And from Netgear, no less. Damned near every product of theirs I've used or come in contact with has been utter SHIT. Say what you like about Apple, but at least their products tend to work and they have good support. Netgear just cranks out garbage products all day long. Granted, I'd wager it's because they outsource their firmware production to the lowest bidder, but the result is crashhappy routers, flaky and unstable cable modems, and, I shit you not, simple ethernet switches that will tank a whole fucking network if you dare to hook up another brand. Don't even ask how that's possible, but they managed to do it.
Which is why I said take every step possible to keep it separate from your real identity. If they don't know who the guy is with this site, then they can only send a notice to the hosting company, but if said hosting company is in a country that doesn't give a damn about IP laws and doesn't have a legal presence in the US (and I wouldn't be surprised if there were hosting companies in Russia and other countries that specialize in this sort of thing), then what can be done?
THIS. Anyone hosting DMCA-questionable content should damned well get a server offshore in a country that doesn't care about IP laws and then be sure to take every step to keep their real identity separate from it. I hear Russia is a good place...
Craigslist hookers were far more visible an abhorrent to the public than/b/tards jacking off in some dark corner of the internet. Shutting down the CL adult services was VISIBLY closing out an area that was used almost exclusively for illegal activities. 4chan is a bit different. Very little of the general public would even know if the cops shut down 4chan. When/b/tards start going on killing sprees, then maybe there will be enough press activity for them to move ahead. As it is now, most of the public might know that some online nerds are doing something to some websites.
The cops have to know about it to get the logs, and there's a LOT more that goes on in 4chan than the cops could know just by picking low-hanging fruit. Moot isn't an idiot. When a warrant/subpoena is served, he'll comply (why stick his neck out for/b/tards?), but the cops have to send that info first, and they need some pretty specific info (ie, the thread ID) to get it. A full backdoor would give them access to logs for their perusal instead of occasionally stumbling on something and sending out for records.
The guy who nabbed Palin's email wound up in the joint, and I can guarantee you that others have been busted before as well. They just didn't make a big splash or even mention Anonymous because it was likely small incidents, ie, this guy was sending death threat emails and was prosecuted, but it's entirely possible that the cops never even knew that 4chan was involved.
4chan is a potential honeypot. If the partyvan doesn't already have a backdoor into that site then they aren't doing their jobs. Besides, I think they'd rather keep most of this shit contained to one corner of the internet instead of taking them down and watching the/b/tards spread to the internet at large.
Kinda sorta. I've been an Apple user for most of my, but I've mellowed a lot in recent years. A year and a half ago, I built a Hackintosh and don't think I'll ever buy a desktop Mac again unless Apple puts out a reasonably priced midtower...which I doubt they ever will. They're focusing way too much on the clueless user market (which, granted, is a big market), but they're leaving a lot of their core markets out in the cold. Graphics designers used to love iMacs...until they went all-glossy. Same with their displays. NOT EVERYONE LIKES GLOSSY SCREENS, APPLE! The only bone they threw was a BTO option on some Macbook Pros.
OS X is still great, but I'm a bit disturbed by Lion. Yeah, Apple showed it off at a consumer event, so they showed the consumer goodies, but I really want to see if it has improvements for the rest of us as well. If OS X goes the iPad route and gets dumbed down, that might just be the beginning of the end for my usage of Apple products.
My brother spent two years in Bulgaria. He met a lot of good folks and had many good things to say about the place, but he wasn't shy about pointing out outright government corruption from top to bottom. Some states in eastern Europe faired better than others when the USSR collapsed, but organized crime is still pretty rampant even in the better-off states.
Not exactly. It's eastern Europe. It's corrupt as hell and cybercrime is a big business. Who's to say that the authorities aren't being bribed to go after this guy? It could well be paranoid ranting, but this guy is in a pretty shitty country where the cops are far, far more corrupt than the ones in the western world.
There isn't one, and it's not going to happen because Assange is too high-profile a character. Abdul Habib gets shipped off to Gitmo because he drives a taxi and his removal likely won't cause waves in the press. Assange is a very different story. Shipping him to Gitmo will DEFINITELY create waves the world over and it won't stop future publications from Wikileaks or other sites.
