I think this verdict sends a great message: do not steal from the leaches of society that have enough money to get other leaches elected.
From the comments on this article I get the feeling I'm the only one would read Flash boys. He was developing code, part of it proprietary and part of it open source, which he modified. His intent was to someday separate and release the modified open source code; he didn't have any plans to do anything with the proprietary code. He checked the code into a subversion repository based in Germany, apparently the first free code repository his search engine ranked.
So when the police got hold of this, they heard subversion" repository and concluded obviously this guy is a "subversive". Oh, it's hosted in Germany? Even worse.
When they investigated further, they made a big deal out of the fact that he deleted his bash history. What's he trying to hide? Sounds like a cover up.
That's the level of stupidity and ignorance and we've come to expect of police regarding technical matters. And for what it's worth, I use subversion, (or cvs, git, whatever the project uses) and my.bash_history links to/dev/null. I don't use the feature, so I don't waste the disk space. I guess that makes me a criminal.
From TFA, regarding a persons prescription history, it says
It is assumed that this information comes from the various backend systems that interlink the pharmacies as described above.
I doubt it. I think it is far more likely that the pharmacy sells this information to insurance, pharmaceutical, and marketing companies. Big data is big business these days. So long patient confidentiality.
That being said, it is unconscionable how lax PillPack.com security procedures were.
Because [a] I had to shell out my own money to by a certificate to vouch for my domain name, and [b] It seemed wrong to me to have somebody else to voucth for me.
It seems fundamentally wrong to me too. That's why I created my own CA certificate. I'm reasonably sure I am who I claim to be. Some company half way across the country can not make that assertion with the same degree of confidence as I can. It's easy, and free, to create your own certificates.
The downside is that my visitors must agree to accept the certificate. It's not a big concern in my case, but it may be for some people.
Is it stupid? Yes no doubt about that...They want this and they will get it one way or another.
No, they won't. When you have have Congress telling you how stupid you are, that's a clue that you aren't going to get what you want. The FBI knows it's a moronic idea too, they are doing this to plant the idea that the reason they appear incompetent and ineffectual is that their hands are being tied. Without a ready excuse, the next time a bad event happens they might have to admit that they made mistakes or that they are incapable of doing the job they are tasked with.
It was a closet in a college campus, it's not like he broke into Fort Knox. The door was unlocked. Shenanigans happen all the time on that campus. Students once put a live cow on the roof of what is now the East Campus dorm. Richard Feynman notoriously honed his lock-picking and safe cracking abilities while a student there. Somebody apparently put a campus police car on the Great Dome, replete with flashing lights, a plastic police officer and box of donuts. Should all those people have been arrested and thrown in jail? Do you harbor the same level of vitriol for those "crimes" as you do for Aaron Schwartz?
Has anyone considered that perhaps his script had a bug that allowed it to fetch documents faster than he intended? I ask because I wrote a script that was supposed to access a server every 2 seconds, and first time I fired it up it hit the server every 2 ms. Oops! Should I go to jail? It was my own server, so I'm kinda on the fence about whether I should have myself arrested.
They didn't want to think about the balance of probabilities of all the pieces of circumstantial evidence and decide if someone was guilty or not. They wanted cold hard forensic evidence to do that for them.
Isn't that how it's supposed to work? The defendant is supposed to be given the benefit of every doubt. That's part of being presumed innocent until proven guilty. If you've ever been accused of doing something you didn't do, you'll likely appreciate the value of this system.
The beer is better over there too, and with lower taxes you can afford more of it. How many more reasons do you need? I'm ready to pack my bags any day now.
Genuine curiosity, what is he advocating that actually endangers his patients (or anyone else's) health?
Well, the short answer is he isn't, directly. That statement sounds like he's trying to kill his viewers. He's not.
The long answer has to do with his promotion of weight-loss dietary supplements.Since supplements aren't regulated by the FDA, consumers can't always be sure what they're taking. There are some sketchy companies out there and sometimes what's in the pill is not what's on the label.
