This isn't new, and there isn't anything to stop your ISP from siphoning your emails in transit. Many companies are required to keep all email communications stored for an amount of time and have systems in place that capture and store for later discovery. Even deleting the message doesn't mean that it's really gone. The cold hard fact is that while your data is in transit on a system not owned by you, you don't own it. It's like your trash on the curb, the sanitation workers can (and probably do) go through it if it looks interesting enough. The best you can do is make it look boring.
I have a t-shirt (that I got from thinkgeek) that reads "I read your email" and it's absolutely true, in more than one respect. As an administrator for an ISP, the mail server, all accounts and subsequently all data stored in those accounts is in within my sphere of influence. I can legally read any message present on the server. Included in those numbers are mail accounts for several city and county governments as well as many businesses that host their domains on our server. As a forensic examiner, I also am given access to much information and many email messages, so I do indeed read your email.
At this point in the explanation of my t-shirt, is where I explain my personal ethics.
It is because I have no faith in the ethical boundaries of others that I have a private server for my personal email.
One note about one of the potential options listed above. Storing mail in an encrypted folder would be a great idea if the mail server didn't have to read and write to the mailbox. If the server doesn't have the key, then the incoming messages cannot be encrypted. You could always use PGP though.
So, if I'm paranoid enough to use whole disk encryption, why am I not paranoid enough to log out of my session when I'm away or have a screen saver password?
FTA: The single wheel on the U3-X is made up of many tiny motor-controlled wheels, packed inside the bigger wheel, allowing the device to swerve in any direction.
Unicycle: A unicycle is a one-wheeled human-powered vehicle.
Have a look on ebay for a compaq iLo PCI card. This is a network-attached video card (also providing keyboard and mouse) allowing an administrator to get an actual screen (like VNC) over a network connection.
It worked for me. I think the title of my email was "I'd like to send you $500"
I got a reply the next day. Within one week he had $500 and I had software with the additional functionality I needed. The functionality was included in the future release of the package and everyone benefits.
I had hours of enjoyment out of Syndicate in my teens and early 20's. The concept was far fetched those days, but seems much more plausible given the current political and economic theater.
Rather than go into detail in this post, I'll refer you to the Wikipedia entry for Syndicate
This is my philosophy for one of my sites. I incur all costs so that my viewers don't have to. Honestly, would you watch public broadcast TV if you had to pay for it? The broadcasters cover their costs in any way they can - advertisements, paid content, government grants, etc...
Other websites that offer similar services to my site charge for those services, while my site (geared toward building a community) charges nothing - ever, and has seen consistent growth for three years.
I'm with you - let the big companies lock out their content! They will only drive visitors to competitors who actually 'get it'.
Why not have the best of both worlds. I remember reading (over a decade ago) about a plan called Mars Direct.
We could easily send robots and provisions for future colonization using the terms set forth in the plan.
IM(not so)HO, this is a ploy for the Obama White House to emulate thunder created by the Kennedy White House. It's cheap and fake thunder for the sake of approval ratings.
Apply their current success ratio to any future plan to get an idea of the likelihood for success. They should really start aiming lower so that their failures aren't so colossal.
Sseriously, even in the worst of times there are businesses that are growing.
Extra "S" accepted, because it's that sserious. My company has grown by 30% so far this year....it's our best year ever and we're only halfway through it!!!
I discussed bonuses with my boss today and things are looking really good.....that is, unless the government continues to devalue the dollar. Either I'll be able to buy a house, or a loaf of bread.
I had a hard time switching from procedural to object oriented programming. It turns out that I needed the right teacher. My brain just works differently. My mother says that my son does many of the same things that I did.
Because I know how I learned it, I can transfer that knowledge in the way it was given to me.
Remember, there are some languages and systems that don't offer objects. I believe that to have a true understanding, one must understand history. Procedures came before objects.
