I could also be giving SpecterSoft too much credit. SpecterSoft could possibly and simply had something embedded in the MBR and an image wasn't done, just a format, and an OS was reinstalled, or like you said, a recovery partition.
Otherwise maybe they just did a reinstall from a hidden factory reinstall partition? I could see something hiding up in there but....
I was thinking possibly along the lines of laptops with lojack embedded in the BIOS to phone home on Windows PC's. SpecterSoft is vague on the details of their tamper proof technology, but perhaps they have a partnership with Lojack to reinstall the software upon reformat? the eBlaster software is an online service that stores search activity in their "cloud". Regardless of how it got on there, I think the agent probably still had days left on his subscription and likely received an alert instantly of the activity going on.
The DOJ didn't lock this guy up, California police officers did. DOJ means federal agencies. Also, you may wish to pick a better source than Infowars. They are not a trustworthy news source.
What the fuck are you talking about? These tweets aren't promoting terrorism, it's promoting nationalism and communism. I don't think you know the first thing about the DPRK and why it's such a paranoid and authoritative government. What South Korea did was just as bad as they are. The difference is the latter isn't isolated from the rest of the world.
Man breaks local law and gets punished for it, film at 11. Why is this an issue? In Thailand you get thrown in jail for simply disrespecting the king, in Singapore you'll get hung (or at least caned) for carrying the smallest amount of illegal drugs. the world is not completely homogenous (at least not yet).
This is nothing but modern-day McCarthyism. Freedom of speech is a human rights issue, and we have to stop supporting governments who do this, even our own.
OK, with these sites so confidentiality and integrity of data are destroyed, but we have awesome availability. Let's write this off as money well spent and declare a victory!
Disciplinary action regarding internal affairs leads nowhere. Time and time again this has been proven to be ineffective, and usually results in nothing more than paid leave.
The penalties need to have real teeth. It needs to have mandatory criminal penalties and revocation of their certification to be a police officer if they intentionally leave it somewhere, and drop the charges or commute the sentences automatically of any encounter. Transparency is something that needs to be zealously defended - it helps weed out the criminals behind the glasses as much as in front of them.
I agree with your assessment, but we should make every effort to mitigate these sad disasters. While there is little incentive to extend the "lifecycle" of old products, we're throwing far too much away for no acceptable reason. It's certainly not helping the environment or the making the landfills fill at any lesser rate.
There should be a mandate that if you want to be a dick and no longer choose to support the software of an obsolete product you sold to maintain core functionality, you should forfeit the source code. At the very least, make it legal to reverse engineer and distribute fixes/functionality without fear of retribution. This is going to become much more common in the future unless someone does something.
I would suggest doing a repeater based WiFi type system.
Wifi type, yes, but for the love of god, not WiFi. Wimax or something like Motorola Canopy would be much more reliable, but more expensive. Pissing all over the ISM bands is a recipe for disaster and it will be more than a 1-man operation to maintain that clusterfuck. People in rural areas don't have a lot of money and the majority of them don't care about blazing speed so long as web surfing and streaming video works, which can't be obtained easily with shoddy DSL.
Sounds like a great way to find and rob marijuana grow houses. 12 hour light cycles with major usage only require you to drive by twice a day for a period to figure out, or simply spy on your neighbor. Easy to figure out, and the monetary incentives would make it worthwhile to a criminal.
The best way is to look at their rulings and try to understand their rationale. I find that especially for Appellate court races, it helps to examine prior cases, especially ones that are important to you. Do they stray from prior precedent? Do they seem to wildly interpret or misconstrue the intent of a statute that is activist in nature, i.e. an "ends justify the means" philosophy or are they strict "rule of law" justices that are completely impartial? If they have no prior experience as a judge, look at their endorsements and their character. The bench should never be used for activism, especially if you personally disagree with the outcome. It is always the responsibility of the legislature to craft good statutory language that can stand on its own in compliance with constitutional law and precedent. Once I became educated in law, I actually prefer conservative rule-of-law judges because it enforces the idea that we need to hold our politicians accountable rather than rely on a court to "make the problem go away" on bad foundation.
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How does that work over the PSTN using SS7?
I could also be giving SpecterSoft too much credit. SpecterSoft could possibly and simply had something embedded in the MBR and an image wasn't done, just a format, and an OS was reinstalled, or like you said, a recovery partition.
Otherwise maybe they just did a reinstall from a hidden factory reinstall partition? I could see something hiding up in there but....
