I would have to say that's a pretty lame excuse for violating our privacy in every possible way that technology allows. I feel much safer from terrorists overseas than I do from my own government's blundering idiocy. The wish of the government to gather intelligence data isn't my problem. I didn't ask them to do it.
It's interesting the mystique that is invoked whenever someone talks about a highly-funded government agency. What maks anyone think that just because they're the CIA they have people who are soooo much smarter than everyone else that they can just do this without trying?
I think it far more likely that the CIA would have sent a team in to kidnap the guy who knew the answers, rather than invest the intellectual effort involved in cracking the code. There's no evidence that the CIA is any smarter than anyone else in the world. And yes I think you watch too much X-files.
I've also seen where people are promoted to management when they fuck up so badly that they can't be trusted with actual tasks. And that's where homicidal urges start to come into play, IMHO. Most companies are afraid to fire people outright for incompetence, and if a layoff isn't right around the corner, they promote the idiot instead.
I used to sit in company meetings and write down new words uttered by our CIO, whose IQ plus a glass of water maybe totals 85. I had about a thirty word lexicon after awhile which was quite hilarious. Unfortunately I lost it and since the words didn't really mean anything I couldn't remember them. So now I have to quit avoiding the company meetings if I want my lexicon back.
Thousands of employees paychecks and hundreds of thousands of shareholders may well depend on some trade secret or copyrighted function
These people all took a risk when they signed up with the company and / or bought its stock. The government should not be in the business of protecting gamblers from failure.
We need this kind of attitude like we need a hole in the head.
I think that's a good point, actually. I wish people would pay more attention to how easy it is to fake emails, dates, and generally everything on a computer. It provides plenty of reason to simply deny anyone using computer evidence in a court of law. It's too easy to fake dates. Without some form of agreed-upon date and time stamping mechanism, it will always be so. I know that if I were ever taken to court on the basis of electronic communications, I would simply pull out my programming tools and fake emails from the judge and jury in the courtroom saying all sorts of uncomplimentary things.
What we need as a digital society is some sort of central clock, with a public-key encrypted stamp on it so that it can be verified as a genuine date from the real clock. It would have to be completely open, not under the aegis of anyone like the FBI or NSA.
There already is a statute of limitations on most crimes. Only on the real biggies (i.e. murder) is there no statute. This prevents the government or anyone else from using a sordid but now forgotten past as a reason to persecute you in the present. Imagine you're thirty years old. You're a member of the workforce, you pay your bills on time, you're a model citizen. Someone unearths a videotape of you shoplifting from a quick-mart 15 years ago, and uses it to ruin your career.
Furthermore, I think people should, if they want to express an opinion say so in public
Obviously you have no opinions that deviate significantly from the norm. Otherwise you wouldn't have said something so stupid. Try wearing a shirt that says "Atheist" while visiting the small southern town of your choice. You may change your mind.
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I would have to say that's a pretty lame excuse for violating our privacy in every possible way that technology allows. I feel much safer from terrorists overseas than I do from my own government's blundering idiocy. The wish of the government to gather intelligence data isn't my problem. I didn't ask them to do it.
and unfortunately, the most corrupt. If ever there were a candidate whose opinion was for sale to the highest bidder . . .
It's interesting the mystique that is invoked whenever someone talks about a highly-funded government agency. What maks anyone think that just because they're the CIA they have people who are soooo much smarter than everyone else that they can just do this without trying? I think it far more likely that the CIA would have sent a team in to kidnap the guy who knew the answers, rather than invest the intellectual effort involved in cracking the code. There's no evidence that the CIA is any smarter than anyone else in the world. And yes I think you watch too much X-files.
I've also seen where people are promoted to management when they fuck up so badly that they can't be trusted with actual tasks. And that's where homicidal urges start to come into play, IMHO. Most companies are afraid to fire people outright for incompetence, and if a layoff isn't right around the corner, they promote the idiot instead.
I used to sit in company meetings and write down new words uttered by our CIO, whose IQ plus a glass of water maybe totals 85. I had about a thirty word lexicon after awhile which was quite hilarious. Unfortunately I lost it and since the words didn't really mean anything I couldn't remember them. So now I have to quit avoiding the company meetings if I want my lexicon back.
These people all took a risk when they signed up with the company and / or bought its stock. The government should not be in the business of protecting gamblers from failure.
We need this kind of attitude like we need a hole in the head.
I think that's a good point, actually. I wish people would pay more attention to how easy it is to fake emails, dates, and generally everything on a computer. It provides plenty of reason to simply deny anyone using computer evidence in a court of law. It's too easy to fake dates. Without some form of agreed-upon date and time stamping mechanism, it will always be so. I know that if I were ever taken to court on the basis of electronic communications, I would simply pull out my programming tools and fake emails from the judge and jury in the courtroom saying all sorts of uncomplimentary things. What we need as a digital society is some sort of central clock, with a public-key encrypted stamp on it so that it can be verified as a genuine date from the real clock. It would have to be completely open, not under the aegis of anyone like the FBI or NSA.
There already is a statute of limitations on most crimes. Only on the real biggies (i.e. murder) is there no statute. This prevents the government or anyone else from using a sordid but now forgotten past as a reason to persecute you in the present. Imagine you're thirty years old. You're a member of the workforce, you pay your bills on time, you're a model citizen. Someone unearths a videotape of you shoplifting from a quick-mart 15 years ago, and uses it to ruin your career.
Why don't you read the jacket of a CD sometime? Before shooting off your mouth, that is.
Is it just me, or is your post full of unanswered question marks? Oh, and you're a pinhead, by the way.
Obviously you have no opinions that deviate significantly from the norm. Otherwise you wouldn't have said something so stupid. Try wearing a shirt that says "Atheist" while visiting the small southern town of your choice. You may change your mind.