The whole "technology" issue is a red herring. Cops don't get to violate my privacy even when it's easy to do without any technology at all. So why does technology change anything?
One phrase comes to mind and that is "plausible deniability."
CIA Dude: Hey, we're not intentionally spying on your country from our satellites. We're tracking migratory patterns of pigeons and their nests in and around your capitol buildings. Completely innocent, I assure you.
So, if I'm understanding you correctly, what you're saying is that I have a password to unlock access to a jigsaw puzzle that happens to be jumbled up in exactly the same way as everyone else and not that I have a password to unlock access to information jumbled up in my own random fashion. In the former, all a person has to do is get my password because there is (essentially) a map of how to put together the encrypted data to be read, and the latter, there is both my password plus no map of how I jumbled up the pieces so it's more secure?
Those things hold WAY more water than the average balloon!
Well, yeah, you're right. And I must also admit that even though regular balloons don't hold as much, they are vastly cheaper; though sometimes the cost/benefit ratio is good enough to justify the added expense of droppin' the Trojan bomb, yo!
You know, when I was younger, I used to be pretty selfish in bed. When I'd buy the ribbed condoms, I'd wear them inside out -- for my pleasure.
Nowadays, since I've gotten married, I'm not allowed to have sex anymore. My wife continually tells me that the no-sex thing is actually a clause in the marriage contract. I haven't found it yet, but she assures me it's there.
But if you and the person you are talking to understand what you are doing then a secure private message can be sent without too much trouble, even over a completely open channel such as a wire tapped email or a slashdot post.
The chair is against the wall. John has a long moustache.
Frischling says the laptop was returned to him with tons and tons of bad sectors and a corrupt operating system. The audio on his computer has also stopped working, and a red light glows from the audio jack.
So was that metric tons, short tons, or shit tons of bad sectors? I mean, it's bad enough we all can't decide on what the fuck a megabyte is...
If you give a map of the building to a thief knowing full well what he intends to take and he robs a bank yeah you are liable.
"But I didn't rob it I was just showing him paper and ink?!" doesn't work.
In the United States, it most certainly does work. At least it works with printed materials, or books like the Anarchists Cookbook wouldn't be published nor (arguably) widely distributed. I have dozens of such books on my bookshelf and they all have the simple disclaimer, "For Entertainment Only" and the boilerplate "we are not responsible, blah blah" disclaimers.
In fact, along with several books on lockpicking I bought, I bought a set of lockpicks. I no longer have this set (or any other set of lockpicks) but even owning them can be a crime in and of itself, depending on the circumstances. Nevertheless, they are still bought and sold and all of it still has legitimate uses. Just because a thing can be misused doesn't ethically, morally, or legally mean that all uses of that thing should be restricted/controlled/deemed illegal.
I feel that this is essentially the same argument that can be used to defend The Pirate Bay and other similar P2P sites.
Exactly. So she's just come out on her own... in order to sue someone for the potential that someone going through their data MIGHT be able to figure out that she's a lesbian.
My point is still the same... she's given up on her privacy in order to sue someone for a potential (but not yet real) breach of privacy.
Laura Malone, associated general counsel for intellectual property at The Associated Press, said names of people, companies and products cannot be protected under copyright law. Names can be protected under trademark law, but only in association with goods or services used in commerce, she said.
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Even if you do win, you probably wouldn't like how they "settle their debts".
What, they sneak the check into my back pocket when I'm not looking?
The whole "technology" issue is a red herring. Cops don't get to violate my privacy even when it's easy to do without any technology at all. So why does technology change anything?
QFT.
Well said.
One phrase comes to mind and that is "plausible deniability."
CIA Dude: Hey, we're not intentionally spying on your country from our satellites. We're tracking migratory patterns of pigeons and their nests in and around your capitol buildings. Completely innocent, I assure you.
So, if I'm understanding you correctly, what you're saying is that I have a password to unlock access to a jigsaw puzzle that happens to be jumbled up in exactly the same way as everyone else and not that I have a password to unlock access to information jumbled up in my own random fashion. In the former, all a person has to do is get my password because there is (essentially) a map of how to put together the encrypted data to be read, and the latter, there is both my password plus no map of how I jumbled up the pieces so it's more secure?
HumVTOL.
Nah. I'll turn out to be something far more stupid, like the Spummer.
(A cross between the Spinner from Blade Runner and the idiotic Hummer brand name.)
Those things hold WAY more water than the average balloon!
