Well, that will teach me always to RTFA before i write a comment... I thought VoIP and text messaging apps were illegal in the Netherlands (damn ambiguity). Anyway, in Sweden using your data connection for VoIP is against the EULA in all carriers I know of so I figured it could very well be illegal in the Netherlands.
...but in this case KPN is actually fully authorized to do that (unless DPI is illegal in the Netherlands). After all, the customers who are hit with the extra costs are actually doing something illegal, and they could just as well be brought to court or otherwise penalized in some much worse way. Granted, it's a bad law for us consumers, but it's still a law - just as there are laws against piracy and RIAA/MPAA act upon those laws. KPN acts in a much more sensible way, and while I wish we could just get away with our smart solutions I think their way of doing it is a huge step up from what the others do.
That code is sent to your phone though, which is something you have (and there's presumably a short time window to use that code) => two-factor authentication.
Granted, the extra overhead will probably not matter much to him, and he definitely has something to hide (and knows the guys he hides it from has a lot of resources). I'd probably put on my tinfoil hat if I knew a country was spending millions and millions of dollars every month looking for me, and then 4096 bits RSA would probably not seem as overkill as it seems now. So I guess he could very well use that level of encryption, in which case (if he hasn't messed up) the NSA won't be able to crack it.
Even if you somehow synchronized all the hardware in the world with no overhead you wouldn't be able to crack 4096 bits RSA within reasonable time. Unless the NSA has some algorithms they haven't told the world about (frankly it wouldn't be all too surprising) it's not going to happen. However, I doubt Bin Laden used such crazy encryption.
Risking some serious flamebait-modding here, but evil is a subjective term and the members of Al Queda probably don't consider themselves evil. Even the most noble organization imaginable can be considered evil by someone, and very few consider themselves actually evil. Considering how much the members of Al Queda obviously believe in what they do, they are likely fighting "team evil" themselves.
In unrelated news, this method of thinking shines new light on Google's slogan.
Risking some serious flamebait-modding here, I just want to remind you and others that Al-Qaeda is (most likely) NOT team evil in their own eyes. Evil is a subjective term; even the most kind organization imaginable is team evil in somebodies eyes. And since their members obviously really believe in what they're doing, their targets are probably their team evil.
Of course you could. You could also manually delete the logs that mention your abuse and/or spoof your MAC address. It's way better than nothing though. Letting others borrow your connection is a kind of charity, and those always rely on others to do the right thing.
Also, from what I've heard most highly illegal files (as in worse than warez) are traded on the sneakernet anyway. What's more convenient (and safe) - roaming around in the city looking for an open wifi, spoof your MAC and stay right there waiting for the transfers to complete or just send the files highly encrypted on a 16GB USB stick via snail mail?
IANAL, but if you allowed people in on a guest network and made sure to log EVERYTHING that happened there, maybe those logs would be enough to prove you're innocent?
Maybe I should have clarified that - no I don't believe humans will exist by then in a similar way as we do now, but it is possible that there will still be some direct descendants of us alive. And no, I see no problems with life extension (Okay, I see a lot of problems but I'm not against it).
Granted, but considering the staggering amount of time before that happens we will likely have mastered a whole lot of technology that can easily be transfered to space technology even if we don't invest in space tech per se. Enough to colonize other planets anyway.
Maybe because we can't live on Earth? Once we've depleted the resources on Earth or destroyed it in another manner we need to be able to spread to different planets and give them the same fate (no, I don't think we will have learned our lesson by then).
This is correct and applies to me as well, but I know for a fact that users can generally handle the jump from local to Citrix apps (or an even smaller jump for cross-platform) pretty well since the program itself remains the same, it's just the way you launch it that's different. The same thing would apply for Linux - the program stays the same but the icon system might look a little bit different. If you change the program, however... ouch. And indeed, one of the biggest problems with a switch to Linux would be the techies/semi-techies who are used to tweaking their systems.
I'll describe the average non-technical users' workflow for you:
1. Turn on computer
2. Start Internet (they don't call it Internet Explorer, just Internet)
3. Start Outlook (I admit, this might be a problem)
4. Start whatever program they're working in
5. Work
That's about it. If the program they're working in is compatible with Linux the only thing they will need to learn is a new email program. If they work in a Citrix/similar environment it should all just magically work, including Outlook. The only interaction they do with the OS is to click the icons on the desktop when they start the programs anyway. Given that this is an insurance company there should be mostly non-technical users there, so it could in theory work fine. In all honesty I don't think it will, there will either be some PHB who can't adapt or lobbying that causes them to go back to Windows.
You do realize 4chan's Alexa Traffic Rank is 632, right? Compare this to Slashdot, which is ranked 1296. 4chan isn't exactly the well-kept secret some people want to think of it as.
I dislike the recent development of Spotify Free as much as the next guy, but as I've understood it Spotify actually pays every time you play a song, so it's not a one-off cost at all. If you're talking about Spotify taking more money for phone access (premium), then that's not a one-off cost either since their phone app doesn't use P2P to alleviate pressure on their servers, meaning more server upkeep for them (not to mention the doubled bitrate premium gives), but the added customer cost is definitely much more than their added cost.
In this case, however, it seems like a pretty clear case of a one-off cost.
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Well, that will teach me always to RTFA before i write a comment... I thought VoIP and text messaging apps were illegal in the Netherlands (damn ambiguity). Anyway, in Sweden using your data connection for VoIP is against the EULA in all carriers I know of so I figured it could very well be illegal in the Netherlands.
