User: schwit1

Is their a travel ban or not?

On: Afghan Girl Roboticists Denied US Visas (bbc.com)

"President Trump recently ordered a ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries, ... Teams from Iran, Sudan and Syria -- which are on the list -- did manage to enter the country."

If their is a ban how did people from those 6 countries enter the USA?

Maybe if the Senate Dems hadn't dragged their feet

On: 11 States Sue Trump Administration's Energy Department After Weeks of No Movement On Efficiency Standards (go.com)

on his cabinet appointments he would have had his people in place to move forward with these standards.

Re:Amazing. Your system actually works.

On: FCC Can't Cap the Cost of Cross-State Prison Phone Calls, Court Rules (theverge.com)

This is a power grab. Not everything is a federal issue. We have unelected federal bureaucrats telling a state what it can and can't do inside the state. What the state is doing is unethical, but it's not the FCC's place to regulate. This should be handled by state civil right groups, state regulators and state courts.

Obama's Response: I Told Putin to ‘Cut It Ou

On: Russian Cyber Hacks On US Electoral System Far Wider Than Previously Known (bloomberg.com)

That's telling him! What was it Putin said about empty threats?

Re:Symptom of a disease

On: Real Estate Firm Identifies America's 'Top 25 Tech Cities' (cushmanwakefield.com)

I think Trump should move many federal jobs out of the DC area to spread the wealth and for continuity of government.

As for jobs, DC finds it hard to attract businesses because of its high taxes and regulations. Maryland is not much better. Virginia is more accommodating to business and it show in the Tysons Corner area and out the Dulles corridor.

Re:Gorsuch may be the deciding vote

On: Supreme Court Agrees To Decide Major Privacy Case On Cellphone Data (reuters.com)

other than the parent

"Gorsuch has historically been pretty skeptical of 4th Amendment overreach (way more than Scalia ever was)"

Re:Gorsuch may be the deciding vote

On: Supreme Court Agrees To Decide Major Privacy Case On Cellphone Data (reuters.com)

Scalia was a staunch defender of the 4th amendment.

https://www.cato.org/blog/just...

Re:Religion is basically evil

On: After London Attack, PM Calls For Internet Regulation To Fight Terrorists (cnn.com)

Religion? The same craziness is happening at Berkeley and Washington's Evergreen College. The student's attitude is I have a right to assault you if your ideas are different than mine.

What setup will DOD, CIA and NSA use internally?

On: Security Analyst Concludes Windows 10 Enterprise 'Tracks Too Much' (xato.net)

I doubt they would permit this data leaving their networks. Same for some law firms and any other orgs working with sensitive data.

Using Boeing=Definition of Insanity

On: Boeing Will Make the Military's New Hypersonic Spaceplane (theverge.com)

This is Boeing's next government trough after the boondoggled SLS and the new AF tanker program.

Elites should put up or shut up

On: 8 In 10 People Now See Climate Change As a 'Catastrophic Risk,' Says Survey (trust.org)

We really should ban air conditioning in the District of Columbia and tax the blue zones, just to be on the safe side.

I’ll believe global warming is a crisis, when the people who scream it’s a crisis start to act like it’s a crisis themselves.

Re:Their loss

On: Texas Legislature Clears Road For Uber and Lyft To Return To Austin (austinmonitor.com)

A government service(monopoly) would cost twice as much and work half as well.

Re:Section 230 of the Community Decency Act

On: Social Media Giants Sued For Helping ISIS (torontosun.com)

There is a bill making its way through congress that would chip away at section 230 for sex trafficking. I would expect another that deals with aiding organizations on the terror watch list.

http://reason.com/blog/2017/04...

Expect ISPs to take it to court

On: Seattle Restored ISP Privacy Rules in the First Local Blow To Trump's Rollback (fastcompany.com)

The ISP argument will be that only the FCC or Congress have the authority to regulate these aspects of their business.

