Easy to root for, as a citizen of Greenwich, England, where no changes will be made.
Not quite, we'd have to ditch British Summer Time. We are only on UTC in the winter months
Exactly. I noticed this problem in the article right away. Instead of saying that when it's noon in Greenwich, it should be noon everywhere, he should have said when it's noon in Reykjavik, it's noon everywhere as Iceland seems to be the only place that actually uses UTC as their local time and does not observe daylight saving time.
Cash doesn't give you quite as much anonymity as you might expect. There was a famous case of an art thief who paid cash for a cell phone and was caught. The cell phone was used to make ransom demands, but the police were able to determine the serial number of the phone and trace it back to the store where it was purchased. In-store security cameras showed the thief buying the phone (with cash). With those surveillance photos, they were able to catch the thief. (He turned himself in after he was identified in the photo by friends.)
Accidentally? Seems really unlikely. I'd like to see the code to see how that was possible.
To me it seems unlikely that he would have sent out such a link from a Twitter account which could so easily be traced to him if he were doing this on purpose.
It's absolutely not the same as "we have this list of numbers, and one of you might have done it, so we're going to question each of you until you produce alibis."
I think the concern here is the scope of the warrant, not the aggressiveness of the police interrogations.
In my opinion; Canadian police forces are far less deserving of anti-cop, paranoid rhetoric than US or Latin American forces. In this case, the police obtained a court ordered warrant before asking the telecoms for the tower dump info. This is exactly how the law is supposed to work
Generally warrants are obtained against suspects not potential witnesses. It's the scope of the warrant that's disturbing. They even say that one of these people could be the killer, so they're basically treating everyone as a potential suspect merely for having their phone turned on in the vicinity of the crime.
The lack of an escape key reminds me of my years using DEC keyboards which, famously, didn't have Escape keys. You had to type Ctrl-[ to generate an Esc. Vi and emacs were a pain to use, but I really liked DEC TPU.
If a police official cut off a lock and got sprayed by that, I wouldn't be surprised to see a DA pressing booby-trap charges, as well as civil charges being files.
Why the heck would a police officer be cutting your bike lock unless you are illegally parked? And if you are illegally parked, then yeah, that would be on you. So don't park illegally.
If a kid is around and sprayed, that would be injury to a child,
An "injury" to a child who is stealing a bike! I doubt they'd find a jury who'd convict on those grounds!
Is it even legal to use this in any developed country? Any sort of problem (a delay in the mechanism, failure or bystanders) and you got a terrorism charge.
I don't see why it would be illegal. If you don't want to get sprayed, don't steal bikes! And I don't see what you mean by "delay in the mechanism". It's a compressed gas that is released when you cut into the lock. There's really no mechanism involved here. And if bystanders are standing by watching while someone attempts to steal a bike, they deserve to get sprayed. And where exactly does terrorism come into this?
Although I personally don't think the "crime" of money laundering should even exist, it does exist and it is a criminal matter. Even if secondary copyright infringement is a purely civil and not a criminal matter, he is also charged with money laundering and could be extradited on those grounds.
C'mon Musk, get that Mars train running so all you fuckwit Yanks can fuck off and leave the rest of us alone.
Although I agree that generally the U.S. does tend to throw its weight around a little too much over the world, this case isn't a good example. The accused here was trading on U.S. markets. He may have been physically located in the U.K. at the time, but his actions took place in the U.S. It is fully appropriate that he stand trial in the U.S.
...the most damning part of this research was that it took place without Greenlands consent....
As the article points out, Greenland wasn't independent at the time; it was a possession of Denmark; and the bases were done with Denmark's knowledge and cooperation.
Exactly. When a country achieves independence from another, or acquires territory in other ways, it is generally accepted that they get the land AS IS. If there are any hidden surprises, it's now ultimately Greenland's responsibility. It's no different than if you buy a house and discover after the fact that there are toxic chemicals buried in the back yard that require costly cleanup. It is the responsibility of the current house's owner, not the previous owners of the property, to clean up the mess. That's partly why it is important to have thorough home inspections before buying a house.
Local mall. Local police. Why is the FBI in on this gig?
Yeah for sure they shouldn't get another bite at the [encryption debate] Apple... but why are they even involved and why won't someone say "Hey they have no standing here. This was a simple case of a stabbing and a shooting and it's all local and the FBI has NO JURISmyDICTION here!!!" ?
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ISIS claimed responsibility. They are an international terrorist organization. That automatically makes it federal jurisdiction.
The United States enumerates and protects BASIC HUMAN RIGHT for ALL PEOPLE, not just US Citizens. I don't know from where it originated the fallacy that the US Constitution applies only to US Citizens on US Soil. The Constitution prohibits the US violating the basic human rights of ALL PEOPLE, no matter where they are or of what nation they are a citizen.
