Not quite. The beta will expire, but that doesn't mean you can't access your information ever again. You just have to get a copy of PGP final. If all you have is encrypted files, you can use PGP freeware or even GPG to decode them. If you have PGP disks, make sure you decrypt them before the beta expires, or else you will have to buy the full PGP 8.0 to get your data back.
At least Slashdot's timestamps can prove that you realized your error in just two minutes.:) You mean... in under two minutes. Remember the obnoxious "slow down cowboy" message?
There is little point to using WEP anymore. It may keep out people who know nothing about the software from accidentally connecting to your network, but if someone actually wants to spy on you or steal your bandwidth, they can just use AirSnort to break the encryption in seconds.
On the other hand, try convincing your boss of that...
You have to remember that once someone reverse-engineers their video card or whatever to capture this kind of stuff, all these books and movies will spread across the internet with no obstacles.
Parent brings up an interesting point. However, the issue is not, "we can crack anything" but rather, "look at all this snake oil." It's amazing how many companies are selling worthless DRM products, and it is them you pay (partially) when buying those DRM-enabled products. Do you want to pay for their worthless crap?
Furthermore, many people want to be able to copy copyrighted material they own, for personal use. This is completely legal (unless the do it by cracking the protection), and completely moral. For example, it would be nice to view that eBook on, say, your PDA, or your laptop. Or you want a backup in case it gets deleted, or a backup of your CD, in case it gets scratched. There are legitimate reasons to break this stuff...
... and if it were, it would be the plural of virius. Viruses should be the plural of virus, because virus does not have a known plural in Latin, but if viri is becoming the accepted plural, live with it.
Normally, I'd see eye-to-eye with you on this, but this guy is going after Internet culture -- mailing lists, websites, and the like. And Google, dammit. Google is good. If he catches a bit of a slap from the rest of the Internet...well, he certainly had it coming. So he's an asshole. And he has it coming. And he's hurting people we like. That's exactly what the MPAA and RIAA think of about half of all Americans. That doesn't mean they should DOS us; for the same reason, we shouldn't DOS this asshole. Don't worry, he'll get his when Google countersues.
So, in other words, you are suggesting that we DDoS his site because he is an asshole? Great idea! We should do that more often! We can set up a Slashdot section where you post stuff about people you don't like, and we slashdot their servers! Vigilante justice at its finest!
1. The SA gov't is trying to create an embargo on the importation of crypto in order to spur domestic development of crypto. Unlikely, the fees apply to local stuff as well. And foreigners are better able to pay them.
The SA gov't believes that if they know who is distributing and receiving crypto, it will make things easier for them to track and quash any political uprising that may come as a result of a particular group having the ability to communicate securely. Also unlikely, they could use very rudimentary, but nonetheless worthwhile, crypto that came with their computers (i.e. ssh/sftp, ssl, etc.) This would be innocuous, because lots of people use ssl and the like.
It seems more likely that the government is just paranoid and technologically illiterate. You would expect more of them, but the US government did (and is still doing, see my sig) similarly silly stuff, and SA does not exactly have a track record for having an enlightened government.
No. And yes. Certainly it cannot be done without some help, as the monitors don't have any parallax controls on them. However, they can certainly display tow images of the same scene, side-by-side. If you are good at the magic-eye type stuff, you will be able to see it. Otherwise, not. In fact, you could make it display magic-eye type pictures in real time, but that would be harder to see, monochrome, and more disorienting. Alternatively, you could wear red-and-blue 3d goggles, which makes your vision effectively monochromatic, but has much better 3d quality. Apple's prettydesktopwidget called Gerbils did this, IIRC.
...no individual peer can be considered to be engaging in illegal harassment, hacking, denial of service, etc. Rather it is only the totally decentralized..., ie a distributed denial of service. Wow. I didn't know thase were legal....
A *real* digital demonstration would be if a group of people each went home, wrote emails to their congresspersons, and sent them off. This would be legal, safe, open, and... probably not so effective. Dead trees are just harder to ignore than emails, and take more work to filter. This is all the more true if those emails are part of a DDOS attack.
In terms of resistance to government tampering, Publius or Free Haven would be a better way to get your ideas around if people would use them, which many people do.
This may be a biased comment, but the only setups of revrdist that I have seen have not been worth jack. This is probably just due to incompetant systems administrators, but the systems seemed to be easily cracked and revrdist easily disabled. If you do use it, set it up carefully. I am not an admin and don't know the options, just that if not set up right, it sucks.
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Not quite. The beta will expire, but that doesn't mean you can't access your information ever again. You just have to get a copy of PGP final. If all you have is encrypted files, you can use PGP freeware or even GPG to decode them. If you have PGP disks, make sure you decrypt them before the beta expires, or else you will have to buy the full PGP 8.0 to get your data back.
You're right. I guess I didn't "carefully read following legal agreement".
Paragraph 3:
YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO PGP'S PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA (WHICH MAY BE COLLECTED BY PGP OR ITS DISTRIBUTORS)...
Remind again me why I want that feature in my crypto software...
And it's not open source anymore... so you can't really tell what they're sending...
