Truecrypt provides plausible deniability - the capability to create a hidden encrypted volume within another encrypted volume, thereby allowing you to grant access to unimportant/dummy data when a password is asked for without the attacker knowing additional information even exists.
And that helps when they confiscate your laptop and "lose" it... how?
Pictures: Store them on a high-capacity USB drive, SD card, or other small device. Hide it. That way, if they get your computer, they still won't get your pictures.
Movies: Why I iPod ya? I think they're less likely to grab task-specific devices over computers. And they cost less.
Either way, by bringing along a laptop, there will always be the risk they simply take it and lose it. No amount of data trickery can get around that.
If I'm going to be in a 3D web for as much time as I currently spend on the web, I'd like it to be immersive, stereo goggles required. And no, I shouldn't be able to customize the decorations of the site I'm in. That would be like walking into every store and having them all look exactly the same.
Oh, and I called it first: in a 3D web, you'll find things IN the web, not ON the web:D
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Here's the one and only thing he did wrong. He went up to the sysadmin and called him a documented idiot to his face. There are much better ways to nudge a system towards improved security. People skills, everyone. People skills.
or do what smart businesses have done all throughout history: increase supply to satisfy demand. we have some of the slowest and simultaneously most expensive internet service in the world. as the richest nation in the world, and the global leader in science and technology, this should not be occurring.
It shouldn't be happening, but it is. Why?
My personal opinion is that capitalism in the U.S. mutated some time during the 1980s from "spend more to provide a better product, get more customers, make more money" (classic capitalism) to "spend less to provide a cheaper product, get more customers, make more money" (the race to the bottom). U.S. consumers have followed suit: spending less is worth more than higher quality. I've heard some blame Harvard's MBA program for the whole mess.
Europe appears to be following the U.S.'s lead. As Gordon Ramsey would say, "What a shame!"
I think if a creator should be allowed to profit from their works for N years, then they should also be penalized for their works for an equal amount of time. So that traffic ticket will be paid yearly by him, until he dies, and then by his family, until they die.
Aside from the fact that the PPC platform is pretty much dead... did you catch the statement about how Photosynth will only run in Boot Camp and not in Parallels or any other virtual machine? That implies that the Photosynth developers did some deep deep Windows voodoo to get it to work, i.e. their work is NOT PORTABLE.
Well, that in itself is a point. I've been a coder for 20 years, and pre-2000 I used C++. I switched to Java and have not gone back. Perhaps the reason that "modern C++" is always forgotten is that maybe C++ didn't evolve fast enough, and Java and C# took over?
You're letting developers write a user interface? Congratulations, your user interface will be riddled with little inconsistencies, bizarre error messages, labels that don't make sense, input that's too permissive or too restrictive, and just plain weird layout.
If you call them "UI developers", you're just lying to yourself. They are developers. There's nothing UI about them.
You need to hire a human interface expert. They know how people work with computers. Your developers, on the other hand, know how developers work with computers.
How about cultural considerations? Are your users from one culture and your developers from another? You know what I'm talking about. Don't pretend you don't. There are cultural differences in interfaces.
You won't take my advice, though, because you don't want to hire someone with the correct qualifications for the job. But hey, don't let that stop you from creating yet another frustrating interface.
OK, now that we've determined that you don't want to hire the expertise you need, let's see what we can do with what you have. Find the "UI developer" that has the best graphic design skill. Make that person in charge of the UI, and don't let anyone else have any input, because they will just screw it up and make things inconsistent. BTW, if you really do have a developer that also has graphic design skill, cherish them because they are worth more than one developer and a separate graphic designer. Have that UI lead document the rules of how each and every input works, and what they will and will not accept. Have the UI lead also document all error conditions, what happens on those error conditions, and what messages are displayed to the user. When you're done with your first iteration, give that document to a tester that is not one of your developers. Have them ensure that everything works as documented. Don't let the UI out of the shop until all UI bugs are resolved.
I don't get it. I mean, I see how your "Turing test DB" works. What I don't get is why you think this would provide better protection than an ordinary CAPTCHA. Consider, that CAPTCHAs can be broken by redirecting the question and picture to a pr0n site, where people will gladly enter the answer for you.
I don't see how it helps to have "more difficult" questions, since these are still questions that humans can answer... and therefore questions that pr0n seekers can answer.
The point is not to create a test that a bot can't answer. It's to create a test that people who want to get into your site can answer, but people who don't know about your site cannot.
Here's what my model of free TV on teh Intarwebz would be.
Currently, entertainment on TV is supported by ads that are run during the show. These ads can be local or national. The broadcasters and advertisers don't want ads local to area A to be played to area B, because the advertisers get no revenue from that.
So, each show available for download has a number of blank spots where the ads are normally run -- is this how shows are sent to the studios already? I'm not sure. Anyway, upon download, the server inserts national and local commercials based on the user's location (via, say, IP2location.com). After that, the user is free to watch or skip past the ads.
The executives are windmilling their arms about now. "But then why would users watch the ads when they can just skip past them?"
Maybe they won't watch the ads. Maybe they have a DVR and are already skipping the ads. Maybe ads need to be more entertaining. I didn't say I had a complete solution. It's only a model!
I get how this is useful for traffic between two private parties. But if one party is supposed to be publically available, e.g. a site that hosts torrent pointers, then how exactly does encryption AFTER that help? You pull on the string that's showing, the whole sweater unravels.
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When I die, I want to go like my grandfather did, peacefully in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.
And that helps when they confiscate your laptop and "lose" it... how?
Pictures: Store them on a high-capacity USB drive, SD card, or other small device. Hide it. That way, if they get your computer, they still won't get your pictures.
