So, I get it you're for legalizing the actions of those that hacked the IoT devices to brick them? Or what is your point? Because that's essentially what this proposal from this Congressman means. Anyone who feels "hacked" (whatever that may mean, anyway) gets the license to kill whatever he deems "hacked" him.
I always wanted to have the right to kick off the internet who bothers me. Go ahead. Make my day.
But that's HARD. We'd actually have to work. It's way easier to spy on the idiots using insecure crap, that report even writes itself with the macros we have.
Hack company A with a notoriously bad security rep (i.e. with poor to nonexistent logging) Use company A to hack company B. Make sure you leave enough material to tell them who did it. Enjoy the show.
It is illegal for me to pretend I am a lawyer and act as if I knew something about legal processes. For some odd reason it's still legal for you to pretend to know something about computers or that newfangled thing called "the internets" or something like this, despite your absolute blatant display of total ignorance.
On behalf of the people who know a thing or two about it: Please, do the world, and your reputation, a favor and shut the fuck up. Please don't talk about things you have about as much knowledge of as the average other pig has about nuclear physics.
And, even more important, don't make laws about things without knowing jack shit about them. You have the option to have advisers. Get one that has a clue.
Then you need a better computer setup. Get another monitor and an online whiteboard software, if you really need to get a tablet to draw on. The informal chatter can be done with headset and cam on. The big advantage is that you can simply turn off the coworkers when you're at home and need some quiet time, no need to put on the noise canceling headphones and pipe in music (which is again distracting).
Not to mention that Laser thing Einstein dreamed up. I mean, ok, it's fancy, but in the end, what is it good for? Before there's any sensible home application, you'll see at least 60 years go by.
We're in the end still talking about watching people play video games. Unless they are WAY more interesting than the average "Let's play" on YouTube, I fail to see the appeal.
I'm pretty sure when you ask millennials you'll find that they don't give a shit about Trump. I'm fairly certain, the answer you get is that "I don't care whether he or that other guy won".
No, but let's put it that way: In malware analysis, you need people who have a lot of experience disassembling and analyzing foreign code that is often heavily obfuscated and loaded with anti-debugging traps.
Question for 100: What kind of person am I talking about?
To be honest, that was actually what got me into breaking copy protection. If it wasn't so damn annoying, I probably wouldn't have bothered to learn assembler in my teen years and wouldn't be where I am today.
Yeah, DRM shaped my career... So who am I to complain about it?
I remember a certain audio editing program that used to be a standard that actually came with its own virtual machine that ran some of its code which was a bastardized version of x86 assembler code, which was reverse engineered and "cleaned up" by crackers. The net result was that that cracked code, that would now run on the x86 CPU rather than the (poorly written) virtual machine was actually faster and more stable than the DRMified code.
I also remember quite a few legitimate users who cracked their legitimately bought software because it improved performance and stability...
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So, I get it you're for legalizing the actions of those that hacked the IoT devices to brick them? Or what is your point? Because that's essentially what this proposal from this Congressman means. Anyone who feels "hacked" (whatever that may mean, anyway) gets the license to kill whatever he deems "hacked" him.
I always wanted to have the right to kick off the internet who bothers me. Go ahead. Make my day.
But that's HARD. We'd actually have to work. It's way easier to spy on the idiots using insecure crap, that report even writes itself with the macros we have.
How about we purge congress and senate on an annual base? Everyone who proposed an unenforceable or otherwise completely idiotic law gets pruned.
How long do you think we have 'til there are no candidates left to fill the ranks?
tl;dr version:
Hack company A with a notoriously bad security rep (i.e. with poor to nonexistent logging)
Use company A to hack company B. Make sure you leave enough material to tell them who did it.
Enjoy the show.
They did a port scan. Fire up the LOIC!
What makes you think that certain companies don't already have that? This would just legalize using it domestic.
"Idiot politician runs his mouth about internet" would be the fitting headline.
Then again, you could recycle that headline at least on a weekly base.
It is illegal for me to pretend I am a lawyer and act as if I knew something about legal processes. For some odd reason it's still legal for you to pretend to know something about computers or that newfangled thing called "the internets" or something like this, despite your absolute blatant display of total ignorance.
On behalf of the people who know a thing or two about it: Please, do the world, and your reputation, a favor and shut the fuck up. Please don't talk about things you have about as much knowledge of as the average other pig has about nuclear physics.
And, even more important, don't make laws about things without knowing jack shit about them. You have the option to have advisers. Get one that has a clue.
Then you need a better computer setup. Get another monitor and an online whiteboard software, if you really need to get a tablet to draw on. The informal chatter can be done with headset and cam on. The big advantage is that you can simply turn off the coworkers when you're at home and need some quiet time, no need to put on the noise canceling headphones and pipe in music (which is again distracting).
Yeah, but it's not like this is about anything important, just come to the office, stand at the water cooler and discuss it.
This.
It's almost like I go to the office when I know I have no deadlines hanging over my head to hang out with the other guys...
Not to mention that Laser thing Einstein dreamed up. I mean, ok, it's fancy, but in the end, what is it good for? Before there's any sensible home application, you'll see at least 60 years go by.
We're in the end still talking about watching people play video games. Unless they are WAY more interesting than the average "Let's play" on YouTube, I fail to see the appeal.
I'm pretty sure when you ask millennials you'll find that they don't give a shit about Trump. I'm fairly certain, the answer you get is that "I don't care whether he or that other guy won".
Depends mostly on their parents' income and how much of it they let them squander.
Swearing? Bugs are my crowbar into the code I need to break. Do you swear at your tools?
And considering how you travel by plane these days, you're already used to travel like freight anyway.
You also never had any room for other luggage, I get it?
Me? On his nice list of course!
What do you expect from a guy that bootlegs patented and copyrighted stuff in his secret north pole workshop?
At least someone benefits from the terrorist attacks.
I really envy you for your memory.
I never bothered to learn the names of my victims, it humanizes them and makes the work complicated.
No, but let's put it that way: In malware analysis, you need people who have a lot of experience disassembling and analyzing foreign code that is often heavily obfuscated and loaded with anti-debugging traps.
Question for 100: What kind of person am I talking about?
To be honest, that was actually what got me into breaking copy protection. If it wasn't so damn annoying, I probably wouldn't have bothered to learn assembler in my teen years and wouldn't be where I am today.
Yeah, DRM shaped my career... So who am I to complain about it?
Amazing memory, I honestly didn't remember.
So many copy protection schemes, so many hours wasted getting around them... ;)
I remember a certain audio editing program that used to be a standard that actually came with its own virtual machine that ran some of its code which was a bastardized version of x86 assembler code, which was reverse engineered and "cleaned up" by crackers. The net result was that that cracked code, that would now run on the x86 CPU rather than the (poorly written) virtual machine was actually faster and more stable than the DRMified code.
I also remember quite a few legitimate users who cracked their legitimately bought software because it improved performance and stability...