That is what I do, especially when flying in from Europe and Asia, since the USA agents are much more friendly and reasonable in Canada.
However during the last few years, I refused to visit Australia, now that it is not possible to opt out of dangerous full body airport scanners there. At least in the USA I can get a safe full body massage alternative, which I always do instead of flooding the top 1mm of skin with harmful EM radiation.
Looking at the security theatre, censorship, and surveillance being done now in Australia, I don't see how you can say with a straight face that it is better for visitors than the USA is.
My dream phone is a large 7 inch 4G phablet, with stylus, wifi (IEEE 802.11ac or newer), HDMI (out), GPS+GLONASS+Galileo navigation, 1080p (or higher) OLED display, unlocked boatloader, and pre-installed with rooted LineageOS.
The large size still fits in my purse and eliminates the need to carry a separate tablet. Besides I mostly use my phone for web, email, and conferencing (with screen sharing) far more than for occasional phone-calls.
On the Android side, I am sick and tied of locked bootloaders, preinstalled crap-ware, and proprietary Android versions. Give me LineageOS, the Cyanogenmod successor, since it does exactly what I want without unnecessary crap, and is more secure than alternatives.
...I've worked in outsourced IT environments -- everything takes twice as long and nothing new will ever be attempted in a company that has someone else running their iT, partially because change orders cost so much.
I have also experienced this first hand, where top developers, engineers, architect, cryptographers, and scientists each waste hundreds of hours per year dealing with "IT self service". If one had to add up all of the lost hours and productivity by these people, it would greatly exceed many times over, the savings companies like mine save by outsourcing their IT, which in our case was with ATOS.
BTW, outsourcing IT, should also include using flaky and insecure cloud services, especially Microsoft Office365, which created so many more issues compared to when we had our own corporate servers run by IT.
In most EU countries and other places, it is prohibited in general to turn right on red, where one has to wait for the lights to turn green, or right green arrow, before one can make a right hand turn.
Although when driving on the right, it is still faster to make a right turn then making a left turn, since one often has to wait for on coming traffic. I can't help but wonder if the time saving that UPS gets in reducing left turns in Europe is far less than in North America where turn right on red is allowed.
Although this appears to be a great achievement, pending independent peer-review of course...
The fact is that that it is still a big unanswered question in physics as to how the number of qubits with superposition of their quantum states will scale in terms of time and energy. Many physicists think that this might scale scale exponentially.
So yes, we can expect to make quantum computers with a several (maybe even a few dozen) qubits with superposition of their quantum states; but if we need to double the time and energy as we add more qubits, it becomes impractical. Even if one find 10x or 100x improvements in obtaining superposition, if one does this with the large number of qubits needs to break classical public key crypto, such as RSA (via factoring), or DH/ECDH & DSA/ECDSA (via discrete log), it may take more time than the projected heat death of the universe and/or more energy than in the universe, especially with large key sizes.
Note that quantum computer systems such as those from D-Wave now have 2000 qubits, but these function without quantum superposition of their qubits, and hence cannot be used to break public key crypto. Mind you, even without superposition, D-Wave systems appear be to many times more efficient in computing some things compared to classical computers, such as for some types of simulations, so they are still useful in there own right.
Physicist should would find out how qubits scale, long before anyone is able to build one capable of breaking public key crypto. By then, there are a number of usable but less efficient (bigger & slower) quantum resistant public key alternatives which we can switch to, such as lattice based crypto, long before there is any quantum computer risk to Internet security.
In terms of science fiction risks to crypto, I am much more concerned about super-intelligent AI (or really clever human mathematicians) figuring out some shortcut to undermine trapdoor functions which public key crypto is based on, than I am with quantum computers.
And currently, the biggest risk to worry about are the countless security flaws and backdoors in modern hardware and software, such as Intel VPro/AMT, and organizations such as the NSA undermining crypto standards and protocols.
Samsung could clearly and verifiably show what the real issue is with the Note 7, which they have not done yet. And then show that it was completely solved and safe in the Note 8.
