Because if they can't prove it's encrypted data, they can't get a warrant for the key, and can't bust you for refusing to give them the key. Plausible deniability.
I disagree, it WOULD have all the bell and whistles of Truecrypt. Being open source, they can shut down the website all they want, the source code is out there, it's too late now.
You could just recompile it, customizing it to your liking. With their hidden volume and plausible deniability features, good luck proving that what they think is encrypted data is not random garbage.
This sounds like a good idea, but I doubt nothing will happen. This is a private bill. I can see the whole NDP and Bloc voting for it. However, knowing the conservatives, they will not be happy about that bill, and will likely make it a confidence vote. And the liberals will fall flat once again.
If another country launched a spy satellite and the US destroyed it, it wouldn't be terrorism, it would be self-defense. Why would it be any different the other way around?
It would have taken a lot of gall from Sony to sue anyone who would blow the whistle on their rootkit. Their public image has been damaged enough as it is with the rootkit scandal to damage it even more with a stupid lawsuit.
Very good idea, that way you'll get thrown in jail next time you take the plane because you tampered with your passport. How else do you think they'll react when they'll expect a RFID signal and will get none?
I'm not sure I agree with the logic that the movie did bad at the box office because of an early release on Internet. Internet releases tend to be of lesser quality and people who really like Star Wars will have gone to the theatre anyways. I think Lucas only has himself to blame. With the crappy Episodes I and II, it's no wonder there was no rush to the theatres to see Episode III.
I think the only problem here is that Blockbusters seems to have underestimated how dumb people are. What do people expect, you rent it and then you own it because you never need to bring it back?
Or course there are conditions. I haven't been in any blockbusters lately, but I assume their staff inform people of the policy's details. All they're doing is considering that you've bought the film after a certain period of time, which I think is reasonable. And their restocking fee is also reasonable, there are fees involved in charging and then refunding a credit card.
Remember, this is a full week after the due date until you get charged anything. I don't think they are misleading in claiming that there are no more late fees. There are no more late fees. They never said no more due date, or rent it for as long as you want, though.
I know it's fiction. I really enjoy it too. I follow all 3 series, plus NCIS (not quite CSI-like but quite good nonetheless). It doesn't make a lot of sense most of the time. But it's still entertaining.
Eh! That's what 3 different flavors of CSI do to people.
Isn't it how it works? They find a hair or a fiber, they almost instantly get the source of the evidence (DNA tests take 30 seconds). Then the CSI makes up a story and the bad guy inevitably confesses to everything against is lawyer's advice.
If a murder case takes more than half a day to solve, then it won't be solved until the killer strikes again, but then the detective will take it personally because he will have spoken to the killer in the course of his first investigation and the killer inform the detective that he's the next target.
Of course the cities of Las Vegas, Miami or NYC only have 2 murders per week, and they occur on the same night every week (except when there is a special like a football game or something, then the killers wait another week out of respect for the crime lab geeks. And killers take 6 months vacations during summer.
Now that I have figured out the pattern, it's only a question of time before we are completely rid of crime!
He's lucky they didn't charge him under the Patriot Act for terrorism... Because then even if the real culprit came forward, they would both have been imprisoned without a trial for suspected terrorism!
Hey if it can happen for pointing a laser in the sky it can happen to anyone!
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Ding ding ding! You figured it out. I'm guessing these guys will be very busy being expert witnesses in upcoming trials.
Because if they can't prove it's encrypted data, they can't get a warrant for the key, and can't bust you for refusing to give them the key. Plausible deniability.
I disagree, it WOULD have all the bell and whistles of Truecrypt. Being open source, they can shut down the website all they want, the source code is out there, it's too late now. You could just recompile it, customizing it to your liking. With their hidden volume and plausible deniability features, good luck proving that what they think is encrypted data is not random garbage.
This sounds like a good idea, but I doubt nothing will happen. This is a private bill. I can see the whole NDP and Bloc voting for it. However, knowing the conservatives, they will not be happy about that bill, and will likely make it a confidence vote. And the liberals will fall flat once again.
