it's safe to assume that ALL of the players who have access to our data are more than willing to hand it over to anyone who asks for it. Especially anyone with a badge or who can hold the carrot of a lucrative government contract just out of reach.
All the while telling us that everything will be ok. That they're fighting the good fight for our rights and that we'll be victorious in the end.
How did H put it . . . . " folks need both a public and a private position "
If the FBI didn't bother to bring charges the first time around with the evidence of mishandling classified information being as obvious as it can get, does anyone believe anything will come of a sequel ?
The only thing it would do is show the World a second time that the DOJ is either corrupt, incompetent or both.
That the rule of law is selectively applied depending on who you are, who your friends are and how big your bank account is.
At this point, there is no fucking way the establishment will allow all the work they've poured into their darling candidate to get undermined by any pesky laws designed for us lower class types.
This is the favored candidate. You will vote for her and you will like it. Everone else is a racist Russian sympathizer or a member of the HeMan-woman-haters-club.
Imagine the shit she'll get away with once she's in charge.
Ballistic setups are old tech. Even if you outfit them with maneuverable warheads, some of todays systems we're using to knock them down are maneuverable as well post launch. We have multiple to choose from. Patriot, THAAD, and pretty much any naval ship ( or shore installation ) outfitted with Aegis and SM-3 interceptors. It will not be long before directed energy weapons or rail-gun tech is fielded rendering pretty much anything incoming with a radar signature obsolete.
So we basically have a giant missile. The US MX-Peacekeeper had similar specs from 1986 - 2005. We decommissioned them in favor of smaller units that we can hide on submarines and super sneaky cruise missiles instead. Note, it's difficult to move giant ass heavy missiles. They tend to live out their lives in silos. Besides, MAD is very much alive and well in the 21st century. The major powers understand that using nukes on anyone else all but guarantees the target will return the favor before the first missiles even reach their apex.
In short, Russia now has a shiny new ballistic missile that has similar characteristics of a missile we first fielded thirty years ago. The only new component being the currently-theoretical maneuverable re-entry vehicles.
I don't see where this really changes anything other than the fact that all the old treaties prohibiting these things are pretty much off the table now. Though I doubt they were ever worth the paper they were printed on to begin with.
Even if Netflix allowed such things, there isn't anything on the Streaming Catalog for Netflix that anyone would ever want to see more than once. If that:|
I don't know why folks are still arguing about X is better than Y because of Z.
Short of some epic revelations that we don't already know about or suspect, folks are pretty much set in who they're going to vote for. If they bother to vote at all. ( I certainly don't plan on it. My vote is meaningless when facing off with the Fox, CNN or Facebook hordes )
At this point, I liken the whole election process to a late stage terminal illness.
The end of it can't possibly get here fast enough.
When asked about cleaning the facilities where employees work ( the same garbage sits on the floor for years ) or if their workforce will ever get any training for the equipment they maintain, the answer is always the same:
" It's not in the budget. "
So they axe the budgets year after year, then complain when no one has any work to do. Oblivious to the fact that a budget is a prequisite for getting anything done when adding or replacing ageing hardware.
Yet when there are companies to be bought, stadium naming rights or excessive executive compensation up for consideration, there is ALWAYS a budget for that.
This upcoming Friday, thousands of folks will learn if they got " picked " to leave the company within the next month:|
You simply cannot make an informed decision given limited and filtered information.
Foreign agencies will have a similar agenda to our domestic ones. The dissemination of information they believe to be relevant to the issue at hand to further their own agenda. They will release information that the domestic side will not and vice versa.
However, taking ALL of the data into account ( from all sides ), you can start to get a clearer picture of what's really going on. You can then derive your biases from this if you wish, assuming you trust any of it to begin with. It is the only chance you'll have to decide on your own whom you believe. Without outside help, that information never sees the light of day and any decisions are based solely on half-truths instead.
For the record, at this point, my biases are as follows:
Both of our candidates are a lost cause. I don't even care who wins anymore because I have no say so in the matter, especially with the system being designed the way it is. If you think I am wrong and our votes / desires can make a difference, go ask Bernie Sanders supporters how well that worked out for them. Or perhaps the voters in Colorado.
preventing the distribution of information relevant to the candidates, Ecuador effectively allows the influence to be heavily one sided.
