Phony unlock gadgets will be offered on the black market for big bux to wanna-be car thieves. In reality, the guy in the video has the car's original RF key fob in his pocket. Or his buddy has it just off screen. The magic box unlocks the luxury car on YouTube and orders roll in.
Who are you going to call when that $500 gizmo turns out to be a battery, pushbutton and red LED? The consumer protection agency?
The role of Aspergers in that story wasn't about him being able to see through "social engineering".
In part , it was. Burry didn't buy into the brokers' sales pitches for CDOs. He'd ask them for data to back up their product and when they tried the smooth talk, he didn't bite. Then, he went to the SEC data and figured these things were a good thing to short.
Also, you're confusing a failure to _display_ empathy with a lack of empathy.
Not necessarily. Aspergers individuals don't pick up on social cues. Not acting on a cue that you recognize (particularly if it results in discomfort to others) is just being an asshole. I suffer from that. I'm a pretty keen observer of others' emotions. But sometimes, particularly in professional settings, you've got to get past making people happy and give them the bad news that Lithium Ion batteries do tent to catch fire from time to time and probably are not a good idea on passenger aircraft. I don't care whose company the boss has stock options in.
People with Aspergers (ASD) display limited empathy with others. Not the psychopaths' ability to switch it on and off. It is just lacking.
Fake empathy is often used by con artists and sociopaths to manipulate people. And in some cases, people with Aspergers are more able to see through such social engineering than other people. There is an interesting story in The Big Short about an investor/fund manager who saw through the Wall Street bullshit surrounding mortgage backed securities and shorted them, making millions of dollars for himself and his clients.
This only works when the service provider manages the keys on my behalf. If I generated my own key pairs, the NSA would have to come to me to get my decryption key.
In the case of a criminal investigation where law enforcement is looking to apprehend me, a warrant would be sufficient. Just hold me on a judges order until I couch it up. But for political or economic espionage, that would tip off your competitor. The point here is to monitor them while they carry on business as usual.
And for all those people using it... when I want your data... I'l just start beating the ever living fuck out of you with a pipe wrench rather than trying to decrypt it. I promise you that you'll turn your keys over fairly quickly.
But that interferes with the NSA's desire to conduct covert surveillance. When I've been beaten for my keys, I'll know something's up.
The NSA isn't interested in catching terrorists or criminals. In this case, obtain a warrant (or beat them for their keys) while you hold them on suspicion. Decrypt the stored message traffic and you've got your evidence. When you are conducting ongoing political or economic espionage, you need your target to continue business as usual after breaking their secure communications.
Set up a web hosting company with fake IDs in the name of nonexistent individuals. Host a few 'interesting' web sites and wait for the NSA/CIA/FBI to come knocking asking for the keys. Report everything (including the infamous National Secutity Letter contents) to the press. Burn the fake IDs, wigs and phoney beards and disappear into the woodwork.
You take on the teacher's unions and parents. Testing, auditing or anything else that exposes screw-up faculty or idiot children will trigger a shitstorm. And then there's the curriculum. In Texas, acknowledging a 6000 year old earth, created in 6 days gets you a passing grade. Or an A in football science. But the people funding the system aren't necessarily the people who control the lesson plans. The urban tax base subsidizes the wishes of the redneck morons on the school board.
And there's the inevitable time lag between enrollment and testing to acquire the funds. The public has to pony up 11 years of funds just to see some moron drop out and pursue a career of ditch digging.
Money. Schools are funded (in many places) based on attendance.
Which raises an interesting point about the motivation behind the RFID system: Should schools be paid for the students that simply show up on campus? Or should they be required to attend class? If some kids want to treat their school as a smoking lounge, I don't want my tax dollars supporting that.
And that would be reasonable as far as an individual target goes. But as Nicholas Merrill pointed out in his talk, discussion of the boilerplate contents of a National Security Letter or the contact by the agent is prohibited forever. Screw up and go to jail.
You have been recruited as an agent of the security services without your having a say-so. For the rest of your life. And you don't even get an Aston Martin or a date with Pussy Galore.
You are being recruited by the intelligence services due to your deep insights into the Trayvon Martin case. You will provide us with assistance and your personal insights into the politics and evidence surrounding this incident.
However, for purposes of national security, we will be placing a gag order on all of your communications regarding this case. You will not be allowed to divulge the scope of your knowledge, or the content of our communications in any matter regarding Trayvon Martin or Barak Obama.
Thank you for your support in making this country a safer place.
Remember that box we put in our server room for you a couple of weeks back? Well last night, four heavily armed masked men broke into our facility and held our techs at gunpoint while they removed your box. When they left, all we heard was the sound of their helicopter. It was night, so we didn't see anything. I think they had Russian accents.
We would have filed a police report, except we are not supposed to discuss the details of you activities with anyone.
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Or use the Goldman Sachs ploy: Get Congress to except your chosen scheme from anti fraud, gambling and other statues. Then proceed to profit at will.
or discovering some skeletons in the closet that could be used for extortion or whatever,
Discover? Our congresspersons tweet pictures of their junk all over the Interwebs on their own.
Or Chrome. There's a good weather app for Chrome.
Ah yes. Apple's "You're holding it wrong" defense.
Phony unlock gadgets will be offered on the black market for big bux to wanna-be car thieves. In reality, the guy in the video has the car's original RF key fob in his pocket. Or his buddy has it just off screen. The magic box unlocks the luxury car on YouTube and orders roll in.
