We also audit staff that access records of patients outside of their area/department. E.g. why would someone in Emergency need to look someone up who has been in the Cardiac unit for a few days? Also we audit access on VIPs occassionally.
Didn't read anything that they have to offshore jobs. Or is that implied because they can't get the raw food, they would have to build the whole guitar in India/Malaysia/etc?
In the article a former WL states that Assange was lazy and just re-used an old password that was the same as the one shared with the Guardian.
If so then two things: a) Guardian was stupid to publish a password b) Assange was really careless for re-using a password, considering the spotlight on WL
Anyways, WL had a reasonable set-up with the five media outlets that should have used and that would have provided some sort of support. That's gone now.
Yeah, I do think it's pretty mindless to release all the info raw. Let's hope that there are no victims of circumstance.
taking any precautions needed to ensure the safety of their informants
Unless they are their own agents or they have information that can harm the US, the State Department has probably established a long time ago the criticality of each informant and the potential exposure to US affairs if that individual is compromised. I'm sure some will be extended protection (those plans are usually determined well in advance), but many many others will simply be abandoned and left to fend for themselves . This is not unique to the US. French, British, Russian and Israeli intellegence services operate in the same manner. Informants usually gain something; money, sabotage against a regime they despise, power, food, weapons, or simply asylum.
At this moment US is the nice big target. There's dirty laundry with many other governments.
Perhaps I'm naive or maybe idealistic, but we should hold law enforcement to much higher standards. They shouldn't say this stuff in their personal lifes, much less at work since it reflects very poorly on the force overall.
Considering that the average Mexican or black person in America already feels persecuted by the cops, this certainly will re-inforce the belief. What about cops that are Mexican or black, how are they supposed to feel about this crap?
Not saying that we're not dealing with human beings who make mistake, but hell, they should certainly know better. And yes, I know being a cop is a very tough and dangerous job with little pay. They do deal with the scum on a daily basis.
Funny, I saw that one too and was wondering what Gizmodo was talking about. Looked like a legit internal review of a potential incident. Seemed like a proper example of them doing their work in a professional manner. It's not all about car chases and cracking big murder cases, occasionally you're dealing with the mundane stuff too.
Agreed, it just another excuse for doing what they're doing. They would have done this eventually anyway, it's just low-hanging fruit. If they wanted to retaliate they should be going after the British, Turkish, and German police. They probably can't.
If they want to "contribute", then they expose something juicy just to get the public at large: Area 51, Big Oil's hidden secret plans for a highly-efficient automobile engine, DeBeers price fixing scheme, or Berlusconi's love life.
The problem is that content providers are the mountain and Netflix is the "prophet". This means eventually Netflix will be stuck with a pricing model similar to what cable/satellite providers offer. The archaic business model will linger a bit longer, otherwise how many people will seriously want to subscribe to FoodTV, RaptorsChannel (we're in Canada), or ESPN Classic?
I got Netflix because it replaced some of the packages I had with my cable provider. I did it partly for the cost, but mostly on principle because as you stated the cable companies give you stuff that you never watch. I have 300+ channels, I'm interested in only about 3-4 of them, 3 of them having live sports. For the rest of the family we could get by with a dozen or so specific channels.
Overall the cost is not crazy cheap; one still has to fork out for a high-speed internet connection and all the ones in our area have caps.
Thank you for selecting Netflix. Along with our basic package would like to upgrade to the following?
Starz Package - $5.99/month Fox Sports Live Streaming - $12.99/month Nickelodeon Package - $4.99/month Slashdot Channel - £2.99/day NFL On Demand - $14.99/month NHL Prime Time - $0.99/decade
I have a feeling that the other players out there are in a similar state and operate on thin ice.
It would be interesting to see if any CAs have done a SAS70 or SOC2 type audit? At least there would be some assurance that they have the right controls in place to run a CA. A quick Google came up with zilch.
