The problem on the technical side seems to be solved in Europe. (Not talking about the social side of using cashless) I have both credit and debit cards. I use the credit card as a debit card as I pay full at the end of the month, so no interests.Both work identical with payments and I mix them up as I feel like it. I also have a backup card that I must use once every 2 years or so, before it expires. I have another debit card that will never expire and I never use. For small amounts I just swipe my card. For larger payments, I just put my card in the slot and type in my pin. Takes a few seconds. About the same time as waiting for change.
Next there is the part of security. The store will not keep the credit card number, so unless I have a store card, they will not be able to link sales to me (Yes, theoretically they could break the law and do it) The credit card company will see the store and know the store type, but will have no idea if you bought diapers or milk or whiskey in a supermarket. They will see you spend X amount at an airline, but will not know where you went to. On top of that, in Belgium it is not even allowed to analyze that data (yes, they could break the law. They don't. Not worth the risk)
Next there is money transfers. When I need to give money to a friend, I will transfer it to them via an app, a website or any other means. As soon as the amount is above 10.000EUR, the bank has to ask where the money came from. If they think it is fraudulent, they will inform the authorities. If not (e.g. just from one account to another) nobody cares.
As I have not bought drugs in a long time, I have no idea what the situation will be there. If I where to pay him cashless, I will not be in trouble as they do not really care about me smoking some joints.
As giving the vet some extra cash? I do not. There are plenty of places these people can go to in Belgium. Social security and all such things. I already pay them by paying taxes.
There should be no "Terms of Service" to be clicked. The only cases where it should be aplicable is if the user actually has a choice AND if that is in favour of the customer and/or his data. e,g, "I understand that you will not be holding my email address and this will result in the comapny not being able to contact you via email." "I understand that when I do not opt-in, I will not be receiving any commercial email and all communications you will receive will be done by postal service at the expense of the company.
Repeat after me "A usage agreement is NOT a contract".
That said, I never even read my contract for the company I work at. Why not? Because I am a standard pencil pusher and the law is pretty clear in what my rights are, regardless of what I sign. I can not sign my rights away, so the only things that I might have signed that are legal would be extentions in my favour to the law. e.g. paid holidays and such. I even signed a contract where I was not allowed to work at a competitor after I left. They pulled that pretty fast when I explained I would live that, because it means that THEY must pay ME if I start working at a non-competor or if I just left. (and most likely would be allowed to work at the competitor anyway, because of my low levl function. I am not a CxO) This was for Belgium, so YMMV.
So you are saying that using shoe sizes does not work and we should stop using them? If I go into the store and ask for my shoe size, I am almost always extremely close to what I need. Sometimes I do not like the fit, sometimes I do not like the model or color. But the size is always very close to fitting what I need. Perfect? No, but a very good indicator.
I have a 42 (EU size) and sometimes a 41 will fit a bit better, but I have NEVER needed to go to 40 or even 43.
So when looking at shoes or any other clothing type, the size on it is very helpful. I am sure you will start looking at a specific type of size shirt when you buy one. And it seems to work pretty well, considering the amount of only clothing that is bought.
Most things are returned because because people lied to themselves about size. (Really: XXXL is what I need, not a Medium)
Could you explain how this works and what things mean to my mom. She is 78 and wants to buy her first PC. She knows that 2 is better than 1.
Concerning your point 2. That is something that should change, because that is your problem right there: accountability. It seems that that is seriously lacking in the USofA. Laws seem to be made for the companies by the companies.
Concerning cars. They sell the 2018 model somewhere in September. To me that is not dumbing down, that is lying. If I buy a car with a 2L engine and it has 1.51L That is also not dumbing down. It is not even rounding up. It is lying.
This is not about having the model call "JXw87dR" It is about having it named a "2 Liter with 700 HP witb a maximium speed of 310Mph JXw87dR" and then saying "Well, that is just the name". That is why you have "I can't believe it's not butter."
It is like saying Tictacs have no sugar, because of a technicality.
As long as there is no accountability, meaning somebody high up gets at least fired and a serious fine is imposed, nothing will change.
What is the real reason companies would do anything about it? Because it is a bit bad press and that will cost them a bit of customers. As a company I would say "Fuck it, save the data on every local PC in plain text. Much cheaper. We will deal with it when it happens" Then when it happens, you just say 'Oops' and do it then.
Now if the fine where dependent on both the worth of the company and the number of people (not just accounts stolen or customers) it would be worthwhile for companies to invest in security.
Say with a minimum of 1USD per persons account hacked and more if the company is worth a lot. That should be the low fine if they say that data has been breached. Times three if they don't. And if they bought the data from another company, that company should be fined as well.