GAIN 3-4 INCHES GUARANTEED! OUR ONLINE PHARMACY IS OPEN 24-7!!!!
sigh, I need to get some sleep. Still, one wonders what women will think when you show off your micro PC to them...
Wouldn't that be, "Kill me -9!"?
... and the original source of their venture capital (selling cable blackboxes)...
Let's see if I get sued for modding this comment as informative. I won't sue you, but I will metamod you "unfair."
At least Slashdot's timestamps can prove that you realized your error in just two minutes. :) You mean ... in under two minutes. Remember the obnoxious "slow down cowboy" message?
And, of course, if you donate them instead of just throwing them away, you get a tax deduction.
There is little point to using WEP anymore. It may keep out people who know nothing about the software from accidentally connecting to your network, but if someone actually wants to spy on you or steal your bandwidth, they can just use AirSnort to break the encryption in seconds.
On the other hand, try convincing your boss of that...
It isn't really clear if it did break the law... that's what this case is about....
You must not have been over to ThinkGeek any time recently...
You have to remember that once someone reverse-engineers their video card or whatever to capture this kind of stuff, all these books and movies will spread across the internet with no obstacles.
Parent brings up an interesting point. However, the issue is not, "we can crack anything" but rather, "look at all this snake oil." It's amazing how many companies are selling worthless DRM products, and it is them you pay (partially) when buying those DRM-enabled products. Do you want to pay for their worthless crap?
Furthermore, many people want to be able to copy copyrighted material they own, for personal use. This is completely legal (unless the do it by cracking the protection), and completely moral. For example, it would be nice to view that eBook on, say, your PDA, or your laptop. Or you want a backup in case it gets deleted, or a backup of your CD, in case it gets scratched. There are legitimate reasons to break this stuff...
The very best way to protect your anonymity is to have several 'standard' alternate identities...
Or post as an AC....
... and if it were, it would be the plural of virius. Viruses should be the plural of virus, because virus does not have a known plural in Latin, but if viri is becoming the accepted plural, live with it.
Normally, I'd see eye-to-eye with you on this, but this guy is going after Internet culture -- mailing lists, websites, and the like. And Google, dammit. Google is good. If he catches a bit of a slap from the rest of the Internet...well, he certainly had it coming. So he's an asshole. And he has it coming. And he's hurting people we like. That's exactly what the MPAA and RIAA think of about half of all Americans. That doesn't mean they should DOS us; for the same reason, we shouldn't DOS this asshole. Don't worry, he'll get his when Google countersues.
So, in other words, you are suggesting that we DDoS his site because he is an asshole? Great idea! We should do that more often! We can set up a Slashdot section where you post stuff about people you don't like, and we slashdot their servers! Vigilante justice at its finest!
no. This really won't give them that much money. I would guess it's because they're paranoid.
1. The SA gov't is trying to create an embargo on the importation of crypto in order to spur domestic development of crypto. Unlikely, the fees apply to local stuff as well. And foreigners are better able to pay them.
The SA gov't believes that if they know who is distributing and receiving crypto, it will make things easier for them to track and quash any political uprising that may come as a result of a particular group having the ability to communicate securely. Also unlikely, they could use very rudimentary, but nonetheless worthwhile, crypto that came with their computers (i.e. ssh/sftp, ssl, etc.) This would be innocuous, because lots of people use ssl and the like.
It seems more likely that the government is just paranoid and technologically illiterate. You would expect more of them, but the US government did (and is still doing, see my sig) similarly silly stuff, and SA does not exactly have a track record for having an enlightened government.
No. And yes. Certainly it cannot be done without some help, as the monitors don't have any parallax controls on them. However, they can certainly display tow images of the same scene, side-by-side. If you are good at the magic-eye type stuff, you will be able to see it. Otherwise, not. In fact, you could make it display magic-eye type pictures in real time, but that would be harder to see, monochrome, and more disorienting. Alternatively, you could wear red-and-blue 3d goggles, which makes your vision effectively monochromatic, but has much better 3d quality. Apple's prettydesktopwidget called Gerbils did this, IIRC.
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...no individual peer can be considered to be engaging in illegal harassment, hacking, denial of service, etc. Rather it is only the totally decentralized..., ie a distributed denial of service. Wow. I didn't know thase were legal....
A *real* digital demonstration would be if a group of people each went home, wrote emails to their congresspersons, and sent them off. This would be legal, safe, open, and... probably not so effective. Dead trees are just harder to ignore than emails, and take more work to filter. This is all the more true if those emails are part of a DDOS attack.
In terms of resistance to government tampering, Publius or Free Haven would be a better way to get your ideas around if people would use them, which many people do.
If NOT, there could be a good market here for IBM as the free alternative to Intel.
Yes. The very expensive free alternative to Intel.
This may be a biased comment, but the only setups of revrdist that I have seen have not been worth jack. This is probably just due to incompetant systems administrators, but the systems seemed to be easily cracked and revrdist easily disabled. If you do use it, set it up carefully. I am not an admin and don't know the options, just that if not set up right, it sucks.