The insidious part is that Netflix and Hulu will be able to horse trade with your ISP.
-- ninthbit Just channel surfed from channel 5 to channel 10 (hey.. watchers...0003 cents for this information)
-- Public Utility... we noticed that his smart power meter registered a 25 watt increase in power usage (maybe a refrigerator light came on)
-- ISP... we see an increase in encrypted traffic from (IPv6 address for home access point) to known VPN
-- Telco Carrier.. Ring Indicator transmitted via last known cell tower for....
If you take enough disparate data sources, but have a unique key that ties it together... You are owned
1. Operating System 2. Browser 3. Browser Plugins (versions and possibly installation dates of above) 4. Cookies 5. Tracking Files (1x1 invisible image isn't just to fill in a small hole in the picture)
Mix all of that together, and add in the IP addresses these fingerprints are observed at and you are very well known. It doesn't matter if you use a VPN or not... The one time that you forget to login to the VPN, you've just left a calling card. On top of that, most people don't realize that their ISP has been quietly rolling out IPv6. Nothing to see here, except a permanent IP address for your home, and every IPv6 compatible device that happens to use the internet via your connection. No worries about running out of address space here. Each mac address that's "found" connecting to your network is remembered.
So, go ahead. Waste time/money on a VPN.. it's only a minor speed bump to the big-data-monster
Amen... I shared some of these ideas in a small group last night. The audience was mostly 55+, and most didn't even know that their "devices" could make connections out to the larger internet. Many blank stares...
Agree, outbound firewalls are at times more important than inbound. A little bit of common sense injected between the compromised device and the internet at large would have prevented this.
Sorry, but I don't play "bot". It's fairly simple to configure an outbound firewall... why the ISP's don't build that into their devices and block the flood on the edges is beyond me. We have aspiring AI that loves patterns, why not turn "WATSON" (or similar) loose teach him/her what to look for and provide a control channel that can be used to tune each edge device?
It will be bad for Verizon if they knew about these "security choices" and still went ahead with the acquisition. (which may play out in the courts) Airing this type of soiled linens just about erases any residual or liquidation value that Yahoo may have had.
Loved that phone... (still have it, not on a plan at the moment) Ran it through the wash a couple times... Still works... It would work as a tethered USB modem too!
Several years ago I went to a presentation at Oracle Open World, where they were gushing about the ability to integrate real-time public internet data into a system that could be used by police to keep ahead of protests (where/when/who).
My point was that these police and intelligence agencies would be blind without a functioning internet. The budget cutting and "small government" liars have created a system with a single point of failure, that's the real issue here. There are very few dedicated circuits that are in use that don't traverse the public internet at some point.
Getting warmer by the Beach, and my lawn isn't going to mow itself...
I hope everybody is as cynical as me. The worlds spies rely on the internet more than the worlds activists. Lets be honest. Where did the FBI get a list of people to "visit" prior to the upcoming GOP convention. Would that list have existed without an active internet to mine?
It's a sunny and too warm holiday weekend by the Beach
Sign the petition, lets turn the FBI and the Intelligence apparatus into a tool to really make our country safe. There is no reason to waste billions of dollars on "intelligence" when we can't even spot a crazy with a gun in our own back yard. If you want to own a gun, fine. Just assume that everything that you say and do will be scrutinized if you decide to exercise that 2nd amendment right to keep and bare arms.
Remember the good old days when you could drop a bundle of fiberoptic cables into the ocean and assume it was "secure".
The transmission media/devices will always be the weakest link. Physical Plant and user devices are where taps are installed, if you have access to the media anything can be compromised. Even if we had a global wireless mesh the only security could possibly come from a connectionless node that was truly an impenetrable black box. Maybe if we created an AI that would manage the mesh and it's connections, each node would distribute the AI (black box) and manage directory, identity, and location data.
We have been creating Intelligences running on organic processors for all of human history. The two I helped to create have some bugs, but I blame the team programming effort with the wife. (we still argue about who introduced which bugs, and if a patch would ever be effective).
