Already did this. Not talking, but making a sort of "Mmmmmm" sound. I could tell it made the TSA agent just as uncomfortable, but unlike the passengers nobody forced him into the situation.
174 comments and nobody's mentioned this, but what happened to the presumption of innocence?
Presumption of innocence? Taking him alive was their first preference.
I mean, a guy arrested at the scene of a mass shooting, covered in blood and holding an assault rifle, screaming about how the aliens in his head told him to murder all of mankind... still gets a trial. Timothy McVeigh (the second biggest terrorist to attack US soil) got a trial. People who systematically abduct and rape hundreds of little girls and hide their bodies in barrels get a trial.
They don't get a trial if they resist arrest and shoot at law enforcement with a rifle.
Action movies lie to you. Dead guys give zero intel and create martyrs. Killing him was, by a huge long away, out and out the worst way to handle it. Bring him in alive. See what he knows. Then put him in prison for the rest of his days.
I wonder what percent of that 41% are qualified to handle information security jobs. It's a whole different ballgame that tracking down porn. InfoSec jobs are in high demand and the government can't fill them fast enough. Why do you think im getting a full ride + $18,000/yr to get a masters for only a 1:1 education:work obligation.
They're desperate, and I doubt very much of those 41% could fill security roles.
Lets be honest, there's no accountability on the part of mobile app developers. Before you download an Android app it asks for permission to use certain features, but the developers aren't required to say how they'll use those features, or what they'll do with it. The markets that distribute these apps should be obligated to compel developers into disclosing what their apps do with your information.
Or better yet, why doesn't Facebook buy it and keep the layout so it still retains the old customers who refuse to switch. Though I'd be curious to know how long it would take to earn a decent ROI.
They're valuable as long as they remain popular and advertisers pay for access to their users. Where don't you see the value in that? It's just a very volatile and competitive market. Myspace didn't lose value because of a bubble, it lost value because it lost users. It's true that there is a lot of hype in valuing Internet companies. I don't believe Facebook is really for $50bn, but that doesn't mean it has no value. In all markets there will be people who overvalue goods.
According to the SCOTUS opinion, and if their cited version of AT&T's arbitration agreement is valid (which we can assume it is), either party may bring litigation to small-claims court in lieu of arbitration:
In the event the parties proceed to arbitration, the agreement specifies... that either party may bring a claim in small claims court in lieu of arbitration; The agreement, moreover, denies AT&T any ability to seek reimbursement of its attorney’s fees, and, in the event that a customer receives an arbitration award greater than AT&T’s last written settlement offer, requires AT&T to pay a $7,500 minimum recovery and twice the amount of the claimant’s attorney’s fees.3
The Concepcions refused to agree to arbitration and instead chose a class-action suit. AT&T argued that it wasn't fair, but California's Southern District court ruled against AT&T. It did however..
described AT&T’s arbitration agreement favorably, noting, for example, that the informal disputeresolution process was “quick, easy to use” and likely to
“promp[t] full or . . . even excess payment to the customer without the need to arbitrate or litigate”; that the $7,500 premium functioned as “a substantial inducement for the consumer to pursue the claim in arbitration” if a dispute was not resolved informally; and that consumers who were members of a class would likely be worse off.
Why the orignial plaintiffs didn't choose the arbitration given that agreement is beyond me. However I do not know the full terms of the agreement. Just something to consider.
Where does that say - "ask a software/hardware vendor why their free service isn't up and running"?
It doesn't... and Blumenthal isn't asking that... because he doesn't give a flying fuck about the functionality of the PSN. He cares about the "(4) Privacy standards for the collection, retention, use and dissemination of personally identifiable commercial information" which is clearly stated in his letter.
"I am concerned that PlayStation Network users’ personal and financial information may have been inappropriately accessed by a third party," Blumenthal wrote to Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Compounding this concern is the troubling lack of notification from Sony about the nature of the data breach."
I can see Sony's response already "These data breaches were caused by unauthorized tampering of proprietary hardware by criminal hackers in violation of federal DMCA laws and has caused considerable and irreparable damage and losses to our networks as well as preventing our users from fully enjoying their console experience in a lawful manner."
Indeed. It's too bad that these types of groups don't have the same type of "patronage" that art studios get. If I was a tech mogul I think I'd fund these sort of groups rather than, or in addition to, artists.
One important detail the article failed to mention is that they also offer classes. Some are free, other are paid (to pay the rent). So I'd consider it a step above one person in their garage. They're at least reaching out to the community.
Nothing wrong with bragging rights. Have you forgotten the message behind Armstrong's "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"? You have to start somewhere!