Who are you going to call when that $500 gizmo turns out to be a battery, pushbutton and red LED? The consumer protection agency?
The role of Aspergers in that story wasn't about him being able to see through "social engineering".
In part , it was. Burry didn't buy into the brokers' sales pitches for CDOs. He'd ask them for data to back up their product and when they tried the smooth talk, he didn't bite. Then, he went to the SEC data and figured these things were a good thing to short.
Also, you're confusing a failure to _display_ empathy with a lack of empathy.
Not necessarily. Aspergers individuals don't pick up on social cues. Not acting on a cue that you recognize (particularly if it results in discomfort to others) is just being an asshole. I suffer from that. I'm a pretty keen observer of others' emotions. But sometimes, particularly in professional settings, you've got to get past making people happy and give them the bad news that Lithium Ion batteries do tent to catch fire from time to time and probably are not a good idea on passenger aircraft. I don't care whose company the boss has stock options in.
People with Aspergers (ASD) display limited empathy with others. Not the psychopaths' ability to switch it on and off. It is just lacking.
Fake empathy is often used by con artists and sociopaths to manipulate people. And in some cases, people with Aspergers are more able to see through such social engineering than other people. There is an interesting story in The Big Short about an investor/fund manager who saw through the Wall Street bullshit surrounding mortgage backed securities and shorted them, making millions of dollars for himself and his clients.
This only works when the service provider manages the keys on my behalf. If I generated my own key pairs, the NSA would have to come to me to get my decryption key.
In the case of a criminal investigation where law enforcement is looking to apprehend me, a warrant would be sufficient. Just hold me on a judges order until I couch it up. But for political or economic espionage, that would tip off your competitor. The point here is to monitor them while they carry on business as usual.
And for all those people using it ... when I want your data ... I'l just start beating the ever living fuck out of you with a pipe wrench rather than trying to decrypt it. I promise you that you'll turn your keys over fairly quickly.
But that interferes with the NSA's desire to conduct covert surveillance. When I've been beaten for my keys, I'll know something's up.
The NSA isn't interested in catching terrorists or criminals. In this case, obtain a warrant (or beat them for their keys) while you hold them on suspicion. Decrypt the stored message traffic and you've got your evidence. When you are conducting ongoing political or economic espionage, you need your target to continue business as usual after breaking their secure communications.
Set up a web hosting company with fake IDs in the name of nonexistent individuals. Host a few 'interesting' web sites and wait for the NSA/CIA/FBI to come knocking asking for the keys. Report everything (including the infamous National Secutity Letter contents) to the press. Burn the fake IDs, wigs and phoney beards and disappear into the woodwork.
Not to mention the 747s with loose cargo pallets.
Where do I sign.
Right there on the dotted line. Can't see it? Clean your glasses off. Still can't see? Hold the contract right up to your nose.
probably in a Mad Max kind of way.
I'm ready. I've welded bull bars* to the front bumper of my Holden.
*Quite handy even before the holocaust what with all the Idaho Stop laws we're getting here.
There are no socioeconomic problems that can't be solved by a good 20 meter rise in the sea level.
You take on the teacher's unions and parents. Testing, auditing or anything else that exposes screw-up faculty or idiot children will trigger a shitstorm. And then there's the curriculum. In Texas, acknowledging a 6000 year old earth, created in 6 days gets you a passing grade. Or an A in football science. But the people funding the system aren't necessarily the people who control the lesson plans. The urban tax base subsidizes the wishes of the redneck morons on the school board.
And there's the inevitable time lag between enrollment and testing to acquire the funds. The public has to pony up 11 years of funds just to see some moron drop out and pursue a career of ditch digging.
I want the concession for the Guy Fawkes masks in Texas.
That will be one rich kid. She gets an automatic A in economics.
Money. Schools are funded (in many places) based on attendance.
Which raises an interesting point about the motivation behind the RFID system: Should schools be paid for the students that simply show up on campus? Or should they be required to attend class? If some kids want to treat their school as a smoking lounge, I don't want my tax dollars supporting that.
Many species' populations have undergone bottlenecks, including humans.
And that would be reasonable as far as an individual target goes. But as Nicholas Merrill pointed out in his talk, discussion of the boilerplate contents of a National Security Letter or the contact by the agent is prohibited forever. Screw up and go to jail.
You have been recruited as an agent of the security services without your having a say-so. For the rest of your life. And you don't even get an Aston Martin or a date with Pussy Galore.
Dear AC.
You are being recruited by the intelligence services due to your deep insights into the Trayvon Martin case. You will provide us with assistance and your personal insights into the politics and evidence surrounding this incident.
However, for purposes of national security, we will be placing a gag order on all of your communications regarding this case. You will not be allowed to divulge the scope of your knowledge, or the content of our communications in any matter regarding Trayvon Martin or Barak Obama.
Thank you for your support in making this country a safer place.
Hello, NSA?
Remember that box we put in our server room for you a couple of weeks back? Well last night, four heavily armed masked men broke into our facility and held our techs at gunpoint while they removed your box. When they left, all we heard was the sound of their helicopter. It was night, so we didn't see anything. I think they had Russian accents.
We would have filed a police report, except we are not supposed to discuss the details of you activities with anyone.