Plus ship the Note 8 with a fully unlocked Bootloader, so that we can easily install crapware-free ROM's such as CyanogenMod.
There are a lot of good things to like about the Samsung Galaxy Note series, including phablet size, stylus, and display.
So what do we do about Neptune then? It certainly hasn't cleared its orbital path of Pluto.
If you look at the orbits of Neptune and Pluto in 3D, they never really cross.
In fact due to 3:2 resonance between them, the closest they ever get to each other is 18AU, about the distance of Earth with Uranus. https://www.quora.com/Will-Nep...
So yet, Neptunes orbit is considered cleared.
Note that small bodies in rensonace and in Lagrange points are considered excluded from the planetary "clearing" requirement, since they are not in the way of the planet's orbit.
I for one will not recognise it. Reinstate Pluto, you right rotten rat-bastards, then we'll talk.
Give it up!
It makes no sense to let small dwarf planets like Pluto, which are too small to have sufficient gravity to clear their neighbourhoods, to be called planets without having to add many more other dwarf planets in the solar system.
Eris is 27% more massive than Pluto, should it be a planet as well? And there is likely even more massive undiscovered objects further out in the solar system. And there are many dwarf planets much smaller than Pluto, such as Ceres with similar properties including signs of recent geological activity.
What about the Outer Space Treaty which prevents ownership of by celestial objects by nation states?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... The treaty explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet. Art. II of the Treaty states that "outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means". However, the State that launches a space object retains jurisdiction and control over that object.[4] The State is also liable for damages caused by their space object.
This means that that at best a space nation would have to consist of one or more "grouped" space stations, which would cost many tens if not hundreds of trillions of dollars, and still likely not be entirely self-sufficient and independent from Earth. Even with all that, a space station would likely not be considered a nation, any more than a cruise ship or oil platform is currently.
If you want you own country, it would be far easier and cheaper to claim some rock in the middle of the ocean, away from any 300 nautical mile national exclusion zone, or better yet just buy out or take over a poor failing state.
Some lawyers and researchers at Stanford still think that the USA is a democracy which follows the rule of law, especially for its surveillance apparatus and unaccountable agencies (CIA, NSA, Homeland Security,...).
I do hope that no one bursts their bubble, it would be like telling small children that there is no Santa.
End-to-end crypto solutions on the client side, such as S/MIME & PGP have existed for nearly 20 years.
But for Android users, there is simply no decent e-mail app in which supports this type of required security in Google Play store, while also supporting office365 (required for work), tablet mode, and threaded message viewing.
Stock mail app, Gmail, Outlook, Touchdown, Nine, etc., none of these apps meet of these criteria. And don't mention Samsung Knox, which is only available with stock Samsung ROM on its hardware, and won't install or work with custom ROM's on its hardware such as cyanogenmod.
I very much prefer Android over iOS, but wished there was at least one decent and secure android mail app which meet my criteria, the way that iOS stock mail app does. Not to mention having the extremely handy in-app file attachment preview of pdf, word, powerpoint, excel, etc. which iOS stock mail app provides.
If any decent Android mail app ever does go on sale, I would be happy to pay up to $100 for it, especially for something close to iOS stock mail app. Since this would be a bargain compared to switching back to iOS just for decent mail.
The Android version does not support screen sharing, so it is useless for presentations.
The Mac and iOS versions are not stable and crash numerous times during meetings. (My record is >20 crashes in less than an hour with both clients.)
The HTML version is also too limited.
Even the Windows versions suffers from login issues, not present in the other ports, especially if you log in through a ADFS (Active Directory Feberation Services) corporate portal and have security restrictions.
In the end I cannot believe how bad Lync was and Skype for Business is, compared to any other alternative, including GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc.
If only, we were not forced to use this steaming pile of Microsoft meeting software at work.
