An evil exit node still can't tell who *I* am, they can just monitor the content. SSL is just as effective over Tor as it is elsewhere, as long as you check your certificates (or trust an authority)
Since cellphone jammers are illegal, I, for one, rather like the idea of morons carrying them around. I'm just waiting for someone to get charged with manslaughter after they jam a call to a doctor.
As an owner of a TV-B-Gone, I can tell you that it's about 50/50 whether it can turn TVs on or not. Some TVs have separate "on" and "off" signals, some have only a "power" toggle.
(How many of your remotes have on/off buttons? How many have just a "power" toggle? -- Some TVs have the capability to receive signals not explicitly programmed into remotes, but not all)
That being said, TV-B-Gone has a semi-critical design flaw, the full cycle takes 2-3 minutes to finish, and you can't restart it. This means if you want to turn off several TVs (or if you "miss" the first shot) you end up waiting before you can try again.
All that being said, I should mention I bought a pre-release model, maybe the device has been improved.
(And no, I have never used it in public -- I bought it with the intention of being able to turn off the kids' TVs at home without having to walk through the crap all over the floor)
That's only useful if you don't need control. While many displays will be located in arm's reach, a substantial portion are placed higher then most humans can reach, in which case some form of remote control is needed.
Ahh, but as I understand it, they can USE that information to find other evidence and introduce that evidence, they just can't use your statement directly.
This is quite different, whereas prior, if the police questioned without a Miranda warning, anything you said could not be used against you, including in an investigation, unless the police could demonstrate that they'd have independently found that same evidence.
Store 10 DVD discs to store the original uncompressed movie. Or 100. As long as we're talking about a format that doesn't degrade, the number of discs isn't particularly relevant.
I suppose they could ask you to leave the airport (private property and all that) but I don't see how you could be arrested for that. Of course they probably would anyway but I'd love to see them make the charges stick. Try it. I dare ya.
Rerip... Or just reencode (no, this won't be as great quality as a rerip -- Unless the original rip was excessively low quality, odds are good it won't be too painful) for the MP3 player.
Heck, get an iPod and the sound reproduction won't be that great anyway, you won't even notice the reencoding.
The key is to renew *before* expiry -- There is only one expiry date associated with your account based on when you most recently added minutes, but when you hit it, your balance drops to zero.
The trick is this: Don't wait until the last day, you're paying less then $0.03/day, splurge, blow the 19 cents, (maybe skip one payphone call?) do it a week early.
It's great for an infrequently heavy user -- Or myself, a frequent visitor to the US, I can blow through a few hundred minutes in a week, but on in-the-office trips I live on VoIP -- I never know how a trip will go until I've already arrived though.
The best part, once you pay the $100 once, you can pay $10/year after that to maintain your service and add a small number of minutes -- So for a low volume, or "semi-emergency" (but not 911 emergency) user, your cost is literally $10/year, or under $0.85/month, on an ongoing basis.
Potentially, although with the printers being between relatively cheap and free, a smart thief would replace the printer often enough to avoid it being a huge problem.
What is with the morons that keep deciding to laminate identification?
Admittedly I have not seen one of the ones you are describing, but in general, anything laminated is substantially easier to screw around with, since it gives you a layer to work with if you're inserting a new photo into an otherwise legitimate ID.
So the police know that a document was printed on printer with serial number 123456789. As a non-moronic counterfeiter, I will simply fail to register my printer with HP's support team when I buy it, thereby thwarting their attempts to look up my name, address, phone number, DOB and sperm sample in HP's marketing database.
Now sure, if I also print up lost cat fliers and one of them gets analyzed somehow, I might get caught, but assuming I am making any real money on counterfeiting, I'll get the free colour laserjet from Costco (Not free, but it comes with toner valued at 100% of the purchase price -- Costco HP Laserjets come with full toner cartridges) and not have to worry about a document I printed having anything uniquely identifying on it.
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Outlook/OE both support S/MIME and have since the mid-90s. PGP and other schemes are available too as third party add-ons.
The problem isn't the ease of use, even my grandmother can figure out S/MIME once someone sets it up. The problem is that nobody really cares.
An evil exit node still can't tell who *I* am, they can just monitor the content. SSL is just as effective over Tor as it is elsewhere, as long as you check your certificates (or trust an authority)
Presumption of guilt could be made automatic if the content of encrypted material is not made available.
Not constitutional, but then, many things aren't.
Since cellphone jammers are illegal, I, for one, rather like the idea of morons carrying them around. I'm just waiting for someone to get charged with manslaughter after they jam a call to a doctor.
