We can debate about extreme circumstances in which extreme measures might be used to extract information from a terrorist or whatever, but false confessions are lose/lose. No one but the career of the prosecutor/DA benefits from a false confession
So it's not a lose/lose. Further, the benefits of forcing false confessions can accrue much higher up, as the State itself prefers to be seen as able to protect its citizens.
I understand why real cops wouldn't want to retrieve phones. It would be easy to spot,
GPS can only really get you an address. It just isn't all that precise So how do you search a 20 story apartment building for a stolen phone, without any specialized equipment?
The [British Recorded Music Industry] say that an [National Fraud Intelligence Bureau] officer was previously embedded with their anti-piracy unit.
âoeThis appointment is the first secondment by NFIB into private industry, enabling City of London Police to develop a greater understanding of the illegal distribution and sale of music online by organised crime gangs,â the music group reveals.
They seem to be equating torrent sites with organized crime.
For some reason I'm skeptical of that categorization.
But, once anyone creates something that sells, the corporate 'buy out' crowd shows up (I'm looking at you Bill Gates!) and the CEOs take control.
Huh? Corporate structure is almost inevitably what happens when a company grows. The informal structure of small companies rarely scales up along with sales.
As a matter of fact, growing companies can die ugly deaths because they grow too fast. They literally implode under the weight of managing shipping, distributors, inventory, suppliers, and filling orders.
I might scoff at the shoe company Crocs, but they successfully went from selling 1,000 shoes to selling $1 billion worth of shoes. You can't do that without a corporate structure.
Then tell me, exactly how many millions of dollars has IBM or a similar company invested to design a computer that can beat the best human players at what 4Kings plays? Yeah, I thought so.
I imagine IBM & others have spent zero dollars because hackers and modders have already done the work for them. For a FPS bot, you don't even need a good AI, just situational awareness and pixel perfect aim.
"In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we've gone off in error by applying the 14th Amendment to both? Yes, yes. Sorry to tell you that."
That is Scalia interpreting the Constitution to suit his partisan beliefs. He's recently lost his mind over immigration, healthcare, and gay rights. (Arizona v. United States, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, and Lawrence v. Texas respectively)
Piers Morgan asks his guest to recount his most-contentious case:
"Well, I guess the one that created the most waves of disagreement was Bush v. Gore," says Scalia, referring to the famed United States Supreme Court decision dealing with the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. "That comes up all the time, and my usual response is 'get over it.'"
"No regrets at all especially since it's clear the thing would have ended up the same way anyway. The press did extensive research into what would have happened if it what al gore wanted done had been done county by county and he would have lost anyway."
Scalia agreed in the majority opinion that the 14th Amendment had been violated, but he didn't agree to the recount. He isn't nearly as strict of a Constitutionalist as he likes to pretend. It's not like any of this is a secret.
But the opportunity here is for an organization such as US-CERT, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, to offer reasonably significant rewards for vulnerability information to be used for defensive purposes. There are a large number of software vendors who donâ(TM)t pay for vulnerabilities, and many of them produce applications that are critical to the operation of utilities, financial systems and government networks.
Why should the government subsidize these businesses? I wouldn't have a problem with it if the program was revenue neutral, meaning the companies had to pay the government to essentially run a bug program for them.
Alternatively, instead of the carrot, how about the stick? Penalize companies that refuse to implement secure design/coding practices and penalize them separately if their hardware/software comes out insecure.
I should note an addendum to my comment about "this will probably get sorted out." There will be stratification in the market. By that I mean that you'll be able to sort out good producers from bad based on quality (and reputation - deserved or not), with price point being a proxy measure of that. People seeking reliability, and who are willing to pay for it, will know where they can go. Those who don't care if they get early failures, can shoulder the risk of early failures, or just can't afford better will likewise know where they can go.
You wouldn't want this state of affairs for your food supply, so why would you accept it for manufactured goods?
Unless or until we can figure out how to make sure that only the legitimate licensor is making the decisions and that those decisions reflect reality and the law, we should not have anything like an automated system.
Enforce that whole "under penalty of perjury" clause. That won't solve the problem, but it'll sure as shit remove any incentive for the **AAs to blast out mass notices with no human oversight.
I guess what I'm saying is: It's your parenting that's at fault, not the internet. No, really, it is, and I don't care what bullshit legal argument you care to make. If you have a crappy kid, it's very like to be a sign that you're a crappy parent. Deal with it, and stop ruining everyone else's lives with goverment regulation because you decided to breed but lacked the mental capacity to do any of the work that comes after your 15 seconds of joy.
