All of it is doing things that would make us riot in the street if we had insight into its behavior. People need access to every piece of code for every thing they own and should have the right to change it if they deem it necessary. Hardware and Things do not = software and we should have the right to buy the thing but decline or change the software if we don't agree with what it does and how it does it. Change nothing about how we pay for it, people deserve to get paid if they so choose, but they don't deserve to force their backdoors, cheats, anti-consumer behaviors etc on us if we don't want to use their crap.
This does have everything to do with open vs closed source. You can't blame big business for doing anything they can get away with to make more money. The only reason they do shit like this is because they can. The only TRUE way to combat it is transparency. Even laws don't stop it as evidenced by VW and emissions requirements. If the code they put in their car was 100% transparent, you can be damned sure they wouldn't have done it.
Also, one of the first things I said was that I am not disputing the compensation system we have in place. Only that people have access to see and change source code for everything they purchase.
Firmware and Software does not equal hardware. Everyone should have the right to modify software after they pay for it. Or they should not have to use it at all. If they want to buy a device for the devices sake and put whatever software they choose on it, there should be no restrictions to them doing so.
Its not just VW. Its not just the auto industry. It's all over the corporate world and our governments. Everywhere there is closed source software, your stuff that uses that software is being used in anti-consumer ways. I wish people would wise up and say enough is enough. If 99% of the source code for the stuff we use every day were suddenly made public, there would be nothing short of riots in the streets. I'm not advocating that people and companies who write firmware or software should not be compensated, but I am absolutely advocating that the public be allowed to see and change the software for the stuff we purchase.
They can't have it both ways. They want to give me unlimited bandwidth that is limited and has a surcharge when I go over my unlimited limit. They want to shove malware at me through ads. They track me despite me saying they can't. They want me to trust anyone that they trust. No thanks. I'll use my adblocker and keep my internet to displaying only explicitly what I have asked it to display.
My damn VW turbo diesel got 10MPG less after it got around 300 miles on it and I brought it back multiple times to be checked and they said everything was fine. I was swearing up and down that they have a program that reports better fuel mileage while it is still likely to be on a lot and be being test driven.
No, I think its way earlier than that. Software is malware when the device owner isn't in control of the software. If it communicated with anyone or anything in a way that you are unable to view, start and stop communications then it is malware. If it does things without asking you telling it to or at least authorizing automated activity, it is malware. If it enables secrecy between your device and a 3rd party that you aren't privvy to, it is malware.
Parents provide the environment that facilitates learning. Nothing else does it. Nothing replaces that need and the level of influence of an involved parent more than overcomes all other learning aids combined by a large margin. Large enough that all the other stuff is nearly irrelevant.
Its not computers, magnet schools, charter schools, teacher pay, higher taxes or any of those even when statistics sometimes hint at showing otherwise. The commonality is involved parents who help their kids when struggle, demand they toe the line when they get hardheaded, and have expectations for success. Its just not politically correct to say so because parent involvement lines up so closely with racial lines. Not exact, but close enough.
Oh, it absolutely is tracking. If I am not in control of something I own divulging information without me being able to allow or deny it, then it is tracking even if its just a speed history. People's things should not be able to be used against them (or even for them) without them allowing it to happen.
The only companies interested in it will be consumer electronics companies just waiting for the next big thing to lock consumers out of their own shit.
Yes, but the point with the capex opex game is that. Its just a game that shuffles money around. In reality in REAL money, It is nearly always cheaper in the long run to stay out of the cloud.
In reality a hosted cloud is more expensive and less secure in almost all cases. When will people wake up and realize that cloud was created not to provide any particular service that can't be provided locally, but is just a way to turn something you used to pay for once into a monthly forever and ever payment. Cloud is cheaper up front, but almost always more expensive in duration.
Its pretty much come down to the fact that all corporations are working against the consumers. The best we can hope for is to mix and match vendors and layer our security and don't use cloud based shit. Use open source firewalls and control your outbound ports not just incoming ports.
It will be a cold day in hell before I will accept having to authenticate to a 3rd party outside my network to access or access data that my devices generate on someone elses servers or devices. When I am able to open ports in my own firewall and access my devices and data directly without having to ask someone elses permission then internet of things will be a go for me. Until then I'll be a technically savvy luddite.
I'm primarily conservative but hate the way the republican party panders to corporations. I would almost vote for Lessig because of this. My belief though is that government shouldn't be in the business of giving ANYONE free shit short of people who absolutely cannot be denied are incapable of providing for themselves. Severely disabled, damaged war vets, etc. For this I would have trouble with Lessig handing the reigns over to a true died in the wool Democrat which would be what gives me pause in voting for him. Free shit is just buying votes and regardless of the good intentions of either side it needs to stop. It causes corruption and bad decision making where everyone is beholden to their paid constituency instead of doing what is right for AMERICA in the LONG run.