Truecaller's permission requirements, WTF?

On: User Expresses Privacy Concerns After Software Update Replaces Default Phone App (martinruenz.de)

Is there anything it DOESN'T require access to? BTW, Truecaller will refuse to start if you disable any of these permissions under settings/apps

This app has access to:
In-app purchases

Identity
- find accounts on the device
- add or remove accounts
- read your own contact card

Calendar
- read calendar events plus confidential information

Contacts
- find accounts on the device
- read your contacts
- modify your contacts

Location
- approximate location (network-based)
- precise location (GPS and network-based)

SMS
- read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
- receive text messages (MMS)
- receive text messages (SMS)
- send SMS messages
- edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)

Phone
- directly call phone numbers
- directly call any phone numbers
- modify phone state
- reroute outgoing calls
- read call log
- read phone status and identity
- write call log
- add voicemail

Photos/Media/Files
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Microphone
- record audio

Wi-Fi connection information
- view Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information
- read phone status and identity

Other
- use any media decoder for playback
- bind to a notification listener service
- download files without notification
- MMS Wakeup
- read voicemail
- write voicemails
- receive data from Internet
- view network connections
- create accounts and set passwords
- change network connectivity
- disable your screen lock
- full network access
- change your audio settings
- control Near Field Communication
- run at startup
- draw over other apps
- use accounts on the device
- control vibration
- prevent device from sleeping
- modify system settings
- install shortcuts
- uninstall shortcuts

Politifact said Syria had no chemical weapons

On: Google Tackles Fake News With Global Fact-Checking Rollout (betanews.com)

No bias there.

Log me out if I step away, really?

On: Slashdot Asks: Windows 10 Creators Update Goes Live On April 11, Will You Upgrade?

Why log me out and not just 'Lock this computer'? This is as stupid as no-choice reboots to install updates.

This is a good thing

On: Senate Votes To Kill FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules (pcworld.com)

Before you didn't have privacy but you were told you did and thought you did. They were lying to you.

Now you KNOW you don't. What are you going to do about it?

How is looking for the leaker a witch hunt?

On: Federal Criminal Probe Being Opened Into WikiLeaks' Publication of CIA Documents (cnn.com)

Whether or not you agree with the data release, someone committed a felony. Searching for him or her is anything but a witch hunt.

Did CIA kill Mike Hastings by controlling his car?

On: Hey CIA, You Held On To Security Flaw Information -- But Now It's Out. That's Not How It Should Work (eff.org)

Journalist Michael Hastings Was Investigating CIA Director John Brennan Before He Was Killed in Fiery Car Crash

http://www.news.com.au/finance...

RUNAS helps with some apps

On: 94% of Microsoft Vulnerabilities Can Be Mitigated By Turning Off Admin Rights (computerworld.com)

I put C:\Windows\System32\runas.exe /trustlevel:0x20000 before some apps to have them run as a basic user.

[c:]runas /showtrustlevels
The following trust levels are available on your system:
0x20000 (Basic User)

This works for firefox and outlook and some others. Chrome and slack fail.

Another waste of taxpayer money

On: Judge Blocks California Law Limiting Publication of Actor's Ages (politico.com)

Any law that is this blatantly unconstitutional should have to be defended on the Politicians' dime, not the taxpayers'.

What crime?

On: Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com)

It was not illegal for Flynn to talk to the Russians, people talk to Russians all the time. And there is no evidence he violated the Logan act, which by the way violates the 1st amendment.

Re:Actually, it will be an improvement

On: FBI Will Revert To Using Fax Machines, Snail Mail For FOIA Requests (dailydot.com)

Responding to FOIA requests is not trivial or inexpensive. If this process change reduces nuisance requests so much the better.

Older people less astute with technology?

On: Which US Cities Have The Worst Malware Infection Rates? (techrepublic.com)

Grandma is less likely to update programs and is easier to trick into clicking on malware links.