I don't have a driver's license and I take mass transit everywhere I go.
I have for years and I rarely miss having a car.
I guess I just view the bus as a public place. People can record whatever they want in a public place.
If I were to set up a video camera in the public square and record video and audio there is nothing anyone can do about it. Your expectation for privacy is greatly reduced in public spaces.
If there is a sign stating that everything is being recorded and you are up to no good or are discussing secret things, probably best to avoid the public space that has this signage posted.
Yeah, the funny thing is, there are plenty of people who do exactly this.
I take public transportation exclusively and there are plenty of times people are playing their music or movies way too loudly. Perhaps this is the reason!
If the government clearly stated what was monitored and let everyone know that, then I don't see an issue with it as you could avoid using those things.
I am just as against secret mass surveillance as the next guy but I don't believe that to be the case here.
I am curious, would you be against video surveillance on these busses?
I think the reason that most people don't take public transport (at least around here) is the convenience factor.
I don't think most people would have a problem with ride sharing if the convenience factor is similar.
So, you just need to make your algorithm keep most of the vehicles that took people home the previous evening in the general vicinity, perhaps even in your driveway until it is needed elsewhere. No need to go back to some central hub. That is an outdated model.
In a world without labor cost, the only cost will be from the energy used to create the thing.
If robots do 100% of everything from cutting down the trees to making the carpet, you can have a house for the cost of the energy alone.
If power is all drawn from renewable sources, the cost could theoretically be zero or close to it.
Then, if we are able to have the robots mine asteroids, we would then be in a post-scarcity economy where everything is free and nobody has to work. Do what you want all the time... and Americans will still complain about how hard life is...
I guess that all I am saying here is that the system may not work as Microsoft states it does.
I have not yet seen an update automatically install despite me ignoring it for several months. I will continue to ignore it and see if, one of these days, it installs automatically. That is when I will know for sure... The thing is, Microsoft is 1) not very good at keeping documentation up-to-date and 2) doesn't always document things well.
There have been more than one occasion where the documentation is simply wrong. That is why I like to test these things for myself.
Except that you never really had the "don't install this update" on Windows 7 either. Sure, you can just choose to not install the update on 7... and it won't ever try to install it. Except, you will also never get rid of the update either unless you "hide" the update.
Windows 10 is no different except that there is apparently no way to "hide" the update.
But, just like with 7, you can endlessly defer the installation of an update simply by ignoring it.
I have had an update on Windows 10 for quite a while now which I have not installed. It will bug me from time-to-time that I have an update, but I ignore it and it has never told me that it is going to just install it. This has never been the behavior with Windows before and I don't think this behavior has changed.
I normally shut down my system when I am not using it, so it could just be that the machine has never been idle long enough for it to decide to go ahead with the install... I doubt this is the case though.
I have had a Windows 10 update sitting, waiting for install and have had it there for a couple of months now. I always shut down my computer when I am not using it and the update has never attempted to install (I don't use the "Update and shut down" option).
As a matter of fact, I have never, ever, ever had Windows update forcibly install without my permission.
Microsoft is certainly obfuscating the delay/decline options, but I have a feeling that nothing has really changed. You may not have a straight-up "don't do this" button, but there are other tactics that you can use if you don't want a particular update. Ignoring the update appears to be such a tactic.
If that were the case then I don't think the FBI would have such a problem unlocking the phone.
I know, there are political reasons for why the FBI could be pushing this angle so hard even, if they do have the ability to unlock it. But the fact that they would push at all implies that it is not a trivial process and, perhaps, a non-zero chance of failing and wiping the device by accident.
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I am in the same boat. If I don't take the bus, my choices are to walk or ride my bicycle.
By the way, this is why I don't ever talk on my phone while on the bus, I feel uncomfortable having my conversations overheard.
I don't have a driver's license and I take mass transit everywhere I go.
I have for years and I rarely miss having a car.
I guess I just view the bus as a public place. People can record whatever they want in a public place.
If I were to set up a video camera in the public square and record video and audio there is nothing anyone can do about it. Your expectation for privacy is greatly reduced in public spaces.
If there is a sign stating that everything is being recorded and you are up to no good or are discussing secret things, probably best to avoid the public space that has this signage posted.
Yeah, the funny thing is, there are plenty of people who do exactly this.
I take public transportation exclusively and there are plenty of times people are playing their music or movies way too loudly. Perhaps this is the reason!
You have turned my comment upside down.
If the government clearly stated what was monitored and let everyone know that, then I don't see an issue with it as you could avoid using those things.
I am just as against secret mass surveillance as the next guy but I don't believe that to be the case here.
I am curious, would you be against video surveillance on these busses?
Actually no, I don't own a vehicle and don't even have a driver's license.
I take public transportation everywhere I go.
I see the video surveillance signs posted in the busses (though I don't think I have seen them posted in the trains).