Citation please? It's a nice idea, but if what you are saying were true, the U.S. would never be able to be at war with another country.
Laws like this wouldn't be necessary if people just knew how to fucking behave.
NO LAWS would be necessary if people knew how to behave and chose to behave. THIS PARTICULAR law is unnecessary primarily because it doesn't really accomplish anything.
He faces up to five years in prison, but prosecutors are recommending a lesser sentence since he accepted responsibility, according to terms of the plea agreement.
I thought the U.S. had a third party consent doctrine, whereby no warrant is needed if your data is stored with a third party, in this case, Verizon. So, I don't understand what they're being charged with in this case.
They act as if these are nuclear or biological weapons. There is no compelling interest in keeping plans for primitive 3D printed guns away from anyway, and there is no possible argument that there is.
Exactly. One can't help think there is a hidden agenda here of allowing the government better control of DOMESTIC gun possession. I certainly hope the Supreme Court reviews this case. This represents a huge blow for First Amendment rights, and seems at odds with previous rulings pertaining to source code of encryption software being ruled free speech despite ITAR regulations controlling the export of cryptography.
How about using Fake GPS location spoofer? Is it able to send fake coordinates to Google Play, too?
I'm sure a GPS location spoofer, if such a thing exists, is highly illegal and would get you in big trouble to use it. GPS signals are on a licensed part of the spectrum, and interfering with those frequencies can cause not just your GPS device to fail, but possibly others around you. GPS is used in in some life or death applications, such as air navigation, so I imagine the feds would take this kind of spoofing very, very seriously.
This will help keep us on our toes and build better defenses against them.
It's rather hard to defend your computer against the government when they have the law on their side. The government can enlist (compel) the help of Microsoft, Apple, Google, or whoever writes your OS to assist them in hacking your system. It may be relatively easy to defend your computer from your average script kiddie, but it's quite a lot harder to defend it from the company that sold you your operating system and continues to push updates for it!
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Easy to root for, as a citizen of Greenwich, England, where no changes will be made.
Not quite, we'd have to ditch British Summer Time. We are only on UTC in the winter months
Exactly. I noticed this problem in the article right away. Instead of saying that when it's noon in Greenwich, it should be noon everywhere, he should have said when it's noon in Reykjavik, it's noon everywhere as Iceland seems to be the only place that actually uses UTC as their local time and does not observe daylight saving time.
Cash doesn't give you quite as much anonymity as you might expect. There was a famous case of an art thief who paid cash for a cell phone and was caught. The cell phone was used to make ransom demands, but the police were able to determine the serial number of the phone and trace it back to the store where it was purchased. In-store security cameras showed the thief buying the phone (with cash). With those surveillance photos, they were able to catch the thief. (He turned himself in after he was identified in the photo by friends.)
Fuck Sheriff Joe Arpaio. That's all I have to say, and it's not related to this article
There are a lot of legitimate reasons why people may dislike Sheriff Arpaio, but as far as I can tell, he acted appropriately in this instance.
Accidentally? Seems really unlikely. I'd like to see the code to see how that was possible.
To me it seems unlikely that he would have sent out such a link from a Twitter account which could so easily be traced to him if he were doing this on purpose.
It's absolutely not the same as "we have this list of numbers, and one of you might have done it, so we're going to question each of you until you produce alibis."
I think the concern here is the scope of the warrant, not the aggressiveness of the police interrogations.
In my opinion; Canadian police forces are far less deserving of anti-cop, paranoid rhetoric than US or Latin American forces. In this case, the police obtained a court ordered warrant before asking the telecoms for the tower dump info. This is exactly how the law is supposed to work
Generally warrants are obtained against suspects not potential witnesses. It's the scope of the warrant that's disturbing. They even say that one of these people could be the killer, so they're basically treating everyone as a potential suspect merely for having their phone turned on in the vicinity of the crime.
The lack of an escape key reminds me of my years using DEC keyboards which, famously, didn't have Escape keys. You had to type Ctrl-[ to generate an Esc. Vi and emacs were a pain to use, but I really liked DEC TPU.
As a South Dakotan, I can say that South Dakota is better than ND in every way possible. **FLAME**
Sorry, but North Dakota has the best hockey arena anywhere. #RalphEngelstadArena
As a North Dakotan, I've always suspected no one knows the difference.
Yes we do. You guys don't have Mount Rushmore!
If a police official cut off a lock and got sprayed by that, I wouldn't be surprised to see a DA pressing booby-trap charges, as well as civil charges being files.
Why the heck would a police officer be cutting your bike lock unless you are illegally parked? And if you are illegally parked, then yeah, that would be on you. So don't park illegally.
If a kid is around and sprayed, that would be injury to a child,
An "injury" to a child who is stealing a bike! I doubt they'd find a jury who'd convict on those grounds!
