What about the regulation that requires a certain number of cars to be on the road at all times. It may be helpful when looking for a cab on a dark and stormy night when the ride share drivers are safe at home. Since the ride share drivers have driven the full time taxi drivers out of business I guess you would be out of luck.
What about the regulation that requires cab companies to provide wheel chair accessible vehicles with trained drivers?
as a consumer I can look at the vehicle and refuse to use it if it's old, dirty, whatever(and being a licensed taxi company doesn't prevent this)
It doesn't prevent bad cabs but a few complaints to the taxi commission and the car gets re-inspected and/or the license pulled.
Ride share drivers may make a couple of hundred dollars a week in their spare time. A taxi driver tries to make a living at it. Spread the income over enough drivers and no one will be able to make a living at it. Try to find a ride at 2AM when all the ride share drivers are asleep.
This adds nothing of value . . . except to the government and insurance agencies. All cars need licenses, inspections and insurance anyway. If you are using your car for professional purposes, you need to report it to your insurance company anyway.
Where I live cars need only be inspected when sold. Taxis are inspected every 6 months. Though ride share cars should inform their insurance companies most won't.
No, I shouldn't tell you, but the drivers should report it to the IRS as income.
Since when were cab drivers big business? I was one and we had to pay to be able to pick up from the airport. On top of that there are vehicle licenses, inspections and higher insurance. Why should someone else be able to pick up strangers for the cost of gas. You can't tell me that the driver does not get a few bucks for the trouble.
If I tell the media to publicize the possibility that you broke into a school,
Considering they had him on tape doing the break in and the equipment he left in the wiring closet, "possibility" does not apply here.
Swartz knew there would be consequences for his action but was not prepared to accept them. If you can't do the time don't do the crime. If you want to be a political activist look at Nelson Mandela. He spent may years in prison for what he believed in and didn't kill himself.
Simpson continued: “A year after calling for privacy legislation, we have seen nothing from the administration. This multi-stakeholder process has been a diversion and a waste of time. President Obama, if you are serious about protecting consumers’ privacy, show us your proposed legislation.”
Instead of sitting on the sidelines sniping at people who are trying to make progress how bout you get off your ass and propose some legislation of your own? If you " are serious about protecting consumers’ privacy" how about you help make some progress instead of just being an obstruction. "You do the work and we'll shoot it down" is not very productive.
It is easy to point finger at what one sees as a problem. It is much harder to find solutions to those problems. Lets see a few consumer organizations come up with what they would want to see instead of just criticizing. They will find it much more difficult that they seem to believe.
There should be a fund to help people fight these spurious claims. Maybe it could be run by a white hat IP firm. I bet there is at least one firm out there who would jump at the chance to have a tag line like "We hate patent/trademark trolls too. Lets do it the right way". I know I would give the fund a few bucks occasionally to keep it going. Another resource would be a site with links to all these great stories about what happened to the troll. I bet most trolls would back off pretty fast when faced with the consequences of their actions. Maybe even add a few boiler plate legal looking documents to send back to the troll; fight fire with fire.
Browser allow the user to turn it off not the web site. If you turn it off yourself get ready for a stupidity tax.
There is a simple solution to your times sheet fear; bookmark the verified site and use that link instead of the possibly suspect link in any emails. As for suspect emails have you tried checking that the emails were sent out?
Professional IT running the entire company.
You are sure it was IT that made the decision and not a cost cutting CFO who demanded that they use this outside service?
Do you have any evidence that Google is reading email contents? Search contents yes but email contents i have seen no evidence of. So far it is your conspiracy theory.
When one signs up for paperless billing the company provides the email address that the bill is coming from and asks to put it on your white list. Companies know about white lists and when they rarely change their server name thay give plenty of warning of the new server name. If theye didn't they would loose customers because it would be difficult for people to find them. Companies don't change server names very often at all as it would confuse customers ade throw away all they work in building up web traffic..
As I reported, the credit card company call I got was indistinguishable from a telephishing call.
I thought we were talking about email not telephone calls. Anyone who applies for a credit card over the phone deserves to be scammed. It is called a stupidity tax.
