For those of you who don't take crap like this seriously, just look at how far we've come with disolving American's rights since pre-9/11. I don't care if they don't take me seriously, I'm at the very least chiming in with them. Here's my comments to them below.
I have been involved with Internet architecture and security for more than ten years. I must warn you that what you're about to do will be devastating to privacy on the Internet and will ultimately lead to such a strong distrust of the Internet that it may render it useless for any type of corporate or personal communication. There are three very serious issued here that must be discussed.
First, the effects of putting a full-blown monitoring system in place, aside from its immense cost to the taxpayers, will ultimately lead to only one conclusion: a wide open hole for any Internet hacker to direct their exploits at with the reward of full access to anyone's information on the Internet. Security of such a tool would be futile, and trusting a government agency with the security and management of such a tool dangerous in light of the government's inability to secure their own systems. Privacy concerns, corporate espionage, and even snooping on other government agencies are all serious concerns that would undermine America's use of the Internet.
Second, Abuse by those in control. Supreme court justices and high officials are not those many are concerned about with regards to abuse - these individuals are not the individuals who are commissioned to secure and manage such a system. It is underpaid government systems administration staff who would be responsible for managing it, people who are very likely to abuse their power to snoop on the private correspondence of others. Keep in mind we're not necessarily just talking about email, but personal media (pictures for example), online banking communications, and even possibly streaming video which should remain confidential from prying eyes.
Third, Electronic correspondence is all too easily analyzed and mined. Clandestine government operations to collect and store data about an individual over a period of years could easily compromise the integrity of the Internet as a whole and lead to the unjust profiling and intervention of law enforcement agencies who seek to use the information for purposes other than wiretapping.
I sincerely hope you are giving this the most critical analysis possible. The 1994 CALEA law was not passed for Internet surveillance; it was passed for telephone wiretapping. In 1994, the Internet wasn't a legislative concern, therefore to allow the FBI to apply this act to the Internet's backbone is a terrible travesty of justice. Do not allow the FBI to become the legislative branch! Demand that a law be passed specifically for Internet wiretapping before you consider anything. If a system like this were to be put in place, I for one would strongly consider abandoning the Internet and I suspect millions of others would do the same.
I posted a 800K movie of it on Slashdot so I could suck up all the Internet's available bandwidth and make everyone else's game run at the same fps as mine. =)
I had hoped it was that crummy little country, since all the crap seems to happen to them. Unfortunately it looks like there's a thermonuclear bomb about 120 miles away from me. What pisses me off even more is that the story suggests that the government hasn't sent anyone out to guard it; so it's probably just sitting there in 12 feet of water waiting for any idiot with a geiger meter to find it. Hope to see you next week.
Get your boss to buy you a laptop and install Linux on it - the countless hours you spend up pulling your hair out at night will be the best training money can buy.
The new Super Wal-Mart here seems to be close to 20% off...but their buns are always stale, their plumbs are sagging, and their bananas are shriveled and brown...and for some reason they don't have life cereal.
And if you think about it, Verizon's TOC is really more against the DMCA than this as they've circumvented the rightful owners of copyright from being able to transfer their works without being intercepted by their network.
This really has nothing to do with the DMCA. Hacking the v710 to enable OBEX and OPP hasn't got anything to do with breaking copy protection - all it involves is enabling some features on a piece of hardware that you own. If the phone were being cracked so that pirated BREW apps would run, that would be one thing. The only thing being copied here are the user's own personal files to which they own the copyright...which is irrelevant to the DMCA.
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I know! It's like...one person eats cheeto's and licks the screen, then the next thing you know Ralph Nader gets elected.
HP has a long history of planned obsolescence. I bought the 3780 and within a week or two the 3980 was out with SDIO and other features I'd never see.
unless you have excellent eyes, you'll discover why Microsoft didn't go with a true VGA experience
I heard the same thing back in the '80s, my ANSI ASCII pr0n never looked right in MS-DOS.
Sounds more like the power of the laser on a rifle sight...he probably was able to hit the cockpit with use of a good scope.
And Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
For those of you who don't take crap like this seriously, just look at how far we've come with disolving American's rights since pre-9/11. I don't care if they don't take me seriously, I'm at the very least chiming in with them. Here's my comments to them below.