Assuming you MUST use an iOS device and MUST use iTunes as is Apple's norm. How is this going to beat more open platforms like Amazon or (I assume) Google. Especially as Android overtakes iOS in terms of users.
Let's face it, the gaming public don't seem to have lost their endless facination with shooting people in games. Sometimes publishers can be faulted for having little imagination by producing sequels, but this is one genre where it is the gaming public who are to blame.
Protesting with your money can only go so far in the game industry where your choices are limited. Gamers generally will choose the better games, but so far their options are limited in the FPS genre, especially multiplayer. Don't forget, Call of Duty isn't popular anymore for its singleplayer story. Hell, I know people who don't even bother to play it. The multiplayer mode is what attracts so many people. As long as they keep introducing new features into each installment people will buy it. It's especially true when your friends also buy the games. You don't want to be playing a different game than your friends, and this is what drives sales.
I have to agree that I can't blame Activision. Not because I don't agree with them, but because I haven't expected anything else. Their MO seems to be buying out smaller successful franchises and milking them, i.e. Guitar Hero and COD. So until the next Infinity Ward releases a sleeper hit, people are stuck with what suits their needs: COD.
Apple has a service that allows you to find a lost or stolen iPhone. Presumably, the phone logs its position so it can upload it when asked. Nothing scary here, though the fact this data is available means people will try and extract it. My guess is that the next iOS release will wipe this data every seven days or so.
Really? Nothing scary? Perhaps... but it's certainly immoral, if not illegal. There's no reason why the "lost iDevice" service needs to store past data on your computer. Presumably it doesn't need to store any data, just upload its current position.
Shit like this just screams "regulation." I don't care if it's hidden somewhere in an obfuscated EULA.
make the manufacturers explicitly tell the users:
what it collects
how often
what granularity
and most importantly, WHY it collects it
Violations should result in jailtime and fines for the people who decided to implement it without informing users.
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Already did this. Not talking, but making a sort of "Mmmmmm" sound. I could tell it made the TSA agent just as uncomfortable, but unlike the passengers nobody forced him into the situation.
174 comments and nobody's mentioned this, but what happened to the presumption of innocence?
Presumption of innocence? Taking him alive was their first preference.
I mean, a guy arrested at the scene of a mass shooting, covered in blood and holding an assault rifle, screaming about how the aliens in his head told him to murder all of mankind... still gets a trial. Timothy McVeigh (the second biggest terrorist to attack US soil) got a trial. People who systematically abduct and rape hundreds of little girls and hide their bodies in barrels get a trial.
They don't get a trial if they resist arrest and shoot at law enforcement with a rifle.
Action movies lie to you. Dead guys give zero intel and create martyrs. Killing him was, by a huge long away, out and out the worst way to handle it. Bring him in alive. See what he knows. Then put him in prison for the rest of his days.
This was a poor choice.
Yeah. Why didn't they just use tasers.
Call me when it's on the market.
I wonder what percent of that 41% are qualified to handle information security jobs. It's a whole different ballgame that tracking down porn. InfoSec jobs are in high demand and the government can't fill them fast enough. Why do you think im getting a full ride + $18,000 /yr to get a masters for only a 1:1 education:work obligation.
They're desperate, and I doubt very much of those 41% could fill security roles.
Lets be honest, there's no accountability on the part of mobile app developers. Before you download an Android app it asks for permission to use certain features, but the developers aren't required to say how they'll use those features, or what they'll do with it. The markets that distribute these apps should be obligated to compel developers into disclosing what their apps do with your information.
Or better yet, why doesn't Facebook buy it and keep the layout so it still retains the old customers who refuse to switch. Though I'd be curious to know how long it would take to earn a decent ROI.
They're valuable as long as they remain popular and advertisers pay for access to their users. Where don't you see the value in that? It's just a very volatile and competitive market. Myspace didn't lose value because of a bubble, it lost value because it lost users. It's true that there is a lot of hype in valuing Internet companies. I don't believe Facebook is really for $50bn, but that doesn't mean it has no value. In all markets there will be people who overvalue goods.
According to the SCOTUS opinion, and if their cited version of AT&T's arbitration agreement is valid (which we can assume it is), either party may bring litigation to small-claims court in lieu of arbitration:
In the event the parties proceed to arbitration, the agreement specifies... that either party may bring a claim in small claims court in lieu of arbitration; The agreement, moreover, denies AT&T any ability to seek reimbursement of its attorney’s fees, and, in the event that a customer receives an arbitration award greater than AT&T’s last written settlement offer, requires AT&T to pay a $7,500 minimum recovery and twice the amount of the claimant’s attorney’s fees.3
The Concepcions refused to agree to arbitration and instead chose a class-action suit. AT&T argued that it wasn't fair, but California's Southern District court ruled against AT&T. It did however..
described AT&T’s arbitration agreement favorably, noting, for example, that the informal disputeresolution process was “quick, easy to use” and likely to “promp[t] full or . . . even excess payment to the customer without the need to arbitrate or litigate”; that the $7,500 premium functioned as “a substantial inducement for the consumer to pursue the claim in arbitration” if a dispute was not resolved informally; and that consumers who were members of a class would likely be worse off.
