Because all future Presidents will voluntarily choose not to exercise this power.
Or that Congress & the Senate will pass laws making it illegal, with enough of a majority to withstand a presidential veto. Given that, really, only the Republican and Democrat parties count for anything w.r.t. Congress/Senate/President, this isn't going to happen, as both parties can't wait to use it when 'their' candidate is President.
I am totally sure that the NSA will take whatever this privacy ombudsman says to heart, and make real changes to what they do. Facebook is sure to do this as well. As well as the zillion ad companies.
time value of money and opportunity cost are NOT part of the transaction cost that the GP was talking about and you know it. those are inherently part of any transaction.
Yes, it costs a ton of money, if you look at just the lump sum, to handle credit card transactions.
However, the actual cost per transaction has steadily gone down for the credit card companies since credit cards were invented. Guess who soaked up that decrease?
Here in Canada, the cost of debit transactions has steadily increased, while the actual cost per transaction to the banks has decreased.
No. I'm used to the usual "this will help us connect your online accounts and your physical world accounts/er prevent hackers" bullshit, they won't let me through without it.
google has decided that, regardless of the fact that I know the username and the long, complicated password for a gmail account, that because I haven't logging into it for some time, I can't log into it without associated it with a physical phone number, even though it has never been linked to a physical phone number before.
Clearly, the EU needs to step up to the plate and start passing more laws that are vaguely worded and overly generic, but with the verbal promise they won't be abused. You know, like what the US has been doing, since, well, I don't know when they started, but it was a long time ago.
Once they get this program ramped up, pretty much everybody will have violated some law, at least technically, so therefore, mass surveillance becomes completely legal.
Everybody wins. Well, except for the commoners. Fortunately, they don't matter.
MasterCraft has this warrantee for their hand tools [I believe it's the house-brand for CanadianTire] but only if you keep the receipt for the tool. But who keeps receipts for years and years, sorted so you can find it [especially given the very short description they put on the receipt]?
nope. with terrorism, the tables are flipped, you have to prove you are innocent.
As a bonus, you get to do it by yourself, in a cell in another country, because the President or some adviser of his believes you are an imminent threat to life on Earth.
Or when only one side uses a small, tactical targeted nuke, the other side only has a large, not very precise nuke, you think they will go "nope, lets just stick to the small stuff".
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Because all future Presidents will voluntarily choose not to exercise this power.
Or that Congress & the Senate will pass laws making it illegal, with enough of a majority to withstand a presidential veto. Given that, really, only the Republican and Democrat parties count for anything w.r.t. Congress/Senate/President, this isn't going to happen, as both parties can't wait to use it when 'their' candidate is President.
you can't embezzle numbers.
I am totally sure that the NSA will take whatever this privacy ombudsman says to heart, and make real changes to what they do. Facebook is sure to do this as well. As well as the zillion ad companies.
that problem is for the next CEO.
Hey, we're only doing the media keeps telling us, to think of the children.
No, as there has been PLENTY of prior art.
time value of money and opportunity cost are NOT part of the transaction cost that the GP was talking about and you know it. those are inherently part of any transaction.
Yes, it costs a ton of money, if you look at just the lump sum, to handle credit card transactions.
However, the actual cost per transaction has steadily gone down for the credit card companies since credit cards were invented. Guess who soaked up that decrease?
Here in Canada, the cost of debit transactions has steadily increased, while the actual cost per transaction to the banks has decreased.
It is likely the same in the US.
CVS FTW!
We didn't invent it. We just worked real hard to do it the best, at least here on Earth.
No. I'm used to the usual "this will help us connect your online accounts and your physical world accounts/er prevent hackers" bullshit, they won't let me through without it.
google has decided that, regardless of the fact that I know the username and the long, complicated password for a gmail account, that because I haven't logging into it for some time, I can't log into it without associated it with a physical phone number, even though it has never been linked to a physical phone number before.
The biggest "crime" they will work the hardest to stop and prosecute will be copyright infringement.
That would be the NSA..and DHS...and CIA...and ATF.
Clearly, the EU needs to step up to the plate and start passing more laws that are vaguely worded and overly generic, but with the verbal promise they won't be abused. You know, like what the US has been doing, since, well, I don't know when they started, but it was a long time ago.
Once they get this program ramped up, pretty much everybody will have violated some law, at least technically, so therefore, mass surveillance becomes completely legal.
Everybody wins. Well, except for the commoners. Fortunately, they don't matter.
yeah. for about 10 minutes.
MasterCraft has this warrantee for their hand tools [I believe it's the house-brand for CanadianTire] but only if you keep the receipt for the tool. But who keeps receipts for years and years, sorted so you can find it [especially given the very short description they put on the receipt]?
Is it really a leak if Microsoft PR sends the details to be released out, just with the caveat "you didn't get this from us"?
Man, am I jonesing for seeing Steam Boat Willy being backdoored.
Easier to sell "we're only watching people on the list", instead of "we're watching everybody".
You want a Popeye arm, haul around the original Apple laptop or, even better, the Commodore SX-64...
Just an easy way to find more people for the watch lists.
Thankfully, the gov't is ignoring the Magna Carta even more than it is ignoring the Constitution.
nope. with terrorism, the tables are flipped, you have to prove you are innocent.
As a bonus, you get to do it by yourself, in a cell in another country, because the President or some adviser of his believes you are an imminent threat to life on Earth.
Apple: Sure, I can decrypt this phone. Just tell me the password.
Or when only one side uses a small, tactical targeted nuke, the other side only has a large, not very precise nuke, you think they will go "nope, lets just stick to the small stuff".