The liberals just raised taxes again on his corporation North Pole Inc. and forced him to provide Obamacare for his elves. They also sued him for giving coal to bad children, saying it that every child should be a winner and it was unfair to black kids who grew up in worse situations than whites, so therefore Santa's policy was racial discrimination. The fine was $400,000,000.
He is no longer able to make a profit and therefore had to declare bankruptcy. Sorry kids.;(
Vote for Trump in 2016 if you want Santa to come back. Make America great again!
What? I thought that Santa Claus is Canadian, based on his legitimate Canadian mailing address:
So all of his elves should have be fully covered by universal single payer health care, decades before Obama was elected. And as a Canadian non-profit organisation, his corporate tax rate is zero.
Besides I have no idea why you are praising Trump, when up north, there is no greater hero than Ted Cruz for renouncing his Canadian citizenship.
But that is no reason to connect it to an antenna which allows a pc which is turned off to still be able to run wireless remote management commands.
In security one of the most critical consideration is to reduce the attack surface.
Intel vPro/AMT has such a large attack surface, that if we can assume there are no deliberate back doors, it is a safe bet that having it still introduces a wide range of new attack methods against us.
And for what? Just to help make corporate IT's job a bit easier? And remember those extra gates to support it does increase the chip's die size, power consumption, and cost.
Why not have AMT/vPro only in corporate PC's on request, and not have it in anything else.
For some reason I get very nervous with an out of band remote proprietary management system baked into recent Intel chips, which operates below the OS, and has not been independently audited and reviewed by trusted 3rd parties (such as those not associated with mass surveillance). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Doesn't the current mouse protection rule set the clock to death of creator plus 70 years for copyright? Shouldn't that be not only enough for anyone but utterly overboard?
This is my understanding as well. And "Philip Francis Nowlan" who is the creator of Buck Rogers died in 1940, which was more than 75 years ago.
So with the current rules, Buck Rogers should be fully in the USA public domain.
Unfortunately, we will have to wait until 2036 for Mickey Mouse to enter public domain, and by then I suspect that Disney will bribe enough government officials to prevent it.
When does the bios install the files, at boot time, or when the OS is running?
If at boot, this should require bios drivers for read+write ntfs filesystem support in order to know where in the primary drive the bios needs to install the files, which means the bios can hold a much larger amount of storage then expected.
If when the OS is running, this opens up the potential for many new scarier exploits and backdoors, even for a more secure OS with different file systems, such as Linux or *BSD, beyond just storage, such as memory and network access.
Does this still work with FDE (Full Disk Encryption), such as bitlocker, truecrypt, bestcrypt, pgpdisk, etc.?
I hope that I am not forced to wear a burka just to keep some small amount of personal privacy, once big data is able to tap into nearly every single survailence camera, and use face recognition to automatically track everything I do, even with my mobile phone at home or turned off.
Western society is be becoming more and more Orwellian.
In the old days, people would fight and die for freedom and liberties. But now societies are willing to sacrifice these to prevent one person from being harmed from terrorists even though the odds are insignigant compared to other threats we accept such as traffic accidents, or having one child from being molisted even though this is nearly always done by someone close or known to the child.
Due to the difficulty in finding execution drugs in the USA, why not bury him alive in a cesspit, placed far enough below a few outhouses in a predominate Boston location?
Victims and their immediate families can freely use those outhouses. And everyone else can be charged $1 for each use, with 100% of that money going into a victim fund.
Currently DNA analysis is quite crude, basically enough to determine some genetic predisposition to illness and family relationships.
But there is indication that researcher might be able to find generic markers with predispose people to various conditions and traits (such as being left handed, homosexual, overweight, balding violent, psychopathic, etc.). Do you really want this information to be in the hands of big government and multi-national corporations?
Even if someone is genetically predisposed to some trait, there are additional environment factors which can prevent this from surfacing.
Why should a person who may have genetic markers to make them predisposed to violence, but was raised in a loving environment and taught at a young age to use anger management techniques and never hurt a fly, be discriminated against like someone who has countless violent acts against innocent people?
