I don't see major privacy implications. You can easily put a throwaway email address and a fake mailing address in your contact info, especially if you pay for the domain with a prepaid debit card. No one really cares.
They've been on the horizon, but exactly what form they would take has been unclear. So it's reasonable that ICANN can't.\
If you'll bother to read the summary you'll see that ICANN has had its hands over its ears and been going "I'm not listening, I'm not listening" for the last couple of years.
The law isn't hard to understand: It simply says "no!" to anybody who thinks personal data is something to be used to make money.
It also re-associates all your medis file extensions to open files using the steamingist pile of dung media player ever made (including things like JPEG images), adds drivers for all the Apple iPods you'll never own and generally fucks up the entire PC. It'll take you weeks to get back to normal even if you uninstall it.
Who decides what harassment is? At 2 am even the tiniest sound can wake people who are light sleepers.
Playing loud music at 2am is hardly ever social behavior (and everybody knows that).
what if I buy a TV on superbowl weekend because of the sales but discover it has some serious usability bugs that could never be observed in a store display?
That was only an example to make you stop and think. Obviously it's hard to prove somebody's intentions.
OTOH we all know that there's a certain segment of the population who regularly does that sort of thing and puts up the price of TVs for everybody else.
I have a suspicion their overall society score will be less than perfect. Maybe the right to "full refund, no questions asked" could also be revoked when your score drops below a certain level. Once you reach that level there's a requirement to show the bugs, exchange for a different model, pay a restocking fee, whatever...
After all: That sort of thing is a a privilege of society, isn't it?
Remember that everybody starts with a full score. You don't have to work to earn any privileges. They're only taken away after you're an asshole towards the rest of us.
As mentioned above, being antisocial is a pretty vague term and possibly treads on protected speech if you're in a country that protects speech.
The UK has antisocial behavior laws, eg. They can forbid you from doing anything which has caused nuisance to others in the past, eg. ban you from going down a certain street from going into the town center.
However, I do think this would be a good idea if applied to criminal behaviour. Take shitty drivers off the road for driving like dicks, forbid fraudsters and tax evaders from holding business licences and being bondable, that sort of thing. Relevant punishments for relevant crimes.
They don't already do that where you live? Weird.
I'd take it a step further. Anything you do in public that requires somebody else to go around cleaning up after you? Points off your social score. Any sort of violence or intimidation of other people? Points off your score. Any behavior that puts other people at risk? Points off your score. etc., etc.
Nobody's asking you to be an angel, be a miserable git if you want, just don't be a drain on society. Society has enough problems without people like you causing extra expense and cleanups.
You can't stop yourself from being an asshole? Fine, but don't ask for anything in return. Starting with the right to vote.
This would reduce the strain on the prison system if we just limit the freedoms of those who abused their freedoms, rather than locking them up. Only lock up violent psychopaths should be locked up, let the rest of society's fuck-ups walk around less-than-free with their heads hung low.
Agree 100% there. The only people who should be in prison are those who cause physical harm to others (or other people's property).
Lose your right to vote for disagreeing with the government???
Yeah.. No!!!
Nope.
You lose your right to vote for, harassing other people, breaking other people's stuff, littering, speeding, playing loud music at 2am, stealing, "buying" a huge TV on Superbowl weekend then taking to back to the store on Monday...
ie. All the stuff that would rate you as an "asshole".
Free speech would be maintained in it's current form:
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I don't see major privacy implications. You can easily put a throwaway email address and a fake mailing address in your contact info, especially if you pay for the domain with a prepaid debit card. No one really cares.
Technically, it's illegal to do so.
What does matter is who owns it --who is responsible for content served-- and who to contact in case of technical trouble.
Why? Why is there a need any of that to be public information?
If the content is illegal, tell the police. If the website is down then it's their problem, not yours.
They've been on the horizon, but exactly what form they would take has been unclear. So it's reasonable that ICANN can't.\
If you'll bother to read the summary you'll see that ICANN has had its hands over its ears and been going "I'm not listening, I'm not listening" for the last couple of years.
The law isn't hard to understand: It simply says "no!" to anybody who thinks personal data is something to be used to make money.
Publishing a database like "whois"? Not allowed.
Maybe it's an individual person who'd prefer not to have their full name, home address and telephone number published for the world to see.
I suspect the Internet will continue to function perfectly without my fake name, fake address and fake telephone number.
The summary does not mention that ICANN has had years to prepare and has done nothing.
Ummm... "private" listings have been a thing for many years.
No explanation of what the law is, or what provision that ICANN is in violation of... WTF kind of summary is this?
