ok if your an internet engineer than you undestand that the vast majority of internet data mining is tracking footsteps and breadcrumbs as people travel aroudn the internet and interact with sites, then doing various cross correlations and linking to find insights into what products these people may buy, then showing them ads for this product? And you understand that info about you is leaked by your browser, your computer, your IP address, and your IP?
So even if a user never types in a single thing, lots of info is logged, enought to
extending this... I haven't seen this mentioned on the thread to-date. Some browsers have features to help protect your privacy. Safari and Firefox have a setting to block cookies from third-party sites. So if you visit amazon.com and login, the site can put a login cookie on your computer, but you won't get third-party trackers from omg.zzoba321.gov.co.ru.in.
I'm not going name names, but some browsers notably omit this function, possibly because the browser's developer makes all its money from tracking peoples behavior...
They start moving actual content and functionality for their sites to the same servers that are serving ads and things to track you, leaving you with two choices: accept their ads and tracking, or don't use their site at all.
I've already been experiencing this already, not so much because a site is commingling its content and ads, but because my suite of advertisement/tracker/flash blockers break a small portion of the internet. Specifically, I've noticed: * forbes: I can never click past their "quote of the day" * politico: the drop down menu bar doesn't work * lots of sites have comment boxes disabled * occassionally I come across a video that won't load.
So, my response: some sites just fall off my radar like forbes, but I don't miss them too much. Some sites I used with limited funcitonality, like politico. if i must see a video like if its a cat or something I open the link in a different browser.
dude, there's a lot of content out there. very little is omg I gotta have type of content. if a site isn't loading, just move on.
yes, there's a youtube app as well. all four networks, half dozen different sports networks, another dozen or so basic cable channels, a handful of premium cable channels. niche stuff like crunchyroll for anime. no amazon and no hulu.
maybe GP is a commie hippie who feels that "using" anyting is monopolizing it because it prevents others from using it, so possessions are iherently monopolistic, as is private property in general. all part of the capitalist conspiracy!
Casual gaming is the realm of the smart phone, where graphics, plot, latency, and overall quality are at the back of the bus to simplicity and pleasant graphics.
ok, let me tell you why you're wrong.
You're conflating two separate issues that trip up nerds: quality of a graphics/cutscenes/AI and quality of a game, which is the same thing as how fun it is. Consoles typically have better graphics/cutscenes/AI (primarily because they have larger budgets), but there are some fantastic, fun, high quality games on mobile. In fact, it's because of teh iphone & ipad that the indie scene has flourished, and we can get a great game for $15. It was only in response to this that the console makers added some kind of marketplace. most of these games are not optimized for joysticks anyway.
Think of all the awesome games. Limbo, Papers Please, plenty of others. Many of these would not be considered full "games" in the traditional sense, but are very fun and offer compelling stories. You can't discount these as "games for the pooper" only because they don't have the AAA title experience.
Not even one week. 5 days. it's entirely likely that the apple tv will continue to gain new features, like 4-player and higher downloads. The remote thing doesn't sound so awful to me, it means that people can download and try out games even if they don't have a controller...
I see a lot of possiblities in this. One big diff will be when you can control apple radio with siri, the way you can on the iphone. a problem tho with apple radio playing on a tv is that tv speakers usually suk where as stereo speakers are often better. I'm not sure if there's a way to direct the sound output within the apple tv itself.
I actually read the thing. This is a better summary: * The DMCA forbids users from bypassing security measures. This is the infamous sec 1201 that caught up DVD Jon and others. If somebody bypasses technical security measures, they are at risk from getting fined or whatever under this provision. * This risk obviously sinks security research, especially institutional or company-level. If you're some dude in your moms basement, sure you can try to be a leet haxor, but if you're in academia you probably want to mostly keep your nose clean to protect your job. Sounds like a legit concern to me. * DMCA has a provision that grants exceptions to certain activities or topics so that work under this topic won't get tripped up by sec 1201. This is an escape valve for the security research, because if a security research wants to do work on the security of medical devices, he can apply for an exemption on this topic and then not worry about legal headaches down the road. Most recently, there were exemptions for security research on medical devices, voting machines, cars, and tractors. * These exemptions expire every three years and need to be renewed. This is the Triannial Review Process. According to the article, this process is very burdensome to complete. * So, there's the rub. The researchers are not sure if their work may expose them to legal risks under section 1201. Congress provided a safety valve to provide assurance when appropriate. However this safety valve was implemented with so much onerous red tape that it makes the approvals process difficult, time consuming, and there's no assurance of getting a good outcome.