Brocklebank said Noah's school gave her a bullying incident form to fill out, organized meetings between her son and his bullies, and asked the boys that were picking on him to sign contracts pledging to stop.
Still, she said, the harassment continued and she wanted authorities to do more. For example, Brocklebank said, Noah sat alone in the cafeteria for two months and often skipped lunch.
The situation came to a head when Noah, who only recently received his parents' permission to open an Instagram account, uploaded the pictures showing tiny cuts on his arm and a caption with his suicide threat on Jan. 26. He blocked his mother from seeing the post.
I realize you're still a girl in training, but sooner or later you're going to have to learn that the world isn't so nearly as black and white as you've made it out to be. Or maybe you'll write a letter to Noah and explain to him that his depression and isolation is all his parents' fault. Your choice.
As an American I'd rather the US be successful in its attacks and the "enemy" not.
As an American I'd rather the US not attack anyone and the "enemy" not attack us either.
The real scandal is that hardening the IT infrastructure around these utilities is easy, it just costs money. The first step is getting the SCADA industry to pull its head out of its ass and not sell anything that hasn't been aggressively vetted.
The government can create momentum for industry to design and build secure hardware interfaces. All that's required is a timeline for uptake and a regulatory structure that mandates it. Once these companies know that there will be a market for their product, they'll design and build it.
Finally, predicate the utilities' operating licenses on using secure command & control hardware + regular audits. Meaningful consequences can bring about meaningful results.
Iran Hacks Energy Firms, U.S. Says Oil-and-Gas, Power Companies' Control Systems Believed to Be Infiltrated; Fear of Sabotage Potential By SIOBHAN GORMAN and DANNY YADRON
WASHINGTON--Iranian-backed hackers have escalated a campaign of cyberassaults against U.S. corporations by launching infiltration and surveillance missions against the computer networks running energy companies, according to current and former U.S. officials.
In the latest operations, the Iranian hackers were able to gain access to control-system software that could allow them to manipulate oil or gas pipelines. They proceeded "far enough to worry people," one former official said.
The developments show that while Chinese hackers pose widespread intellectual-property-theft and espionage concerns, the Iranian assaults have emerged as far more worrisome because of their apparent hostile intent and potential for damage or sabotage.
U.S. officials consider this set of Iranian infiltrations to be more alarming than another continuing campaign, also believed to be backed by Tehran, that disrupts bank websites by "denial of service" strikes. Unlike those, the more recent campaigns actually have broken into computer systems to gain information on the controls running company operations and, through reconnaissance, acquired the means to disrupt or destroy them in the future, the U.S. officials said.
In response, U.S. officials warn that Iran is edging closer to provoking U.S. retaliation.
"This is representative of stepped-up cyber activity by the Iranian regime. The more they do this, the more our concerns grow," a U.S. official said. "What they have done so far has certainly been noticed, and they should be cautious."
The U.S. has previously launched its own cyberattacks against Iran. The Stuxnet worm, developed and launched by the U.S. and Israel, sabotaged an Iranian nuclear facility.
The latest campaign, which the U.S. believes has direct backing from the Iranian government, has focused on the control systems that run oil and gas companies and, more recently, power companies, current and former officials said. Control systems run the operations of critical infrastructure, regulating the flow of oil and gas or electricity, turning systems on and off, and controlling key functions.
In theory, manipulating the software could be used to delete important data or turn off key safety features such as the automatic lubrication of a generator, experts said.
Current and former U.S. officials wouldn't name the energy companies involved in the attacks. or say how many there were. But among the targets were oil and gas companies along the Canadian border, where many firms have operations, two former officials said.
The officials also wouldn't detail the precise nature of the evidence of Iranian involvement. But the U.S. has "technical evidence" directly linking the hacking of energy companies to Iran, one former U.S. official said.
Iranian officials deny any involvement in hacking. "Although Iran has been repeatedly the target of state-sponsored cyberattacks, attempting to target Iran's civilian nuclear facilities, power grids, oil terminals and other industrial sectors, Iran has not ever retaliated against those illegal cyberattacks," said Iran's spokesman at the United Nations, Alireza Miryousefi. "In the lack of international legal instruments to address cyberwarfare, Iran has been at the forefront of calling for creating such instruments. We categorically reject these baseless allegations used only to divert attentions."
