Why would you implement a test? We have mandatory basic security training and awareness, breaches of security policy range from being forced to attend the training again right up to being sacked, testing just shows what everyone already knows, I.e. that most people are unaware of security.
No the sheer scale is pretty much the same, the only really difference is how it is presented the public. Most western countries hide the corruption behind regulations, donations, committees, fact finding missions, consultancies, reports etc etc. The level is the same but they ensure it is stamped as legal.... even then we still get a heap of pollies that aren't content with how much they are snorting up from the pig trough and get caught on the illegal stuff too.
really distributing a malware infested torrent would require particular skill? script kiddies can easily launch this sort of attack nowadays, hell if they have money they don't even need to make the effort to distribute malware they could just rent a botnet from one of the underground sites.
people seem to think a secret backdoor has to be some obvious piece of code like if(password="Joshua") then return access_granted; The truth is open source or closed source can be riddled with backdoors and you would never know it, even a good reviewer will just see them as a security coding error such as a convenient buffer overflow.
Copying fingerprints of VIPs from glasses is only within reach of state or corporate sponsored criminals. The CCC's technique could allow your everyday criminal access to the fingerprints as well.
or anyone that can qualify as a cleaner, waiter, kitchen staff etc.
Surge pricing I would have thought falls under the obvious category. It is simply pricing for supply and demand. higher prices bring in more suppliers and reduce the buyers. most businesses don't do it because it is difficult to manage and can cause a lot of customer aggro not because they are not aware of the supply and demand models.
Some of the news reports over this are just awful. Here in Australia the nightly news talked about how Sony had delayed releasing their "blockbuster". Either they have redefined the meaning of the word to "pile of shit barely B rated movie" or the press is getting even worse.
There targets are the most gullible and easily fleeced in society. The scam is as complex as it needs to be, they wouldn't be doing it so consistently year after year if it wasn't working. being so obvious is probably a great way to weed out the calls that aren't going to yield results as they get hung up on fast and move on.
Then that is either your bad driving habits or yellow lights that change to fast. While I agree those cameras are nothing more than revenue raising, if they are causing more accidents then there is another problem that needs addressing.
We had them installed in Los Angeles despite no one wanting them outside of the city council.
They then installed them in places that didn't actually have accidents such as busy though safe intersections.
The result was actually an increase in accidents because everyone had to start driving dangerously to avoid the cameras.
This was brought to the attention of the city council and they basically ignored it. The accidents were higher. People were unhappy with them. We had one christmas where some group of people wearing santa outfits put big colorfully wrapped cardboard boxes over the speed cameras that said "merry christmas". No one liked these things.
Then after the systems had been in place for awhile and they did a finacial audit... they found the cameras weren't actually making any money because most of the tickets were getting thrown out of court by judges that also didn't like them.
THEN the city council took them down... roughly about a week after that was revealed the cameras were disconnected or gone.
Which really highlights from several angles what this was always about.
Money.
Safety has nothing to do with it. Nothing what so ever. It was money - period. That is all these things are about or have ever been about. Cash. End of story.
How exactly do you drive more dangerously because of a red light camera???
Firstly this data is pretty irrelevant to most and I seriously doubt anyone gives a shit about what my heart rate and how far I walked today much less the NSA. secondly if you decide the convenience is worth your loss of control of the data (which it isn't for me, but others may feel differently) then at least MS is better than having a company like google have access to it and they seem to be the other likely candidate in this arena.
The ATO makes rulings on what you owe, there is no innocent or guilty, simply your bill, if you want to dispute what you owe then it is on you to prove you don't owe that amount. If they wish to charge you with tax avoidance or another crime they are required to prove your guilt. Driving is not a right, it is a privilege, you can completely avoid having to take a breath test by not driving. finally presumption of innocence is for when you are on trial for a crime and is not now nor has it ever been intended as a mechanism for you to avoid being caught for commiting a crime.
At this point in time it is a pick your poison, don't like sharing that sort of data with anyone, especially a big company like MS, but at least it is not as bad Google.
The more traffic is encrypted the more EXPENSIVE it is to host sites and dish out content, it screws up caching and makes everything harder to diagnose with technical issues . encryption comes at a cost and when the content has not real value it is a pointless cost.
Really Why? what content on Slashdot justify's the need for encrypted content? I really don't get this huge push for SSL everywhere. give me SSL when I need it, I don't want SSL for accessing a forum or a news site or just generally browsing the web.
they DID NOT block in 2009. they removed the DNS entries, they are not stupid enough to believe they could block. packet inspection is hideously processor expensive, it would cost billions to effectively do this, and even then it would be easy to get past.
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Why would you implement a test? We have mandatory basic security training and awareness, breaches of security policy range from being forced to attend the training again right up to being sacked, testing just shows what everyone already knows, I.e. that most people are unaware of security.
Especially the 3rd one, it was just aweful.
