All tech I look at now I'm finally asking "So... what data does that give you access to?"
Bud, you're definitely not alone.
Large corporations will conduct due diligence before committing to a course of action. I'm glad some of this mindset is starting to pervade ordinary consumers. (Though still a very small percentage of consumers.)
At least the median income in Australia is still A$66,820*
Were you implying that $66k is high? If so, what good is a high median income when life is ridiculously expensive? Australia is one of the most expensive friggin countries in which to live.
Have you not read any of the many articles on this subject? Here are 2:
Polly's viciously contest the coveted top spot on the ballot... Fortunately the order on most ballot papers in Oz are randomly selected.
Correct Our "representatives" don't actually get a say in their ballot position.
Aussies in general are reluctant to get involved in their own governance.
Historically yes, particularly when compared to how politically active citizens are in other countries. In some European & South American countries, you KNOW when an election is around the corner; mass rallies, demonstrations, strikes, etc.
However I believe this is very gradually changing in Australia, in part due to technology. For example just as negative Twitter comments sometimes force large companies to actually sit-up and pay attention to unhappy customers, the same tools are being used to force the hands of politicians. I've personally had some small success in this area.
Having said that, I don't know the veracity of the following statement, but I keep hearing that politicians will pay more attention to hand-written letters than they do to electronic communications.
in 2013 it is much worse than 1776 and yet the west hasn't done anything about it
Yet. You forgot to append 'yet'.
There are rumblings in the West, which will soon turn into the roars of the Arab Spring.
Just observe the abundance of postings here on/., on Twitter, Facebook. Weak at the moment, but it's just the start. Ranters can coalesce into action groups which, if they attain critical mass, can force the hands of politicians.
In Australia, the Greens (who traditionally support online freedoms) have steadily gained seats over the past 10 years. I expect this to continue, albeit at the same snail's pace. A good number of policies of the current Australian government were borne out of the necessity of Labor to acquire and retain the support of the Greens.
Is it appropriate to report half a year's worth of data?
Facebook said Friday it had received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data... during the second half of last year
Though not unheard of, six months is an uncommon period to report; isn't the general expectation that they would report a full year's worth? Of course that would result in the requests being approximately doubled. My concern would be people will remember the amount as "9,000 and 10,000 requests per year".
This reminds me of politicians who also skew the time period to make dollar amounts appear larger or smaller. To make dollar amounts appear larger, they increase the time period ("we're investing $4 billion over ten years"). An innovative approach recently used by Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to convince Australians that politicians were only awarding themselves a tiny increase in public money was to use the following: the increase is only a dollar per vote per year.
I suspect the choice of "six months" was a deliberate attempt to skew the perception of the requests.
100% agree. And it's quite possible that these minor parties can grow over time. There are plenty of countries that have 95% of the vote split fairly evenly across 3 or even 4 parties.
What's sad is disenfranchised voters who have given-up, thus perpetuating the status quo.
Nevertheless I'm forever doing my bit at home / work / play, encouraging people to vote differently.
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cracking passwords, even salted one, is ridiculously easy
Not necessarily true.
If the user has used a very common password, then it's likely.
However if it's an uncommon password that's hashed using something like bcrypt with a decent number of rounds, then it's far from "ridiculously easy".
All tech I look at now I'm finally asking "So... what data does that give you access to?"
Bud, you're definitely not alone.
Large corporations will conduct due diligence before committing to a course of action.
I'm glad some of this mindset is starting to pervade ordinary consumers. (Though still a very small percentage of consumers.)
That would be the glass-is-half-empty perspective.
To continue a simplistic discussion, the glass-is-half-full perspective:
- recruit him into aggressive sports
- recruit him into the armed forces
Did you mean "type-a's" or did you mean "alpha's" ?
I don't know that politics and corporate boardrooms are places where one would usually find type-a personalities.
Wouldn't that be engineering roles?
However I do think politics and boardrooms are overflowing with alpha's.
hmm... July 4th might be a good day to declare you're going to do such a thing.
a constitution that can be changed by the president when he feels like it is not worth the paper used to wipe the asses of the people that wrote it.
In that case, July 4th might not be a good day to make such a declaration.
And you sir, or no elephant.