Is it even legal to use this in any developed country? Any sort of problem (a delay in the mechanism, failure or bystanders) and you got a terrorism charge.
I don't see why it would be illegal. If you don't want to get sprayed, don't steal bikes! And I don't see what you mean by "delay in the mechanism". It's a compressed gas that is released when you cut into the lock. There's really no mechanism involved here. And if bystanders are standing by watching while someone attempts to steal a bike, they deserve to get sprayed. And where exactly does terrorism come into this?
Although I personally don't think the "crime" of money laundering should even exist, it does exist and it is a criminal matter. Even if secondary copyright infringement is a purely civil and not a criminal matter, he is also charged with money laundering and could be extradited on those grounds.
C'mon Musk, get that Mars train running so all you fuckwit Yanks can fuck off and leave the rest of us alone.
Although I agree that generally the U.S. does tend to throw its weight around a little too much over the world, this case isn't a good example. The accused here was trading on U.S. markets. He may have been physically located in the U.K. at the time, but his actions took place in the U.S. It is fully appropriate that he stand trial in the U.S.
...the most damning part of this research was that it took place without Greenlands consent....
As the article points out, Greenland wasn't independent at the time; it was a possession of Denmark; and the bases were done with Denmark's knowledge and cooperation.
Exactly. When a country achieves independence from another, or acquires territory in other ways, it is generally accepted that they get the land AS IS. If there are any hidden surprises, it's now ultimately Greenland's responsibility. It's no different than if you buy a house and discover after the fact that there are toxic chemicals buried in the back yard that require costly cleanup. It is the responsibility of the current house's owner, not the previous owners of the property, to clean up the mess. That's partly why it is important to have thorough home inspections before buying a house.
Local mall. Local police. Why is the FBI in on this gig?
Yeah for sure they shouldn't get another bite at the [encryption debate] Apple... but why are they even involved and why won't someone say "Hey they have no standing here. This was a simple case of a stabbing and a shooting and it's all local and the FBI has NO JURISmyDICTION here!!!" ?
E
ISIS claimed responsibility. They are an international terrorist organization. That automatically makes it federal jurisdiction.
I know. Hasn't the guy heard of Tomato?
The United States enumerates and protects BASIC HUMAN RIGHT for ALL PEOPLE, not just US Citizens. I don't know from where it originated the fallacy that the US Constitution applies only to US Citizens on US Soil. The Constitution prohibits the US violating the basic human rights of ALL PEOPLE, no matter where they are or of what nation they are a citizen.
Citation please? It's a nice idea, but if what you are saying were true, the U.S. would never be able to be at war with another country.
Laws like this wouldn't be necessary if people just knew how to fucking behave.
NO LAWS would be necessary if people knew how to behave and chose to behave. THIS PARTICULAR law is unnecessary primarily because it doesn't really accomplish anything.
He faces up to five years in prison, but prosecutors are recommending a lesser sentence since he accepted responsibility, according to terms of the plea agreement.
I thought the U.S. had a third party consent doctrine, whereby no warrant is needed if your data is stored with a third party, in this case, Verizon. So, I don't understand what they're being charged with in this case.
Does no one put value into decent sounding music
Based on the quality of audio gear available today, I'd say no.
They act as if these are nuclear or biological weapons. There is no compelling interest in keeping plans for primitive 3D printed guns away from anyway, and there is no possible argument that there is.
Exactly. One can't help think there is a hidden agenda here of allowing the government better control of DOMESTIC gun possession. I certainly hope the Supreme Court reviews this case. This represents a huge blow for First Amendment rights, and seems at odds with previous rulings pertaining to source code of encryption software being ruled free speech despite ITAR regulations controlling the export of cryptography.
What is the reason for this law?
Why is there an age limit?
Because adults are old enough to give consent, and children aren't. Do you really want the government/nanny state holding your hand all your life?
How about using Fake GPS location spoofer? Is it able to send fake coordinates to Google Play, too?
I'm sure a GPS location spoofer, if such a thing exists, is highly illegal and would get you in big trouble to use it. GPS signals are on a licensed part of the spectrum, and interfering with those frequencies can cause not just your GPS device to fail, but possibly others around you. GPS is used in in some life or death applications, such as air navigation, so I imagine the feds would take this kind of spoofing very, very seriously.
Yup. There was even a Scooby-Doo episode based on that subject: "Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright". It first aired October 3, 1970.
This will help keep us on our toes and build better defenses against them.
It's rather hard to defend your computer against the government when they have the law on their side. The government can enlist (compel) the help of Microsoft, Apple, Google, or whoever writes your OS to assist them in hacking your system. It may be relatively easy to defend your computer from your average script kiddie, but it's quite a lot harder to defend it from the company that sold you your operating system and continues to push updates for it!