Yes it is so much that they are incompetent, or they wouldn't be the ones asking. A judge should be asking, as he has legal authority to call it contempt of court if they refuse, and that can be appealed.
The DOJ's job is to gather evidence to try to prove crimes occurred. If they don't have enough OTHER EVIDENCE than what they ASSUME is incriminating in the strongly encrypted drive, to have a judge agree that it's worth invading the person's privacy and constitutional rights, then they don't have any right to be asking, and certainly not to be such dicks about it.
If they can't make a case against the person without that person's help, they don't have a case. And they haven't done their jobs.
No, they are incompetent because they don't have enough evidence gathered to convince a judge ask the person to reveal their password as a court order. They're trying to go around the system, or pretend a different system exists to get people to incriminate themselves. Judges have ordered people to reveal passwords many times, and that is legal - and thus subject to the legal process, legal review and appeals, etc.
Too much hassle for the DOJ, they want to 'force' people to give up their secret info. Fuck 'em. They have no legal basis, there is no motivation to comply. If you find yourself in this situation, have YOUR LAWYER tell them, that you retain your 5th Amendment rights and you will not give up the password, unless they agree to give you permanent blanket immunity to anything that might be found or stem from the machine search, let you out of whatever they arrested you for, and give you a few million for your trouble.
More importantly, because of the 5th, refusing to hand over the keys is not an incriminating act either. They can break down the door if they want. And if you want to buy a really fucking strong door, that's your decision. Similarly, if you decide to use strong encryption, they have the option of spending a few to a few hundred years decrypting it if they want. But you should never, under any circumstances, help them fuck you over. Regardless of any and all laws - survival supersedes them all.
Speaking as someone who spends his entire life immersed in Apple tech, you're wrong - the rules definitely still apply to Apple, it's really annoying that I can't get a power adapter replacement for less than $70.
But on the other hand, before they made the patented adapter and there were knockoffs, I used one of them and it destroyed a Powerbook I owned roughly a decade ago. I was out of AppleCare already but if I hadn't been, I'd have been screwed and it would have been my own fault. Power supply is worth more than a couple bucks to keep stable given the voltage requirements modern electronics have, and there is rarely enough room in the device to put the transformer. So it's left to the adapter.
What exactly is the benefit here? I kept waiting to see that somehow variable frequency power would travel farther or be more efficient, or at least save power companies some money (which I'm sure it does, or this wouldn't be happening).. but I can't imagine why or how.
Without explaining the benefit, this makes as much sense as ICANN opening up the TLDs.
I once experimented with the idea of using a high frequency(19khz-22khz) wav forms to transmit 1-30hz pulses into the brain via sound(think subliminal advertising) and found it incredible that most current cell phone mics are very adapt at receiving and playing it back very clearly, so there might be some merit to this idea.
What was the result of your experimentation? Seriously.
So you're implying that some of the workers might have thought that MS cares about contribution? Of value, to products they sell? No, I don't think anyone without a financial reason to would believe that, if they've used an MS product other than Excel.
You mean, is it wise to allow people to make the decision by vote directly rather than indirectly - but still by voting - on who gets to make the decision in secret?
Uh, generally, yeah, it's at least as wise. Once elections join the 21st century and are done with a level of security and quick tabulation technology matching that of, say, modern marketing surveys, it will be much more wise.
We could have stopped at locked and reinforced cockpit doors as far as what we've done so far, but it'd be helpful (and violently opposed, I bet, and perhaps not as practical as in the movies) to also throw in sleeping gas dispensers for the passenger cabin, so the pilot could set that off just before doing an emergency landing if an attempted hijacking took place. It might keep more people alive a bit longer.
Ok, I mostly agree with you but.. seriously, did your friend who is from Hungary really say "In communist Hungary" when referring to their home country? Sounds a lot like "In soviet Russia"..
If they have gotten rich because of it, that's the only rational reason to consider DARE a success. Maybe the people who made DARE are less stupid than it seems, and it was an undercover thing to get people to do more drugs - by insulting their intelligence and then telling them not to. More drug use, more prisoners, more cops / guards,... $$$. I don't think it was really a conspiracy, but mostly because people intelligent enough to think of that would have made better ads.
It's not even the perception, sir, unless you happen to work at the TSA and are paid to pretend that you think what you do for a living makes any positive difference whatsoever.
It's a common misconception, everyone says that everyone sticks to it, so they do. It's cultural inertia but there's no reason not to switch, and NOW. I'm all for switching.
Uh, this problem (at least something that happens so soon after you try it) wouldn't happen on a moderated market, no reason to be hesitant to put legit apps on - and without apps, why even have a smartphone?
Yeah, nice thought, but come back in 5 or 6 years and try to read those DVDs, you're in for a nasty surprise. The shelf life on burned optical media can be surprisingly short - it helps to vacuum seal and keep cool but for long term storage, I have already come to regret making the choice you suggest.
I agree, except that you have to only do it when the country in question is dropping off on purpose - we'd need to offer help to get them back online in case of a tech issue - but if they refused and then still didn't come back in 24 hours, I'm with ya.
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Somehow, the missing 'V' in Chevy in the title makes this hilarious.
Yes it is so much that they are incompetent, or they wouldn't be the ones asking. A judge should be asking, as he has legal authority to call it contempt of court if they refuse, and that can be appealed.
