(In case it wasn't immediately apparent, the above post was intended to be humourous, and was meant in no way to be a slur against FireWire, WAPI, or the Chinese.)
I believe you are taking my post a bit too seriously (see what it says next to Score:? That's what I was going for).
However, since you insist on being so serious, I'll add a more serious note: First of all, IANAL, nor have I ever portrayed myself as one (although my sister is). The clueless sysadmin (I hesitate to even honor someone who was using IIS 4.0 with the title of 'sysadmin', but whatever...) who failed to keep his software properly updated is probably not 'criminally' negligent' or depravedly indifferent' in strictly legal terms, but should not be allowed anywhere near a server room anytime in the foreseeable future.
Ummm you realize the reason we are in this mess is BECAUSE the government created the SSN to begin with don't you?
Um...wrong. The SSN was never meant to be used outside of the Federal Government. The reason we are in this mess is because the Federal Government stupidly allowed every other Tom, Dick, and Harry to use the SSN as a unique identifier, a use for which it was never meant, and for which it is supremely unsuited.
Instead of the SSN as a unique identifier (a use for which it was never designed), how about the government institutes a new identity number based on asymmetric key encryption (a la PGP).
Crypto guys out there, please let me know if this is a viable idea at all, or if all I've done is push the problem back one level.
There is no way that any company could conceivably recompense all 100,000 victims.
Casinos have to have enough cash on hand to cover every chip in play (at least in Nevada)...why can't data warehousing companies be held to at least similr expectations? It would certainly provide a little incentive for them to actually try to secure the data...
If someone has to have, say, my Driver's License, Passport, Social Security Number, Credit Card Number, "Personal ID Password" and, say, a "Counter-Identity-Theft Number" suddenly ID theft becomes a heck of a lot harder.
It certainly does...along with just about everything else that requires you to furnish proof of your identity.
If people can't be bothered to pick a secure password, there's no way they'll be able to keep up with a scheme like the one you've just outlined.
Now, if you ask me if I have a better idea, sadly, the answer is no. If I did have a better idea, I'd be making money off it by now.
Caveat Webitor is pretty much the only suggestion I have on the topic, and it's woefully inadequate.
I hate to say it, but I think it's time the Government steps in. Tis sort of thing simply cannot be allowed to continue. These data warehousing companies must be held to account.
Some [users] resort to using the same one for all their online accounts. Those who use several passwords often write them down and hide them in a desk or in a document on their computer.
Dear God, ain't this the truth??? I'm a network admin at a large company (please don't ask which), and the password situation here would be laughable if it weren't so sad. I ran LC5 on our hash file here, and was shocked and dismayed at the number of passwords cracked within 10 seconds. I'm constantly finding passwords on sticky notes on monitors and under keyboards, and many users haven't even bothered to change the default Lotus password ('password') to something else! >:(
Last year, a street survey found that more than 70% of people would reveal their password for a bar of chocolate.
That seems to be about the right figure for users in my company.
Why is the left so dead set on using embryonic stem cells?
Because many left-wingers see the exclusion of embryonic stem cells to be a covert redefining of the term 'life', and thus a back-door attack on Roe vs. Wade.
For many liberals, it's got nothing to do with the actual stem cell research. It's all about their right to choose. If it is deemed immoral to kill potential people for this research, it is de facto immoral to kill them for the sake of convinence.
Apple and USB 2 are in a fine restaurant, dining, smiling, laughing....when suddenly there appears at the table a disheveled, wild-eyed FireWire.
"I thought you loved me!", she hisses.
"Who is this?", asks a mildly surprised USB 2.
"Nobody, baby,", stammers Apple while backing stiff-legged away from the table where FireWire stands, quite clearly on the edge of tears, or homocide, or possibly both. "I ain't never seen this bitch before in my life...honest!"
(I'm currently on medication to control these sorts of images...note to self: remind my dealer^H^H^H^H^H^Hphysician to adjust my dosage.)
If you spent 1/10th of the time watching the show as you spend worrying about whether it will disrupt your entire view of reality, you would have finished them by now.
Slashdot Mirror
Given their history, I'd say they've learned a quite oppposite lesson.
(In case it wasn't immediately apparent, the above post was intended to be humourous, and was meant in no way to be a slur against FireWire, WAPI, or the Chinese.)
