The attack on the facebook account was against someone completely guilty. If they had been innocent - for example, buying the laptop used without knowing it was stolen - the fact that the sign-in account is not connected to the seller should have been a give-away. Willful ignorance makes you guilty of receiving stolen goods.
All the person with the laptop had to do was post a message back on their stupid Facebook account saying that they bought the laptop from $PERSON instead of guiltily closing all their accounts after getting caught. They sure didn't act like they were innocent, did they?
If I had bought something used in good faith and it turned out to be stolen, I'd be naming and shaming the seller as well as getting in touch with the police. So would any other honest person - because the seller ripped them off. In this case, there was no seller - just the thief, and she got caught out.
One of my examples was about sexual assault - and your response to those examples was "No, you actually do have an obligation to not be naive and pretend crime can't happen." So you did say something about those examples, which did include sexual assault. Read what you wrote, instead of what you think you wrote.
If you (1) don't do sh*t you don't want people to know about, you (2) don't have to worry about anything leaking. See the DNC and Clinton as an example.
The Rise of the Creative Class, who believes technology workers are putting off families when they move to the Silicon Valley area because they anticipate long working hours
More like The Decline of the Creative Class, where creativity must be focused on making a buck at all costs, stifling creative exploration of alternatives, right down to individual workers. No more "let's try 3 ways to solve this problem, then take the best one" - now it's "just fix the damn thing - we'll patch it afterwards - or maybe not. The Internet generation is full of people who are willing to put up with being exploited both as workers and as users because TEH INNERTOOBS!"
A whole industry where most of the "work" is trying to copy someone else's ideas to try to steal some of their market share is only fostering creativity in hucksterism, hype, spin, and con artistry.
Watch the video, asswipe. Anyone can go on ebay and buy a device that will reprogram any car to accept any key fob code, same as there are devices that let you roll back the electronic odometers on the dash and in the transmission electronics.
You don't need a dent puller or a big hammer to pop the lock and a screwdriver to turn the ignition on any more (the old skool way, which I had to use twice on old cars. The little pin at the bottom of the lock casting breaks, leaving the lock freewheeling without actually turning on the switch in the steering column. Unlike you, I know how to do this stuff because I've had to do it. Same as I've had to use slim jims and other tools to break into cars that others have locked their keys in.
Even managed to get into a VanDura that the toolkit warned was almost impossible to get into because of guards the manufacturer had installed to make it really really hard to get into without breaking the windshield - but the engine was running and time was awasting, so it took me over an hour, but I did it.
How many cars and vans have you broken into to help the legal owner? My guess is none.
I never lock my doors when I'm not home, because I'm not worried about theft. Knowing your neighbors and having a dog are much better risk-reduction factors than any lock ever will be. All locks can be bypassed. Watch the link I posted elsewhere which shows where to buy a device that will let you reprogram any car with keyless entry to accept any other key, so you just drive off.
I've had things stolen when I used to lock stuff up - the insurance company will make it as hard as possible to get what you're owed, so why bother? Bank the premiums and self-insure. You'll almost always come out ahead.
And your attitude that how I dress somehow makes it not a crime to sexually assault me (example 1, which happened in a subway station at 10 am) is just typical #rapesplaining.
You're wrong. Otherwise, a thief can successfully recycle stolen cars just by parking them in the fence's driveway. If you knew the $100 wasn't yours, you are required to turn it in to the local authorities. If, after a delay (here it's 30 days) it's unclaimed, the money is yours.
What happened in a similar case in my country - the thief successfully sued the geek for damage to his reputation, and was awarded a compensation an order of magnitude higher than what was the value of the laptop.
So what you're saying is that after the thief paid his lawyer, he ended up losing 10 orders of magnitude more than the compensation he was awarded. Because a lawyer is going to charge 10,000 to win a 1000 award over a 100 laptop.
Doesn't make a difference. Just because you paid for stolen property doesn't mean it's now legally yours. The thief who sold it to you didn't have legal title to it, so your only legal recourse if the laptop is returned to the rightful owner is against the thief.
You're an idiot if you buy stolen goods. The thief knows where to go the next time they need to steal them for a new customer, and they also know you can't file a complaint - even if you catch them in the act.
Transport companies always leave the loading doors on empty trailers unlocked so that thieves don't cause damage breaking into them. There's a reason for that.
Most kids today wouldn't know how to unlock the steering wheel anyway without a key, so it's not like they can steal the car if you leave it unlocked - and a pro will just buy a device online (watch the first 17 minutes - you'll see homebrew hardware, where to buy the hardware ready made, interviews with hackers and police and a car manufacturer) that lets you open pretty much any car - including the high end models - by reprogramming the car's computer to accept a new key, and just drive away. CBC Marketplace showed how easy it is to do, so your locks are only there to discourage the least motivated., And a $5 device to unlock car doors if you just want to steal a laptop on the front seat.