It looks like the majority of the consumers don't share the same concerns that you and I do. A lot of gadgets don't have many security/privacy options, or if they have them they're more like tacked-on (e.g. iPhone). Ergo, what companies supply is the basic stuff, or crappy mock-ups (i.e. SW-based encryption options).
I agree, even if the features aren't enabled, the chipset should have those pieces in place for future products. It is a missed opportunity.
Change is never welcome by most people. We're creatures of habit.
Not sure what Verizon's rationale was; security concern with FTP, operational support, strategic decision to get rid of the free web service?
Host with a free web hosting service; update your existing Verizon site to re-direct to the new location.
Host with a paid hosting service; update your existing Verizon site to re-direct to the new location.
Transition to the fluffier "Site Builder"
Use the "My Domain" service as stated in the article
Find an alternate ISP
Blog like crazy until Verizon cracks from the bad press and returns FTP access
Lots of pros/cons with all these options, the main being the fact that some folks are stuck with existing Verizon URL or e-mail addresses that will make the move to something else a tad harder.
I'm not much of a gamer, but the whole console experience is for me to be sitting on the couch (or standing like a dumbass in case of the Wii/Kinect stuff) and play the game. To be using a keyboard I would have to be at a desk or table, which really would make it inconvenient. If I have to do that, then I might as well play the PC (or Mac, hahahahaha) version.
Slashdot Mirror
Looks like the blog is down.
Anyways, Michael Geist's column is here:
http://www.thestar.com/article/1032104--geist-court-grapples-with-legalities-of-anonymous-online-postings
Good point; I'm in the same field.
We also audit staff that access records of patients outside of their area/department. E.g. why would someone in Emergency need to look someone up who has been in the Cardiac unit for a few days? Also we audit access on VIPs occassionally.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/02/smallbusiness/gibson_guitar/
Didn't read anything that they have to offshore jobs. Or is that implied because they can't get the raw food, they would have to build the whole guitar in India/Malaysia/etc?
In the article a former WL states that Assange was lazy and just re-used an old password that was the same as the one shared with the Guardian.
If so then two things:
a) Guardian was stupid to publish a password
b) Assange was really careless for re-using a password, considering the spotlight on WL
Anyways, WL had a reasonable set-up with the five media outlets that should have used and that would have provided some sort of support. That's gone now.
Yeah, I do think it's pretty mindless to release all the info raw. Let's hope that there are no victims of circumstance.
taking any precautions needed to ensure the safety of their informants
Unless they are their own agents or they have information that can harm the US, the State Department has probably established a long time ago the criticality of each informant and the potential exposure to US affairs if that individual is compromised. I'm sure some will be extended protection (those plans are usually determined well in advance), but many many others will simply be abandoned and left to fend for themselves
.
This is not unique to the US. French, British, Russian and Israeli intellegence services operate in the same manner. Informants usually gain something; money, sabotage against a regime they despise, power, food, weapons, or simply asylum.
At this moment US is the nice big target. There's dirty laundry with many other governments.
Or maybe it's unchanged; here's an org chart:
https://imageserv10.team-logic.com/mediaLibrary/246/11-22-2010_UTILITY_PACKET.pdf
Here's an announcement:
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000036630
Names look legit.
Perhaps I'm naive or maybe idealistic, but we should hold law enforcement to much higher standards. They shouldn't say this stuff in their personal lifes, much less at work since it reflects very poorly on the force overall.
Considering that the average Mexican or black person in America already feels persecuted by the cops, this certainly will re-inforce the belief. What about cops that are Mexican or black, how are they supposed to feel about this crap?
Not saying that we're not dealing with human beings who make mistake, but hell, they should certainly know better. And yes, I know being a cop is a very tough and dangerous job with little pay. They do deal with the scum on a daily basis.
Funny, I saw that one too and was wondering what Gizmodo was talking about. Looked like a legit internal review of a potential incident. Seemed like a proper example of them doing their work in a professional manner. It's not all about car chases and cracking big murder cases, occasionally you're dealing with the mundane stuff too.
