"Dear customer, it has come to our attention that a device in your network is sending out malware. Until you clean up your shit, we restrict your access to Microsoft and a selection of antivirus vendors, as detailed in the most recent adhesion contract update to your original one. When you have cleaned up your act and we feel like we'll open up your internet connection again. Since you're still bound to the contract for 2 more years and we're the only ISP in your area, you can fume as much as you like but you can as well suck our dick.
You assume that you have a choice to connect these things to the internet if you want to use them. Think again.
The makers of such devices have a huge interest in you being connected to the internet. Mostly to send data to them. About you and your consumer habits. Do you have a faint idea how much it's worth to know when you watch TV, what you watch and when and how often you switch between channels? How you choose your TV shows? That's market research you can take straight to the bank. At the very least they will make it as inconvenient as possible to NOT connect that TV to the internet.
At worst they'll get into bed with the DRM crowd that would of course want to know when you watch what content, for how long and if at all possible with how many people in the room.
Buying a device without internet connection? Why would anyone want to make one? Equipping the TV with an internet jack is dirt cheap by now. It's a feature you can put onto that neat feature list we all like so much when we decide for a new TV ("Well, this one has 8 features I don't need, but this one only 7, guess I'll buy the one with the 8!"), and it's, as said before, a good way to siphon valuable and marketable data. OF COURSE every TV will come with network ability. And you will be bothered and badgered until you connect it.
But what about the people without internet? Nobody gives a fuck about Ma and Pa Walton. Blunt and direct, nobody cares about them. They buy a new TV when the old one croaks, not when the next gen comes out and you could see the wrinkles on your favorite star in higher resolution. They are no market. At least none anyone gives a shit about.
He's probably right about the push towards having to be online, but I fail to see how an IoT firewall should mitigate it. Especially with the increasing use of IPv6, which means more and more IoT devices will try to get un-NATed access to the internet (and will probably also get their wish granted).
Good luck trying to firewall that.
Sorry, but no. If we want secure IoT devices, we have to demand them. And that means not buying the shoddy, insecure junk that's currently peddled. And I'm not even talking about any gimmicky gadgets from some Aliexpress shops, I'm talking about our "smart" TVs and other "smart" appliances made for dumb people.
So it's public property? Wouldn't lie there very long over here either, actually it's even LESS likely to not end in a (quite serious) fine or simply being removed for being a "hazard". If you put something where you shouldn't put it without paying for it, our administration is usually very quick to remind you that you should better pay them to not make your life miserable.
I thought so too, but apparently it has been redefined. Generally it now means if you're white you have to be it and if you're black you cannot be it. Personally, I consider that a bit racist that something is defined in a way that says that black people can't do or be something just because they're black, but hey, go with the times!
Talk for your own country where corporate interest trumps private property. In mine, anyone who wants to put anything on my property without my consent has to show that the public interest (public interest. Not corporate. Good luck trying that with anything but gas, power and water) outweighs mine AND that he has no other chance to meet this public interest AND that he tried to offer me a reasonable compensation for disadvantaging me.
This usually leads to very sweet deals with anyone who wants to put cables or even masts onto or into your property, and hence they usually try to stay on public ground where it's apparently easier and cheaper to put cables down.
Nope. They may use public ground (and even there they must use it in a way that doesn't hinder the rest of the population), they may buy my ground (if they insist in putting a mast down on it) or they have to put it high enough or low enough to not bother me.
Anything else and I'll do with MY cable what I see fit.
I don't know, but one thing I know for certain: He will not be held responsible for anything.
So at least say that he's allowed to dabble in a lot of projects and nobody will be able to tack it to him when (not if) he FUBARs them. It's way closer to reality.
What of all this was part of something he promised to do?
What of the promises has been fulfilled?
I know that Rome wasn't built in a day and it's unfair to expect everything being done after 4 months when former Presidents couldn't get their promises fulfilled in the 4 years they had, but I'd really like to see SOMETHING being done instead of pretty much the polar opposite of what he said he'd do.
