Donald: Better yet sir, let's have them named "Enemy Combatants". We can have them on a one-way flight to Gitmo faster than you can say "Four more years!"
This is about providing the ILLUSION that we are "safer" now because we are "taking these steps".
This is what Bruce Schnier refers to as "Security Theater"; that is to say, things which while they look impressive do little to nothing to actually improve security.
Consider the "in depth" searches. In most airports, those folks who are randomly selected have a mark placed on their boarding pass. Kind of defeats the purpose of randomly searching folks if they know they're going to be searched, no?
I don't have the transcript handy, but he spoke of using PGP, being asked for his passphrase to access his private key, and telling them to get bent. As the US has no analogue to the UK's RIP act which compels people to hand over encryption keys or face jail time, he (rightfully) invoked his fiftn amenement powers.
Assuming you use a strong passphrase, PGP is fantastically secure. Make sure there's no hardware/software keystroke loggers though, or you may end up like Nicky Scarfo.
If this is wireless I can see someone stealing one of these little suckers, getting the encryption code, and getting access to tons of info they shouldn't have. Actually, this is one I can speak intelligently to. The device is BUILT from the ground up to be secure. I work for a large US bank. We implemented the BES, or blackberry enterprise server, approx. eight months ago. We now have 500 of these devices deployed. They are triple-des encrypted back to the bes in our data center, they are wipable OTA, they wipe themselves after 10 bad passwords, they have the ability to implement strong passwords, they (can be forced to) lock when placed into the holster, they can be limited only to pre-installed applications and transports, TLS and S/MIME can be terminated on the device or the bes/mds, and a whole raft of other security considerations.
In short, I'm much more worried about the application they access than I am the device and the transport it uses.
Even though the HTML version is coming through so damned slow, you've got to give the guy who's responsible for the smoking crater that used to be a web server props for posting the alternate link.
Privacy.net was made for this very purpose. Using the me@privacy.net address on registrations guarantees no human will ever see an email sent to the address. Upon sending an email to the address, they'll receive an autoresponse back saying, among other things, that "The person who provided you with this e-mail address did not perceive value in receiving your e-mail and/or did not want to provide you with their identity."
RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America. They're a trade association that lobbies on behalf of the member organizations, namely the recording industry.
ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. ASCAP collects on public performances.
BMI is Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI collects royalties for broadcast music.
ASCAP and BMI collect royalties for artists. RIAA pushes the recording industry agenda.
This would be akin to BMI licensing music to Napster. Nice, but because in the US, the studio often retains such rights, not likely to happen here.
Why limit yourself to Br4d or J4n37? You could go with Fr4nk-N-Fur73r (hoping that he acheives a doctorate some day), M4g3n74, C0lu/\/\b14, R0ky, or even 3dd13. Wait, scratch that, no one wants to be named for a greaser from the freezer.
Mike: As privacy advocates, what can we do to impress the importance of privacy without coming off as tinfoil-hatted whack jobs?
An example was a presentation I prepared for co-workers a while back regarding grocery store "loyalty" cards. In it, even after detailing the California case of a store that in a slip and fall case in their store, tried to introduce the customer's purchases, tracked via a card, saying he may have been drunk at the time because of frequent alcohol purchases. Afterwards, I was hit with several questions about being paranoid. I used the standard "this is why we have envelopes and blinds instead of postcards and open windows" argument, and while most seemed to understand, some were obviously unimpressed. What can we do to convince people of the need for privacy without being over the top?
It is not, however, blocking the patirot act reproductions at this time.
As I understand, this code is actually actively encouraging the reproduction of the PATRIOT Act by allowing reproductions with updated version numbers to be copied at will.
Better than the song they played as it rolled off.
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Oh for the love of... Really, we didn't need to hear this.
According to an NPR report this morning, they played the theme from Rawhide (Rollin' rollin' rollin'...) as they sent instructions for the rover to leave the platform.
I tell you what, those rocket scientists have one seriously inverted sense of humor sometimes.
I was told, second-hand, the story of a NASA contractor who was in a meeting with some NASA engineers. As all geeks should know, hard drives require air pressure to work (floating heads and all that). When the subject of a loss of air pressure on the ISS came up, one of the NASA engineers started talking about how all the experimental data would be lost because the HD's would fail. It wasn't until the contractor said "Uhhh, what about the crew?" that they had even entered folks' minds about being similarly sensitive to a loss of air pressure.
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Donald: Better yet sir, let's have them named "Enemy Combatants". We can have them on a one-way flight to Gitmo faster than you can say "Four more years!"
This is about providing the ILLUSION that we are "safer" now because we are "taking these steps".
This is what Bruce Schnier refers to as "Security Theater"; that is to say, things which while they look impressive do little to nothing to actually improve security.
Consider the "in depth" searches. In most airports, those folks who are randomly selected have a mark placed on their boarding pass. Kind of defeats the purpose of randomly searching folks if they know they're going to be searched, no?
What I really wish for is an offline protection plan that can crack skulls in case of an online purchase fraud.
There is.. They're usually referred to as "gentlemen" or "associates".