So far, the infiltrations don't appear to have involved theft of data or disruption of operations. But officials worry the reconn
In the US, people do have the right to privacy and the right to due process.
Raub makes crazy posts The cops come for him. A psychotherapist interviews Raub in county jail and decides he's bonkers The psychotherapist (employed by the county) petitions Judge #1 for a temporary psychiatric hold The judge grants petition #1 Raub goes to a local hospital for 4 days Two social workers (employed by the county) evaluate Raub and petition for a civil commitment Judge #2 grants petition #2 and Raub is shipped off to another hospital.
7 days after the initial arrest, Raub's lawyer gets a hearing in front of a third Judge Judge #3 declares that petition #2 is "devoid of factual allegations" and sets Raub free. Does that sound like due process or the workings of an authoritarian state?
Due process doesn't prevent injustice, it's just supposed to correct it after the fact. If you want to prevent injustice, you'll have to create more regulations & oversight for the police.
That summary is a giant train wreck. Here's a less biased version.
"You may remember the story of Brandon Raub, a former Marine who was arrested for making threats on Facebook. After being questioned by the police, he was put on an involuntary psychiatric hold at local hospital John Randolph Psychiatric in Hopewell VA, then moved to Veterans Hospital in Salem, Virginia. Now with the help of the Rutherford Institute, he is suing Chesterfield County police, social workers, a psychotherapist, and other unnamed individuals . According to his complaint [PDF], his detention was part of a federal government program code-named 'Operation Vigilant Eagle,' which monitors military veterans with certain political views."
If Tim Cook goes to jail, that will cost the taxpayers more than $40k in direct expenses, and cost millions more by removing a smart and capable executive from productive activity.
If by productive activity, you mean "presiding over price fixing," then I'm perfectly okay with removing him from productive activity. There isn't nearly enough personal culpability for corporate criminals.
Without google-ing, name [arbitrary number] of major white collar cases in the last [arbitrary number of years]. You'd think with the massive financial destruction that's been ongoing since 2007, there would be a few highly notable jailings.
If the test "showed similar IQ results as a classic intelligence test", and the classic test is "biased", wouldn't that mean that this test is biased? Or would it have to mean that the classic test is *not* biased?
It's not a 100% correlation. I'm sure the difference will shed some light on how and who is biased against in the test.
Try leaving your taps open and soon the utility company will call you and ask you what you're doing.
Unless they installed one of those new wireless meters, your water utility usually just averages your usage and makes you pay based on a best guess.
Depending on where you live, the meter might only get read once a year. At that point, they'll adjust your billing if they over/undershot. And even then, the utility will spread out the difference over the next X billing cycles.
If someone proves that they can't handle a level of responsibility, then I can understand rights being taken away, but to punish everything, to take away abilities from everyone? I find it insulting, that I am automatically assumed to not be responsible off the bat.
If we replaced "gun owners" with "business owners" and "guns" with "dumping toxic waste," we wouldn't even be having this conversation. Maybe we should stop inspecting septic tanks and assume the owners will maintain their shit properly. Fuck it, how about we stop licensing drivers and assume they are responsible until they show us otherwise?
Alternatively, everyone is a "responsible gun owner"... right up until the point where they aren't. So instead of allowing society to bear the cost of an endless stream of documented irresponsibilities, maybe we should take some proactive steps to create a safer environment for all of us.
The crazy thing is that most gun owners disagree with you. Gun owners aren't the problem! The problem is the gun lobby, sponsored by gun manufacturers.
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There's an enormous difference between "no, we cannot tell you how many Americans" and "yes, but IP addresses aren't 100% accurate"
The lie is using weasel words to avoid admitting to Congress "yes" they had the capability to do what was being asked about.
We can debate about extreme circumstances in which extreme measures might be used to extract information from a terrorist or whatever, but false confessions are lose/lose. No one but the career of the prosecutor/DA benefits from a false confession
So it's not a lose/lose.
Further, the benefits of forcing false confessions can accrue much higher up, as the State itself prefers to be seen as able to protect its citizens.
I understand why real cops wouldn't want to retrieve phones. It would be easy to spot,
GPS can only really get you an address. It just isn't all that precise
So how do you search a 20 story apartment building for a stolen phone, without any specialized equipment?
