
This is the major issue I have with streaming services. You have no guarantee that content available today will still be available tomorrow. Like this....
200+ labels withdraw their music from Spotify
I know I'll be able to play my CD rips tomorrow, next week, next year....
With these docks, you could provide a single device that serves both functions, thus mitigating the risks of BYOD and reducing costs at the same time.
As the risks of BYOD are primarily about things like data theft/breaches and introducing malware into the organisation, I don't see providing a nice screen and keyboard as a mitigating factor.
Agreed. IANAL, but in most parts of Europe there a set of fundamental consumer rights which, as I understand it, cannot be trumped by any license or even formal contract.
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Well we're not quite out of the woods. The EC (unelected and largely unaccountable) haven't given this one up yet. But the scale of the No vote, and the likelihood that the European Court will find at least some parts of ACTA unconstitutional, is going to make it tough for even the EC to push it through.
The Mozilla Foundation reportedly receives ~$300 million annually from Google.
Google is certainly an interested party when it comes to tracking user behavior.
Is this really a good move for Mozilla strategically?
The key issue here is informed consent. The "Collusion add-on so it will enable users to not only see who is tracking them across the Web, but also to turn that tracking off when they want to."
I've no problem allowing cookies and scripts from sites I trust and who are providing me with a service I want. The problem is the number of "drive-by" cookies and scripts you can get hit with.
When I started using NoScript I was amazed at amount of content I was being silently served from third-party sites without my knowledge or consent.
Without ownership, you're giving someone else the ability to take away your access. Once that happens a couple times, I think people will start moving back to an ownership model.
This is the major issue I have with streaming services. You have no guarantee that content available today will still be available tomorrow. Like this.... 200+ labels withdraw their music from Spotify
I know I'll be able to play my CD rips tomorrow, next week, next year....
With these docks, you could provide a single device that serves both functions, thus mitigating the risks of BYOD and reducing costs at the same time.
As the risks of BYOD are primarily about things like data theft/breaches and introducing malware into the organisation, I don't see providing a nice screen and keyboard as a mitigating factor.
Agreed. IANAL, but in most parts of Europe there a set of fundamental consumer rights which, as I understand it, cannot be trumped by any license or even formal contract.
There is a reason why the command to copy files is not: knockoff file copy_of_file
$ alias knockoff="cp"
There, fixed that for you!