This has been happening for years. The only news here is that they are investigating it finally. I read about this same practice in my polisci textbooks 4 years ago. It's not a secret.
Does anyone else think that online identity theft is exaggerated? I mean, I have seen stats for identity theft in general, but not specifically for online identity theft. It strikes me as an insurance company/bank/credit card company ploy to make money. They take the internet, something a lot people don't understand, paint it as a major source of fraud, and ask you to pay $10/mo for their 'identity protection' services.
I have a feeling that the mjaority involvement of the internet in these crimes is as a vehicle for the transmission or cracking or databases made available by poor security practices.
It works questionably, because no one HAS to use the database. There need to be clear and enforcable punishments for not using it in order to get people to use it. If a couple cases get attention and the spammers pay out, more suits could possible be filed, but obviously you'll have trouble suing some dude in Nigeria.
Personally, as a victim of the whole Blue Security crap that ended up with a whole lot more spam after that DB was compromised, I am reluctant to sign up for these sorts of lists and would rather protect my inbox by being discrete about who I give email information to. It not's too much trouble to hit the 'junk' button on the mails that occassionally sneak past the filter in my opinion. However it's nice to see them trying.
We suffered decades of phone abuse by solicitors before laws and structures were in place to prevent it, but that's still more of a domestic issue... doing the same thing with email is not going to be nearly as easy. At this point, I am not sure what can be done other than moving to challenge/response systems, which I plan on doing on my next email server.
If the Oakley Thump can make regular sunglasses look like a medical device for an unfortunate ear disease with the addition of earbuds and some flash memory, then we're a long ways off before somebody makes video glasses that don't look stupid. I mean, that shit still looks dumb in 2360 (wow I didn't even know geocities was still around. gg yahoo)
The video glasses could be very cool for things like integrated HUD overlays while driving, but that won't really be needed until we have flying cars. I'd rock these ugly-ass glasses while I cruised by in a flying car. Have we learned nothing from href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096874/">Back to the Future II? Man, if the government only stop suppressing all the free-energy technology...
My girlfriend and I (cue the 'liar' jokes) would've been fucking broke a long time ago if we couldn't buy our porn and sex toys online. The markup at B&M sex shops is nothing short of heart-stopping.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the S&M price gouging needs to stop
TFA mentions "using high-tech scalpels that clot the blood as they cut tissue," but there is no elaboration. Does anyone know how these work or have a link to more information? Sounds like a cool invention and I'd like to read more.
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This has been happening for years. The only news here is that they are investigating it finally. I read about this same practice in my polisci textbooks 4 years ago. It's not a secret.
I mean, none of those seem nearly as cool as the BigDog quadriped, or the ball balancing robot, or my personal favorite, R.O.B.
Robots are awesome though, my roomba just cruised around my desk.
Does anyone else think that online identity theft is exaggerated? I mean, I have seen stats for identity theft in general, but not specifically for online identity theft. It strikes me as an insurance company/bank/credit card company ploy to make money. They take the internet, something a lot people don't understand, paint it as a major source of fraud, and ask you to pay $10/mo for their 'identity protection' services.
I have a feeling that the mjaority involvement of the internet in these crimes is as a vehicle for the transmission or cracking or databases made available by poor security practices.
It works questionably, because no one HAS to use the database. There need to be clear and enforcable punishments for not using it in order to get people to use it. If a couple cases get attention and the spammers pay out, more suits could possible be filed, but obviously you'll have trouble suing some dude in Nigeria. Personally, as a victim of the whole Blue Security crap that ended up with a whole lot more spam after that DB was compromised, I am reluctant to sign up for these sorts of lists and would rather protect my inbox by being discrete about who I give email information to. It not's too much trouble to hit the 'junk' button on the mails that occassionally sneak past the filter in my opinion. However it's nice to see them trying. We suffered decades of phone abuse by solicitors before laws and structures were in place to prevent it, but that's still more of a domestic issue... doing the same thing with email is not going to be nearly as easy. At this point, I am not sure what can be done other than moving to challenge/response systems, which I plan on doing on my next email server.
I think it's awesome they could've called it a Priapulida but went with penis worm. That's some good reportin'!
It's O'Reilly.
No it wasn't.
If the Oakley Thump can make regular sunglasses look like a medical device for an unfortunate ear disease with the addition of earbuds and some flash memory, then we're a long ways off before somebody makes video glasses that don't look stupid. I mean, that shit still looks dumb in 2360 (wow I didn't even know geocities was still around. gg yahoo) The video glasses could be very cool for things like integrated HUD overlays while driving, but that won't really be needed until we have flying cars. I'd rock these ugly-ass glasses while I cruised by in a flying car. Have we learned nothing from href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096874/">Back to the Future II? Man, if the government only stop suppressing all the free-energy technology...
My girlfriend and I (cue the 'liar' jokes) would've been fucking broke a long time ago if we couldn't buy our porn and sex toys online. The markup at B&M sex shops is nothing short of heart-stopping. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the S&M price gouging needs to stop
TFA mentions "using high-tech scalpels that clot the blood as they cut tissue," but there is no elaboration. Does anyone know how these work or have a link to more information? Sounds like a cool invention and I'd like to read more.