Movies: Why I iPod ya? I think they're less likely to grab task-specific devices over computers. And they cost less.
Either way, by bringing along a laptop, there will always be the risk they simply take it and lose it. No amount of data trickery can get around that.
I knew there was a good reason I stayed away from MUCKs, MUSHes, and MUDs!
What, did they expect them to be carrying RPGs, in small boats, off the coast of Somalia or something?
What *I* heard about it is that if you put a Time Cube in it, and install it on your water pipes, you'll get instant health!
(sigh, too easy) There is no Dana, only Zuul.
If I'm going to be in a 3D web for as much time as I currently spend on the web, I'd like it to be immersive, stereo goggles required. And no, I shouldn't be able to customize the decorations of the site I'm in. That would be like walking into every store and having them all look exactly the same.
Oh, and I called it first: in a 3D web, you'll find things IN the web, not ON the web :D
--Rob
Great. Level grinding :(
Here's the one and only thing he did wrong. He went up to the sysadmin and called him a documented idiot to his face. There are much better ways to nudge a system towards improved security. People skills, everyone. People skills.
15 Petabytes of data? Gosh, that's almost as much as P2P traffic! We... we need to... er... throttle the LHC!
It shouldn't be happening, but it is. Why?
My personal opinion is that capitalism in the U.S. mutated some time during the 1980s from "spend more to provide a better product, get more customers, make more money" (classic capitalism) to "spend less to provide a cheaper product, get more customers, make more money" (the race to the bottom). U.S. consumers have followed suit: spending less is worth more than higher quality. I've heard some blame Harvard's MBA program for the whole mess.
Europe appears to be following the U.S.'s lead. As Gordon Ramsey would say, "What a shame!"
--Rob
I think if a creator should be allowed to profit from their works for N years, then they should also be penalized for their works for an equal amount of time. So that traffic ticket will be paid yearly by him, until he dies, and then by his family, until they die.
Aside from the fact that the PPC platform is pretty much dead... did you catch the statement about how Photosynth will only run in Boot Camp and not in Parallels or any other virtual machine? That implies that the Photosynth developers did some deep deep Windows voodoo to get it to work, i.e. their work is NOT PORTABLE.
Well, that in itself is a point. I've been a coder for 20 years, and pre-2000 I used C++. I switched to Java and have not gone back. Perhaps the reason that "modern C++" is always forgotten is that maybe C++ didn't evolve fast enough, and Java and C# took over?
Each one comes preloaded with "Little Brick Out" and "Lemonade Stand".
Well, until we can orbit a satellite a meter above the surface to get a nice face shot of you, I don't think we need to worry about that.
You're letting developers write a user interface? Congratulations, your user interface will be riddled with little inconsistencies, bizarre error messages, labels that don't make sense, input that's too permissive or too restrictive, and just plain weird layout.
If you call them "UI developers", you're just lying to yourself. They are developers. There's nothing UI about them.
You need to hire a human interface expert. They know how people work with computers. Your developers, on the other hand, know how developers work with computers.
How about cultural considerations? Are your users from one culture and your developers from another? You know what I'm talking about. Don't pretend you don't. There are cultural differences in interfaces.
You won't take my advice, though, because you don't want to hire someone with the correct qualifications for the job. But hey, don't let that stop you from creating yet another frustrating interface.
OK, now that we've determined that you don't want to hire the expertise you need, let's see what we can do with what you have. Find the "UI developer" that has the best graphic design skill. Make that person in charge of the UI, and don't let anyone else have any input, because they will just screw it up and make things inconsistent. BTW, if you really do have a developer that also has graphic design skill, cherish them because they are worth more than one developer and a separate graphic designer. Have that UI lead document the rules of how each and every input works, and what they will and will not accept. Have the UI lead also document all error conditions, what happens on those error conditions, and what messages are displayed to the user. When you're done with your first iteration, give that document to a tester that is not one of your developers. Have them ensure that everything works as documented. Don't let the UI out of the shop until all UI bugs are resolved.
Good luck. You'll need it.
(Points with thumb out the window) No ticket!
Rick Cook, is that you?
I don't get it. I mean, I see how your "Turing test DB" works. What I don't get is why you think this would provide better protection than an ordinary CAPTCHA. Consider, that CAPTCHAs can be broken by redirecting the question and picture to a pr0n site, where people will gladly enter the answer for you.
I don't see how it helps to have "more difficult" questions, since these are still questions that humans can answer... and therefore questions that pr0n seekers can answer.
The point is not to create a test that a bot can't answer. It's to create a test that people who want to get into your site can answer, but people who don't know about your site cannot.
Will Android run on it?
What access does it have to wireless data connections?
Here's what my model of free TV on teh Intarwebz would be.
Currently, entertainment on TV is supported by ads that are run during the show. These ads can be local or national. The broadcasters and advertisers don't want ads local to area A to be played to area B, because the advertisers get no revenue from that.
So, each show available for download has a number of blank spots where the ads are normally run -- is this how shows are sent to the studios already? I'm not sure. Anyway, upon download, the server inserts national and local commercials based on the user's location (via, say, IP2location.com). After that, the user is free to watch or skip past the ads.
The executives are windmilling their arms about now. "But then why would users watch the ads when they can just skip past them?"
Maybe they won't watch the ads. Maybe they have a DVR and are already skipping the ads. Maybe ads need to be more entertaining. I didn't say I had a complete solution. It's only a model!
I'll bet Google is thinking that maybe keeping identifiable logs isn't such a good idea now...
I get how this is useful for traffic between two private parties. But if one party is supposed to be publically available, e.g. a site that hosts torrent pointers, then how exactly does encryption AFTER that help? You pull on the string that's showing, the whole sweater unravels.
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