As long as "easy" takes precedence, the internet will never be secure. It is absolutely impossible to have security between 2 parties when a 3rd is involved (CA's). It was done that way because it allows people who don't know anything to have SOME trust. But if there are people involved trust will be broken. 2 party authentication is the only way to solve the problems. If people don't know how to get secure credentials between themselves and another party then maybe they need the internet that still has training wheels and padded helmets.
Yes... the hardware distinction is important. I have a Hopper V2 from Dish with integrated Sling. Its also utterly damn infuriating that I have a device behind my home firewall that I have to log onto a CLOUD service to be able to access. I should be authenticating to my Sling, not to their shit.
Even this is unacceptable. I should be able to have access to my data without it going to another entity first. The data is useful. I should be able to have full access to my data with my data never leaving my sphere of control. Asking another entity for access to what was never theirs to begin with is utterly ridiculous. That's equivalent to buying a house and it keeping track of when you come and go and giving that data exclusively to home builder or realtor, then you having to ask permission to have it.
F-U. Thats why I use linux and encrypt everything myself before it goes to the cloud. I'm not a criminal, but you still ain't going to look at my shit to prove I'm not.
This argument by any provider is absolute bullshit even when you ARE using a subsidized phone. If you leave the contract early you are charged an early termination fee and/or full price for the phone. EIther way the fucking thing is yours and you can do absolutely anything with it that you please.
Companies making statements like this simultaneously humor me and infuriate me. This is the equivalent of buying a house and having it for 3 weeks when the builder shows up and says "I'll let you arrange your furniture the way you want it." He can state it all he wants, but its already done. He is pretending he has authority over something that is no longer his. Fuck this and everything about it. When I pay for it, technology is mine. I'll unlock it and do whatever the fuck I want with it and there isn't a damn thing you can say or do to stop me. (A company) Pretending that they have authority over my shit just makes them look ridiculous. A house builder that I bought a house from may as well make press announcements that he is OK'ing me bath in my shower.
It will be a cold day in hell when I use a cloud based authentication scheme to access my own shit. I'm not going to use a system where I have to ask someone else permission to use my shit. Anyone that does is eventually going to get what they deserve.
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All of it is doing things that would make us riot in the street if we had insight into its behavior. People need access to every piece of code for every thing they own and should have the right to change it if they deem it necessary. Hardware and Things do not = software and we should have the right to buy the thing but decline or change the software if we don't agree with what it does and how it does it. Change nothing about how we pay for it, people deserve to get paid if they so choose, but they don't deserve to force their backdoors, cheats, anti-consumer behaviors etc on us if we don't want to use their crap.
This does have everything to do with open vs closed source. You can't blame big business for doing anything they can get away with to make more money. The only reason they do shit like this is because they can. The only TRUE way to combat it is transparency. Even laws don't stop it as evidenced by VW and emissions requirements. If the code they put in their car was 100% transparent, you can be damned sure they wouldn't have done it.
In today's society of entitled dips*its, even disagreeing with someone is bullying.
Also, one of the first things I said was that I am not disputing the compensation system we have in place. Only that people have access to see and change source code for everything they purchase.
Firmware and Software does not equal hardware. Everyone should have the right to modify software after they pay for it. Or they should not have to use it at all. If they want to buy a device for the devices sake and put whatever software they choose on it, there should be no restrictions to them doing so.
Its not just VW. Its not just the auto industry. It's all over the corporate world and our governments. Everywhere there is closed source software, your stuff that uses that software is being used in anti-consumer ways. I wish people would wise up and say enough is enough. If 99% of the source code for the stuff we use every day were suddenly made public, there would be nothing short of riots in the streets. I'm not advocating that people and companies who write firmware or software should not be compensated, but I am absolutely advocating that the public be allowed to see and change the software for the stuff we purchase.
They can't have it both ways. They want to give me unlimited bandwidth that is limited and has a surcharge when I go over my unlimited limit. They want to shove malware at me through ads. They track me despite me saying they can't. They want me to trust anyone that they trust. No thanks. I'll use my adblocker and keep my internet to displaying only explicitly what I have asked it to display.
My damn VW turbo diesel got 10MPG less after it got around 300 miles on it and I brought it back multiple times to be checked and they said everything was fine. I was swearing up and down that they have a program that reports better fuel mileage while it is still likely to be on a lot and be being test driven.
No, I think its way earlier than that. Software is malware when the device owner isn't in control of the software. If it communicated with anyone or anything in a way that you are unable to view, start and stop communications then it is malware. If it does things without asking you telling it to or at least authorizing automated activity, it is malware. If it enables secrecy between your device and a 3rd party that you aren't privvy to, it is malware.
