The compatibility need is for 3rd party java code -libraries etc- not written by oracle but useful for everyone else. These libraries are written to the java api spec
She used this argument because that's the position the pro-SOPA lobbyists took the day they realised SOPA was lost and she's been hearing it over and over ever since. The point of mentioning it now is so that by the time the protest against whatever the next bill is comes around many people will think that last time the protesters only won because they didn't know what they were talking about. So who is really poisoning the well?
Someone screwed up, or misinterpreted the contract. Maybe thats the NSW Police or maybe it was an overeager MF salesperson a decade ago. Vendor says you owe us big time, org says nu-uh we'll just remove the software. Most corps and vendors settle before the lawyers get involved but occasionally things go further.
The massive beat up about the cops being untouchable and the vendor not being able to get the police to investigate themselves is complete bollocks. Seriously since when do the cops get involved in corporate contract disputes?
National media coverage of MicroFocus suing their customers is probably not a good way for them to drum up business.
But there is a significant difference between a don't-show-message cookie and a we-know-everything-about-you cookie.
Is there?. If the cookie is persistent (survives browser close) then it just contains a big random number that might uniquely identify you. This big random number is a key to the server side database that stores everything-we-know-about-you, including the bit about you having seen the message. You have no way of knowing if that is all they are tracking.
Not to say that secrecy isn't important, but once it requires a certain level of technology to eavesdrop then surely you just pick some random people and rough them up anyway telling the people you are intimidating that you have this "magic" eavesdropping technology.
Rubbish. This so called viral nature influencing other people's code is not "the intent behind the GPL" but rather a side effect of the idea that the licence guarantees freedom for the end user.
If you as a developer do not want to give those freedoms to your users then you can't combine code that does (GPL code) with code that doesn't. Pretty simple really.
Or, to un-confuse you, perhaps Ubuntu finds updates by calling home to get an updated list of the versions of all available software and compares that to what you have installed locally.
You enter your transaction on your internet banking site. The Bank phones you on a previously set up number, reads the target account and the amount, and gives you a one time passcode (6-8 digits) You enter the passcode into the web to authorise the transaction.
MITM attacks now need to hijack your phone line AND your PC simultaneously. The attacker can steal the one time passcode but because the phone system verifies the amount and target account with you, he can't use it to do anything other than what you want to do.
Simple, cheap and very secure (depending on how secure the bank is at setting up the phone numbers). This solution should last at least until VOIP makes attacking your phone number easier.
I don't understand why this isn't obvious to everyone (and esp not to the mods, or maybe it is and that is why the parent post scrapes a miserly +1)
There are no remote exploits required to install this stuff.
Your Debian system will be susceptible to a physical attack. Like when the cops break in to your house (legally, with a warrant) and install this software along with cameras and other bugs etc...
In addition to the above comment re ATMs, do you use your credit card at any retail outlet?, dodgy local restaurant?
All these places have your credit card details and before the internet nobody seemed to care that they could misuse the information they had.
Why? Well fortunately its generally the credit card company that wears the risk. Its a pain, but not hard to prove that you didn't buy airline tickets from Belgium to Austria... (happened to my mother in law) and get your cash back.
Credit cards are the last thing I worry about using on the internet. (No, I will not email you my credit card numbers) Other personal data I try to be careful with.
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Until today. Well ok it will be in a few weeks and be some low level public servant but the cliché will be broken nonetheless.
The compatibility need is for 3rd party java code -libraries etc- not written by oracle but useful for everyone else. These libraries are written to the java api spec
Privatisation for all those services is crap and should be prevented and undone where it has occurred.
"Privatization" and "undo" implies that these were once public utilities. They werent.
They were in Australia - hence privatisation with an "s".
That's hardly a fair choice
She used this argument because that's the position the pro-SOPA lobbyists took the day they realised SOPA was lost and she's been hearing it over and over ever since. The point of mentioning it now is so that by the time the protest against whatever the next bill is comes around many people will think that last time the protesters only won because they didn't know what they were talking about. So who is really poisoning the well?
Someone screwed up, or misinterpreted the contract. Maybe thats the NSW Police or maybe it was an overeager MF salesperson a decade ago. Vendor says you owe us big time, org says nu-uh we'll just remove the software. Most corps and vendors settle before the lawyers get involved but occasionally things go further.
The massive beat up about the cops being untouchable and the vendor not being able to get the police to investigate themselves is complete bollocks. Seriously since when do the cops get involved in corporate contract disputes?
National media coverage of MicroFocus suing their customers is probably not a good way for them to drum up business.
Without copyright you don't need to force people's modifications to be released, you just copy them!
Is it really practical to have patents (or copyrights) with shorter terms than the lawsuits required to enforce them?
But there is a significant difference between a don't-show-message cookie and a we-know-everything-about-you cookie.
Is there?. If the cookie is persistent (survives browser close) then it just contains a big random number that might uniquely identify you. This big random number is a key to the server side database that stores everything-we-know-about-you, including the bit about you having seen the message. You have no way of knowing if that is all they are tracking.
What are people supposed to do? No politician is going to get elected on the platform of allowing an R18+ category or doing away with censorship.
I suspect these guys hope you are wrong about that.
Not to say that secrecy isn't important, but once it requires a certain level of technology to eavesdrop then surely you just pick some random people and rough them up anyway telling the people you are intimidating that you have this "magic" eavesdropping technology.
Rubbish. This so called viral nature influencing other people's code is not "the intent behind the GPL" but rather a side effect of the idea that the licence guarantees freedom for the end user. If you as a developer do not want to give those freedoms to your users then you can't combine code that does (GPL code) with code that doesn't. Pretty simple really.
Or, to un-confuse you, perhaps Ubuntu finds updates by calling home to get an updated list of the versions of all available software and compares that to what you have installed locally.
Bingo!.
Outbound interactive voice systems is the answer.
You enter your transaction on your internet banking site.
The Bank phones you on a previously set up number, reads the target account and the amount, and gives you a one time passcode (6-8 digits)
You enter the passcode into the web to authorise the transaction.
MITM attacks now need to hijack your phone line AND your PC simultaneously. The attacker can steal the one time passcode but because the phone system verifies the amount and target account with you, he can't use it to do anything other than what you want to do.
Simple, cheap and very secure (depending on how secure the bank is at setting up the phone numbers). This solution should last at least until VOIP makes attacking your phone number easier.
I don't understand why this isn't obvious to everyone (and esp not to the mods, or maybe it is and that is why the parent post scrapes a miserly +1)
- Desperate Housewives just returned last night, after a three week break because there was something else on the networks wanted to cover
No ratings are recorded over Easter, ratings == advertising dollars, therefore there is no point airing the big shows.
There are no remote exploits required to install this stuff.
Your Debian system will be susceptible to a physical attack. Like when the cops break in to your house (legally, with a warrant) and install this software along with cameras and other bugs etc...
Geez, haven't any of you guys seen Stingers.
In addition to the above comment re ATMs, do you use your credit card at any retail outlet?, dodgy local restaurant?
All these places have your credit card details and before the internet nobody seemed to care that they could misuse the information they had.
Why? Well fortunately its generally the credit card company that wears the risk. Its a pain, but not hard to prove that you didn't buy airline tickets from Belgium to Austria... (happened to my mother in law) and get your cash back.
Credit cards are the last thing I worry about using on the internet. (No, I will not email you my credit card numbers) Other personal data I try to be careful with.