He also didn't do himself any favors by using incautious language to promote the supplements - things like "magic weight loss cure" and "miracle in a bottle". This earned him a stern talking to by a Senate subcommittee on consumer protection about a year ago.
In his defense he points out these products have studies to show they are somewhat effective when combined with diet and exercise and it's not his fault if companies are misrepresenting product.
I mean, I do not advocate the death penalty for stupidity, but I am shocked he wasn't hit by a sniper before he even crossed the property line.
I don't know about a sniper, but he was in a no-fly zone. Don't they scramble jets when someone enters a no-fly zone? Especially near the Capitol. I assume they do, but I don't really know.
I think on this issue you'll find that high level GOP officials have an unusually wide stance and are willing to reach around the aisle, pointing fingers when necessary in order to come to a consensus. Many are even willing to bend over backwards to be more accommodating.
It would be much better to have a system that HIDES users content by default, than to delete it. Then, people scrolling all posts (including hidden) would be able to report mistakes in the system.
From my experience if you delete content or ban a troll, it just encourages them to troll more using a different account, usually from a different IP address.
The most effective way I found to deal with problem users is to make their bad comments only visible to them. That way it appears to them that they've had their say and no one responded to it. Without feedback to encourage them, trolls either quickly get bored and go elsewhere or sometimes they'll surprise you and produce better quality comments.
So... what makes the NSA think that anyone could actually keep these ultimate "keys to the kingdom" secret?
Hubris, most likely. If Bruce Schneier is correct there appear to be a number of NSA and CIA leakers still active. Not to mention the foreign spies within the NSA and CIA that we don't hear about because they are doing their job correctly.
No where does it cite any prior problem that it could have prevented, only hypothetical scenarios that could happen sometime in the future.
Comcast throttling of Netflix traffic until extortion money was paid actually happened. You don't need to imagine hypothetical future scenarios to see the issues this legislation addresses.
The question is: why is it useful to have certificates expire after a particular amount of time?
For commercial certificate authorities, it is principally due to revenue generation as you have to pay them again each time you renew the certificate.
You can (and I encourage you to) create your own certificates with you as the certificate authority. You can specify any amount of time before it expires. How much time you choose before the certificate expires depends on how strongly you feel the encryption method used will stand up to future attacks. One year is probably too short. 100 years is probably too long. Pick a number that you are comfortable with, and send yourself an alert before it expires.
ANY democrat bill is blocked because Obama may look effective if he got something past. It was a bloody plank of the republican party to do this for christ sakes!
Yes, and it's quite sad to see that type of petulant, childish behavior coming from adults. That is how children behave. When coming from statesmen who are (in theory) representatives of this country it is downright tragic.
I don't see any language that targets Mr. Snowden so I'm assuming it's perfectly fine to send him your donations. From TFS
The order threatens sanctions against those (including US residents) who engage in cyberattacks and espionage activities that threaten US interests at home and abroad.
Now that I think about it that sounds more like the NSA than Mr. Snowden.
There is still plenty of money when it comes to bombing brown people on the other side of the planet, but not enough for scientific research, infrastructure, or anything else that benefits the entire country.
We have already wired the entire country. Twice. Once for phone and again for cable.
Almost right. Once for electricity and then for phone. There are many places still without without cable lines and will probably never get them now that TV signals are digital.
That being said, you shouldn't need a cable to get good quality internet. If I were King for a day, I'd mandate ubiquitous and free wireless for all.
Slashdot Mirror
I think this verdict sends a great message: do not steal from the leaches of society that have enough money to get other leaches elected.
From the comments on this article I get the feeling I'm the only one would read Flash boys. He was developing code, part of it proprietary and part of it open source, which he modified. His intent was to someday separate and release the modified open source code; he didn't have any plans to do anything with the proprietary code. He checked the code into a subversion repository based in Germany, apparently the first free code repository his search engine ranked.
So when the police got hold of this, they heard subversion" repository and concluded obviously this guy is a "subversive". Oh, it's hosted in Germany? Even worse.
