Don't be so sure that all lawyers are super-brains.
Read about ACS Law in the UK. It took such a beating in the courts that IP/copyright trolls seem to have pretty much disappeared from the UK - the Judge was very clear that contacting a defendant before they have anything less than a full, concrete file of evidence that would be sufficient to win a conviction, would be considered harassment and result in the lawyer (UK:solicitor) being open to investigation and criminal prosecution by the Police and probably be de-certified in his profession for lack of ethics, even if they weren't in specific violation of the letter of criminal law.
Since then, even ISPs are *very* cagy about giving out information without a court order - BT wil only do this when it has done a security audit that the (personal) information is held securely and not passed on, except to the courts.
Someone's already done & blogged about this, using multiple free FTP accounts, with a FTPfs bringing them local, then mounting a RAID (mirrored & parity) partition over it, and encfs over the top of that.
It was VERY SLOW, but did work, even when he blocked access to some of the FTP accounts - it was just seen as a failed drive read, and the parity reconstruction still permitted access. I think the key problem was that FTP servers he used (or the FTPfs driver) didn't allow for partial writes to files, so every time you changed something, large amounts of data was re-uploaded. So there were possibilities for optimization.....
Yeah, you really need to understand electronic manufacturing. You don't really get massive mark-downs for volume - maybe 70% difference from 1 to 1 million. It's like kit-cars, they are not 1000 times the price of a comparible Ford, even though Ford make a 100 million more that you do.
Hence being able to price up the hardware in these teardowns. Yeah, maybe they are 10% out, but they're not 30% out, and both teardowns will be wrong by the same degree...
The government is looking to change it's independance right now (interview are happening 'now'), and they have specifically allowed 'politically influenced' candidates - which people are NOT happy about.
He's not been CHARGED with anything - the cops just want to question him.
Ooops, but then Sweden, out of nowhere, gets a extradition order from the US. Not being charged in Sweden means local charges don't prevent him from leaving, so what do you know, Jules, welcome to GITMO.
...so he'll stay on Ecudorian soil, the embassy, until he's so annoying for the UK government that the risk of him embaressingly staying (still doing his Russia Today programmes and other interviews), or embaressingly 'sneaking out' and disappearing, is worse than the promise Ecudor to allow him to leave for the Ecudor mainland.
He's been interned in his home in the UK for 18 months, so being interned some more isn't really a problem, is it ? All the while the case in Sweden looses credibility, and his extradition to Sweden looks more and more shakey.
Why would a country not pay (or direct) a company to create products with particular subtle flaws ?
It would cost 1000x more to discover and leverage a known flaw, than to just get an engineer to insert one - with or without the blessing of his management.
I think the point is that the hard-coded software can be swapped with the software from the building with a basement, or more floors aka 'the Wonka Factory effect':-)
Elevators and hot water are conveniences; People don't die from the lack of them.
Blatently, you have never tried to breathe near a collegue with an underperforming hygiene regime and/or instant movement-induced persperation. Lucky you.
If it worked in any way, those results would be top secret, and it would be scuttled in a deep trench somewhere. Even photos of its design would be TS if they were potentially useful to other nations, so it must have been a bit of a disaster, or at least the technology is now public.
You do not know what you are talking about. Privacy ___IS___ security. Privacy breaches are security breaches. Giving away your privacy does not make you more secure, and giving away the privacy of others doesn't either. As Terrorism is not about blowing things up, it's about scaring people.
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
If Benjamin Franklin got this in 1775 - why don't people today?
Actually, how the 'facts' are brought together (alphabetically? sorted by last, first or middle name?) is copyrightable. This is how music companies can claim copyright over an album of uncopyrighted work, e.g. Shakespeare's full works, in chronilogical order.
In the UK all STOP signs are yeild signs, and you can fail your driving test for stopping unnecessarily. UK red lights are the other extreme (there is no 'right on red' allowance), if it's red, you shouldn't pass it except in an emergency.
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AdBlock has a scheme where if your Ads are place sympathetically, they're not blocked.
But this article (and TFA) reads as 'We don't understand or communicate with our readers, but this is somehow THEIR fault.'
Don't be so sure that all lawyers are super-brains.
Read about ACS Law in the UK. It took such a beating in the courts that IP/copyright trolls seem to have pretty much disappeared from the UK - the Judge was very clear that contacting a defendant before they have anything less than a full, concrete file of evidence that would be sufficient to win a conviction, would be considered harassment and result in the lawyer (UK:solicitor) being open to investigation and criminal prosecution by the Police and probably be de-certified in his profession for lack of ethics, even if they weren't in specific violation of the letter of criminal law.