DNA should only be allowed to be freely collected, when people have the technology and option to change their own genetics, so that they are not victimized by discrimination.
So many people have issues when it comes to enabling and using FDE (full disk encryption) with Android.
Quite often when they upgrade their OS they are advised to first decrypt their OS in order to avoid bricking their devices or losing data.
When when there is no FDE and users try to enable it, it often fails, especially with 3rd party OS such as Cyanogenmod, often due to partition issues such as the main file system overlapping the crypto footer region, forcing many to give up in order to avoid having to repartition and then reinstall OS, apps, data, etc.
Forcing FDE in all future Android version as the default, just as Apple does with iOS, will ensure that always-on encryption is normal consistent state which is always tested against, instead of the messy mixed encrypted and unencrypted Android ecosystem we have today.
With recent Intel chips containing AMT (Active Management Technology) and vPro, which contain integrated 3G radio support plus hidden processing core running separate hidden "management" instructions from the main core, what I really want to know is which Intel chips have a potential backdoor and which do not.
Otherwise any smart competitor which can prove that their don't have any backdoors, would have a significant marketing advantage. (Are you listening AMD?)
North Korea hacks Sony => Cyber-Terrorism USA & Great Britain hacks Gemalto => Patriotic-Duty
Of course Gemalto will say anything they can to limit economic damage, but without proper and transparent oversight of secret agencies they is no way to validate any claim by Gemalto that their 3G/4G SIM secrets were not stolen.
The best course of action is for Gemalto to simply be bought out official by the NSA and GCHQ, since they already own their asses, oops I mean assets.
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That is what I do, especially when flying in from Europe and Asia, since the USA agents are much more friendly and reasonable in Canada.
However during the last few years, I refused to visit Australia, now that it is not possible to opt out of dangerous full body airport scanners there. At least in the USA I can get a safe full body massage alternative, which I always do instead of flooding the top 1mm of skin with harmful EM radiation.
Looking at the security theatre, censorship, and surveillance being done now in Australia, I don't see how you can say with a straight face that it is better for visitors than the USA is.
My dream phone is a large 7 inch 4G phablet, with stylus, wifi (IEEE 802.11ac or newer), HDMI (out), GPS+GLONASS+Galileo navigation, 1080p (or higher) OLED display, unlocked boatloader, and pre-installed with rooted LineageOS.
The large size still fits in my purse and eliminates the need to carry a separate tablet. Besides I mostly use my phone for web, email, and conferencing (with screen sharing) far more than for occasional phone-calls.
On the Android side, I am sick and tied of locked bootloaders, preinstalled crap-ware, and proprietary Android versions. Give me LineageOS, the Cyanogenmod successor, since it does exactly what I want without unnecessary crap, and is more secure than alternatives.
...I've worked in outsourced IT environments -- everything takes twice as long and nothing new will ever be attempted in a company that has someone else running their iT, partially because change orders cost so much.
I have also experienced this first hand, where top developers, engineers, architect, cryptographers, and scientists each waste hundreds of hours per year dealing with "IT self service". If one had to add up all of the lost hours and productivity by these people, it would greatly exceed many times over, the savings companies like mine save by outsourcing their IT, which in our case was with ATOS.
BTW, outsourcing IT, should also include using flaky and insecure cloud services, especially Microsoft Office365, which created so many more issues compared to when we had our own corporate servers run by IT.
In most EU countries and other places, it is prohibited in general to turn right on red, where one has to wait for the lights to turn green, or right green arrow, before one can make a right hand turn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Although when driving on the right, it is still faster to make a right turn then making a left turn, since one often has to wait for on coming traffic. I can't help but wonder if the time saving that UPS gets in reducing left turns in Europe is far less than in North America where turn right on red is allowed.
Are the stability issues due to the Surface Pro hardware or Windows 10 software?
I am much more inclined to think that it is the latter.
Although this appears to be a great achievement, pending independent peer-review of course...