The DOJ's job is to gather evidence to try to prove crimes occurred. If they don't have enough OTHER EVIDENCE than what they ASSUME is incriminating in the strongly encrypted drive, to have a judge agree that it's worth invading the person's privacy and constitutional rights, then they don't have any right to be asking, and certainly not to be such dicks about it.
If they can't make a case against the person without that person's help, they don't have a case. And they haven't done their jobs.
No, they are incompetent because they don't have enough evidence gathered to convince a judge ask the person to reveal their password as a court order. They're trying to go around the system, or pretend a different system exists to get people to incriminate themselves. Judges have ordered people to reveal passwords many times, and that is legal - and thus subject to the legal process, legal review and appeals, etc.
Too much hassle for the DOJ, they want to 'force' people to give up their secret info. Fuck 'em. They have no legal basis, there is no motivation to comply. If you find yourself in this situation, have YOUR LAWYER tell them, that you retain your 5th Amendment rights and you will not give up the password, unless they agree to give you permanent blanket immunity to anything that might be found or stem from the machine search, let you out of whatever they arrested you for, and give you a few million for your trouble.
More importantly, because of the 5th, refusing to hand over the keys is not an incriminating act either. They can break down the door if they want. And if you want to buy a really fucking strong door, that's your decision. Similarly, if you decide to use strong encryption, they have the option of spending a few to a few hundred years decrypting it if they want. But you should never, under any circumstances, help them fuck you over. Regardless of any and all laws - survival supersedes them all.
Great idea, once this is required, we won't have to handle this kind of thing on our own.
Speaking as someone who spends his entire life immersed in Apple tech, you're wrong - the rules definitely still apply to Apple, it's really annoying that I can't get a power adapter replacement for less than $70.
But on the other hand, before they made the patented adapter and there were knockoffs, I used one of them and it destroyed a Powerbook I owned roughly a decade ago. I was out of AppleCare already but if I hadn't been, I'd have been screwed and it would have been my own fault. Power supply is worth more than a couple bucks to keep stable given the voltage requirements modern electronics have, and there is rarely enough room in the device to put the transformer. So it's left to the adapter.
Thank you.
What exactly is the benefit here? I kept waiting to see that somehow variable frequency power would travel farther or be more efficient, or at least save power companies some money (which I'm sure it does, or this wouldn't be happening).. but I can't imagine why or how.
Without explaining the benefit, this makes as much sense as ICANN opening up the TLDs.
The cops, who are supposed to protect the victims here, decide to threaten them instead. Who's the terrorist now?
Ideally you don't want to communicate over a non-local network to make a local transaction, that's why. For security and because it just makes sense.
Good point, except I think they'd be able to do software-controlled radio without the terahertz processor, a next generation dual core might work.
I once experimented with the idea of using a high frequency(19khz-22khz) wav forms to transmit 1-30hz pulses into the brain via sound(think subliminal advertising) and found it incredible that most current cell phone mics are very adapt at receiving and playing it back very clearly, so there might be some merit to this idea.
What was the result of your experimentation? Seriously.
So you're implying that some of the workers might have thought that MS cares about contribution? Of value, to products they sell? No, I don't think anyone without a financial reason to would believe that, if they've used an MS product other than Excel.
"I find it extremely hard to believe that Microsoft would exist anywhere near its current dominant position if we actually did have capitalism."
Damn straight.
Same here. Screw the quitters who sold out, now I have to find a new VOIP solution.
You mean, is it wise to allow people to make the decision by vote directly rather than indirectly - but still by voting - on who gets to make the decision in secret?
Uh, generally, yeah, it's at least as wise. Once elections join the 21st century and are done with a level of security and quick tabulation technology matching that of, say, modern marketing surveys, it will be much more wise.
We could have stopped at locked and reinforced cockpit doors as far as what we've done so far, but it'd be helpful (and violently opposed, I bet, and perhaps not as practical as in the movies) to also throw in sleeping gas dispensers for the passenger cabin, so the pilot could set that off just before doing an emergency landing if an attempted hijacking took place. It might keep more people alive a bit longer.
And it'd be cool.
Ok, I mostly agree with you but.. seriously, did your friend who is from Hungary really say "In communist Hungary" when referring to their home country? Sounds a lot like "In soviet Russia"..
If they have gotten rich because of it, that's the only rational reason to consider DARE a success. Maybe the people who made DARE are less stupid than it seems, and it was an undercover thing to get people to do more drugs - by insulting their intelligence and then telling them not to. More drug use, more prisoners, more cops / guards, ... $$$. I don't think it was really a conspiracy, but mostly because people intelligent enough to think of that would have made better ads.
Screw the road, that is facism.
It's not even the perception, sir, unless you happen to work at the TSA and are paid to pretend that you think what you do for a living makes any positive difference whatsoever.
It's a common misconception, everyone says that everyone sticks to it, so they do. It's cultural inertia but there's no reason not to switch, and NOW. I'm all for switching.
Uh, this problem (at least something that happens so soon after you try it) wouldn't happen on a moderated market, no reason to be hesitant to put legit apps on - and without apps, why even have a smartphone?
Yeah, nice thought, but come back in 5 or 6 years and try to read those DVDs, you're in for a nasty surprise. The shelf life on burned optical media can be surprisingly short - it helps to vacuum seal and keep cool but for long term storage, I have already come to regret making the choice you suggest.
I agree, except that you have to only do it when the country in question is dropping off on purpose - we'd need to offer help to get them back online in case of a tech issue - but if they refused and then still didn't come back in 24 hours, I'm with ya.