...but in this case KPN is actually fully authorized to do that (unless DPI is illegal in the Netherlands). After all, the customers who are hit with the extra costs are actually doing something illegal, and they could just as well be brought to court or otherwise penalized in some much worse way. Granted, it's a bad law for us consumers, but it's still a law - just as there are laws against piracy and RIAA/MPAA act upon those laws. KPN acts in a much more sensible way, and while I wish we could just get away with our smart solutions I think their way of doing it is a huge step up from what the others do.
That code is sent to your phone though, which is something you have (and there's presumably a short time window to use that code) => two-factor authentication.
It's most certainly authorized by the government and FB.
More like putting a steel door next to the regular one most people will still use.
Granted, the extra overhead will probably not matter much to him, and he definitely has something to hide (and knows the guys he hides it from has a lot of resources). I'd probably put on my tinfoil hat if I knew a country was spending millions and millions of dollars every month looking for me, and then 4096 bits RSA would probably not seem as overkill as it seems now. So I guess he could very well use that level of encryption, in which case (if he hasn't messed up) the NSA won't be able to crack it.
Even if you somehow synchronized all the hardware in the world with no overhead you wouldn't be able to crack 4096 bits RSA within reasonable time. Unless the NSA has some algorithms they haven't told the world about (frankly it wouldn't be all too surprising) it's not going to happen. However, I doubt Bin Laden used such crazy encryption.
Risking some serious flamebait-modding here, but evil is a subjective term and the members of Al Queda probably don't consider themselves evil. Even the most noble organization imaginable can be considered evil by someone, and very few consider themselves actually evil. Considering how much the members of Al Queda obviously believe in what they do, they are likely fighting "team evil" themselves.
In unrelated news, this method of thinking shines new light on Google's slogan.
Risking some serious flamebait-modding here, I just want to remind you and others that Al-Qaeda is (most likely) NOT team evil in their own eyes. Evil is a subjective term; even the most kind organization imaginable is team evil in somebodies eyes. And since their members obviously really believe in what they're doing, their targets are probably their team evil.
Of course you could. You could also manually delete the logs that mention your abuse and/or spoof your MAC address. It's way better than nothing though. Letting others borrow your connection is a kind of charity, and those always rely on others to do the right thing.
Also, from what I've heard most highly illegal files (as in worse than warez) are traded on the sneakernet anyway. What's more convenient (and safe) - roaming around in the city looking for an open wifi, spoof your MAC and stay right there waiting for the transfers to complete or just send the files highly encrypted on a 16GB USB stick via snail mail?
This may or may not be a good idea, depending on where you live.
IANAL, but if you allowed people in on a guest network and made sure to log EVERYTHING that happened there, maybe those logs would be enough to prove you're innocent?
Frankly I have kinda been looking forward to this thread and all the clever iPhone trashing that is likely to ensue.
What happened to simple, common sense and critical thinking?
Amen to this. And naturally, I used my last mod point less than an hour ago...
Maybe I should have clarified that - no I don't believe humans will exist by then in a similar way as we do now, but it is possible that there will still be some direct descendants of us alive. And no, I see no problems with life extension (Okay, I see a lot of problems but I'm not against it).
Granted, but considering the staggering amount of time before that happens we will likely have mastered a whole lot of technology that can easily be transfered to space technology even if we don't invest in space tech per se. Enough to colonize other planets anyway.
Maybe because we can't live on Earth? Once we've depleted the resources on Earth or destroyed it in another manner we need to be able to spread to different planets and give them the same fate (no, I don't think we will have learned our lesson by then).
This is correct and applies to me as well, but I know for a fact that users can generally handle the jump from local to Citrix apps (or an even smaller jump for cross-platform) pretty well since the program itself remains the same, it's just the way you launch it that's different. The same thing would apply for Linux - the program stays the same but the icon system might look a little bit different. If you change the program, however... ouch. And indeed, one of the biggest problems with a switch to Linux would be the techies/semi-techies who are used to tweaking their systems.
I'll describe the average non-technical users' workflow for you:
1. Turn on computer
2. Start Internet (they don't call it Internet Explorer, just Internet)
3. Start Outlook (I admit, this might be a problem)
4. Start whatever program they're working in
5. Work
That's about it. If the program they're working in is compatible with Linux the only thing they will need to learn is a new email program. If they work in a Citrix/similar environment it should all just magically work, including Outlook. The only interaction they do with the OS is to click the icons on the desktop when they start the programs anyway. Given that this is an insurance company there should be mostly non-technical users there, so it could in theory work fine. In all honesty I don't think it will, there will either be some PHB who can't adapt or lobbying that causes them to go back to Windows.
...1984 will seem like a utopia to us.
This. Anyone who's ever been at a LAN party knows that a geek doesn't need some fancy pants perfume to smell like a geek.
You do realize 4chan's Alexa Traffic Rank is 632, right? Compare this to Slashdot, which is ranked 1296. 4chan isn't exactly the well-kept secret some people want to think of it as.
They don't use it at all. I can't recall exactly why, but I think it was something about restrictions for phone apps.
I dislike the recent development of Spotify Free as much as the next guy, but as I've understood it Spotify actually pays every time you play a song, so it's not a one-off cost at all. If you're talking about Spotify taking more money for phone access (premium), then that's not a one-off cost either since their phone app doesn't use P2P to alleviate pressure on their servers, meaning more server upkeep for them (not to mention the doubled bitrate premium gives), but the added customer cost is definitely much more than their added cost.
In this case, however, it seems like a pretty clear case of a one-off cost.
Oblig. Dilbert: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-02-12/