And your point is? The drone in question already has a list of no-fly zones. This just adds the white house (which IS restricted air space) and the area around it, to the list.
Plus, the controller has a switch to turn no-fly zones on or off.
The EFF flat-out lied when they used this as an example of "how the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands." This is just another example of how the EFF increasingly engages in FUD and clickbait, Probably because they're less and less relevant.
You still don't get it, do you? I cannot turn off the ability to see the unblocked numbers. That has NOTHING to do with blocking my own number.
Sure,I can block my outgoing number, but there is NO guarantee that the system will respect that setting - YMMV - because the caller info can pass through multiple carriers, and they ALL get your caller #. It's how they bill. Your number is only blocked (if it is) when the final connection is made to your phone.
Before they blocked that at the termination and introduced caller ID as an extra-cost feature, you could buy a pc card that would allow you to see who was calling, because none of the carriers blocked it at the last mile.
You misunderstood - you can disable others seeing your phone number (which may or may not be honored by the various carriers), but there's no way to disable you seeing their phone number / name / whatever if they haven't blocked it.
The drone involved in this incident already has a list of no-fly zones. All this update does is add the whitehouse to that list - and you have to download it and install it for it to take effect. And even then, there's a controller switch to turn no-fly zones off.
So how is the EFFs claim that "the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands" in this case anything more than their usual self-serving FUD? The EFF fell into the "boy who cried wolf too many times" category years ago.
Caller ID is on every cell phone I've owned, with no option to disable it. And automatic collision-avoidance systems that take control of your car will be mandated in the future
The EFF is once again engaging in fear-mongering to try to get attention - and suckers are falling for it - again.
Please consider this - without manufacturing such "crisis", the EFF would not attract new members and funding to replace those leaving by various attrition methods. So, they are employing the same techniques as spammers and clickbait advertisers.
Look, the EFF lately has been seeing boogey men everywhere - even when they don't exist.
This is such a case. Nobody is holding a gun to drone owners heads and forcing them to install this update. It's no different than refusing an update to your computer software. But the EFF needs to find ways to remain relevant in the face of growing competition and public indifference, so they write crap like this, and of course people go nuts.
The EFF is just as guilty of click bait as anyone else. Listen to them at your own peril.
And what is wrong with either of those? Caller ID reduced the number of crank phone calls, and any complaints from the crankers that their phone could no longer anonymously crank people would have fallen on deaf ears. Ditto spam filters. Ditto ad blockers. Photo radar. DNA analysis. Even fingerprinting was once a new technology.
I think most people would prefer that it reduces the possibility of a visit from the men in the black suvs. As well as wasting taxpayers money dealing with repeat performances, or losing their toys to an anti-drone system. You simply don't have the right to fly drones just anywhere.
"The EFF argues that this is a shortsighted solution and only serves to highlight how the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands"
You can apply the same reasoning to cars that auto-brake in the event of an imminent crash. You own it but it doesn't do what you want all the time. Waah - they're taking ownership away from you!
For those too lazy to click on the link, (because this is Slashdot), I'll reproduce it below: as a public service:
APK always sees red
When people point out the '90s are dead
To him, spamming his HOSTS file
Is really not at all that vile,
Use it or you're dead!
Eventually it'll even be
A replacement for systemd
But don't you fret
'Cuz you can bet
It'll replace Windows registry
So sad, too bad, that those who boast
How good it is, they anonymous post
Because those "others" are just he
Hiding behind anonymity
Otherwise "they" would be toast.
And he attacks anyone
Who criticizes spamming he as done
He posts crap-floods filled with hate
Trying to intimidate
So now critics post anon.
Alexander P Kowalski
Do your worst, you will see
You're still a fool,
A royal tool,
You're hurting yourself, not me,
Burma Shave
I guess I can expect another 500 to 1000 anonymous personal attacks from you again, just like the last time. So have fun going through my posting history for the next few days - all you're doing is showing that you have to hide behind anonymity because you're a spammer, not just here, but in other forums.
If they did we'd certainly use them to block his crap-floods:-)
But he's SO predictable... and it takes him SO long to wind down... maybe we can use his spinning around to power a dynamo and solve the energy problem?