When they investigated further, they made a big deal out of the fact that he deleted his bash history. What's he trying to hide? Sounds like a cover up.
That's the level of stupidity and ignorance and we've come to expect of police regarding technical matters. And for what it's worth, I use subversion, (or cvs, git, whatever the project uses) and my .bash_history links to /dev/null. I don't use the feature, so I don't waste the disk space. I guess that makes me a criminal.
From TFA, regarding a persons prescription history, it says
It is assumed that this information comes from the various backend systems that interlink the pharmacies as described above.
I doubt it. I think it is far more likely that the pharmacy sells this information to insurance, pharmaceutical, and marketing companies. Big data is big business these days. So long patient confidentiality.
That being said, it is unconscionable how lax PillPack.com security procedures were.
Because [a] I had to shell out my own money to by a certificate to vouch for my domain name, and [b] It seemed wrong to me to have somebody else to voucth for me.
It seems fundamentally wrong to me too. That's why I created my own CA certificate. I'm reasonably sure I am who I claim to be. Some company half way across the country can not make that assertion with the same degree of confidence as I can. It's easy, and free, to create your own certificates.
The downside is that my visitors must agree to accept the certificate. It's not a big concern in my case, but it may be for some people.
Is it stupid? Yes no doubt about that...They want this and they will get it one way or another.
No, they won't. When you have have Congress telling you how stupid you are, that's a clue that you aren't going to get what you want. The FBI knows it's a moronic idea too, they are doing this to plant the idea that the reason they appear incompetent and ineffectual is that their hands are being tied. Without a ready excuse, the next time a bad event happens they might have to admit that they made mistakes or that they are incapable of doing the job they are tasked with.
In the USA, this would likely require a constitutional amendment...
... and a government that recognizes constitutional authority and the limits it places on government actions. First things, first.
It was a closet in a college campus, it's not like he broke into Fort Knox. The door was unlocked. Shenanigans happen all the time on that campus. Students once put a live cow on the roof of what is now the East Campus dorm. Richard Feynman notoriously honed his lock-picking and safe cracking abilities while a student there. Somebody apparently put a campus police car on the Great Dome, replete with flashing lights, a plastic police officer and box of donuts. Should all those people have been arrested and thrown in jail? Do you harbor the same level of vitriol for those "crimes" as you do for Aaron Schwartz?
Has anyone considered that perhaps his script had a bug that allowed it to fetch documents faster than he intended? I ask because I wrote a script that was supposed to access a server every 2 seconds, and first time I fired it up it hit the server every 2 ms. Oops! Should I go to jail? It was my own server, so I'm kinda on the fence about whether I should have myself arrested.
They didn't want to think about the balance of probabilities of all the pieces of circumstantial evidence and decide if someone was guilty or not. They wanted cold hard forensic evidence to do that for them.
Isn't that how it's supposed to work? The defendant is supposed to be given the benefit of every doubt. That's part of being presumed innocent until proven guilty. If you've ever been accused of doing something you didn't do, you'll likely appreciate the value of this system.
The beer is better over there too, and with lower taxes you can afford more of it. How many more reasons do you need? I'm ready to pack my bags any day now.
Genuine curiosity, what is he advocating that actually endangers his patients (or anyone else's) health?
Well, the short answer is he isn't, directly. That statement sounds like he's trying to kill his viewers. He's not.
The long answer has to do with his promotion of weight-loss dietary supplements.Since supplements aren't regulated by the FDA, consumers can't always be sure what they're taking. There are some sketchy companies out there and sometimes what's in the pill is not what's on the label.
He also didn't do himself any favors by using incautious language to promote the supplements - things like "magic weight loss cure" and "miracle in a bottle". This earned him a stern talking to by a Senate subcommittee on consumer protection about a year ago.
In his defense he points out these products have studies to show they are somewhat effective when combined with diet and exercise and it's not his fault if companies are misrepresenting product.