It took you 10 minutes to explain it, and he's the dumb one?
As an owner of a TV-B-Gone, I can tell you that it's about 50/50 whether it can turn TVs on or not. Some TVs have separate "on" and "off" signals, some have only a "power" toggle.
(How many of your remotes have on/off buttons? How many have just a "power" toggle? -- Some TVs have the capability to receive signals not explicitly programmed into remotes, but not all)
That being said, TV-B-Gone has a semi-critical design flaw, the full cycle takes 2-3 minutes to finish, and you can't restart it. This means if you want to turn off several TVs (or if you "miss" the first shot) you end up waiting before you can try again.
All that being said, I should mention I bought a pre-release model, maybe the device has been improved.
(And no, I have never used it in public -- I bought it with the intention of being able to turn off the kids' TVs at home without having to walk through the crap all over the floor)
That's only useful if you don't need control. While many displays will be located in arm's reach, a substantial portion are placed higher then most humans can reach, in which case some form of remote control is needed.
Ahh, but as I understand it, they can USE that information to find other evidence and introduce that evidence, they just can't use your statement directly.
This is quite different, whereas prior, if the police questioned without a Miranda warning, anything you said could not be used against you, including in an investigation, unless the police could demonstrate that they'd have independently found that same evidence.
So what?
Store 10 DVD discs to store the original uncompressed movie. Or 100. As long as we're talking about a format that doesn't degrade, the number of discs isn't particularly relevant.
And what exactly is wrong with taking Dog for a walk?
Rerip... Or just reencode (no, this won't be as great quality as a rerip -- Unless the original rip was excessively low quality, odds are good it won't be too painful) for the MP3 player.
Heck, get an iPod and the sound reproduction won't be that great anyway, you won't even notice the reencoding.
The key is to renew *before* expiry -- There is only one expiry date associated with your account based on when you most recently added minutes, but when you hit it, your balance drops to zero.
The trick is this: Don't wait until the last day, you're paying less then $0.03/day, splurge, blow the 19 cents, (maybe skip one payphone call?) do it a week early.
It's great for an infrequently heavy user -- Or myself, a frequent visitor to the US, I can blow through a few hundred minutes in a week, but on in-the-office trips I live on VoIP -- I never know how a trip will go until I've already arrived though.
Yes -- However, when you add a $10 card, it extends your expiry date for another year.
T-Mobile has a chart of options here -- Note the "Gold rewards" section, your expiration for all cards is one year once you reach gold status.
To reach gold status, you just add $100 once (the initial prepayment, to get the "$100 for the first year" part working)
Plus the initial 1000 minutes...
The best part, once you pay the $100 once, you can pay $10/year after that to maintain your service and add a small number of minutes -- So for a low volume, or "semi-emergency" (but not 911 emergency) user, your cost is literally $10/year, or under $0.85/month, on an ongoing basis.
I've lived in an apartment building without an externally accessible buzzer, so if you wanted me to let you in, phoning me was the only option.
I more or less didn't bother with people who didn't have cell phones, too much hassle.
Around here, theft in progress is considered an emergency.
The same is true while yourself or someone else is in hot pursuit (which continues more or less until you lose sight of the perpetrator)
Lawyer, no. 911 is the correct phone number to start with, lawyer is for later.
Why not just not shop at Best Buy?
Potentially, although with the printers being between relatively cheap and free, a smart thief would replace the printer often enough to avoid it being a huge problem.
I know, I know... Smart thief?
What is with the morons that keep deciding to laminate identification?
Admittedly I have not seen one of the ones you are describing, but in general, anything laminated is substantially easier to screw around with, since it gives you a layer to work with if you're inserting a new photo into an otherwise legitimate ID.
I'm having trouble being scared here.
So the police know that a document was printed on printer with serial number 123456789. As a non-moronic counterfeiter, I will simply fail to register my printer with HP's support team when I buy it, thereby thwarting their attempts to look up my name, address, phone number, DOB and sperm sample in HP's marketing database.
Now sure, if I also print up lost cat fliers and one of them gets analyzed somehow, I might get caught, but assuming I am making any real money on counterfeiting, I'll get the free colour laserjet from Costco (Not free, but it comes with toner valued at 100% of the purchase price -- Costco HP Laserjets come with full toner cartridges) and not have to worry about a document I printed having anything uniquely identifying on it.
And the printer?
Personally, I haven't a clue what my sign is, and I'd likely consider anyone asking that to be too stupid to be worth my time answering.