That's any cell phone made in the past 20 years, not just a smartphone.
Personally, I don't think smartphone bans can be enforced easily. The way to enforce them is via grading. Discuss a topic that's not "in the book." Test students on it. Maybe even discuss different "off-book" topics and give the option of which questions to answer to not penalize absent students, but punish students who are perpetually on their phones and tuned out.
"Professor, I should have got an A on this exam, it wasn't in the book..."
"Next time, put away the phone."
Laws are the answer as well. Don't buy dangerous pharmaceuticals! You should have read the ingredients and KNOWN that diethylene glycol was a deadly poison before drinking the cough syrup...
Corporatism IS fascism -- literally corporations in bed with an authoritarian state. The proper response is SOCIALISM, where the government actually acts in the interest of ordinary citizens, not wealthy CEOs.
Do I trust them?
No. But that's not an argument against data-retention length laws, especially as regards private entities.
Even if there's no criminal remedy, violation of the law provides grounds to sue. Bonus points if you can go after some subcontractors that are small enough to actually drive out of business, as a way of setting an example for others.
Corporatism is just as bad as Soviet-style Communism. The proper response to corporatism is exactly that: government coercion to take power away from corporations.
Keep it in a wallet with a "window" and "show" it to them, or go to the liquor store that high-school kids and undocumented people buy from (there are always a few around). No paper check, no problem:) Easy!
How about stopping the data from being retained more than a specific length of time?
Example -- if you have a cell phone bill, the company needs to retain call records for a few months in case you need to dispute a bill or if there's fraud involved. But once the bill is paid without dispute, the records should be deleted after a few months.
Same with security camera footage. Unless there's evidence of a violent crime, it doesn't need to be retained forever -- overwriting it after a few weeks provides enough time to keep it in case a violent crime is discovered, without creating a "permanent record."
Of course, some data should NOT be released in the first place. US sheriff's departments posting photos of arrestees online is abhorrent. These photos and records typically get archived by search engines or third-party providers in perpetuity. "Arrested" (by some cop with an IQ at room temp) doesn't mean "guilty" -- with "innocent till proven guilty" there's no sense in jeopardizing someone's career or even safety unless they're PROVEN, IN COURT to actually have committed the crime.
Wrong as usual - you're assuming that the software operates perfectly and doesn't interfere with any other software on the computer. MOST anti-malware software can be turned off, and it's designed in a way that can't just be "hooked" by malware.
Also, not all IT-managed environments use an AD login -- not all companies can afford Windows Server or need its functionality. The tech industry doesn't need more paternalism like yours.
WW2 was the last just war that US was involved in. The wars since then have just been money-wasting homicide sprees that we often enough didn't even win.
The "safer" war becomes for US soldiers, the more the US can act with impunity. I'm actually not for making war safe from things like IEDs -- the only way that the public won't support war is if war is dangerous, slow, and unpleasant. Keep war hellish.
Translation: how to better use technology to end human lives and mutilate fellow humans instead of improving human lives. It's unfortunate that a lot of new technology is first used to murder and maim.
Because it's easy and doable without human interaction, likely via the Web or through an "App". And not everyone has a local bodega they can call (as in call, on the phone) and have yummy food ready in 5 minutes.
The fate of Panera as a company and/or insider trading should be the least of the worries. Just another big chain. I'm more worried about the customers who were compromised,
No. It's not understandable AT ALL. Security updates can be mandatory, or at least highly encouraged. Forcing UI and compatibility changes on users without warning, without asking them, is completely unacceptable.
MS's model isn't about security -- it's about control and monetization. The endgame is to gradually replace features with Store programs that require a monthly or annual payment...
Even if it's not actually dangerous, it certainly doesn't do good things for the speed of older hardware or heavily-loaded hardware. You bought the machine, you should own the CPU cycles.
If there's nothing to hide and this is only scanning for viruses, why not notify users and GIVE THEM AN OPTION? Even if it's "only" an anti-virus, having one AV running on top of another tends to slow older hardware down.
I used to get MORE motion-sick in moving vehicles (esp while reading) when school-age than I do now. Parking at a community center is the only smart idea of the lot.
The spinning-platter HDD? Count your blessings. At least it has a standards 2.5" SATA form factor and connector. Meaning you can upgrade it to the SSD of your choice. The next Mac Mini (knowing Apple's penchant for locking power users out) will likely have an SSD with proprietary connector or one that's integrated with the main board.
Want to upgrade? Buy a new Mac Mini like a good little consumer. Upgrades are so 2008 and not courageous enough for us.
"Cloud dependent lightweight apps?"
No fucking thanks. Part of the charm of a PERSONAL computer is that I can work on it and keep my work confidential. Not "care and share" parts of my work with a "cloud service provider." Also, it still works without Internet access. On a plane, while in a rural area with poor coverage, whatever, abroad where my connection is limited to 128kbit.
Local SSD storage doesn't use much battery life. I'll take the tradeoff in battery life to maintain my privacy and be able to use the device without 4G/wifi everywhere.
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That's any cell phone made in the past 20 years, not just a smartphone. Personally, I don't think smartphone bans can be enforced easily. The way to enforce them is via grading. Discuss a topic that's not "in the book." Test students on it. Maybe even discuss different "off-book" topics and give the option of which questions to answer to not penalize absent students, but punish students who are perpetually on their phones and tuned out. "Professor, I should have got an A on this exam, it wasn't in the book..." "Next time, put away the phone."