This would be an incredible teaching aid. Students could be shown (not just told) how technology has advanced over 25 years. Real, side-by-side comparisons could be demonstrated using simple programs designed to run on both the new and old systems (first-hand demonstration of backwards compatibility, performance comparisons, etc). This could be an excellent system to teach the importance of efficiency in programming.
When my son is old enough to have an actual computer, I plan on giving him a system that has limited capabilities so I can teach him on a system that doesn't provide built-in distractions (I'll probably pick something newer than 25 years though). Of course, I'll teach him BASIC first, then maybe COBOL and some other simple languages before introducing him to modern languages and objects.
That is the exact reason I redirect DNS traffic on my network.
Users cannot be trusted to enter correct information, they cannot be trusted to keep their machines free of infection and as a result, I receive more support requests. It only took 3 escalated calls to make up my mind about DNS redirection.
No more hijacking, users on my network may utilize external DNS only if they can tunnel to it (this takes care of my business clients)
I've had no complaints (I'm serious, not a single one)
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A Post Office Box is rented. That would be a safe place.
This isn't new, and there isn't anything to stop your ISP from siphoning your emails in transit. Many companies are required to keep all email communications stored for an amount of time and have systems in place that capture and store for later discovery. Even deleting the message doesn't mean that it's really gone. The cold hard fact is that while your data is in transit on a system not owned by you, you don't own it. It's like your trash on the curb, the sanitation workers can (and probably do) go through it if it looks interesting enough. The best you can do is make it look boring.
I have a t-shirt (that I got from thinkgeek) that reads "I read your email" and it's absolutely true, in more than one respect. As an administrator for an ISP, the mail server, all accounts and subsequently all data stored in those accounts is in within my sphere of influence. I can legally read any message present on the server. Included in those numbers are mail accounts for several city and county governments as well as many businesses that host their domains on our server. As a forensic examiner, I also am given access to much information and many email messages, so I do indeed read your email.
At this point in the explanation of my t-shirt, is where I explain my personal ethics.
It is because I have no faith in the ethical boundaries of others that I have a private server for my personal email.
One note about one of the potential options listed above. Storing mail in an encrypted folder would be a great idea if the mail server didn't have to read and write to the mailbox. If the server doesn't have the key, then the incoming messages cannot be encrypted. You could always use PGP though.
So, if I'm paranoid enough to use whole disk encryption, why am I not paranoid enough to log out of my session when I'm away or have a screen saver password?
Yeah, that's worth watching again and again.
Even my wife agreed that it was awesome.
Forget the feminist wing, I'm looking forward to the lesbian wing showing up! I don't need a lap dance, I just want to watch.
On that note, did anybody see Gretchen kiss Claire on Heroes? HOT!
Dexter has been replaced by Heroes as my favorite TV show!
Yes, there are robots tags to prevent many things - but do the bots obey the tags (or robots.txt)?
Google and yahoo do obey, and if Murdoch wants to stop inbound hyperlinks he needs to have his web guy add:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX NOFOLLOW NOARCHIVE NOODP NOYDIR">
No fuss, no muss, 1 line and all that pesky traffic (and ad revenue) go away.
Hey, that sounds like an idea. Google, stop linking to them! Convince Yahoo to do the same! Then we'll see who starts paying who for inbound links!
FTA: The single wheel on the U3-X is made up of many tiny motor-controlled wheels, packed inside the bigger wheel, allowing the device to swerve in any direction.
Unicycle: A unicycle is a one-wheeled human-powered vehicle.
Have a look on ebay for a compaq iLo PCI card. This is a network-attached video card (also providing keyboard and mouse) allowing an administrator to get an actual screen (like VNC) over a network connection.
You'll have access to bios as well!
Little kids wear Batman underwear. Batman wears Chuck Norris underwear!
It worked for me. I think the title of my email was "I'd like to send you $500"
I got a reply the next day. Within one week he had $500 and I had software with the additional functionality I needed. The functionality was included in the future release of the package and everyone benefits.
There is truth to the saying "Money Talks"
omg she's stupid
She didn't spell "tuition" correctly in her court documents.
