Aside from "technology" not being a science, it's also such a broad term as to border on useless. "Technology" is just "applied science". Literally everything we make and do that involves using the results of scientific research can be correctly called "technology".
I'll repeat: What the heck are you doing that you're so terrified of being subpoenaed and having something damning about you in your data?
You don't have to be doing anything wrong, or to have incriminating data, in order to be very cautious about law enforcement in the US. It is often capricious, wrong, and damaging to innocent people.
Again, I'm giving Uber the benefit of the doubt for rhetorical purposes (I actually think that Uber is essentially a criminal organization who needs to be put out of business, but I'm setting that aside for the moment).
Uber didn't say they put this in for no reason. The reason that they gave for implementing this is entirely plausible and, if that's all it was ever used for, hard to take exception with.
It's sortof impressive how many times Uber apps have been found to contain questionable abilities that Uber claims they stopped using some time ago.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that they are being truthful when they say these things. My response is: get your engineering house in order.
Leaving dead code in your software is a terrible practice for a number of reasons. Don't wait until someone discover it's there before you remove it. Remove it as soon as you stop using it.
Just kidding! I actually do the same thing when it comes to DVDs, for slightly different reasons: by ripping the DVD, I don't have to worry about unskippable crap, menus, etc. I can just play the movie without any hassle.
Time shifting wouldn't apply, since you can time-shift a DVD without copying it simply by playing the original when you want to watch it.
Also, you also have to treat the original DVD as a single unit with all the copies, so if you send the DVD back to Netflix, you either have to delete the copies or send them back with the original.
Almost certainly not. In the early days, Netflix was just buying retail DVDs to rent out, but the studios were pissed off about that. I suspect that Netflix started buying the special pressings that the studios make for rental purposes in order to calm them down.
Is this what Netflix wants, or what the content owners demand?
Content owners demand DRM and Netflix has been going along with that demand for years -- I actually don't have an issue with that.
Netflix (and Google and Microsoft), not the content owners, wanted EME specifically. I have a huge problem with that, and won't forgive any of them for pushing it through.
I personally know a number of people who subscribe to the DVD service, and they do so for a very simple reason: the catalog of available movies and TV shows is much, much larger than in the streaming service.
Meh, believe whatever you want, but I'd point out that I'm hardly the only one in this thread that mentioned this. People also mentioned other examples from other shows. This isn't obscure stuff.
For the record, what someone asked me is if I had a link to a YouTube clip handy. I don't (why in the world would I?)
I have no idea if a relevant clip exists on YouTube or not, and I see no reason to spend a bunch of time looking for it when it's no more difficult for people who care to do the search themselves. This just isn't that important.
Or never give your real account details to anybody, and don't store them in your computer or mobile devices.
Use prepaid debit cards for those times when you want or need to use a card, so that any loss will be limited to just however much you loaded onto the card. Some credit card companies allow you to easily create one-time-use "virtual cards" for security purposes. If yours is one of those, use that service.
I run a webserver (Apache) out of my home, and this is one of the pages. I'm currently using Online Bookmarks http://www.frech.ch/online-boo... for the bookmark server. That works, although it's antiquated. One of my future plans is to write a better one.
No, I don't -- I suspect that it would take you and I approximately the same amount of time to hunt one down, if it exists on YouTube, so I'll leave that to you.
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One of the previous winners is for the invention of the Blue LED.
The LED itself is technology. What he got the prize for was not the LED, but the physics that made it possible to manufacture the LED.
Aside from "technology" not being a science, it's also such a broad term as to border on useless. "Technology" is just "applied science". Literally everything we make and do that involves using the results of scientific research can be correctly called "technology".
I'll repeat: What the heck are you doing that you're so terrified of being subpoenaed and having something damning about you in your data?
You don't have to be doing anything wrong, or to have incriminating data, in order to be very cautious about law enforcement in the US. It is often capricious, wrong, and damaging to innocent people.
It sounds a lot easier to just avoid Blu-Ray.
TFA covers this: apple gave the Uber app special privileges not available to other apps.
Nobody became rich by working for free or on free software.
Lots of people don't have "get rich" as their goal.