A newborn is simply a set of default starter programs that interact with an increasing number of inputs over time.
you didn't notice the cactus growing so close to the road? (just kidding)
I do big data for a living... Just put the camera at the last point of entry / exit and compare pictures. Average vehicle speed (computed from distance between cameras and time of day). A stock photo database of all common cars will easily tie the make and model. Cross reference the vehicle registration database to confirm name and address of registered owner. Retrieve DMV (secure id) photo of all licensed drivers in the household and attempt facial recognition match... this can be against a series of photo's collected on a single day within the region of interest. If your driving a known drug corridor, there may be an existing stingray or continuous pull of cell phone metadata. Maybe you get un-lucky and your phone couldn't get an encrypted connection to the cell tower, don't worry it will fall back to in the clear 2g mode to help you out...
1. For Profit Health Care. Can you make a profit if people don't get sick? Or, if they are already sick and you find a cure where will you profit from next?
2. Mental/Emotional Health. Watch enough TV(or internet) news, trigger your fear/anger response, watch more TV (or internet) news, add to pre-existing fear/anger response (repeat until ill)
3. Poor Parenting All babies are born a blank canvas with autonomic systems for basic function. Our jobs as parents is to program the correct pathways before neural pruning establishes the "defaults" which become our firmware. The basic emotional processing that is built in to everyone builds with an almost "Crazy Glue" stickiness which gives emotional weight to our memories. Bug Filled Firmware -> Bug Filled Person
4 Poor/Failing Society All great empires in human history have failed. Once the failure is irreversible the values and morals are the first thing to go.
These are my top 4, if I continued the list... Environmental Pollution, and Splitting some of the above into more detailed points would be easy.
Exactly my opinion. If a carrier is ordered by the government to provide surveillance (CALEA) , they become an extension of the government and must firewall off any collected information. This must be true otherwise the sunshine the NSA has been peddling would be a lie.
A simple fact that the courts have missed is that wireless carriers are not third parties. CALEA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... gets in the way, and should have been a HUGE stop sign. There is no possible way that you can misconstrue a carrier as a third party when they are ordered to provide surveillance capabilities to the government. (and most sensible people read that statute as requiring a warrant to request the data/metadata )
It would be Sunny here by the Beach, but too many drones and black helicopters blot out any sunshine.
Exactly the "Comment Subject:" I was going to use.
If I was somebody who had great aspirations (like being President) the prospect of having my written communications retained outside of my control would be horrifying. I'm not Hillary, and not an aspiring political actor. I am a student of life. You can claim to be a victim and explain/justify your behavior for only so long before your motivations and actions shine through the carefully crafted veneer.
I like how the IG in showing impartiality attempted to deflect criticism by saying "everybody does it" and this was quickly echoed by Hillary supporters. That's the oldest "victim" behavior in the book. In response most parents have been heard to say. "... and I suppose if everybody jumped off a bridge you would do it too."
As a former Air Force 49172 (that would be what was once called Informations Systems Programmer) I learned programming on a Honeywell 6060S at Keisler AFB, MS. Magnetic Core & Punch Cards. w00t! Watch out for the Octal Monster (you had to live that)
There is nothing wrong with assembler, it just takes discipline and a good understanding of dump analysis. When I was doing it on a daily basis it didn't feel any different reading a dump in hex vs. looking at the source code. IBM 370 assembler is very straight forward when it comes to instruction length and their references. I had a pocket tri-fold chart of the instructions and their representations, that chart along with a pencil and couple highlighters could easily make sense of the most obscure code.
Yes, but when is the accumulated weather data applied to the new normal and the climate models updated?
Most people miss the point that there are changes other than the global mean temperature that are being observed for change. (here's a couple off the top of my head)
1. The north pole has moved because the weight of ice accumulated at the poles has changed. The pole has always been mobile, but the wobble has become more pronounced (just ask a figure skater what happens to their spin when they move their arms to different positions) A solid on a fixed surface has a different effect than a fluid that can shift with rotation.
2. The dissolved O2 and CO2 levels are changing in the oceans, along with the increase in ocean temperatures.
3. The amount (square miles) of thickness (getting thinner) of floating sea ice is decreasing. Watch the race between countries to claim the navigable sea lanes that are emerging.