[spoiler alert]You can't and don't[/spoiler]
If you want to avoid change, try the extended support release.
It's currently on v17: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
It gets security patches from the current version without any nags to upgrade.
The [British Recorded Music Industry] say that an [National Fraud Intelligence Bureau] officer was previously embedded with their anti-piracy unit.
âoeThis appointment is the first secondment by NFIB into private industry, enabling City of London Police to develop a greater understanding of the illegal distribution and sale of music online by organised crime gangs,â the music group reveals.
They seem to be equating torrent sites with organized crime.
For some reason I'm skeptical of that categorization.
Are magnet links a crime?
Are they only criminal if I have advertising alongside them?
But, once anyone creates something that sells, the corporate 'buy out' crowd shows up (I'm looking at you Bill Gates!) and the CEOs take control.
Huh?
Corporate structure is almost inevitably what happens when a company grows.
The informal structure of small companies rarely scales up along with sales.
As a matter of fact, growing companies can die ugly deaths because they grow too fast.
They literally implode under the weight of managing shipping, distributors, inventory, suppliers, and filling orders.
I might scoff at the shoe company Crocs, but they successfully went from selling 1,000 shoes to selling $1 billion worth of shoes.
You can't do that without a corporate structure.
Then tell me, exactly how many millions of dollars has IBM or a similar company invested to design a computer that can beat the best human players at what 4Kings plays? Yeah, I thought so.
I imagine IBM & others have spent zero dollars because hackers and modders have already done the work for them.
For a FPS bot, you don't even need a good AI, just situational awareness and pixel perfect aim.
"In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we've gone off in error by applying the 14th Amendment to both? Yes, yes. Sorry to tell you that."
That is Scalia interpreting the Constitution to suit his partisan beliefs.
He's recently lost his mind over immigration, healthcare, and gay rights.
(Arizona v. United States, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, and Lawrence v. Texas respectively)
Piers Morgan asks his guest to recount his most-contentious case:
"Well, I guess the one that created the most waves of disagreement was Bush v. Gore," says Scalia, referring to the famed United States Supreme Court decision dealing with the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. "That comes up all the time, and my usual response is 'get over it.'"
"No regrets at all especially since it's clear the thing would have ended up the same way anyway. The press did extensive research into what would have happened if it what al gore wanted done had been done county by county and he would have lost anyway."
Scalia agreed in the majority opinion that the 14th Amendment had been violated, but he didn't agree to the recount.
He isn't nearly as strict of a Constitutionalist as he likes to pretend.
It's not like any of this is a secret.
Don't expect much comprehension from Americans.
Turkey is an American ally, so American media is doing what it can to ignore the uprising.
Turkey probably wishes their protests were getting as much coverage as
Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Bahrain (is that all of 'em?) did.
In case anyone is wondering why the Turkish military hasn't removed the Prime Minister already
But the opportunity here is for an organization such as US-CERT, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, to offer reasonably significant rewards for vulnerability information to be used for defensive purposes. There are a large number of software vendors who donâ(TM)t pay for vulnerabilities, and many of them produce applications that are critical to the operation of utilities, financial systems and government networks.
Why should the government subsidize these businesses?
I wouldn't have a problem with it if the program was revenue neutral, meaning the companies had to pay the government to essentially run a bug program for them.
Alternatively, instead of the carrot, how about the stick?
Penalize companies that refuse to implement secure design/coding practices and penalize them separately if their hardware/software comes out insecure.
I should note an addendum to my comment about "this will probably get sorted out." There will be stratification in the market. By that I mean that you'll be able to sort out good producers from bad based on quality (and reputation - deserved or not), with price point being a proxy measure of that. People seeking reliability, and who are willing to pay for it, will know where they can go. Those who don't care if they get early failures, can shoulder the risk of early failures, or just can't afford better will likewise know where they can go.
You wouldn't want this state of affairs for your food supply, so why would you accept it for manufactured goods?
Unless or until we can figure out how to make sure that only the legitimate licensor is making the decisions and that those decisions reflect reality and the law, we should not have anything like an automated system.
Enforce that whole "under penalty of perjury" clause.
That won't solve the problem, but it'll sure as shit remove any incentive for the **AAs to blast out mass notices with no human oversight.
I guess what I'm saying is: It's your parenting that's at fault, not the internet. No, really, it is, and I don't care what bullshit legal argument you care to make. If you have a crappy kid, it's very like to be a sign that you're a crappy parent. Deal with it, and stop ruining everyone else's lives with goverment regulation because you decided to breed but lacked the mental capacity to do any of the work that comes after your 15 seconds of joy.
