Youtube isn't getting flak for following the rules.
They're getting flak for following the rules badly
There are numerous ways that YT could adhere with the DMCA without dicking over their content creators. They simply chose not to. They chose the lazy method of take-down first and ask questions later.
Do Congresscritters not have standard-issue.gov email addresses, with in-house servers (exchange, apache, lotus, whatever)??
Or is congress saying that members can't use Yahoo at home for receiving recipes from their mom, participating in fantasy football, and/or signing up for Cat Facts.
You are absolutely correct: the way he handled this is a crime. But that just highlights a massive deficiency. How are we supposed to catch security flaws like this?
I can't imagine that asking permission would end well. The target has nothing to gain, and everything to lose. We need someone (or some group) sanctioned to pen test government assets.
From election offices, to the ACA databases, to the DMV, and on and on, we have a LOT of personal data floating around. I would certainly prefer that someone is allowed to make sure these repositories are being kept up to standards.
Not that I know of... but that would be an interesting new feature. Especially for shows that come in seasons.
It should be pretty simple for Netflix to preload the next 2 or 3 episodes of a given show. Maybe just load 90% of each frame, so that I can't actually be watched off-line, but the download requirements to stream it during peak hours are reduced significantly. Watch a few episodes per night, let Netflix queue up the next few for tomorrow.
Of course... that all assumes that Netflix and Comcast can play nicely, and that comcast is genuinely trying to provide their customers a better experience. Dangerous assumptions on both fronts.
There's a fundamental aspect of bandwidth that I think you're missing. It's always there. Any time that the lines are under-utilized is simply wasted. All those late-night hours when the lines are empty... that unused bandwidth doesn't queue up and wait to help offset rush hour the next day.
Think of it like lanes on the highway. If we could somehow convince the big traffic jammers (big-rigs, perhaps) to run between 8pm and 4am, that would alleviate traffic for the average commuter.
The 8% of users who are exceeding 300gb per month simply should not be able to saturate the lines. If 8% of users can create a traffic jam, we've got bigger problems.
Meanwhile, Comcast can see their own metrics, even if they don't release that info publicly. So they can pick a time-frame that's currently underutilized, make that the "unlimited" time, and the big-downloaders will adjust accordingly.
If broadband ISPs insist on having data caps (which they really shouldn't), they need to adopt a schedule like the old cell plans. Not necessarily the same "night and weekends" model... but that old jingle was stuck in my head
People who shape their traffic and plan large downloads at overnight aren't clogging up the lines. Why punish customers who are making their best efforts to not impact other people? We should be rewarding that behavior.
Certainly possible, but further down the rabbit hole in which they currently languish.
The WiiU primarily did 2 new things: Introduced new interface hardware, and let that hardware divide the experience. Local multiplayer suffered the worst, and adding a VR headset will only exacerbate the problem.
Now, I personally don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with asymmetric multiplayer. Just the opposite, actually. It opens up a lot of potential for new and interesting games, which their Nintendoland tech demo did a good job of illustrating... but it never took off from there.
Nintendo failed to create any games that really took advantage of the hardware, instead shoehorning it into games for no adequate reason, which only makes the game worse (lookin at you, star fox). And they failed to court any 3rd party vendors to create such games.
Despite the potential for asymmetric gameplay, the system failed. I don't see how a double-down on the asymmetry will make things better next time.
My thought: Security cam shoulder surfing. What if the "crack" actually involved checking security footage from any banks, stores, etc. visited by the terrorist before the incident. One of them might've had a clear enough angle to see him punch in the code.
It's just dumb enough to actually work, but something the FBI might not want to admit out loud. Not only for fear of sounding stupid, but this would also back up Apple's stance that the phones themselves are secure... and the FBI doesn't want that. Nor does the FBI want people to realize just how much they're on camera.
I'd go one step shadier... just buy up a dozen or so unlocked iphones. Write a small script to generate random contact info, browsing history, etc, so the phones look "used."
Offer to unlock any phone for the FBI, on the condition that I'm given the phone and not observed while I work. Swap it out for the randomly populated device, and return it (maybe spend a bit of time strategically scuffing or cracking screens to match the physical appearance of the original) That'll be $150,000 please.
