Well, the only thing that was disturbing/surprising to me about the NSA work was the free access. Snowden claimed that practically anyone could have access to this data without any court order or need to know. That was the disturbing part, right? People just randomly sifting through records for no particular reason and without proper authorization.
I mean, we all knew about the data center already, and that they weren't making the worlds largest recipe database. It's easy to infer that they've cataloging a shitload of stuff and the only reason it's not bastshit crazy is because there are controls in place. Snowden said there weren't controls, and "look at all this stuff." Now it turns out that those people in a trust position, if they become untrustworthy, could access data. Well, I can go out and shoot someone tomorrow, or take an 18 wheeler for a drive down the interstate, or hop in a plane and fly across the country, or set up a music station on amateur radio bands. Those are all illegal, and there's *nothing* stopping me from doing any of them - except trust.
Look, if you give a man access to maintain a system, he has to have sufficient access to actually maintain it. How pissed would you be, as a sys admin in charge of keeping everything running if you weren't given access to the machines you admined?
So the whole "anybody could get access to this data at any time, even without a court order" is really more like "anyone with the appropriate privileges, which is limited to a select number of analysis, can access these records, which are protected by a court order. Except, of course, the sysadmin who breaks all of the rules, steals the credentials of authorized analysis, and then downloads whatever he wants.
Short of giving one key to a judge in a two key system and tying up an entire justice department staff to baby site every single access, there isn't a way around this particular scenario. It's baked into the whole clearance and trust model.
You've got teams, right? Make it a pictionary type of game with each team broken into halves. One half of the team is given a task to complete (build a tower out of wooden blocks, move a pile of color balls into color-coded piles, sort numbered cards, etc) and must write simple code (perhaps limit their operations to a fixed list) that the other half of the team must execute in programming order to complete. Take turns writing and executing, with points for success.
This could be a cool idea. Give each group 4 routers which are configurable as APs, give them each a specific channel they have to work on, and see who can bounce access the farthest and still maintain 1Mbps link with a cell phone. Make them each go in different directions so they don't really know how far everyone else has made it.
FB does have reasonable knowledge if you are driving. Since most cars are operated with only one person inside (statistically), and FB is location aware, it can tell when you are moving at reasonable velocity along a road. The statistics are in favor of you driving during that time. The ignore the likelihood would clearly be reckless endangerment on the part of Facebook. In fact, they should be liable for damages not just to the person you hit, but to you as well.
Hey - you know some lawyer is going to try this angle at some point.
Oh, now that's embarrassing. I (clearly mistakenly) conflated that with the beginning of Bill Murray's "We're ten and one" speech prior to their graduation. And, yes, I will blame it on the college fraternity booze.
...one of the other 193 nations who are signatories to the Geneva Convention (195 minus US and Syria) to go do something about it. I'm tired of paying for all this shit.
Mofo, huh? Certainly a bit more aggressively named that the local FAPlawfirm - I had to restrain myself from making a comment the first time one of their associates gave me his email address.
I was going to say Mark of the Beast with your personal id and data embedded on your skin, but with the whole "cover prosthetics" line I think I'm going to go with Terminator instead.
So we're back to Dune-like references, where the sensors continually monitor the speed of any incoming object and automatically actuate when an object of sufficient velocity is detected in the proximity of the user?
I use facebook for my hobby-time friends, which for me means a lot of actors and singers - many of whom are marginally or underemployed. Oh well, I've got points to give, I guess.
What are you missing? How about the extra $500 for your TV over a commodity version which you paid to Sony, a corporation with an arguably worse reputation than MS around here. And, of course, the fact that you have to send your content from your windows box. You can still send content from your windows box to chromecast, too, it's just a step that wasn't formerly necessary.
So, they found out that the system they set up didn't work like it should. But instead of covering it up, they took the data to the FISA court, who agreed (vociferously) that they screwed up and they couldn't just forget about it - they had to expunge the data and change how they collected the data in the first place (you know, the stuff they do as part of national defense). And they did.
Holy shit, this is about as close to a non-story as you can get. But hey, go crazy. I'm buying stock in tin foil.
We recently got 1-7+glass+paper+cardboard - 1-7, glass in a single bin with paper, cardboard flat and underneath the bin for pickup. It's pretty amazing how much paper we go through.
The problem is that they expect the other 95% to pony up the money for the same services they feel are worthwhile. It's easy to ask for a recycling fee of $50/mo to cover manual sorting, cleaning, and processing of the stream when you make 6 figures. The backlash comes from the non-green who have then money but don't give a shit and the every-day folks for whom $50/mo requires a significant change to their budget.
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Well, the only thing that was disturbing/surprising to me about the NSA work was the free access. Snowden claimed that practically anyone could have access to this data without any court order or need to know. That was the disturbing part, right? People just randomly sifting through records for no particular reason and without proper authorization.