4. Glaciers are disappearing (see point 1) not only are some land masses rising as the weight is lifted, but that water has gone somewhere (see point 5)
5. Ocean levels have risen. We live on a planet that is covered nearly 75% by water. To increase the MSL isn't just a drop in the bucket, that requires a huge amount of liquid (even factoring in the expansion occurring because the water is warmer)
I agree that a natural disaster on the order of magnitude associated with a historic Volcanic eruption can change global weather patterns, but If I remember correctly the planet bounced back to normals within 20 years the last time that happened. Unfortunately we would be burning anything that is combustable to stay warm and clearing significant vegetation to grow food, which will make matters worse... Stupid Humans
Rainy and Thunderstorms by the Beach (about 15" above sea level)
Exactly, this is the first step to group consensus. You can have your opinion and go for the long shot, but the odds aren't in your favor. Most people will gravitate towards the favorite (and safest bet).
There could be several "races" that can be wagered upon, maybe a 10 year wager would have to be staged as a parlay. A series of bets that roll the winnings from each bet into the next wager for the following year. (It's hard to hold a bet for 10 years, but I guess it's possible to record the liability and carry the funds year over year) The problem you would encounter is your odds are subject to change until post time and the wagering pool may not be that large, which would influence your return on that wager.
Slashdot Mirror
Now all we would need is an independent FBI and Justice Department to investigate News Corp....
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(me rolling on floor laughing)
Another record high temperature day by the Beach
The insidious part is that Netflix and Hulu will be able to horse trade with your ISP. .. watchers.. .0003 cents for this information) ... we noticed that his smart power meter registered a 25 watt increase in power usage (maybe a refrigerator light came on) ... we see an increase in encrypted traffic from (IPv6 address for home access point) to known VPN .. Ring Indicator transmitted via last known cell tower for ....
-- ninthbit Just channel surfed from channel 5 to channel 10 (hey
-- Public Utility
-- ISP
-- Telco Carrier
If you take enough disparate data sources, but have a unique key that ties it together... You are owned
Don't forget that your computer has fingerprints.
1. Operating System
2. Browser
3. Browser Plugins
(versions and possibly installation dates of above)
4. Cookies
5. Tracking Files (1x1 invisible image isn't just to fill in a small hole in the picture)
Mix all of that together, and add in the IP addresses these fingerprints are observed at and you are very well known. It doesn't matter if you use a VPN or not... The one time that you forget to login to the VPN, you've just left a calling card. On top of that, most people don't realize that their ISP has been quietly rolling out IPv6. Nothing to see here, except a permanent IP address for your home, and every IPv6 compatible device that happens to use the internet via your connection. No worries about running out of address space here. Each mac address that's "found" connecting to your network is remembered.
So, go ahead. Waste time/money on a VPN.. it's only a minor speed bump to the big-data-monster
Breezy and Warm by the Beach
Amen... I shared some of these ideas in a small group last night. The audience was mostly 55+, and most didn't even know that their "devices" could make connections out to the larger internet. Many blank stares...
Gorgeous by the Beach
Agree, outbound firewalls are at times more important than inbound. A little bit of common sense injected between the compromised device and the internet at large would have prevented this.
Sorry, but I don't play "bot". It's fairly simple to configure an outbound firewall... why the ISP's don't build that into their devices and block the flood on the edges is beyond me. We have aspiring AI that loves patterns, why not turn "WATSON" (or similar) loose teach him/her what to look for and provide a control channel that can be used to tune each edge device?
Mostly cloudy by the Beach
It will be bad for Verizon if they knew about these "security choices" and still went ahead with the acquisition. (which may play out in the courts) Airing this type of soiled linens just about erases any residual or liquidation value that Yahoo may have had.
Beautiful day by the Beach
Loved that phone... (still have it, not on a plan at the moment) Ran it through the wash a couple times... Still works... It would work as a tethered USB modem too!
It's Raining by the Beach
Several years ago I went to a presentation at Oracle Open World, where they were gushing about the ability to integrate real-time public internet data into a system that could be used by police to keep ahead of protests (where/when/who).
