As I commented above, they're currently under investigation by virtually every legal and consumer rights body in the UK, so I imagine this incident will just be added to the already extensive list of reasons to disbar, fine and possibly imprison the people in charge at ACS:Law.
In this instance the intended meaning was fairly obvious, but that's not always the case.
Don't give me that "Language evolves" crap either; yes it does, but 90% of the people who say that are simply using it as an excuse to be lazy with their grammar or spelling.
like closing the barn door after the horse has escaped
To torture the analogy, it's like having a barn with infinite doors and after the horse fails to escape through one of them, you close it, thus solving the problem once and for all!
It's not the system updates that get you these days, it's the applications; the overwhelming majority of current exploits are targeted at Adobe Reader, Flash & Java and while you can sandbox them to an extent and run NoScript and Flashblock, all it takes is for a "trusted" site to be compromised in some way, delivering an exploit that circumvents the sandboxing and you're infected before you know it (probably for weeks before you know it).
These days, if you're on the internet you should be running some form of realtime AV, however distasteful the idea may be to you.
It's better than that; the first link in the summary is to an earlier Slashdot story from a mere 3 hours ago whose summary consisted of a link to a 3rd Slashdot story (from 2 days ago) and a link to the same fucking Gizmodo story as this one.
To confirm their integrity, they are advised to verify the MD5 sums and PGP signatures of the downloaded files and compare them to that of the legitimate source tarballs.
Because the people who compromised your server and uploaded a trojaned version of your software would *never* think to upload their own MD5 sums and PGP signatures to match...
I merely offered it up as a recent example; in retrospect I should have realised how much some people would attempt to read into the choice of subject matter and infer pretty much whatever they wanted from it.
One very good reason; they've just released a load of stuff.
You don't want to compete with yourself for attention, so you have to wait until the public and media have had their fill of your current leak before releasing the next one; plus, it's almost Christmas so nobody will be paying much attention anyway. Best to leave it until the new year, when interest in the Diplomatic Cables leak has died down a bit and people aren't too busy pretending to get on with their relatives to notice what you're saying.
It's similar to what the US Republicans did with Obama. They hate the guy so much that even when he was offering them exactly what they wanted in terms of legislation, they were compelled to reject it simply because he had suggested it and he was the enemy, to be opposed at all costs.
When you oppose someone or something that strongly the human mind is capable of amazing cognitive dissonance; no matter how illogical the reasoning or how hypocritical your position, you can find a way to explain how all of your problems are somehow their fault and that nothing you've done could have in any way contributed to it.
One might argue that doing anything overt to him would only reinforce the belief that the government(s) in question are actually scared of Wikileaks rather than just angry with them; the last thing they want to risk doing is martyring him.
It *is* a matter of national security. The US and other "Western" nations have now farmed out so much of their manufacturing infrastructure to places like China that pretty much the only thing they "make" any more is Intellectual Property. Thus, protecting that property from anything that removes its revenue stream from their control - be that Torrenting, counterfeiting or the heinous crime of listening to a song twice having only paid for it once - is essential to ensure the continued survival of the economy.
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As I commented above, they're currently under investigation by virtually every legal and consumer rights body in the UK, so I imagine this incident will just be added to the already extensive list of reasons to disbar, fine and possibly imprison the people in charge at ACS:Law.
Well, they are being investigated by the SRA and the Law Society as well as the Consumer Action Group, so fingers crossed.
In this instance the intended meaning was fairly obvious, but that's not always the case.
Don't give me that "Language evolves" crap either; yes it does, but 90% of the people who say that are simply using it as an excuse to be lazy with their grammar or spelling.
One presumes that you meant to say General Motors' (or General Motors's if you prefer) NASA Robot On Tour.
Unless there's a General Motor who's built a robot for NASA and is current touring, of course.
These mice are no more gay than using a surrogate mother is adultery.
They're combining DNA, not teaching mice to appreciate musical theatre.
There's always a need to look further; that's the whole point of science.
All 6 of us.
like closing the barn door after the horse has escaped
To torture the analogy, it's like having a barn with infinite doors and after the horse fails to escape through one of them, you close it, thus solving the problem once and for all!
I think they're a bit behind the curve; even FIFA recognises 208 national associations.
Pirates should not be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to software that is affordable
But they should all be grouped together into a single homogeneous mass.
It's free speech as long as you agree with it, obviously.
Yes, but it doesn't do realtime scanning.
religious attention to system updates
It's not the system updates that get you these days, it's the applications; the overwhelming majority of current exploits are targeted at Adobe Reader, Flash & Java and while you can sandbox them to an extent and run NoScript and Flashblock, all it takes is for a "trusted" site to be compromised in some way, delivering an exploit that circumvents the sandboxing and you're infected before you know it (probably for weeks before you know it).
These days, if you're on the internet you should be running some form of realtime AV, however distasteful the idea may be to you.
It's better than that; the first link in the summary is to an earlier Slashdot story from a mere 3 hours ago whose summary consisted of a link to a 3rd Slashdot story (from 2 days ago) and a link to the same fucking Gizmodo story as this one.
To confirm their integrity, they are advised to verify the MD5 sums and PGP signatures of the downloaded files and compare them to that of the legitimate source tarballs.
Because the people who compromised your server and uploaded a trojaned version of your software would *never* think to upload their own MD5 sums and PGP signatures to match...
Yes, Slashdot, well known for its up-to-the-minute coverage of breaking events...
I merely offered it up as a recent example; in retrospect I should have realised how much some people would attempt to read into the choice of subject matter and infer pretty much whatever they wanted from it.
One very good reason; they've just released a load of stuff.
You don't want to compete with yourself for attention, so you have to wait until the public and media have had their fill of your current leak before releasing the next one; plus, it's almost Christmas so nobody will be paying much attention anyway. Best to leave it until the new year, when interest in the Diplomatic Cables leak has died down a bit and people aren't too busy pretending to get on with their relatives to notice what you're saying.
It's similar to what the US Republicans did with Obama. They hate the guy so much that even when he was offering them exactly what they wanted in terms of legislation, they were compelled to reject it simply because he had suggested it and he was the enemy, to be opposed at all costs.
When you oppose someone or something that strongly the human mind is capable of amazing cognitive dissonance; no matter how illogical the reasoning or how hypocritical your position, you can find a way to explain how all of your problems are somehow their fault and that nothing you've done could have in any way contributed to it.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/8/25/
The Espionage Act of 1917 was a United States federal law
I hate to trot out the old cliché, but as much as people might want it to, US law doesn't actually apply outside of the US.
One might argue that doing anything overt to him would only reinforce the belief that the government(s) in question are actually scared of Wikileaks rather than just angry with them; the last thing they want to risk doing is martyring him.
Your computer is currently broadcasting an IP address! With this address, someone can immediately begin hacking your system!
It *is* a matter of national security. The US and other "Western" nations have now farmed out so much of their manufacturing infrastructure to places like China that pretty much the only thing they "make" any more is Intellectual Property. Thus, protecting that property from anything that removes its revenue stream from their control - be that Torrenting, counterfeiting or the heinous crime of listening to a song twice having only paid for it once - is essential to ensure the continued survival of the economy.
Well, apart from the freedom to choose a locked down device if you want one.
Unless, of course, you're advocating forcing people to use devices that give them freedom?