My employer is currently sending monthly email reminders to fill out a timesheet using an online web system
Wow, you didn't check with your employer what the correct domain was for your timesheets?
I expect that half the company would have compromised accounts.
It looks like you don't have very high regard for the intelligence of your coworkers and maybe yourself. I bet that the IT department was very clear in what server the real web site was on. You haven't bookmarked the real site so that phishing will not work?
I am not important enough to watch and I doubt that you are either.
If you have nothing to hide, why do you care if the police search your house once a week?
Those are completely different scenarios. I am stating no-one care enough about you or I to watch us. Many tin foil had wearers are just trying to inflate their self importance with circular logic. 1. I am important 2. The government only watches important people. 3. 1 + 2 = The government is watching me 4. 2 + 3 = I must be important. 5. The more people watching me the more important I must be.
"Nobody cares enough to watch me" is very different than "I have nothing to hide".
Google most certainly does read your email. That is how they target ads.
Google uses search results to target adds. Without proof all you have is theories. Just because something is probable does not mean it is true.
White lists don't work.
White lists are not perfect but they do work well. Companies rarely change domains as it invalidates everyone's book marks and they lose customers. That is not something most companies do on a regular basis. When they do change they usually give plenty of warning.
one important link changed.
There is the clue. When you hover over the link it is displayed in the ststus bar. If it is not the company link don't click it. It is that simple.
I doubt very much if many email providers would last long if they were mining shopping data from client emails. Do you have any proof that they are mining emails?Spam filters are easily dealt with by white lists. As for phishing emails they are pretty easy to spot.
I would love to see a push to get electronic billing to be changed from a push to email service to a pull from email service.
A couple of my email bills are just a balance and a link to my bill on their web site.
I really don't care is anyone knows I have a Shaw account, a Fido account and a hydo account.
I am not important enough to watch and I doubt that you are either.
This is the kind of company I'll feel just peachy about letting have unfettered access to my bank account? Right.
I use paperless all the time but the companies I pay do not have unfettered access to my accounts. I get a bill by email and I go to my online bank account and time a payment for a couple of days before the due date. No money comes out of my account without my initiating it. Paperless does not mean pre-authorized payments.
PS I also find it funny that you don't quote dates. For some people two weeks between getting a letter and the due date is "ridiculously short". For many that would be plenty of time. To make an informed judgement I would need three dates; the postmark date, the date received at your home and the due date.
Notice that the US is the first large country on the list. It is much easier to service a small country or a country with a small population than a country with such a large spread out population like the US. In it's concentrated areas like the North East the US does very well.
Oh for heaven's sake. Due process is not limited to arrest and trial because that's the direct simple meaning of the fifth amendment.
That is still not proof. Saying the same thing over and over again does not make it true.
And while strictly speaking the intel agencies are under civilian control, you were the one disparaging "the opinions of those who have never worked in espionage."
The member of the Intelligence Oversight Committee get training and briefings on intelligence matters from experts. They are not the average person off the street making assumptions about what is needed and what is not needed.
Do you have a problem with those policies being set by "those who have never worked in espionage" or do you respect civilian authority?
I respect informed civilian authority.
Do you want the courts to be accountable or don't you?
The FISA courts are accountable to the people who appointed them who are in turn accountable to the people who elect them.
I agree that drones will be use more often but not to the extent of continuous surveillance everywhere. An RC drone flying at 2 mph can cover much less area than a helocopter flying at over 100mph so it take more drones to do the same thing.
Because you have yet to prove your points. Without citations it is your opinion that due process is not limited to arrest and trial. I was also pointing out that FISA is civilian controlled as all the judges are civilians. There is a difference between disagreement and acting contrary.
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What about the regulation that requires a certain number of cars to be on the road at all times. It may be helpful when looking for a cab on a dark and stormy night when the ride share drivers are safe at home. Since the ride share drivers have driven the full time taxi drivers out of business I guess you would be out of luck.