I mean, I do not advocate the death penalty for stupidity, but I am shocked he wasn't hit by a sniper before he even crossed the property line.
I don't know about a sniper, but he was in a no-fly zone. Don't they scramble jets when someone enters a no-fly zone? Especially near the Capitol. I assume they do, but I don't really know.
I think on this issue you'll find that high level GOP officials have an unusually wide stance and are willing to reach around the aisle, pointing fingers when necessary in order to come to a consensus. Many are even willing to bend over backwards to be more accommodating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Craig_scandal/
It would be much better to have a system that HIDES users content by default, than to delete it. Then, people scrolling all posts (including hidden) would be able to report mistakes in the system.
From my experience if you delete content or ban a troll, it just encourages them to troll more using a different account, usually from a different IP address.
The most effective way I found to deal with problem users is to make their bad comments only visible to them. That way it appears to them that they've had their say and no one responded to it. Without feedback to encourage them, trolls either quickly get bored and go elsewhere or sometimes they'll surprise you and produce better quality comments.
There is no such thing as a "safety deposit box."
Yes there is, moron.
So... what makes the NSA think that anyone could actually keep these ultimate "keys to the kingdom" secret?
Hubris, most likely. If Bruce Schneier is correct there appear to be a number of NSA and CIA leakers still active. Not to mention the foreign spies within the NSA and CIA that we don't hear about because they are doing their job correctly.
One can't fight the State, especially not when the vast majority of the populace supports it.
We're not fighting the State by using encryption. We're protecting out data from unauthorized access. Like good digital citizens.
I've needed on a number of occasions to recover data from disks I can't boot from.
Then you have inadequate backups. That's a different issue from encryption.
No where does it cite any prior problem that it could have prevented, only hypothetical scenarios that could happen sometime in the future.
Comcast throttling of Netflix traffic until extortion money was paid actually happened. You don't need to imagine hypothetical future scenarios to see the issues this legislation addresses.
It's possible, but why not then put a one line message on their web page that said they grew tired on the project and no longer wish to develop it.
That's not what they did. They put up a page that said "ZOMG this is insecure don't use it!" then disappeared.
No matter how you look at it, that's not someone you can trust to keep your data secure.
The question is: why is it useful to have certificates expire after a particular amount of time?
For commercial certificate authorities, it is principally due to revenue generation as you have to pay them again each time you renew the certificate.
You can (and I encourage you to) create your own certificates with you as the certificate authority. You can specify any amount of time before it expires. How much time you choose before the certificate expires depends on how strongly you feel the encryption method used will stand up to future attacks. One year is probably too short. 100 years is probably too long. Pick a number that you are comfortable with, and send yourself an alert before it expires.
ANY democrat bill is blocked because Obama may look effective if he got something past. It was a bloody plank of the republican party to do this for christ sakes!
Yes, and it's quite sad to see that type of petulant, childish behavior coming from adults. That is how children behave. When coming from statesmen who are (in theory) representatives of this country it is downright tragic.
The order threatens sanctions against those (including US residents) who engage in cyberattacks and espionage activities that threaten US interests at home and abroad.
Now that I think about it that sounds more like the NSA than Mr. Snowden.
There is still plenty of money when it comes to bombing brown people on the other side of the planet, but not enough for scientific research, infrastructure, or anything else that benefits the entire country.
We have already wired the entire country. Twice. Once for phone and again for cable.
Almost right. Once for electricity and then for phone. There are many places still without without cable lines and will probably never get them now that TV signals are digital.
That being said, you shouldn't need a cable to get good quality internet. If I were King for a day, I'd mandate ubiquitous and free wireless for all.
Cancelling Comcast was an obscenity laden 45 minute long ordeal, but I couldn't be happier.
Quitting Comcast is easy. Just stop paying any bills they send you. They'll quit you.
What the fuck sort of unit is an Oklahoma?
An Oklahoma is where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain, And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet, When the wind comes right behind the rain.
OOOOOO-klaHOma...