You own information you created, end of story. If i don't own my personal address book, then no one has the right to own any IP. I'm guessing no one wants to open THAT can o worms?
That has got to be one of the stupidest things i've heard for a while.
They are NOTHING like people speculating on the stockmarket because the spammers out right LIE and commit fraud to get them to buy the stock.
what you are basicly trying to assert is that all the responsibility about stock sales is on the buyer which is just bullshit. the seller MUST disclose risks and other various details about the company and it's future, and they must do so honestly and accurately.
they are vicimts of fraud, end of story.
And how the fuck can you suggest it's a good idea to let these bastards keep ripping off people? it will only help fund more spam.
No, they don't deserve to get screwed. many people don't understand that email is not a form of offical communication and that it's not trust worthy.
furthur more everytime someone gets ripped off by a spammer it help finance more fucking spam in MY mailbox, so it's in everyones interest to put these bastards in a federal pound me in the ass prison.
I can't see how anyone could seriously think this suit could win.
even though the ipod is a retarded crippled heap of junk and itunes DRM is evil, there's nothing forcing you to buy it, there's plenty of other choices out there.
add to this the fact they are expecting apple to pay a license fee to put WMA on the ipod, and you get the picture of the suit bringers idiocy.
I think this stems from one of these morons who files nucance suits thinking itunes is some kind of defato standard.
"* Movement towards electronic medical records but no opt-in protections as yet
* De-identified medical data has been approved by the privacy commissioner for sale to pharmaceutical companies, despite protests
Not a huge issue, obviously the data was made anonymous but still medical records are a very personal thing. I wouldn't want mine released to anyone but a doctor treating me no matter what anonymity was given.
* Expanded financial surveillance and secret reporting
* DNA collection only for serious crimes at the moment
These seem like legitamate police controls, but it's still a clear privacy violation.
* Made preliminary steps to secure passports in 2006
* New government promised to abandon ID card plans; the office of access card has been closed but senior staff have moved to other department hinting at possible proposals to emerge
Well that is a stretch, of course public servants get shuffled around when their department is abolished. It was damn close to being implemented though, and if it was I'm sure we would achieve the highest score on this chart.
* Document verification service for use by public and private sector is being implemented despite lack of privacy considerations
* Abusive case of visa revocation of individual related to suspects in UK anti-terrorism case
It was a sorry day when we treated a relative of a suspect as a criminal. If my cousin in another country does something stupid, I don't want to be the one to pay the price."
the vast majority of those points have either no privacy value or are totally resonible.
the government is NOT selling your medical records to anyone, they are selling medical data, there is a very pointed difference in that without your name on it, the data isn't "you". electronic medical records have been the norm for a decade, that's a total none event.
DNA collection for major crimes, omg wow welcome to 20th century technology. How this even made your list i don't know, as you state yourself it's a perfectly valid use of police power, and i would also note that at no point has your DNA been ruled private. so it's not a privacy issue.
document verification, again how is this a privacy issue? if anything it makes things more private since if the document isn't verified as belonging to you, you don't get to see it and it helps keep everyone honest.
the Dr hassen incident, the cops had good reason to detain him. you try and mislead everyone claiming he was only detained for being related to one of the london car bomber, but the facts are he was in communication with the bomber and some of it was very suspicous.
your list seems long, but it's very unimpressive tackling non issues or making outright fake assertions.
Um never, because the ACMA only applies to things published in australia as you just said yourself.
yes i agree this filtering is a retarded expensive waste of time, typical of everything you can expect from a labor government, but it is NOT anywhere near as bad as a federal ID card with your life on it.
the free internet filtering is NOT MANDATORY. you have to ask for it when you sign up with your ISP.
compared to a federal id card with biometeric data on it i'd say we are more then better off this week. i suggest you learn to read more then the slpashy headlines.
I can only speak from experience as an australian resident and tell you giving australia the 2nd worst rating is a load of bullshit and to me calls the whole thing into question.
I'm not buying into it, it looks like another "lets bash big companies" list. how is this related to big companys you say? take another look at the list, and you'll see all the countries singled out are where operations for large corporates are.
