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  1. Re:Giving up on the pretense of "meta-data" on Pentagon-Funded Project Will 'Solve' Cellphone Identity Verification Within Two Years (nextgov.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    And that's a red herring. The contention of metadata collection has been whether or not it qualifies as unreasonable search and seizure, emphasis on the search part. Gathering such data within the limits of a warrant is legal. It's still a grey area whether requiring metadata gathering and retention on everyone is overreach. The "point" isn't relevant if it legally poisons evidence collected to where the rest becomes inadmissible in court.
    To my understanding, the 4th amendment is still supposed to be a thing. Skipping the need for probable cause for each search, and not requiring a warrant to specify appropriately narrow limits for each search, by requiring businesses to conduct a continuous broad search seems to violate the letter and the spirit of the law. Privatization of corruption doesn't stop the practice from being corrupt.

  2. Giving up on the pretense of "meta-data" on Pentagon-Funded Project Will 'Solve' Cellphone Identity Verification Within Two Years (nextgov.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just admit that with enough pieces of information it's all "personally identifying".

  3. Off topic: Is there a word for "a problem that takes longer than one lifetime just to explain"?

  4. No matter how complex a thing is, if you know it well enough, you can explain it to a 5 year old.

    No, because some things take more than a year to explain.

    Then you can begin by explaining to a 5 year old, and finish explaining to a 6 year old. Problem solved! Longer problems reduce to this existing solution with some trivial additions...

  5. Re:Not surprised with Chrome's automatic updates on Google Fixes Issue That Broke Millions of Web-Based Games in Chrome (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Heavy handed browser update policies are the reason I only use Edge

    So, you're in favor of heavy handed browser update policies?

  6. Re:Food Stamp Reform in 3, 2, 1 on California Study To Examine the Influence of a Healthy Diet On Patients (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Negative eighty years. Oh SNAP!

  7. Re:Neither on Ask Slashdot: Is It Linux or GNU/Linux? (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I'm fairly sure most people agree Ginger goes well with Mary Ann.
    Unless you meant you prefer Mary Ann with broccoli...

  8. Re:Tangent: Stallman says software is political on Ask Slashdot: Is It Linux or GNU/Linux? (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Context: GP equates having no choice but Windows 10 with being subjugated. If you remove enough of the words that disagree with your point, you can make anyone appear wrong.

    What kind of arrogant, benighted, sheltered, pampered, pompous jackass equates something like running Windows 10 with being subjugated?

    If someone like that shows up, we'll ask them. Until then...

    Get over yourself.

  9. You mean like the Hoover Dam that is in the middle of the desert?

    Yes, all of the Hoover Dams in Southern Australia.

  10. Re:This is how you win votes. on Senate Democrats Force a Vote To Restore Net Neutrality (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    So one would assume Muller would already know about this, yet, instead of charging Trump's lawyer himself, Muller passes this off to a local prosecutor?

    The president could pardon his lawyer for a federal charge. A local prosecutor can try the lawyer on state charges, and would require the state's governor to issue a pardon, as that's a power reserved to the states. This is not by accident.

  11. Re:Operating systems that mishandle... on Multiple OS Vendors Release Security Patches After Misinterpreting Intel Docs (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    ... Apple, Microsoft... Red Hat... and other Linux distros... Motion to have the sentence taken out back and shot.

  12. Re:Betteridge's Law on Are Two Spaces After a Period Better Than One? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No, followed by two spaces.

  13. Re:The true problem aren't the bondsmen... on Google Will Ban Bail-Bond Ads (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    consenting adults should be able to do what they want with their own bodies

    And they should expect everyone else to bear the costs to them and the people they damage. Right? No?

    Sure! Right after the trial, the one that "procedural due process" guarantees them as is their right, concludes with a guilty verdict should you even consider charging them for it.

  14. Vive le Marché Libre on Man Sues Nation For Allegedly Seizing France.com, a Domain He Has Owned For Over 20 Years (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    On October 1, 2016 ICANN ended its contract with the United States Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and entered the private sector.
    Citation: https://www.icann.org/news/ann...

    Congress didn't renew the contract, the Republican majority congress... Thanks Obama!

  15. Re:But I though race was just a social construct. on 'Sea Nomads' Are First Known Humans Genetically Adapted To Diving (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    The Esoteric Order of Dagon is looking for people with your interests.

  16. Emo Phillips on German ICO Savedroid Pulls Exit Scam After Raising $50 Million (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I lent a friend of mine $10,000 for plastic surgery and now I don't know what he looks like."

  17. The trade war America can win on Pentagon Reports 2000% Increase in Russia Trolls Since Friday (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I take this to mean that American trolls are slacking. This calls for massive tariffs on imported troll posts so that the balance shifts to locally sourced, free-range, gluten and asbestos free troll posts. Step it up folks! Those likes, reblogs, and follows won't generate themselves!

  18. Leeches never truly went out of style in medicine on 'Is Curing Patients a Sustainable Business Model?' Goldman Sachs Analysts Ask (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    "Is eating the rich a sustainable business model?" asks music group Aerosmith. The answer may be "no," according to follow-up information provided.

  19. Re:No, that's not how that works. on YouTube Is Littered With Mass-Produced Videos Made By Automated Bots (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank goodness there haven't been any security breaches of sufficient personal information that could be used to make fake youtube accounts for the foreseeable future. That sort of thing could very readily be automated to get around the penalties of starting a new channel.

  20. Setting an example. It's far more efficient scaring people into hiding because they think they might be wanted for something. Whether they are even wanted isn't important.

  21. Re: Free speech doesn't mean only the speech you l on Reddit Continues To Protect Racist Language In Favor of Free Speech (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    It's much easier than that. Just label dissent as "fake news" often enough and the imagination of your viewers takes care of the rest. There are stories relating the speed capabilities of truth and falsehoods, but neither can compare with that of the unfounded rumor.

  22. Signing a digital contract saying that a business may study my information but may not share additional copies with other people doesn't have anything to do with the first amendment issue at all. Nor does the bill outlining civil recourse for businesses failing to provide adequate security to uphold their side of such contract.
    What the bill actually seems to describe: Businesses that obtain information based on a digital contract have a responsibility to maintain adequate security to justify their claims of who they will and will not share that information to. Third parties obtaining information in bad faith are also the responsibility of the business. The Federal Trade Commission is defining some of the terms that apply to such digital contracts and making legal distinctions between some of them. There's more to it than that, but it's Democrat sponsored and it's unlikely to be passed. So I don't recommend anyone actually read it.

  23. Re: Please don't hurt me. on Torvalds Opposes Tying UEFI Secure Boot to Kernel Lockdown Mode (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2

    Thus it eliminates a false sense of security.

    I suspect you meant emanates there, mostly because I've just reread one of Bruce Schneier's essays.

  24. Re:Oh, he cares about people? on Mark Zuckerberg: Tim Cook is 'Extremely Glib' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    More importantly, why hasn't Facebook respected when people opt out of its services? It would still be identity theft if they were to operate as a non-profit.

  25. Re:So much bloat on Linux 4.16 Released (phoronix.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mac OS L, HURD 3.0, or, BeOS Warp will probably exist around the time that monolithic kernels get too big for their britches. Get back to us when you've tried them, if you please.