Yes, and clearly. This is the largest pedophile bust in history.
Says who? None of these people have been given their due process. At this point they are, at the very most, alleged child pornography traffickers.
Also, isn't your source of information the very government agency that was using a JavaScript exploit in a potentially illegal fashion to catch these perpetrators? Not exactly an unbiased source of information as to the legitimacy of their actions, huh?
Now I really want to Google 'stewpit', but I'm worried it's some keyword for a terrorist cannibal org.
I know you meant this as a joke, but the underlying punchline isn't funny.
Are we reaching a point where people will begin self-censorship? Where we will curtail our own curiosity even in the privacy of our own homes because even there Big Brother is listening to make sure we're not a threat to the State?
It would just make it more obvious there's no reason to try and institute region-restricted product availability (like region-lock DVDs and Blu-rays) because with FedEx global 24-hour shipping there's literally no place your product is inaccessible from.
Need to keep up appearances the world is still neatly carved up into sociopolitical zones in business.
Try this: Go to Walmart and walk around. Okay, now how many employees do you see walking around the store with backpacks, purses etc? Answer: zero. They are in the locker room.
Nice try. The Wal-Mart employees generally have to walk through the entire store to the back to clock in. The area where the receiving docks are is where the break room and employee lockers are. Yes, they keep their purses/backpacks/lunchboxes in a locker while working, but they could also slip things into these bags in the store while on their way back, or take merchandise from the storage racks in back area by the receiving docks, then walk out at the end of the day with their bags on arm.
For your idea to work the store has to have a separate employee entrance/exit outside the inventory control area. And you'll need someone to guard the door between the inventory control area and the employee area to make sure bags or merchandise to not cross between the two.
It's from a government site. NSA paranoia aside, a Postal Regulatory Commission complaint is not going to contain some ridiculous scripts or other executable bits.
You always have the option of opening it with the built-in PDF reader on Firefox, which would only be able to open the plain document portion of it if there is anything else embedded.
Using an HTML scraper and an almost certainly unholy bunch of scripts to make sure you get first dibs on a restaurant reservation is certainly hacking in the old sense of the word: it's a hack.
I realize that. But that's not what the term "hacker" means anymore to the mainstream. Interestingly, the BBC article doesn't refer to these people as "hackers" once in it's article. It's Slashdot's summary that's sensationalist and tried to imply these people are doing something illegal with their code.
And the practical reason for this is what, exactly?
Didn't you see the part about recognizing when you're speaking? With a little more work they can probably get it converted to a full-fledged listening device, and then have it send your communications right to the NSA. No need to partner with telecoms to get your conversation and risk leaks from disgruntled employees, and now you can't outwit them by staying off the phone or email.
Only a tinfoil hoodie will protect you now, just don't go walking around in Florida wearing it.
I had an edit revoked when I removed some info about the small town I live in. It said it was devastated by fire in the 1927, but there was never a fire of any kind. I was told I need a citation. A citation of something that didn't happen, nice..
Couldn't you have just in turn asked for a citation of the fire happening?
During the depths of the recession they were able to negotiate really sweet deals on their huge purchases of components. Those contracts expired, and they're now having to pay more, but they certainly can't raise prices.
Since the representative is supposed to represent the views of his constituency, technically the congressman disagreeing with you should be considered treason.
You think being in the State of Kansas makes you ineffective in government, try being a voter in Lawrence. Might as well not vote for anything outside the city elections.
Some people use their blog as a source of income. That income depends on their blog having an established, searchable presence. Some of those blogs may have the kind of content (like porn) that you or other people may personally look down on.
Don't most of these sites have TOS that pretty much state "you're not allowed to use this as a source of income" so they can't be used to host e-commerce sites and the like. It's usually in the same area where they say there's no warranty and the site is available on a best-effort basis, so they can't be held responsible fiscally for any downtime.
Probably that same 100 mile Constitution-free radius around our "borders" that deliberately covers the entire landmass since International airports are included in that word.
"When Yahoo purchased Tumblr in May, Tumblr founder David Karp said Tumblr wouldn't be changing, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said, 'Part of our strategy here is to let Tumblr be Tumblr.'
Yeah, and when an independent website gets purchased by a large corporation the executives never lie to the users of a new acquisition to keep them from doing a mass exodus. After all, the users themselves are a part of the deal.
No, that would make too much noise. Deer Trail is only 55 miles from Denver.
Silently making the population disappear would be better. With a group that small it would be longer before any of them were missed. It's probably the sort of town that frequently loses all phone service when the one line gets cut.
This would be a great solution, if the OP is going to be taking on all support duties for them from now on. Otherwise the trouble will start as soon as they have an issue with a peripheral and need to contact the manufacturer.
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Seriously, you think this is about pedophiles?
Yes, and clearly. This is the largest pedophile bust in history.
Says who? None of these people have been given their due process. At this point they are, at the very most, alleged child pornography traffickers.
Also, isn't your source of information the very government agency that was using a JavaScript exploit in a potentially illegal fashion to catch these perpetrators? Not exactly an unbiased source of information as to the legitimacy of their actions, huh?
cancelling mismod. ignore this.
I know! Thanks to red tape, Duke's Nuke will take forever to get built in North Carolina!
