...The money is in the use of them - if someone wants something that's not traceable to them in the commission of some other criminal activity, they're gonna do one of two things: buy a disposable prepay or steal a phone. Either way, said handsets are going to be used once or twice, then disposed of ASAP. Whether that be from simply binning them or selling them on to some unsuspecting sucker.
ALL carriers should have a mandate to brick handsets reported as stolen. Yes, there is a way of reactivating most handsets (by flashing them), but I don't think $crook would bother with the expense. He'd rather go buy a disposable prepay, and everyone's a winner. You get to keep your iphone, carrier gets to sell more handsets, and GCHQ gets to track more and more unregistered gear;)
Since Apple build the iPhone, and there are dozens of manufacturers build phones for Android. All Google get out of every Android sale is a royalty - a thank you from the manufacturer to say "Thank you, Google, for allowing us to use your platform which saves us from having to develop our own!"
the Voyagers (and Pioneer 10 & 11) have plaques depicting the origin solar system in relation to contemporary pulsar events and the centre of the Galaxy.
No, I'm not. I have the right under common law to not disclose information which can then be used to incriminate me. That includes talking to police, period. I do not even have to give them my name.
No you don't. Section 36 of the Data Protection Act 1998 specifically allows you to make recordings for domestic purposes - but there is no specific requirement to inform the other party. As long as ONE PARTY (ie YOU) is aware that the call is being recorded, then it's OK.
DISCLAIMER: I have been through this in Court several times and beat down the opposition EVERY SINGLE TIME. Right before nailing them on something incriminating they let slip during a phone conversation or during a meeting.
Incidentally, the only argument against covert recording is the fact that it is considered entrapment. This, however, does NOT apply to transcripts. The written word, in whatever form, is generally admissible. Therefore, you can use a transcript to incriminate someone quite legitimately, however if there is disagreement over the transcript then the recording itself comes into play - usually the judge hears it in chambers.
...but this works for me: a digital voice recorder with a good microphone (better yet, a minidisc with a tieclip or go the whole hog and use a wireless jobby and a netbook to record), and pipe it later through Dragon NS. While that's going, use as basic a notepad-type app as you can get - the temptation to format on a wordprocessor would be too great.
As keyboards go, you don't want a clicky board, it'd distract everyone else. If you can touchtype, even better since you won't be hitting the keys, more stroking them, so it won't really matter in a technical sense what laptop/netbook you use as long as YOU are comfortable with it. Me? I use either a Toshiba laptop or an EeePC netbook, depends on the situation and whether I need 5 hour battery life or 8 hour battery life. The last thing you need is a laptop with a duff battery so you need to deepcycle the thing beforehand to make sure it is holding the maximum possible charge.
'Course, a penCIL and paper beats everything, so the previous two paragraphs are redundant.
let them bruteforce the fucker. I am under no lawful obligation to simply hand over information that they will use to incriminate me in $trumped-up-charge.
They can introduce all the warrantless tapping statutes they like but there's no obligation or wish on my part to hand over my decryption keys. When there's information I do not want to fall into the hands of my enemy I am NOT about to just giftwrap it for them.
They can suck the bark off my fat veiny purple-headed fuckstick.
picture the scene: you're a programmer working for a giant software company. You write a significant component in a breakthrough kernel, without which that kernel won't work. You decide to leave that company and go work for the competition.
Do you REALLY think there won't be a clause in your contract that says you CANNOT take the code you wrote with you to the competition thus negating any technological advantage your previous employer had??
This is why Microsoft has such clauses in the uber premium MSDN accounts (I used to be a MSDN premium subscriber) along with the most evil source code NDA you've ever read.
"Mister Scott, how much repair time?" "Eight weeks, Sir. But you don't have eight weeks, so I could do it for ye in two." "Mister Scott, do you always exaggerate your repair estimates by a factor of four?" "Of course, sir. How else do I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?" "Your reputation is secure, Mr. Scott."
attempting to remove oneself from a stressful situation is not a suboptimal response. Going in with fists flying is a suboptimal response. It is also an offensive response, much as your thinly veiled threat of violence against what I for one consider a perfectly reasonable response to an undesirable situation.
Because it has been the basis for discrimination. Simple answer.
I was passed over for a job because I'm white and English - the company was run by a heirarchy of mostly Muslim men who clearly didn't like the idea of hiring an ICT manager who was not in their club. I sued out of principle, and won (because I covertly recorded the interview, transcribed it and handed the transcription in with my claim, it was open and shut). That company continues to not operate since I demanded and got their client accounts seized by the court. I wasn't interested in the job or the money anymore, what I wanted I got - them stopped from doing business in the UK since they couldn't play by the rules.
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...The money is in the use of them - if someone wants something that's not traceable to them in the commission of some other criminal activity, they're gonna do one of two things: buy a disposable prepay or steal a phone. Either way, said handsets are going to be used once or twice, then disposed of ASAP. Whether that be from simply binning them or selling them on to some unsuspecting sucker.
ALL carriers should have a mandate to brick handsets reported as stolen. Yes, there is a way of reactivating most handsets (by flashing them), but I don't think $crook would bother with the expense. He'd rather go buy a disposable prepay, and everyone's a winner. You get to keep your iphone, carrier gets to sell more handsets, and GCHQ gets to track more and more unregistered gear ;)
Great idea! A steel coffin and a one-way trip down through three miles of water.