I'm not sure how to read that. Parentheses! I need parentheses!
Ouch !!!
Though we also get screwed here in Australia.
The FBI had an internal data corruption, and paid this guy $5,000 to help them restore from "off-site back-up"
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!
Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!
Wooooooooooooooooooot !!!
Now I'm doing a one-man conga dance, with imaginary maracas.
At least the median income in Australia is still A$66,820*
Were you implying that $66k is high?
If so, what good is a high median income when life is ridiculously expensive? Australia is one of the most expensive friggin countries in which to live.
Have you not read any of the many articles on this subject? Here are 2:
The Economist
SMH
Polly's viciously contest the coveted top spot on the ballot ... Fortunately the order on most ballot papers in Oz are randomly selected.
Correct Our "representatives" don't actually get a say in their ballot position.
Aussies in general are reluctant to get involved in their own governance.
Historically yes, particularly when compared to how politically active citizens are in other countries. In some European & South American countries, you KNOW when an election is around the corner; mass rallies, demonstrations, strikes, etc.
However I believe this is very gradually changing in Australia, in part due to technology. For example just as negative Twitter comments sometimes force large companies to actually sit-up and pay attention to unhappy customers, the same tools are being used to force the hands of politicians. I've personally had some small success in this area.
Having said that, I don't know the veracity of the following statement, but I keep hearing that politicians will pay more attention to hand-written letters than they do to electronic communications.
Fare is what you should have paid to be in the bus instead of under it.
in 2013 it is much worse than 1776 and yet the west hasn't done anything about it
Yet. You forgot to append 'yet'.
There are rumblings in the West, which will soon turn into the roars of the Arab Spring.
Just observe the abundance of postings here on /., on Twitter, Facebook. Weak at the moment, but it's just the start. Ranters can coalesce into action groups which, if they attain critical mass, can force the hands of politicians.
In Australia, the Greens (who traditionally support online freedoms) have steadily gained seats over the past 10 years. I expect this to continue, albeit at the same snail's pace. A good number of policies of the current Australian government were borne out of the necessity of Labor to acquire and retain the support of the Greens.
Such a shame you don't know more history. All tyrannical regimes can be brought down.
Might take 50 years. Might take 200.
Don't ever lose hope.
Yes, but it's not Facebook
Don't fret -- at the very least the contents of our minds are sacrosanct and cannot be forced out.
Oh, wait
Better yet:
if we place the entire country on house arrest, crime rates will plummet. Motor vehicle fatalities will also plummet.
I don't think GP has heard the expression "throwing the baby out with the bath water".
But you wouldn't know that until you stopped the person and asked ...
Ahh, I see what you did there. The sad thing is it would probably work in court.
Lucky thing.
The right to silence was recently weakened in NSW, Australia.
Thank you, Premier Barry O'Farrell.
+1 Cheeky bugger
Opportunity to exploit and expand powers detected. Processing _
And don't show teeth - - it's a sign of aggression.
Nice post, parent ;-)
Nice that you got away with it :-) I try to do that too.
I also suggest opening one's mouth a little while keeping the lips closed (thus giving the effect of elongating the head). Hey, it all helps.
Any other tips are welcome!
Is it appropriate to report half a year's worth of data?
Though not unheard of, six months is an uncommon period to report; isn't the general expectation that they would report a full year's worth? Of course that would result in the requests being approximately doubled. My concern would be people will remember the amount as "9,000 and 10,000 requests per year".
This reminds me of politicians who also skew the time period to make dollar amounts appear larger or smaller.
To make dollar amounts appear larger, they increase the time period ("we're investing $4 billion over ten years").
An innovative approach recently used by Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to convince Australians that politicians were only awarding themselves a tiny increase in public money was to use the following: the increase is only a dollar per vote per year.
I suspect the choice of "six months" was a deliberate attempt to skew the perception of the requests.
100% agree. And it's quite possible that these minor parties can grow over time.
There are plenty of countries that have 95% of the vote split fairly evenly across 3 or even 4 parties.
What's sad is disenfranchised voters who have given-up, thus perpetuating the status quo.
Nevertheless I'm forever doing my bit at home / work / play, encouraging people to vote differently.