If you are storing sensitive personal information on a laptop or phone, you should already know that the question is not if, but when, it is going to leak out.
So have a plan for cases such as bank account info, and for the rest, it's not important enough to give a sh*t about anyway. There was an article about the risks of families, friends, and others snooping around your Facebook account. If you're posting stuff on Facebook, even using their privacy settings, that you don't want to get out there, you're a moron. The default should be public, so you don't get sucked into a false sense of security.
"But my private pictures!!!" If they're private, why are they on a portable electronic device or on a server run by someone else? Besides, unless you're so ugly that you'll replace the next goat guy or tubgirl, so what? The best you can hope for is your 15 minutes of notoriety.
Regardless, he left it in plain view in his unlocked car.
"Regardless, she was dressed in a short skirt and top" - and should have expected what happened next.
"Regardless, they left their dog in the back yard alone with a gate that didn't have a padlock" - and should have expected someone to steal their dog.
"Regardless, they were unarmed when they asked a total stranger for directions" - and deserved to be mugged.
Screw your "regardless." Honest people wouldn't have taken it. Same as I should be able to leave my doors unlocked and not have strangers walk into my home and take stuff.
And if he had put an OS login password on it, the thief would have just given it to someone to wipe down. He would still haven't gotten his laptop back, and he would never have known who stole it.
At least mobile phone passwords, the phone can still receive calls, so you can call whoever "found" it and offer a small reward for it's return.
Well, you know it's just going to get worse as the SJWs take over everything. When BlackLivesMatter can get PRIDE parades to ban gays and lesbians, you know that both movements are now quickly accelerating to peak stupidity, bypassing any fake news you'd ever read...
On balance, the internet is now causing more harm than good. Time to shut it down.
"For flash there's html5". Sure, if you want turn-of-the-century performance on modern hardware. Party like it's 1999, because html5 whatever. At least you could run flash standalone, without a stupid browser to add another layer of insecurity.
What do you expect from ideologues? Common sense? Here's one example of their "me-too" stupidity
replace Siri, Google Now, Alexa, and Cortana with a free-software personal assistant, which they view as "crucial to preserving users' control over their technology and data
People don't need "personal software assistants" to "help preserve users' control over their technology and data." What they need is to learn that anything you share with anyone is ultimately shared with the world, so if you want control of your data, keep it to yourself.
We already have the ultimate secure social network - just send all your posts to/dev/null. Anything else, you're fooling yourself. Same with ALL your other data. Al software can be compromised, and that includes any personal assistant anyone can design.
The environment is deteriorating, and the population is growing, at a rate that will never allow India to actually go from "emerging economy" to modern economy. They can be an industrial nation, but not what we would consider a modern one, with all the benefits. There's just too many people, too high a growth rate, and a huge baby boom in the making which will result in even more poverty, because most of those people having kids don't have even an outdoor toilet to shit in.
It's simple math - the rest of the world cannot create enough consumer demand to lift the rest of the globe out of poverty. You want to increase your market share, you have to lower your selling price - and your profits, ensuring you stay poor. And there are far too many other countries with over-abundant labour ready to take your place the moment you raise your prices.
And next, throw in robotics and AI, and it really won't matter how cheap you go, the machines can always go lower.
They will solve their problem the same way humans have always solved this problem in the past - famine, war, disease, death. Nothing new under the sun there, and it's stupid to deny it, and the associated risks for everyone else.
Thing is they're working for companies in your country.
So what. It makes no difference if they're working for a local company - it's still illegal. Which is why CBC Marketplace strung along some of those "marketing firms" to book appointments., then nailed the people who showed up for illegal telemarketing calls. Didn't matter that the call was made from Pakistan. Still illegal, same as if someone booked a hitman to kill you through a Pakistani call center. The person ordering the hit is still liable for soliciting a murder.
Aptly titled “My eyes are up here,” lead researcher Sarah Gervais’ study found that men like looking at women’s large breasts. For extended periods of time. Although, in dudes’ defense, “women also seem to view other women as objects.”
A total of 29 women and 36 men outfitted in eye tracking gear were asked to look at pictures of models manipulated to have different body types. Both men and women looked at breasts and waists longer than faces. Furthermore, women with hourglass figures received more substantial stares and were rated as having better personalities. Because boobs.
But if you were a woman you'd already know this because you would have experienced it first hand. And please note - the lead researcher was a woman.
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The attack on the facebook account was against someone completely guilty. If they had been innocent - for example, buying the laptop used without knowing it was stolen - the fact that the sign-in account is not connected to the seller should have been a give-away. Willful ignorance makes you guilty of receiving stolen goods.
All the person with the laptop had to do was post a message back on their stupid Facebook account saying that they bought the laptop from $PERSON instead of guiltily closing all their accounts after getting caught. They sure didn't act like they were innocent, did they?
