One place to start is to look at best practices of other governments.
I'm un-characteristically proud of what the government of Canada did in the Privacy Act, and the creation of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Of course, it's not perfect, but It's pretty good. Especially compared to what I see in the rest of the world.
Getting everyone used to not downloading stuff is step 1
Step 2 is making it impossible for anyone to download anything
And step 3 is pay-per-use of the glorious cloud and all of it's constant revenue stream goodness.
Or maybe Amazon could make sure the product they are selling is legit before they accept a single (virtual) penny from a customer?
Kinda like a bricks-and-mortar store generally makes certain that the merchandise they are selling isn't stolen.
Velcro/hook & loop is very nice because it is reusable, and it won't slice up your arms like cut-off zip ties can (some telcos actually explicitly ban zip-ties for this exact reason - many techs have to use wax string).
That's why you never use anything but flush cutters for ty wraps.
Not side cutters Not angle cutters Not some random wire cutter. Only flush cutters.
You know what, go read the background of the case. None of the points you're raising have anything to do with the actual material being discussed. It is not about proving that someone is responsible for a given action.
True, but a precedent like this in a privacy case can drastically affect future judgments in a seemingly un-related "who is responsible" type case.
Agreed, but one could also say that uploading the photos of a politician that their PR dept. asked you to upload is disingenuous anyway. What's wrong with a standard candid photo after all? Are they that ashamed of how they look in on an AVERAGE day?
Exactly.
It's an encyclopedia (or strives to be one). It shouldn't be concerned with enabling the spin that a celebrity publicist wants put on their client's profile by wanting a re-touched, "best possible look" kind of picture.
Any picture that depicts the person in question accurately should serve the function of a picture in an encyclopedia entry.
Some countries require this data to only be kept for a small amount of time, others require it for a long amount of time. They demand data.. do you face trouble for not turning over the data that the foreign folks require, or fufill the data request and take it in the shorts from your home nation?
And other countries demand that users' personal information be kept private. (see the earlier thread of Facebook and the Canadian privacy commissioner)
Does anyone actually expect privacy from these networking sites anymore?
Most Facebook (or any other popular social networking site) don't know (or don't care) any better. Even if someone sat them down and explained it to them
They only start caring when they mature a bit.
By which time, it's way to late to do anything about the pictures of them doing naked bong hits.
I fly a *lot* and I haven't had to do that in a very long time (it's in suspend all the time just in case).
I flew with 4 co-workers last week, and 3 of us had to boot our laptops. All had our laptops and/or laptop cases swabbed. One of us had to take off his shoes and socks, and submit to having the waistband of his pants searched by hand.
I wouldn't think devices w/ embedded Linux would shut down regularly, but maybe I'm wrong...
Certainly you don't want them to shut down regularly, but if it does spontaneously shut down for some reason (power interruption comes to mind) then getting your embedded device back online fast may be very important, depending on the importance of the embedded device in your system.
Ask an American laborer whether they would buy four $50 phones or one $200 phone.
And while you're at it, ask him how much it is worth to him if his phone dies early in the day, and he's not be able to receive calls from potential clients until he gets finished the current job and gets to a phone store to buy another $50 phone.
Or don't have a job where you are in a rough environment.
As it said in TFA, this is just the thing for tradesmen. I regularly see electricians, plumbers, carpenters and movers phones being dropped from ladders, or bashed into in some way. Or splashed with anything from paint to concrete to sewage. It's a tool for them, and as such it needs to be durable. Just like their other tools.
Also, flash drives are more portable than a CD/DVD, and more likely to survive being repeatedly transported in a kid's backpack (or pocket).
But, yes, the older hardware not booting from USB is something of an issue. At least for today's older hardware. But, tomorrow's older hardware is today's current hardware. Just because it is a bit of a limiting factor right now doesen't mean it will be a problem going forward.
Nothing says the information you put on the form has to be entirely accurate or complete.
For instance, my dear departed mother-in-law still buys a lot of things at Safeway. At least as far as they know.
That said, I skew my purchasing towards places that have less invasive "loyalty" programs.
Auto One's Mr. Tabb says some unscrupulous marketing companies will buy underground lists of phone numbers and then call consumers even though they are on do-not-call lists. "If people have problems with these robo-calls or buying data, the focus of attack needs to be on these marketing companies, not on me," he says.
No, the focus of the attack needs to be against those who are providing a profit motive for these scumbag marketing companies.
And, Mr. Tabb, that is you.
>The local library is free and paper backs are cheap...
But you have to drive to the library, pick up the book, and return it in a certain amount of time.
Or just walk across the street during my lunch break. YMMV
Wouldn't it be nice to download it, read it, and let the book simply "evaporate" in a certain amount of time?
I would not trust a Kindle to/purchased/ books. But I think it would be a fantastic platform for delivering borrowed content, just like library books, for free.
That's the thing. If they could make a borrowed book "evaporate" there's nothing to stop a future unilateral change to the TOS to cause that function to be used on a bought book, if (for instance) the author/publisher/distributor/political_power_structure decides to retract the book for some reason.
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One place to start is to look at best practices of other governments.
I'm un-characteristically proud of what the government of Canada did in the Privacy Act, and the creation of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Of course, it's not perfect, but It's pretty good. Especially compared to what I see in the rest of the world.
Getting everyone used to not downloading stuff is step 1
Step 2 is making it impossible for anyone to download anything
And step 3 is pay-per-use of the glorious cloud and all of it's constant revenue stream goodness.
FTFA:
They were smart enough to place the machine in one of the few spots in the hotel where there was no security camera to catch them,
A phone company might actually use this data for consumer friendly purposes
Given your observations of corporate behavior in recent years, how likely do you really think that is?
