The changing policies are a sign of the times. Nowadays, what eBay does is considered OK. I find nothing wrong with what they do. I would not want to be at fault for some seller's junk, either. eBay still does what it did when it started - to use the old saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure"
I believe that nothing changed on sept 11. Let me explain. We were always suceptable to attacks by terrorists just nothing happened until that tuesday. Did you feel safe the week before? Yes you did. Do you feel safe now? Many people don't. They had a false sense of security. So now you want to make rules. Rules that two weeks ago you didn't feel you needed and rules that for the most part will only hinder the general public.
I agree we do need laws. But this time, I don't know. I don't. I mean for instance if after a month of using say Carnivore the FBI stops using it, then I am all for it. But using it unrestricted from now on? I don't like that. A law providing for a temporary use is fine. But now I'm blabbering so I will shut up.
So one day when the government has total control, and there is no cryptography, you will write something like "gosh I hate the president why can't he die" and the government will see that and arrest you. You will have NO freedom don't you see that? Once you give up a little you give up at little more and a little more till it's all gone. A bad analogy but a good illustration nonetheless is how the Allies kept letting Hitler get away with taking over countries. A little freedom taken away at a time until he controlled it all. Don't get me wrong I believe America has the best government setup in the world. But I want to have a gun in case some whacko come around. I want crypto so noone can read my personal info and my customer's personal info etc. I do NOT want to give up those freedoms to be free from terrorists because 1) we will not be free anymore and the terrorists will have won, and 2) the terrorists will still be terrorizing because, if you havent noticed, they don't follow any rules.
soooo you're saying that whatever politicians say is true? Oh they said we are at war. We must be then! hah.
WAR is only declared by congress. There has NOT been a war since WW2. All the rest have been conflicts. THIS is just a conflict. Plus, who is the enemy? How can we have a war right now when we don't know who attacked us? hmmmmm.
microsoft still has the market. it isnt even CLOSE to being post-microsoft. my gosh. ok. lets see. Windows 95 etc. takes up id say 99% of the mainstream market. and Linux, well, I'm an IT person and the basic user I have to say isn't al that bright and just wow even Windows is hard for some people. I don't mean to trash comptuer users, but Windows IS THE operating system. Macintoshes aren't computers, so I won't even mention them. But back to what I was saying. Microsoft has a HUGE monopoly and NEEDS to be taken down. Needs. I thought we all know that but I guess the author of this article (no offence) sees it differently.
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The changing policies are a sign of the times. Nowadays, what eBay does is considered OK. I find nothing wrong with what they do. I would not want to be at fault for some seller's junk, either. eBay still does what it did when it started - to use the old saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure"
I do like the points you made. But.
I believe that nothing changed on sept 11. Let me explain. We were always suceptable to attacks by terrorists just nothing happened until that tuesday. Did you feel safe the week before? Yes you did. Do you feel safe now? Many people don't. They had a false sense of security. So now you want to make rules. Rules that two weeks ago you didn't feel you needed and rules that for the most part will only hinder the general public.
I agree we do need laws. But this time, I don't know. I don't. I mean for instance if after a month of using say Carnivore the FBI stops using it, then I am all for it. But using it unrestricted from now on? I don't like that. A law providing for a temporary use is fine. But now I'm blabbering so I will shut up.
So one day when the government has total control, and there is no cryptography, you will write something like "gosh I hate the president why can't he die" and the government will see that and arrest you. You will have NO freedom don't you see that? Once you give up a little you give up at little more and a little more till it's all gone. A bad analogy but a good illustration nonetheless is how the Allies kept letting Hitler get away with taking over countries. A little freedom taken away at a time until he controlled it all. Don't get me wrong I believe America has the best government setup in the world. But I want to have a gun in case some whacko come around. I want crypto so noone can read my personal info and my customer's personal info etc. I do NOT want to give up those freedoms to be free from terrorists because 1) we will not be free anymore and the terrorists will have won, and 2) the terrorists will still be terrorizing because, if you havent noticed, they don't follow any rules.
soooo you're saying that whatever politicians say is true? Oh they said we are at war. We must be then! hah.
WAR is only declared by congress. There has NOT been a war since WW2. All the rest have been conflicts. THIS is just a conflict. Plus, who is the enemy? How can we have a war right now when we don't know who attacked us? hmmmmm.
microsoft still has the market. it isnt even CLOSE to being post-microsoft. my gosh. ok. lets see. Windows 95 etc. takes up id say 99% of the mainstream market. and Linux, well, I'm an IT person and the basic user I have to say isn't al that bright and just wow even Windows is hard for some people. I don't mean to trash comptuer users, but Windows IS THE operating system. Macintoshes aren't computers, so I won't even mention them. But back to what I was saying. Microsoft has a HUGE monopoly and NEEDS to be taken down. Needs. I thought we all know that but I guess the author of this article (no offence) sees it differently.