SO! Because of the way DMCA was designed and implemented, it effects security research into topics that don't really have anything to do with copyrighted works. This is the chilling effect that the headline mentions.
I think ffx went down because users switched to chrome. if what your saying is correct and people wanted configurability, why would they be switching to chrome in the first place?? maybe ur wrong? just a question, not saying one way or the other.
this isn't something you could do in excel? how many stories or events are you sharing per month (eg 100, 10,000)? Are these events local, regional, state-wide, or national?
I think the point is, one driver for govt IT failures is lack of accountability or concern over finances. If the govt wastes a lot of money, no worries, there will be more money next year. Maybe a head will roll just for the good publicity. but otherwise things keep moving forward BAU.
I think this is getting blown out of proportion. The specific question that triggers this behavior is a novelty - "what are the top 10 songs on the charts." It's just a gimmicky thing to get some attention. No evil machinations. Nothing to see here.
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$199 for a scanner that will scan a book in 5 mins and send a copy back to the chinese govt.
Tv speakers are optimized for tv viewing, not music listening. Different profiles, different speakers.
cool story bro. In the time it takes you to send or receive a fax, I just responded to a dozen emails. Feel the burn!
ok if your an internet engineer than you undestand that the vast majority of internet data mining is tracking footsteps and breadcrumbs as people travel aroudn the internet and interact with sites, then doing various cross correlations and linking to find insights into what products these people may buy, then showing them ads for this product? And you understand that info about you is leaked by your browser, your computer, your IP address, and your IP?
So even if a user never types in a single thing, lots of info is logged, enought to
extending this... I haven't seen this mentioned on the thread to-date. Some browsers have features to help protect your privacy. Safari and Firefox have a setting to block cookies from third-party sites. So if you visit amazon.com and login, the site can put a login cookie on your computer, but you won't get third-party trackers from omg.zzoba321.gov.co.ru.in.
I'm not going name names, but some browsers notably omit this function, possibly because the browser's developer makes all its money from tracking peoples behavior...
They start moving actual content and functionality for their sites to the same servers that are serving ads and things to track you, leaving you with two choices: accept their ads and tracking, or don't use their site at all.
I've already been experiencing this already, not so much because a site is commingling its content and ads, but because my suite of advertisement/tracker/flash blockers break a small portion of the internet. Specifically, I've noticed:
* forbes: I can never click past their "quote of the day"
* politico: the drop down menu bar doesn't work
* lots of sites have comment boxes disabled
* occassionally I come across a video that won't load.
So, my response: some sites just fall off my radar like forbes, but I don't miss them too much. Some sites I used with limited funcitonality, like politico. if i must see a video like if its a cat or something I open the link in a different browser.
dude, there's a lot of content out there. very little is omg I gotta have type of content. if a site isn't loading, just move on.
I thought the point of https was that isps and others could not decrypt it?
yes, there's a youtube app as well. all four networks, half dozen different sports networks, another dozen or so basic cable channels, a handful of premium cable channels. niche stuff like crunchyroll for anime. no amazon and no hulu.
maybe GP is a commie hippie who feels that "using" anyting is monopolizing it because it prevents others from using it, so possessions are iherently monopolistic, as is private property in general. all part of the capitalist conspiracy!
Casual gaming is the realm of the smart phone, where graphics, plot, latency, and overall quality are at the back of the bus to simplicity and pleasant graphics.
ok, let me tell you why you're wrong.
