Whats unusual is they didn't let you go immediately after announcing your intension to leave. It's not personal; it's the way things are done at this level. It's normal. When you're at a protected level, never give notice and expect to stay.
The month notice is what's probably what did it. That's too long. If it had been the standard two weeks they probably would have. BTW: They escort you from the building but you still get paid for those two weeks. Spend this time documenting procedures. Maybe training a replacement. I'd personally stay away from the Internet or other computer access. Read a technical manual and get caught up on the newest and greatest.
It's not personal, it's not a reflection of your ethics, credibility or trustworthiness. It's difficult not to feel insulted but don't be. Thank them for it. It's for your protection too.
Don't be naive. The problem is simply worse for Windows because windows is the most heavily used OS. This idea that Linux is immune from viruses is just stupid. This pundit ARS (Anal Retrieval System) 'theory' has been debunked time and time again. What about IIS and Apache? Most used does not equate to most unsafe.
A poorly configured Linux server is pure gold to a spammer. Thinking that you are safe just because you use Linux is, well, dumb. Do you mean a system intentionally broken by the user? Because every distro I've ever used came properly configured out of the box. For it to be poorly configured a user would have to intentionally go in and open the system to vulnerabilities.
Secure is secure. A new Windows installation from CD will result in a PC completely compromised within 12-14 minutes of being plugged into the Internet. Not even enough time to patch it. That's not a factor of popularity. Very smart people have been trying to break into a standard off the shelf installation of Linux and can't. Big difference. Maybe the absence of compromised Linux machines is not a factor of popularity. It's not when the percentages are reversed for other FOSS solutions (IIS / Apache). Firefox certanally doesn't seem to be getting less secure as it grows in popularity.
To think if the percentages were reversed 95% Linux and 5% Windows that all this virus, Spambot, insecurity would be against Linux and not Windows is just stupid. Oh ya... And dumb. Talk about naivety.
Just don't get caught. Judges don't like us thinking for ourselves and will punish you for it. Funny, jury instructions were the result because they consider us too stupid to think for our selves. We're not educated enough about the law to decide right from wrong... What about when the populace becomes wiser than the system?
Like if you find the defendant possessed 'n' ounces of 'y' then you must find the defendant guilty of distributing 'n'. Err no... Judge, I will find the defendant guilty of distribution if you've proven to me he was selling it. All kinds of sites on jury nullification exist that argue the error of judges instructions.
I remember one jury I was on. We were instructed at lunch break we were not allow to visit the restaurant and intersection where the incident took place. Bullshit. Me and several others, the first thing we did was to have lunch at the McD's where it all happened and discovered the Police were lying in their testimony (go figure). Oh ya, we weren't allowed to talk about it between ourselves either and we ignored that too. Without these facts we probably would have convicted an innocent man. Screw judges instructions. I can make up my own mind whats right and wrong and don't need the judge thinking for me.
Remember, the RIAA lead lawyer is being promoted to State Judge... You really want to listen to what he thinks or decide for yourself right from wrong?
I run Ubuntu on my home PCs and changed the default login screen to list the users. I created a 'Guest' account and in it's description I put 'Password = 123qwe' (not the real password). The assumption is that a burglar , not knowing much about OS'es, will want to use the PC and will choose the easiest path to gain access. When they turn the PC on the login screen gives them a list of users and an option of choosing "Guest Account with the Password shown. All household users have been told to *never* use this account and why.
This 'Guest' account is CharRooted and has Firefox, IM and other Internet clients all on the desktop but that's about it. Under the hood it opens up SSH, VNC, Terminal Server and every other conceivable way of gaining access. It starts a script that every 30 minutes emails my Gmail account with IP address and connection information. Also, logging on to this account invokes a 'Nuke' scrip that will DBAN type wipe the system if I don't deactivate it within 7 days.
It's not a perfect solution but it has all the capabilities and features of the subscription tracking services that can cost hundreds a year and it's all pretty easy to setup. If any thief steals my PC and uses it to connect to the Internet I will know everything about their connection and have full access to the machine. If it's truly lost and I can't regain control after they login, it self destructs.
Now that I thinks about it, this should be a Ubuntu package or at least a HowTO.
This man of dubious character and questionable ethics is being promoted to Judge?! I'd rather he stay with the RIAA where there's still a possibility of sanctions. He'll do far more damage to hapless victims as Judge than any private litigator.