According to the article, it's ovonic media. If you're using cow protein globules, wouldn't that be bovinic media??
I don't have the transcript handy, but he spoke of using PGP, being asked for his passphrase to access his private key, and telling them to get bent. As the US has no analogue to the UK's RIP act which compels people to hand over encryption keys or face jail time, he (rightfully) invoked his fiftn amenement powers.
Assuming you use a strong passphrase, PGP is fantastically secure. Make sure there's no hardware/software keystroke loggers though, or you may end up like Nicky Scarfo.
If this is wireless I can see someone stealing one of these little suckers, getting the encryption code, and getting access to tons of info they shouldn't have.
Actually, this is one I can speak intelligently to. The device is BUILT from the ground up to be secure. I work for a large US bank. We implemented the BES, or blackberry enterprise server, approx. eight months ago. We now have 500 of these devices deployed. They are triple-des encrypted back to the bes in our data center, they are wipable OTA, they wipe themselves after 10 bad passwords, they have the ability to implement strong passwords, they (can be forced to) lock when placed into the holster, they can be limited only to pre-installed applications and transports, TLS and S/MIME can be terminated on the device or the bes/mds, and a whole raft of other security considerations.
In short, I'm much more worried about the application they access than I am the device and the transport it uses.
Even though the HTML version is coming through so damned slow, you've got to give the guy who's responsible for the smoking crater that used to be a web server props for posting the alternate link.
Privacy.net was made for this very purpose. Using the me@privacy.net address on registrations guarantees no human will ever see an email sent to the address. Upon sending an email to the address, they'll receive an autoresponse back saying, among other things, that "The person who provided you with this e-mail address did not perceive value in receiving your e-mail and/or did not want to provide you with their identity."
Any woman who would wear a string bikini where there are drunk and horny guys likely wouldn't need a credit card to buy drinks.
Can you imagine what you'd have to go through to get scanned if you shoved your RFID tag up your ass?
RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America. They're a trade association that lobbies on behalf of the member organizations, namely the recording industry.
ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. ASCAP collects on public performances.
BMI is Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI collects royalties for broadcast music.
ASCAP and BMI collect royalties for artists. RIAA pushes the recording industry agenda.
This would be akin to BMI licensing music to Napster. Nice, but because in the US, the studio often retains such rights, not likely to happen here.
How many Libraries of Congress per second is it?
You probably meant Phone Losers of America.
Hilary Rosen used to be the Recording Industry Ass Head but now Mitch Bainwol is the Recording Industry Ass Head.
Why limit yourself to Br4d or J4n37? You could go with Fr4nk-N-Fur73r (hoping that he acheives a doctorate some day), M4g3n74, C0lu/\/\b14, R0ky, or even 3dd13. Wait, scratch that, no one wants to be named for a greaser from the freezer.
Mike:
As privacy advocates, what can we do to impress the importance of privacy without coming off as tinfoil-hatted whack jobs?
An example was a presentation I prepared for co-workers a while back regarding grocery store "loyalty" cards. In it, even after detailing the California case of a store that in a slip and fall case in their store, tried to introduce the customer's purchases, tracked via a card, saying he may have been drunk at the time because of frequent alcohol purchases. Afterwards, I was hit with several questions about being paranoid. I used the standard "this is why we have envelopes and blinds instead of postcards and open windows" argument, and while most seemed to understand, some were obviously unimpressed. What can we do to convince people of the need for privacy without being over the top?
Just remember the rechristened DCS-1000's former name, Carnivore.
Funny.. I thought he was comparing Apples to PC's, not apples to oranges.
Some people are loath to buy more expensive word processors when they have one that already works
Dayum, the way you make it sound, my company should still be using C64's instead of those poor old PC's running OS/2 or simple mainframe terminals.
There is a 3270 emulator available for the C64, right?
Perhaps we should be noble and shut down Hollywood so that local film industry jobs around the world can flourish?
As long as we're shutting down Hollywood, can we get the major music companies shut down too?
I wonder if this'd be something sociologists would like to watch...?
Or the Department of Homeland Security...
It is not, however, blocking the patirot act reproductions at this time.
As I understand, this code is actually actively encouraging the reproduction of the PATRIOT Act by allowing reproductions with updated version numbers to be copied at will.
Oh for the love of... Really, we didn't need to hear this.
According to an NPR report this morning, they played the theme from Rawhide (Rollin' rollin' rollin'...) as they sent instructions for the rover to leave the platform.
I tell you what, those rocket scientists have one seriously inverted sense of humor sometimes.
With all the added power requirements, maybe another jacket should be added to the server farm?
such as the crew maybe?
I was told, second-hand, the story of a NASA contractor who was in a meeting with some NASA engineers. As all geeks should know, hard drives require air pressure to work (floating heads and all that). When the subject of a loss of air pressure on the ISS came up, one of the NASA engineers started talking about how all the experimental data would be lost because the HD's would fail. It wasn't until the contractor said "Uhhh, what about the crew?" that they had even entered folks' minds about being similarly sensitive to a loss of air pressure.