HB Gary is Anonymous. Sony is Anonymous. The RIAA and MPAA are Anonymous. You see, the funny thing about a non-organizational organization like Anonymous is that anyone can claim to be a member.
So they know Anonymous DDOS'ed them, and Anonymous have admitted this too.
They also were attacked separately where the theft took place. They don't know if these groups were working together. They blame the latter on Anonymous too. How did they draw that final conclusion??
Q: Was my credit card data taken? A: While all credit card information stored in our systems is encrypted and there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
Are you certain the precise phrasing of the letter you received is not unique to you, or even came from the institution it proclaims to be?
There is such a thing as unhealthy paranoia, sir. As another of US Bank's customers, I can confirm that the phrasing is identical. But who knows? Maybe there's some secret brainwave scanner encoded into the text which transmits the thoughts of anyone reading it back to US Bank's headquarters located in the heart of an active volcano.
The worst part is your comment is now forever linked to you. At least with the older systems, you could make up fake names like "Richard Head" and therefore be untraceable by any future employers, or voters.
I'm not sure I see how any of this could be a fault of the commenting system.
By linking original articles back to FB the site using FB's comment system will certainly see an increase in their Google rankings in pretty short order.
Not likely. Despite what Facebook's questionable views on privacy might lead you to believe, Google can't index a person's wall.
Do you have a tiny monitor? I could see maximizing on a laptop with a smallish resolution, but on a 1920x1280 desktop screen the concept is ridiculous.
1920x1200 here. I run most of my major and often-used programs maximized; browser, email client, Adobe Creative Suite applications, IDEs, etc. Winamp and FileZilla are some exceptions.
No, it's not. Google has not engaged in any anticompetitive practices to hold on to that market share. Being successful simply because you're good at what you do is not a crime. Microsofts agreements with OEMs, other software makers and Intel were used to make it impossible for other OS makers to compete. It would be like if Google created a new standard called norobotsex—
A cloud run by a competent company is no more or less trustworthy than an in-house solution run by a competent IT department. A cloud run by a competent company is orders of magnitude more trustworthy than an in-house solution run by an incompetent, understaffed, or underfunded IT department.
For the most part, idiots don't trust the cloud; people and companies aware of their limitations trust the cloud. Idiots tend to be the ones blindly asking the question, "Who trusts the cloud?"
No, thinking before you delete is a good habit to get into. When I hit delete, I mean delete. The computer should comply.
I celebrate your never having accidentally deleted anything since your ascension. The rest of us, however, are still human. I ask only that you show us mercy.
Maybe the submitter doesn't believe in recycling. He may be more comfortable with an OS that, when deleting a file, makes those clusters unusable until he reformats.
That's a bad habit that I got into. My best option was to make a normal deletion "easier" by disabling the notification when I hit the Delete button. I mean, that's what the Recycle Bin is for; to save your ass from accidental deletions. Notifications are just another layer and should be limited to the more "permanent" deletions, like Shift+Delete.
Sure, there are free recovery tools to really save your ass, but you run a greater risk relying on those over the Recycle Bin.
TOS may not be the main problem. I would think that this is also a federal crime "Intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to obtain:... Information from any protected computer if the conduct involves an interstate or foreign communication" and "Knowingly and with the intent to defraud, trafficking in a password or similar information through which a computer may be accessed without authorization" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
I'm not sure why you think that would apply in this situation. His employer asked for his login information and didn't pose as an employee of Facebook, so there's no deception in that regard. His employer also did not hack his Facebook account or in any way use social engineering to pry out details that may allow access to his account. Not to mention that willingly giving up that information when it's asked or demanded of you without deception most likely qualifies as authorization to access his account.
Requiring the login details to an employee's personal account on a social networking site is absolute bullshit for sure, but it hardly qualifies under the CFAA.
How did this get +5 informative? The CRU emails very conclusively showed several scientists were cherry-picking the data involved to distort the findings, and attempting to cover up the fact they were.
I strongly suspect most people never stopped to read them...
Then perhaps you can point out those parts of the emails that support your claim of conspiracy, because the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, the independent Science Assessment Panel, and the Independent Climate Change Email Review all found no evidence of that which you claim.
Perhaps they simply missed something that your keen eyes and studious investigation picked up on...
I guess you missed the news where the whole United States and Russia are also having exceptionally cold winters.
I can play that game, too. I live in southwestern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It's December 31 and it reached 60F. We're expecting a 50F high for New Year's Day... and rain.
Denial of Service has been a favored tactic used against the KKK and other undesirable groups for years.
And it's wrong in those situations, too.
Why can't the same tactic be used against hate-filled corporations?
Why should it be used at all? What does it actually accomplish?
To say "no you can't use the same tactics WE use" is as hypocritical [...]
mseeger didn't say anything like this, so I'm not quite sure to whom you think you're responding. And be careful with those straw men; they're a fire hazard.
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I get the impression they're not even trying anymore.
If they were trying in the first place, we probably wouldn't be hearing about all these breaches.
All Anonymous means is one who dosn't give their identity [...]
No, that's what anonymous means. When you capitalize that first letter it's no longer a concept; it's a proper name representing a unique entity.
HB Gary is Anonymous. Sony is Anonymous. The RIAA and MPAA are Anonymous. You see, the funny thing about a non-organizational organization like Anonymous is that anyone can claim to be a member.
So they know Anonymous DDOS'ed them, and Anonymous have admitted this too.
They also were attacked separately where the theft took place. They don't know if these groups were working together. They blame the latter on Anonymous too. How did they draw that final conclusion??