Yup.
As far as I know, no one that I have ever met face-to-face is aware of my username at various online forums.
Also, I avoid making posts that would connect my username with my employer, or my family.
Trim the fat from IT, and people will see what can be done for very little money.
Unless you trim so much that the people who know what they are doing also get trimmed.
Or maybe Amazon could make sure the product they are selling is legit before they accept a single (virtual) penny from a customer?
Kinda like a bricks-and-mortar store generally makes certain that the merchandise they are selling isn't stolen.
I've always known that my eyes had a dull red glow some Saturday mornings.
It certainly felt like they were burning, anyway
Maybe, but I'd rather eat stale bread than moldy bread
Velcro/hook & loop is very nice because it is reusable, and it won't slice up your arms like cut-off zip ties can (some telcos actually explicitly ban zip-ties for this exact reason - many techs have to use wax string).
That's why you never use anything but flush cutters for ty wraps.
Not side cutters
Not angle cutters
Not some random wire cutter.
Only flush cutters.
You know what, go read the background of the case. None of the points you're raising have anything to do with the actual material being discussed. It is not about proving that someone is responsible for a given action.
True, but a precedent like this in a privacy case can drastically affect future judgments in a seemingly un-related "who is responsible" type case.
Agreed, but one could also say that uploading the photos of a politician that their PR dept. asked you to upload is disingenuous anyway. What's wrong with a standard candid photo after all? Are they that ashamed of how they look in on an AVERAGE day?
Exactly.
It's an encyclopedia (or strives to be one). It shouldn't be concerned with enabling the spin that a celebrity publicist wants put on their client's profile by wanting a re-touched, "best possible look" kind of picture.
Any picture that depicts the person in question accurately should serve the function of a picture in an encyclopedia entry.
when we discussed this, and so many people said that Amazon would never be crazy enough to try and pull a stunt like this...
Of course,others among us were a bit more cynical about what Amazon would or wouldn't do.
Some countries require this data to only be kept for a small amount of time, others require it for a long amount of time. They demand data.. do you face trouble for not turning over the data that the foreign folks require, or fufill the data request and take it in the shorts from your home nation?
And other countries demand that users' personal information be kept private. (see the earlier thread of Facebook and the Canadian privacy commissioner)
Does anyone actually expect privacy from these networking sites anymore?
Most Facebook (or any other popular social networking site) don't know (or don't care) any better. Even if someone sat them down and explained it to them
They only start caring when they mature a bit.
By which time, it's way to late to do anything about the pictures of them doing naked bong hits.
It must be known to the world that 1) not broadcasting your SSID and 2) restricting MAC addresses both do NOTHING for security.
"But your honor, I had taken steps to secure my access point. How can I be held accountable if someone bypassed my security?"
I fly a *lot* and I haven't had to do that in a very long time (it's in suspend all the time just in case).
I flew with 4 co-workers last week, and 3 of us had to boot our laptops. All had our laptops and/or laptop cases swabbed.
One of us had to take off his shoes and socks, and submit to having the waistband of his pants searched by hand.
I love the theater...
I wouldn't think devices w/ embedded Linux would shut down regularly, but maybe I'm wrong...
Certainly you don't want them to shut down regularly, but if it does spontaneously shut down for some reason (power interruption comes to mind) then getting your embedded device back online fast may be very important, depending on the importance of the embedded device in your system.
Ask an American laborer whether they would buy four $50 phones or one $200 phone.
And while you're at it, ask him how much it is worth to him if his phone dies early in the day, and he's not be able to receive calls from potential clients until he gets finished the current job and gets to a phone store to buy another $50 phone.
...Just take better care of your shit.
Or don't have a job where you are in a rough environment.
As it said in TFA, this is just the thing for tradesmen.
I regularly see electricians, plumbers, carpenters and movers phones being dropped from ladders, or bashed into in some way. Or splashed with anything from paint to concrete to sewage.
It's a tool for them, and as such it needs to be durable. Just like their other tools.
Even if they don't install a different OS, it's still BSD behind OSX shininess.
While not fully OSS, it's closer than anything running Windows.
Also, flash drives are more portable than a CD/DVD, and more likely to survive being repeatedly transported in a kid's backpack (or pocket).
But, yes, the older hardware not booting from USB is something of an issue. At least for today's older hardware.
But, tomorrow's older hardware is today's current hardware. Just because it is a bit of a limiting factor right now doesen't mean it will be a problem going forward.
Nothing says the information you put on the form has to be entirely accurate or complete.
For instance, my dear departed mother-in-law still buys a lot of things at Safeway. At least as far as they know.
That said, I skew my purchasing towards places that have less invasive "loyalty" programs.
Auto One's Mr. Tabb says some unscrupulous marketing companies will buy underground lists of phone numbers and then call consumers even though they are on do-not-call lists. "If people have problems with these robo-calls or buying data, the focus of attack needs to be on these marketing companies, not on me," he says.
No, the focus of the attack needs to be against those who are providing a profit motive for these scumbag marketing companies.
And, Mr. Tabb, that is you.
>The local library is free and paper backs are cheap...
But you have to drive to the library, pick up the book, and return it in a certain amount of time.
Or just walk across the street during my lunch break. YMMV
Wouldn't it be nice to download it, read it, and let the book simply "evaporate" in a certain amount of time?
I would not trust a Kindle to /purchased/ books. But I think it would be a fantastic platform for delivering borrowed content, just like library books, for free.
That's the thing. If they could make a borrowed book "evaporate" there's nothing to stop a future unilateral change to the TOS to cause that function to be used on a bought book, if (for instance) the author/publisher/distributor/political_power_structure decides to retract the book for some reason.