I would agree to that. The best way to guard secrets is not to have them.
Even the mighty USA state, with all its power and technological prowess, could not guard secrets. Bradley Manning took them out on a musical CD. What about hall-alive commercial company, which is still have to produce something and pay taxes?
The memory and cameras are already everywhere, on everything. Shall we also ban wristwatches, MP3 players, pens, future iPods, etc.?
and lock down which apps end users can install, what can be downloaded
There is immense innovation which is coming into business with mobile apps. Locking down will stop this technological revolution for this company and it will demise quietly..
Smartphone should have a physical well visible lid on web-camera and microphone. So that they normally closed and open only for a phone call or taking a photograph. And it should be well visible if these lids is open or closed. This is all.
The problem is bad engineering of smartphones by monopolies.
Most often than not computers and servers are intruded by spammers to install spam-sending bots. So, join spam reporting scheme on a regular basis, for example: http://blackhole.mx/ Only human smartness can counter human smartness.
Use at least 2 operating systems, at least 2 browsers, at least 2 office applications, etc. Because if there is one and only one monopoly software or hardware vendor, it is much easier for it to get corrupted. A realistic competition is the best measure against corruption.
You raised serious questions of the civilization's scale. As any serious problem the problem of security can be solved by a systematic work and communication, at least partially. It will always be a running battle between good and evil.
In modern US more that 200 thousand women are sexually assaulted each year http://www.rainn.org/statistics . It is in the country where there is the real police, courts, laws, therapy, etc. About 100% of assaulters are men.
Besides, many cases are not reported for fear of exposure. It is yet without domestic violence, harassment, etc.
I mean it is not rare. A figure in millions does not seem unrealistic to me, especially in Middle Ages.
Criticize who? My point is that it should be the patriarchal social system which asserts itself via systematic violence against women. It is still here, globally; both in social relations and mentality.
Who can change it and does not? Who has education and resources for this?
would could down the climate. We speak of billions pieces every day.
Have you ever seen traffic in New York? It is something surrealistic, rivers of steel on a geological or even astronomical scale. New York just uses too much energy. It heats up this area, like a giant frying pan, the hot air lifts up in a huge column in stratosphere. And that is where hurricanes are attracted.
I would also suggested compulsory telecommuting days. Then forbidding heavy wool suits, white shirts and ties. They took too much energy to dry-clean and air condition offices for these wool suits.
study your documents, which you eagerly uploaded to their server, will get intimate understanding of the model which your organization uses to do collect money for the nonprofit activity and then will start a new project on Friday, when they have 20% of work time for any new projects.
And your good old non-profit organization, which worked well for 20 years, will be out of action.
It defines the social border, the socially accepted line.
Crossing this line involves a reaction from the society, which wants to defend its norms.
If I were an Australian General Prosecutor I would suggest 2 -3 years of imprisonment to these group of young researches so that the next time they would think twice before forging public transportation tickets.
Up to 75% of the population of Germany was killed in this war. Immeasurable suffering and desolation. Armies were annihilated. All because of one piece of paper written by a countryside monk.
What I meant is that information from monitoring is collected and reviewed by certain people. Yes, they work for a government, but people do wear a lot of caps.
For example, we know of an extreme case, when a military officer send a CD with a sensitive information to WikiLeaks.org
But the same may happen with one's data from monitoring. It can be sent not only to a government via an official channel, but to a local mob, to political extremists, it can get just to a crazy person from physical people, who do happen to work for the government.
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I would agree to that. The best way to guard secrets is not to have them.
Even the mighty USA state, with all its power and technological prowess, could not guard secrets. Bradley Manning took them out on a musical CD. What about hall-alive commercial company, which is still have to produce something and pay taxes?
The memory and cameras are already everywhere, on everything. Shall we also ban wristwatches, MP3 players, pens, future iPods, etc.?
and lock down which apps end users can install, what can be downloaded
There is immense innovation which is coming into business with mobile apps. Locking down will stop this technological revolution for this company and it will demise quietly..
Smartphone should have a physical well visible lid on web-camera and microphone. So that they normally closed and open only for a phone call or taking a photograph. And it should be well visible if these lids is open or closed. This is all.
The problem is bad engineering of smartphones by monopolies.
A 79 cent roll of electrical tape will do the trick.
Tape is messy, it leaves traces of glue.
I would prefer a lid on the camera. On any web-camera and microphone. A physical well visible (open/closed) lid.
