"switched on latent features in its recent routers and switches"
and
"users need to sign up for Cisco's StealthWatch service and let traffic from their kit flow to a cloud-based analytics service that inspects traffic and uses self-improving machine learning algorithms to spot dodgy traffic"
it's what is NOT being revealed that truly is scary
what happens now? how does this actually manifest into something? do browser makers now have to have certain features to be W3C certified or something?
is this at all similar to Chrome's recent decisions to not allow credentials from certain places, etc? I may not be remembering this stuff correctly but it seems like just another entity's decisions to do something they feel 'right' about
that's no shit, after reading the article I thought 'courage' might have some sort of archaic, rarely-used meaning other than the normal one I'd come to expect; nope, just some dipshit's attempt to make the mundane seem important
so based on their history of explaining away iPhone/iOS/Apple issues of any nature (see JoeyRox post further down) and using Occam's Razor as a guide, what should a person w/out inside knowledge think? remember this is a $600 device that will be the center of most people's techno-lives and thus a huge personal vulnerability -- should it be ill-designed; does Apple have your best interests at heart or theirs?
this isn't about being open-minded and an optimist, real life decisions require looking at the darker side of life, not just the pleasantries; business reality is about money, not good intentions
here's another truth to consider.... companies won't tell the truth if it makes them look bad.... they spin it so it's somehow okay or at least insignificant; in this particular context of a 'big release event,' how much pressure do you think there is regarding truth vs perception?
Customer: the terms are hideously one-sided and I have no other options
Comcast: you signed it and a contract is a contract; no backing out, you have obligations
Comcast: the terms are hideously one-sided and I have no other options
VT: you signed it and a contract is a contract; no backing out, you have obligations
no big deal, it's just meta-data, not much to be had from that; no, we don't collect data en masse; no no, that's not piss on your back, it's rain
if this were true, and the guy was a US citizen not under suspicion or any other legally obtained need, is that a crime? does the Constitution have any meaning to these people?
true story bro, as I was about to click 'Submit' for some reason I hit refresh instead..... lost the post, dumbass! lolololololol
but since I had actually composed it in notepad, the backup plan was at the ready: just a re-copy/paste and back in action; would have hated for all y'all to miss my funny informative insightfulness
let us all bow our heads for a moment of silence... in remembrance of not only our own similar painful experience(s), but of our brethren's; let us mock his ignorance so that he may also one day partake of the joy in knowing the world is chock full of fuckups just like us
tough lesson, to be sure; took me a couple times of getting burned to bake in redundancies for my project's assets
that being said, why use a semi-vague term like 'discard' being the nuke option with no clarifications and confirmations? I wonder if it's an ESL issue... you know, not malicious, just ignorant
according to my iPod, you're wrong; I mean, like, oh my god, even those poor miscellaneous children have clothes to wear, how can you be so mean? it's cray cray
dirtbag yellow journalist excessively editorializing by using the "sticking by" phrase to mischaracterize Cloudflare's stance on Freedom of Speech; support of free speech does not mean endorsement of what another says, it means you have the balls to stand on principle even when you find it distasteful; fucking lever-pullers have an easy time keeping the weak-minded distracted, divided and conquerable
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short and sweet, well said
an if not, then what is it? do you have anything helpful to add in case that initial test fails?
please tell us, what IS it about?
...will be used for good?
only useful for helping a customer? it would never be used to stretch a ride out to bump up the fare a bit, no?
just having the knowledge guarantees nothing.... a tool can cut both ways
the trick is that both parties have to be armed, not just the bad guys - fuckwit#23452345
and this time it's not just my hygiene
"switched on latent features in its recent routers and switches"
and
"users need to sign up for Cisco's StealthWatch service and let traffic from their kit flow to a cloud-based analytics service that inspects traffic and uses self-improving machine learning algorithms to spot dodgy traffic"
it's what is NOT being revealed that truly is scary
engineers with questionable knowledge and experience?
no prob, brah, there's an app for that
goddamn, why, anon, why? I have mod points for you but no way to give them
"employees have gone into debt to hang onto shares they still can't sell"
didn't read TFA so maybe it's in there.... but does this mean that they will lose their shares if the don't go into debt?
and they sound pretty much the same live
which weighs more.... a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?
"...a glitch in the system Google uses to monitor Google Docs..."
wtf does this mean? the cynic in me can fill in the blanks but I'll wait for a more informed bit of info
don't know about you all.... but for us frogs, we like it when the water warms up.... feels good so I'm not complaining
honest questions...
what happens now? how does this actually manifest into something? do browser makers now have to have certain features to be W3C certified or something?
is this at all similar to Chrome's recent decisions to not allow credentials from certain places, etc? I may not be remembering this stuff correctly but it seems like just another entity's decisions to do something they feel 'right' about
do they have that much power to affect the web?
help me out, pls
that's no shit, after reading the article I thought 'courage' might have some sort of archaic, rarely-used meaning other than the normal one I'd come to expect; nope, just some dipshit's attempt to make the mundane seem important
so based on their history of explaining away iPhone/iOS/Apple issues of any nature (see JoeyRox post further down) and using Occam's Razor as a guide, what should a person w/out inside knowledge think? remember this is a $600 device that will be the center of most people's techno-lives and thus a huge personal vulnerability -- should it be ill-designed; does Apple have your best interests at heart or theirs?
this isn't about being open-minded and an optimist, real life decisions require looking at the darker side of life, not just the pleasantries; business reality is about money, not good intentions
here's another truth to consider.... companies won't tell the truth if it makes them look bad.... they spin it so it's somehow okay or at least insignificant; in this particular context of a 'big release event,' how much pressure do you think there is regarding truth vs perception?
they did rehearse this, no?
Customer: the terms are hideously one-sided and I have no other options
Comcast: you signed it and a contract is a contract; no backing out, you have obligations
Comcast: the terms are hideously one-sided and I have no other options
VT: you signed it and a contract is a contract; no backing out, you have obligations
Comcast: you don't have the authority to do that!
no need for more to be said
no big deal, it's just meta-data, not much to be had from that; no, we don't collect data en masse; no no, that's not piss on your back, it's rain
if this were true, and the guy was a US citizen not under suspicion or any other legally obtained need, is that a crime? does the Constitution have any meaning to these people?
wow, the missing piece to complete the puzzle
thank you, sir, nothing more needs to be said
that's a wrap!
replying to my own post....
true story bro, as I was about to click 'Submit' for some reason I hit refresh instead..... lost the post, dumbass! lolololololol
but since I had actually composed it in notepad, the backup plan was at the ready: just a re-copy/paste and back in action; would have hated for all y'all to miss my funny informative insightfulness
let us all bow our heads for a moment of silence... in remembrance of not only our own similar painful experience(s), but of our brethren's; let us mock his ignorance so that he may also one day partake of the joy in knowing the world is chock full of fuckups just like us
tough lesson, to be sure; took me a couple times of getting burned to bake in redundancies for my project's assets
that being said, why use a semi-vague term like 'discard' being the nuke option with no clarifications and confirmations? I wonder if it's an ESL issue... you know, not malicious, just ignorant
according to my iPod, you're wrong; I mean, like, oh my god, even those poor miscellaneous children have clothes to wear, how can you be so mean? it's cray cray
you're singing my song... the next stanza mentions the power that goes with the money
dirtbag yellow journalist excessively editorializing by using the "sticking by" phrase to mischaracterize Cloudflare's stance on Freedom of Speech; support of free speech does not mean endorsement of what another says, it means you have the balls to stand on principle even when you find it distasteful; fucking lever-pullers have an easy time keeping the weak-minded distracted, divided and conquerable