Feature phones, or landlines.
Because have permission to and actually doing it are two different things.
True, but from a security point of view, you must assume that if an app has permission to do something, it is doing it.
Anyhow, we don't know Apple's side of the story yet. Knowing Uber, they probably used "social engineering" to sneak stuff past the Apple iGuards.
TFA contains a statement from Apple explaining that they intentionally granted this ability to to Uber app, and why.
Again, I'm giving Uber the benefit of the doubt for rhetorical purposes (I actually think that Uber is essentially a criminal organization who needs to be put out of business, but I'm setting that aside for the moment).
Uber didn't say they put this in for no reason. The reason that they gave for implementing this is entirely plausible and, if that's all it was ever used for, hard to take exception with.
Privacy and security are related. Privacy is a subset of security.
There's an old truism when it comes to security: the moment that you feel secure is the moment when you are the most vulnerable.
No defense is impenetrable, and if you feel that yours are, it's very easy to overlook red flags that you've been penetrated.
It's sortof impressive how many times Uber apps have been found to contain questionable abilities that Uber claims they stopped using some time ago.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that they are being truthful when they say these things. My response is: get your engineering house in order.
Leaving dead code in your software is a terrible practice for a number of reasons. Don't wait until someone discover it's there before you remove it. Remove it as soon as you stop using it.
I DO NOT PIRATE OR KEEP THE CONTENT!
I don't believe you.
Just kidding! I actually do the same thing when it comes to DVDs, for slightly different reasons: by ripping the DVD, I don't have to worry about unskippable crap, menus, etc. I can just play the movie without any hassle.
Time shifting wouldn't apply, since you can time-shift a DVD without copying it simply by playing the original when you want to watch it.
Also, you also have to treat the original DVD as a single unit with all the copies, so if you send the DVD back to Netflix, you either have to delete the copies or send them back with the original.
Almost certainly not. In the early days, Netflix was just buying retail DVDs to rent out, but the studios were pissed off about that. I suspect that Netflix started buying the special pressings that the studios make for rental purposes in order to calm them down.
Is this what Netflix wants, or what the content owners demand?
Content owners demand DRM and Netflix has been going along with that demand for years -- I actually don't have an issue with that.
Netflix (and Google and Microsoft), not the content owners, wanted EME specifically. I have a huge problem with that, and won't forgive any of them for pushing it through.
I personally know a number of people who subscribe to the DVD service, and they do so for a very simple reason: the catalog of available movies and TV shows is much, much larger than in the streaming service.
Meh, believe whatever you want, but I'd point out that I'm hardly the only one in this thread that mentioned this. People also mentioned other examples from other shows. This isn't obscure stuff.
For the record, what someone asked me is if I had a link to a YouTube clip handy. I don't (why in the world would I?)
I have no idea if a relevant clip exists on YouTube or not, and I see no reason to spend a bunch of time looking for it when it's no more difficult for people who care to do the search themselves. This just isn't that important.
Personally?
I choose neither. I just don't watch anymore.
Or never give your real account details to anybody, and don't store them in your computer or mobile devices.
Use prepaid debit cards for those times when you want or need to use a card, so that any loss will be limited to just however much you loaded onto the card. Some credit card companies allow you to easily create one-time-use "virtual cards" for security purposes. If yours is one of those, use that service.
The most I'll notice is when they zoom in on a car for about a second and you notice it's a Chevy or whatever, but that sure doesn't break the flow.
That sort of thing doesn't bother me at all.
Same here. If someone points it out I'll notice it, but a guy in the show taking a swig from a coke can just doesn't have any impact on me.
But what about when the characters in the story stop doing story things to extol the virtues of some product for 30 seconds before starting again?
That's what I'm talking about. I much prefer an interstitial to that.
I run a webserver (Apache) out of my home, and this is one of the pages. I'm currently using Online Bookmarks http://www.frech.ch/online-boo... for the bookmark server. That works, although it's antiquated. One of my future plans is to write a better one.
No, I don't -- I suspect that it would take you and I approximately the same amount of time to hunt one down, if it exists on YouTube, so I'll leave that to you.
Besides, I've sworn off YouTube.