Since then, even ISPs are *very* cagy about giving out information without a court order - BT wil only do this when it has done a security audit that the (personal) information is held securely and not passed on, except to the courts.
Instagram.
Help the gorilla, but before they squish you, sell your technology (and preferably patents).
Next stop, 300 million !
Someone's already done & blogged about this, using multiple free FTP accounts, with a FTPfs bringing them local, then mounting a RAID (mirrored & parity) partition over it, and encfs over the top of that.
It was VERY SLOW, but did work, even when he blocked access to some of the FTP accounts - it was just seen as a failed drive read, and the parity reconstruction still permitted access.
I think the key problem was that FTP servers he used (or the FTPfs driver) didn't allow for partial writes to files, so every time you changed something, large amounts of data was re-uploaded. So there were possibilities for optimization.....
Enjoy & share if you get anywhere !
Dom
No they are not. They are contacting those customers, duh !
Yeah, you really need to understand electronic manufacturing.
You don't really get massive mark-downs for volume - maybe 70% difference from 1 to 1 million.
It's like kit-cars, they are not 1000 times the price of a comparible Ford, even though Ford make a 100 million more that you do.
Hence being able to price up the hardware in these teardowns. Yeah, maybe they are 10% out, but they're not 30% out, and both teardowns will be wrong by the same degree...
...and that title won't make people think the S3 is GENERATING microwaves ?
Context, context, context.....
Except Americans. Unless it matches their beliefs in religon, politics, nature and economics.
The government is looking to change it's independance right now (interview are happening 'now'), and they have specifically allowed 'politically influenced' candidates - which people are NOT happy about.
Well, even that is unbelievable, have you actually tried to USE Internet Explorer ?
He's not been CHARGED with anything - the cops just want to question him.
Ooops, but then Sweden, out of nowhere, gets a extradition order from the US. Not being charged in Sweden means local charges don't prevent him from leaving, so what do you know, Jules, welcome to GITMO.
...so he'll stay on Ecudorian soil, the embassy, until he's so annoying for the UK government that the risk of him embaressingly staying (still doing his Russia Today programmes and other interviews), or embaressingly 'sneaking out' and disappearing, is worse than the promise Ecudor to allow him to leave for the Ecudor mainland.
He's been interned in his home in the UK for 18 months, so being interned some more isn't really a problem, is it ? All the while the case in Sweden looses credibility, and his extradition to Sweden looks more and more shakey.
Why would a country not pay (or direct) a company to create products with particular subtle flaws ?
It would cost 1000x more to discover and leverage a known flaw, than to just get an engineer to insert one - with or without the blessing of his management.
The future is not bright.
I think the point is that the hard-coded software can be swapped with the software from the building with a basement, or more floors aka 'the Wonka Factory effect' :-)
Elevators and hot water are conveniences; People don't die from the lack of them.
Blatently, you have never tried to breathe near a collegue with an underperforming hygiene regime and/or instant movement-induced persperation. Lucky you.
If it worked in any way, those results would be top secret, and it would be scuttled in a deep trench somewhere. Even photos of its design would be TS if they were potentially useful to other nations, so it must have been a bit of a disaster, or at least the technology is now public.
You mean Bilbo is wearing a brown knitted tank-top plus dungerees and a bowler hat ?
Other than that, would this be an experience you would recommend to others?
I can't see why Playstation owners wouldn't migrate.
You do not know what you are talking about. Privacy ___IS___ security. Privacy breaches are security breaches. Giving away your privacy does not make you more secure, and giving away the privacy of others doesn't either. As
Terrorism is not about blowing things up, it's about scaring people.
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
If Benjamin Franklin got this in 1775 - why don't people today?
Using the same reasoning: The birds were able to fly, and only the flying dinosaurs lived.
Dom
Actually, how the 'facts' are brought together (alphabetically? sorted by last, first or middle name?) is copyrightable. This is how music companies can claim copyright over an album of uncopyrighted work, e.g. Shakespeare's full works, in chronilogical order.
Dom
In the UK all STOP signs are yeild signs, and you can fail your driving test for stopping unnecessarily.
UK red lights are the other extreme (there is no 'right on red' allowance), if it's red, you shouldn't pass it except in an emergency.
Duh. The ones with pointy ears.