APK always sees red
When people point out the '90s are dead
To him, spamming his HOSTS file
Is really not at all that vile,
Use it or you're dead!
Eventually it'll even be
A replacement for systemd
But don't you fret
'Cuz you can bet
It'll replace Windows registry
So sad, too bad, that those who boast
How good it is, they anonymous post
Because those "others" are just he
Hiding behind anonymity
Otherwise "they" would be toast.
And he attacks anyone
Who criticizes spamming he as done
He posts crap-floods filled with hate
Trying to intimidate
So now critics post anon.
Alexander P Kowalski
Do your worst, you will see
You're still a fool,
A royal tool,
You're hurting yourself, not me,
That was the very first sci-fi story I ever read. It was in a paperback anthology, along with the Asimov story Nightfall and one about a drunk engineer named Gallagher who wakes up to find he's invented a robot while bombed - because he didn't want to have to get up to get yet another beer, and about 10 others. Good memories:-)
The risks of the vaccine are far lower than the risks you run if you get measles. The most severe risks of the vaccine are so rare that there's serious doubt that they're connected with the vaccine and not just due to random coincidences.
Getting the measles vaccine is a good move for at least 99.9999% of the population. Measles? Not so much.
A big part of the problem is crap like the Dr Oz Show. Uninformed people lap this crap up because they want to believe the latest fad he pushes might be the silver bullet.
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And your point is? The drone in question already has a list of no-fly zones. This just adds the white house (which IS restricted air space) and the area around it, to the list.
Plus, the controller has a switch to turn no-fly zones on or off.
The EFF flat-out lied when they used this as an example of "how the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands." This is just another example of how the EFF increasingly engages in FUD and clickbait, Probably because they're less and less relevant.
You still don't get it, do you? I cannot turn off the ability to see the unblocked numbers. That has NOTHING to do with blocking my own number.
Sure,I can block my outgoing number, but there is NO guarantee that the system will respect that setting - YMMV - because the caller info can pass through multiple carriers, and they ALL get your caller #. It's how they bill. Your number is only blocked (if it is) when the final connection is made to your phone.
Before they blocked that at the termination and introduced caller ID as an extra-cost feature, you could buy a pc card that would allow you to see who was calling, because none of the carriers blocked it at the last mile.
Actually, the White House was already restricted air space. No private flights without a LOT of prior approval. Remember the drunk who crashed a stolen Cessna on the White House lawn?
You misunderstood - you can disable others seeing your phone number (which may or may not be honored by the various carriers), but there's no way to disable you seeing their phone number / name / whatever if they haven't blocked it.
The drone involved in this incident already has a list of no-fly zones. All this update does is add the whitehouse to that list - and you have to download it and install it for it to take effect. And even then, there's a controller switch to turn no-fly zones off.
So how is the EFFs claim that "the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands" in this case anything more than their usual self-serving FUD? The EFF fell into the "boy who cried wolf too many times" category years ago.
Caller ID is on every cell phone I've owned, with no option to disable it. And automatic collision-avoidance systems that take control of your car will be mandated in the future
Nobody is forcing drone owners to download and install this update. And in case you weren't aware, the drone involved in this incident already has software to restrict access to no-fly zones. The only difference is now you can download an update that includes the White House no-fly zone.
The EFF is once again engaging in fear-mongering to try to get attention - and suckers are falling for it - again.
Please consider this - without manufacturing such "crisis", the EFF would not attract new members and funding to replace those leaving by various attrition methods. So, they are employing the same techniques as spammers and clickbait advertisers.
Look, the EFF lately has been seeing boogey men everywhere - even when they don't exist.
This is such a case. Nobody is holding a gun to drone owners heads and forcing them to install this update. It's no different than refusing an update to your computer software. But the EFF needs to find ways to remain relevant in the face of growing competition and public indifference, so they write crap like this, and of course people go nuts.
The EFF is just as guilty of click bait as anyone else. Listen to them at your own peril.
Sure it's different. Nobody has to install this update on their drone. It's not like cell phones, with over-the-air updates.