If you don't know how to use google then you probably shouldn't be reading this story.
https://www.cennydd.com/writin...
Let's hope so.
At the moment the whois database is:
a) A free mailing list for spammers
b) An excuse for ISPs to charge extra for "private listings".
If this law can change the situation then it gets my vote.
...and is working on turning a mansion in Washington, DC, into a single-family home.
Is that a really challenging project?
It also re-associates all your medis file extensions to open files using the steamingist pile of dung media player ever made (including things like JPEG images), adds drivers for all the Apple iPods you'll never own and generally fucks up the entire PC. It'll take you weeks to get back to normal even if you uninstall it.
Just say no.
Nope.
If there's a way to transmit information using quantum entanglement then it means the speed of light doesn't apply.
(and the Universe will collapse)
I think that's something like 60 times larger than modern transistor architecture.
LOL! You you made my day, thanks!
Entanglement is a cornerstone of modern technology? Say what?
Welcome to Slashdot.
a) The private sector has competition
b) The private sector actually has to get the job done at some point in time.
If you've ever worked in government you'll know their only goals are to look pretty and justify their continued existence in the yearly report.
Yes, this is still significantly cheaper than doing it themselves.
(Remember all that manned space shuttle stuff? That was NASA's way.)
Who knows how much physical and mental pain these brains-in-jars are feeling right now?
Bottom line: Typing code on a Mac feels totally retarded.
Which part of 'hardly ever' didn't you understand?
--WHODAFUQ at Apple decided it would be a grand idea to remove the ESCAPE KEY from the Apple keyboard???
Probably the same genius who removed the Del key, the PgUp+PgDown keys, the Home key, the End key...
save human lives.
Good luck putting it back into a living human body...
By that logic there shouldn't be any laws at all.
Imagine if we asked the Mafia what should/shouldn't be legal?
Who decides what harassment is? At 2 am even the tiniest sound can wake people who are light sleepers.
Playing loud music at 2am is hardly ever social behavior (and everybody knows that).
what if I buy a TV on superbowl weekend because of the sales but discover it has some serious usability bugs that could never be observed in a store display?
That was only an example to make you stop and think. Obviously it's hard to prove somebody's intentions.
OTOH we all know that there's a certain segment of the population who regularly does that sort of thing and puts up the price of TVs for everybody else.
I have a suspicion their overall society score will be less than perfect. Maybe the right to "full refund, no questions asked" could also be revoked when your score drops below a certain level. Once you reach that level there's a requirement to show the bugs, exchange for a different model, pay a restocking fee, whatever...
After all: That sort of thing is a a privilege of society, isn't it?
Remember that everybody starts with a full score. You don't have to work to earn any privileges. They're only taken away after you're an asshole towards the rest of us.
Would you be happy if there was a specific clause that allowed you to say things about the government but not about other people?
You know, a bit like the USA's "Free Speech" laws? Guess what? They already forbid you from saying anything you want to.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
As mentioned above, being antisocial is a pretty vague term and possibly treads on protected speech if you're in a country that protects speech.
The UK has antisocial behavior laws, eg. They can forbid you from doing anything which has caused nuisance to others in the past, eg. ban you from going down a certain street from going into the town center.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
However, I do think this would be a good idea if applied to criminal behaviour. Take shitty drivers off the road for driving like dicks, forbid fraudsters and tax evaders from holding business licences and being bondable, that sort of thing. Relevant punishments for relevant crimes.
They don't already do that where you live? Weird.
I'd take it a step further. Anything you do in public that requires somebody else to go around cleaning up after you? Points off your social score. Any sort of violence or intimidation of other people? Points off your score. Any behavior that puts other people at risk? Points off your score. etc., etc.
Nobody's asking you to be an angel, be a miserable git if you want, just don't be a drain on society. Society has enough problems without people like you causing extra expense and cleanups.
You can't stop yourself from being an asshole? Fine, but don't ask for anything in return. Starting with the right to vote.
This would reduce the strain on the prison system if we just limit the freedoms of those who abused their freedoms, rather than locking them up. Only lock up violent psychopaths should be locked up, let the rest of society's fuck-ups walk around less-than-free with their heads hung low.
Agree 100% there. The only people who should be in prison are those who cause physical harm to others (or other people's property).
Lose your right to vote for disagreeing with the government???
Yeah.. No!!!
Nope.
You lose your right to vote for, harassing other people, breaking other people's stuff, littering, speeding, playing loud music at 2am, stealing, "buying" a huge TV on Superbowl weekend then taking to back to the store on Monday...
ie. All the stuff that would rate you as an "asshole".
Free speech would be maintained in it's current form:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...