Absolutely! Crime is crime! There's not an iota of difference between stealing a loaf of bread to feed your kid and driving a lawnmower over an acre of puppies.
My, what a lovely little crop of fascist twerps we're growing around here lately.
Bitcoin has been around for quite a while, and nothing special seemed to be happening with it. Then along came the Wikileaks release of information that genuinely infuriated the United States. All of a sudden, PayPal, several imitators and all the major credit card companies decided not to process donations to the organization.
Time passes, and people who might not want the United States to have final say over their financial arrangements were just starting to move lazily toward some form of anonymous money transfer.
Then the Snowden situation arose, and those people got their noses rubbed in the fact that the kind of spying and control they were worried about in a vague way was on-going, comprehensive, and aimed at everybody from heads of state to some granny who attended an Occupy demonstration.
So they got the message: We need a way to move money anonymously, and we need it right this minute.
When it comes right down to it, the Republican Party has never stood for anything except keeping the foot of rich people planted firmly on the neck of everybody else.
The fact that they've managed to fool a bunch of drooling, ill-educated, propaganda-loving morons into backing them is no reason to believe they want anything for the middle class except abrupt reduction to slave status.
Thanks for saving me the trouble. That sums up my feelings about the movie almost exactly. It could have been a brilliant satire. Instead, it was a half-assed one.
You're absolutely right about the mechanic having easier ways to sabotage a car. But I was thinking more of situations where anything that happened to the car (or fleet of cars) would happen at the hacker's convenience, maybe weeks or months later. I don't know of too many modifications a mechanic could make that would work on that basis. I'm no car expert, so my opinion on that is by no means unarguable.
I've noticed several comments revolving around the idea that direct access to the vehicle is needed, so there's no need for concern.
It seems to me that while this certainly influences the application of such technology, it doesn't mean all is cool. How long would it take to come up with a purpose-built device that would attach to the relevant access port the same way illegal bank card readers attach to ATM's?
For the sake of argument, let's say it would have WiFi or Bluetooth capability, feed off the car battery, and sit there doing nothing until activated in any of a number of ways. Right now some cars allow a very wide range of options and functions to be accessed through direct access and a laptop...engine performance, ABS, air bags and much more. I'm sure this list will grow steadily over time. It isn't difficult to think of many useful tasks that could be performed with remote access to one or more cars.
All it would take is one crooked mechanic at a dealership or service center to install a bunch of them, or to target a fleet of cars or an individual's car. As always, the weakest link in computer security is the one with a heartbeat.
Either Firefox forks, or I'll quit using it. I have no plans to change from XP. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me subsequent versions of Windows have made it more and more difficult to work "under the hood", and spend more and more time trying to turn every scrap of information they can gather over to Microsoft.
I guess it's a pretty good bet that Snowden got hold of something nice and juicy about what Cameron's Tory government has been up to.
I can't help but look forward to the revelation, and wonder exactly how that jumped-up little fascist thinks he's going to prevent people in Britain from finding out. Will they be legally required to go around with their eyes squinted and their fingers in their ears?
You have a disgusting, perverted sense of humour...which might explain why you've got me sitting here at the computer all by myself, laughing like a frickin' idiot.
Best line I've heard all day, with nothing even a close second.
So death porn is fine, but if you try to post a picture of a woman breastfeeding, they'll crap-can it and threaten to close your account faster than a businessman can pick a pocket.
There are now reports that Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, two journalists with serious cred in the area of spying and national security, will join Greenwald at the new site.
From TFA:
"Scahill, a dogged investigative journalist who focuses on national security, and Poitras, a filmmaker who has extensively covered surveillance issues, had already been in discussions with Greenwald about starting a venture together when Omidyar approached with a similar vision for a new media outlet, sources said.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday night that Poitras and Scahill may be potential âoehiresâ at the new site. But according to sources, they were already in talks with Greenwald about working together and are not only now being recruited for the venture".
What it will prevent is the ability of US law enforcement, which has long been the whore of US corporate interests, from stomping into US-based server farms and demanding all kinds of "evidence" which will then be used to file charges against people who are doing things US corporate interests might find inconvenient.
It's one thing for the NSA to spy on people and gather information illegally. It's another thing entirely to present such information in a US court and use it to shut down a website in another country, or convict somebody in a US court and demand their extradition.
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Absolutely! Crime is crime! There's not an iota of difference between stealing a loaf of bread to feed your kid and driving a lawnmower over an acre of puppies.
My, what a lovely little crop of fascist twerps we're growing around here lately.
The deer around where I live eat it like salad.
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Bitcoin has been around for quite a while, and nothing special seemed to be happening with it. Then along came the Wikileaks release of information that genuinely infuriated the United States. All of a sudden, PayPal, several imitators and all the major credit card companies decided not to process donations to the organization.