I am in Minneapolis, MN
They almost certainly have video surveillance in those busses and trains too, yet no mention of that being "mass surveillance".
In addition, if both conditions are clearly posted in the vehicle, then the rider can choose not to board that vehicle.
I guess I just don't see a problem here unless the surveillance is being done without the rider's knowledge.
I think the reason that most people don't take public transport (at least around here) is the convenience factor.
I don't think most people would have a problem with ride sharing if the convenience factor is similar.
So, you just need to make your algorithm keep most of the vehicles that took people home the previous evening in the general vicinity, perhaps even in your driveway until it is needed elsewhere. No need to go back to some central hub. That is an outdated model.
Anyone else think of that underwater orgy thing from Diamond Age when you read this summary?
Someone with a vested interest in generating clicks had an idea!
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Well, I feel that humanity will get there. And since nobody can prove it one way or the other, I say it will happen :)
In a world without labor cost, the only cost will be from the energy used to create the thing.
If robots do 100% of everything from cutting down the trees to making the carpet, you can have a house for the cost of the energy alone.
If power is all drawn from renewable sources, the cost could theoretically be zero or close to it.
Then, if we are able to have the robots mine asteroids, we would then be in a post-scarcity economy where everything is free and nobody has to work. Do what you want all the time... and Americans will still complain about how hard life is...
Wait, why is this a dumb idea?
How can you correlate the presence of a museum with a lack of effort toward content standardization for e-books?
That's like saying airplane museums shouldn't exist because we haven't standardized on a single flying machine design.
I guess that all I am saying here is that the system may not work as Microsoft states it does.
I have not yet seen an update automatically install despite me ignoring it for several months. I will continue to ignore it and see if, one of these days, it installs automatically. That is when I will know for sure... The thing is, Microsoft is 1) not very good at keeping documentation up-to-date and 2) doesn't always document things well.
There have been more than one occasion where the documentation is simply wrong. That is why I like to test these things for myself.
Right, you can only defer them.
Except that you never really had the "don't install this update" on Windows 7 either. Sure, you can just choose to not install the update on 7... and it won't ever try to install it. Except, you will also never get rid of the update either unless you "hide" the update.
Windows 10 is no different except that there is apparently no way to "hide" the update.
But, just like with 7, you can endlessly defer the installation of an update simply by ignoring it.
I have had an update on Windows 10 for quite a while now which I have not installed. It will bug me from time-to-time that I have an update, but I ignore it and it has never told me that it is going to just install it. This has never been the behavior with Windows before and I don't think this behavior has changed.
I normally shut down my system when I am not using it, so it could just be that the machine has never been idle long enough for it to decide to go ahead with the install... I doubt this is the case though.
I have had a Windows 10 update sitting, waiting for install and have had it there for a couple of months now. I always shut down my computer when I am not using it and the update has never attempted to install (I don't use the "Update and shut down" option).
As a matter of fact, I have never, ever, ever had Windows update forcibly install without my permission.
Microsoft is certainly obfuscating the delay/decline options, but I have a feeling that nothing has really changed. You may not have a straight-up "don't do this" button, but there are other tactics that you can use if you don't want a particular update. Ignoring the update appears to be such a tactic.
I was thinking about this.
A picture of yourself is hardly private information and so there must be something more to this than a simple image verification.
I am thinking infrared or motion are going to be integral elements to this.
The sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial
Damn government telling me what to enjoy or not enjoy now? Damn OBAMA!
Don't like it? Don't move to SF. It's not viable if you're poor.
And yet people need to work in the service industry in SF.... but they shouldn't live there?
Or just pad it with zero's like everything else does, apparently.
Better to go with the flow in this case instead of trying to be clever.
yep, for sure.
Once the public eye has been jerked away by the next shiny thing, Apple will unlock the phone quietly and the feds will mysteriously drop the case.
If that were the case then I don't think the FBI would have such a problem unlocking the phone.
I know, there are political reasons for why the FBI could be pushing this angle so hard even, if they do have the ability to unlock it. But the fact that they would push at all implies that it is not a trivial process and, perhaps, a non-zero chance of failing and wiping the device by accident.
The IOC apparently uses the same method that Chicago governors use to pick appointees for vacated Senate seats.
Oh yeah, totally forgot about STEM! *doh*
A story about 3d printers and bonus points for a drone mention.
Minus points for not mentioning IoT, Windows 10 or back doors...
Here is the perfect headline for you:
"3d printed IoT drones running Windows 10 have secret back doors"
This sort of seems like common sense to me... not really sure that this is newsworthy...
The thing is, a lot of RTP streams are unencrypted anyway and can easily be slurped up by any packet sniffer.... right?
So, equally newsworthy would be a headline that states that open wifi hotspot maintainers can listen in on your phone calls...