Now I really want to Google 'stewpit', but I'm worried it's some keyword for a terrorist cannibal org.
I know you meant this as a joke, but the underlying punchline isn't funny.
Are we reaching a point where people will begin self-censorship? Where we will curtail our own curiosity even in the privacy of our own homes because even there Big Brother is listening to make sure we're not a threat to the State?
It's working fine for me.
Sure the issue isn't your DSL?
Nope, can't do that.
It would just make it more obvious there's no reason to try and institute region-restricted product availability (like region-lock DVDs and Blu-rays) because with FedEx global 24-hour shipping there's literally no place your product is inaccessible from.
Need to keep up appearances the world is still neatly carved up into sociopolitical zones in business.
Try this: Go to Walmart and walk around. Okay, now how many employees do you see walking around the store with backpacks, purses etc? Answer: zero. They are in the locker room.
Nice try. The Wal-Mart employees generally have to walk through the entire store to the back to clock in. The area where the receiving docks are is where the break room and employee lockers are. Yes, they keep their purses/backpacks/lunchboxes in a locker while working, but they could also slip things into these bags in the store while on their way back, or take merchandise from the storage racks in back area by the receiving docks, then walk out at the end of the day with their bags on arm.
For your idea to work the store has to have a separate employee entrance/exit outside the inventory control area. And you'll need someone to guard the door between the inventory control area and the employee area to make sure bags or merchandise to not cross between the two.
This is why Linux will never be mainstream.
Yeah, because running three monitors at once is so mainstream. :rolleyes:
It's from a government site. NSA paranoia aside, a Postal Regulatory Commission complaint is not going to contain some ridiculous scripts or other executable bits.
You always have the option of opening it with the built-in PDF reader on Firefox, which would only be able to open the plain document portion of it if there is anything else embedded.
No, I think they mean IT-O from Star Wars.
Using an HTML scraper and an almost certainly unholy bunch of scripts to make sure you get first dibs on a restaurant reservation is certainly hacking in the old sense of the word: it's a hack.
I realize that. But that's not what the term "hacker" means anymore to the mainstream.
Interestingly, the BBC article doesn't refer to these people as "hackers" once in it's article. It's Slashdot's summary that's sensationalist and tried to imply these people are doing something illegal with their code.
And the practical reason for this is what, exactly?
Didn't you see the part about recognizing when you're speaking? With a little more work they can probably get it converted to a full-fledged listening device, and then have it send your communications right to the NSA. No need to partner with telecoms to get your conversation and risk leaks from disgruntled employees, and now you can't outwit them by staying off the phone or email.
Only a tinfoil hoodie will protect you now, just don't go walking around in Florida wearing it.
Suddenly it's hacking? Give me a break.
Haven't you heard? Nowadays using a computer to access/use something in any way the original creator doesn't like is "hacking".
I had an edit revoked when I removed some info about the small town I live in. It said it was devastated by fire in the 1927, but there was never a fire of any kind. I was told I need a citation. A citation of something that didn't happen, nice..
Couldn't you have just in turn asked for a citation of the fire happening?
My 1975 Ford Maverick didn't have fuel-injection, but it did have electronic ignition.
You forgot to encrypt it.
No, he didn't. He used ROT-13, twice even!
During the depths of the recession they were able to negotiate really sweet deals on their huge purchases of components. Those contracts expired, and they're now having to pay more, but they certainly can't raise prices.
Why not? They raised prices in Japan less than two weeks ago.
Disapproval will be interpreted as treason.
Since the representative is supposed to represent the views of his constituency, technically the congressman disagreeing with you should be considered treason.
You think being in the State of Kansas makes you ineffective in government, try being a voter in Lawrence. Might as well not vote for anything outside the city elections.
Some people use their blog as a source of income. That income depends on their blog having an established, searchable presence. Some of those blogs may have the kind of content (like porn) that you or other people may personally look down on.
Don't most of these sites have TOS that pretty much state "you're not allowed to use this as a source of income" so they can't be used to host e-commerce sites and the like. It's usually in the same area where they say there's no warranty and the site is available on a best-effort basis, so they can't be held responsible fiscally for any downtime.
How far around the airport?
Probably that same 100 mile Constitution-free radius around our "borders" that deliberately covers the entire landmass since International airports are included in that word.
"When Yahoo purchased Tumblr in May, Tumblr founder David Karp said Tumblr wouldn't be changing, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said, 'Part of our strategy here is to let Tumblr be Tumblr.'
Yeah, and when an independent website gets purchased by a large corporation the executives never lie to the users of a new acquisition to keep them from doing a mass exodus. After all, the users themselves are a part of the deal.
No, that would make too much noise. Deer Trail is only 55 miles from Denver.
Silently making the population disappear would be better. With a group that small it would be longer before any of them were missed.
It's probably the sort of town that frequently loses all phone service when the one line gets cut.
Encouraging destruction of government property...
With a population of 550, Deer Trail, CO could suddenly find itself a bunch of empty buildings if Washington wished it.
This would be a great solution, if the OP is going to be taking on all support duties for them from now on. Otherwise the trouble will start as soon as they have an issue with a peripheral and need to contact the manufacturer.