Specifically, the side that filters, and releases only approved material in order to promote their candidate.
The only way we truly know who the candidates are is when we have access to information about how they think and act when they believe no one is looking.
Everything else, is just for show.
Personally, I don't care WHO digs up the information. Hackers, Private Investigators, whatever.
It does boil down to this: If you're going intelligently elect a leader, you need to know all there is to know about them. There can be no secrets.
Not to point out the obvious but, were I the NSA or other three letter agency and wanted to provide " proof " that the $pickabadguy were behind this, I would simply instruct the coders to " accidentally " leave behind bits of $language in the code for the world to find.
To be fun, were I a Russian hacker, I would create another Stuxnet and leave a giant American Flag in ascii buried in the code somewhere just to prove that point.
Why not, it's exactly how affirmative action works.
You don't even have to be capable or qualified for the job but, because of some quota stating you must hire X minorities, they will get the job before you do.
It seems many folks already gave up on the theater " experience ".
And when we don't go in droves, they cry about how poor movie sales are and blame pirates for their woes.
Then they bribe . . . . er . . contribute campaign donations to their favorite Congress-Critter to get some more anti-piracy laws passed to further restrict how and where we can watch said entertainment.
for the same reasons I don't use wireless mice or keyboards.
If the battery is replaceable, then you have to keep batteries on hand for when they die. ( which is constantly and at the worst possible moment )
If not replaceable, you get to keep buying new mice and keyboards every few years when the batteries ultimately give out.
In your phone, the battery is likely going to be the first component that dies taking the whole device with it. Being non-user replaceable, this forces you to upgrade to the next phone. It's nothing more than planned obsolesence. Same thing for the wireless, battery powered headphones you'll be using soon.
I have to replace my headphones soon not because the battery died, but because I've worn out the ear cushions.
Considering I've used them for at least a DECADE, I'm pretty sure I've got my moneys worth from them.
Then again, I may just try to replace the ear cushions myself and keep on using them until they truly die.
I don't think it's for financial gain. Rather an attempt to gain sympathy or to hide their incompetence.
In the mass mindset, even if you secured your networks but were attacked by a " State " actor, then somehow it isn't your fault:|
However, if / when it comes out that you just didn't bother to keep up to date with common security practices and all that personal data gets taken, then your company tends to look bad.
So, just about everyone and their brother is going to claim a " State Sponsored " attack in an attempt to shift the blame from their incompetence to an evil boogey man that no one can defend against.
See just about every high profile hack lately for examples of this.
As opposed to US backed hackers *cough* NSA *cough* who are sloppy enough to leave their hacking toolkit behind ?
They hack us, we hack them. It's the reality of things. Get over it.
Instead of finger pointing, maybe we should work to secure those systems that are vulnerable insteading of hoarding bugs and hacks to use.
If you're not going to bother letting the vendors know about vulnerabilities in their systems, then it's silly to feign surprise when they get compromised.
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You know the old saying:
None of us are as dumb as all of us.
Doesn't matter how intelligent or educated the few are. They are far outnumbered by the rest.
Welcome to Democracy. Where the end result isn't always the best one. Just the most popular one.
it's safe to assume that ALL of the players who have access to our data are more than willing to hand it over to anyone who asks for it. Especially anyone with a badge or who can hold the carrot of a lucrative government contract just out of reach.
All the while telling us that everything will be ok. That they're fighting the good fight for our rights and that we'll be victorious in the end.
How did H put it . . . . " folks need both a public and a private position "
Seems to be the way everything works anymore. :|
If the FBI didn't bother to bring charges the first time around with the evidence of mishandling classified information being as obvious as it can get, does anyone believe anything will come of a sequel ?
The only thing it would do is show the World a second time that the DOJ is either corrupt, incompetent or both.
That the rule of law is selectively applied depending on who you are, who your friends are and how big your bank account is.
At this point, there is no fucking way the establishment will allow all the work they've poured into their darling candidate to get undermined by any pesky laws designed for us lower class types.
This is the favored candidate. You will vote for her and you will like it. Everone else is a racist Russian sympathizer or a member of the HeMan-woman-haters-club.
Imagine the shit she'll get away with once she's in charge.
Crime doesn't pay my ass. . .
