Basically over here in ITSEC, whenever we hear some manager type use the word "cyber" in some context, we know we can relax and occupy ourselves with something important.
This is hardly the first report of kids' smartwatches being insecure tracking devices. We've heard that in 2017, in 2018 again, quite bluntly, if you haven't heard it by now, you probably don't give a rat's ass about your kids' privacy.
Then again, buying such a watch is already a pretty good indicator that you don't give a fuck about your kids' privacy, so...
We're living in a time when being a standup is hard. Standup routines usually thrive on exaggerating and caricaturing celebrities, politicians and situations in general. The problem is, with the current batch of celebrities, politicians and the state of the world, how could you possibly exaggerate?
Since it does not matter where I put my server within the EU (if I want to put it inside the EU for whatever reason), take a wild guess where I'd put it...
The world is. Not just Europe. Everyone is scrambling to put the genie back into the bottle because the very last thing governments want is people being able to talk to each other and organize unsupervised.
Why do you think you get the whole picture that way?
I'm actually willing to cut them some slack and accept that they honestly believe what they're writing. Never attribute to malice and all that. The devil's in the details, though, because of how companies will (have to) react to it.
Saying it does not affect end users is very... let's say naive. Because with platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and the like, end users ARE content creators that are dependent on those targeted by the directive. Now, these companies do not have the resources to check every video, posting or picture you upload for copyright violations (and are frankly also not too interested in wasting them on something like that). What will happen because of this is that they will implement some upload filtering mechanism. Yes, the directive never mentions anything like this (and the Q&A you provide actually claims it does not mean this), but there is simply no feasible way to do it any other way.
It also does not directly mean censorship. What it means, though, is that the main outlets people use to communicate with each other will be forced to censor content. You can still create your own little homepage and say whatever you want there. But what good is the right to speak if nobody can hear you?
What YouTube will do is easy to figure out. If you're on their A-List, whatever you say is gospel and will be removed immediately. If you're not, any of your content that was removed stays removed.
If anything this made the whole mess even worse since now nobody knows what to do. Neither do the various EU countries that don't even know how to adapt this in any sensible way into their laws, nor do companies that don't have any idea how to comply with them, nor do the users who are pretty much preparing to simply ignore it by using VPN services.
Suddenly a joke from the space race era gets new merits:
"What if the Russians get to the moon first?" "They'll probably paint it red." "So we have to hurry!" "Relax. If they do, just send up a crew with loads of white paint and have them write "Coca Cola" across"
Been there. It ain't that bad, but then again, I'm not really into the whole publicity thing, I'm more the type of person who is happiest if I'm left alone and nobody bothers me. I guess for someone who needs attention 24/7 it must be soul crushing.
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Economics is not really science. Science is something developed by scientists, and scientists usually try their shit on lab rats first.
Respect is earned. Not enforced.
You do know that 250k a year is pebbles compared to what you can embezzle if you really know your shit, yes?
Basically over here in ITSEC, whenever we hear some manager type use the word "cyber" in some context, we know we can relax and occupy ourselves with something important.
Because whatever he's saying is not.
This is hardly the first report of kids' smartwatches being insecure tracking devices. We've heard that in 2017, in 2018 again, quite bluntly, if you haven't heard it by now, you probably don't give a rat's ass about your kids' privacy.
Then again, buying such a watch is already a pretty good indicator that you don't give a fuck about your kids' privacy, so...
We're living in a time when being a standup is hard. Standup routines usually thrive on exaggerating and caricaturing celebrities, politicians and situations in general. The problem is, with the current batch of celebrities, politicians and the state of the world, how could you possibly exaggerate?
We're already living in a caricature.
Unless you plan to go to the EU you should be fine. The US don't even extradite war criminals, so... no, wait, this is about copyright.
You're right, better be safe than sorry.
I don't know who's more naive, the European Parliament or you...
If there's still room between the servers of Amazon, MS and Facebook, sure.
Really? You think they watch what happened in northern Africa and don't start to worry?
Naive much?
If they're smart, they will.
Since it does not matter where I put my server within the EU (if I want to put it inside the EU for whatever reason), take a wild guess where I'd put it...
The world is. Not just Europe. Everyone is scrambling to put the genie back into the bottle because the very last thing governments want is people being able to talk to each other and organize unsupervised.
Why do you think you get the whole picture that way?
I'm actually willing to cut them some slack and accept that they honestly believe what they're writing. Never attribute to malice and all that. The devil's in the details, though, because of how companies will (have to) react to it.
Saying it does not affect end users is very ... let's say naive. Because with platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and the like, end users ARE content creators that are dependent on those targeted by the directive. Now, these companies do not have the resources to check every video, posting or picture you upload for copyright violations (and are frankly also not too interested in wasting them on something like that). What will happen because of this is that they will implement some upload filtering mechanism. Yes, the directive never mentions anything like this (and the Q&A you provide actually claims it does not mean this), but there is simply no feasible way to do it any other way.
It also does not directly mean censorship. What it means, though, is that the main outlets people use to communicate with each other will be forced to censor content. You can still create your own little homepage and say whatever you want there. But what good is the right to speak if nobody can hear you?
What YouTube will do is easy to figure out. If you're on their A-List, whatever you say is gospel and will be removed immediately. If you're not, any of your content that was removed stays removed.
Why do you think they'd change anything?
Any chance that you could redirect the EU addresses to VPN-providers in the US?
Thanks from across the pond.
A few more like this and you have a standup routine.
Jean-Claude, are you drunk again?
If anything this made the whole mess even worse since now nobody knows what to do. Neither do the various EU countries that don't even know how to adapt this in any sensible way into their laws, nor do companies that don't have any idea how to comply with them, nor do the users who are pretty much preparing to simply ignore it by using VPN services.
I agree in theory, but what keeps them from trying to entrap me on some social media platform, thinking that I am one of their potential victims?
Suddenly a joke from the space race era gets new merits:
"What if the Russians get to the moon first?"
"They'll probably paint it red."
"So we have to hurry!"
"Relax. If they do, just send up a crew with loads of white paint and have them write "Coca Cola" across"
That they consider something like that is enough.
I could think of a thing or two that should protect me from your country's police.
Same way everyone else is doing it, get hired by some marketing company.
Ya know, 5 years ago this would have gotten it and modded it funny...
From what I've seen so far, socialism is when the government owns the corporations and capitalism is the opposite thereof.
Been there. It ain't that bad, but then again, I'm not really into the whole publicity thing, I'm more the type of person who is happiest if I'm left alone and nobody bothers me. I guess for someone who needs attention 24/7 it must be soul crushing.