Who is he friends with that got him this promotion? The Governor himself or was he recommended? And shouldn't we attempt to bring this mans ethics, judgment and morals to public light and try and stop this? This would be like promoting Jeffery Dalmer to head a high school lunch program. Judges are part of the checks and balances in the judicial system and we need better than sitting on the bench. And they say the health system is broken.
I've said this a number of times, but here we go again:
1) DMCA requires you to have a "good faith" belief that your rights are infringed
3) CoreAVC for Linux breaks copy protection, potentially making it a circumvention device under the DMCA.
... and our rights were infringed under the law. What more can you reasonably expect? The truth?
From the DMCA Takedown...
We have directly verified by downloading the file from the Site provided by Google Inc. that the file does include CoreCodec's copyrighted Software.... No you didn't and no it doesn't. That's NOT good faith. And, "Potentially" a circumvention device? I'm not 7 years old. Disassembly for compatibility is granted under DMCA. CoreAVC for Linux is not potentially anything except competition you falsely used a fake DMCA in an attempt to destroy.
So, you send hundreds of these things out a year? Good to know. I am going to stay far, far away from being one of your customers (which CoreAVC for Linux users are) whom you did threaten to sue.
Are you so blind to your own greed you can't see your attitude toward your own customers? You have a competing product (soon) you want them to pay for and use instead? Just keep threating them and I'm sure they'll be flocking to hand over their cash. I have Darl McBride's phone number if you want it. You may want to compare notes. If he's not in, there's always the RIAA...
The DMCA takedown notice [chillingeffects.org] that they sent says:
We have directly verified by downloading the file from the Site provided by Google Inc. that the file does include CoreCodec's copyrighted Software....
Respectfully,
[private], CEO CoreCodec, Inc.
So according to this, the CEO has legally stated that his company downloaded the software and confirmed the violation. But today, he says it was just an overzealous legal department, and no such download happened. In that case, he signed a letter making legal statements that he knew were false. A minor correction from: " So according to this, the CEO has legally stated that..." to: illegally stated that...
My experience with companies like this is if they do it once they'll do it again. Maybe not another fake DMCA (too much damage control when caught) but they will do something else like change the licensing terms, abandon the work, leave paid customers high and dry, start suing customers... Something.
The CEO gets a site taken down by lying but says there was no ill intent. Defends the DMCA notice in his early posts then graciously concedes to 'allow' the Linux project to continue only after changes are made... As if he's in control of someone else's project...
Reading the posts he made.. He's a real piece of work. Once a company gets caught pulling a strong arm stunt like this I would never trust purchasing their product. His codec may be superior today but won't be for long. Why waste even $10 taking the chance with this or any other of their products. Other codecs will come up to speed soon enough for high end users. They're already great for all but the high end demand and even then aren't too bad.
I'm at zero tolerance with companies that pull crap like this.
If any value came out of Germany in the '40s is its meticulous use of lists and record keeping about its citizens. That way when history repeats itself there's a clear and concise roadmap of what needs to be done. No need to reinvent the wheel.
Open source, he said, creates a license 'so that nobody can ever improve the software,' he claimed He had the thought but didn't finish the sentence. It should read: "Open source creates a license so that nobody can never improve the software, repackage it under their name and then sell it for profit."
The reason to do encryption in software is that the encryption can be replaced as existing crypto techniques become thoroughly broken. Not just that. Unless I am in complete control of the algorithm I can't trust it. I doubt the chip will be open source available for peer review. I would almost guarantee there's a back door in their chip. Even if there is no back door I can't trust that there isn't one.
With software device/partition/file encryption [TrueCrypt] I can trust the source and I control all aspects of the implementation.
Video Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits "video tape service providers" from allowing third parties to access personally identifiable information about someone's renting or buying habits without their express, written consent. (The law was enacted in 1988 after a newspaper published records of 146 videos that Judge Robert Bork had rented during his consideration for a Supreme Court vacancy.) It always comes down to this. Protection laws like this only get enacted when they, the law makers themselves, are affected. As it stands now the corporations have their ear. If this was to happen in 2008 they would have ban, not the corporation, but Facebook.
Why on Earth are we allowing anybody to read this traffic?