Well, yeah, you're right. And I must also admit that even though regular balloons don't hold as much, they are vastly cheaper; though sometimes the cost/benefit ratio is good enough to justify the added expense of droppin' the Trojan bomb, yo!
You know, when I was younger, I used to be pretty selfish in bed. When I'd buy the ribbed condoms, I'd wear them inside out -- for my pleasure.
Nowadays, since I've gotten married, I'm not allowed to have sex anymore. My wife continually tells me that the no-sex thing is actually a clause in the marriage contract. I haven't found it yet, but she assures me it's there.
It works on so many things. Computers, dresses, toothbrushes... somehow I had troubles returning those condoms, though. Anyone got hints?
You're a computer geek right? You really shouldn't have any trouble returning the unopened packets...
Doubtful, we fired him once it was clear he lacked the technical expertise to understand the risks of various changes.
I'm incompetent and highly risk averse, you insensitive clod!
Where's the terrible pun mod? :-)
Hey, I'm a Slashdotter! What other kind of puns are there but terrible? :p
But if you and the person you are talking to understand what you are doing then a secure private message can be sent without too much trouble, even over a completely open channel such as a wire tapped email or a slashdot post.
The chair is against the wall.
John has a long moustache.
I can't wait until they come out with the Nexus-6 models. I might even call mine... Rachel.
You should add the irony of a being that definitely has a creator, denying the existence of such...
So it was really an irony golem and not a clay one?
For a stronger example, see the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement...
I think I'm going to start the Voluntary Human Intinction Movement, wherein members dunk themselves in a huge goblet of wine before having sex.
Frischling says the laptop was returned to him with tons and tons of bad sectors and a corrupt operating system. The audio on his computer has also stopped working, and a red light glows from the audio jack.
So was that metric tons, short tons, or shit tons of bad sectors? I mean, it's bad enough we all can't decide on what the fuck a megabyte is...
NASA: Listen, there's no way that thing is going to hit us.
Roscosmos: Yeah, because its going to hit us, dickheads.
That's Capitalist dickheads to you, comrade!
But is it possible to crush an egg in your ass? I would think it depends how firm your buttocks are.
Yes, one would think...
If you give a map of the building to a thief knowing full well what he intends to take and he robs a bank yeah you are liable. "But I didn't rob it I was just showing him paper and ink?!" doesn't work.
In the United States, it most certainly does work. At least it works with printed materials, or books like the Anarchists Cookbook wouldn't be published nor (arguably) widely distributed. I have dozens of such books on my bookshelf and they all have the simple disclaimer, "For Entertainment Only" and the boilerplate "we are not responsible, blah blah" disclaimers. In fact, along with several books on lockpicking I bought, I bought a set of lockpicks. I no longer have this set (or any other set of lockpicks) but even owning them can be a crime in and of itself, depending on the circumstances. Nevertheless, they are still bought and sold and all of it still has legitimate uses. Just because a thing can be misused doesn't ethically, morally, or legally mean that all uses of that thing should be restricted/controlled/deemed illegal. I feel that this is essentially the same argument that can be used to defend The Pirate Bay and other similar P2P sites.
I'll be in the dusty back closet toning the line, don't be too shocked if I come out with a dust bunny or two on me.
Dude, you've got something on your shirt...
Drinking and deriving?
Is that what alcoholic mathematicians do?
I do get on my bicycle after partying, though.
In Washington state, you can still catch a DUI charge even on your bicycle. Other states may vary, of course.
One is Willie Mays, and the other is Joe DiMaggio. Mays would make impossible catches, but DiMaggio was in the right place and the catch looked easy.
Can someone please explain this sports analogy with a car analogy so I can understand it?
So for the past five years or more, they've been doing their best not to get dragged into a game of beggar-my-neighbor
Because the game of "bugger-my-customer" is so much more fun...
My social studies professor would say that "black" matter is implicitly racist!
Would "nutrino-American" matter sound better?
Exactly. So she's just come out on her own... in order to sue someone for the potential that someone going through their data MIGHT be able to figure out that she's a lesbian. My point is still the same... she's given up on her privacy in order to sue someone for a potential (but not yet real) breach of privacy.
So is her name Barbara Streisand?
Laura Malone, associated general counsel for intellectual property at The Associated Press, said names of people, companies and products cannot be protected under copyright law. Names can be protected under trademark law, but only in association with goods or services used in commerce, she said.
For a good time, call The Wild Norseman®.
Sweet. Now I'm covered.