Let's see: no actionable data from the phone (imagine the headline: "FBI's cracked iPhone thwarts terror plot"), they haven't shared this skeleton key with Law Enforcement, and now they might just never divulge the secret at all??
"You must make weaker encryption so law enforcement can do it's job... hey, can you make some nice strong encryption for us? The military needs that to do its job."
These losses and failings are the result of console developers own shortsightedness.
For years, they've been creating consoles based on the worst aspects of PCs with none of the PC benefits. No couch multiplayer, required internet connection, long boot times, frequent software updates, all while being completely unable to compete with PCs on graphical fidelity, multitask capability or input selection (PCs support keyboard/mouse, console controllers, etc, up to full HOTAS setups with rudder pedals and such). Consoles also lack the markets like Steam, GoG, GMG and Humble Bundle.
So yeah... all the weaknesses, none of the strengths from both sides. Are we surprised that they aren't doing so well?
Minor point if semantics: being anti-Muslim isn't racist. It's bigotry. (Not that one's any better than the other)
Now... it's entirely possible that Donny T. actually is racist against Arabs, and just doesn't know how to express that properly. If he believes that all Arabs are Muslim, well, that's a bit racist already. But as long as his vitriol is directed toward followers of the religion of Islam and not people born of a particular ethnicity, it's not technically racism.
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Living within a simulation would certainly explain the Fermi Paradox.
We have no aliens because they haven't been patched in yet. Next DLC, I bet.
Youtube isn't getting flak for following the rules.
They're getting flak for following the rules badly
There are numerous ways that YT could adhere with the DMCA without dicking over their content creators. They simply chose not to. They chose the lazy method of take-down first and ask questions later.
Something tomato something fruit salad.
Do Congresscritters not have standard-issue .gov email addresses, with in-house servers (exchange, apache, lotus, whatever)??
Or is congress saying that members can't use Yahoo at home for receiving recipes from their mom, participating in fantasy football, and/or signing up for Cat Facts.
You are absolutely correct: the way he handled this is a crime. But that just highlights a massive deficiency. How are we supposed to catch security flaws like this?
I can't imagine that asking permission would end well. The target has nothing to gain, and everything to lose. We need someone (or some group) sanctioned to pen test government assets.
From election offices, to the ACA databases, to the DMV, and on and on, we have a LOT of personal data floating around. I would certainly prefer that someone is allowed to make sure these repositories are being kept up to standards.
Yeah ... but the next 2 steps in the 12 are believe in god, and trust him kick your habit for you.
So, you know, grain of salt and all that.
Not that I know of ... but that would be an interesting new feature. Especially for shows that come in seasons.
It should be pretty simple for Netflix to preload the next 2 or 3 episodes of a given show. Maybe just load 90% of each frame, so that I can't actually be watched off-line, but the download requirements to stream it during peak hours are reduced significantly. Watch a few episodes per night, let Netflix queue up the next few for tomorrow.
Of course... that all assumes that Netflix and Comcast can play nicely, and that comcast is genuinely trying to provide their customers a better experience. Dangerous assumptions on both fronts.
There's a fundamental aspect of bandwidth that I think you're missing. It's always there. Any time that the lines are under-utilized is simply wasted. All those late-night hours when the lines are empty ... that unused bandwidth doesn't queue up and wait to help offset rush hour the next day.
Think of it like lanes on the highway. If we could somehow convince the big traffic jammers (big-rigs, perhaps) to run between 8pm and 4am, that would alleviate traffic for the average commuter.
Then pick a different time.
The 8% of users who are exceeding 300gb per month simply should not be able to saturate the lines. If 8% of users can create a traffic jam, we've got bigger problems.
Meanwhile, Comcast can see their own metrics, even if they don't release that info publicly. So they can pick a time-frame that's currently underutilized, make that the "unlimited" time, and the big-downloaders will adjust accordingly.
Because the limits are false.
Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, etc. have made their own little monopolized diamond business, creating artificial scarcity.
The problem is that they've done this to a basic utility service, instead of an exorbitant luxury item like diamonds.
If broadband ISPs insist on having data caps (which they really shouldn't), they need to adopt a schedule like the old cell plans. Not necessarily the same "night and weekends" model ... but that old jingle was stuck in my head
People who shape their traffic and plan large downloads at overnight aren't clogging up the lines. Why punish customers who are making their best efforts to not impact other people? We should be rewarding that behavior.
