The reality is that the RSA key is a godsend for protecting your accounts. Many Americans are simply unaware of the fact that the NSA can now assemble a supercomputer and eat it for lunch. This supercomputer can easily crack the passwords of many accounts at your bank, brokerage, etc. Oh, and it can tell what emails you read and what pr0n sites you surfed and even which route you take to work every day!
The RSA will help to protect Western bank/brokerage accounts from Big Brother's theft. With the Patriot Act comes the requirement to surrender your wealth unconditionally to The Party. That the majority of stolen credit card numbers end up in the hands of NSA and FBI agents, aided and abetted by Bush, in Washionton should surprise no one.
Oh wait, they already have more legitmate ways of doing such things.
Come on! How the heck would thugs gain access to a Supercomputer? Do you see it happening in USA? How about that happening in an even more oppressive society? Unlike in the US, this kind of thing is punishable by death!
Don't guys try to dress up nicely before going for a date too? That way the girl will think he is some decent guy, when instead he is just another dork who always sits in front of his PC reading/.
Life man. Advertising is about generating sales, telling the truth only happens when it is illegal to do otherwise!
Its a sign that the big ass corps aren't as against the idea of going against MS at all!
Besides, everybody knows that in china nobody cares about those worthless 2 letters called "IP". Why piss away on your competitiveness in the marketplace over those 2 letters?
Its only 2 letters, and if things go the same way as they are now, soon USA will also be another 3 letters...
Insightful my fucking ass.. makes me wonder what mods on/. are smoking these days.
Repeat after me "I am not representative of the entire market, I am not representative of the entire market!"
That you might not like something doesn't mean others will feel the same. Who the fuck do you think you are that people would have to give a fuck about what you think?
After the FTA was signed but before the enacting legislation, a bunch of sham "Public Consultations" were held. Lots of small businesses and individuals gave many good reasons why (especially) the IP related parts were very damaging to Australia and gave all the advantages to America.
Yeah... sigh...
And guess what? The people voted them in again.
Not that Mark Latham would have been a good choice too though.
Tougher copyright laws linked to the Australia-US free trade agreement (FTA) have been passed by parliament, AAP reports.
The bill, which passed the Senate last night, will enable people other than copyright owners to force internet service providers to take down material allegedly infringing copyright.
The internet industry raised concerns in a brief inquiry held overnight that the changes could bog down the industry with automated copyright claims.
The bill also made minor and technical amendments to the Copyright Act and the FTA implementation laws to improve Australia's implementation of its copyright obligations.
The changes followed last-minute talks between Australia and the US to finalise the FTA which takes effect on January 1.
The FTA for the first time gave performers economic and moral rights in sound recordings.
A number of criminal offences were broadened to target copyright breaches for financial gain or commercial advantage and significant infringements on a commercial scale. AdvertisementAdvertisement
New provisions were introduced in relation to the unauthorised receipt and use or distribution of encoded broadcasts.
And the term of protection for copyright material was extended by 20 years.
The Australian Greens and Democrats voted against the bill, saying it would impact on freedom of speech and media diversity on the internet.
Sam Varghese adds:
Internet Industry Association chief executive Peter Coroneos said the bill had passed after Trade Minister Mark Vaile had exchanged a letter with his Opposition counterpart Simon Crean, pledging to work with the industry in drafting regulations that would "take the sting out of the bill."
Asked whether the US would not object to such watering down, Coroneos said it was a case of treading another fine line. "We are meeting Mr Vaile tonight in Canberra to work on the regulations which would be used to soften the bill," he said.
He said the bill was likely to go to the executive council by the 16th.
Asked whether the Americans would not object to such "regulations", Coroneos said he had no comment about what the reaction would be on the US side.
He said the IIA had been working with the negotiators for the last 18 months and had reached agreement on suitable copyright provisions, acceptable to the Australian industry, in July.
Coroneos said the changes - introduced because of section 154 of the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004 - which had the internet industry up in arms, was shown to him only last Thursday.
"It may look like a last-minute effort but it is not," he said.
Reading the article, it seems like the people in Canberra are like dogs, looking up to their masters and asking if they can do this, or that..
The Chinese are realists and believe in the superiority of the Han people. If given the chance, they WILL dominate the planet. They are no better than the NAZI's.
The Nazis are Germans who are in turn Europeans.
Where the hell do you reckon the first Amerikans come from? It's all the same people.. all the same!
"Good, the backbone deserves it" you say? If the backbone is in a country without spam laws, the backbone may not have any choice unless it wants to risk losing "common carrier"
Then fucking lose the common carrier.
I've seen so many companies around here in Aussie that even go as far as to say "We are not a common carrier, we refuse to accept consignments from individuals"
And so? I presume they are currently doing well enough to say no to money, no?
Fifth. 'But it's open source? Why can't we just write our own clients?' From everything I can tell, they have no intention of making this an open source project. They're talking about the type of ads they want to put in it.
Greedy bastards.. they are ripping of GPL code to make money!
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The reality is that the RSA key is a godsend for protecting your accounts. Many Americans are simply unaware of the fact that the NSA can now assemble a supercomputer and eat it for lunch. This supercomputer can easily crack the passwords of many accounts at your bank, brokerage, etc. Oh, and it can tell what emails you read and what pr0n sites you surfed and even which route you take to work every day!
The RSA will help to protect Western bank/brokerage accounts from Big Brother's theft. With the Patriot Act comes the requirement to surrender your wealth unconditionally to The Party. That the majority of stolen credit card numbers end up in the hands of NSA and FBI agents, aided and abetted by Bush, in Washionton should surprise no one.
Oh wait, they already have more legitmate ways of doing such things.
Come on! How the heck would thugs gain access to a Supercomputer? Do you see it happening in USA? How about that happening in an even more oppressive society? Unlike in the US, this kind of thing is punishable by death!