How much do you want to bet that with a name like "Trina Thompson" and being from the Bronx that she's some hood rat.
Really, did she get her 2.7 GPA on merit, or is this an example of "no child left behind" for colleges (degree mills, as was mentioned earlier)?
Oh, I'm sure there is a lawyer somewhere that will be able to attach a price to this.
When it gets that bad, I don't care who see's what I'm doing!
The only time I ever had a problem finding a place to 'go', I was on a very long bridge.
Oh, shit...
Clippy: I've located several public bathrooms and a large cluster of shrubs nearby. Would you like directions?
And the monkey backpack/leash too. My son reacts the same way with the leash - he defiantly rejects and fights it......that's my boy!
I had hours of enjoyment out of Syndicate in my teens and early 20's. The concept was far fetched those days, but seems much more plausible given the current political and economic theater.
Rather than go into detail in this post, I'll refer you to the Wikipedia entry for Syndicate
This is my philosophy for one of my sites. I incur all costs so that my viewers don't have to. Honestly, would you watch public broadcast TV if you had to pay for it? The broadcasters cover their costs in any way they can - advertisements, paid content, government grants, etc...
Other websites that offer similar services to my site charge for those services, while my site (geared toward building a community) charges nothing - ever, and has seen consistent growth for three years.
I'm with you - let the big companies lock out their content! They will only drive visitors to competitors who actually 'get it'.
Why not have the best of both worlds. I remember reading (over a decade ago) about a plan called Mars Direct.
We could easily send robots and provisions for future colonization using the terms set forth in the plan.
IM(not so)HO, this is a ploy for the Obama White House to emulate thunder created by the Kennedy White House. It's cheap and fake thunder for the sake of approval ratings.
Apply their current success ratio to any future plan to get an idea of the likelihood for success. They should really start aiming lower so that their failures aren't so colossal.
they're talking about this on Coast-to-Coast with George Noory
Illegal searches...
This is China we're talking about. I doubt any search there is illegal.
Ok Mr. Burns, what's your first name?
Surely, they'll be collecting data of their own during any record search.
Hi, I'm Joe Bloggs, SSN 123-45-6789 of 123 Main St. New York, NY 11111. Is my information in your database?
Why yes, Mr. Bloggs....it is now.
Sseriously, even in the worst of times there are businesses that are growing.
Extra "S" accepted, because it's that sserious. My company has grown by 30% so far this year....it's our best year ever and we're only halfway through it!!!
I discussed bonuses with my boss today and things are looking really good.....that is, unless the government continues to devalue the dollar. Either I'll be able to buy a house, or a loaf of bread.
I understand what you're saying, but I disagree.
I had a hard time switching from procedural to object oriented programming. It turns out that I needed the right teacher. My brain just works differently. My mother says that my son does many of the same things that I did.
Because I know how I learned it, I can transfer that knowledge in the way it was given to me.
Remember, there are some languages and systems that don't offer objects. I believe that to have a true understanding, one must understand history. Procedures came before objects.
This would be an incredible teaching aid. Students could be shown (not just told) how technology has advanced over 25 years. Real, side-by-side comparisons could be demonstrated using simple programs designed to run on both the new and old systems (first-hand demonstration of backwards compatibility, performance comparisons, etc). This could be an excellent system to teach the importance of efficiency in programming.
When my son is old enough to have an actual computer, I plan on giving him a system that has limited capabilities so I can teach him on a system that doesn't provide built-in distractions (I'll probably pick something newer than 25 years though). Of course, I'll teach him BASIC first, then maybe COBOL and some other simple languages before introducing him to modern languages and objects.
That is the exact reason I redirect DNS traffic on my network.
Users cannot be trusted to enter correct information, they cannot be trusted to keep their machines free of infection and as a result, I receive more support requests. It only took 3 escalated calls to make up my mind about DNS redirection.
No more hijacking, users on my network may utilize external DNS only if they can tunnel to it (this takes care of my business clients)
I've had no complaints (I'm serious, not a single one)