Wow. They're already slipping bad enough as it is in market share and now they pull this. The smartphone market continues to grow and they just gave people a GREAT reason not to get a smartphone on their network!
Fucking idiots. Yes, people can use a lot of data on their smartphones. It can tax a network. Screwing customers isn't the best way to fix the problem.
Seeing as how I've seen a ton of people ranting about Palin putting targets on certain states to oust various congressfolks in the election, I'd say that's an ugly thing at best. I'd say said show was indeed encouraging violence with such a thing. What other conclusion do you friggin' draw from that?
Look at thousands of cops being unable to defend a squad car from 200 protesters. A squad car left alone on a street corner for hours....almost like they were hoping it would be vandalized so they could whine about violent protesters...huh, interesting.
This is such asinine shit. As if they need to do that to whine about violent protestors. G20 conventions always have a very ugly and very violent element in the protests. Taking ONE anecdote is not going to change that.
The article states that he was using an automatic weapon. They aren't clear on what type, but it's quite possible that the gun used in this incident was ALREADY illegal.
Oh no, there's a TON more. They haven't released nearly everything. Don't forget that they have to pore over hundreds of thousands of documents, checking them for authenticity (someone might have pumped bogus information in), and protecting identities if it's necessary (ie, intelligence sources). You think everything in Assange's insurance file is out there already?
All they log is where you went and when, basically. They certainly don't cache everything you download or see. And apparently it isn't law, but the FBI is very intent on pressuring ISPs to keep a 2 year history.
Gah, my bad. I had heard that it passed a while ago. Thought that had become law. If it isn't, I wonder what the requirements are for ISP data retention, assuming there are any.
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And from Netgear, no less. Damned near every product of theirs I've used or come in contact with has been utter SHIT. Say what you like about Apple, but at least their products tend to work and they have good support. Netgear just cranks out garbage products all day long. Granted, I'd wager it's because they outsource their firmware production to the lowest bidder, but the result is crashhappy routers, flaky and unstable cable modems, and, I shit you not, simple ethernet switches that will tank a whole fucking network if you dare to hook up another brand. Don't even ask how that's possible, but they managed to do it.
Which is why I said take every step possible to keep it separate from your real identity. If they don't know who the guy is with this site, then they can only send a notice to the hosting company, but if said hosting company is in a country that doesn't give a damn about IP laws and doesn't have a legal presence in the US (and I wouldn't be surprised if there were hosting companies in Russia and other countries that specialize in this sort of thing), then what can be done?
THIS. Anyone hosting DMCA-questionable content should damned well get a server offshore in a country that doesn't care about IP laws and then be sure to take every step to keep their real identity separate from it. I hear Russia is a good place...
Craigslist hookers were far more visible an abhorrent to the public than /b/tards jacking off in some dark corner of the internet. Shutting down the CL adult services was VISIBLY closing out an area that was used almost exclusively for illegal activities. 4chan is a bit different. Very little of the general public would even know if the cops shut down 4chan. When /b/tards start going on killing sprees, then maybe there will be enough press activity for them to move ahead. As it is now, most of the public might know that some online nerds are doing something to some websites.
The cops have to know about it to get the logs, and there's a LOT more that goes on in 4chan than the cops could know just by picking low-hanging fruit. Moot isn't an idiot. When a warrant/subpoena is served, he'll comply (why stick his neck out for /b/tards?), but the cops have to send that info first, and they need some pretty specific info (ie, the thread ID) to get it. A full backdoor would give them access to logs for their perusal instead of occasionally stumbling on something and sending out for records.
Thought these were already public thanks to a now-incarcerated /b/tard.
The guy who nabbed Palin's email wound up in the joint, and I can guarantee you that others have been busted before as well. They just didn't make a big splash or even mention Anonymous because it was likely small incidents, ie, this guy was sending death threat emails and was prosecuted, but it's entirely possible that the cops never even knew that 4chan was involved.
Piracy is far, far more widespread than 4chan chucklefuckery.