Lets patent "use of hardware cryptographic device during online banking for additional security"
Well.. a study found that the most common password is... tata~ "password".
So at least you know what password NOT to choose!
despite its warts..
Its really bringing linux to the messes
Why would buying a new PC solve security problems?
I got a cheaper solution. Download and install Linux.
First, it gets rid of that POS called Windows! Secondly.. its free!
There is R
R Project
Will UK users have to pay TV licensing fees for these TV phones?
Do they have surround sound?
:P
Either it is awfully good sound system or really dumb crooks!
This is a fact of life man...
/.
Don't guys try to dress up nicely before going for a date too? That way the girl will think he is some decent guy, when instead he is just another dork who always sits in front of his PC reading
Life man. Advertising is about generating sales, telling the truth only happens when it is illegal to do otherwise!
Its a sign that the big ass corps aren't as against the idea of going against MS at all!
Besides, everybody knows that in china nobody cares about those worthless 2 letters called "IP". Why piss away on your competitiveness in the marketplace over those 2 letters?
Its only 2 letters, and if things go the same way as they are now, soon USA will also be another 3 letters...
In Soviet Corea only old people live forever
In Soviet Korea, only old horses beat you.
Nope, it's Soviet Corea
Insightful my fucking ass.. makes me wonder what mods on /. are smoking these days.
Repeat after me "I am not representative of the entire market, I am not representative of the entire market!"
That you might not like something doesn't mean others will feel the same. Who the fuck do you think you are that people would have to give a fuck about what you think?
After the FTA was signed but before the enacting legislation, a bunch of sham "Public Consultations" were held. Lots of small businesses and individuals gave many good reasons why (especially) the IP related parts were very damaging to Australia and gave all the advantages to America.
Yeah... sigh...
And guess what? The people voted them in again.
Not that Mark Latham would have been a good choice too though.
Who cares if the US objects to laws in Australia? How is it any of the their business?
Exactly!
I don't mind people calling me a dork or a geek, or in this case.. God forbid, an American!
But if we are going to be America's bitch at least give us American broadband prices instead of what Tel$tra is currently ripping us off on!
Don't worry, they can file notices of infringement, we can file back counter notices.
Disagree? Let's fight in court, Aussie court.
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Tougher copyright laws linked to the Australia-US free trade agreement (FTA) have been passed by parliament, AAP reports.
The bill, which passed the Senate last night, will enable people other than copyright owners to force internet service providers to take down material allegedly infringing copyright.
The internet industry raised concerns in a brief inquiry held overnight that the changes could bog down the industry with automated copyright claims.
The bill also made minor and technical amendments to the Copyright Act and the FTA implementation laws to improve Australia's implementation of its copyright obligations.
The changes followed last-minute talks between Australia and the US to finalise the FTA which takes effect on January 1.
The FTA for the first time gave performers economic and moral rights in sound recordings.
A number of criminal offences were broadened to target copyright breaches for financial gain or commercial advantage and significant infringements on a commercial scale.
AdvertisementAdvertisement
New provisions were introduced in relation to the unauthorised receipt and use or distribution of encoded broadcasts.
And the term of protection for copyright material was extended by 20 years.
The Australian Greens and Democrats voted against the bill, saying it would impact on freedom of speech and media diversity on the internet.
Sam Varghese adds:
Internet Industry Association chief executive Peter Coroneos said the bill had passed after Trade Minister Mark Vaile had exchanged a letter with his Opposition counterpart Simon Crean, pledging to work with the industry in drafting regulations that would "take the sting out of the bill."
Asked whether the US would not object to such watering down, Coroneos said it was a case of treading another fine line. "We are meeting Mr Vaile tonight in Canberra to work on the regulations which would be used to soften the bill," he said.
He said the bill was likely to go to the executive council by the 16th.
Asked whether the Americans would not object to such "regulations", Coroneos said he had no comment about what the reaction would be on the US side.
He said the IIA had been working with the negotiators for the last 18 months and had reached agreement on suitable copyright provisions, acceptable to the Australian industry, in July.
Coroneos said the changes - introduced because of section 154 of the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004 - which had the internet industry up in arms, was shown to him only last Thursday.
"It may look like a last-minute effort but it is not," he said.
Reading the article, it seems like the people in Canberra are like dogs, looking up to their masters and asking if they can do this, or that..
It's truly a sad day for all Australians
Huh? Does this mean any Dick Smith can censor the internet using a hotmail account?
Check out my siggy :D
The Chinese are realists and believe in the superiority of the Han people. If given the chance, they WILL dominate the planet. They are no better than the NAZI's.
The Nazis are Germans who are in turn Europeans.
Where the hell do you reckon the first Amerikans come from? It's all the same people.. all the same!
"Good, the backbone deserves it" you say? If the backbone is in a country without spam laws, the backbone may not have any choice unless it wants to risk losing "common carrier"
Then fucking lose the common carrier.
I've seen so many companies around here in Aussie that even go as far as to say "We are not a common carrier, we refuse to accept consignments from individuals"
And so? I presume they are currently doing well enough to say no to money, no?
Fifth. 'But it's open source? Why can't we just write our own clients?' From everything I can tell, they have no intention of making this an open source project. They're talking about the type of ads they want to put in it.
Greedy bastards.. they are ripping of GPL code to make money!
In Korea only old people have robots with machine guns.
Will you STFU? This joke is getting REALLY old man..
Jesus comes down from heaven and stamps it "approved by GOD" that still doesn't make it so.
So you are the Authority on what constitutes a person? What would the rest of the world do when you die and become deconstituted?
Cao ni ma, Ji bai
It means FUCK YOUR MOTHER.. VAGINA?!
eek!!!!