Ballistic setups are old tech. Even if you outfit them with maneuverable warheads, some of todays systems we're using to knock them down are maneuverable as well post launch. We have multiple to choose from. Patriot, THAAD, and pretty much any naval ship ( or shore installation ) outfitted with Aegis and SM-3 interceptors. It will not be long before directed energy weapons or rail-gun tech is fielded rendering pretty much anything incoming with a radar signature obsolete.
So we basically have a giant missile. The US MX-Peacekeeper had similar specs from 1986 - 2005. We decommissioned them in favor of smaller units that we can hide on submarines and super sneaky cruise missiles instead. Note, it's difficult to move giant ass heavy missiles. They tend to live out their lives in silos. Besides, MAD is very much alive and well in the 21st century. The major powers understand that using nukes on anyone else all but guarantees the target will return the favor before the first missiles even reach their apex.
In short, Russia now has a shiny new ballistic missile that has similar characteristics of a missile we first fielded thirty years ago. The only new component being the currently-theoretical maneuverable re-entry vehicles.
I don't see where this really changes anything other than the fact that all the old treaties prohibiting these things are pretty much off the table now. Though I doubt they were ever worth the paper they were printed on to begin with.
Because, sometimes, it takes the threat of such a device to keep the peace.
Full scale invasions of other super-powers pretty much went out of style the moment nukes became a variable.
Even if Netflix allowed such things, there isn't anything on the Streaming Catalog for Netflix that anyone would ever want to see more than once. :|
If that
if we agree to let AT&T spy on us ?
Should start a crowdsource fund to entice those who work with or have direct access to information like this to " leak " it out for all to see.
Put bounties out on secret hardware, manuals, source code, etc.
Nothing kills secrets faster than large amounts of cash. Once the rewards are large enough, nothing is safe.
I don't know why folks are still arguing about X is better than Y because of Z.
Short of some epic revelations that we don't already know about or suspect, folks are pretty much set in who they're going to vote for.
If they bother to vote at all. ( I certainly don't plan on it. My vote is meaningless when facing off with the Fox, CNN or Facebook hordes )
At this point, I liken the whole election process to a late stage terminal illness.
The end of it can't possibly get here fast enough.
If you've been IN the American Military, then you know the odds of them complying with such an order is practically zero.
Would you care to take a guess which side of the 2nd Amendment debate they typically fall on ?
Want to take a guess which team they typically vote for ?
A Military Coup and / or Civil War would take place within a few days following any decree or announcement of such a thing.
When asked about cleaning the facilities where employees work ( the same garbage sits on the floor for years ) or if their workforce will ever get any training for the equipment they maintain, the answer is always the same:
" It's not in the budget. "
So they axe the budgets year after year, then complain when no one has any work to do. Oblivious to the fact that a budget is a prequisite for getting anything done when adding or replacing ageing hardware.
Yet when there are companies to be bought, stadium naming rights or excessive executive compensation up for consideration, there is ALWAYS a budget for that.
This upcoming Friday, thousands of folks will learn if they got " picked " to leave the company within the next month :|
Folks wonder what happened to loyalty lol
Samsung simply needs to disclose what is causing their phones to catch fire so we can write an app to trigger it on demand.
Barring that, a thermite filled case will do the trick nicely.
Tie it to a specific fingerprint that you never use and voila, problem solved.
To be even more fun, put it on a delay so it catches fire only after they are in posession of the phone. ~30 minutes should do it.
Whole new meaning for the term " burner phone ".
I stand by that statement still.
You simply cannot make an informed decision given limited and filtered information.
Foreign agencies will have a similar agenda to our domestic ones. The dissemination of information they believe to be relevant to the issue at hand to further their own agenda. They will release information that the domestic side will not and vice versa.
However, taking ALL of the data into account ( from all sides ), you can start to get a clearer picture of what's really going on. You can then derive your biases from this if you wish, assuming you trust any of it to begin with. It is the only chance you'll have to decide on your own whom you believe. Without outside help, that information never sees the light of day and any decisions are based solely on half-truths instead.