Sony’s Response to the U.S. House of Representatives:
We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.”
Sony, I thought you said no CC numbers were exposed!
Q&A #1 for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Services
Q: Was my credit card data taken?
A: While all credit card information stored in our systems is encrypted and there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
Are you certain the precise phrasing of the letter you received is not unique to you, or even came from the institution it proclaims to be?
There is such a thing as unhealthy paranoia, sir. As another of US Bank's customers, I can confirm that the phrasing is identical. But who knows? Maybe there's some secret brainwave scanner encoded into the text which transmits the thoughts of anyone reading it back to US Bank's headquarters located in the heart of an active volcano.
I got the same email. Ironically, Thunderbird flagged it as a potential scam. Heh.
I've only received one from US Bank on April 2 (two days ago). It was the first I had heard of the incident.
So do you love writing code, or did you just do it for the paycheck?
Yes.
Wikileaks is sitting on all sorts of good stuff about Russia. Why does Assange not release that?
Well, if you're going to equate WikiLeaks with Assange then the obvious answer is, "Because he's in jail."
The worst part is your comment is now forever linked to you. At least with the older systems, you could make up fake names like "Richard Head" and therefore be untraceable by any future employers, or voters.
I'm not sure I see how any of this could be a fault of the commenting system.
By linking original articles back to FB the site using FB's comment system will certainly see an increase in their Google rankings in pretty short order.
Not likely. Despite what Facebook's questionable views on privacy might lead you to believe, Google can't index a person's wall.
Do you have a tiny monitor? I could see maximizing on a laptop with a smallish resolution, but on a 1920x1280 desktop screen the concept is ridiculous.
1920x1200 here. I run most of my major and often-used programs maximized; browser, email client, Adobe Creative Suite applications, IDEs, etc. Winamp and FileZilla are some exceptions.
No, it's not. Google has not engaged in any anticompetitive practices to hold on to that market share. Being successful simply because you're good at what you do is not a crime. Microsofts agreements with OEMs, other software makers and Intel were used to make it impossible for other OS makers to compete. It would be like if Google created a new standard called norobotsex—
My brain instinctively paused right there...
I mean, even its name is vaporous.
A cloud run by a competent company is no more or less trustworthy than an in-house solution run by a competent IT department. A cloud run by a competent company is orders of magnitude more trustworthy than an in-house solution run by an incompetent, understaffed, or underfunded IT department.
For the most part, idiots don't trust the cloud; people and companies aware of their limitations trust the cloud. Idiots tend to be the ones blindly asking the question, "Who trusts the cloud?"
No, thinking before you delete is a good habit to get into. When I hit delete, I mean delete. The computer should comply.
I celebrate your never having accidentally deleted anything since your ascension. The rest of us, however, are still human. I ask only that you show us mercy.
Maybe the submitter doesn't believe in recycling. He may be more comfortable with an OS that, when deleting a file, makes those clusters unusable until he reformats.
That's a bad habit that I got into. My best option was to make a normal deletion "easier" by disabling the notification when I hit the Delete button. I mean, that's what the Recycle Bin is for; to save your ass from accidental deletions. Notifications are just another layer and should be limited to the more "permanent" deletions, like Shift+Delete.
Sure, there are free recovery tools to really save your ass, but you run a greater risk relying on those over the Recycle Bin.
We're now "at last!"-ing one of several beta releases? Can we at least save that for the final release? Please?
TOS may not be the main problem. I would think that this is also a federal crime "Intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to obtain: ...
Information from any protected computer if the conduct involves an interstate or foreign communication" and "Knowingly and with the intent to defraud, trafficking in a password or similar information through which a computer may be accessed without authorization" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
I'm not sure why you think that would apply in this situation. His employer asked for his login information and didn't pose as an employee of Facebook, so there's no deception in that regard. His employer also did not hack his Facebook account or in any way use social engineering to pry out details that may allow access to his account. Not to mention that willingly giving up that information when it's asked or demanded of you without deception most likely qualifies as authorization to access his account.
Requiring the login details to an employee's personal account on a social networking site is absolute bullshit for sure, but it hardly qualifies under the CFAA.
Do they mean the browser Chrome? As in Google Chrome 8.0.552.237?
Is 8.0.552.237 not the version?
I wonder how the Google Chrome developers would enjoy bug reports without version numbers.
How did this get +5 informative? The CRU emails very conclusively showed several scientists were cherry-picking the data involved to distort the findings, and attempting to cover up the fact they were.
I strongly suspect most people never stopped to read them...
Then perhaps you can point out those parts of the emails that support your claim of conspiracy, because the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, the independent Science Assessment Panel, and the Independent Climate Change Email Review all found no evidence of that which you claim.
Perhaps they simply missed something that your keen eyes and studious investigation picked up on...
I guess you missed the news where the whole United States and Russia are also having exceptionally cold winters.
I can play that game, too. I live in southwestern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It's December 31 and it reached 60F. We're expecting a 50F high for New Year's Day... and rain.
Denial of Service has been a favored tactic used against the KKK and other undesirable groups for years.
And it's wrong in those situations, too.
Why can't the same tactic be used against hate-filled corporations?
Why should it be used at all? What does it actually accomplish?
To say "no you can't use the same tactics WE use" is as hypocritical [...]
mseeger didn't say anything like this, so I'm not quite sure to whom you think you're responding. And be careful with those straw men; they're a fire hazard.
You have a 4 digit UID.. how do you not know this?
Senility?