Of course they're all unread, all the info is right there in the subject line, I'm willing to bet the body of the message was empty.
Anyone with 2 bits of knowledge about programming knows that there are much easier ways to debug than this, like, I don't know, using a debugger?
I'm not worried about them, they'll just buy themselves another custom-made exception in Congress.
Which is probably what the MAFIAA US lawyers who regurgitated this did in the first place.
Well yeah they need to be able to login to make sure whatever they're repairing worked. Just create them a joe user account and give that to them.
Does anybody still care about that game?
worstsell.com maybe? The antonym of bestbuy! That should give you a fair shot at a C&D!
Wanna bet they'll charge them with destruction of evidence if they actually comply with the order and pull the chips from the computer?
If another country launched a spy satellite and the US destroyed it, it wouldn't be terrorism, it would be self-defense. Why would it be any different the other way around?
wow where was that? You have just described exactly one of my old jobs! lol
It would have taken a lot of gall from Sony to sue anyone who would blow the whistle on their rootkit. Their public image has been damaged enough as it is with the rootkit scandal to damage it even more with a stupid lawsuit.
Only on Slashdot you will see an incomprehensible, 9 letter acronym with the actual phrase next to it. Talk about a waste of 9 keystrokes.
Very good idea, that way you'll get thrown in jail next time you take the plane because you tampered with your passport. How else do you think they'll react when they'll expect a RFID signal and will get none?
The only reason they don't predict on the designer is so that they can claim it's science.
I'm not sure I agree with the logic that the movie did bad at the box office because of an early release on Internet. Internet releases tend to be of lesser quality and people who really like Star Wars will have gone to the theatre anyways. I think Lucas only has himself to blame. With the crappy Episodes I and II, it's no wonder there was no rush to the theatres to see Episode III.
I think the only problem here is that Blockbusters seems to have underestimated how dumb people are. What do people expect, you rent it and then you own it because you never need to bring it back?
Or course there are conditions. I haven't been in any blockbusters lately, but I assume their staff inform people of the policy's details. All they're doing is considering that you've bought the film after a certain period of time, which I think is reasonable. And their restocking fee is also reasonable, there are fees involved in charging and then refunding a credit card.
Remember, this is a full week after the due date until you get charged anything. I don't think they are misleading in claiming that there are no more late fees. There are no more late fees. They never said no more due date, or rent it for as long as you want, though.
I know it's fiction. I really enjoy it too. I follow all 3 series, plus NCIS (not quite CSI-like but quite good nonetheless). It doesn't make a lot of sense most of the time. But it's still entertaining.
Eh! That's what 3 different flavors of CSI do to people.
Isn't it how it works? They find a hair or a fiber, they almost instantly get the source of the evidence (DNA tests take 30 seconds). Then the CSI makes up a story and the bad guy inevitably confesses to everything against is lawyer's advice.
If a murder case takes more than half a day to solve, then it won't be solved until the killer strikes again, but then the detective will take it personally because he will have spoken to the killer in the course of his first investigation and the killer inform the detective that he's the next target.
Of course the cities of Las Vegas, Miami or NYC only have 2 murders per week, and they occur on the same night every week (except when there is a special like a football game or something, then the killers wait another week out of respect for the crime lab geeks. And killers take 6 months vacations during summer.
Now that I have figured out the pattern, it's only a question of time before we are completely rid of crime!
He's lucky they didn't charge him under the Patriot Act for terrorism... Because then even if the real culprit came forward, they would both have been imprisoned without a trial for suspected terrorism!
Hey if it can happen for pointing a laser in the sky it can happen to anyone!
We have 2$ coins in Canada. 2$ bills too but they're pretty much collector's items by now. I bet we'll have 5$ coins soon.
I can imagine the face of a kid clerk getting handed a 2$ or even 1$ bill... ;-)
I'd hate to rub it in, but I pay 70$ CAD for 6500 kbps down, 900kbps up, no caps... 57$ USD roughly