Well from an Australian perspective this looks bad but it would have been possible to turn it to our advantage. A tightening of IP rights would hurt us in that we seem ot rely on importing IP because the government here is intent on pumping all the funding into primary industry. It is hard to get government assistance and funding for any business that trades in tertiary and secondary industry as the government has this insane idea (founded on our traditions) that the way forward in Australia is still "riding on the sheep's back".
However, Australia is one of the top countries in the world for education and literacy. For research purposes in Software Engineering we have 2 of the top 15 universities in one city (Melbourne). If the government were to change their ideas of what Australian business is and what our exposts should be we could become a net exporter of IP. Currently we are a net exporter of tertiary education.
The providers have a TOS that you sign to get service. If you sign it, you allow them to log everything you do with their network, when you turn on your phone, who you call, a recording of the call, text messages, internet access (using mMode and such), and more.
Recording of phone calls is an abuse of rights to privacy, and it should be stopped. The same goes for keeping text messages.
While I am not surprised they are attempting this gross abuse of human rights and rights to privacy I am surprised they might get away with it. Text messages are private correspondence and like letters they should only be available if the people sending or receiving decide to keep them.
If they abuse rights in criminal cases it is only a matter of time until the rights are abused again for no good reason. Once nobody fights for a right, once it's abuse is allowed the right no longer exists. That's right people of the USA, you are about to lose your right to privacy.
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I am glad I'm Australian
I avoid any hand-held that doesn't have password protected files anyway. I loved my old palm III and when it was stolen I was so glad all the important files on it were password locked.
indeed I do get the idea, but I think carrying password cracking software around would be something MacGyver wouldn't do. There would also be no way to know how long the password would be.
you forgot repeat numbers that is with the possibility of passwords like 1568516, there are only 4 digits but an insane number of possilbilities, especially sinse one has no idea which numbers were used more than once.
wow, and it's so easy to assume that there are no repeat numbers, and let's forget the fact that order of characters is important.
All hail the mightly suspension of disbelief!
Is that surposed to make it better? Have you forgotten Pascal and BASIC? "Teaching" languages are often so bad that they make people worse programmers. Make people learn ASM the hard way, like I did, and they will thank you for it (as soon as they stop trying to kill you long enough to realise they have learned the language).
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they are already whinging and complaining and preparing for the election.
Well at least it still has to pass our parlimentary process. I don't think it's gonna make it.
Well from an Australian perspective this looks bad but it would have been possible to turn it to our advantage. A tightening of IP rights would hurt us in that we seem ot rely on importing IP because the government here is intent on pumping all the funding into primary industry. It is hard to get government assistance and funding for any business that trades in tertiary and secondary industry as the government has this insane idea (founded on our traditions) that the way forward in Australia is still "riding on the sheep's back".
However, Australia is one of the top countries in the world for education and literacy. For research purposes in Software Engineering we have 2 of the top 15 universities in one city (Melbourne). If the government were to change their ideas of what Australian business is and what our exposts should be we could become a net exporter of IP. Currently we are a net exporter of tertiary education.
Just because you sign a document to waive your rights doesn't mean it isn't abuse of rights.
The providers have a TOS that you sign to get service. If you sign it, you allow them to log everything you do with their network, when you turn on your phone, who you call, a recording of the call, text messages, internet access (using mMode and such), and more.
Recording of phone calls is an abuse of rights to privacy, and it should be stopped. The same goes for keeping text messages.
While I am not surprised they are attempting this gross abuse of human rights and rights to privacy I am surprised they might get away with it. Text messages are private correspondence and like letters they should only be available if the people sending or receiving decide to keep them. If they abuse rights in criminal cases it is only a matter of time until the rights are abused again for no good reason. Once nobody fights for a right, once it's abuse is allowed the right no longer exists. That's right people of the USA, you are about to lose your right to privacy. > I am glad I'm Australian
"god" maybe? Ubermensch?
Well at least sys-admins and network engineers can finally use the login name they think they deserve.
I avoid any hand-held that doesn't have password protected files anyway. I loved my old palm III and when it was stolen I was so glad all the important files on it were password locked.
indeed I do get the idea, but I think carrying password cracking software around would be something MacGyver wouldn't do. There would also be no way to know how long the password would be.
you forgot repeat numbers that is with the possibility of passwords like 1568516, there are only 4 digits but an insane number of possilbilities, especially sinse one has no idea which numbers were used more than once.
simple solution, repair your own machines.
wow, and it's so easy to assume that there are no repeat numbers, and let's forget the fact that order of characters is important. All hail the mightly suspension of disbelief!
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hey I should try that... hmmm automation of rejections, or should I call it an "automated rejections system" and put it on sourceforge?
so who's the other geek girl?
Is that surposed to make it better? Have you forgotten Pascal and BASIC? "Teaching" languages are often so bad that they make people worse programmers. Make people learn ASM the hard way, like I did, and they will thank you for it (as soon as they stop trying to kill you long enough to realise they have learned the language).