Why the orignial plaintiffs didn't choose the arbitration given that agreement is beyond me. However I do not know the full terms of the agreement. Just something to consider.
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Another example is China's National University of Defense Technology. They had a bunch of Web servers that weren't using SSL or HTTPS
This is basic stuff...good lord are they bad.
I'd estimate that 40% of logins are user name and either all numerical or all lowercase passwords. There are no hash or space characters.
I'm just going to stop here.
Where does that say - "ask a software/hardware vendor why their free service isn't up and running"?
It doesn't... and Blumenthal isn't asking that... because he doesn't give a flying fuck about the functionality of the PSN. He cares about the "(4) Privacy standards for the collection, retention, use and dissemination of personally identifiable commercial information" which is clearly stated in his letter.
"I am concerned that PlayStation Network users’ personal and financial information may have been inappropriately accessed by a third party," Blumenthal wrote to Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Compounding this concern is the troubling lack of notification from Sony about the nature of the data breach."
Please RTFA next time.
aren't there other goddamned things they should be working on?
As a member of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, this is exactly what Richard Blumenthal should, and is doing.
I can see Sony's response already "These data breaches were caused by unauthorized tampering of proprietary hardware by criminal hackers in violation of federal DMCA laws and has caused considerable and irreparable damage and losses to our networks as well as preventing our users from fully enjoying their console experience in a lawful manner."
Indeed. It's too bad that these types of groups don't have the same type of "patronage" that art studios get. If I was a tech mogul I think I'd fund these sort of groups rather than, or in addition to, artists.
One important detail the article failed to mention is that they also offer classes. Some are free, other are paid (to pay the rent). So I'd consider it a step above one person in their garage. They're at least reaching out to the community.
And here is the report itself.
You mean Iran? Did you even read TFA?
And not even a link to the original report? It's really not hard to find.
Nothing wrong with bragging rights. Have you forgotten the message behind Armstrong's "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"? You have to start somewhere!
I'm slightly interested to see what Apple does, but it's likely they'll integrate only with iOS devices and iTunes.
I don't know what they'll do, but you can be sure they'll use the term "revolutionary new service."
Assuming you MUST use an iOS device and MUST use iTunes as is Apple's norm. How is this going to beat more open platforms like Amazon or (I assume) Google. Especially as Android overtakes iOS in terms of users.
Let's face it, the gaming public don't seem to have lost their endless facination with shooting people in games. Sometimes publishers can be faulted for having little imagination by producing sequels, but this is one genre where it is the gaming public who are to blame.
Protesting with your money can only go so far in the game industry where your choices are limited. Gamers generally will choose the better games, but so far their options are limited in the FPS genre, especially multiplayer. Don't forget, Call of Duty isn't popular anymore for its singleplayer story. Hell, I know people who don't even bother to play it. The multiplayer mode is what attracts so many people. As long as they keep introducing new features into each installment people will buy it. It's especially true when your friends also buy the games. You don't want to be playing a different game than your friends, and this is what drives sales.
I have to agree that I can't blame Activision. Not because I don't agree with them, but because I haven't expected anything else. Their MO seems to be buying out smaller successful franchises and milking them, i.e. Guitar Hero and COD. So until the next Infinity Ward releases a sleeper hit, people are stuck with what suits their needs: COD.
Exactly. He didnt even RTFA that he posted.
TFA mentions that many points can be off by miles due to signal triangulation being used in place of GPS
Exactly. And what incentive do ISPs have to adopt IPv6? It's not going to provide any revenue.
Apple has a service that allows you to find a lost or stolen iPhone. Presumably, the phone logs its position so it can upload it when asked. Nothing scary here, though the fact this data is available means people will try and extract it. My guess is that the next iOS release will wipe this data every seven days or so.
Really? Nothing scary? Perhaps... but it's certainly immoral, if not illegal. There's no reason why the "lost iDevice" service needs to store past data on your computer. Presumably it doesn't need to store any data, just upload its current position.
Shit like this just screams "regulation." I don't care if it's hidden somewhere in an obfuscated EULA.
make the manufacturers explicitly tell the users:
Violations should result in jailtime and fines for the people who decided to implement it without informing users.