All new programs really need point to point encryption built in by default. As in, I want to design a new {whatever}: In programming I first decide how to secure the connection and encrypt the data. Second, I decide what I'm going to transfer, then the interface.
Post cards eventually led to folded paper with a wax seal to the letter inside a sealed envelope. Where is the same standard of privacy in Internet Clients that I expect when I mail something as simple as a greeting card?
Once Point to Point Encryption becomes the standard in all package design if the government wants to intercept and read my communications they'll have to do what the law says they have to do... Get a warrant. The same goes for my ISP or anyone else for that matter.
There's a reason all Internet use should be considered public. We're all shouting at the top of our lungs. Right now all they have to do is stand close enough to eavesdrop on a public communication that's out in the open.
Most of us on SlashDot are in the industry designing these Clients. Rather than complain, when you write your next Client why not design it securely?
The solution will be a gradual shift in package design. All new programs really, really need point to point encryption built in by default. As in, I want to program a new {whatever}: In program design I first decide how to secure the connection and encrypt the data. Second, I decide *what* I'm going to transfer, then the interface.
Post cards eventually led to folded paper with a wax seal to the letter inside a sealed envelope. Where is the same standard of privacy in Internet Clients I expect when I mail something as simple as a greeting card?
Once Point to Point Encryption becomes the standard in all package design if the government wants to intercept and read my communications they'll have to do what the law says they have to do... Get a warrant. Right now all they have to do is stand close enough to eavesdrop on a public communication that's out in the open. There's a reason all Internet use should be considered public. We're all shouting at the top of our lungs.
've never considered myself paranoid... What's paranoia is when you let it make you do irrational actions or worse yet afraid to take any action. Have you considered that constantly checking your wallet might be an irrational action? Or that not being able to enjoy music while in public a failure to take the action of living a happy life?
Great. Now they're taking a subjective indicator of a subjective indicator of a lie. Subjective correlation twice removed and that's an improvement? Where's the science in this country? Dare I say it's not evolving?
If someone's laughing right behind you, it's 100% normal to wonder if it's about you. It is? That's normal? Because that's the *last* thought that comes to my mind. My first thought would be that I missed something really funny and would like to be in on it. Maybe like some goofball stumbling or something. My second thought would be that I'm glad others around me are having fun. There's not enough of that going around lately. My last thought would be that it's about me. That would be way, way down on my list. And if it turned out that it was? I'd probably join in laughing at the toilet paper stuck to my shoe. Life happens.
That's basic social interaction and everyone who's paying enough attention SHOULD be concerned. If you completely ignore it or assume it's not about you, you're a sociopath. You are? Because, I'm not. In fact, I find your comments disturbing. Disturbing enough that I started laughing. Are you sure you're not a comedian?
And are you 100% sure that VMWare (or other VM of choice) isin't using any of your swap either? I'm sure it is. In that the swap file of the standard volume might contain data indicating I ran VMWare (VM of choice). I'm comfortable admitting I ran a particular program if that fact ever showed up in the swap/page. However, the safety of using VM as a secure sandbox has been discussed on several sites. What I'm seeing from the "experts" is:
Any VM is a safe browsing sandbox, so long as you take no action to give that VM access to or control over files on the host system. Assuming the host computer is secure, no external computer can gain access to it without authenticating to it. The VM is an external computer. Coupled with the fact my VM is contained within a hidden volume I'm reasonably certain I'm covered. Am I 100% certain? No. Am I 100% convinced my privacy is secure from border/police searches? Yes.
They can do anything they want and there's nothing I can do.
I live in an outlying area 16,000 feet from the CO. The telco has a sub-station they use for their DSL subscribers but they're only forced into CO access. What that means is competition like Speekeasy quoted me $99 a month for 144k. So it's ATT (which isn't any better) or Comcast where I'm clocking 20-30meg/sec downloads. It's not a legal definition of no choice but, I've got no choice. I've submitted a formal complaint to the FCC, written my representatives, etc. and keep paying my bill...
Super crazy huh? LoL. The last time a co-worker call me paranoid I said "I'm glad you feel that way. Strip naked for me and walk around the office." All I got was a blank stare. I said, "What? Are you paranoid? What are you hiding?" For some reason the discussion abruptly ended and he never called me paranoid again. I still haven't figured that one out. Maybe he figure that was private? [/sarcasm]
And BTW: I actually do. When I want to be assured total privacy from things like the swap file(s) I kick off a VM from the hidden volume. Just call me crazzzzy.
