I think I will try and take a second job in as many cotton swap factories as I can over the next couple of years. Looks kinda funny on the resume but could come in REAL handy some day.
Using the same logic the people conducting the strip search of a 13 year old student could very possibly be sex offenders then. Sure, they might not have a criminal record and aren't on the sex offenders register, but that just means they haven't been caught.
You're not understanding the issue. Yes facebook etc. ask for your email password to get your contact list, but the issue the OP is talking about (though who knows if its true given its an AC who cant recall the original site) is that the site tries to use your supplied email address and the password you use *for that particular site* to try and login to your email account and get your contact list.
So you aren't prompted for your gmail/yahoo/hotmail password. They just try to login to your email using your supplied email address and the password for that site. Sneaky given most(?) people use the same password across a wide range of places.
So what about someone that uses a media centre PC as their television input and watches Hulu and mlb.tv etc. rather than via cable or satellite or whatever during peak periods causing their ISP to hit its bandwidth limits? Is that abuse as well? Is that guy soaking up bandwidth or is he using what he is paying for?
It's also not a loss when that person returns to live and work in the US and has a wider world view than someone whose idea of a world view is that the can see Russia from their house.
They will have a broader world view and they can impart some of this on the folks back home as well. This can only be a good thing and every country everywhere could use more of it.
I dont know about the Nova, but I do remember seeing a Cuban guy laughing hysterically after just arriving at Sydney airport and seeing a Mitsubishi Pajero parked outside.
That might be the case if there was any chance it would even remotely work in the real world. But I think this is a sign of them finally coming to the realisation that it is going to flop spectacularly and this is a way to find that out away from the publics view.
A real world trial would have showed up all the problems that everyone has been pointing out, and it would have brought those problems right into the homes of voters all over the country.
This way they can continually have it in testing until it fades from the publics mind then mothball it.
Has the image been taken down? I am in Australia, and not sure if my ISP is participating in the trial for the Great Firewall of Australia trial , but if it was I doubt I would see the Image not available message.
My hope is that this was in their plan all along, but they intended to drop this one after a bunch of successful suits against students so as to scare everyone into submission. Only now with the growing legal backlash against them by unversities they are having to throw this out there in the hope that it will stick because they see the end is nigh for their little scam.
As an Australian I was considering setting something like this up through a webhost in the USA. Basically have the given url side by side through an Aus proxy and also directly out through the US host to determine whether a site is being filtered. If and when this internet filter comes online but also to see if you are unwittingly part of a trial for it.
Any thoughts on issues with this? My main concern would be the fact that as any url can be entered you are potentially opening yourself up for trouble in that you are going to and serving up content from any dark corner of the net that the user wants to test. So both the US webhost and the AUS proxy could come asking questions about why your hosted site is going to questionable sites.
Obviously would need some kind of limit on number of requests as well, but that is fairly easy fixed.
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Good point.
I think I will try and take a second job in as many cotton swap factories as I can over the next couple of years. Looks kinda funny on the resume but could come in REAL handy some day.
Using the same logic the people conducting the strip search of a 13 year old student could very possibly be sex offenders then. Sure, they might not have a criminal record and aren't on the sex offenders register, but that just means they haven't been caught.
So is anyone able to see if any of those IP addresses are from the ACMA offices?
You're not understanding the issue. Yes facebook etc. ask for your email password to get your contact list, but the issue the OP is talking about (though who knows if its true given its an AC who cant recall the original site) is that the site tries to use your supplied email address and the password you use *for that particular site* to try and login to your email account and get your contact list. So you aren't prompted for your gmail/yahoo/hotmail password. They just try to login to your email using your supplied email address and the password for that site. Sneaky given most(?) people use the same password across a wide range of places.
Bullshit.
So what about someone that uses a media centre PC as their television input and watches Hulu and mlb.tv etc. rather than via cable or satellite or whatever during peak periods causing their ISP to hit its bandwidth limits? Is that abuse as well? Is that guy soaking up bandwidth or is he using what he is paying for?
If they signed for and are paying for unlimited internet access then where exactly does the abuse part come into it?
If I were you I would opt out and then cancel.
It's a pretty safe bet that they will sell any ex-customers data without a second thought if they didn't opt out. And probably even do it if you did.
It's also not a loss when that person returns to live and work in the US and has a wider world view than someone whose idea of a world view is that the can see Russia from their house.
They will have a broader world view and they can impart some of this on the folks back home as well. This can only be a good thing and every country everywhere could use more of it.
I dont know about the Nova, but I do remember seeing a Cuban guy laughing hysterically after just arriving at Sydney airport and seeing a Mitsubishi Pajero parked outside.
And the line before is even better.
"Arrighetti's lawyer insisted to the newspaper that he was innocent and that there was no need for the T-Redspeed system to be checked"
OK if you say so, we wont check it then. On your way genius.
Now all you have to do is make sure your Mp3 player, computer or anything containing your purchased mp3s gets stolen, or compromised.
And make sure no-one uses your computer or mp3 player and copies the songs without you knowing.
Thats the problem.
Theres nothing worse than a bad case of TMA.
I doubt the students will have the know how to hack linux.
They dont all need to know, just one.
That might be the case if there was any chance it would even remotely work in the real world. But I think this is a sign of them finally coming to the realisation that it is going to flop spectacularly and this is a way to find that out away from the publics view.
A real world trial would have showed up all the problems that everyone has been pointing out, and it would have brought those problems right into the homes of voters all over the country.
This way they can continually have it in testing until it fades from the publics mind then mothball it.
The Be* Team ?
Sound like you have a problem, and no-one else can help. If you can find them, maybe you should hire.....someone else.
It shows "Image not available" for me.
Has the image been taken down? I am in Australia, and not sure if my ISP is participating in the trial for the Great Firewall of Australia trial , but if it was I doubt I would see the Image not available message.
My hope is that this was in their plan all along, but they intended to drop this one after a bunch of successful suits against students so as to scare everyone into submission. Only now with the growing legal backlash against them by unversities they are having to throw this out there in the hope that it will stick because they see the end is nigh for their little scam.
Like if you had a jar of marbles and 10% of the marbles were jerks?
Well thats one virgin, 79 to go.
Any more volunteers?
If they can't set up a registration system that can get someone registered in under a week then how good is the rest of it?
And what do they need my street address for?
Pass.
Final...Easier...whatever.
You don't say.
woop woop woop woop!!!
As an Australian I was considering setting something like this up through a webhost in the USA. Basically have the given url side by side through an Aus proxy and also directly out through the US host to determine whether a site is being filtered. If and when this internet filter comes online but also to see if you are unwittingly part of a trial for it.
Any thoughts on issues with this? My main concern would be the fact that as any url can be entered you are potentially opening yourself up for trouble in that you are going to and serving up content from any dark corner of the net that the user wants to test. So both the US webhost and the AUS proxy could come asking questions about why your hosted site is going to questionable sites.
Obviously would need some kind of limit on number of requests as well, but that is fairly easy fixed.
never even found after he left the street
You're right, that is much more comforting. I'm sure he's fine.
Tell me about it! My ass table just isnt big enough anymore.
Sure I could exercise, but why bother when they can just make a bigger ass table?