Just like FireWire.
Kyoto accords.
I believe you are taking my post a bit too seriously (see what it says next to Score:? That's what I was going for).
However, since you insist on being so serious, I'll add a more serious note:
First of all, IANAL, nor have I ever portrayed myself as one (although my sister is). The clueless sysadmin (I hesitate to even honor someone who was using IIS 4.0 with the title of 'sysadmin', but whatever...) who failed to keep his software properly updated is probably not 'criminally' negligent' or depravedly indifferent' in strictly legal terms, but should not be allowed anywhere near a server room anytime in the foreseeable future.
Yeah, no shit...I had no idea that Greenspan was such a 1337 HAX0R. =P
Um...wrong. The SSN was never meant to be used outside of the Federal Government. The reason we are in this mess is because the Federal Government stupidly allowed every other Tom, Dick, and Harry to use the SSN as a unique identifier, a use for which it was never meant, and for which it is supremely unsuited.
That is criminal negligence. Depraved indifference, and the like.
Instead of the SSN as a unique identifier (a use for which it was never designed), how about the government institutes a new identity number based on asymmetric key encryption (a la PGP).
Crypto guys out there, please let me know if this is a viable idea at all, or if all I've done is push the problem back one level.
It should have never been allowed.
Sounds like Micro$oft's Public Relations strategy.
(Sorry, but someone had to say it...)
Casinos have to have enough cash on hand to cover every chip in play (at least in Nevada)...why can't data warehousing companies be held to at least similr expectations? It would certainly provide a little incentive for them to actually try to secure the data...
It certainly does...along with just about everything else that requires you to furnish proof of your identity.
If people can't be bothered to pick a secure password, there's no way they'll be able to keep up with a scheme like the one you've just outlined.
Now, if you ask me if I have a better idea, sadly, the answer is no. If I did have a better idea, I'd be making money off it by now.
Caveat Webitor is pretty much the only suggestion I have on the topic, and it's woefully inadequate.
I hate to say it, but I think it's time the Government steps in. Tis sort of thing simply cannot be allowed to continue. These data warehousing companies must be held to account.
Dear God, ain't this the truth??? I'm a network admin at a large company (please don't ask which), and the password situation here would be laughable if it weren't so sad. I ran LC5 on our hash file here, and was shocked and dismayed at the number of passwords cracked within 10 seconds. I'm constantly finding passwords on sticky notes on monitors and under keyboards, and many users haven't even bothered to change the default Lotus password ('password') to something else! >:(
Last year, a street survey found that more than 70% of people would reveal their password for a bar of chocolate.
That seems to be about the right figure for users in my company.
A vision of Chris Farley as a ninja comes to mind...
Forget delisting...run them out of town on a rail.
Unless, of course, your own genetic stock is what's causing the problem.
Because many left-wingers see the exclusion of embryonic stem cells to be a covert redefining of the term 'life', and thus a back-door attack on Roe vs. Wade.
For many liberals, it's got nothing to do with the actual stem cell research. It's all about their right to choose. If it is deemed immoral to kill potential people for this research, it is de facto immoral to kill them for the sake of convinence.
If I'm going to be punished, I may as well commit the crime.
Um....the standard is Windows....I would consider 98% of the market share to constitute a de facto standard.
Apple and USB 2 are in a fine restaurant, dining, smiling, laughing....when suddenly there appears at the table a disheveled, wild-eyed FireWire.
"I thought you loved me!", she hisses.
"Who is this?", asks a mildly surprised USB 2.
"Nobody, baby,", stammers Apple while backing stiff-legged away from the table where FireWire stands, quite clearly on the edge of tears, or homocide, or possibly both. "I ain't never seen this bitch before in my life...honest!"
(I'm currently on medication to control these sorts of images...note to self: remind my dealer^H^H^H^H^H^Hphysician to adjust my dosage.)
Looks like FireWire is going to join that august fraternity of Murdered Tech, alongside K56Flex, DivX, and Beta.
How about just whirling in circles the dinky turbine by the cord by which it attaches to the recharging phone?
You could call it the bullroarer recharger.
If you spent 1/10th of the time watching the show as you spend worrying about whether it will disrupt your entire view of reality, you would have finished them by now.
Not really...what's 1/10 of zero, genius?