You're right about domestic travel. But this article is about customs and border crossings. My electronics have never been "search" domestically. I've had to turn them on but they haven't been searched. Although every time I've come back from the UK my laptop was searched and the data seized. Well... the data "they" thought was valid.
This method is mostly secure from snooping and the basic copying I've run into so far. All my data and daily programs are on the hidden volume but there's always the windows swap files, etc. Those are still on the standard volume I open up at their request. But, I've never had them do a bit copy of my hard drive or go so far as looking at the swap file etc. So far they've just copied the browser history files, Word documents, picture folders etc...
Even still and just in case, on those rare occasions I need total privacy I use a VM machine in the hidden volume D:. This way 100% of all activity, including the swap files, etc. are contained within the hidden volume that cannot be discovered.
I'm not paranoid. I'm private. It's none of the states business reading my latest love letter, poetry or diary entry.
Good timing with the Truecrypt 5.0 release. This is search/seizure without cause and is against basic rights but this shouldn't be too big a deal. It isn't for me.
I travel with everything inside a Truecrypt hidden volume. My OS is exposed in the regular volume along with browser cache showing activity to news.google.com. That's it. The rest of the system is contained within a hidden volume.
I've been asked to turn my PC on and type in my "password" and I do so cheerfully. They see exactly what I allow them to see: The OS with browser cache to news.google.com. They seem satisfied and I get waved on.
I can play this game and I win. I'm not waiting for the courts to tell me what is/isn't right/wrong. I already know what's right/wrong. It's irrelevant (to me) how this all plays out in the courts. No thief, public or private gets my data.
...doomed a not-so-bad health care plan and has cost us a lot of jobs and bankrupt Americans in the last 14 years. Clinton doomed the health care plan? Get this... I actually blame the people that stopped it. So what if she didn't jump up and down on one leg and rub her tummy while patting her head.
It was a solid plan. Would have saved those 14 million bankruptcies. She didn't "dress it up" enough so it's her fault? Sorry, I ain't buying it. I'm putting the blame on those who actually killed it.
...the neo-cons are more directly descended from the southern wing of the Democratic party pre-1964... These people are domestic enemies of the constitution and should be tried for high treason. Descended from the southern Democratic party? Except, for the neocon anticipated finger pointing blaming this mess on the Democrats, I see no Democratic party fundamentals in any of this. What I do see is the 100% Republican party, Leo Strauss' philosophy of deception that started in the '50s. Of which, Ronald Regan is their poster child with Bush, Rumsfeld, Chaney and others dutifully following.
But I do agree that these people should be tried for high treason.
The Neocons aren't Republicans by any definition of the term. They are a group of ultra-right extremists... Hijacked? How can they hijack with permission. If someone is willing, it's not rape. If it's handed over and supported it's not hijacking. I disagree. The "neo-cons" had well over 50% approval, up to 80% for a few brief months and Bush still has the "base". That sounds to me like the Republican party is supporting all this. Evidence their replacement candidate is all about war in Iraq for the next 100 years plus "others" that he's apparently planning to start.
If that's what they've become then that's what they are. Maybe the new definition of Republican *is* extremists and destructive. Although I'm not so sure that's a "new" definition.
We don't seem to have a problem spending a billion dollars a day blowing up women and children... At 100,000,000,000.00 we'd have fiber to every farm, house and condo in less than six months.
It comes down to: What do we want?
10 times the number that died in 9/11 keel over from high cholesterol. A war against obesity would have saved more lives. 6000 sixteen year old die a year because we give them drivers licenses, cost of doing business? Apparently, because there's no war against that number.
100 billion is nothing. We should be spending it on improving our lives. We give a lot more than that to other governments as stimulus and subsisted packages for their countries... They're probably spending part of it to wire their citizens. Our priorities are screwed up. There's a similar number being toss around for what it would cost to give the uninsured in our country national health insurance. We could do both for what this war has cost for just one 1 year. Let's bring that money home and fix our own country.
Disclamer: I like fast internet a lot more than dead children so this is not an unbiased opinion:)
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Whats unusual is they didn't let you go immediately after announcing your intension to leave. It's not personal; it's the way things are done at this level. It's normal. When you're at a protected level, never give notice and expect to stay.
