If by some argument collecting numbers doesn't violate the 4th Amendment, doesn't it violate the 1st Amendment? Business record call history may not violate the 4th Amendment but using it to create a directed graph of associations creates a climate of fear and guilt by association. The tracking may violate the 1st amendment by interfering with the right to peaceably assemble (assembly in virtual space). A law requiring or appropriations funding the monitoring equipment was apparently passed.
Obviously a DSL connection is not a POTS call. From the prospective of a money hungry LEC, the DSL modem does connect to a DSLAM and requests an ATM circuit (VPI/VCI) to your ISP's equipment. This addressing is functionally similar to dialing an ISP's modem pool. The encapsulated frames carry login information etc. My connection goes to a Redback gateway that manages the "call". I know it's a stretch but a session is setup that carries your packets and the LEC's do charge per minute for voice calls over ATM frames. A disconnect won't typically happen until something breaks (power outage, upgrade, etc). It will be a sad day for the Internet if the LEC's get away with charging per minute.
True, but liability isn't really zero. The merchants typically pass on the fraud costs to everyone. Also the card issuers will try to get finance charges on the entire balance if there is a disputed charge even if the real charges are all paid in full. The fees will accumulate until the dispute is resolve. I have been charged finance fees higher than a disputed amount. It's a lot of trouble getting the fees removed.
The theft of card data won't stop until both the merchants and card issuers incur sufficient liability to wake up and make changes.
1. It should be illegal for merchants to store card numbers after an approval code is received. Buyers should be required to resubmit their card number for new transactions and refunds. It's not that big of an inconvenience to reenter numbers.
2. Reoccurring transactions should be process by submitting the card number to the merchant. The merchant should in turn apply for a reoccurring number that is only valid between that merchant and the card-clearing house. They should be charged a higher fee for the liability of saving that custom number. This number would be worthless to the thieves.
3. The addition of a one time password (federated OATH type token) would also go a long way to solving these problems especially for card not present transactions.
For a very good paper on lightning protection: http://www.weather.gov/directives/sym/pd03041006cu rr.pdf
It's a National Weather Service Manual on lightning protection for sites that need serious protection.
It has lots of ideas for bonding, ground improvement and surge protection.
I also believe that patents need to have different expiration dates based on the subject matter.
Drugs probably should have a date linked to regulatory approval. So there might be a different expiration date for human vs. veterinary medicine. It might even be wise to link the expiration date to liability reform. Liability, for the inventor, might be reduced or capped if the patent is dedicated to the pubic early.
Maybe the term length should also be linked to capital investment. If a company invests billions deploying an idea for a new power plant, maybe the term should be longer. Don't invest and your patent expires.
Given corporate greed and politics, I haven't a clue on how to implement any reform.
Much to the detriment of future generations, we are probably stuck with perpetual copyrights. We definitely don't want to go that direction with patents.
The ordering software really needs a field that defines where the item will be delivered/used with the option of exempt for resale.
I was in a Florida airport and ordered a software license key from a California company. I connected to a server in Georgia and downloaded the software. My credit card voucher was done in Indiana so I'm sure my employer paid Indiana sales tax even though the software never was in Indiana.
States shouldn't be allowed to collect sales tax until there is a free database maintained by the states/countries wanting to collect money. We waste an enormous sum of money collecting taxes and we need to push back a little to get it under control.
Laws like this have the potential to harm innocent people. Who goes to jail if n of m keys are required? You cooperate by revealing a key and naming other holders. Now what happens if these other people claim they don't known anything about encryption keys?
I wish they would just make DST year round since it doesn't seem to be possible to get rid of DST.
Indiana just passed DST. Now I need to move to AZ or HI...
Does the book address using Kerberos and one time passwords?
I stopped using Kerberos after having problems with OTP tokens. I never got a SNK working right and it doesn't appear to support the RSA or VeriSign tokens.
There is a patent on this idea.
6,121,544 Electromagnetic shield to prevent surreptitious access to contactless smartcards.
It's hard to believe that Faraday didn't apply for this one.
An improved display is great but I wish there was an option for no camera and analog service.
There still are many places where only analog service is available. The WSJ had an article about problems with digital phones and lack of analog was high on the list.
I would also like a phone that can be carried into businesses that ban cameras. Maybe the camera can be removed and/or permanently covered.
The 600 didn't allow https to servers with self signed certificates. I hope the 650 will allow certificate authorities to be added. I can't see paying annual fees to get certificates for a bunch of web managed UPS's.
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If by some argument collecting numbers doesn't violate the 4th Amendment, doesn't it violate the 1st Amendment? Business record call history may not violate the 4th Amendment but using it to create a directed graph of associations creates a climate of fear and guilt by association. The tracking may violate the 1st amendment by interfering with the right to peaceably assemble (assembly in virtual space). A law requiring or appropriations funding the monitoring equipment was apparently passed.
