I'm confused. By thieves, you mean Gracenote, right? The ones who took the database contributed with the understanding that it would be open and free, then monetized it? The ones CDDB replaced?
No, they shouldn't. They should have better evidence than that which would implicate a suspect. And you sure as hell shouldn't be suspected of blowing something up for the act of reading the Anarchists Cookbook, or anything else you might read.
You jest, but would you be surprised if these conveniently well-publicized breaches are a stalking horse to develop public support for Trusted Computing, which is in and of itself the intellectual "property" cartel's wet dream?
it's also impossible as you have to be a registered student at the same university to view any information on a facebook member.
Or you'd have to have a pliable intern who's a registered student at the university in question. Or have $50 and/or some alcohol to bribe a freshman to log on using his account information.
As far as I know, there's no law forbidding the NSA from being yet another customer of the consumer research firms. Presto, "information laundering".
Ding, ding, ding--we have a winner. The Privacy Act of 1974, FISA, et al mean bupkes if the.gov can trawl the oceans of commercial databases that are conveniently allowed to exist.
I'm sure that's true in some cases, but I'm sure that newer POS terminals at least eat and log the name from the mag stripe. And I doubt any retailer is going to pass up the $$$ from selling the stripe data for very long whether their merchant agreements allow it or not.
Tricking criminals isn't entrapment, otherwise undercover drug and fencing enforcement would be impossible. Passively monitoring who downloads and logging that information isn't inducing someone to commit a crime they wouldn't have committed, and is permitted at least under U.S. law. I admit to an unfamiliary with Swedish law.
Server-based logs from a tracker under control of law enforcement would carry greater evidentiary weight in terms of reliability and chain of custody than IP addresses grabbed from a public torrent by a client.
That's already being done. Google for "automotive black boxes." There's a virtual secret society of accident reconstructionists, insurance investigators, and other people who have a financial interest in interrogating your car's black box after a wreck and using to incriminate you and/or deny a claim.
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I'm confused. By thieves, you mean Gracenote, right? The ones who took the database contributed with the understanding that it would be open and free, then monetized it? The ones CDDB replaced?
No, they shouldn't. They should have better evidence than that which would implicate a suspect. And you sure as hell shouldn't be suspected of blowing something up for the act of reading the Anarchists Cookbook, or anything else you might read.
If you think about the fact that the NSA most likely has splitter boxes in all the major backbones' NOCs, Freenet doesn't seem all that free anymore.
You jest, but would you be surprised if these conveniently well-publicized breaches are a stalking horse to develop public support for Trusted Computing, which is in and of itself the intellectual "property" cartel's wet dream?
What extremes? "Hey, Steve--you're a Kent State alum, right? How about checking out John Doe here for me. Thanks."
it's also impossible as you have to be a registered student at the same university to view any information on a facebook member.
Or you'd have to have a pliable intern who's a registered student at the university in question. Or have $50 and/or some alcohol to bribe a freshman to log on using his account information.
Ding, ding, ding--we have a winner. The Privacy Act of 1974, FISA, et al mean bupkes if the .gov can trawl the oceans of commercial databases that are conveniently allowed to exist.
I'm sure that's true in some cases, but I'm sure that newer POS terminals at least eat and log the name from the mag stripe. And I doubt any retailer is going to pass up the $$$ from selling the stripe data for very long whether their merchant agreements allow it or not.
What do you mean "Before MS came along?" The thing all those inexpensive computers you cite have in common is a BASIC from Microsoft.
A gramme is better than a damn, I always say. I do think having no data footprint at all will become (if it isn't already) regarded as suspicious.
Hope you always pay with cash, too--if you ever use a credit or debit card with the card you found in the parking lot, they know who you are anyway.
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Or the" patch WGA to use an SSL certificate of your choice" step
Damn, and me without mod points. Good post!
Here's a non-referral link to that book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374292795/
. . . next time you're reading about the "tech shortage" in the United States.
Except there are going to be a bazillion bots bookmarking online poker, porn, and ad farm sites.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
I don't know, but I remember that Demi Moore was smoking hot in it.
Tricking criminals isn't entrapment, otherwise undercover drug and fencing enforcement would be impossible. Passively monitoring who downloads and logging that information isn't inducing someone to commit a crime they wouldn't have committed, and is permitted at least under U.S. law. I admit to an unfamiliary with Swedish law.
Server-based logs from a tracker under control of law enforcement would carry greater evidentiary weight in terms of reliability and chain of custody than IP addresses grabbed from a public torrent by a client.
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That's already being done. Google for "automotive black boxes." There's a virtual secret society of accident reconstructionists, insurance investigators, and other people who have a financial interest in interrogating your car's black box after a wreck and using to incriminate you and/or deny a claim.
Wow--had no idea. So much for "ownership." Thanks!
So if you strike oil or gold on your European property, it's owned by the state? Incredible.