What a terribly shallow view to have.
Day of scheduled suicide: February 8th 2013, my birthday
Brocklebank said Noah's school gave her a bullying incident form to fill out, organized meetings between her son and his bullies, and asked the boys that were picking on him to sign contracts pledging to stop.
Still, she said, the harassment continued and she wanted authorities to do more. For example, Brocklebank said, Noah sat alone in the cafeteria for two months and often skipped lunch.
The situation came to a head when Noah, who only recently received his parents' permission to open an Instagram account, uploaded the pictures showing tiny cuts on his arm and a caption with his suicide threat on Jan. 26. He blocked his mother from seeing the post.
While her son was in the hospital on a psych hold,
she had this website created for him: http://lettersfornoah.com/about-noah.html
I realize you're still a girl in training, but sooner or later you're going to have to learn that the world isn't so nearly as black and white as you've made it out to be.
Or maybe you'll write a letter to Noah and explain to him that his depression and isolation is all his parents' fault.
Your choice.
As an American I'd rather the US be successful in its attacks and the "enemy" not.
As an American I'd rather the US not attack anyone and the "enemy" not attack us either.
The real scandal is that hardening the IT infrastructure around these utilities is easy, it just costs money.
The first step is getting the SCADA industry to pull its head out of its ass and not sell anything that hasn't been aggressively vetted.
The government can create momentum for industry to design and build secure hardware interfaces.
All that's required is a timeline for uptake and a regulatory structure that mandates it.
Once these companies know that there will be a market for their product, they'll design and build it.
Finally, predicate the utilities' operating licenses on using secure command & control hardware + regular audits.
Meaningful consequences can bring about meaningful results.
Google's Cache works 99% of the time:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323336104578501601108021968.html
Iran Hacks Energy Firms, U.S. Says
Oil-and-Gas, Power Companies' Control Systems Believed to Be Infiltrated; Fear of Sabotage Potential
By SIOBHAN GORMAN and DANNY YADRON
WASHINGTON--Iranian-backed hackers have escalated a campaign of cyberassaults against U.S. corporations by launching infiltration and surveillance missions against the computer networks running energy companies, according to current and former U.S. officials.
In the latest operations, the Iranian hackers were able to gain access to control-system software that could allow them to manipulate oil or gas pipelines. They proceeded "far enough to worry people," one former official said.
The developments show that while Chinese hackers pose widespread intellectual-property-theft and espionage concerns, the Iranian assaults have emerged as far more worrisome because of their apparent hostile intent and potential for damage or sabotage.
U.S. officials consider this set of Iranian infiltrations to be more alarming than another continuing campaign, also believed to be backed by Tehran, that disrupts bank websites by "denial of service" strikes. Unlike those, the more recent campaigns actually have broken into computer systems to gain information on the controls running company operations and, through reconnaissance, acquired the means to disrupt or destroy them in the future, the U.S. officials said.
In response, U.S. officials warn that Iran is edging closer to provoking U.S. retaliation.
"This is representative of stepped-up cyber activity by the Iranian regime. The more they do this, the more our concerns grow," a U.S. official said. "What they have done so far has certainly been noticed, and they should be cautious."
The U.S. has previously launched its own cyberattacks against Iran. The Stuxnet worm, developed and launched by the U.S. and Israel, sabotaged an Iranian nuclear facility.
The latest campaign, which the U.S. believes has direct backing from the Iranian government, has focused on the control systems that run oil and gas companies and, more recently, power companies, current and former officials said. Control systems run the operations of critical infrastructure, regulating the flow of oil and gas or electricity, turning systems on and off, and controlling key functions.
In theory, manipulating the software could be used to delete important data or turn off key safety features such as the automatic lubrication of a generator, experts said.
Current and former U.S. officials wouldn't name the energy companies involved in the attacks. or say how many there were. But among the targets were oil and gas companies along the Canadian border, where many firms have operations, two former officials said.
The officials also wouldn't detail the precise nature of the evidence of Iranian involvement. But the U.S. has "technical evidence" directly linking the hacking of energy companies to Iran, one former U.S. official said.
