Well, sure, examine the evidence all you like. But one's right to remain silent, as I understand it, includes all speech acts. So if they can't get the password on their own, tough.
If I understand how TOR works, yes, they could. And they'd get loads of info on which node the request came from and to which node it was forwarded... here and there the site will be requested from that computer, but not much too often.
All in all, they most likely wouldn't get much out of it, just like they won't get anything out of this.
Except, of course, intimidating people who use TOR, which seems to be the primary reason the nodes were confiscated.
If all the people whose computers have been used in the anonymizing network get their computers confiscated like criminals, soon enough everyone participating in such a network will face the same risk.
Basically, it's like all the apartments through which a fugitive passed running from the police became sealed as crime scenes and the families living there evicted until he's been caught and tried, although the fugitive only broke a few windows getting in and straight out.
Actually, I'm glad that Americans started noticing the effect of their behaviour in the rest of the world.
That's right: in general, you are not much liked.
Even if it emerges only as a persecution complex, I find it relatively positive.
At least you're becoming aware that there is a world outside your borders.
Now, sorry if this sounded like preaching, and of course there are intelligent and educated Americans and so on and so forth. The fact (haven't checked it, though) that about 80% of Americans who lived at least three weeks outside the USA didn't vote for Dubya ought to mean something.
I don't get many telemarketers calling me (not living in the USA and so on), but when they do, they're annoying... and I even have no-one to complain to, either.
Tho actually, I'm left handed, and I couldn't imagine using a mouse with my left hand. I've tried before, and it just feels totally awkward. I assume that I would get used to it if I just did it long enough, but I've never felt, for any reason, that it would be beneficial for me to do so. So, my advice to left handed people whining about scrollbars - just give in and use your right hand, whiner.:)
One of the lefty friends of mine says he could never use a mouse with his left hand; he learned to use it on a righty's computer and it stuck.
Left- or right-handedness isn't absolute... I'm right-handed, at least with respect to writing, mousing and brushing my teeth, but I use certain other things like lefties. And I'm so used to holding a fork in my left hand I find it very awkward in my right hand.
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Sounds like an education problem to me.
Yes... but AFAIK not many, say, highschools in the world teach their students proper netiquette, let alone protecting their privacy. And it should be taught in schools, as it is almost as important as literacy, and way more immediately important than much of the stuff learned there.
But I take care to only use it for things I don't deem too important.
The fact I'm just a student makes it even easier; talking about exams, DND and insider jokes, along with correspondence with certain teachers just isn't all too important for me to bother with encryption or whatever.
And, of course, I have an alternate account or two for certain other matters. Those contain no personal information whatsoever.
There's another thing... suppose culturally-dependent captchas are introduced. OK. So what.
The sweatshop captcha solvers will get slowed down. Temporarily.
They'll learn, though.
In the long run, nothing will change substantially...
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Well, sure, examine the evidence all you like. But one's right to remain silent, as I understand it, includes all speech acts. So if they can't get the password on their own, tough.
Especially since you, as I understand, at least in the USA have the right to remain silent.
Why didn't the police just get the subpoena for the logs, just like they do with the telcos?
If I understand how TOR works, yes, they could. And they'd get loads of info on which node the request came from and to which node it was forwarded... here and there the site will be requested from that computer, but not much too often.
All in all, they most likely wouldn't get much out of it, just like they won't get anything out of this.
Except, of course, intimidating people who use TOR, which seems to be the primary reason the nodes were confiscated.
If all the people whose computers have been used in the anonymizing network get their computers confiscated like criminals, soon enough everyone participating in such a network will face the same risk.
Basically, it's like all the apartments through which a fugitive passed running from the police became sealed as crime scenes and the families living there evicted until he's been caught and tried, although the fugitive only broke a few windows getting in and straight out.
My parents used to use that one a lot... and I'd oh so foolishly tell them "there is no such law".
Seems I was wrong after all.
Yet.
So... you think it was George W. posting that?
Actually, I'm glad that Americans started noticing the effect of their behaviour in the rest of the world.
That's right: in general, you are not much liked.
Even if it emerges only as a persecution complex, I find it relatively positive.
At least you're becoming aware that there is a world outside your borders.
Now, sorry if this sounded like preaching, and of course there are intelligent and educated Americans and so on and so forth.
The fact (haven't checked it, though) that about 80% of Americans who lived at least three weeks outside the USA didn't vote for Dubya ought to mean something.
These are not bad ideas at all.
I don't get many telemarketers calling me (not living in the USA and so on), but when they do, they're annoying... and I even have no-one to complain to, either.
Nice ones, anyway.
You needn't give any personal information in your account info.
One of the lefty friends of mine says he could never use a mouse with his left hand; he learned to use it on a righty's computer and it stuck.
Left- or right-handedness isn't absolute... I'm right-handed, at least with respect to writing, mousing and brushing my teeth, but I use certain other things like lefties. And I'm so used to holding a fork in my left hand I find it very awkward in my right hand.
Ah, yes, I see the source of the misunderstanding.
I do not live in the USA, but in an undeveloped backwater country called Croatia.
I have practically no-one in my immediate vicinity hunting for private information because here it really is worth almost nothing.
You misspelled pwned.
Yes... but AFAIK not many, say, highschools in the world teach their students proper netiquette, let alone protecting their privacy. And it should be taught in schools, as it is almost as important as literacy, and way more immediately important than much of the stuff learned there.
Sure I do.
But I take care to only use it for things I don't deem too important.
The fact I'm just a student makes it even easier; talking about exams, DND and insider jokes, along with correspondence with certain teachers just isn't all too important for me to bother with encryption or whatever.
And, of course, I have an alternate account or two for certain other matters. Those contain no personal information whatsoever.
Poor security, but still... sufficient.
Why do I envision a future society in which any kind of concern for privacy will be treated as a signal you have something to hide?
Oh, of course... that's because I'm paranoid.
My bad.
Supply-and-demand principle is ok in most respects, but if sheeple get used to their privacy being... well, public - it might become too late.
But I'm just paranoid. Don't mind me.
... aren't blacklists still a bit... tricky?
I would have replied to all the inconsistencies... then I noticed the name. Not a bad troll.
... the Dark side of the Force?
Would you like some cheese with your whine?
Now, would Elan say "Oooooooooh, shiny!" if he saw Bender?
I wonder...
Say what?
Who'll learn? People poor enough to work for $.60/h?
It won't be kids, y'know... at least I hope so.
BTW:
I think schooling systems everywhere have enough problems as it is...
Oooooooh, shiny!
There's another thing... suppose culturally-dependent captchas are introduced. OK. So what.
The sweatshop captcha solvers will get slowed down.
Temporarily.
They'll learn, though.
In the long run, nothing will change substantially...
Backuping the World!
Ok, so they started with 200 years old newspapers. How long till they start with 400 - or 4000 years old texts?
Keyword being yet.