The month notice is what's probably what did it. That's too long. If it had been the standard two weeks they probably would have. BTW: They escort you from the building but you still get paid for those two weeks. Spend this time documenting procedures. Maybe training a replacement. I'd personally stay away from the Internet or other computer access. Read a technical manual and get caught up on the newest and greatest.
It's not personal, it's not a reflection of your ethics, credibility or trustworthiness. It's difficult not to feel insulted but don't be. Thank them for it. It's for your protection too.
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Secure is secure. A new Windows installation from CD will result in a PC completely compromised within 12-14 minutes of being plugged into the Internet. Not even enough time to patch it. That's not a factor of popularity. Very smart people have been trying to break into a standard off the shelf installation of Linux and can't. Big difference. Maybe the absence of compromised Linux machines is not a factor of popularity. It's not when the percentages are reversed for other FOSS solutions (IIS / Apache). Firefox certanally doesn't seem to be getting less secure as it grows in popularity.
To think if the percentages were reversed 95% Linux and 5% Windows that all this virus, Spambot, insecurity would be against Linux and not Windows is just stupid. Oh ya... And dumb. Talk about naivety.
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Just don't get caught. Judges don't like us thinking for ourselves and will punish you for it. Funny, jury instructions were the result because they consider us too stupid to think for our selves. We're not educated enough about the law to decide right from wrong... What about when the populace becomes wiser than the system?
Like if you find the defendant possessed 'n' ounces of 'y' then you must find the defendant guilty of distributing 'n'. Err no... Judge, I will find the defendant guilty of distribution if you've proven to me he was selling it. All kinds of sites on jury nullification exist that argue the error of judges instructions.
I remember one jury I was on. We were instructed at lunch break we were not allow to visit the restaurant and intersection where the incident took place. Bullshit. Me and several others, the first thing we did was to have lunch at the McD's where it all happened and discovered the Police were lying in their testimony (go figure). Oh ya, we weren't allowed to talk about it between ourselves either and we ignored that too. Without these facts we probably would have convicted an innocent man. Screw judges instructions. I can make up my own mind whats right and wrong and don't need the judge thinking for me.
Remember, the RIAA lead lawyer is being promoted to State Judge... You really want to listen to what he thinks or decide for yourself right from wrong?
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I run Ubuntu on my home PCs and changed the default login screen to list the users. I created a 'Guest' account and in it's description I put 'Password = 123qwe' (not the real password). The assumption is that a burglar , not knowing much about OS'es, will want to use the PC and will choose the easiest path to gain access. When they turn the PC on the login screen gives them a list of users and an option of choosing "Guest Account with the Password shown. All household users have been told to *never* use this account and why.
This 'Guest' account is CharRooted and has Firefox, IM and other Internet clients all on the desktop but that's about it. Under the hood it opens up SSH, VNC, Terminal Server and every other conceivable way of gaining access. It starts a script that every 30 minutes emails my Gmail account with IP address and connection information. Also, logging on to this account invokes a 'Nuke' scrip that will DBAN type wipe the system if I don't deactivate it within 7 days.
It's not a perfect solution but it has all the capabilities and features of the subscription tracking services that can cost hundreds a year and it's all pretty easy to setup. If any thief steals my PC and uses it to connect to the Internet I will know everything about their connection and have full access to the machine. If it's truly lost and I can't regain control after they login, it self destructs.
Now that I thinks about it, this should be a Ubuntu package or at least a HowTO.
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This man of dubious character and questionable ethics is being promoted to Judge?! I'd rather he stay with the RIAA where there's still a possibility of sanctions. He'll do far more damage to hapless victims as Judge than any private litigator.
Who is he friends with that got him this promotion? The Governor himself or was he recommended? And shouldn't we attempt to bring this mans ethics, judgment and morals to public light and try and stop this? This would be like promoting Jeffery Dalmer to head a high school lunch program. Judges are part of the checks and balances in the judicial system and we need better than sitting on the bench. And they say the health system is broken.
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1) DMCA requires you to have a "good faith" belief that your rights are infringed
3) CoreAVC for Linux breaks copy protection, potentially making it a circumvention device under the DMCA.