If you promise something and then fail to deliver, I'll call you a liar. Simple as that. And so far, that far is the OP right, pretty much the only thing he actually delivered was to start deporting illegal immigrants.
Promises are cheap. Ask anyone who lived in a Soviet country.
But then I have to establish a new set of characters and make them likable and believable, this is hard, ya know? Nah, let's just toss in all the old heroes that everyone already loves and cares about, that way I needn't invest anything into this and can fully concentrate on my VISION.
You know, the one where I butcher those characters into MY fanboy imagination of how they should have been in the first place. I always thought Han was way too rough and should show his sensitive side, and Darth Vader shouldn't die and instead turn back to the light side and become Anakin again, and we should definitely show more Ewoks to make it more family friendly.
I get it, you want to promote a vegan lifestyle. Allright: Meat is evil, evil, evil. So, with this out of the way, can we get back on topic?
But like I said somewhere else, science is not a democratic process and doesn't really give a fuck whether you like it or not. Human IS the apex predator. Actually, we prey on other predators and even use other predators to do our dirty work. We kill about 14 times more adult animals than the other predators together. No, sadly I didn't find a more approachable source, but given that the study is like 2 years old by now, it should be possible to find some if you are really interested.
Slashdot Mirror
"Dear customer, it has come to our attention that a device in your network is sending out malware. Until you clean up your shit, we restrict your access to Microsoft and a selection of antivirus vendors, as detailed in the most recent adhesion contract update to your original one. When you have cleaned up your act and we feel like we'll open up your internet connection again. Since you're still bound to the contract for 2 more years and we're the only ISP in your area, you can fume as much as you like but you can as well suck our dick.
Yours,
your friendly ISP"
You assume that you have a choice to connect these things to the internet if you want to use them. Think again.
The makers of such devices have a huge interest in you being connected to the internet. Mostly to send data to them. About you and your consumer habits. Do you have a faint idea how much it's worth to know when you watch TV, what you watch and when and how often you switch between channels? How you choose your TV shows? That's market research you can take straight to the bank. At the very least they will make it as inconvenient as possible to NOT connect that TV to the internet.
At worst they'll get into bed with the DRM crowd that would of course want to know when you watch what content, for how long and if at all possible with how many people in the room.
Buying a device without internet connection? Why would anyone want to make one? Equipping the TV with an internet jack is dirt cheap by now. It's a feature you can put onto that neat feature list we all like so much when we decide for a new TV ("Well, this one has 8 features I don't need, but this one only 7, guess I'll buy the one with the 8!"), and it's, as said before, a good way to siphon valuable and marketable data. OF COURSE every TV will come with network ability. And you will be bothered and badgered until you connect it.
But what about the people without internet? Nobody gives a fuck about Ma and Pa Walton. Blunt and direct, nobody cares about them. They buy a new TV when the old one croaks, not when the next gen comes out and you could see the wrinkles on your favorite star in higher resolution. They are no market. At least none anyone gives a shit about.
Film at 11.
He's probably right about the push towards having to be online, but I fail to see how an IoT firewall should mitigate it. Especially with the increasing use of IPv6, which means more and more IoT devices will try to get un-NATed access to the internet (and will probably also get their wish granted).
Good luck trying to firewall that.
Sorry, but no. If we want secure IoT devices, we have to demand them. And that means not buying the shoddy, insecure junk that's currently peddled. And I'm not even talking about any gimmicky gadgets from some Aliexpress shops, I'm talking about our "smart" TVs and other "smart" appliances made for dumb people.
So it's public property? Wouldn't lie there very long over here either, actually it's even LESS likely to not end in a (quite serious) fine or simply being removed for being a "hazard". If you put something where you shouldn't put it without paying for it, our administration is usually very quick to remind you that you should better pay them to not make your life miserable.
If you think about it for 5 seconds, you know that the 10 dollar shirt is cheaper. Way cheaper.
