They deliberately use the argument of public freedoms to make money knowing full well that the encryption used to drug traffickers, to serious [criminals] and especially to terrorists.
The same argument applies to cars, guns, knives, shoes... all used by drug traffickers, criminals, and terrorists. Knife companies should be required to install a failsafe so that the blades can be remotely deactivated at the government's request.
Apparently a group of sea pirates have hired a hacker who uploaded a Web shell to a shipping company's CMS that allowed them to download cargo inventories and ship routes. They then used this information to attack ships,
That sounds like a lot of work. Haven't these pirates heard of torrents?
Why do all of their voice-activated prompts require me to repeat the name of the corporation, over and over?
Probably so that the on-device voice recognition can recognize you're talking to it, so that it doesn't have to send a live feed of your microphone to Google HQ, and also so it doesn't randomly hear commands in your regular speech.
Let them go one further, let them remove themselves from Google search results, let them be marked on the link itself as ad-only content so I can tell my browser not to follow that link. But if they manage to get me to visit their website, I'll view their content but I still won't look at their ads -- whether their "no adblockers" script likes it or not.
But seriously, encryption is for the government what a time-locked fridge is for a fatso. They just can't help themselves, they got no impulse control, they need help. Encryption is the solution to help a government that can't help themselves.
The principle advantage I have seen claimed for natural gas other than the lower carbon content is that the generators used for natural gas in electricity production can be quickly ramped up and down to adapt to demand.
Yes, that makes a lot of sense and in particular goes well with the sporadic nature of wind/solar. So they're building a lot of renewable and a lot of load balancing.
The international availability of encryption technology, of which Islamic State militants are well aware, underscores FBI Director James Comey's long-held desire to build an international legal regime to deal with the problems posed by encryption, what he calls "going dark."
Almost all of the data the FBI is interested in was already supposed to be inaccessible to them. So maybe encryption should be called, "going legit".
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the professional human driver (or was that drivers) frequently override the autopilot? Don't they only drive in nice weather conditions? Are they still limiting themselves to pre-scanned roads? Are they still limiting themselves to low traffic conditions and slow speeds?
Don't get me wrong -- these are all the right thing to do. From a safety perspective, from a liability perspective, from a PR nightmare. It may not be the true driving record, but it is definitely the right way to debug. I can't even begrudge them pretending it's a driving record -- in a little while they'll be better drivers than us, and convincing people to trust the autopilot will save lives.
I wouldn't feel safe in an autonomous vehicle, not yet. Yes, their current safety record is impressive, but it's fake. However, it won't be long before they're ready.
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He means that you can't tell a contrarian with the power to change it what his future will be.
An FDA for data and algorithms would decree that non-backdoored encryption would be a dangerous drug and/or poison.
If you comply once, then you greatly weaken any objections to complying again.
They deliberately use the argument of public freedoms to make money knowing full well that the encryption used to drug traffickers, to serious [criminals] and especially to terrorists.
The same argument applies to cars, guns, knives, shoes... all used by drug traffickers, criminals, and terrorists. Knife companies should be required to install a failsafe so that the blades can be remotely deactivated at the government's request.
When the shit damages the outdoor transmission insulators, you don't know which way the bird is going to fry.
Record passengers aboard Maryland buses this year! Also, legislative efforts hope to break the record.
Why no, I did not read TFA.
..so they can hoist their own petard themselves.
I thought that they needed a mortar and especially a mortar shell, to hoist on their own petard.
Anything that's boring, is difficult. And a lot of people find math boring.
I will agree to this as long as they remove foreign language requirement for engineers!
No need, just declare Math to be a foreign language. It's called the "language of science" and many people consider it foreign.
I don't know. Do they take the original loot, or are they making copies of it?
Probably the one that carries a smaller penalty.
Apparently a group of sea pirates have hired a hacker who uploaded a Web shell to a shipping company's CMS that allowed them to download cargo inventories and ship routes. They then used this information to attack ships,
That sounds like a lot of work. Haven't these pirates heard of torrents?
Why do all of their voice-activated prompts require me to repeat the name of the corporation, over and over?
Probably so that the on-device voice recognition can recognize you're talking to it, so that it doesn't have to send a live feed of your microphone to Google HQ, and also so it doesn't randomly hear commands in your regular speech.
For more information on the hack, click here [pdf]
I know this system can reliably tell me apart from anyone else, by how faithfully voice recognition can transcribe what I say.
Let them go one further, let them remove themselves from Google search results, let them be marked on the link itself as ad-only content so I can tell my browser not to follow that link. But if they manage to get me to visit their website, I'll view their content but I still won't look at their ads -- whether their "no adblockers" script likes it or not.
Adblocking really is just like piracy. A better product at a better price.
I hear they have a fun watersport, I think it's like water-skiing except with a surf board or something, they call it waterboarding.
But seriously, encryption is for the government what a time-locked fridge is for a fatso. They just can't help themselves, they got no impulse control, they need help. Encryption is the solution to help a government that can't help themselves.
The principle advantage I have seen claimed for natural gas other than the lower carbon content is that the generators used for natural gas in electricity production can be quickly ramped up and down to adapt to demand.
Yes, that makes a lot of sense and in particular goes well with the sporadic nature of wind/solar. So they're building a lot of renewable and a lot of load balancing.
The international availability of encryption technology, of which Islamic State militants are well aware, underscores FBI Director James Comey's long-held desire to build an international legal regime to deal with the problems posed by encryption, what he calls "going dark."
Almost all of the data the FBI is interested in was already supposed to be inaccessible to them. So maybe encryption should be called, "going legit".
The article does not mention what data they asked for, only that FB refused to give it.
Dunno about you, but I don't have a bunch of crimes to hide,
Are you sure? What country do you live in?
and I don't mind court granted access to suspected criminal communications.
As if it would end there.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the professional human driver (or was that drivers) frequently override the autopilot? Don't they only drive in nice weather conditions? Are they still limiting themselves to pre-scanned roads? Are they still limiting themselves to low traffic conditions and slow speeds?
Don't get me wrong -- these are all the right thing to do. From a safety perspective, from a liability perspective, from a PR nightmare. It may not be the true driving record, but it is definitely the right way to debug. I can't even begrudge them pretending it's a driving record -- in a little while they'll be better drivers than us, and convincing people to trust the autopilot will save lives.
I wouldn't feel safe in an autonomous vehicle, not yet. Yes, their current safety record is impressive, but it's fake. However, it won't be long before they're ready.
Wouldn't the first step be to stop snooping through their user's information themselves?
That information is more valuable when it isn't also being sold by hackers on the black market.