I bet you will hear much less about major hacks within a week. And they will be a LOT more careful about selling data, which should not be possible in the first place.
One does not exclude the other. I should be able to give a company my details without them being given to somebody else. Be it by hacking or selling. OTOH they should not be allowed to ask and store information they do not need.
The laws should show that sentiment. You know, like laws for the people, by the people. If 6 peoples details are leaked, they are idiots. If 60 peoples details are leaked, there is a need to see what is going on. If 6.000.000 people are leaked, you can only call them victims. It means that you can not blame them for being stupid. It is the same excuse as "She should not have worn a short skirt."
So the SUV market is made for triplets? I really doubt that. You do know what the S in SUV stand for, right? From wikipedia : Sport-utility (vehicle), SUV or sport-ute is an automotive classification, typically a kind of station wagon / estate car with off-road vehicle features like raised ground clearance and ruggedness, and available four-wheel drive.
I see nothing that talks about having triplets in the car.
What you need is not a SUV. What you are talking about is a MOV or better known as a minivan in the US.
I personally would rather drive a SUV than a minivan. I also do not lie to myself and find excuses for it. I would love to have a Toyota HZJ78, but I can not afford one and they are not sold where I live. And no triplet under the age of 18 will ever get in that car once I own it.
I would think that sharing is the more Christian thing to do, but apparently I am wrong. Reminds me of a Heinlein quote : Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything, Just give him time to rationalize it. -- Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice...
The US agreed to agree with that law. You could stop that and not be part of it. It is not as if somebody is holding a gun to your head. Just say that the US is not part of the international postal law anymore.
I remember a time when we called people paranoid if they said that people where listening in on their phone calls and network traffic. Those are the sane people now.
You confuse the EU with Schengen countries, If I go to Ireland from Belgium, I still need to show a passport, just like I did 30 years ago. Schengen is for the visa stuff and workers.Ireland and the UK are not in it. Switzerland, Belgium and Denmark are. Then there is the EURO zone. Also not the same as the EU. That is to make it easier to do business. There are EU countries that do not use the Euro. Switzerland, Ireland, UK and Denmark do not. Belgium does. The EU is to get the same laws in the countries. Switzerland is not in it. UK, Ireland, Denmark and Belgium are.
Many countries are in all three, but some or just in one or two of the three.
And obviously all are worse of if one leaves. That includes the one leaving. I do not think it so much as turning them into a bad example as that they have nothing to bargain for, so why give them anything? If possible, I would trade them with Canada in a hart beat. We will welcome those bi-lingual people. We have experience with that. To have people who liberated Europe in WW2 not have to brag about it would be an extra bonus.
That is why I often mail things like "As discussed earlier, we agreed to do... If I misunderstood this, please let me know." This covers my ass and gives the other person a moment to opt out. It also removes future discussions where he and I had interpreted information differently. Once i did not interpreted the "Yeah sure" as sarcastic.Saved BOTH our asses.
I have a solution. Do not bypass the traditional telecom system. Or are you saying that your call to a sexline is more Important than me looking up how to save my mums life when she had an attack. And what if I find a way to do internet over VoiP? Would I get priority?
Living in Belgium. I needed to fill out a form before online. It is not called a visa, like Uber is not called a taxi company.
The whole process of entering the border felt more like entering East_Germany than goung to a civilized country, including people sitting around and do nothing yes, I can compare.
As a tourist there are several things i can do: Fill out nothing and risk that I ruined the the vacation for my family. Give them fake info and risk they notice and ruin the vacation for my family. Give them everything and risk the vacation as well, because I forgot that one login from 5 years ago. Do not do anything and visit another interesting place.
Guess what I will be doing. I dp not want to ask my 16 year old kid to hand me over his secret social media accounts to me.
The moment you hear China and Tibet in the same article, you should wonder if the article holds information with what China REALLY wants to do with Tibet.
I am sure that the Chinese scientists are not that stupid and just use this as a front to infiltrate Tibet even further. It is a nice story how Tibet is now helping China, so all is good. This is nothing more than propaganda.
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The problem on the technical side seems to be solved in Europe. (Not talking about the social side of using cashless)
I have both credit and debit cards. I use the credit card as a debit card as I pay full at the end of the month, so no interests.Both work identical with payments and I mix them up as I feel like it.
I also have a backup card that I must use once every 2 years or so, before it expires. I have another debit card that will never expire and I never use.
For small amounts I just swipe my card. For larger payments, I just put my card in the slot and type in my pin. Takes a few seconds. About the same time as waiting for change.