I've got a list of people *I* would buy tickets for.
AvP: What Really Happened on Titanic. Directed by Michael Bay.
Kill me now.
Did I miss a book? Where did NCC1701 go from active service (TMP, newly refit) to training cruiser (TWOK)?
TFS says "refit Enterprise". So that'd be the one from TMP (1979). No bloody A, B, C or D. As Scotty once said (TNG: "Relics". God I'm a nerd).
Since Apple build the iPhone, and there are dozens of manufacturers build phones for Android. All Google get out of every Android sale is a royalty - a thank you from the manufacturer to say "Thank you, Google, for allowing us to use your platform which saves us from having to develop our own!"
and that includes the data on it.
Besides, I wonder how they'll get the data if the thing isn't networked, eh?
citation needed.
the Voyagers (and Pioneer 10 & 11) have plaques depicting the origin solar system in relation to contemporary pulsar events and the centre of the Galaxy.
No, I'm not. I have the right under common law to not disclose information which can then be used to incriminate me. That includes talking to police, period. I do not even have to give them my name.
I didn't deny the existence of anything. I said they are not getting the fucking encryption keys.
No you don't. Section 36 of the Data Protection Act 1998 specifically allows you to make recordings for domestic purposes - but there is no specific requirement to inform the other party. As long as ONE PARTY (ie YOU) is aware that the call is being recorded, then it's OK.
DISCLAIMER: I have been through this in Court several times and beat down the opposition EVERY SINGLE TIME. Right before nailing them on something incriminating they let slip during a phone conversation or during a meeting.
Incidentally, the only argument against covert recording is the fact that it is considered entrapment. This, however, does NOT apply to transcripts. The written word, in whatever form, is generally admissible. Therefore, you can use a transcript to incriminate someone quite legitimately, however if there is disagreement over the transcript then the recording itself comes into play - usually the judge hears it in chambers.
...but this works for me: a digital voice recorder with a good microphone (better yet, a minidisc with a tieclip or go the whole hog and use a wireless jobby and a netbook to record), and pipe it later through Dragon NS. While that's going, use as basic a notepad-type app as you can get - the temptation to format on a wordprocessor would be too great.
As keyboards go, you don't want a clicky board, it'd distract everyone else. If you can touchtype, even better since you won't be hitting the keys, more stroking them, so it won't really matter in a technical sense what laptop/netbook you use as long as YOU are comfortable with it. Me? I use either a Toshiba laptop or an EeePC netbook, depends on the situation and whether I need 5 hour battery life or 8 hour battery life. The last thing you need is a laptop with a duff battery so you need to deepcycle the thing beforehand to make sure it is holding the maximum possible charge.
'Course, a penCIL and paper beats everything, so the previous two paragraphs are redundant.
"I cannot remember."
let them bruteforce the fucker. I am under no lawful obligation to simply hand over information that they will use to incriminate me in $trumped-up-charge.
it's horrible! Kill it! Kill it! KILLIT!
They can introduce all the warrantless tapping statutes they like but there's no obligation or wish on my part to hand over my decryption keys. When there's information I do not want to fall into the hands of my enemy I am NOT about to just giftwrap it for them.
They can suck the bark off my fat veiny purple-headed fuckstick.
I have but one suggestion for music distribution: this.
pfft! I sleep when I'm dead.
Go on, try and fix a post timing pattern on me. I'm about as random as it gets.
I'm afraid so, worse yet they're gonna be born aliens, not ooze-addled toiletted pets.
picture the scene: you're a programmer working for a giant software company. You write a significant component in a breakthrough kernel, without which that kernel won't work. You decide to leave that company and go work for the competition.
Do you REALLY think there won't be a clause in your contract that says you CANNOT take the code you wrote with you to the competition thus negating any technological advantage your previous employer had??
This is why Microsoft has such clauses in the uber premium MSDN accounts (I used to be a MSDN premium subscriber) along with the most evil source code NDA you've ever read.
just had a horrible vision... "Star Trek: the remake. Directed and produced by Michael Bay."
You REALLY think he's gonna stop after TMNT??
Best K/Sc lines ever (not from TDM):
"Mister Scott, how much repair time?"
"Eight weeks, Sir. But you don't have eight weeks, so I could do it for ye in two."
"Mister Scott, do you always exaggerate your repair estimates by a factor of four?"
"Of course, sir. How else do I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?"
"Your reputation is secure, Mr. Scott."
attempting to remove oneself from a stressful situation is not a suboptimal response. Going in with fists flying is a suboptimal response. It is also an offensive response, much as your thinly veiled threat of violence against what I for one consider a perfectly reasonable response to an undesirable situation.
Because it has been the basis for discrimination. Simple answer.
I was passed over for a job because I'm white and English - the company was run by a heirarchy of mostly Muslim men who clearly didn't like the idea of hiring an ICT manager who was not in their club. I sued out of principle, and won (because I covertly recorded the interview, transcribed it and handed the transcription in with my claim, it was open and shut). That company continues to not operate since I demanded and got their client accounts seized by the court. I wasn't interested in the job or the money anymore, what I wanted I got - them stopped from doing business in the UK since they couldn't play by the rules.
I have one of those. Very, very handy indeed.