What about the regulation that requires cab companies to provide wheel chair accessible vehicles with trained drivers?
as a consumer I can look at the vehicle and refuse to use it if it's old, dirty, whatever(and being a licensed taxi company doesn't prevent this)
It doesn't prevent bad cabs but a few complaints to the taxi commission and the car gets re-inspected and/or the license pulled.
Ride share drivers may make a couple of hundred dollars a week in their spare time. A taxi driver tries to make a living at it. Spread the income over enough drivers and no one will be able to make a living at it. Try to find a ride at 2AM when all the ride share drivers are asleep.
This adds nothing of value . . . except to the government and insurance agencies. All cars need licenses, inspections and insurance anyway. If you are using your car for professional purposes, you need to report it to your insurance company anyway.
Where I live cars need only be inspected when sold. Taxis are inspected every 6 months. Though ride share cars should inform their insurance companies most won't.
No, I shouldn't tell you, but the drivers should report it to the IRS as income.
There's that "should" again; most won't.
Since when were cab drivers big business? I was one and we had to pay to be able to pick up from the airport. On top of that there are vehicle licenses, inspections and higher insurance. Why should someone else be able to pick up strangers for the cost of gas. You can't tell me that the driver does not get a few bucks for the trouble.
Since what Swatrz did was none of these things and the things he did he knew were illegal that article does not apply to this situation.
If I tell the media to publicize the possibility that you broke into a school,
Considering they had him on tape doing the break in and the equipment he left in the wiring closet, "possibility" does not apply here.
Swartz knew there would be consequences for his action but was not prepared to accept them. If you can't do the time don't do the crime. If you want to be a political activist look at Nelson Mandela. He spent may years in prison for what he believed in and didn't kill himself.
lame rests with the DoJ for "cracking down" on a crime that was meant to do no harm.
The intended harm was to deprive JSTORS of the revenue it requires to handle the peer reviews and publish papers.
Swartz broke the law and decided to not stand up for his principles.
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Simpson continued: “A year after calling for privacy legislation, we have seen nothing from the administration. This multi-stakeholder process has been a diversion and a waste of time. President Obama, if you are serious about protecting consumers’ privacy, show us your proposed legislation.”
Instead of sitting on the sidelines sniping at people who are trying to make progress how bout you get off your ass and propose some legislation of your own? If you " are serious about protecting consumers’ privacy" how about you help make some progress instead of just being an obstruction. "You do the work and we'll shoot it down" is not very productive.
It is easy to point finger at what one sees as a problem. It is much harder to find solutions to those problems. Lets see a few consumer organizations come up with what they would want to see instead of just criticizing. They will find it much more difficult that they seem to believe.
There should be a fund to help people fight these spurious claims. Maybe it could be run by a white hat IP firm. I bet there is at least one firm out there who would jump at the chance to have a tag line like "We hate patent/trademark trolls too. Lets do it the right way". I know I would give the fund a few bucks occasionally to keep it going. Another resource would be a site with links to all these great stories about what happened to the troll. I bet most trolls would back off pretty fast when faced with the consequences of their actions. Maybe even add a few boiler plate legal looking documents to send back to the troll; fight fire with fire.
I think some browsers allow you to turn this off.
Browser allow the user to turn it off not the web site. If you turn it off yourself get ready for a stupidity tax.
There is a simple solution to your times sheet fear; bookmark the verified site and use that link instead of the possibly suspect link in any emails. As for suspect emails have you tried checking that the emails were sent out?
Professional IT running the entire company.
You are sure it was IT that made the decision and not a cost cutting CFO who demanded that they use this outside service?
Do you have any evidence that Google is reading email contents? Search contents yes but email contents i have seen no evidence of. So far it is your conspiracy theory.
When one signs up for paperless billing the company provides the email address that the bill is coming from and asks to put it on your white list. Companies know about white lists and when they rarely change their server name thay give plenty of warning of the new server name. If theye didn't they would loose customers because it would be difficult for people to find them. Companies don't change server names very often at all as it would confuse customers ade throw away all they work in building up web traffic..
As I reported, the credit card company call I got was indistinguishable from a telephishing call.