Take australia where i live for example. We have many many privacy safeguards and acts, which mean anyone seeking private information requires your signature, or they simply won't get it. I've never seen anything that would lead me to believe as long as i took REASONABLE precautions, my private data is not safe.
to qualify my statements, i used to work in the medical field where privacy is a huge issue.
I'd strongly advise against the vacation idea. airlines have other ways to quickly check your ticket other then the barcode, and you'll find attempting to board a plane via fruadulent means carries pound me in the ass federal prison time
well it's not opt out so they won't be compiling a list of people without it, I would have more concerns if i had to ask to have it turned off when i signed up for an isp.
My only problem is why should i be paying for people to filter their content. there are plantey of software packages out there to do this already, why waste my taxers dollar providing it?
If it's not forced on me i don't care. frankly I don't trust the government with an internet filter i can't turn off. i'm sure there are lots of people with kids who would like this, so it has a valid use.
enterprise like this is the ONLY thing that break the poverty cycle. people buy cars, which need to be built and serviced. this offers a million oppertunities for someone in poverty to get a job and raise their living standards.
until you people understand this, you will continue to doom the 3rd world with your kindness.
for a start, screw the environment, people are more important. your talking about india here it's smog filled already anyway, brand new cars will improve things if anything. these things look like they have the motor out of a vespa anyway.
" Real identity theft would be taking over someone's identity -snip retarded quote- so that the rightful owner can no longer utilize it"
way to contridict yourself in one sentence dumbass. once an identity thief gets his hands on your details, he will run debts and bring all kinds of grief to your name so that using it again is impossible. it'd be easier to change your name and start again then go through the court system attempting to prove each infraction wasn't you.
are you kidding me, on the one hand you say your a slave to debt and on the other you don't think it will effect you?
If the financial market goes to shit who are you going to borrow money off to sustain that debt? what if the banks call in all your loans (as they are entitled to do) would you be able to pay them all out tomorrow?
more importantly, is someone stole your identify and racked up $10k in debts in your name, how would you feel about it? you'd be pretty stressed i imagine, so don't kid yourslef into thinking this can't affect you.
One big issue i see in this and other problems in todays society, is there is too much focus on how was spent on a problem and not what was actually done.
it's all very well to say spending has increased, but what was actually DONE about the problem? Simple and cheap solutions are often the best.
for example, my bank sends me an sms with a code to complete all online transfers to new billers, rendering fishing useless. the only way to change the mobile number is to answer 2 very personal security questions, and even then the system alerts me of the change.
I think the next step forward for CC's is one time numbers and photo ID on the card itself. shouldn't be very hard, have it operate just like login tokens do now and require the code for online transactions, and when swiping the pyhsical card the photo is looked at to id that it belong to the right person.
Slashdot Mirror
nice job otherwise genius.
You own information you created, end of story. If i don't own my personal address book, then no one has the right to own any IP. I'm guessing no one wants to open THAT can o worms?
They are NOTHING like people speculating on the stockmarket because the spammers out right LIE and commit fraud to get them to buy the stock.
what you are basicly trying to assert is that all the responsibility about stock sales is on the buyer which is just bullshit. the seller MUST disclose risks and other various details about the company and it's future, and they must do so honestly and accurately.
they are vicimts of fraud, end of story.
And how the fuck can you suggest it's a good idea to let these bastards keep ripping off people? it will only help fund more spam.
furthur more everytime someone gets ripped off by a spammer it help finance more fucking spam in MY mailbox, so it's in everyones interest to put these bastards in a federal pound me in the ass prison.
They are forced to bid low and over charge later, if they don't some other company will do it and they will lose out.
even though the ipod is a retarded crippled heap of junk and itunes DRM is evil, there's nothing forcing you to buy it, there's plenty of other choices out there.
add to this the fact they are expecting apple to pay a license fee to put WMA on the ipod, and you get the picture of the suit bringers idiocy.