From the DMCA Takedown... We have directly verified by downloading the file from the Site provided by Google Inc. that the file does include CoreCodec's copyrighted Software.
So, you send hundreds of these things out a year? Good to know. I am going to stay far, far away from being one of your customers (which CoreAVC for Linux users are) whom you did threaten to sue.
Are you so blind to your own greed you can't see your attitude toward your own customers? You have a competing product (soon) you want them to pay for and use instead? Just keep threating them and I'm sure they'll be flocking to hand over their cash. I have Darl McBride's phone number if you want it. You may want to compare notes. If he's not in, there's always the RIAA...
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We have directly verified by downloading the file from the Site provided by Google Inc. that the file does include CoreCodec's copyrighted Software.
Respectfully,
[private], CEO CoreCodec, Inc.
So according to this, the CEO has legally stated that his company downloaded the software and confirmed the violation. But today, he says it was just an overzealous legal department, and no such download happened. In that case, he signed a letter making legal statements that he knew were false. A minor correction from: " So according to this, the CEO has legally stated that..." to: illegally stated that...
My experience with companies like this is if they do it once they'll do it again. Maybe not another fake DMCA (too much damage control when caught) but they will do something else like change the licensing terms, abandon the work, leave paid customers high and dry, start suing customers... Something.
The CEO gets a site taken down by lying but says there was no ill intent. Defends the DMCA notice in his early posts then graciously concedes to 'allow' the Linux project to continue only after changes are made... As if he's in control of someone else's project...
Reading the posts he made.. He's a real piece of work. Once a company gets caught pulling a strong arm stunt like this I would never trust purchasing their product. His codec may be superior today but won't be for long. Why waste even $10 taking the chance with this or any other of their products. Other codecs will come up to speed soon enough for high end users. They're already great for all but the high end demand and even then aren't too bad.
I'm at zero tolerance with companies that pull crap like this.
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If any value came out of Germany in the '40s is its meticulous use of lists and record keeping about its citizens. That way when history repeats itself there's a clear and concise roadmap of what needs to be done. No need to reinvent the wheel.
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With software device/partition/file encryption [TrueCrypt] I can trust the source and I control all aspects of the implementation.
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Why on Earth are we allowing anybody to read this traffic?
All new programs really need point to point encryption built in by default. As in, I want to design a new {whatever}: In programming I first decide how to secure the connection and encrypt the data. Second, I decide what I'm going to transfer, then the interface.
Post cards eventually led to folded paper with a wax seal to the letter inside a sealed envelope. Where is the same standard of privacy in Internet Clients that I expect when I mail something as simple as a greeting card?
Once Point to Point Encryption becomes the standard in all package design if the government wants to intercept and read my communications they'll have to do what the law says they have to do... Get a warrant. The same goes for my ISP or anyone else for that matter.
There's a reason all Internet use should be considered public. We're all shouting at the top of our lungs. Right now all they have to do is stand close enough to eavesdrop on a public communication that's out in the open.
Most of us on SlashDot are in the industry designing these Clients. Rather than complain, when you write your next Client why not design it securely?
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The solution will be a gradual shift in package design. All new programs really, really need point to point encryption built in by default. As in, I want to program a new {whatever}: In program design I first decide how to secure the connection and encrypt the data. Second, I decide *what* I'm going to transfer, then the interface.
Post cards eventually led to folded paper with a wax seal to the letter inside a sealed envelope. Where is the same standard of privacy in Internet Clients I expect when I mail something as simple as a greeting card?
Once Point to Point Encryption becomes the standard in all package design if the government wants to intercept and read my communications they'll have to do what the law says they have to do... Get a warrant. Right now all they have to do is stand close enough to eavesdrop on a public communication that's out in the open. There's a reason all Internet use should be considered public. We're all shouting at the top of our lungs.
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Great. Now they're taking a subjective indicator of a subjective indicator of a lie. Subjective correlation twice removed and that's an improvement? Where's the science in this country? Dare I say it's not evolving?
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They can do anything they want and there's nothing I can do.
I live in an outlying area 16,000 feet from the CO. The telco has a sub-station they use for their DSL subscribers but they're only forced into CO access. What that means is competition like Speekeasy quoted me $99 a month for 144k. So it's ATT (which isn't any better) or Comcast where I'm clocking 20-30meg/sec downloads. It's not a legal definition of no choice but, I've got no choice. I've submitted a formal complaint to the FCC, written my representatives, etc. and keep paying my bill...