I thought we were talking about email not telephone calls. Anyone who applies for a credit card over the phone deserves to be scammed. It is called a stupidity tax.
My employer is currently sending monthly email reminders to fill out a timesheet using an online web system
Wow, you didn't check with your employer what the correct domain was for your timesheets?
I expect that half the company would have compromised accounts.
It looks like you don't have very high regard for the intelligence of your coworkers and maybe yourself. I bet that the IT department was very clear in what server the real web site was on. You haven't bookmarked the real site so that phishing will not work?
I am not important enough to watch and I doubt that you are either.
If you have nothing to hide, why do you care if the police search your house once a week?
Those are completely different scenarios. I am stating no-one care enough about you or I to watch us. Many tin foil had wearers are just trying to inflate their self importance with circular logic.
1. I am important
2. The government only watches important people.
3. 1 + 2 = The government is watching me
4. 2 + 3 = I must be important.
5. The more people watching me the more important I must be.
"Nobody cares enough to watch me" is very different than "I have nothing to hide".
I just define it differently than you do.
Google most certainly does read your email. That is how they target ads.
Google uses search results to target adds. Without proof all you have is theories. Just because something is probable does not mean it is true.
White lists don't work.
White lists are not perfect but they do work well. Companies rarely change domains as it invalidates everyone's book marks and they lose customers. That is not something most companies do on a regular basis. When they do change they usually give plenty of warning.
one important link changed.
There is the clue. When you hover over the link it is displayed in the ststus bar. If it is not the company link don't click it. It is that simple.
Perhaps they got lost in the mail?
I doubt very much if many email providers would last long if they were mining shopping data from client emails. Do you have any proof that they are mining emails?Spam filters are easily dealt with by white lists. As for phishing emails they are pretty easy to spot.
I would love to see a push to get electronic billing to be changed from a push to email service to a pull from email service.
A couple of my email bills are just a balance and a link to my bill on their web site.
I really don't care is anyone knows I have a Shaw account, a Fido account and a hydo account.
I am not important enough to watch and I doubt that you are either.
This is the kind of company I'll feel just peachy about letting have unfettered access to my bank account? Right.
I use paperless all the time but the companies I pay do not have unfettered access to my accounts. I get a bill by email and I go to my online bank account and time a payment for a couple of days before the due date. No money comes out of my account without my initiating it. Paperless does not mean pre-authorized payments.
PS I also find it funny that you don't quote dates. For some people two weeks between getting a letter and the due date is "ridiculously short". For many that would be plenty of time. To make an informed judgement I would need three dates; the postmark date, the date received at your home and the due date.
Notice that the US is the first large country on the list. It is much easier to service a small country or a country with a small population than a country with such a large spread out population like the US. In it's concentrated areas like the North East the US does very well.
There is the equipment used which can lead to methods of detecting the specific equipment.
Oh for heaven's sake. Due process is not limited to arrest and trial because that's the direct simple meaning of the fifth amendment.
That is still not proof. Saying the same thing over and over again does not make it true.
And while strictly speaking the intel agencies are under civilian control, you were the one disparaging "the opinions of those who have never worked in espionage."
The member of the Intelligence Oversight Committee get training and briefings on intelligence matters from experts. They are not the average person off the street making assumptions about what is needed and what is not needed.
Do you have a problem with those policies being set by "those who have never worked in espionage" or do you respect civilian authority?
I respect informed civilian authority.
Do you want the courts to be accountable or don't you?
The FISA courts are accountable to the people who appointed them who are in turn accountable to the people who elect them.
I very much doubt that. I would give you 100 to 1 odds that the NSA has some secret techniques.
I agree that drones will be use more often but not to the extent of continuous surveillance everywhere. An RC drone flying at 2 mph can cover much less area than a helocopter flying at over 100mph so it take more drones to do the same thing.
Because you have yet to prove your points. Without citations it is your opinion that due process is not limited to arrest and trial. I was also pointing out that FISA is civilian controlled as all the judges are civilians. There is a difference between disagreement and acting contrary.
If the least intrusive means is "capture everything; we;ll sort it out later" then what?