I mean, we all knew about the data center already, and that they weren't making the worlds largest recipe database. It's easy to infer that they've cataloging a shitload of stuff and the only reason it's not bastshit crazy is because there are controls in place. Snowden said there weren't controls, and "look at all this stuff." Now it turns out that those people in a trust position, if they become untrustworthy, could access data. Well, I can go out and shoot someone tomorrow, or take an 18 wheeler for a drive down the interstate, or hop in a plane and fly across the country, or set up a music station on amateur radio bands. Those are all illegal, and there's *nothing* stopping me from doing any of them - except trust.
Look, if you give a man access to maintain a system, he has to have sufficient access to actually maintain it. How pissed would you be, as a sys admin in charge of keeping everything running if you weren't given access to the machines you admined?
So the whole "anybody could get access to this data at any time, even without a court order" is really more like "anyone with the appropriate privileges, which is limited to a select number of analysis, can access these records, which are protected by a court order. Except, of course, the sysadmin who breaks all of the rules, steals the credentials of authorized analysis, and then downloads whatever he wants.
Short of giving one key to a judge in a two key system and tying up an entire justice department staff to baby site every single access, there isn't a way around this particular scenario. It's baked into the whole clearance and trust model.
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You've got teams, right? Make it a pictionary type of game with each team broken into halves. One half of the team is given a task to complete (build a tower out of wooden blocks, move a pile of color balls into color-coded piles, sort numbered cards, etc) and must write simple code (perhaps limit their operations to a fixed list) that the other half of the team must execute in programming order to complete. Take turns writing and executing, with points for success.
This could be a cool idea. Give each group 4 routers which are configurable as APs, give them each a specific channel they have to work on, and see who can bounce access the farthest and still maintain 1Mbps link with a cell phone. Make them each go in different directions so they don't really know how far everyone else has made it.
Any idiot can make up a scenario were doing X is illegal and another scenario were not doing X is illegal.
The word you're looking for is "lawyer"
FB does have reasonable knowledge if you are driving. Since most cars are operated with only one person inside (statistically), and FB is location aware, it can tell when you are moving at reasonable velocity along a road. The statistics are in favor of you driving during that time. The ignore the likelihood would clearly be reckless endangerment on the part of Facebook. In fact, they should be liable for damages not just to the person you hit, but to you as well.
Hey - you know some lawyer is going to try this angle at some point.
Did you never watch Jurassic Park? Sheesh.
Oh, now that's embarrassing. I (clearly mistakenly) conflated that with the beginning of Bill Murray's "We're ten and one" speech prior to their graduation. And, yes, I will blame it on the college fraternity booze.
That's your difference.
Nah, it just means that when Texas power goes down, the rest of us don't have to give a shit.
...one of the other 193 nations who are signatories to the Geneva Convention (195 minus US and Syria) to go do something about it. I'm tired of paying for all this shit.
Anyone who pulls out a Stripes reference in this day and age is alright in my book. I just wish I had mod points for you.
Mofo, huh? Certainly a bit more aggressively named that the local FAPlawfirm - I had to restrain myself from making a comment the first time one of their associates gave me his email address.
I was going to say Mark of the Beast with your personal id and data embedded on your skin, but with the whole "cover prosthetics" line I think I'm going to go with Terminator instead.
So we're back to Dune-like references, where the sensors continually monitor the speed of any incoming object and automatically actuate when an object of sufficient velocity is detected in the proximity of the user?
Microsoft has always been our ally.
In other news, the chocolate rations will be increased this week, and there's been another winner in the lottery!
I use facebook for my hobby-time friends, which for me means a lot of actors and singers - many of whom are marginally or underemployed. Oh well, I've got points to give, I guess.
You must be disappointed a lot.
What are you missing? How about the extra $500 for your TV over a commodity version which you paid to Sony, a corporation with an arguably worse reputation than MS around here. And, of course, the fact that you have to send your content from your windows box. You can still send content from your windows box to chromecast, too, it's just a step that wasn't formerly necessary.
So, they found out that the system they set up didn't work like it should. But instead of covering it up, they took the data to the FISA court, who agreed (vociferously) that they screwed up and they couldn't just forget about it - they had to expunge the data and change how they collected the data in the first place (you know, the stuff they do as part of national defense). And they did.
Holy shit, this is about as close to a non-story as you can get. But hey, go crazy. I'm buying stock in tin foil.
If it seems too good to be true...
We recently got 1-7+glass+paper+cardboard - 1-7, glass in a single bin with paper, cardboard flat and underneath the bin for pickup. It's pretty amazing how much paper we go through.
The problem is that they expect the other 95% to pony up the money for the same services they feel are worthwhile. It's easy to ask for a recycling fee of $50/mo to cover manual sorting, cleaning, and processing of the stream when you make 6 figures. The backlash comes from the non-green who have then money but don't give a shit and the every-day folks for whom $50/mo requires a significant change to their budget.