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  1. Re:Okay.... this is a new one. on iOS Developer Site At Core of Facebook, Apple Watering Hole Attack · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's where you target a page used by multiple targets. Here a mobile developers forum was hit, that forum was not the real target but the people who use it frquently were. "Poisoning the watering hole" if you will.

  2. Re:Lala was not the threat on How Apple Killed an iTunes Competitor · · Score: 2

    Usage statistics are a form of data collection to use in ad targeting.

    Wallet is the most glaring example. What advertising data could you want more than what people are buying, and when? Blogger is indexable, and works with account targeted ads based on interest. Chrome pushes html standards that allow more dynamic delivery of Google's products in general -- they even explicitly state that in the Chrome mission statement.

    fermion is 100% correct. Google is a business first.

  3. Re:HIPAA regards medical records not police busts on Man Charged With HIPAA Violations For Video Taping Police · · Score: 1

    I didn't 'score you down' even once. And no, paranoid much?

  4. Re:HIPAA regards medical records not police busts on Man Charged With HIPAA Violations For Video Taping Police · · Score: 1

    They have this amazing thing called soap and water. Enough off-topic crap. The point is that word-choice is the most pedantic of disagreements.

  5. Re:HIPAA regards medical records not police busts on Man Charged With HIPAA Violations For Video Taping Police · · Score: 1

    Man can be used in a gender-neutral way. Nit-picking isn't good.

  6. Re:That's some tortured reasoning. on Man Charged With HIPAA Violations For Video Taping Police · · Score: 1

    Observation caused the quantum super-state of me having / not having a breakdown to collapse into a breakdown. The person with the camera should be charged with disturbing the peace for forcing reality down that particular route of events. Case closed.

  7. Re:Now? on Google Starts Scanning Android Apps · · Score: 1

    I know it's nit-picking, and I do agree with the general statement, but not all side-loading requires rooting.

  8. Re:Scan for quality? on Google Starts Scanning Android Apps · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some of the most popular Jailbroken iPhone apps have the same issues, like WinterBoard.

  9. Re:It's True on How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA · · Score: 1

    Not sure how this isn't flamebait/trolling. Responding to a generally moderate opinion about internal fracturing within a political spectrum with general bashing and over-simplifications does nobody good. Also responding with instant defensive stances about what 'they are not' when nobody called them such names to start should be clearly indicative of the poster's intent.

  10. Re:Not a bug on Princeton Team Casts More Doubt On Arsenic DNA Claims · · Score: 1

    The term 'bug' is used in the main article by Ronald S. Oremland (coauthor of the controversial Science paper and Wolfe-Simon’s postdoctoral adviser at the time), “Even if we are dead wrong with this arsenic-DNA business, with a bit more work this bug could shed light on the limits of what microbes can and can’t do.” Maybe you should be less flippantly critical of the wording.

  11. Re:This device empowers criminals. on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    Didn't miss that point, and I appreciated the comment in general. The end phrase, "more likely", implies that there is a choice between, and not in addition.

  12. Re:What happened with the "with warrant only" sear on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    That's a silly argument, and doesn't my MC any more a valid document to reference.

  13. Re:Oh, sure .... on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    Queue the gimmick metal stickies under clothing, http://cargocollective.com/4thamendment

  14. Re:What happened with the "with warrant only" sear on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    Given that Magna Carta has no bearing on American law, or the right to wield a knife... nothing?

  15. Re:"You have to feel sorry for the police ..." on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    Implication that more gear has lowered the occurrence of abuse notwithstanding.

  16. Re:This device empowers criminals. on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    False dilemma, you can have all the above.

  17. Re:This device empowers criminals. on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1
    I think the application (and ease of application), something the article didn't go into much detail about, will set the rules for that game. Quoted from the linked article;

    "So far, the technology only works from a distance of about three or four feet (about one meter), although NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly hopes that its range can ultimately be extended to at least 25 meters (82 feet).

    The plan is for the scanner to be mounted on a van, then used on suspects who would otherwise have to be physically searched." ( - http://www.gizmag.com/nypd-portable-gun-scanner/21147/ )

    If it gets to the point that a van is allowed to scan past clothing at 25 meters, at the whim of a policeman, I think that the 4th amendment implications are grave, however, I don't think it's infringing on the rights of CCP owners directly, as it would only help enforce a law - a law you could more astutely claim is infringing on 2nd amendment rights. (Welcome to the shall/may state debate!)

    Given that I don't live in a state that issues CCPs to citizens, it's already a moot point. I don't carry a gun because it would be a felony to do so, and this only allows the police to actually start cleaning up the guns carried by those who don't worry as much about felony violations. (i.e. The concept works under the presumption that we're all supposed to be unarmed.)

    "New York gives wide latitude to the county authorities in issuing pistol licenses. In New York City, a concealed pistol license is allowed by law, but detractors have claimed it takes a large degree of wealth, political influence, and/or celebrity status to obtain.[33] In contrast, many rural Upstate New York counties are effectively Shall-Issue in their licensing policies, and some rural upstate counties have policies that allow unrestricted concealed carry after one has obtained a state carry permit." ( - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States )

    Given that New York isn't completely may-issue solid it might not make the same amount of sense in application, and provides a glimpse into the de facto decisions of the enforcement on this issue - implications that may bother some gun owners in New York.

    (It should be clear, but I wanted to make sure to mention, IANAL.)

  18. Re:Google does the same on Facebook To Share Private Data With Politico · · Score: 1

    It seems that's reason enough to denote the original comment trolling. Perhaps if I was needlessly verbose...

  19. Re:Google does the same on Facebook To Share Private Data With Politico · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's cool to hate facebook + sensationalist headlines get more attention = this article.

  20. Re:Ellipses ... on Oxford Professor Taken To Task For Linking Internet Use To Autism · · Score: 1

    The format does seem a bit funny, but clicking to the linked article, and reading it in the original made it much better.

  21. I was upset at first, but... on Google Starts Indexing Facebook Comments · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The fact that it's only "public comments" killed that emotion.

  22. More details on the exploit specifics? on Mysql.com Hacked, Made To Serve Malware · · Score: 1

    If SQLi took down MySQL there's a pun about "hackception" here somewhere.

  23. Re:nothing found on IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users · · Score: 1

    Making a digital copy isn't a 'cellphone snapshot', it's a verbatim copy. You rationalize theft by saying there's a loss of quality, and inferring that the original was of shoddy quality ('sketches that took a few hours with no real effort put into them'). I can only wonder why you think people want bad quality pictures of bad sketches, but I think it's a point you're making to distance yourself from the act of theft so you can feel better about it.

    When you copy and torrent a program you're ensuring that a company does not see return on money they paid developers. You're indirectly getting developers fired and promoting shitty software. Keep telling yourself it's not theft.

  24. Re:nothing found on IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users · · Score: 1

    All I see are rationalizations for stealing, yes stealing - that's taking something without paying for it. If I make art and charge x, you have two choices pay x, or don't buy it. The third option of "I think x is too high so I get to take it, wheeeeee!~" is childish. Shame.

  25. Re:Bad news bears. on IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users · · Score: 1

    Substantial difference, and the simile falls apart here, but you don't have the ability to use someone's phone from outside their house just by driving past due to an 'unsecured'/'open' phone.