again, if you can hear it, you can record it...you won't get a perfect signla, but you'll be able to get a fairly good signal...then once it's out there, people can use quantum cryptography to keep the RIAA from seeing what they are doing....that which giveth taketh away
I actually do not like this 'practical' stuff. I feel that computer science studies are far far too much just pereparing for the real world get a job type plan. IT annoys me to no avail, as most computer science students know nothing about computers, and only want to leran to get a job. I think this is a poor reason to learn. I wish that computer science classes were far more filled with theory and much less practical stuff. northeastern university for example, even has co-op, and forces you to go on 3 co-ops, which does not really help you if you just want to go on to graduate school, and then gasp, onto research and not become one of those business office working droids who sole purpse in life is to get more money.
this is true, but then again, quantum computing will also bring about new means of encrypting and making sure that no one is eavesdropping, so everyone with quantum computers will be able to talk securely. and then once (if) quantum computers become everyday things, we will be back exactly where we started, except worse, because with some means of quantum communication, it is possible to know if someone is listening in on you. Much more secure than encryption based on mathematical theroems, is encryption and communication using quantum methods which are based on the physics of the universe, something we can't work around.
well, the system which was proposed a while ago would work like this: there is the ordinary key system which everyone uses, and then two other keys are generated, each of which would be distributed to a spereate governmental agency. both keys would be needed to open up the encryption. in this way, the only way (in theory anyways) any one in the government would be able to read it is if they get the proper documents and go to both different agenecies and get both halves of the keys. There have been other systems developed where any number of keys are required. how secure they are is still in research, as is any encryption technique. Howerver, even assuming the encryption all worked the way it was supposed to, and this was secure, I still wouldn't really trust the government enough to not be corrupt and just pass out keys under the table or something.
Yes, the DMCA is the law of the land, but law is not perfect, and it should be changed. The corporations, with thier lobbying, and thier money, practically DID create the DMCA.
Dmitry should be freed, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The DMCA should be changed to take fair use into account. Otherwise, electronic books will be severely crippled, and I don't have enough faith in the average person to care enough to boycott them. Then real books could become less popuilar, and libraries might become darn near impossible. On top of all this, the right to critisize encryption and publish software which breaks it is very important to keepign it strong. If insecrureties become quelled, then they will be exploited more by those in the know and never fixed. We have to make sure we keep the larger issues in mind and not just to free Dmitry, because even if he is freed, there will be many mroe like him to come soon if the DMCA remains unchecked. Also, if this doesn't get chagned, other countries will be soon to foolow, foolowing the US's leads.
Dmitry should be freed, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The DMCA should be changed to take fair use into account. Otherwise, electronic books will be severely crippled, and I don't have enough faith in the average person to care enough to boycott them. Then real books could become less popuilar, and libraries might become darn near impossible. On top of all this, the right to critisize encryption and publish software which breaks it is very important to keepign it strong. If insecrureties become quelled, then they will be exploited more by those in the know and never fixed. We have to make sure we keep the larger issues in mind and not just to free Dmitry, because even if he is freed, there will be many mroe like him to come soon if the DMCA remains unchecked.
Overall the security would be increased. More eyes looking at the code means less bugs and less security holes. The code doesn't have to be public if it is open source, it just means that the MTA would have access to the source, and would be able to do in-house fixes, which would surely be cheaper, and more flexible.
As for the negatives of this, they are all cancelled out by the pluses. Bad people who had access to code can more easily do harm, but then again good people can more easily fix it. As the encryption community has shown, closed systems prove poor security.
All the transit systems shouldn't be forced to use once system, but they can have several competing systems, and in the end, the better systems will end up prevailing...
Plus they can hire a bunch of poor computer science undergrads like me to mantain =)
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again, if you can hear it, you can record it...you won't get a perfect signla, but you'll be able to get a fairly good signal...then once it's out there, people can use quantum cryptography to keep the RIAA from seeing what they are doing....that which giveth taketh away
put that one in the NSA's pipe and smoke it.
I actually do not like this 'practical' stuff. I feel that computer science studies are far far too much just pereparing for the real world get a job type plan. IT annoys me to no avail, as most computer science students know nothing about computers, and only want to leran to get a job. I think this is a poor reason to learn. I wish that computer science classes were far more filled with theory and much less practical stuff. northeastern university for example, even has co-op, and forces you to go on 3 co-ops, which does not really help you if you just want to go on to graduate school, and then gasp, onto research and not become one of those business office working droids who sole purpse in life is to get more money.
I agree wholeheartedly, and am saddened that someone could be so thoughtless and naive as to write this hate email to you.
this is true, but then again, quantum computing will also bring about new means of encrypting and making sure that no one is eavesdropping, so everyone with quantum computers will be able to talk securely. and then once (if) quantum computers become everyday things, we will be back exactly where we started, except worse, because with some means of quantum communication, it is possible to know if someone is listening in on you. Much more secure than encryption based on mathematical theroems, is encryption and communication using quantum methods which are based on the physics of the universe, something we can't work around.
well, the system which was proposed a while ago would work like this: there is the ordinary key system which everyone uses, and then two other keys are generated, each of which would be distributed to a spereate governmental agency. both keys would be needed to open up the encryption. in this way, the only way (in theory anyways) any one in the government would be able to read it is if they get the proper documents and go to both different agenecies and get both halves of the keys. There have been other systems developed where any number of keys are required. how secure they are is still in research, as is any encryption technique. Howerver, even assuming the encryption all worked the way it was supposed to, and this was secure, I still wouldn't really trust the government enough to not be corrupt and just pass out keys under the table or something.
Yes, the DMCA is the law of the land, but law is not perfect, and it should be changed. The corporations, with thier lobbying, and thier money, practically DID create the DMCA.
Dmitry should be freed, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The DMCA should be changed to take fair use into account. Otherwise, electronic books will be severely crippled, and I don't have enough faith in the average person to care enough to boycott them. Then real books could become less popuilar, and libraries might become darn near impossible. On top of all this, the right to critisize encryption and publish software which breaks it is very important to keepign it strong. If insecrureties become quelled, then they will be exploited more by those in the know and never fixed. We have to make sure we keep the larger issues in mind and not just to free Dmitry, because even if he is freed, there will be many mroe like him to come soon if the DMCA remains unchecked. Also, if this doesn't get chagned, other countries will be soon to foolow, foolowing the US's leads.
Dmitry should be freed, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The DMCA should be changed to take fair use into account. Otherwise, electronic books will be severely crippled, and I don't have enough faith in the average person to care enough to boycott them. Then real books could become less popuilar, and libraries might become darn near impossible. On top of all this, the right to critisize encryption and publish software which breaks it is very important to keepign it strong. If insecrureties become quelled, then they will be exploited more by those in the know and never fixed. We have to make sure we keep the larger issues in mind and not just to free Dmitry, because even if he is freed, there will be many mroe like him to come soon if the DMCA remains unchecked.
What if the ad companies combine free helmets and free internet connections... uh-oh
Overall the security would be increased. More eyes looking at the code means less bugs and less security holes. The code doesn't have to be public if it is open source, it just means that the MTA would have access to the source, and would be able to do in-house fixes, which would surely be cheaper, and more flexible. As for the negatives of this, they are all cancelled out by the pluses. Bad people who had access to code can more easily do harm, but then again good people can more easily fix it. As the encryption community has shown, closed systems prove poor security. All the transit systems shouldn't be forced to use once system, but they can have several competing systems, and in the end, the better systems will end up prevailing... Plus they can hire a bunch of poor computer science undergrads like me to mantain =)