For the record, at this point, my biases are as follows:
Both of our candidates are a lost cause. I don't even care who wins anymore because I have no say so in the matter, especially with the system being designed the way it is. If you think I am wrong and our votes / desires can make a difference, go ask Bernie Sanders supporters how well that worked out for them. Or perhaps the voters in Colorado.
preventing the distribution of information relevant to the candidates, Ecuador effectively allows the influence to be heavily one sided.
Specifically, the side that filters, and releases only approved material in order to promote their candidate.
The only way we truly know who the candidates are is when we have access to information about how they think and act when they believe no one is looking.
Everything else, is just for show.
Personally, I don't care WHO digs up the information. Hackers, Private Investigators, whatever.
It does boil down to this: If you're going intelligently elect a leader, you need to know all there is to know about them. There can be no secrets.
Not to point out the obvious but, were I the NSA or other three letter agency and wanted to provide " proof " that the $pickabadguy were behind this, I would simply instruct the coders to " accidentally " leave behind bits of $language in the code for the world to find.
To be fun, were I a Russian hacker, I would create another Stuxnet and leave a giant American Flag in ascii buried in the code somewhere just to prove that point.
I would formally request that the exact same team of incompetant agents who investigated Hillary.
Who, despite the blatantly obvious, elected not to indict her.
With those folks on the case, you could probably get away with just about anything.
The fact he can't hear all the office gossip / bullshit means he's able to concentrate on his work instead of contributing to the problem :)
Why not, it's exactly how affirmative action works.
You don't even have to be capable or qualified for the job but, because of some quota stating you must hire X minorities, they will get the job before you do.
It seems many folks already gave up on the theater " experience ".
And when we don't go in droves, they cry about how poor movie sales are and blame pirates for their woes.
Then they bribe . . . . er . . contribute campaign donations to their favorite Congress-Critter to get some more anti-piracy laws passed to further restrict how and where we can watch said entertainment.
They have a better chance of finding them than our own corrupt / incompetent / paid-for agencies do.
Is sad when you put more trust in a FOREIGN intelligence agency than your own when it comes to matters like this.
for the same reasons I don't use wireless mice or keyboards.
If the battery is replaceable, then you have to keep batteries on hand for when they die. ( which is constantly and at the worst possible moment )
If not replaceable, you get to keep buying new mice and keyboards every few years when the batteries ultimately give out.
In your phone, the battery is likely going to be the first component that dies taking the whole device with it. Being non-user replaceable, this forces you to upgrade to the next phone. It's nothing more than planned obsolesence. Same thing for the wireless, battery powered headphones you'll be using soon.
I have to replace my headphones soon not because the battery died, but because I've worn out the ear cushions.
Considering I've used them for at least a DECADE, I'm pretty sure I've got my moneys worth from them.
Then again, I may just try to replace the ear cushions myself and keep on using them until they truly die.
New hotness is not always better.
I don't think it's for financial gain. Rather an attempt to gain sympathy or to hide their incompetence.
In the mass mindset, even if you secured your networks but were attacked by a " State " actor, then somehow it isn't your fault :|
However, if / when it comes out that you just didn't bother to keep up to date with common security practices and all that personal data gets taken, then your company tends to look bad.
So, just about everyone and their brother is going to claim a " State Sponsored " attack in an attempt to shift the blame from their incompetence to an evil boogey man that no one can defend against.
See just about every high profile hack lately for examples of this.
As opposed to US backed hackers *cough* NSA *cough* who are sloppy enough to leave their hacking toolkit behind ?
They hack us, we hack them. It's the reality of things. Get over it.
Instead of finger pointing, maybe we should work to secure those systems that are vulnerable insteading of hoarding bugs and hacks to use.
If you're not going to bother letting the vendors know about vulnerabilities in their systems, then it's silly to feign surprise when they get compromised.
Everyone has a price.
Low paid call center employees just have a lower one.
You companies who seek to get the cheapest labor you can find would do well to remember this.
"I wonder how this open AP got connected to the corporate network ? "
Ea$y An$wer. . . . .
we could get a law written that forbids negative advertising towards the other candidate.
I'm kinda tired of seeing all the " Look how bad X is for this position because of Y " ads that dominate the airways this time of year.
I would much rather see " I believe I'm the better choice for the position because of the following accomplishments or strengths I posses " instead.
Considering neither candidate has much to brag about, the number of ads would be quite limited in number.
A win-win all the way around.