Probably the same third party I have to deal with whenever I have a billing/tech support issue. Some contractor in India.
Since they are already beyond the reach of meager US data protection and privacy laws, it will be trivial for the NSA/FBI/CIA to just buy back (for a modest fee) any metadata that they want. The telecoms//ISPs are already in the business of reselling our* metadata to third parties. Anyone who wants a dump of anything from your companies customer lists to any number that regularly calls in to certain exchanges in Langley, Virginia can buy that on the open market already. What's to stop the NSA?
* Not really 'our' data anymore. Courts have already ruled on the side of telecoms that billing metadata is the property of the telecoms and preventing their sharing with partners or resale is a violation of their free speech rights.
Actually, the same issue applies. Microprocessor firmware (not a part of this survey) generates an interrupt every so many milliseconds (a 'jiffy' in the Linux world). So even for a multi gigahertz machine, that could still be relatively slow.
The problem with being big in the innovation world is how that affects the startup/venture capital market for other ventures. While anyone with a novel idea has to worry about the Googleplex paralleling their efforts, the other side of this coin is the payoff of acquisition. There is a market for your startup other than the cold, cruel world of having to run your own business for the rest of your life.
The big Google overhang of the innovation market doesn't seem to be as bad as the feared Microsoft shadow once was. There, if you didn't buy into Microsoft's vision of the world, they would very probably try to kill your venture off. And you had to explain your strategy for working around this to any VC firm you made a pitch to. Google (and Apple) don't seem to be pushing the market around to this extent. You want to build for the Android platform? Fine. Nothing wrong with an Apple, Windows, or even (shudder) a Linux version as well. If you are a business and you want a mix of desktops, no problem. There is no Windows volume discount that magically happens to kick in only when the last competing OS installation is carried off to the dumpster.
Google's size might harm their own innovation. But so long as they don't try to drag the rest of the market down to their level, that will only be their own problem to correct.
there can be no dissenting opinion because the science is SETTLED!
Then it isn't real science. Theories are always up for review and revision in the face of new evidence and research.
Yes, there are some people who attempt to re-submit old, refuted work in an attempt to get it into the public record. But others have legitimate complaints in that their original research doesn't get much more that a response of, "Shut up! This has been settled."
Sadly, sometimes one does have to repeat themselves, more slowly and with simpler words to get everyone to understand them.
Nothing free about the heavily regulated insurance industry. In many cases (auto insurance being one) they implement political agendas that would otherwise get slapped down were they to be exposed to public review. There be dragons and major social engineering going on here.
You want to sell insurance in our state? You kiss the ass of the insurance commission. Or forget about it. You'll assess 'points' for drivers under a state formula, not one based on risk and cost. So grandpa doesn't get dinged for driving while blind (AARP members vote). You try to set up a 'good drivers only' company and the state 'invites' you to join its assigned risk pool. You get your share of the mullet-heads with the TransAms.
Digging through TFA and links, it appears that the 'surveillance drone' was a toy RC helicopter. With something like a 6" blade diameter. Yeah, you could put a tiny camera on one. But they have a range of something like 100 feet. If one came up to my window, the operator would have to be on my lawn......
I'd love to see Feinstein's response to some kid smacking a baseball through her window. She'd probably still be locked in her panic room.
Then you should be in a better position to push back against these fundies that us atheists. To them, we look like we are attacking all aspects of faith. You have a child in the Texas system and a legitimate argument against the faux science curriculum. You don't want your kids to grow up and enter the job market with an implied asterisk next to their school records.
making money on the one thing that you have set out to stop.
The government set out to stop trade in drugs and other contraband. Not stop Bitcoin. It appears as though they are taking the position that trading with Bitcoin, by itself, is legal.
Its like seizing cars from drug dealers. The drugs they find therein will be destroyed. But the cars are OK.
Or only those on infected machines? And was this removal targeted only at the botnet-installed Tor client (TFA seems to imply this).
If this was the case, then good for them (Microsoft). Although they could have been a bit more open about their removal with the Tor developers, so as to reassure them that they were not attacking Tor. And to get feedback on anything that could cause a false positive and removal.
Will there be an effective way for cryptanalysts to know the number of separately encrypted messages that exist within a data object? If so, the deniability feature of this will be of little use. If the number is not known, then handing over the password to a relatively innocuous message might be sufficient to end the interrogation. If the number is known, the waterboarding will continue until all passwords are revealed..
Bees participating earlier in this study received lower numbered UIDs than later bees. Bees with greater karma and more points to spend modded down less popular bees. Divisions between bee populations and resulting flame wars erupted throughout the hive.
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Probably the same third party I have to deal with whenever I have a billing/tech support issue. Some contractor in India.
Since they are already beyond the reach of meager US data protection and privacy laws, it will be trivial for the NSA/FBI/CIA to just buy back (for a modest fee) any metadata that they want. The telecoms//ISPs are already in the business of reselling our* metadata to third parties. Anyone who wants a dump of anything from your companies customer lists to any number that regularly calls in to certain exchanges in Langley, Virginia can buy that on the open market already. What's to stop the NSA?