You're conflating two separate issues that trip up nerds: quality of a graphics/cutscenes/AI and quality of a game, which is the same thing as how fun it is. Consoles typically have better graphics/cutscenes/AI (primarily because they have larger budgets), but there are some fantastic, fun, high quality games on mobile. In fact, it's because of teh iphone & ipad that the indie scene has flourished, and we can get a great game for $15. It was only in response to this that the console makers added some kind of marketplace. most of these games are not optimized for joysticks anyway.
Think of all the awesome games. Limbo, Papers Please, plenty of others. Many of these would not be considered full "games" in the traditional sense, but are very fun and offer compelling stories. You can't discount these as "games for the pooper" only because they don't have the AAA title experience.
expanding on this, if apple can get the content deals in place, then they could become a netflix-slayer overnight with a new apple movies service...
Not even one week. 5 days. it's entirely likely that the apple tv will continue to gain new features, like 4-player and higher downloads. The remote thing doesn't sound so awful to me, it means that people can download and try out games even if they don't have a controller...
I see a lot of possiblities in this. One big diff will be when you can control apple radio with siri, the way you can on the iphone. a problem tho with apple radio playing on a tv is that tv speakers usually suk where as stereo speakers are often better. I'm not sure if there's a way to direct the sound output within the apple tv itself.
I actually read the thing. This is a better summary:
* The DMCA forbids users from bypassing security measures. This is the infamous sec 1201 that caught up DVD Jon and others. If somebody bypasses technical security measures, they are at risk from getting fined or whatever under this provision.
* This risk obviously sinks security research, especially institutional or company-level. If you're some dude in your moms basement, sure you can try to be a leet haxor, but if you're in academia you probably want to mostly keep your nose clean to protect your job. Sounds like a legit concern to me.
* DMCA has a provision that grants exceptions to certain activities or topics so that work under this topic won't get tripped up by sec 1201. This is an escape valve for the security research, because if a security research wants to do work on the security of medical devices, he can apply for an exemption on this topic and then not worry about legal headaches down the road. Most recently, there were exemptions for security research on medical devices, voting machines, cars, and tractors.
* These exemptions expire every three years and need to be renewed. This is the Triannial Review Process. According to the article, this process is very burdensome to complete.
* So, there's the rub. The researchers are not sure if their work may expose them to legal risks under section 1201. Congress provided a safety valve to provide assurance when appropriate. However this safety valve was implemented with so much onerous red tape that it makes the approvals process difficult, time consuming, and there's no assurance of getting a good outcome.
SO! Because of the way DMCA was designed and implemented, it effects security research into topics that don't really have anything to do with copyrighted works. This is the chilling effect that the headline mentions.
I think ffx went down because users switched to chrome. if what your saying is correct and people wanted configurability, why would they be switching to chrome in the first place?? maybe ur wrong? just a question, not saying one way or the other.
Agreed. I believe the phrase is "converging on a common design template".
People want browsers that are fast, light, and get out of the way. All the focus should be on the content!
this isn't something you could do in excel? how many stories or events are you sharing per month (eg 100, 10,000)? Are these events local, regional, state-wide, or national?
Anybody else disappointed that this article turned out to be about the programming language and not the board game?
The CIA wants to read my email, know what websites I visit, etc. turn about is fair play.
that's such an ignorant comment! Everybody knows that CIA is prohibited from taking action on domestic soil and can only work in foreign countries.
I don't like the word 'doxing'. To me it looks like it would be pronounced d'oh-xing. I prefer doxxing. Who's with me?
I think the point is, one driver for govt IT failures is lack of accountability or concern over finances. If the govt wastes a lot of money, no worries, there will be more money next year. Maybe a head will roll just for the good publicity. but otherwise things keep moving forward BAU.
What makes you think that there is any way to run this server in a redundant manner?
Umm idk get two servers? Or don't design a check point?
Go away Donald trump!
Link needed or just FUD.
Nice, I'm trying to have a mature conversation and your throwing ad hominems. I'm Marco Rubio and your Donald Trump.
I think this is getting blown out of proportion. The specific question that triggers this behavior is a novelty - "what are the top 10 songs on the charts." It's just a gimmicky thing to get some attention. No evil machinations. Nothing to see here.