Wait, he promised to do that and got elected because not despite it?
I just found out that there is a form of government worse than despotism. A democracy with a clueless electorate.
Gift? Yes, in the German sense.
I thought so too, but apparently it has been redefined. Generally it now means if you're white you have to be it and if you're black you cannot be it. Personally, I consider that a bit racist that something is defined in a way that says that black people can't do or be something just because they're black, but hey, go with the times!
Talk for your own country where corporate interest trumps private property. In mine, anyone who wants to put anything on my property without my consent has to show that the public interest (public interest. Not corporate. Good luck trying that with anything but gas, power and water) outweighs mine AND that he has no other chance to meet this public interest AND that he tried to offer me a reasonable compensation for disadvantaging me.
This usually leads to very sweet deals with anyone who wants to put cables or even masts onto or into your property, and hence they usually try to stay on public ground where it's apparently easier and cheaper to put cables down.
Nope. They may use public ground (and even there they must use it in a way that doesn't hinder the rest of the population), they may buy my ground (if they insist in putting a mast down on it) or they have to put it high enough or low enough to not bother me.
Anything else and I'll do with MY cable what I see fit.
He'll twitter them into submission, as usual.
Absolutely for it!
Remember what property clouds have: A little bit of wind and poof, all is gone.
I think more companies should entrust the data they collect about us to the cloud...
People who are desperate enough to go. Like always.
Because a new administration has new friends that need government contracts, too.
I don't know, but one thing I know for certain: He will not be held responsible for anything.
So at least say that he's allowed to dabble in a lot of projects and nobody will be able to tack it to him when (not if) he FUBARs them. It's way closer to reality.
You are aware that your economy is propped up by a sea of migrant workers, yes?
You think you could buy shirts for 5 bucks and apples for a few cents if AMERICANS made and picked them?
How could it be, all IT is is college boys sipping coffee and typing some cryptic mumbo-jumbo on their key...mouse...somethingorcyber.
Of course it's not racist. It's negatively stereotyping mostly white guys, so it's ok, carry on.
Hush! We're busy getting our foot into the Chinese door, keep the orange dud busy a bit more, will ya?
---love, Europe.
Nobody questions that things get done.
What of all this was part of something he promised to do?
What of the promises has been fulfilled?
I know that Rome wasn't built in a day and it's unfair to expect everything being done after 4 months when former Presidents couldn't get their promises fulfilled in the 4 years they had, but I'd really like to see SOMETHING being done instead of pretty much the polar opposite of what he said he'd do.
If you promise something and then fail to deliver, I'll call you a liar. Simple as that. And so far, that far is the OP right, pretty much the only thing he actually delivered was to start deporting illegal immigrants.
Promises are cheap. Ask anyone who lived in a Soviet country.
But then I have to establish a new set of characters and make them likable and believable, this is hard, ya know? Nah, let's just toss in all the old heroes that everyone already loves and cares about, that way I needn't invest anything into this and can fully concentrate on my VISION.
You know, the one where I butcher those characters into MY fanboy imagination of how they should have been in the first place. I always thought Han was way too rough and should show his sensitive side, and Darth Vader shouldn't die and instead turn back to the light side and become Anakin again, and we should definitely show more Ewoks to make it more family friendly.
I get it, you want to promote a vegan lifestyle. Allright: Meat is evil, evil, evil. So, with this out of the way, can we get back on topic?
But like I said somewhere else, science is not a democratic process and doesn't really give a fuck whether you like it or not. Human IS the apex predator. Actually, we prey on other predators and even use other predators to do our dirty work. We kill about 14 times more adult animals than the other predators together. No, sadly I didn't find a more approachable source, but given that the study is like 2 years old by now, it should be possible to find some if you are really interested.
I'd like to look it up on the map, but I think it's frozen to the table and I can't find the pickaxe to get rid of the ice on top.
IIRC the epicenter of that loonie quake is Germany, Austria and Switzerland.