Next there is the part of security. The store will not keep the credit card number, so unless I have a store card, they will not be able to link sales to me (Yes, theoretically they could break the law and do it) The credit card company will see the store and know the store type, but will have no idea if you bought diapers or milk or whiskey in a supermarket. They will see you spend X amount at an airline, but will not know where you went to. On top of that, in Belgium it is not even allowed to analyze that data (yes, they could break the law. They don't. Not worth the risk)
Next there is money transfers. When I need to give money to a friend, I will transfer it to them via an app, a website or any other means. As soon as the amount is above 10.000EUR, the bank has to ask where the money came from. If they think it is fraudulent, they will inform the authorities. If not (e.g. just from one account to another) nobody cares.
As I have not bought drugs in a long time, I have no idea what the situation will be there. If I where to pay him cashless, I will not be in trouble as they do not really care about me smoking some joints.
As giving the vet some extra cash? I do not. There are plenty of places these people can go to in Belgium. Social security and all such things. I already pay them by paying taxes.
We are working on it. We would be there if the other political party would not hinder us.
Well, the times that inventions are claimed to be from the US, even if they where not, are not that rare.
Oh and they won WW2 all alone, apparently.
There should be no "Terms of Service" to be clicked. The only cases where it should be aplicable is if the user actually has a choice AND if that is in favour of the customer and/or his data.
e,g, "I understand that you will not be holding my email address and this will result in the comapny not being able to contact you via email."
"I understand that when I do not opt-in, I will not be receiving any commercial email and all communications you will receive will be done by postal service at the expense of the company.
Repeat after me "A usage agreement is NOT a contract".
That said, I never even read my contract for the company I work at. Why not? Because I am a standard pencil pusher and the law is pretty clear in what my rights are, regardless of what I sign. I can not sign my rights away, so the only things that I might have signed that are legal would be extentions in my favour to the law. e.g. paid holidays and such. I even signed a contract where I was not allowed to work at a competitor after I left. They pulled that pretty fast when I explained I would live that, because it means that THEY must pay ME if I start working at a non-competor or if I just left. (and most likely would be allowed to work at the competitor anyway, because of my low levl function. I am not a CxO)
This was for Belgium, so YMMV.
So you are saying that using shoe sizes does not work and we should stop using them?
If I go into the store and ask for my shoe size, I am almost always extremely close to what I need. Sometimes I do not like the fit, sometimes I do not like the model or color. But the size is always very close to fitting what I need. Perfect? No, but a very good indicator.
I have a 42 (EU size) and sometimes a 41 will fit a bit better, but I have NEVER needed to go to 40 or even 43.
So when looking at shoes or any other clothing type, the size on it is very helpful. I am sure you will start looking at a specific type of size shirt when you buy one. And it seems to work pretty well, considering the amount of only clothing that is bought.
Most things are returned because because people lied to themselves about size. (Really: XXXL is what I need, not a Medium)
Could you explain how this works and what things mean to my mom. She is 78 and wants to buy her first PC. She knows that 2 is better than 1.
Concerning your point 2. That is something that should change, because that is your problem right there: accountability. It seems that that is seriously lacking in the USofA. Laws seem to be made for the companies by the companies.
Concerning cars. They sell the 2018 model somewhere in September. To me that is not dumbing down, that is lying. If I buy a car with a 2L engine and it has 1.51L That is also not dumbing down. It is not even rounding up. It is lying.
This is not about having the model call "JXw87dR" It is about having it named a "2 Liter with 700 HP witb a maximium speed of 310Mph JXw87dR" and then saying "Well, that is just the name". That is why you have "I can't believe it's not butter."
It is like saying Tictacs have no sugar, because of a technicality.
As long as there is no accountability, meaning somebody high up gets at least fired and a serious fine is imposed, nothing will change.
What is the real reason companies would do anything about it? Because it is a bit bad press and that will cost them a bit of customers. As a company I would say "Fuck it, save the data on every local PC in plain text. Much cheaper. We will deal with it when it happens"
Then when it happens, you just say 'Oops' and do it then.
Now if the fine where dependent on both the worth of the company and the number of people (not just accounts stolen or customers) it would be worthwhile for companies to invest in security.
Say with a minimum of 1USD per persons account hacked and more if the company is worth a lot.
That should be the low fine if they say that data has been breached. Times three if they don't.
And if they bought the data from another company, that company should be fined as well.
I bet you will hear much less about major hacks within a week. And they will be a LOT more careful about selling data, which should not be possible in the first place.
Without accountability? Meh!