Super crazy huh? LoL. The last time a co-worker call me paranoid I said "I'm glad you feel that way. Strip naked for me and walk around the office." All I got was a blank stare. I said, "What? Are you paranoid? What are you hiding?" For some reason the discussion abruptly ended and he never called me paranoid again. I still haven't figured that one out. Maybe he figure that was private? [/sarcasm]
And BTW: I actually do. When I want to be assured total privacy from things like the swap file(s) I kick off a VM from the hidden volume. Just call me crazzzzy.
You're right about domestic travel. But this article is about customs and border crossings. My electronics have never been "search" domestically. I've had to turn them on but they haven't been searched. Although every time I've come back from the UK my laptop was searched and the data seized. Well... the data "they" thought was valid.
This method is mostly secure from snooping and the basic copying I've run into so far. All my data and daily programs are on the hidden volume but there's always the windows swap files, etc. Those are still on the standard volume I open up at their request. But, I've never had them do a bit copy of my hard drive or go so far as looking at the swap file etc. So far they've just copied the browser history files, Word documents, picture folders etc...
Even still and just in case, on those rare occasions I need total privacy I use a VM machine in the hidden volume D:. This way 100% of all activity, including the swap files, etc. are contained within the hidden volume that cannot be discovered.
I'm not paranoid. I'm private. It's none of the states business reading my latest love letter, poetry or diary entry.
Good timing with the Truecrypt 5.0 release. This is search/seizure without cause and is against basic rights but this shouldn't be too big a deal. It isn't for me.
I travel with everything inside a Truecrypt hidden volume. My OS is exposed in the regular volume along with browser cache showing activity to news.google.com. That's it. The rest of the system is contained within a hidden volume.
I've been asked to turn my PC on and type in my "password" and I do so cheerfully. They see exactly what I allow them to see: The OS with browser cache to news.google.com. They seem satisfied and I get waved on.
I can play this game and I win. I'm not waiting for the courts to tell me what is/isn't right/wrong. I already know what's right/wrong. It's irrelevant (to me) how this all plays out in the courts. No thief, public or private gets my data.
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...doomed a not-so-bad health care plan and has cost us a lot of jobs and bankrupt Americans in the last 14 years. Clinton doomed the health care plan? Get this... I actually blame the people that stopped it. So what if she didn't jump up and down on one leg and rub her tummy while patting her head.It was a solid plan. Would have saved those 14 million bankruptcies. She didn't "dress it up" enough so it's her fault? Sorry, I ain't buying it. I'm putting the blame on those who actually killed it.
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...the neo-cons are more directly descended from the southern wing of the Democratic party pre-1964... These people are domestic enemies of the constitution and should be tried for high treason. Descended from the southern Democratic party? Except, for the neocon anticipated finger pointing blaming this mess on the Democrats, I see no Democratic party fundamentals in any of this. What I do see is the 100% Republican party, Leo Strauss' philosophy of deception that started in the '50s. Of which, Ronald Regan is their poster child with Bush, Rumsfeld, Chaney and others dutifully following.But I do agree that these people should be tried for high treason.
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If that's what they've become then that's what they are. Maybe the new definition of Republican *is* extremists and destructive. Although I'm not so sure that's a "new" definition.
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Let the government do it and pay for it.
We don't seem to have a problem spending a billion dollars a day blowing up women and children... At 100,000,000,000.00 we'd have fiber to every farm, house and condo in less than six months.
It comes down to: What do we want?
10 times the number that died in 9/11 keel over from high cholesterol. A war against obesity would have saved more lives. 6000 sixteen year old die a year because we give them drivers licenses, cost of doing business? Apparently, because there's no war against that number.
100 billion is nothing. We should be spending it on improving our lives. We give a lot more than that to other governments as stimulus and subsisted packages for their countries... They're probably spending part of it to wire their citizens. Our priorities are screwed up. There's a similar number being toss around for what it would cost to give the uninsured in our country national health insurance. We could do both for what this war has cost for just one 1 year. Let's bring that money home and fix our own country.
Disclamer: I like fast internet a lot more than dead children so this is not an unbiased opinion
JMHO