My point was that these police and intelligence agencies would be blind without a functioning internet. The budget cutting and "small government" liars have created a system with a single point of failure, that's the real issue here. There are very few dedicated circuits that are in use that don't traverse the public internet at some point.
Getting warmer by the Beach, and my lawn isn't going to mow itself...
I hope everybody is as cynical as me. The worlds spies rely on the internet more than the worlds activists. Lets be honest. Where did the FBI get a list of people to "visit" prior to the upcoming GOP convention. Would that list have existed without an active internet to mine?
It's a sunny and too warm holiday weekend by the Beach
https://petitions.whitehouse.g...
Sign the petition, lets turn the FBI and the Intelligence apparatus into a tool to really make our country safe. There is no reason to waste billions of dollars on "intelligence" when we can't even spot a crazy with a gun in our own back yard. If you want to own a gun, fine. Just assume that everything that you say and do will be scrutinized if you decide to exercise that 2nd amendment right to keep and bare arms.
Remember the good old days when you could drop a bundle of fiberoptic cables into the ocean and assume it was "secure".
The transmission media/devices will always be the weakest link. Physical Plant and user devices are where taps are installed, if you have access to the media anything can be compromised. Even if we had a global wireless mesh the only security could possibly come from a connectionless node that was truly an impenetrable black box. Maybe if we created an AI that would manage the mesh and it's connections, each node would distribute the AI (black box) and manage directory, identity, and location data.
Skynet and me hanging out by the Beach.
But because the manufacturing process involves harassment of women, the CEO's we're talking about will never get it past their HR departments.
LOL...lol...LOL
I hadn't thought about that angle...
Too warm by the Beach
We have been creating Intelligences running on organic processors for all of human history. The two I helped to create have some bugs, but I blame the team programming effort with the wife. (we still argue about who introduced which bugs, and if a patch would ever be effective).
A newborn is simply a set of default starter programs that interact with an increasing number of inputs over time.
Partly cloudy and warm by the Beach
you didn't notice the cactus growing so close to the road? (just kidding)
I do big data for a living... Just put the camera at the last point of entry / exit and compare pictures. Average vehicle speed (computed from distance between cameras and time of day). A stock photo database of all common cars will easily tie the make and model. Cross reference the vehicle registration database to confirm name and address of registered owner. Retrieve DMV (secure id) photo of all licensed drivers in the household and attempt facial recognition match ... this can be against a series of photo's collected on a single day within the region of interest. If your driving a known drug corridor, there may be an existing stingray or continuous pull of cell phone metadata. Maybe you get un-lucky and your phone couldn't get an encrypted connection to the cell tower, don't worry it will fall back to in the clear 2g mode to help you out...
almost desert sunny, but humid here by the Beach
1. For Profit Health Care.
Can you make a profit if people don't get sick? Or, if they are already sick and you find a cure where will you profit from next?
2. Mental/Emotional Health.
Watch enough TV(or internet) news, trigger your fear/anger response, watch more TV (or internet) news, add to pre-existing fear/anger response (repeat until ill)
3. Poor Parenting
All babies are born a blank canvas with autonomic systems for basic function. Our jobs as parents is to program the correct pathways before neural pruning establishes the "defaults" which become our firmware. The basic emotional processing that is built in to everyone builds with an almost "Crazy Glue" stickiness which gives emotional weight to our memories. Bug Filled Firmware -> Bug Filled Person
4 Poor/Failing Society
All great empires in human history have failed. Once the failure is irreversible the values and morals are the first thing to go.
These are my top 4, if I continued the list... Environmental Pollution, and Splitting some of the above into more detailed points would be easy.
Sunny and Warm here by the Beach
So, true. There was a decision the other day on a similar situation.
Cop: We are going to arrest you. Do you want an Attorney?
Suspect: "Well, I'm really screwed now." "Yes, I want an Attorney"
Judge/Appeals Court: All statements prior to "Yes, I want an Attorney" are fully admissible
Suspect: "Well, I'm really screwed now"
Sunny and Warm by the Beach
They don't need GPS tracking... all those traffic cameras feed into license plate and facial recognition systems.
