Justice was served What justice was that exactly?
you got the shysters to pony up 11 times what they would have paid if they'd just purchased the photos in the first place. Yes, that certainly sounds like justice.
1. Honey, should we buy a new computer now? 2. No, Vista is about to come out, we should wait. 3. But this computer over here says "Vista Capable" on it.. we can upgrade when Vista comes out. 4. Ok, let's trust the advertising and buy now. 5. [time passes] 6. [more time passes] 7. [yet, MORE time passes] 8. Honey, Vista has finally come out. 9. You're fucking with me. 10. No really! Let's upgrade. 11. Ok, which of the 400 versions of Vista should we upgrade to? 12. Oh, seems that our machine can only run Vista Basic. 13. Those bastards!! Call the lawyers. 14. Meanwhile, the rest of the world makes it blatantly obvious that *all* version of Vista blow, not just Basic. 15. ??? 16. Profit.
I believe the reason the judge let the case go ahead was because Hans was demanding a speedy trial (as is his right) so the judge wanted to give the prosecution time to get their case together.. even after getting Hans to waive his right to a speedy trial and delaying it so Hans' lawyer could go on holidays, the prosecution still couldn't come up with any more evidence.
What really sucks is that at the conclusion of the prosecution, Hans' lawyer asked for the case to be dismissed on the evidence. Because this is a standard thing for the defense to do, the judge didn't even consider it. He has publicly said that the case has no evidence, but he won't throw the case out on two separate occasions.
You know there are people in the world other than you right? And most of them use cell phones and don't really think about security. People like CEOs of companies that are about to go public. People like stockbrokers who place orders that change the direction of the market. People who having an affair right now and work in some shit-kicker job for a senator now but may one day be in a position of power. The list goes on. Basically, if you can't think of a better use for cell phone hacking than stealing credit card numbers or banking logins, then you're just not trying.
ummm.. He said immunization records.. I asked why he cared about people seeing his immunization records.. you're talking about treatment for depression and alchohol (sic) dependency for some reason. If he had said treatment for depression or alcohol dependency I could see his point, but he didn't.. he said immunization records.
Yeah, you're still not getting it. The US government often likes to listen to cell phone conversations in, say, oh, I don't know, Iraq? Syria? A lot of other places where GSM is the cheapest technology available. Some governments like to do the same thing inside the USA. There aint no getting a wiretap when you're an agent for a foreign government.
The government does not actually need to crack this encryption, or even intercept transmission between handsets and towers. They can just order digital wiretaps, which cannot be detected. Dude, they didn't say which government.
Yes, I was thinking about that in the previous story about medical information.. in that it isn't the security of the storage system that makes medical information confidential, it is the respect that people show for others. If you have medical staff that don't care about the confidentiality of medical information, then no amount of locks will keep it confidential.
Ya know, it *is* strange. Take, for example, Pidgin (formerly GAIM). There's about two dozen plugins for it. One of the plugins is Pidgin-Encrypt which does everything that you would expect (except possibly for some sort of certificate system) and is about as secure as ssh. Does it come with Pidgin by default? No. Is it enabled by default? No. Why not? Why is encryption still considered some opt-in alternative? Considering that it takes both parties to consciously choose to install this plug-in, the grand total of people who use it is about 10.
Scanner? We used to just use a Motorola flip phone and the scanning codes that were kindly built into it by the company. *43# etc
Whenever the phone you were scanning moved from one cell to another you'd lose the signal but it would display on the screen what channel it had changed to.. in hex.. so you'd either convert the hex to decimal, enter that channel and pick up the conversation or you'd scan for another call.
Please explain how "health data" has "enough info" to "allow the run on the bank". And for the readers who have no idea how to read crazy, please also explain what you mean by this fragmented poor english.
It'd be so much better in Australia too, because Google would have to declare why they are collecting the information and what they are going to use it for and if they used it for purposes other than that they would be in violation of privacy laws.
Unlike the USA, where they are free to collect any information and not say who they are going to sell it to.
He didn't say that, he said he didn't want other people have access to his immunization records.. I asked him why. That was not an invitation for you to get on your soap box.
Most no-one thinks the Google Lunar X-Prize will be won.. and that's just soft-landing a rover on the Moon by 2015.
So a lunar base by 2015? Don't think so.
Some sort of lunar resource utilization? No chance.
If shit doesn't go down hill between now and 2050, we might expect there to be a "permanent" base on the Moon by then.. with two or three astronauts being replaced every 6 to 12 months - in other words, the ISS on the Moon.
It's a chicken and egg problem. You need to have a large industrial base on the Moon before you can build anything significant and a large industrial base is significant.
Slashdot Mirror
Someone should buy this guy a cape.
No, the story here is that one of "us" took on "a corporation" and won, and he didn't need no stinkin' lawyer to do it neither!
Agreed. Note that you will now be moderated into the ground. The copyright holder is the underdog in this case.. we must all praise the underdog!
Or at least that's how he'd like us to see it.