If I had bought something used in good faith and it turned out to be stolen, I'd be naming and shaming the seller as well as getting in touch with the police. So would any other honest person - because the seller ripped them off. In this case, there was no seller - just the thief, and she got caught out.
One of my examples was about sexual assault - and your response to those examples was "No, you actually do have an obligation to not be naive and pretend crime can't happen." So you did say something about those examples, which did include sexual assault. Read what you wrote, instead of what you think you wrote.
If you (1) don't do sh*t you don't want people to know about, you (2) don't have to worry about anything leaking. See the DNC and Clinton as an example.
The Rise of the Creative Class, who believes technology workers are putting off families when they move to the Silicon Valley area because they anticipate long working hours
More like The Decline of the Creative Class, where creativity must be focused on making a buck at all costs, stifling creative exploration of alternatives, right down to individual workers. No more "let's try 3 ways to solve this problem, then take the best one" - now it's "just fix the damn thing - we'll patch it afterwards - or maybe not. The Internet generation is full of people who are willing to put up with being exploited both as workers and as users because TEH INNERTOOBS!"
A whole industry where most of the "work" is trying to copy someone else's ideas to try to steal some of their market share is only fostering creativity in hucksterism, hype, spin, and con artistry.
Watch the video, asswipe. Anyone can go on ebay and buy a device that will reprogram any car to accept any key fob code, same as there are devices that let you roll back the electronic odometers on the dash and in the transmission electronics.
You don't need a dent puller or a big hammer to pop the lock and a screwdriver to turn the ignition on any more (the old skool way, which I had to use twice on old cars. The little pin at the bottom of the lock casting breaks, leaving the lock freewheeling without actually turning on the switch in the steering column. Unlike you, I know how to do this stuff because I've had to do it. Same as I've had to use slim jims and other tools to break into cars that others have locked their keys in.
Even managed to get into a VanDura that the toolkit warned was almost impossible to get into because of guards the manufacturer had installed to make it really really hard to get into without breaking the windshield - but the engine was running and time was awasting, so it took me over an hour, but I did it.
How many cars and vans have you broken into to help the legal owner? My guess is none.
I never lock my doors when I'm not home, because I'm not worried about theft. Knowing your neighbors and having a dog are much better risk-reduction factors than any lock ever will be. All locks can be bypassed. Watch the link I posted elsewhere which shows where to buy a device that will let you reprogram any car with keyless entry to accept any other key, so you just drive off.
I've had things stolen when I used to lock stuff up - the insurance company will make it as hard as possible to get what you're owed, so why bother? Bank the premiums and self-insure. You'll almost always come out ahead.
And your attitude that how I dress somehow makes it not a crime to sexually assault me (example 1, which happened in a subway station at 10 am) is just typical #rapesplaining.
You're wrong. Otherwise, a thief can successfully recycle stolen cars just by parking them in the fence's driveway. If you knew the $100 wasn't yours, you are required to turn it in to the local authorities. If, after a delay (here it's 30 days) it's unclaimed, the money is yours.
Opps - an order of magnitude more than he was awarded, and 2 orders of magnitude more than the value of the laptop. Sorry about that, chief.
What happened in a similar case in my country - the thief successfully sued the geek for damage to his reputation, and was awarded a compensation an order of magnitude higher than what was the value of the laptop.
So what you're saying is that after the thief paid his lawyer, he ended up losing 10 orders of magnitude more than the compensation he was awarded. Because a lawyer is going to charge 10,000 to win a 1000 award over a 100 laptop.
Doesn't make a difference. Just because you paid for stolen property doesn't mean it's now legally yours. The thief who sold it to you didn't have legal title to it, so your only legal recourse if the laptop is returned to the rightful owner is against the thief.
You're an idiot if you buy stolen goods. The thief knows where to go the next time they need to steal them for a new customer, and they also know you can't file a complaint - even if you catch them in the act.
He most certainly had authorized access to the computer - he's still the legal owner, even if it's in the hands of a thief.
Transport companies always leave the loading doors on empty trailers unlocked so that thieves don't cause damage breaking into them. There's a reason for that.
Most kids today wouldn't know how to unlock the steering wheel anyway without a key, so it's not like they can steal the car if you leave it unlocked - and a pro will just buy a device online (watch the first 17 minutes - you'll see homebrew hardware, where to buy the hardware ready made, interviews with hackers and police and a car manufacturer) that lets you open pretty much any car - including the high end models - by reprogramming the car's computer to accept a new key, and just drive away. CBC Marketplace showed how easy it is to do, so your locks are only there to discourage the least motivated., And a $5 device to unlock car doors if you just want to steal a laptop on the front seat.
All your locks are belong to us!
If you are storing sensitive personal information on a laptop or phone, you should already know that the question is not if, but when, it is going to leak out.