And what is wrong with either of those? Caller ID reduced the number of crank phone calls, and any complaints from the crankers that their phone could no longer anonymously crank people would have fallen on deaf ears. Ditto spam filters. Ditto ad blockers. Photo radar. DNA analysis. Even fingerprinting was once a new technology.
I think most people would prefer that it reduces the possibility of a visit from the men in the black suvs. As well as wasting taxpayers money dealing with repeat performances, or losing their toys to an anti-drone system. You simply don't have the right to fly drones just anywhere.
"The EFF argues that this is a shortsighted solution and only serves to highlight how the concept of ownership is increasingly being pulled out of users' hands"
You can apply the same reasoning to cars that auto-brake in the event of an imminent crash. You own it but it doesn't do what you want all the time. Waah - they're taking ownership away from you!
For those too lazy to click on the link, (because this is Slashdot), I'll reproduce it below: as a public service:
APK always sees red
When people point out the '90s are dead
To him, spamming his HOSTS file
Is really not at all that vile,
Use it or you're dead!
Eventually it'll even be
A replacement for systemd
But don't you fret
'Cuz you can bet
It'll replace Windows registry
So sad, too bad, that those who boast
How good it is, they anonymous post
Because those "others" are just he
Hiding behind anonymity
Otherwise "they" would be toast.
And he attacks anyone
Who criticizes spamming he as done
He posts crap-floods filled with hate
Trying to intimidate
So now critics post anon.
Alexander P Kowalski
Do your worst, you will see
You're still a fool,
A royal tool,
You're hurting yourself, not me,
Burma Shave
I guess I can expect another 500 to 1000 anonymous personal attacks from you again, just like the last time. So have fun going through my posting history for the next few days - all you're doing is showing that you have to hide behind anonymity because you're a spammer, not just here, but in other forums.
If education the public is the only solution, we're all doomed. Just look at the anti-vaxers.
If they did we'd certainly use them to block his crap-floods :-)
But he's SO predictable ... and it takes him SO long to wind down ... maybe we can use his spinning around to power a dynamo and solve the energy problem?
APK always sees red
When people point out the '90s are dead
To him, spamming his HOSTS file
Is really not at all that vile,
Use it or you're dead!
Eventually it'll even be
A replacement for systemd
But don't you fret
'Cuz you can bet
It'll replace Windows registry
So sad, too bad, that those who boast
How good it is, they anonymous post
Because those "others" are just he
Hiding behind anonymity
Otherwise "they" would be toast.
And he attacks anyone
Who criticizes spamming he as done
He posts crap-floods filled with hate
Trying to intimidate
So now critics post anon.
Alexander P Kowalski
Do your worst, you will see
You're still a fool,
A royal tool,
You're hurting yourself, not me,
Burma Shave
That was the very first sci-fi story I ever read. It was in a paperback anthology, along with the Asimov story Nightfall and one about a drunk engineer named Gallagher who wakes up to find he's invented a robot while bombed - because he didn't want to have to get up to get yet another beer, and about 10 others. Good memories :-)
Nah, those are iCrocodile Tears.
Better to read All You Zombies (download as pdf). One of the best time travel short stories.
Of course. You'd just make a copy of the keys, give the originals back, wait a year ot so, then break in. Or sell the key to someone else.
Maybe you should move to an area where not everyone is such a douche?
Because most people just click ok on anything they see without reading anything. Ditto with this clickbait news.
The FAA should read The Man Who Sold The Moon. This problem, like so many others, has already been envisioned by sci-fi writers.
The risks of the vaccine are far lower than the risks you run if you get measles. The most severe risks of the vaccine are so rare that there's serious doubt that they're connected with the vaccine and not just due to random coincidences.
Getting the measles vaccine is a good move for at least 99.9999% of the population. Measles? Not so much.
I try :-)
The people
are sheeple,
anti-vaxers
sow evil.
The measles
aren't measly
when they kill
your progeny.
Burma Shave
A big part of the problem is crap like the Dr Oz Show. Uninformed people lap this crap up because they want to believe the latest fad he pushes might be the silver bullet.
Then they end up working at Disney and getting measles as adults :-)