One does not exclude the other. I should be able to give a company my details without them being given to somebody else. Be it by hacking or selling.
OTOH they should not be allowed to ask and store information they do not need.
The laws should show that sentiment. You know, like laws for the people, by the people.
If 6 peoples details are leaked, they are idiots. If 60 peoples details are leaked, there is a need to see what is going on. If 6.000.000 people are leaked, you can only call them victims. It means that you can not blame them for being stupid.
It is the same excuse as "She should not have worn a short skirt."
So the SUV market is made for triplets? I really doubt that. You do know what the S in SUV stand for, right? From wikipedia : Sport-utility (vehicle), SUV or sport-ute is an automotive classification, typically a kind of station wagon / estate car with off-road vehicle features like raised ground clearance and ruggedness, and available four-wheel drive.
I see nothing that talks about having triplets in the car.
What you need is not a SUV. What you are talking about is a MOV or better known as a minivan in the US.
I personally would rather drive a SUV than a minivan. I also do not lie to myself and find excuses for it. I would love to have a Toyota HZJ78, but I can not afford one and they are not sold where I live. And no triplet under the age of 18 will ever get in that car once I own it.
I would think that sharing is the more Christian thing to do, but apparently I am wrong. Reminds me of a Heinlein quote : ...
Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything, Just give him time to rationalize it. -- Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice
I am not sure what company you talk about, as it will apply to almost any "IT" company.
I knew it. Here is the proof I posted earlier : https://slashdot.org/comments....
Some places have only so much characters you can use. https://www.google.com/maps/pl... is not always an option, where https://goo.gl/maps/mFLLVxKUtJ... might be better or even the shorter https://tinyurl.com/4poyc6x
The US agreed to agree with that law. You could stop that and not be part of it. It is not as if somebody is holding a gun to your head. Just say that the US is not part of the international postal law anymore.
I remember a time when we called people paranoid if they said that people where listening in on their phone calls and network traffic. Those are the sane people now.
They should put warning labels on research as well. It has been proven that scientific research causes cancer in rats.
You confuse the EU with Schengen countries, If I go to Ireland from Belgium, I still need to show a passport, just like I did 30 years ago. Schengen is for the visa stuff and workers.Ireland and the UK are not in it. Switzerland, Belgium and Denmark are.
Then there is the EURO zone. Also not the same as the EU. That is to make it easier to do business. There are EU countries that do not use the Euro. Switzerland, Ireland, UK and Denmark do not. Belgium does.
The EU is to get the same laws in the countries. Switzerland is not in it. UK, Ireland, Denmark and Belgium are.
Many countries are in all three, but some or just in one or two of the three.
And obviously all are worse of if one leaves. That includes the one leaving. I do not think it so much as turning them into a bad example as that they have nothing to bargain for, so why give them anything?
If possible, I would trade them with Canada in a hart beat. We will welcome those bi-lingual people. We have experience with that. To have people who liberated Europe in WW2 not have to brag about it would be an extra bonus.
Even if you voted to stay does not matter, The country, as a whole, decided to leave.
That is why I often mail things like "As discussed earlier, we agreed to do ... If I misunderstood this, please let me know." This covers my ass and gives the other person a moment to opt out. It also removes future discussions where he and I had interpreted information differently.
Once i did not interpreted the "Yeah sure" as sarcastic.Saved BOTH our asses.
I have a solution. Do not bypass the traditional telecom system. Or are you saying that your call to a sexline is more Important than me looking up how to save my mums life when she had an attack.
And what if I find a way to do internet over VoiP? Would I get priority?
Living in Belgium. I needed to fill out a form before online. It is not called a visa, like Uber is not called a taxi company.
The whole process of entering the border felt more like entering East_Germany than goung to a civilized country, including people sitting around and do nothing yes, I can compare.
As a tourist there are several things i can do:
Fill out nothing and risk that I ruined the the vacation for my family.
Give them fake info and risk they notice and ruin the vacation for my family.
Give them everything and risk the vacation as well, because I forgot that one login from 5 years ago.
Do not do anything and visit another interesting place.
Guess what I will be doing. I dp not want to ask my 16 year old kid to hand me over his secret social media accounts to me.
The moment you hear China and Tibet in the same article, you should wonder if the article holds information with what China REALLY wants to do with Tibet.
I am sure that the Chinese scientists are not that stupid and just use this as a front to infiltrate Tibet even further. It is a nice story how Tibet is now helping China, so all is good. This is nothing more than propaganda.
I thought he was already dead and we are ruled by his hairpiece.
I for one welcome our hairpiece overlord.