The fact is that that it is still a big unanswered question in physics as to how the number of qubits with superposition of their quantum states will scale in terms of time and energy. Many physicists think that this might scale scale exponentially.
So yes, we can expect to make quantum computers with a several (maybe even a few dozen) qubits with superposition of their quantum states; but if we need to double the time and energy as we add more qubits, it becomes impractical. Even if one find 10x or 100x improvements in obtaining superposition, if one does this with the large number of qubits needs to break classical public key crypto, such as RSA (via factoring), or DH/ECDH & DSA/ECDSA (via discrete log), it may take more time than the projected heat death of the universe and/or more energy than in the universe, especially with large key sizes.
Note that quantum computer systems such as those from D-Wave now have 2000 qubits, but these function without quantum superposition of their qubits, and hence cannot be used to break public key crypto. Mind you, even without superposition, D-Wave systems appear be to many times more efficient in computing some things compared to classical computers, such as for some types of simulations, so they are still useful in there own right.
Physicist should would find out how qubits scale, long before anyone is able to build one capable of breaking public key crypto. By then, there are a number of usable but less efficient (bigger & slower) quantum resistant public key alternatives which we can switch to, such as lattice based crypto, long before there is any quantum computer risk to Internet security.
In terms of science fiction risks to crypto, I am much more concerned about super-intelligent AI (or really clever human mathematicians) figuring out some shortcut to undermine trapdoor functions which public key crypto is based on, than I am with quantum computers.
And currently, the biggest risk to worry about are the countless security flaws and backdoors in modern hardware and software, such as Intel VPro/AMT, and organizations such as the NSA undermining crypto standards and protocols.
Samsung could clearly and verifiably show what the real issue is with the Note 7, which they have not done yet. And then show that it was completely solved and safe in the Note 8.
Plus ship the Note 8 with a fully unlocked Bootloader, so that we can easily install crapware-free ROM's such as CyanogenMod.
There are a lot of good things to like about the Samsung Galaxy Note series, including phablet size, stylus, and display.
So what do we do about Neptune then? It certainly hasn't cleared its orbital path of Pluto.
If you look at the orbits of Neptune and Pluto in 3D, they never really cross.
In fact due to 3:2 resonance between them, the closest they ever get to each other is 18AU, about the distance of Earth with Uranus.
https://www.quora.com/Will-Nep...
So yet, Neptunes orbit is considered cleared.
Note that small bodies in rensonace and in Lagrange points are considered excluded from the planetary "clearing" requirement, since they are not in the way of the planet's orbit.
I for one will not recognise it. Reinstate Pluto, you right rotten rat-bastards, then we'll talk.
Give it up!
It makes no sense to let small dwarf planets like Pluto, which are too small to have sufficient gravity to clear their neighbourhoods, to be called planets without having to add many more other dwarf planets in the solar system.
Eris is 27% more massive than Pluto, should it be a planet as well? And there is likely even more massive undiscovered objects further out in the solar system. And there are many dwarf planets much smaller than Pluto, such as Ceres with similar properties including signs of recent geological activity.
What about the Outer Space Treaty which prevents ownership of by celestial objects by nation states?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The treaty explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet. Art. II of the Treaty states that "outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means". However, the State that launches a space object retains jurisdiction and control over that object.[4] The State is also liable for damages caused by their space object.
This means that that at best a space nation would have to consist of one or more "grouped" space stations, which would cost many tens if not hundreds of trillions of dollars, and still likely not be entirely self-sufficient and independent from Earth. Even with all that, a space station would likely not be considered a nation, any more than a cruise ship or oil platform is currently.
If you want you own country, it would be far easier and cheaper to claim some rock in the middle of the ocean, away from any 300 nautical mile national exclusion zone, or better yet just buy out or take over a poor failing state.
Some lawyers and researchers at Stanford still think that the USA is a democracy which follows the rule of law, especially for its surveillance apparatus and unaccountable agencies (CIA, NSA, Homeland Security, ...).
I do hope that no one bursts their bubble, it would be like telling small children that there is no Santa.