I have been involved with Internet architecture and security for more than ten years. I must warn you that what you're about to do will be devastating to privacy on the Internet and will ultimately lead to such a strong distrust of the Internet that it may render it useless for any type of corporate or personal communication. There are three very serious issued here that must be discussed.
First, the effects of putting a full-blown monitoring system in place, aside from its immense cost to the taxpayers, will ultimately lead to only one conclusion: a wide open hole for any Internet hacker to direct their exploits at with the reward of full access to anyone's information on the Internet. Security of such a tool would be futile, and trusting a government agency with the security and management of such a tool dangerous in light of the government's inability to secure their own systems. Privacy concerns, corporate espionage, and even snooping on other government agencies are all serious concerns that would undermine America's use of the Internet.
Second, Abuse by those in control. Supreme court justices and high officials are not those many are concerned about with regards to abuse - these individuals are not the individuals who are commissioned to secure and manage such a system. It is underpaid government systems administration staff who would be responsible for managing it, people who are very likely to abuse their power to snoop on the private correspondence of others. Keep in mind we're not necessarily just talking about email, but personal media (pictures for example), online banking communications, and even possibly streaming video which should remain confidential from prying eyes.
Third, Electronic correspondence is all too easily analyzed and mined. Clandestine government operations to collect and store data about an individual over a period of years could easily compromise the integrity of the Internet as a whole and lead to the unjust profiling and intervention of law enforcement agencies who seek to use the information for purposes other than wiretapping.
I sincerely hope you are giving this the most critical analysis possible. The 1994 CALEA law was not passed for Internet surveillance; it was passed for telephone wiretapping. In 1994, the Internet wasn't a legislative concern, therefore to allow the FBI to apply this act to the Internet's backbone is a terrible travesty of justice. Do not allow the FBI to become the legislative branch! Demand that a law be passed specifically for Internet wiretapping before you consider anything. If a system like this were to be put in place, I for one would strongly consider abandoning the Internet and I suspect millions of others would do the same.
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BAD idea. I wonder how much ASCII Donkey pr0n they're going to get.
Dude that sounds like Mike Tyson talking geek.
You know, a speed tecord, like when you measure your typing speed, you can set a new tecord if you sacrifice irrelevant consonants.
I've noticed that myself, I suspect the /. folks are trying to get people to actually RTFA before posting.
Of course, giving away free dvd players can't be good for business.
What did you do?
I posted a 800K movie of it on Slashdot so I could suck up all the Internet's available bandwidth and make everyone else's game run at the same fps as mine. =)
This is OLD news. Google admitted this a long time ago IIRC, and said it was better to get into the country with restrictions than not at all.
It's an upgrade because it helps to create thousands of jobs for full-time system power cycling engineers.
5. Cowboyneal
6. Profit!
7. In mother russia, you set someone up the bomb!
I had hoped it was that crummy little country, since all the crap seems to happen to them. Unfortunately it looks like there's a thermonuclear bomb about 120 miles away from me. What pisses me off even more is that the story suggests that the government hasn't sent anyone out to guard it; so it's probably just sitting there in 12 feet of water waiting for any idiot with a geiger meter to find it. Hope to see you next week.
I live in GA, you insensitive clod!
...Linux for the Amish.
What are you talking about, slashdotters self-reproduce all the time.
Get your boss to buy you a laptop and install Linux on it - the countless hours you spend up pulling your hair out at night will be the best training money can buy.
The new Super Wal-Mart here seems to be close to 20% off...but their buns are always stale, their plumbs are sagging, and their bananas are shriveled and brown...and for some reason they don't have life cereal.
...the same damage assessment team from the Columbia mission.
And if you think about it, Verizon's TOC is really more against the DMCA than this as they've circumvented the rightful owners of copyright from being able to transfer their works without being intercepted by their network.
This really has nothing to do with the DMCA. Hacking the v710 to enable OBEX and OPP hasn't got anything to do with breaking copy protection - all it involves is enabling some features on a piece of hardware that you own. If the phone were being cracked so that pirated BREW apps would run, that would be one thing. The only thing being copied here are the user's own personal files to which they own the copyright...which is irrelevant to the DMCA.
If their 10 million customers did that, they'd make 1.3 Billion dollars in revenue off of early termination fees alone.
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1. Become Verizon
2.
3. Profit!