Parents provide the environment that facilitates learning. Nothing else does it. Nothing replaces that need and the level of influence of an involved parent more than overcomes all other learning aids combined by a large margin. Large enough that all the other stuff is nearly irrelevant.
Its not computers, magnet schools, charter schools, teacher pay, higher taxes or any of those even when statistics sometimes hint at showing otherwise. The commonality is involved parents who help their kids when struggle, demand they toe the line when they get hardheaded, and have expectations for success. Its just not politically correct to say so because parent involvement lines up so closely with racial lines. Not exact, but close enough.
Oh, it absolutely is tracking. If I am not in control of something I own divulging information without me being able to allow or deny it, then it is tracking even if its just a speed history. People's things should not be able to be used against them (or even for them) without them allowing it to happen.
The only companies interested in it will be consumer electronics companies just waiting for the next big thing to lock consumers out of their own shit.
Yes, but the point with the capex opex game is that. Its just a game that shuffles money around. In reality in REAL money, It is nearly always cheaper in the long run to stay out of the cloud.
In reality a hosted cloud is more expensive and less secure in almost all cases. When will people wake up and realize that cloud was created not to provide any particular service that can't be provided locally, but is just a way to turn something you used to pay for once into a monthly forever and ever payment. Cloud is cheaper up front, but almost always more expensive in duration.
Its pretty much come down to the fact that all corporations are working against the consumers. The best we can hope for is to mix and match vendors and layer our security and don't use cloud based shit. Use open source firewalls and control your outbound ports not just incoming ports.
Stop trusting these dickheads people.
It will be a cold day in hell before I will accept having to authenticate to a 3rd party outside my network to access or access data that my devices generate on someone elses servers or devices. When I am able to open ports in my own firewall and access my devices and data directly without having to ask someone elses permission then internet of things will be a go for me. Until then I'll be a technically savvy luddite.
I'm primarily conservative but hate the way the republican party panders to corporations. I would almost vote for Lessig because of this. My belief though is that government shouldn't be in the business of giving ANYONE free shit short of people who absolutely cannot be denied are incapable of providing for themselves. Severely disabled, damaged war vets, etc. For this I would have trouble with Lessig handing the reigns over to a true died in the wool Democrat which would be what gives me pause in voting for him. Free shit is just buying votes and regardless of the good intentions of either side it needs to stop. It causes corruption and bad decision making where everyone is beholden to their paid constituency instead of doing what is right for AMERICA in the LONG run.
As long as "easy" takes precedence, the internet will never be secure. It is absolutely impossible to have security between 2 parties when a 3rd is involved (CA's). It was done that way because it allows people who don't know anything to have SOME trust. But if there are people involved trust will be broken. 2 party authentication is the only way to solve the problems. If people don't know how to get secure credentials between themselves and another party then maybe they need the internet that still has training wheels and padded helmets.
Yes... the hardware distinction is important. I have a Hopper V2 from Dish with integrated Sling. Its also utterly damn infuriating that I have a device behind my home firewall that I have to log onto a CLOUD service to be able to access. I should be authenticating to my Sling, not to their shit.
Even this is unacceptable. I should be able to have access to my data without it going to another entity first. The data is useful. I should be able to have full access to my data with my data never leaving my sphere of control. Asking another entity for access to what was never theirs to begin with is utterly ridiculous. That's equivalent to buying a house and it keeping track of when you come and go and giving that data exclusively to home builder or realtor, then you having to ask permission to have it.
F-U. Thats why I use linux and encrypt everything myself before it goes to the cloud. I'm not a criminal, but you still ain't going to look at my shit to prove I'm not.
This argument by any provider is absolute bullshit even when you ARE using a subsidized phone. If you leave the contract early you are charged an early termination fee and/or full price for the phone. EIther way the fucking thing is yours and you can do absolutely anything with it that you please.
Companies making statements like this simultaneously humor me and infuriate me. This is the equivalent of buying a house and having it for 3 weeks when the builder shows up and says "I'll let you arrange your furniture the way you want it." He can state it all he wants, but its already done. He is pretending he has authority over something that is no longer his. Fuck this and everything about it. When I pay for it, technology is mine. I'll unlock it and do whatever the fuck I want with it and there isn't a damn thing you can say or do to stop me. (A company) Pretending that they have authority over my shit just makes them look ridiculous. A house builder that I bought a house from may as well make press announcements that he is OK'ing me bath in my shower.
It will be a cold day in hell when I use a cloud based authentication scheme to access my own shit. I'm not going to use a system where I have to ask someone else permission to use my shit. Anyone that does is eventually going to get what they deserve.