End-to-end crypto solutions on the client side, such as S/MIME & PGP have existed for nearly 20 years.
But for Android users, there is simply no decent e-mail app in which supports this type of required security in Google Play store, while also supporting office365 (required for work), tablet mode, and threaded message viewing.
Stock mail app, Gmail, Outlook, Touchdown, Nine, etc., none of these apps meet of these criteria. And don't mention Samsung Knox, which is only available with stock Samsung ROM on its hardware, and won't install or work with custom ROM's on its hardware such as cyanogenmod.
I very much prefer Android over iOS, but wished there was at least one decent and secure android mail app which meet my criteria, the way that iOS stock mail app does. Not to mention having the extremely handy in-app file attachment preview of pdf, word, powerpoint, excel, etc. which iOS stock mail app provides.
If any decent Android mail app ever does go on sale, I would be happy to pay up to $100 for it, especially for something close to iOS stock mail app. Since this would be a bargain compared to switching back to iOS just for decent mail.
The Android version does not support screen sharing, so it is useless for presentations.
The Mac and iOS versions are not stable and crash numerous times during meetings. (My record is >20 crashes in less than an hour with both clients.)
The HTML version is also too limited.
Even the Windows versions suffers from login issues, not present in the other ports, especially if you log in through a ADFS (Active Directory Feberation Services) corporate portal and have security restrictions.
In the end I cannot believe how bad Lync was and Skype for Business is, compared to any other alternative, including GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc.
If only, we were not forced to use this steaming pile of Microsoft meeting software at work.
The liberals just raised taxes again on his corporation North Pole Inc. and forced him to provide Obamacare for his elves. They also sued him for giving coal to bad children, saying it that every child should be a winner and it was unfair to black kids who grew up in worse situations than whites, so therefore Santa's policy was racial discrimination. The fine was $400,000,000.
He is no longer able to make a profit and therefore had to declare bankruptcy. Sorry kids. ;(
Vote for Trump in 2016 if you want Santa to come back. Make America great again!
What? I thought that Santa Claus is Canadian, based on his legitimate Canadian mailing address:
SANTA CLAUS
NORTH POLE, H0H0H0, CANADA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So all of his elves should have be fully covered by universal single payer health care, decades before Obama was elected. And as a Canadian non-profit organisation, his corporate tax rate is zero.
Besides I have no idea why you are praising Trump, when up north, there is no greater hero than Ted Cruz for renouncing his Canadian citizenship.
http://trailblazersblog.dallas...
http://www.dallasnews.com/news...
If only we can get Justin Bieber to do the same.
Yes processors run microcode.
But that is no reason to connect it to an antenna which allows a pc which is turned off to still be able to run wireless remote management commands.
In security one of the most critical consideration is to reduce the attack surface.
Intel vPro/AMT has such a large attack surface, that if we can assume there are no deliberate back doors, it is a safe bet that having it still introduces a wide range of new attack methods against us.
And for what? Just to help make corporate IT's job a bit easier? And remember those extra gates to support it does increase the chip's die size, power consumption, and cost.
Why not have AMT/vPro only in corporate PC's on request, and not have it in anything else.
For some reason I get very nervous with an out of band remote proprietary management system baked into recent Intel chips, which operates below the OS, and has not been independently audited and reviewed by trusted 3rd parties (such as those not associated with mass surveillance).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Note that AMT is also in all Intel chips with vPro:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This posting from the FSF (Free Software Foundation) has a decent writeup about it:
https://fsf.org/blogs/communit...
It seems that we are now in the age of hardware backdoors.
Maybe AMD which cannot seem to compete with Intel on performance and low-power, can make a niche for itself as a secure (backdoorless) alternative.
These days, I would value my privacy over performance.
Doesn't the current mouse protection rule set the clock to death of creator plus 70 years for copyright?
Shouldn't that be not only enough for anyone but utterly overboard?