No the sheer scale is pretty much the same, the only really difference is how it is presented the public. Most western countries hide the corruption behind regulations, donations, committees, fact finding missions, consultancies, reports etc etc. The level is the same but they ensure it is stamped as legal.... even then we still get a heap of pollies that aren't content with how much they are snorting up from the pig trough and get caught on the illegal stuff too.
The same happens the world over. this isn't unique to russia
circumstantial yes, but far more substantial than the flimsy evidence the US Government used to declare it was NK.
really distributing a malware infested torrent would require particular skill? script kiddies can easily launch this sort of attack nowadays, hell if they have money they don't even need to make the effort to distribute malware they could just rent a botnet from one of the underground sites.
people seem to think a secret backdoor has to be some obvious piece of code like if(password="Joshua") then return access_granted; The truth is open source or closed source can be riddled with backdoors and you would never know it, even a good reviewer will just see them as a security coding error such as a convenient buffer overflow.
Copying fingerprints of VIPs from glasses is only within reach of state or corporate sponsored criminals. The CCC's technique could allow your everyday criminal access to the fingerprints as well.
or anyone that can qualify as a cleaner, waiter, kitchen staff etc.
when did Stephen fry join top gear?
hotels and airlines both adjust there prices constantly according to available supply and demand. There are many many other examples.
Surge pricing I would have thought falls under the obvious category. It is simply pricing for supply and demand. higher prices bring in more suppliers and reduce the buyers. most businesses don't do it because it is difficult to manage and can cause a lot of customer aggro not because they are not aware of the supply and demand models.
All scientific results are usable, to ignore results obtained through atrocities committed would be to make the lives stolen have even less meaning.
There is a big difference between creating a fictional character and impersonating an individual (identity theft)
Some of the news reports over this are just awful. Here in Australia the nightly news talked about how Sony had delayed releasing their "blockbuster". Either they have redefined the meaning of the word to "pile of shit barely B rated movie" or the press is getting even worse.
Police thuggery and corruption or be a Glasshole, I think I will take the thuggery.
There targets are the most gullible and easily fleeced in society. The scam is as complex as it needs to be, they wouldn't be doing it so consistently year after year if it wasn't working. being so obvious is probably a great way to weed out the calls that aren't going to yield results as they get hung up on fast and move on.
Then that is either your bad driving habits or yellow lights that change to fast. While I agree those cameras are nothing more than revenue raising, if they are causing more accidents then there is another problem that needs addressing.
We had them installed in Los Angeles despite no one wanting them outside of the city council.
They then installed them in places that didn't actually have accidents such as busy though safe intersections.
The result was actually an increase in accidents because everyone had to start driving dangerously to avoid the cameras.
This was brought to the attention of the city council and they basically ignored it. The accidents were higher. People were unhappy with them. We had one christmas where some group of people wearing santa outfits put big colorfully wrapped cardboard boxes over the speed cameras that said "merry christmas". No one liked these things.
Then after the systems had been in place for awhile and they did a finacial audit... they found the cameras weren't actually making any money because most of the tickets were getting thrown out of court by judges that also didn't like them.
THEN the city council took them down... roughly about a week after that was revealed the cameras were disconnected or gone.
Which really highlights from several angles what this was always about.
Money.
Safety has nothing to do with it. Nothing what so ever. It was money - period. That is all these things are about or have ever been about. Cash. End of story.
How exactly do you drive more dangerously because of a red light camera???
Firstly this data is pretty irrelevant to most and I seriously doubt anyone gives a shit about what my heart rate and how far I walked today much less the NSA. secondly if you decide the convenience is worth your loss of control of the data (which it isn't for me, but others may feel differently) then at least MS is better than having a company like google have access to it and they seem to be the other likely candidate in this arena.
The ATO makes rulings on what you owe, there is no innocent or guilty, simply your bill, if you want to dispute what you owe then it is on you to prove you don't owe that amount. If they wish to charge you with tax avoidance or another crime they are required to prove your guilt.
Driving is not a right, it is a privilege, you can completely avoid having to take a breath test by not driving.
finally presumption of innocence is for when you are on trial for a crime and is not now nor has it ever been intended as a mechanism for you to avoid being caught for commiting a crime.
At this point in time it is a pick your poison, don't like sharing that sort of data with anyone, especially a big company like MS, but at least it is not as bad Google.
Pros have certs and don't have caching problems. .
ROFL!
The more traffic is encrypted the more EXPENSIVE it is to host sites and dish out content, it screws up caching and makes everything harder to diagnose with technical issues . encryption comes at a cost and when the content has not real value it is a pointless cost.
Really Why? what content on Slashdot justify's the need for encrypted content? I really don't get this huge push for SSL everywhere. give me SSL when I need it, I don't want SSL for accessing a forum or a news site or just generally browsing the web.
they DID NOT block in 2009. they removed the DNS entries, they are not stupid enough to believe they could block. packet inspection is hideously processor expensive, it would cost billions to effectively do this, and even then it would be easy to get past.