Look at it as an insight into how people REALLY feel...
The cloak of anonymity is not the cloak of truthfulness.
"Troll," is not a new or complex concept. It is graffiti. Sure, some of it is offensive or upsetting, but we should be concerned only when an ordinace of law has been violated.
For instance, spray painting the "N" word on public places is classified as hate speech. Changing that to, "The mayor sux." would simply be defacing property, at best.
But when anonymity is achieved, as in trolls on the net and this service, people show their true colors.
You have no way of knowing if that's true or not.
I can post random shit on the Internet for random reasons that have absolutely no correlation to any personal beliefs or positions on various subjects and you cannot, with accuracy, determine what my true thoughts are.
Trolls can be gross and their posts can be received poorly, but assigning an accurate profile to the troll is impossible.
I like your line of reasoning, but it can get even simpler than that by changing the "business model" of the human, as we systems people often require.
Begin by throwing your clothes in the hamper so a washbot doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
Kids should be exposed to programming, just as they should be exposed to the violin: See if they embrace either and if not, try next Legos® and Crayolas®.
How about the second pin takes a picture of the authority asking for the pass code, and auto-merges that with a donkey in an inappropriate relationship with the officer AFTER erasing all other data on the phone?
The other pass code BRICKS the goddam phone. That's the one we give the authorities.
Then, it's like, "Hey you bastards, what did you do to my phone? You owe me a phone!!!"
Until probable cause has been established and a search warrant issued, evidence does not exist.
Right now, I can choose to brick my phone. Ir's mine. I am not compelled by any retention laws to maintain an archive for future requests to examine the phone.
The phone will have to be backed up on the cloud, of course, but authorities don't know that's been done; they don't know where it's been done, and they will have to slow things down in order to get a search warrant.
During that window of opportunity, I am at liberty to delete cloud-based stuff until such time I am formally made aware, by warrant, that my junk is evidence by way of probable cause.
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Wrong.
If people have something worthwhile to say, what does it matter to the recipients if the author is anonymous or not?
Kinda, except for the political correctness dig.
I don't object to references to raping my daughter and leaving her in a bloody pile in a ditch because it's politically incorrect.
Not this.
Look at it as an insight into how people REALLY feel ...
The cloak of anonymity is not the cloak of truthfulness.
"Troll," is not a new or complex concept. It is graffiti. Sure, some of it is offensive or upsetting, but we should be concerned only when an ordinace of law has been violated.
For instance, spray painting the "N" word on public places is classified as hate speech. Changing that to, "The mayor sux." would simply be defacing property, at best.
But when anonymity is achieved, as in trolls on the net and this service, people show their true colors.
You have no way of knowing if that's true or not.
I can post random shit on the Internet for random reasons that have absolutely no correlation to any personal beliefs or positions on various subjects and you cannot, with accuracy, determine what my true thoughts are.
Trolls can be gross and their posts can be received poorly, but assigning an accurate profile to the troll is impossible.
OK.
</sarc>
I was being a smart-ass.
Google "sour casm."
I am sure.
Entities like Wal-Mart are not on the list of valid recipients of Social Security Numbers for shoplifting.
The Wal-Mart story has no credibility.
Actually, we knew that already using our video tracking system.
Where would Wal-Mart get such information and how would they verify it, especially the "heavily blurred" SSN?
People who don't want to be tracked should not go out in public.
I like your line of reasoning, but it can get even simpler than that by changing the "business model" of the human, as we systems people often require.
Begin by throwing your clothes in the hamper so a washbot doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
China is America at the height of the industrial revolution.
This.
Kids should be exposed to programming, just as they should be exposed to the violin: See if they embrace either and if not, try next Legos® and Crayolas®.
tl;dr
How did Pollard become relative to the Snowden case?
... if it costs one penny (or some other pricing scheme) to send each email.
The fee would be tacked on the ISP's bill, much like a tax, and would go to the government toward litigation costs for prosecuting spammers.
That simple change would kill spam.
I have to think of everything.
Do you know what "brick" means? It doesn't mean the same as "wipe."
You could not go to jail for obstructing justice.
Do you really understand the concept of, "evidence?"
Justice starts only after probable cause kicks in, and the authorities still need a warrant.
Until YOU are advised that you are in possession of evidence, you are simply in possession of your personal property.
The authorities don't own your fucking phone.
Sorry, doesn't apply.
They do that shit even if you don't have a phone.
You're on to something.
How about the second pin takes a picture of the authority asking for the pass code, and auto-merges that with a donkey in an inappropriate relationship with the officer AFTER erasing all other data on the phone?
Assassins don't have phones.
... smart devices should have two (2) pass codes.
One of the pass codes allows the owner in.
The other pass code BRICKS the goddam phone. That's the one we give the authorities.
Then, it's like, "Hey you bastards, what did you do to my phone? You owe me a phone!!!"
Until probable cause has been established and a search warrant issued, evidence does not exist.
Right now, I can choose to brick my phone. Ir's mine. I am not compelled by any retention laws to maintain an archive for future requests to examine the phone.
The phone will have to be backed up on the cloud, of course, but authorities don't know that's been done; they don't know where it's been done, and they will have to slow things down in order to get a search warrant.
During that window of opportunity, I am at liberty to delete cloud-based stuff until such time I am formally made aware, by warrant, that my junk is evidence by way of probable cause.
Could you be more full of shit?
How the Sam Hill do you think I got exposed to this?
1.) Story shows up on /.
2.) TFS mentions a BLOG
4.) TFA is a BLOG.
5.) I read the BLOG.
He's a goddam blogger.
You try my patience.
Get off my lawn.
He isn't a blogger.
From TFS:
He then doxxed two of them on his blog ...
Emphasis mine.
I don't know the guy's history at all and I don't care to.
My introduction to him is in his role as a blogger.
Being a blogger, I know what motivates and incentivises bloggers.
Our worst nightmare is to be ignored.
Our best days are when our stuff goes viral.