This is my understanding as well. And "Philip Francis Nowlan" who is the creator of Buck Rogers died in 1940, which was more than 75 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So with the current rules, Buck Rogers should be fully in the USA public domain.
Unfortunately, we will have to wait until 2036 for Mickey Mouse to enter public domain, and by then I suspect that Disney will bribe enough government officials to prevent it.
When does the bios install the files, at boot time, or when the OS is running?
If at boot, this should require bios drivers for read+write ntfs filesystem support in order to know where in the primary drive the bios needs to install the files, which means the bios can hold a much larger amount of storage then expected.
If when the OS is running, this opens up the potential for many new scarier exploits and backdoors, even for a more secure OS with different file systems, such as Linux or *BSD, beyond just storage, such as memory and network access.
Does this still work with FDE (Full Disk Encryption), such as bitlocker, truecrypt, bestcrypt, pgpdisk, etc.?
I hope that I am not forced to wear a burka just to keep some small amount of personal privacy, once big data is able to tap into nearly every single survailence camera, and use face recognition to automatically track everything I do, even with my mobile phone at home or turned off.
Western society is be becoming more and more Orwellian.
In the old days, people would fight and die for freedom and liberties. But now societies are willing to sacrifice these to prevent one person from being harmed from terrorists even though the odds are insignigant compared to other threats we accept such as traffic accidents, or having one child from being molisted even though this is nearly always done by someone close or known to the child.
Due to the difficulty in finding execution drugs in the USA, why not bury him alive in a cesspit, placed far enough below a few outhouses in a predominate Boston location?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
Victims and their immediate families can freely use those outhouses. And everyone else can be charged $1 for each use, with 100% of that money going into a victim fund.
I wish I had mod points to give to you.
This is the most true and best written comment I have seen posted to slashdot in a very long time.
Thanks.
Currently DNA analysis is quite crude, basically enough to determine some genetic predisposition to illness and family relationships.
But there is indication that researcher might be able to find generic markers with predispose people to various conditions and traits (such as being left handed, homosexual, overweight, balding violent, psychopathic, etc.). Do you really want this information to be in the hands of big government and multi-national corporations?
Even if someone is genetically predisposed to some trait, there are additional environment factors which can prevent this from surfacing.
Why should a person who may have genetic markers to make them predisposed to violence, but was raised in a loving environment and taught at a young age to use anger management techniques and never hurt a fly, be discriminated against like someone who has countless violent acts against innocent people?
DNA should only be allowed to be freely collected, when people have the technology and option to change their own genetics, so that they are not victimized by discrimination.
So many people have issues when it comes to enabling and using FDE (full disk encryption) with Android.
Quite often when they upgrade their OS they are advised to first decrypt their OS in order to avoid bricking their devices or losing data.
When when there is no FDE and users try to enable it, it often fails, especially with 3rd party OS such as Cyanogenmod, often due to partition issues such as the main file system overlapping the crypto footer region, forcing many to give up in order to avoid having to repartition and then reinstall OS, apps, data, etc.
Forcing FDE in all future Android version as the default, just as Apple does with iOS, will ensure that always-on encryption is normal consistent state which is always tested against, instead of the messy mixed encrypted and unencrypted Android ecosystem we have today.
With recent Intel chips containing AMT (Active Management Technology) and vPro, which contain integrated 3G radio support plus hidden processing core running separate hidden "management" instructions from the main core, what I really want to know is which Intel chips have a potential backdoor and which do not.
https://fsf.org/blogs/communit...
Otherwise any smart competitor which can prove that their don't have any backdoors, would have a significant marketing advantage. (Are you listening AMD?)
North Korea hacks Sony => Cyber-Terrorism
USA & Great Britain hacks Gemalto => Patriotic-Duty
Of course Gemalto will say anything they can to limit economic damage, but without proper and transparent oversight of secret agencies they is no way to validate any claim by Gemalto that their 3G/4G SIM secrets were not stolen.
The best course of action is for Gemalto to simply be bought out official by the NSA and GCHQ, since they already own their asses, oops I mean assets.