I was thinking possibly along the lines of laptops with lojack embedded in the BIOS to phone home on Windows PC's. SpecterSoft is vague on the details of their tamper proof technology, but perhaps they have a partnership with Lojack to reinstall the software upon reformat? the eBlaster software is an online service that stores search activity in their "cloud". Regardless of how it got on there, I think the agent probably still had days left on his subscription and likely received an alert instantly of the activity going on.
Which then becomes a felony if you do so in transit for interfering with a traffic control device.
Today printers, tomorrow makerbots making fake gold bars.
The DOJ didn't lock this guy up, California police officers did. DOJ means federal agencies.
Also, you may wish to pick a better source than Infowars. They are not a trustworthy news source.
That depends entirely on who runs the DOJ at any given time - it's not set in stone.
[..] about her not standing up for her principles.
And standing up to her Principals.
What the fuck are you talking about? These tweets aren't promoting terrorism, it's promoting nationalism and communism.
I don't think you know the first thing about the DPRK and why it's such a paranoid and authoritative government.
What South Korea did was just as bad as they are. The difference is the latter isn't isolated from the rest of the world.
Man breaks local law and gets punished for it, film at 11. Why is this an issue? In Thailand you get thrown in jail for simply disrespecting the king, in Singapore you'll get hung (or at least caned) for carrying the smallest amount of illegal drugs. the world is not completely homogenous (at least not yet).
This is nothing but modern-day McCarthyism. Freedom of speech is a human rights issue, and we have to stop supporting governments who do this, even our own.
They still haven't found the precious.
OK, with these sites so confidentiality and integrity of data are destroyed, but we have awesome availability. Let's write this off as money well spent and declare a victory!
We don't need a digital Reichstag Fire false-flag attack to justify surrendering our freedoms for security.
Disciplinary action regarding internal affairs leads nowhere. Time and time again this has been proven to be ineffective, and usually results in nothing more than paid leave.
The penalties need to have real teeth. It needs to have mandatory criminal penalties and revocation of their certification to be a police officer if they intentionally leave it somewhere, and drop the charges or commute the sentences automatically of any encounter.
Transparency is something that needs to be zealously defended - it helps weed out the criminals behind the glasses as much as in front of them.
Call me a sadist, but I prefer bzip2.
I agree with your assessment, but we should make every effort to mitigate these sad disasters. While there is little incentive to extend the "lifecycle" of old products, we're throwing far too much away for no acceptable reason. It's certainly not helping the environment or the making the landfills fill at any lesser rate.
Declare war against the sun. We must stop this evil threat because it hates our freedom and our way of life.
There should be a mandate that if you want to be a dick and no longer choose to support the software of an obsolete product you sold to maintain core functionality, you should forfeit the source code. At the very least, make it legal to reverse engineer and distribute fixes/functionality without fear of retribution. This is going to become much more common in the future unless someone does something.
"As a typewriter dealer, I take issue with Apple stores stealing my business. "
But did Petraeus wear a condom? Ask Julian Assange about how much that matters.
Austrian economics FTW.
I would suggest doing a repeater based WiFi type system.
Wifi type, yes, but for the love of god, not WiFi. Wimax or something like Motorola Canopy would be much more reliable, but more expensive. Pissing all over the ISM bands is a recipe for disaster and it will be more than a 1-man operation to maintain that clusterfuck.
People in rural areas don't have a lot of money and the majority of them don't care about blazing speed so long as web surfing and streaming video works, which can't be obtained easily with shoddy DSL.
Sounds like a great way to find and rob marijuana grow houses. 12 hour light cycles with major usage only require you to drive by twice a day for a period to figure out, or simply spy on your neighbor. Easy to figure out, and the monetary incentives would make it worthwhile to a criminal.
The best way is to look at their rulings and try to understand their rationale. I find that especially for Appellate court races, it helps to examine prior cases, especially ones that are important to you. Do they stray from prior precedent? Do they seem to wildly interpret or misconstrue the intent of a statute that is activist in nature, i.e. an "ends justify the means" philosophy or are they strict "rule of law" justices that are completely impartial? If they have no prior experience as a judge, look at their endorsements and their character. The bench should never be used for activism, especially if you personally disagree with the outcome. It is always the responsibility of the legislature to craft good statutory language that can stand on its own in compliance with constitutional law and precedent. Once I became educated in law, I actually prefer conservative rule-of-law judges because it enforces the idea that we need to hold our politicians accountable rather than rely on a court to "make the problem go away" on bad foundation.
Or jumping jacks. That's been used as justification to bomb suspected terrorists.