Re:No, this is scary, not funny. I mean that.
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RIAA to DoS Pirates?
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And then he sees one of the RIAA offerings, and if they're smart enough to finally go for some sort of cheap subscription or micropayment, he might very well be sold.
My (and most other peoples) problem with the RIAA is that they charge so much for the music, yet give so little to the artists. If they started charging resonably and/or gave a decent share to the musicians, then why not support them?
Of course, that would mean giving less to their shareholders, so I doubt it would happen. but one can hope....
What makes every one think that terrorists need off the shelf products?
And even if they do buy off the shelf products, what makes anyone think they will be American products. Even if this law passes, Asain and European software will be unaffected. Given how EU feels about Echelon et al, it is unlikely that all other countries in the world will have mandaory backdoors any time soon.
Sarcasm aside, does it really matter how secure hailstorm really is, ig Microsoft can sue into oblivion anyone who publicizes or even researches security exploits related to the system...?
No, they can't. They can only sue the ones they find out about.
Suppose a police dept put its files into hailstorm. Of the x criminal orgs that have to try to evade/bribe this dept, how many will have computers? How many will think "Maybe if we hack into the police files, we can make life easier for ouselves"? Now, how many of these are going to announce their results publicly? If the servers really were 100% uncrackable, this wouldn't be a problem, but how likely is that?
Some of the ideas behind hailstorm are actualy quite good IMO, but I really don't want anything important "protected" by a computer whose only security is the threat of MS/DMCA lawyers.
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My (and most other peoples) problem with the RIAA is that they charge so much for the music, yet give so little to the artists. If they started charging resonably and/or gave a decent share to the musicians, then why not support them? Of course, that would mean giving less to their shareholders, so I doubt it would happen. but one can hope....
And even if they do buy off the shelf products, what makes anyone think they will be American products. Even if this law passes, Asain and European software will be unaffected. Given how EU feels about Echelon et al, it is unlikely that all other countries in the world will have mandaory backdoors any time soon.
No, they can't. They can only sue the ones they find out about.
Suppose a police dept put its files into hailstorm. Of the x criminal orgs that have to try to evade/bribe this dept, how many will have computers? How many will think "Maybe if we hack into the police files, we can make life easier for ouselves"? Now, how many of these are going to announce their results publicly? If the servers really were 100% uncrackable, this wouldn't be a problem, but how likely is that?
Some of the ideas behind hailstorm are actualy quite good IMO, but I really don't want anything important "protected" by a computer whose only security is the threat of MS/DMCA lawyers.