I think you're missing the concept of what a back-door actually is. Yeah. Trust your "key chain" app. Your data is safe! If only the NSA had thought of that. Curses!
Since this is slashdot not a scientific article, I'm allowed some literary license. But you're right. I should have said "I don't believe he's a good scientist".
When confronted with a government entity that believes itself to be above the law and is routinely breaking the law, yeah, asking them not to hold on to your data. That will work. Right?
Any scientist who claims he can "absolutely rule out" anything is not a scientist at all. Science is about proving the hypothesis, not disproving unknown hypotheses. Or are you so arrogant that you think you know everything?
And that uninstaller will remove the offending program, and silently patch your OS to make sure the back door stays wide open. Cos "national security" is more important than your right to privacy, ya know?
Jesus fucking christ. Your country's economy is in the toilet, your president has broken laws both at home and abroad, your government gets its diplomats killed and then shrugs it off, there are drones everywhere spying on you, all your telephone and internet communications are being listened to, your are on the verge of risking a real war with Russia over Syria, AND THIS IS THE FUCKING SHIT YOU GET MAD ABOUT? American are hopeless. Enjoy your Orwellian future.
This would not be the first time marketing people spend money without having a single clue as to what the data they are buying is, let alone what it means. My wife, bless her, works at the top in market research at one of the bigger fortune 500's. Market research is not the same as marketing. It's the mathematical/statistical side, one of the questions it's answering is "how effective is the ad campaign for X", or "are we getting our money's worth". Quite often I hear about how she's had to stop many countries from spending money on surveys, trials, and other means of acquiring data simply because they had no idea what they were getting and it would have ended up being useless for what they were trying to do. Anyway enough of tooting my wife's horn. I respect her - I could never do such a job!
Are you sure? Who was Germany's biggest trading partner in the1930's? France. Who was Japan's biggest trade partner in the 1930's before the embargo? The US. You are making the assumption that war is a rational act.
No that's not what I'm saying at all. Although you do bring up a valid point. The Israeli idea of "defense" is "attack". They have already violated international law by bombing Syria more than once and no, they are not allowed to do that. However I wasn't referring to the missile "test" at all but rather the whole situation.
Except this time the "target" has powerful friends. I fully expect Russia to defend their ally. I fully expect China to defend Iran, if it comes to that, too. If the US creates the UN, creates a "Security Council", names itself a permanent member and then ignores it completely, breaking its own rules, then either international law is abandoned completely by everyone, or the US will be held to account. And believe it or not, the US (and its European bedfellows) cannot take on the world.
Under threat? Tell me when the last Israeli-Syrian war was again? That's like saying the US is always under threat from Mexico. You realize at one point you have to have neighbors, right?
You'd be surprised at what some people think. But honestly the point I am making is that a government is not some benevolent entity that tries to do things for you. A government is an entity that says "no you can't do that", and uses force to back it up. That's how you get power - by saying "No". 2 year olds know this. Ever wonder why most of licitation deals for the government are private and no one is allowed to see them? You think the government is doing people favors? Sigh.
You would be surprised at what people can do when they decide to get off their asses and work together. Ever heard of the early trading companies - East India trading co, United Fruit Co, etc? PRIVATE entities that built more infrastructure and did more for their territories than any government ever did. You don't have to have a government to get something done, all you need is leadership, organization and the will. How about all those churches you see everywhere all over the world. Government built those?
Water is provided by the water cycle, by nature, by evaporation and by geography and geology. The government only decides the ALLOCATION of water. It does not "provide" water. In fact, its job is to DENY certain people water, in order to control.
Learned English from my mother, before I was school age. I could be pedantic and argue a few other points. If we're still alive in 2013 then obviously all our ancestors had no trouble finding clean water to drink and adequate food to eat, for the past billion years or so since life started. So government is not "responsible" for that, they just make you think they are. Electricity, now there's a funny one. One could argue that government interference in the generation of electrical power has caused the energy market to be far less efficient than it could be. Monopolies are only the ideal case if you're the monopoly. No, sorry, I don't buy the "I owe the government so much" excuse. I live in the 3rd world, where the government is more corrupt and more impotent than in the US and guess what - life is possible - even MORE enjoyable down here. I am more free than you. Of course I have a greater chance of being mugged, but that's a risk I am willing to take to be free.
Yes they do, actually. If you don't take care of your area, someone else will take it from you. It's called husbandry, and any good business owner must understand it. Anyway if you want a direct answer to your question I have two words for you: Las Vegas.
Yes but most of the time it's a shelter for them. Amanda Knox. McAffee. Paul Watson. Etc. These are all examples of wanted people hiding from the law in the United States or with its knowledge and/or consent.
You're getting less than you paid for. Just like if you go to a restaurant and order filet mignon, and you're told you have to have chuck steak instead. For the same price. Your attitude is "you're still eating steak, why are you complaining?". Of course they are harmed.
Drop "US-based", because the US government has already made use of foreign police (Sweden illegal server raids, New Zealand illegal server raids, extradition of "hackers" from the UK, etc) to shut down foreign sites claimed to be violating US laws. Perhaps it's better to say "No cloud service in a US friendly country can really fight the NSA". So you can always go for storing your data in an UNfriendly country. But since they're unfriendly what makes you think your data would be safer there? Quite the conundrum.
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I think you're missing the concept of what a back-door actually is. Yeah. Trust your "key chain" app. Your data is safe! If only the NSA had thought of that. Curses!
Or drivers. Especially closed source proprietary drivers, like Nvidia, etc.