4chan is a potential honeypot. If the partyvan doesn't already have a backdoor into that site then they aren't doing their jobs. Besides, I think they'd rather keep most of this shit contained to one corner of the internet instead of taking them down and watching the /b/tards spread to the internet at large.
The exact amount of money that it cost each of those people: $0.
Yes, because memes from throughout the internet have NEVER made their way to /. before!
Maybe so, but the real questions is...
Did they have Battletoads?
Kinda sorta. I've been an Apple user for most of my, but I've mellowed a lot in recent years. A year and a half ago, I built a Hackintosh and don't think I'll ever buy a desktop Mac again unless Apple puts out a reasonably priced midtower...which I doubt they ever will. They're focusing way too much on the clueless user market (which, granted, is a big market), but they're leaving a lot of their core markets out in the cold. Graphics designers used to love iMacs...until they went all-glossy. Same with their displays. NOT EVERYONE LIKES GLOSSY SCREENS, APPLE! The only bone they threw was a BTO option on some Macbook Pros.
OS X is still great, but I'm a bit disturbed by Lion. Yeah, Apple showed it off at a consumer event, so they showed the consumer goodies, but I really want to see if it has improvements for the rest of us as well. If OS X goes the iPad route and gets dumbed down, that might just be the beginning of the end for my usage of Apple products.
My brother spent two years in Bulgaria. He met a lot of good folks and had many good things to say about the place, but he wasn't shy about pointing out outright government corruption from top to bottom. Some states in eastern Europe faired better than others when the USSR collapsed, but organized crime is still pretty rampant even in the better-off states.
Until they hit a certain age, and then the babushka bomb goes off and they turn into shriveled crones overnight...
Not exactly. It's eastern Europe. It's corrupt as hell and cybercrime is a big business. Who's to say that the authorities aren't being bribed to go after this guy? It could well be paranoid ranting, but this guy is in a pretty shitty country where the cops are far, far more corrupt than the ones in the western world.
And this is why I never want to work in the game industry and cringe when I hear people talking about how cool it would be.
There isn't one, and it's not going to happen because Assange is too high-profile a character. Abdul Habib gets shipped off to Gitmo because he drives a taxi and his removal likely won't cause waves in the press. Assange is a very different story. Shipping him to Gitmo will DEFINITELY create waves the world over and it won't stop future publications from Wikileaks or other sites.
Wow. They're already slipping bad enough as it is in market share and now they pull this. The smartphone market continues to grow and they just gave people a GREAT reason not to get a smartphone on their network!
Fucking idiots. Yes, people can use a lot of data on their smartphones. It can tax a network. Screwing customers isn't the best way to fix the problem.
Annnnd? Was said CBS show promoting violence?
Seeing as how I've seen a ton of people ranting about Palin putting targets on certain states to oust various congressfolks in the election, I'd say that's an ugly thing at best. I'd say said show was indeed encouraging violence with such a thing. What other conclusion do you friggin' draw from that?
Look at thousands of cops being unable to defend a squad car from 200 protesters. A squad car left alone on a street corner for hours....almost like they were hoping it would be vandalized so they could whine about violent protesters...huh, interesting.
This is such asinine shit. As if they need to do that to whine about violent protestors. G20 conventions always have a very ugly and very violent element in the protests. Taking ONE anecdote is not going to change that.
No, actually, it isn't. There are some loons, but there's a helluva lot more levelheadedness on HuffPo than there is on Fox. It's not even close.
The article states that he was using an automatic weapon. They aren't clear on what type, but it's quite possible that the gun used in this incident was ALREADY illegal.
Oh no, there's a TON more. They haven't released nearly everything. Don't forget that they have to pore over hundreds of thousands of documents, checking them for authenticity (someone might have pumped bogus information in), and protecting identities if it's necessary (ie, intelligence sources). You think everything in Assange's insurance file is out there already?
All they log is where you went and when, basically. They certainly don't cache everything you download or see. And apparently it isn't law, but the FBI is very intent on pressuring ISPs to keep a 2 year history.
Gah, my bad. I had heard that it passed a while ago. Thought that had become law. If it isn't, I wonder what the requirements are for ISP data retention, assuming there are any.