Still they are smart enough not to use imperial roman figures for calculus. Like: I, II, III, IV, V, V, etc.
I don't mind it been presented as an american invention if it can help bring the US in the 20th century.
Only if it is not patented and all other countries and companies who use it are accused of intellectual property piracy.
It is very important for product photography. The quality of images depends on light.
For example, one OS can be used for work, another for leisure. Or one in the office environment, another in a mobile environment.
The point is to keep afloat both. The fundamental principle of dualism.
Most often than not computers and servers are intruded by spammers to install spam-sending bots. So, join spam reporting scheme on a regular basis, for example: http://blackhole.mx/ Only human smartness can counter human smartness.
Use at least 2 operating systems, at least 2 browsers, at least 2 office applications, etc. Because if there is one and only one monopoly software or hardware vendor, it is much easier for it to get corrupted. A realistic competition is the best measure against corruption.
You raised serious questions of the civilization's scale. As any serious problem the problem of security can be solved by a systematic work and communication, at least partially. It will always be a running battle between good and evil.
Wait a minute... My laptop WAS made in China.
on Curiosity and are just about ready to go... http://imgur.com/VWcAU
:o)
Now that we know that information is intercepted and analyzed.
Remember how in "Good Wife" they discovered that the company network was being eavesdropped electronically by one partner?
In modern US more that 200 thousand women are sexually assaulted each year http://www.rainn.org/statistics . It is in the country where there is the real police, courts, laws, therapy, etc. About 100% of assaulters are men.
Besides, many cases are not reported for fear of exposure. It is yet without domestic violence, harassment, etc.
I mean it is not rare. A figure in millions does not seem unrealistic to me, especially in Middle Ages.
Criticize who? My point is that it should be the patriarchal social system which asserts itself via systematic violence against women. It is still here, globally; both in social relations and mentality.
Who can change it and does not? Who has education and resources for this?
9 million women were burned In Europe in Middle Ages for "witchcraft", i.e. for nothing.
Millions are women in Europe and the USA are still victims of violence and discrimination each year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women
We are far away from congratulating ourselves.
It is just a monkey that learned to put down thoughts on papyrus, clay tablets, papers, electronic display. etc.
This is it. It is the state of the science on this.
Have you ever seen traffic in New York? It is something surrealistic, rivers of steel on a geological or even astronomical scale. New York just uses too much energy. It heats up this area, like a giant frying pan, the hot air lifts up in a huge column in stratosphere. And that is where hurricanes are attracted.
I would also suggested compulsory telecommuting days. Then forbidding heavy wool suits, white shirts and ties. They took too much energy to dry-clean and air condition offices for these wool suits.
study your documents, which you eagerly uploaded to their server, will get intimate understanding of the model which your organization uses to do collect money for the nonprofit activity and then will start a new project on Friday, when they have 20% of work time for any new projects.
And your good old non-profit organization, which worked well for 20 years, will be out of action.
Noah's Ark was build by an amateur, RMS Titanic - by professionals.
It takes time. And it works like a pendulum.
Do not forget that there was not Renaissance in Russia. Mentality and culture of large swaths of population is still medieval at best.
Just 2 - 3 decades ago it was worse that North Korea. Now it begins to resemble remotely something habitable.
the Foreign Office, State Department, Kremlin, etc. are opened to researches, the whole history section, probably, would have to be re-written.
make a fence unnecessary.
It defines the social border, the socially accepted line.
Crossing this line involves a reaction from the society, which wants to defend its norms.
If I were an Australian General Prosecutor I would suggest 2 -3 years of imprisonment to these group of young researches so that the next time they would think twice before forging public transportation tickets.
On the October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed on the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg the paper with 85 theses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
Just one paper.
It started the Reformation and the most destructive war in Europe, the Thirty Years' War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years'_War
Up to 75% of the population of Germany was killed in this war. Immeasurable suffering and desolation. Armies were annihilated. All because of one piece of paper written by a countryside monk.
What I meant is that information from monitoring is collected and reviewed by certain people. Yes, they work for a government, but people do wear a lot of caps.
For example, we know of an extreme case, when a military officer send a CD with a sensitive information to WikiLeaks.org
But the same may happen with one's data from monitoring. It can be sent not only to a government via an official channel, but to a local mob, to political extremists, it can get just to a crazy person from physical people, who do happen to work for the government.
This is the problem.
It is the same with "saving the planet". We are to save human society, the planet and life will go on in any case. It is always about people.
Countries or governments do not monitor. These are people who monitor other people.