So have a plan for cases such as bank account info, and for the rest, it's not important enough to give a sh*t about anyway. There was an article about the risks of families, friends, and others snooping around your Facebook account. If you're posting stuff on Facebook, even using their privacy settings, that you don't want to get out there, you're a moron. The default should be public, so you don't get sucked into a false sense of security.
"But my private pictures!!!" If they're private, why are they on a portable electronic device or on a server run by someone else? Besides, unless you're so ugly that you'll replace the next goat guy or tubgirl, so what? The best you can hope for is your 15 minutes of notoriety.
Regardless, he left it in plain view in his unlocked car.
"Regardless, she was dressed in a short skirt and top" - and should have expected what happened next.
"Regardless, they left their dog in the back yard alone with a gate that didn't have a padlock" - and should have expected someone to steal their dog.
"Regardless, they were unarmed when they asked a total stranger for directions" - and deserved to be mugged.
Screw your "regardless." Honest people wouldn't have taken it. Same as I should be able to leave my doors unlocked and not have strangers walk into my home and take stuff.
And if he had put an OS login password on it, the thief would have just given it to someone to wipe down. He would still haven't gotten his laptop back, and he would never have known who stole it.
At least mobile phone passwords, the phone can still receive calls, so you can call whoever "found" it and offer a small reward for it's return.
Entrapment only applies to law enforcement. You're free to "entrap" anyone you wish if you're not a cop.
DC Comics Bizarro World from the 1960's.
The time to protest was BEFORE the nominations, not after the elections.
Don't be an ass. There's BSD-licensed software in linux distros as well. Or were you asleep during the whole SCO vs Novell scamfest?
Well, you know it's just going to get worse as the SJWs take over everything. When BlackLivesMatter can get PRIDE parades to ban gays and lesbians, you know that both movements are now quickly accelerating to peak stupidity, bypassing any fake news you'd ever read ...
On balance, the internet is now causing more harm than good. Time to shut it down.
"For flash there's html5". Sure, if you want turn-of-the-century performance on modern hardware. Party like it's 1999, because html5 whatever. At least you could run flash standalone, without a stupid browser to add another layer of insecurity.
replace Siri, Google Now, Alexa, and Cortana with a free-software personal assistant, which they view as "crucial to preserving users' control over their technology and data
People don't need "personal software assistants" to "help preserve users' control over their technology and data." What they need is to learn that anything you share with anyone is ultimately shared with the world, so if you want control of your data, keep it to yourself.
We already have the ultimate secure social network - just send all your posts to /dev/null. Anything else, you're fooling yourself. Same with ALL your other data. Al software can be compromised, and that includes any personal assistant anyone can design.
The environment is deteriorating, and the population is growing, at a rate that will never allow India to actually go from "emerging economy" to modern economy. They can be an industrial nation, but not what we would consider a modern one, with all the benefits. There's just too many people, too high a growth rate, and a huge baby boom in the making which will result in even more poverty, because most of those people having kids don't have even an outdoor toilet to shit in.
They already have 18% of the human race living on just over 2% of the land. They will pass China as the most populous country in the world in 2022 - that's 5 years. And unlike China, they will continue to increase in population.
It's simple math - the rest of the world cannot create enough consumer demand to lift the rest of the globe out of poverty. You want to increase your market share, you have to lower your selling price - and your profits, ensuring you stay poor. And there are far too many other countries with over-abundant labour ready to take your place the moment you raise your prices.
And next, throw in robotics and AI, and it really won't matter how cheap you go, the machines can always go lower.
They will solve their problem the same way humans have always solved this problem in the past - famine, war, disease, death. Nothing new under the sun there, and it's stupid to deny it, and the associated risks for everyone else.
Thing is they're working for companies in your country.
So what. It makes no difference if they're working for a local company - it's still illegal. Which is why CBC Marketplace strung along some of those "marketing firms" to book appointments., then nailed the people who showed up for illegal telemarketing calls. Didn't matter that the call was made from Pakistan. Still illegal, same as if someone booked a hitman to kill you through a Pakistani call center. The person ordering the hit is still liable for soliciting a murder.
And then there's this classic of Tom Mabe pretending to be a police detective at a murder scene scaring the sh*t out of a telemarketer.
Aptly titled “My eyes are up here,” lead researcher Sarah Gervais’ study found that men like looking at women’s large breasts. For extended periods of time. Although, in dudes’ defense, “women also seem to view other women as objects.”
A total of 29 women and 36 men outfitted in eye tracking gear were asked to look at pictures of models manipulated to have different body types. Both men and women looked at breasts and waists longer than faces. Furthermore, women with hourglass figures received more substantial stares and were rated as having better personalities. Because boobs.
But if you were a woman you'd already know this because you would have experienced it first hand. And please note - the lead researcher was a woman.