Of course he thinks it is a good thing and is happy to post a story to Slashdot claiming so, but it doesn't mean all of us agree it is a good thing.
umm, what a great big surprise. Anyone would think the copyright system was designed to grossly bias the copyright owner or something.
1. Honey, should we buy a new computer now?
2. No, Vista is about to come out, we should wait.
3. But this computer over here says "Vista Capable" on it.. we can upgrade when Vista comes out.
4. Ok, let's trust the advertising and buy now.
5. [time passes]
6. [more time passes]
7. [yet, MORE time passes]
8. Honey, Vista has finally come out.
9. You're fucking with me.
10. No really! Let's upgrade.
11. Ok, which of the 400 versions of Vista should we upgrade to?
12. Oh, seems that our machine can only run Vista Basic.
13. Those bastards!! Call the lawyers.
14. Meanwhile, the rest of the world makes it blatantly obvious that *all* version of Vista blow, not just Basic.
15. ???
16. Profit.
This did not really happen.
I believe the reason the judge let the case go ahead was because Hans was demanding a speedy trial (as is his right) so the judge wanted to give the prosecution time to get their case together.. even after getting Hans to waive his right to a speedy trial and delaying it so Hans' lawyer could go on holidays, the prosecution still couldn't come up with any more evidence.
What really sucks is that at the conclusion of the prosecution, Hans' lawyer asked for the case to be dismissed on the evidence. Because this is a standard thing for the defense to do, the judge didn't even consider it. He has publicly said that the case has no evidence, but he won't throw the case out on two separate occasions.
You know there are people in the world other than you right? And most of them use cell phones and don't really think about security. People like CEOs of companies that are about to go public. People like stockbrokers who place orders that change the direction of the market. People who having an affair right now and work in some shit-kicker job for a senator now but may one day be in a position of power. The list goes on. Basically, if you can't think of a better use for cell phone hacking than stealing credit card numbers or banking logins, then you're just not trying.
ummm.. He said immunization records.. I asked why he cared about people seeing his immunization records.. you're talking about treatment for depression and alchohol (sic) dependency for some reason. If he had said treatment for depression or alcohol dependency I could see his point, but he didn't.. he said immunization records.
Yeah, you're still not getting it. The US government often likes to listen to cell phone conversations in, say, oh, I don't know, Iraq? Syria? A lot of other places where GSM is the cheapest technology available. Some governments like to do the same thing inside the USA. There aint no getting a wiretap when you're an agent for a foreign government.
Don't forget, some people want their messaging both on the record and encrypted.
Yes, I was thinking about that in the previous story about medical information.. in that it isn't the security of the storage system that makes medical information confidential, it is the respect that people show for others. If you have medical staff that don't care about the confidentiality of medical information, then no amount of locks will keep it confidential.
Ya know, it *is* strange. Take, for example, Pidgin (formerly GAIM). There's about two dozen plugins for it. One of the plugins is Pidgin-Encrypt which does everything that you would expect (except possibly for some sort of certificate system) and is about as secure as ssh. Does it come with Pidgin by default? No. Is it enabled by default? No. Why not? Why is encryption still considered some opt-in alternative? Considering that it takes both parties to consciously choose to install this plug-in, the grand total of people who use it is about 10.
Scanner? We used to just use a Motorola flip phone and the scanning codes that were kindly built into it by the company. *43# etc
Whenever the phone you were scanning moved from one cell to another you'd lose the signal but it would display on the screen what channel it had changed to.. in hex.. so you'd either convert the hex to decimal, enter that channel and pick up the conversation or you'd scan for another call.
And yes, it was boring as hell.
How am I being an asshole here? He made a statement that I didn't understand, I asked him to clarify. Furthermore, what business is it of yours?
Ya know, most everywhere else in the world lawyers are not allowed to advertise at all. It's called "soliciting".
Dear nut-job,
Please explain how "health data" has "enough info" to "allow the run on the bank". And for the readers who have no idea how to read crazy, please also explain what you mean by this fragmented poor english.
kthxbye.
It'd be so much better in Australia too, because Google would have to declare why they are collecting the information and what they are going to use it for and if they used it for purposes other than that they would be in violation of privacy laws.
Unlike the USA, where they are free to collect any information and not say who they are going to sell it to.
He didn't say that, he said he didn't want other people have access to his immunization records.. I asked him why. That was not an invitation for you to get on your soap box.
Seriously, what's the secrecy here?
I'm guessing you're about 19 years old right? The 1980s called, they said you should really pay attention to the world around you.
Most no-one thinks the Google Lunar X-Prize will be won.. and that's just soft-landing a rover on the Moon by 2015.
So a lunar base by 2015? Don't think so.
Some sort of lunar resource utilization? No chance.
If shit doesn't go down hill between now and 2050, we might expect there to be a "permanent" base on the Moon by then.. with two or three astronauts being replaced every 6 to 12 months - in other words, the ISS on the Moon.
It's a chicken and egg problem. You need to have a large industrial base on the Moon before you can build anything significant and a large industrial base is significant.
But we won't.