I like the Greater Manchester Metro Police Twitter feed:
http://twitter.com/#!/gmpolice
I couldn't figure out the symbol for bitcoin.
Agreed, it just another excuse for doing what they're doing. They would have done this eventually anyway, it's just low-hanging fruit. If they wanted to retaliate they should be going after the British, Turkish, and German police. They probably can't.
If they want to "contribute", then they expose something juicy just to get the public at large: Area 51, Big Oil's hidden secret plans for a highly-efficient automobile engine, DeBeers price fixing scheme, or Berlusconi's love life.
Exactly.
The problem is that content providers are the mountain and Netflix is the "prophet". This means eventually Netflix will be stuck with a pricing model similar to what cable/satellite providers offer. The archaic business model will linger a bit longer, otherwise how many people will seriously want to subscribe to FoodTV, RaptorsChannel (we're in Canada), or ESPN Classic?
I got Netflix because it replaced some of the packages I had with my cable provider. I did it partly for the cost, but mostly on principle because as you stated the cable companies give you stuff that you never watch. I have 300+ channels, I'm interested in only about 3-4 of them, 3 of them having live sports. For the rest of the family we could get by with a dozen or so specific channels.
Overall the cost is not crazy cheap; one still has to fork out for a high-speed internet connection and all the ones in our area have caps.
Thank you for selecting Netflix. Along with our basic package would like to upgrade to the following?
Starz Package - $5.99/month
Fox Sports Live Streaming - $12.99/month
Nickelodeon Package - $4.99/month
Slashdot Channel - £2.99/day
NFL On Demand - $14.99/month
NHL Prime Time - $0.99/decade
The guy sent an e-mail offering info to the Israeli consulate. How did the FBI intercept that?
Hmm, makes you wonder.
What about digital signatures?
eCommerce using SSL?
Password-protected files?
OS passwords?
Well, these guys didn't think it was racist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death_(American_band)
I was going to suggest http://beessl.com/ but they seem to be down.
I have a feeling that the other players out there are in a similar state and operate on thin ice.
It would be interesting to see if any CAs have done a SAS70 or SOC2 type audit? At least there would be some assurance that they have the right controls in place to run a CA. A quick Google came up with zilch.
Same here; Vasco and DigiNotar are gone in our QA instance of Firefox. Will push the change across all desktops in the next week.
It looks like the majority of the consumers don't share the same concerns that you and I do. A lot of gadgets don't have many security/privacy options, or if they have them they're more like tacked-on (e.g. iPhone). Ergo, what companies supply is the basic stuff, or crappy mock-ups (i.e. SW-based encryption options).
I agree, even if the features aren't enabled, the chipset should have those pieces in place for future products. It is a missed opportunity.
Those devices already exist; IronKey and MXI Security produce those.
Change is never welcome by most people. We're creatures of habit.
Not sure what Verizon's rationale was; security concern with FTP, operational support, strategic decision to get rid of the free web service?
Lots of pros/cons with all these options, the main being the fact that some folks are stuck with existing Verizon URL or e-mail addresses that will make the move to something else a tad harder.
Windows 7:
1. Chrome
2. Firefox
3. IE9
4. Opera
5. Safari
MacOS (Lion):
1. Safari
2. Chrome
3. Opera
4. Firefox
Safari on MacOS is almost as fast as Firefox on Win7.
I'm not much of a gamer, but the whole console experience is for me to be sitting on the couch (or standing like a dumbass in case of the Wii/Kinect stuff) and play the game. To be using a keyboard I would have to be at a desk or table, which really would make it inconvenient. If I have to do that, then I might as well play the PC (or Mac, hahahahaha) version.
Cheers dude! This is one of the sites I frequent the most.
All the best. I'm sure this must be very hard to walk away from.
You can start here.