Unless the "unrelated compiler" is also compromised. How far down does the rabbit hole go?
Since this is slashdot not a scientific article, I'm allowed some literary license. But you're right. I should have said "I don't believe he's a good scientist".
When confronted with a government entity that believes itself to be above the law and is routinely breaking the law, yeah, asking them not to hold on to your data. That will work. Right?
Any scientist who claims he can "absolutely rule out" anything is not a scientist at all. Science is about proving the hypothesis, not disproving unknown hypotheses. Or are you so arrogant that you think you know everything?
And that uninstaller will remove the offending program, and silently patch your OS to make sure the back door stays wide open. Cos "national security" is more important than your right to privacy, ya know?
Jesus fucking christ. Your country's economy is in the toilet, your president has broken laws both at home and abroad, your government gets its diplomats killed and then shrugs it off, there are drones everywhere spying on you, all your telephone and internet communications are being listened to, your are on the verge of risking a real war with Russia over Syria, AND THIS IS THE FUCKING SHIT YOU GET MAD ABOUT? American are hopeless. Enjoy your Orwellian future.
This would not be the first time marketing people spend money without having a single clue as to what the data they are buying is, let alone what it means. My wife, bless her, works at the top in market research at one of the bigger fortune 500's. Market research is not the same as marketing. It's the mathematical/statistical side, one of the questions it's answering is "how effective is the ad campaign for X", or "are we getting our money's worth". Quite often I hear about how she's had to stop many countries from spending money on surveys, trials, and other means of acquiring data simply because they had no idea what they were getting and it would have ended up being useless for what they were trying to do. Anyway enough of tooting my wife's horn. I respect her - I could never do such a job!
All corporations are government charters. That's how you incorporate. What's your point? Corporations are still private.
and China isn't going to stop trading with us.
Are you sure? Who was Germany's biggest trading partner in the1930's? France. Who was Japan's biggest trade partner in the 1930's before the embargo? The US. You are making the assumption that war is a rational act.
No that's not what I'm saying at all. Although you do bring up a valid point. The Israeli idea of "defense" is "attack". They have already violated international law by bombing Syria more than once and no, they are not allowed to do that. However I wasn't referring to the missile "test" at all but rather the whole situation.
Except this time the "target" has powerful friends. I fully expect Russia to defend their ally. I fully expect China to defend Iran, if it comes to that, too. If the US creates the UN, creates a "Security Council", names itself a permanent member and then ignores it completely, breaking its own rules, then either international law is abandoned completely by everyone, or the US will be held to account. And believe it or not, the US (and its European bedfellows) cannot take on the world.
Under threat? Tell me when the last Israeli-Syrian war was again? That's like saying the US is always under threat from Mexico. You realize at one point you have to have neighbors, right?
Trashing all your world credibility to please one tiny little ally. Yes, well done. Sounds logical.
You'd be surprised at what some people think. But honestly the point I am making is that a government is not some benevolent entity that tries to do things for you. A government is an entity that says "no you can't do that", and uses force to back it up. That's how you get power - by saying "No". 2 year olds know this. Ever wonder why most of licitation deals for the government are private and no one is allowed to see them? You think the government is doing people favors? Sigh.
You would be surprised at what people can do when they decide to get off their asses and work together. Ever heard of the early trading companies - East India trading co, United Fruit Co, etc? PRIVATE entities that built more infrastructure and did more for their territories than any government ever did. You don't have to have a government to get something done, all you need is leadership, organization and the will. How about all those churches you see everywhere all over the world. Government built those?
Water is provided by the water cycle, by nature, by evaporation and by geography and geology. The government only decides the ALLOCATION of water. It does not "provide" water. In fact, its job is to DENY certain people water, in order to control.
Learned English from my mother, before I was school age. I could be pedantic and argue a few other points. If we're still alive in 2013 then obviously all our ancestors had no trouble finding clean water to drink and adequate food to eat, for the past billion years or so since life started. So government is not "responsible" for that, they just make you think they are. Electricity, now there's a funny one. One could argue that government interference in the generation of electrical power has caused the energy market to be far less efficient than it could be. Monopolies are only the ideal case if you're the monopoly. No, sorry, I don't buy the "I owe the government so much" excuse. I live in the 3rd world, where the government is more corrupt and more impotent than in the US and guess what - life is possible - even MORE enjoyable down here. I am more free than you. Of course I have a greater chance of being mugged, but that's a risk I am willing to take to be free.
Yes they do, actually. If you don't take care of your area, someone else will take it from you. It's called husbandry, and any good business owner must understand it. Anyway if you want a direct answer to your question I have two words for you: Las Vegas.
Yes but most of the time it's a shelter for them. Amanda Knox. McAffee. Paul Watson. Etc. These are all examples of wanted people hiding from the law in the United States or with its knowledge and/or consent.
The wheel always turns. It never stops.
Anthropic theory states that of course Earth has to be habitable, otherwise we simply couldn't be here to observe it.
You're getting less than you paid for. Just like if you go to a restaurant and order filet mignon, and you're told you have to have chuck steak instead. For the same price. Your attitude is "you're still eating steak, why are you complaining?". Of course they are harmed.
Drop "US-based", because the US government has already made use of foreign police (Sweden illegal server raids, New Zealand illegal server raids, extradition of "hackers" from the UK, etc) to shut down foreign sites claimed to be violating US laws. Perhaps it's better to say "No cloud service in a US friendly country can really fight the NSA". So you can always go for storing your data in an UNfriendly country. But since they're unfriendly what makes you think your data would be safer there? Quite the conundrum.