Iranian officials deny any involvement in hacking. "Although Iran has been repeatedly the target of state-sponsored cyberattacks, attempting to target Iran's civilian nuclear facilities, power grids, oil terminals and other industrial sectors, Iran has not ever retaliated against those illegal cyberattacks," said Iran's spokesman at the United Nations, Alireza Miryousefi. "In the lack of international legal instruments to address cyberwarfare, Iran has been at the forefront of calling for creating such instruments. We categorically reject these baseless allegations used only to divert attentions."
So far, the infiltrations don't appear to have involved theft of data or disruption of operations. But officials worry the reconn
In the US, people do have the right to privacy and the right to due process.
Raub makes crazy posts
The cops come for him.
A psychotherapist interviews Raub in county jail and decides he's bonkers
The psychotherapist (employed by the county) petitions Judge #1 for a temporary psychiatric hold
The judge grants petition #1
Raub goes to a local hospital for 4 days
Two social workers (employed by the county) evaluate Raub and petition for a civil commitment
Judge #2 grants petition #2 and Raub is shipped off to another hospital.
7 days after the initial arrest, Raub's lawyer gets a hearing in front of a third Judge
Judge #3 declares that petition #2 is "devoid of factual allegations" and sets Raub free.
Does that sound like due process or the workings of an authoritarian state?
Due process doesn't prevent injustice, it's just supposed to correct it after the fact.
If you want to prevent injustice, you'll have to create more regulations & oversight for the police.
That summary is a giant train wreck.
Here's a less biased version.
"You may remember the story of Brandon Raub, a former Marine who was arrested for making threats on Facebook. After being questioned by the police, he was put on an involuntary psychiatric hold at local hospital John Randolph Psychiatric in Hopewell VA, then moved to Veterans Hospital in Salem, Virginia. Now with the help of the Rutherford Institute, he is suing Chesterfield County police, social workers, a psychotherapist, and other unnamed individuals . According to his complaint [PDF], his detention was part of a federal government program code-named 'Operation Vigilant Eagle,' which monitors military veterans with certain political views."
Read his facebook wall yourself
I wish him luck with the "they were only song lyrics" defense.
If Tim Cook goes to jail, that will cost the taxpayers more than $40k in direct expenses, and cost millions more by removing a smart and capable executive from productive activity.
If by productive activity, you mean "presiding over price fixing," then I'm perfectly okay with removing him from productive activity.
There isn't nearly enough personal culpability for corporate criminals.
Without google-ing, name [arbitrary number] of major white collar cases in the last [arbitrary number of years].
You'd think with the massive financial destruction that's been ongoing since 2007, there would be a few highly notable jailings.
If the test "showed similar IQ results as a classic intelligence test", and the classic test is "biased", wouldn't that mean that this test is biased? Or would it have to mean that the classic test is *not* biased?
It's not a 100% correlation.
I'm sure the difference will shed some light on how and who is biased against in the test.
Try leaving your taps open and soon the utility company will call you and ask you what you're doing.
Unless they installed one of those new wireless meters, your water utility usually just averages your usage and makes you pay based on a best guess.
Depending on where you live, the meter might only get read once a year.
At that point, they'll adjust your billing if they over/undershot.
And even then, the utility will spread out the difference over the next X billing cycles.
Via calls their integrated Trusted Computing hardware "Padlock"
http://www.via.com.tw/en/downloads/whitepapers/initiatives/padlock/VIAPadLockSecurityEngine.pdf
CALEA II: Brought to you by Intel and AMD Trusted Computing Platforms.
Coming soon to an ARM chip near you.
If someone proves that they can't handle a level of responsibility, then I can understand rights being taken away, but to punish everything, to take away abilities from everyone? I find it insulting, that I am automatically assumed to not be responsible off the bat.
If we replaced "gun owners" with "business owners" and "guns" with "dumping toxic waste," we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
Maybe we should stop inspecting septic tanks and assume the owners will maintain their shit properly.
Fuck it, how about we stop licensing drivers and assume they are responsible until they show us otherwise?
Alternatively, everyone is a "responsible gun owner"... right up until the point where they aren't.
So instead of allowing society to bear the cost of an endless stream of documented irresponsibilities,
maybe we should take some proactive steps to create a safer environment for all of us.
The crazy thing is that most gun owners disagree with you. Gun owners aren't the problem!
The problem is the gun lobby, sponsored by gun manufacturers.
My biggest worry is what the websites might do to circumvent the change.
Flash cookies have the potential for great evil.