Time passes, and people who might not want the United States to have final say over their financial arrangements were just starting to move lazily toward some form of anonymous money transfer.
Then the Snowden situation arose, and those people got their noses rubbed in the fact that the kind of spying and control they were worried about in a vague way was on-going, comprehensive, and aimed at everybody from heads of state to some granny who attended an Occupy demonstration.
So they got the message: We need a way to move money anonymously, and we need it right this minute.
Enter Bitcoin. (dramatic music)
It won't take long to notice that a grossly disproportionate number of cute girls in short skirts are either warned or ticketed.
When it comes right down to it, the Republican Party has never stood for anything except keeping the foot of rich people planted firmly on the neck of everybody else.
The fact that they've managed to fool a bunch of drooling, ill-educated, propaganda-loving morons into backing them is no reason to believe they want anything for the middle class except abrupt reduction to slave status.
Fuck off, troll.
Thanks for saving me the trouble. That sums up my feelings about the movie almost exactly. It could have been a brilliant satire. Instead, it was a half-assed one.
Thanks for making me laugh so hard I think I woke up the people next door.
The first real-world application of this device will be in one of "those" doll/robots with the special moving parts.
And it won't be located at the end of an arm, either. ;-)
Thank you, Captain Obvious. I own a code reader. The point is that, having got access, the car could be left alone for months or years.
You're absolutely right about the mechanic having easier ways to sabotage a car. But I was thinking more of situations where anything that happened to the car (or fleet of cars) would happen at the hacker's convenience, maybe weeks or months later. I don't know of too many modifications a mechanic could make that would work on that basis. I'm no car expert, so my opinion on that is by no means unarguable.
I've noticed several comments revolving around the idea that direct access to the vehicle is needed, so there's no need for concern.
It seems to me that while this certainly influences the application of such technology, it doesn't mean all is cool. How long would it take to come up with a purpose-built device that would attach to the relevant access port the same way illegal bank card readers attach to ATM's?
For the sake of argument, let's say it would have WiFi or Bluetooth capability, feed off the car battery, and sit there doing nothing until activated in any of a number of ways. Right now some cars allow a very wide range of options and functions to be accessed through direct access and a laptop...engine performance, ABS, air bags and much more. I'm sure this list will grow steadily over time. It isn't difficult to think of many useful tasks that could be performed with remote access to one or more cars.
All it would take is one crooked mechanic at a dealership or service center to install a bunch of them, or to target a fleet of cars or an individual's car. As always, the weakest link in computer security is the one with a heartbeat.
If they'd conducted this project in the southern United States, the family tree might be nearly as large, but it would look more like a yardstick.
Either Firefox forks, or I'll quit using it. I have no plans to change from XP. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me subsequent versions of Windows have made it more and more difficult to work "under the hood", and spend more and more time trying to turn every scrap of information they can gather over to Microsoft.
You raise a valid point. ;-)
I guess it's a pretty good bet that Snowden got hold of something nice and juicy about what Cameron's Tory government has been up to.
I can't help but look forward to the revelation, and wonder exactly how that jumped-up little fascist thinks he's going to prevent people in Britain from finding out. Will they be legally required to go around with their eyes squinted and their fingers in their ears?
This should be fun!
Of course I wasn't flipping you off, Officer. I was merely directing my home computer to post a picture of our parrot to Reddit.
You have a disgusting, perverted sense of humour...which might explain why you've got me sitting here at the computer all by myself, laughing like a frickin' idiot.
Best line I've heard all day, with nothing even a close second.
So death porn is fine, but if you try to post a picture of a woman breastfeeding, they'll crap-can it and threaten to close your account faster than a businessman can pick a pocket.
Must be American.
There are now reports that Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, two journalists with serious cred in the area of spying and national security, will join Greenwald at the new site.
From TFA:
"Scahill, a dogged investigative journalist who focuses on national security, and Poitras, a filmmaker who has extensively covered surveillance issues, had already been in discussions with Greenwald about starting a venture together when Omidyar approached with a similar vision for a new media outlet, sources said. The Washington Post reported Tuesday night that Poitras and Scahill may be potential âoehiresâ at the new site. But according to sources, they were already in talks with Greenwald about working together and are not only now being recruited for the venture".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/glen-greenwald-media_n_4107289.html
Why would you think doing something like this is NOT learning?
What it will prevent is the ability of US law enforcement, which has long been the whore of US corporate interests, from stomping into US-based server farms and demanding all kinds of "evidence" which will then be used to file charges against people who are doing things US corporate interests might find inconvenient.
It's one thing for the NSA to spy on people and gather information illegally. It's another thing entirely to present such information in a US court and use it to shut down a website in another country, or convict somebody in a US court and demand their extradition.
Panting loudly, weeping a little, and croaking, "Beer...for the love of god, give me beer!" usually works.