Certainly possible, but further down the rabbit hole in which they currently languish.
The WiiU primarily did 2 new things: Introduced new interface hardware, and let that hardware divide the experience. Local multiplayer suffered the worst, and adding a VR headset will only exacerbate the problem.
Now, I personally don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with asymmetric multiplayer. Just the opposite, actually. It opens up a lot of potential for new and interesting games, which their Nintendoland tech demo did a good job of illustrating... but it never took off from there.
Nintendo failed to create any games that really took advantage of the hardware, instead shoehorning it into games for no adequate reason, which only makes the game worse (lookin at you, star fox). And they failed to court any 3rd party vendors to create such games.
Despite the potential for asymmetric gameplay, the system failed. I don't see how a double-down on the asymmetry will make things better next time.
My thought: Security cam shoulder surfing. What if the "crack" actually involved checking security footage from any banks, stores, etc. visited by the terrorist before the incident. One of them might've had a clear enough angle to see him punch in the code.
It's just dumb enough to actually work, but something the FBI might not want to admit out loud. Not only for fear of sounding stupid, but this would also back up Apple's stance that the phones themselves are secure... and the FBI doesn't want that. Nor does the FBI want people to realize just how much they're on camera.
I'd go one step shadier ... just buy up a dozen or so unlocked iphones. Write a small script to generate random contact info, browsing history, etc, so the phones look "used."
Offer to unlock any phone for the FBI, on the condition that I'm given the phone and not observed while I work. Swap it out for the randomly populated device, and return it (maybe spend a bit of time strategically scuffing or cracking screens to match the physical appearance of the original) That'll be $150,000 please.
just imagine a single app that gives you access to multiple services.
Instead of dedicated apps for Facebook, Youtube, Amazon, Uber, etc, a single app could give you access to all of that and more.
It's gonna be big. And based on the exploration possible with such an app, I think the most fitting name is gonna be Safari. Yeah. Let's go with that.
Then why wouldn't they crack some phones for the cops?
At least one of those thousands and thousands of phones in LEO possession would have solid leads, and generate some good PR for the FBI at least.
YouTube has ads?
Soo, they didn't actually crack the thing at all.
Let's see: no actionable data from the phone (imagine the headline: "FBI's cracked iPhone thwarts terror plot"), they haven't shared this skeleton key with Law Enforcement, and now they might just never divulge the secret at all??
"Ignore the man behind the curtain."
"You must make weaker encryption so law enforcement can do it's job... hey, can you make some nice strong encryption for us? The military needs that to do its job."
This *IS* science.
He's forming a hypothesis based on observed evidence. That's literally what science is.
The only thing missing is the ability to replicate the results... but that's a tall order in this case.
Give me a console that does this, and I'll buy it.
In the meantime, I need to keep browsing forums for another 20-30 minutes while my console updates... and then has to download a patch for the game.
These losses and failings are the result of console developers own shortsightedness.
For years, they've been creating consoles based on the worst aspects of PCs with none of the PC benefits. No couch multiplayer, required internet connection, long boot times, frequent software updates, all while being completely unable to compete with PCs on graphical fidelity, multitask capability or input selection (PCs support keyboard/mouse, console controllers, etc, up to full HOTAS setups with rudder pedals and such). Consoles also lack the markets like Steam, GoG, GMG and Humble Bundle.
So yeah ... all the weaknesses, none of the strengths from both sides. Are we surprised that they aren't doing so well?
Minor point if semantics: being anti-Muslim isn't racist. It's bigotry. (Not that one's any better than the other)
Now... it's entirely possible that Donny T. actually is racist against Arabs, and just doesn't know how to express that properly. If he believes that all Arabs are Muslim, well, that's a bit racist already. But as long as his vitriol is directed toward followers of the religion of Islam and not people born of a particular ethnicity, it's not technically racism.
Any device, legislation, price of software, etc. that is explicitly designed to get around an amendment should be instantly dismissed.
This is the "just the tip" of removing your constitutionally protected rights. And it's never just the tip. I'm thinking 13 will be next.
Because encryption isn't unbreakable.
It just takes a while.