I've never been asked that particular question. I've been asked other stupid stuff, like "do you have a girlfriend in Quebec?"
Only in stores that actually give a fuck, which is basically NOT 50% of the liquor stores in NYC.
The EU _has_ given this up with data retention limits. Americans are just more cowardly and authoritarian than most Europeans.
Laws are the answer as well. Don't buy dangerous pharmaceuticals! You should have read the ingredients and KNOWN that diethylene glycol was a deadly poison before drinking the cough syrup...
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Corporatism IS fascism -- literally corporations in bed with an authoritarian state. The proper response is SOCIALISM, where the government actually acts in the interest of ordinary citizens, not wealthy CEOs.
Do I trust them? No. But that's not an argument against data-retention length laws, especially as regards private entities. Even if there's no criminal remedy, violation of the law provides grounds to sue. Bonus points if you can go after some subcontractors that are small enough to actually drive out of business, as a way of setting an example for others.
Corporatism is just as bad as Soviet-style Communism. The proper response to corporatism is exactly that: government coercion to take power away from corporations.
Keep it in a wallet with a "window" and "show" it to them, or go to the liquor store that high-school kids and undocumented people buy from (there are always a few around). No paper check, no problem :) Easy!
How about stopping the data from being retained more than a specific length of time?
Example -- if you have a cell phone bill, the company needs to retain call records for a few months in case you need to dispute a bill or if there's fraud involved. But once the bill is paid without dispute, the records should be deleted after a few months.
Same with security camera footage. Unless there's evidence of a violent crime, it doesn't need to be retained forever -- overwriting it after a few weeks provides enough time to keep it in case a violent crime is discovered, without creating a "permanent record."
Of course, some data should NOT be released in the first place. US sheriff's departments posting photos of arrestees online is abhorrent. These photos and records typically get archived by search engines or third-party providers in perpetuity. "Arrested" (by some cop with an IQ at room temp) doesn't mean "guilty" -- with "innocent till proven guilty" there's no sense in jeopardizing someone's career or even safety unless they're PROVEN, IN COURT to actually have committed the crime.
Wrong as usual - you're assuming that the software operates perfectly and doesn't interfere with any other software on the computer. MOST anti-malware software can be turned off, and it's designed in a way that can't just be "hooked" by malware.
Also, not all IT-managed environments use an AD login -- not all companies can afford Windows Server or need its functionality. The tech industry doesn't need more paternalism like yours.
WW2 was the last just war that US was involved in. The wars since then have just been money-wasting homicide sprees that we often enough didn't even win.
I'm guessing --- Apple!!!!!! Well known for firmware updates that break backward compatibility.
The "safer" war becomes for US soldiers, the more the US can act with impunity. I'm actually not for making war safe from things like IEDs -- the only way that the public won't support war is if war is dangerous, slow, and unpleasant. Keep war hellish.
Or just pay good, old-fashioned, cold, hard cash to a vendor that's not a large corporation. Call a restaurant for delivery or just pick up yourself.
Translation: how to better use technology to end human lives and mutilate fellow humans instead of improving human lives. It's unfortunate that a lot of new technology is first used to murder and maim.
Because it's easy and doable without human interaction, likely via the Web or through an "App". And not everyone has a local bodega they can call (as in call, on the phone) and have yummy food ready in 5 minutes.
The fate of Panera as a company and/or insider trading should be the least of the worries. Just another big chain. I'm more worried about the customers who were compromised,
Because they want a computer, not a glorified, locked-down iPad?
No. It's not understandable AT ALL. Security updates can be mandatory, or at least highly encouraged. Forcing UI and compatibility changes on users without warning, without asking them, is completely unacceptable.
MS's model isn't about security -- it's about control and monetization. The endgame is to gradually replace features with Store programs that require a monthly or annual payment...
Even if it's not actually dangerous, it certainly doesn't do good things for the speed of older hardware or heavily-loaded hardware. You bought the machine, you should own the CPU cycles.
If there's nothing to hide and this is only scanning for viruses, why not notify users and GIVE THEM AN OPTION? Even if it's "only" an anti-virus, having one AV running on top of another tends to slow older hardware down.
I used to get MORE motion-sick in moving vehicles (esp while reading) when school-age than I do now. Parking at a community center is the only smart idea of the lot.
The spinning-platter HDD? Count your blessings. At least it has a standards 2.5" SATA form factor and connector. Meaning you can upgrade it to the SSD of your choice. The next Mac Mini (knowing Apple's penchant for locking power users out) will likely have an SSD with proprietary connector or one that's integrated with the main board.
Want to upgrade? Buy a new Mac Mini like a good little consumer. Upgrades are so 2008 and not courageous enough for us.
"Cloud dependent lightweight apps?" No fucking thanks. Part of the charm of a PERSONAL computer is that I can work on it and keep my work confidential. Not "care and share" parts of my work with a "cloud service provider." Also, it still works without Internet access. On a plane, while in a rural area with poor coverage, whatever, abroad where my connection is limited to 128kbit. Local SSD storage doesn't use much battery life. I'll take the tradeoff in battery life to maintain my privacy and be able to use the device without 4G/wifi everywhere.