* Not really 'our' data anymore. Courts have already ruled on the side of telecoms that billing metadata is the property of the telecoms and preventing their sharing with partners or resale is a violation of their free speech rights.
Actually, the same issue applies. Microprocessor firmware (not a part of this survey) generates an interrupt every so many milliseconds (a 'jiffy' in the Linux world). So even for a multi gigahertz machine, that could still be relatively slow.
The problem with being big in the innovation world is how that affects the startup/venture capital market for other ventures. While anyone with a novel idea has to worry about the Googleplex paralleling their efforts, the other side of this coin is the payoff of acquisition. There is a market for your startup other than the cold, cruel world of having to run your own business for the rest of your life.
The big Google overhang of the innovation market doesn't seem to be as bad as the feared Microsoft shadow once was. There, if you didn't buy into Microsoft's vision of the world, they would very probably try to kill your venture off. And you had to explain your strategy for working around this to any VC firm you made a pitch to. Google (and Apple) don't seem to be pushing the market around to this extent. You want to build for the Android platform? Fine. Nothing wrong with an Apple, Windows, or even (shudder) a Linux version as well. If you are a business and you want a mix of desktops, no problem. There is no Windows volume discount that magically happens to kick in only when the last competing OS installation is carried off to the dumpster.
Google's size might harm their own innovation. But so long as they don't try to drag the rest of the market down to their level, that will only be their own problem to correct.
I, for one, am willing to do my part.
Go outside. Get some exercise.
But if they must be told, better that the message come from a cheap single board computer than another person.
A keyboard should be sturdy enough to beat a man to death with. And then use to write his obituary.
there can be no dissenting opinion because the science is SETTLED!
Then it isn't real science. Theories are always up for review and revision in the face of new evidence and research.
Yes, there are some people who attempt to re-submit old, refuted work in an attempt to get it into the public record. But others have legitimate complaints in that their original research doesn't get much more that a response of, "Shut up! This has been settled."
Sadly, sometimes one does have to repeat themselves, more slowly and with simpler words to get everyone to understand them.
P.S. I think you forgot your <sarcasm> tags.
Ha! I'm not wearing a codpiece. Fooled you!
Isn't this the "free" market at work?
Nothing free about the heavily regulated insurance industry. In many cases (auto insurance being one) they implement political agendas that would otherwise get slapped down were they to be exposed to public review. There be dragons and major social engineering going on here.
You want to sell insurance in our state? You kiss the ass of the insurance commission. Or forget about it. You'll assess 'points' for drivers under a state formula, not one based on risk and cost. So grandpa doesn't get dinged for driving while blind (AARP members vote). You try to set up a 'good drivers only' company and the state 'invites' you to join its assigned risk pool. You get your share of the mullet-heads with the TransAms.
That still consumes some bandwidth. Not as much as loading the ad, running its embedded script and hogging even more bandwidth/resources.
Insurance. You will 'consent' to handing over the data for the cheap policy. No consent and your premiums go up a few K$ per year.
You still have a choice.
Digging through TFA and links, it appears that the 'surveillance drone' was a toy RC helicopter. With something like a 6" blade diameter. Yeah, you could put a tiny camera on one. But they have a range of something like 100 feet. If one came up to my window, the operator would have to be on my lawn ......
I'd love to see Feinstein's response to some kid smacking a baseball through her window. She'd probably still be locked in her panic room.
Then you should be in a better position to push back against these fundies that us atheists. To them, we look like we are attacking all aspects of faith. You have a child in the Texas system and a legitimate argument against the faux science curriculum. You don't want your kids to grow up and enter the job market with an implied asterisk next to their school records.
making money on the one thing that you have set out to stop.
The government set out to stop trade in drugs and other contraband. Not stop Bitcoin. It appears as though they are taking the position that trading with Bitcoin, by itself, is legal.
Its like seizing cars from drug dealers. The drugs they find therein will be destroyed. But the cars are OK.
We'll know when its commonplace. SWA will land on the wrong planet.
does anyone here know if there was a post launch abort procedure
FTFY.
Shuttle launch abort is a moot point now.
good chance of getting a job upon return to Russia
Flipping pirozhki?
Or only those on infected machines? And was this removal targeted only at the botnet-installed Tor client (TFA seems to imply this).
If this was the case, then good for them (Microsoft). Although they could have been a bit more open about their removal with the Tor developers, so as to reassure them that they were not attacking Tor. And to get feedback on anything that could cause a false positive and removal.
Of course I didn't read TFA!
Will there be an effective way for cryptanalysts to know the number of separately encrypted messages that exist within a data object? If so, the deniability feature of this will be of little use. If the number is not known, then handing over the password to a relatively innocuous message might be sufficient to end the interrogation. If the number is known, the waterboarding will continue until all passwords are revealed..
In related news, the NSA's Utah data center is filled to capacity with versions of Goatse Guy.
Bees participating earlier in this study received lower numbered UIDs than later bees. Bees with greater karma and more points to spend modded down less popular bees. Divisions between bee populations and resulting flame wars erupted throughout the hive.
Well, there's the cost of running an entire ship vs this platform. And the time lost going out and returning between tests.
And there are some things a blow up doll will let me do that the wife objects to. Just saying.