If your application doesn't need a lot of current, an old modem can act as a switch.
Just send it an AT command to go off hook and back on hook.
Obviously a DSL connection is not a POTS call. From the prospective of a money hungry LEC, the DSL modem does connect to a DSLAM and requests an ATM circuit (VPI/VCI) to your ISP's equipment. This addressing is functionally similar to dialing an ISP's modem pool. The encapsulated frames carry login information etc. My connection goes to a Redback gateway that manages the "call". I know it's a stretch but a session is setup that carries your packets and the LEC's do charge per minute for voice calls over ATM frames. A disconnect won't typically happen until something breaks (power outage, upgrade, etc). It will be a sad day for the Internet if the LEC's get away with charging per minute.
True, but liability isn't really zero. The merchants typically pass on the fraud costs to everyone. Also the card issuers will try to get finance charges on the entire balance if there is a disputed charge even if the real charges are all paid in full. The fees will accumulate until the dispute is resolve. I have been charged finance fees higher than a disputed amount. It's a lot of trouble getting the fees removed.
The theft of card data won't stop until both the merchants and card issuers incur sufficient liability to wake up and make changes. 1. It should be illegal for merchants to store card numbers after an approval code is received. Buyers should be required to resubmit their card number for new transactions and refunds. It's not that big of an inconvenience to reenter numbers. 2. Reoccurring transactions should be process by submitting the card number to the merchant. The merchant should in turn apply for a reoccurring number that is only valid between that merchant and the card-clearing house. They should be charged a higher fee for the liability of saving that custom number. This number would be worthless to the thieves. 3. The addition of a one time password (federated OATH type token) would also go a long way to solving these problems especially for card not present transactions.
For a very good paper on lightning protection: http://www.weather.gov/directives/sym/pd03041006cu rr.pdf
It's a National Weather Service Manual on lightning protection for sites that need serious protection.
It has lots of ideas for bonding, ground improvement and surge protection.
I also believe that patents need to have different expiration dates based on the subject matter.
Drugs probably should have a date linked to regulatory approval. So there might be a different expiration date for human vs. veterinary medicine. It might even be wise to link the expiration date to liability reform. Liability, for the inventor, might be reduced or capped if the patent is dedicated to the pubic early.
Maybe the term length should also be linked to capital investment. If a company invests billions deploying an idea for a new power plant, maybe the term should be longer. Don't invest and your patent expires.
Given corporate greed and politics, I haven't a clue on how to implement any reform.
Much to the detriment of future generations, we are probably stuck with perpetual copyrights. We definitely don't want to go that direction with patents.
I suspect that everyone with a 401k will be taxed to death to pay for those that don't save.
Maybe a Roth?
Good luck next time you try to get on an airplane. I've had enough trouble with ham equipment.
I don't believe that we will really have dependability until upgrades can be installed without rebooting or restarting the OS or applications.
The ordering software really needs a field that defines where the item will be delivered/used with the option of exempt for resale.
I was in a Florida airport and ordered a software license key from a California company. I connected to a server in Georgia and downloaded the software. My credit card voucher was done in Indiana so I'm sure my employer paid Indiana sales tax even though the software never was in Indiana.
States shouldn't be allowed to collect sales tax until there is a free database maintained by the states/countries wanting to collect money. We waste an enormous sum of money collecting taxes and we need to push back a little to get it under control.
Laws like this have the potential to harm innocent people. Who goes to jail if n of m keys are required? You cooperate by revealing a key and naming other holders. Now what happens if these other people claim they don't known anything about encryption keys?
I wish they would just make DST year round since it doesn't seem to be possible to get rid of DST. Indiana just passed DST. Now I need to move to AZ or HI...
Does anyone make a mini PCI RAM Disk? I'm looking for a module with battery backup so it won't wear out like flash.
Does the book address using Kerberos and one time passwords? I stopped using Kerberos after having problems with OTP tokens. I never got a SNK working right and it doesn't appear to support the RSA or VeriSign tokens.
There is a patent on this idea. 6,121,544 Electromagnetic shield to prevent surreptitious access to contactless smartcards. It's hard to believe that Faraday didn't apply for this one.
An improved display is great but I wish there was an option for no camera and analog service. There still are many places where only analog service is available. The WSJ had an article about problems with digital phones and lack of analog was high on the list. I would also like a phone that can be carried into businesses that ban cameras. Maybe the camera can be removed and/or permanently covered. The 600 didn't allow https to servers with self signed certificates. I hope the 650 will allow certificate authorities to be added. I can't see paying annual fees to get certificates for a bunch of web managed UPS's.