I think this stems from one of these morons who files nucance suits thinking itunes is some kind of defato standard.
light,clouds and smog obscure so much of the sky if you ever left your little suburban island you would be amazed at what the sky looks like.
sheeple? your lisp is cute.
Nigeria, the land of scammers and con artists. no wonder thier country is in the state it's in.
the government is NOT selling your medical records to anyone, they are selling medical data, there is a very pointed difference in that without your name on it, the data isn't "you". electronic medical records have been the norm for a decade, that's a total none event.
DNA collection for major crimes, omg wow welcome to 20th century technology. How this even made your list i don't know, as you state yourself it's a perfectly valid use of police power, and i would also note that at no point has your DNA been ruled private. so it's not a privacy issue.
document verification, again how is this a privacy issue? if anything it makes things more private since if the document isn't verified as belonging to you, you don't get to see it and it helps keep everyone honest.
the Dr hassen incident, the cops had good reason to detain him. you try and mislead everyone claiming he was only detained for being related to one of the london car bomber, but the facts are he was in communication with the bomber and some of it was very suspicous.
your list seems long, but it's very unimpressive tackling non issues or making outright fake assertions.
yes i agree this filtering is a retarded expensive waste of time, typical of everything you can expect from a labor government, but it is NOT anywhere near as bad as a federal ID card with your life on it.
compared to a federal id card with biometeric data on it i'd say we are more then better off this week. i suggest you learn to read more then the slpashy headlines.
I can only speak from experience as an australian resident and tell you giving australia the 2nd worst rating is a load of bullshit and to me calls the whole thing into question.
Take australia where i live for example. We have many many privacy safeguards and acts, which mean anyone seeking private information requires your signature, or they simply won't get it. I've never seen anything that would lead me to believe as long as i took REASONABLE precautions, my private data is not safe.
to qualify my statements, i used to work in the medical field where privacy is a huge issue.
I'd strongly advise against the vacation idea. airlines have other ways to quickly check your ticket other then the barcode, and you'll find attempting to board a plane via fruadulent means carries pound me in the ass federal prison time
My only problem is why should i be paying for people to filter their content. there are plantey of software packages out there to do this already, why waste my taxers dollar providing it?
If it's not forced on me i don't care. frankly I don't trust the government with an internet filter i can't turn off. i'm sure there are lots of people with kids who would like this, so it has a valid use.
until you people understand this, you will continue to doom the 3rd world with your kindness.
Then i demand you sell your car and computer right now, or shut the hell up.
why exactly are tree's and furry animals more important then people, none of which live in the cities these cars will be driven in?
for a start, screw the environment, people are more important. your talking about india here it's smog filled already anyway, brand new cars will improve things if anything. these things look like they have the motor out of a vespa anyway.
way to contridict yourself in one sentence dumbass. once an identity thief gets his hands on your details, he will run debts and bring all kinds of grief to your name so that using it again is impossible. it'd be easier to change your name and start again then go through the court system attempting to prove each infraction wasn't you.
If the financial market goes to shit who are you going to borrow money off to sustain that debt? what if the banks call in all your loans (as they are entitled to do) would you be able to pay them all out tomorrow?
more importantly, is someone stole your identify and racked up $10k in debts in your name, how would you feel about it? you'd be pretty stressed i imagine, so don't kid yourslef into thinking this can't affect you.
it's all very well to say spending has increased, but what was actually DONE about the problem? Simple and cheap solutions are often the best.
for example, my bank sends me an sms with a code to complete all online transfers to new billers, rendering fishing useless. the only way to change the mobile number is to answer 2 very personal security questions, and even then the system alerts me of the change.
I think the next step forward for CC's is one time numbers and photo ID on the card itself. shouldn't be very hard, have it operate just like login tokens do now and require the code for online transactions, and when swiping the pyhsical card the photo is looked at to id that it belong to the right person.
if it's clear the item you are selling someone is going to hurt them or others, you should be held liable.
however, this has to be decided case by case, which the GP isn't doing. Did IBM know the nazi's would try exterminate the jews? I doubt it very much.