You forgot the part where carriers are ordered (CALEA) to provide support for surveillance. Kind of a HUGE omission.
Exactly my opinion. If a carrier is ordered by the government to provide surveillance (CALEA) , they become an extension of the government and must firewall off any collected information. This must be true otherwise the sunshine the NSA has been peddling would be a lie.
A simple fact that the courts have missed is that wireless carriers are not third parties. CALEA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... gets in the way, and should have been a HUGE stop sign. There is no possible way that you can misconstrue a carrier as a third party when they are ordered to provide surveillance capabilities to the government. (and most sensible people read that statute as requiring a warrant to request the data/metadata )
It would be Sunny here by the Beach, but too many drones and black helicopters blot out any sunshine.
Exactly the "Comment Subject:" I was going to use.
If I was somebody who had great aspirations (like being President) the prospect of having my written communications retained outside of my control would be horrifying. I'm not Hillary, and not an aspiring political actor. I am a student of life. You can claim to be a victim and explain/justify your behavior for only so long before your motivations and actions shine through the carefully crafted veneer.
I like how the IG in showing impartiality attempted to deflect criticism by saying "everybody does it" and this was quickly echoed by Hillary supporters. That's the oldest "victim" behavior in the book. In response most parents have been heard to say. "... and I suppose if everybody jumped off a bridge you would do it too."
Sunny and Cynical by the Beach
As a former Air Force 49172 (that would be what was once called Informations Systems Programmer) I learned programming on a Honeywell 6060S at Keisler AFB, MS. Magnetic Core & Punch Cards. w00t! Watch out for the Octal Monster (you had to live that)
There is nothing wrong with assembler, it just takes discipline and a good understanding of dump analysis. When I was doing it on a daily basis it didn't feel any different reading a dump in hex vs. looking at the source code. IBM 370 assembler is very straight forward when it comes to instruction length and their references. I had a pocket tri-fold chart of the instructions and their representations, that chart along with a pencil and couple highlighters could easily make sense of the most obscure code.
Sunny, Bright, and Nostalgic here by the Beach
Yes, but when is the accumulated weather data applied to the new normal and the climate models updated?
Most people miss the point that there are changes other than the global mean temperature that are being observed for change. (here's a couple off the top of my head)
1. The north pole has moved because the weight of ice accumulated at the poles has changed. The pole has always been mobile, but the wobble has become more pronounced (just ask a figure skater what happens to their spin when they move their arms to different positions) A solid on a fixed surface has a different effect than a fluid that can shift with rotation.
2. The dissolved O2 and CO2 levels are changing in the oceans, along with the increase in ocean temperatures.
3. The amount (square miles) of thickness (getting thinner) of floating sea ice is decreasing. Watch the race between countries to claim the navigable sea lanes that are emerging.
4. Glaciers are disappearing (see point 1) not only are some land masses rising as the weight is lifted, but that water has gone somewhere (see point 5)
5. Ocean levels have risen. We live on a planet that is covered nearly 75% by water. To increase the MSL isn't just a drop in the bucket, that requires a huge amount of liquid (even factoring in the expansion occurring because the water is warmer)
I agree that a natural disaster on the order of magnitude associated with a historic Volcanic eruption can change global weather patterns, but If I remember correctly the planet bounced back to normals within 20 years the last time that happened. Unfortunately we would be burning anything that is combustable to stay warm and clearing significant vegetation to grow food, which will make matters worse... Stupid Humans
Rainy and Thunderstorms by the Beach (about 15" above sea level)
Exactly, this is the first step to group consensus. You can have your opinion and go for the long shot, but the odds aren't in your favor. Most people will gravitate towards the favorite (and safest bet).
There could be several "races" that can be wagered upon, maybe a 10 year wager would have to be staged as a parlay. A series of bets that roll the winnings from each bet into the next wager for the following year. (It's hard to hold a bet for 10 years, but I guess it's possible to record the liability and carry the funds year over year) The problem you would encounter is your odds are subject to change until post time and the wagering pool may not be that large, which would influence your return on that wager.