Back in the old days, when a bookstore closed, it meant you couldn't buy any more books there. But nothing happened to the books you already bought. Now when a bookstore closes, all your books disappear in a puff of smoke. Isn't progress wonderful?
I am 100% certain people are going to be falsely accused because how are they going to verify that it was not a hands-free call or text?
The preponderance of the evidence is that hands-free calls are not safer.
The problem is not that your hands are not on the wheel, but that your mind is not on the road.
Whether that's true or not is beside the point since almost every state that has laws regarding cell phone use while driving has an exception in the case where a hands free device is used.
... if someone would build a phone OS with something like containers. So you could give an app all the permissions it wants. To do whatever it wants. Inside its own little sandbox.
But what is contained in your "sandbox"? Would an app that needs to access your camera and/or microphone or GPS qualify as staying inside its sandbox? If yes, then even a sandboxed app could seriously invade your privacy if it operates in ways you don't expect. If not, then how could any mapping application or telecommunications tool (think Facetime, Skype, etc.) work inside your sandbox?
Actually, the Best Picture Oscar this year went to Green Book which was produced by DreamWorks and others, and DreamWorks is Spielberg's company, so he isn't being a sore loser. He's being a sore winner.
WTF?
The IP you get from your ISP is dynamic, and there's no way to map it to your address without consulting provider's logs
That's true, as long as you don't have WiFi in your home to which anyone, including you, has ever connected a device such as phone or tablet with GPS. Even if you leave your GPS turned off, if you've ever had a guest in your home to whom you've lent your WiFi password so they can connect to your network with their phone, then if they have GPS activated, your IP address -> physical location mapping is available to any apps running which have location permissions, and thus to the providers of those apps. That certainly includes Google and probably Facebook. Many of these companies sell your data to practically anyone who wants to buy it, and TOS agreements usually include permission for them to do so, but it isn't clear such permission is even needed. Therefore it generally isn't hard for someone who wants to buy it to find your physical location based on your IP address even if your ISP is good about protecting your privacy.
Security-conscious IT folks don't do cloud, even if it costs more.
In my opinion, the Cloud Act is just an official recognition of what's already going on.
Great, so you can choose not to put your organization's data in the cloud. I hope your doctor, banker, and the various other people you do business with feel the same way you do.
I suspect their canaries are more about marketing themselves as a company with strong morals than true morality.
And what's wrong with that? Companies are in business to make money, and many do so by serving the public. Their practices therefore often mirror the values of the customers they serve, and they do so to keep their customers happy. That's actually how capitalism is supposed to work.
Exactly. Kid threatens to shoot up school. Kid faces charges. As it should be.
The only reason this story even made Slashdot is that Siri was tangentially involved. The fact that he searched for help on Siri really doesn't change the basic facts at all. Why shouldn't he be charged?
The problem with your theory is that you can get a disease, that you have been vaccinated for, if you're hit with a huge amount of the infectious agent. i.e. If you sit down next to someone who's leaking measles all over the place
You've kind of answered your own question here. If the intelligent people refrain from sitting down next to someone who is "leaking measles all over the place" then the Darwinian principle would still hold.
Every single judge in the ninth circuit that votes to ignore the Supreme Court needs to be impeached and removed from office. I would also be favorable to giving some of them jail time.
The article is talking about the Federal Circuit, not the Ninth Circuit. The Federal Circuit hears appeals to patent cases nationwide. And I don't think there is any mechanism, nor should there be, for jailing judges that don't interpret precedent in the way you'd like.
Not to mention the TOS you probably signed with your bail bondsman. When you're skipping bail, I don't think you enjoy the same rights to privacy as everyone else. Why are bounty hunters specifically "unauthorized" to access this data? It seems to me they do have a legitimate use for it.
There should be a distinction between "Engineer" and "Licensed Professional Engineer (in Oregon)." Just like someone licensed to practice medicine in New York can claim to be a physician, but can't practice legally in Oregon.
There should also be a distinction between calling yourself a Licensed Professional Engineer (in Oregon) for the purposes of getting business as an engineer and for the purposes of, say, impressing a girl you meet at a party. In the present case, the man was not offering his services for hire, nor appearing as an expert witness at a trial, so it really isn't clear why he shouldn't be allowed to lie even about more specific qualifications.
I think the point the poster was making is that the accident could result in death or injury to innocent third parties who were not involved in the theft.
Murder is regulated: in fact, it's illegal. All you really need to commit murder though is a good sharp kitchen knife and just about everyone has one of those. Laws against murder, however, are fairly effective. Not perfectly effective, of course, but still effective.
Okay then, what Open Location Codes, also known as "Plus Codes". There were developed by Google, but they are an open standard, and easily convertible to Lat./Long. in the WGS 84 map datum.
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Back in the old days, when a bookstore closed, it meant you couldn't buy any more books there. But nothing happened to the books you already bought. Now when a bookstore closes, all your books disappear in a puff of smoke. Isn't progress wonderful?
I am 100% certain people are going to be falsely accused because how are they going to verify that it was not a hands-free call or text?
The preponderance of the evidence is that hands-free calls are not safer.
The problem is not that your hands are not on the wheel, but that your mind is not on the road.
Whether that's true or not is beside the point since almost every state that has laws regarding cell phone use while driving has an exception in the case where a hands free device is used.
But what is contained in your "sandbox"? Would an app that needs to access your camera and/or microphone or GPS qualify as staying inside its sandbox? If yes, then even a sandboxed app could seriously invade your privacy if it operates in ways you don't expect. If not, then how could any mapping application or telecommunications tool (think Facetime, Skype, etc.) work inside your sandbox?
Actually, the Best Picture Oscar this year went to Green Book which was produced by DreamWorks and others, and DreamWorks is Spielberg's company, so he isn't being a sore loser. He's being a sore winner.
WTF? The IP you get from your ISP is dynamic, and there's no way to map it to your address without consulting provider's logs
That's true, as long as you don't have WiFi in your home to which anyone, including you, has ever connected a device such as phone or tablet with GPS. Even if you leave your GPS turned off, if you've ever had a guest in your home to whom you've lent your WiFi password so they can connect to your network with their phone, then if they have GPS activated, your IP address -> physical location mapping is available to any apps running which have location permissions, and thus to the providers of those apps. That certainly includes Google and probably Facebook. Many of these companies sell your data to practically anyone who wants to buy it, and TOS agreements usually include permission for them to do so, but it isn't clear such permission is even needed. Therefore it generally isn't hard for someone who wants to buy it to find your physical location based on your IP address even if your ISP is good about protecting your privacy.
Security-conscious IT folks don't do cloud, even if it costs more.
In my opinion, the Cloud Act is just an official recognition of what's already going on.
Great, so you can choose not to put your organization's data in the cloud. I hope your doctor, banker, and the various other people you do business with feel the same way you do.
I suspect their canaries are more about marketing themselves as a company with strong morals than true morality.
And what's wrong with that? Companies are in business to make money, and many do so by serving the public. Their practices therefore often mirror the values of the customers they serve, and they do so to keep their customers happy. That's actually how capitalism is supposed to work.
Exactly. Kid threatens to shoot up school. Kid faces charges. As it should be.
The only reason this story even made Slashdot is that Siri was tangentially involved. The fact that he searched for help on Siri really doesn't change the basic facts at all. Why shouldn't he be charged?
The problem with your theory is that you can get a disease, that you have been vaccinated for, if you're hit with a huge amount of the infectious agent. i.e. If you sit down next to someone who's leaking measles all over the place
You've kind of answered your own question here. If the intelligent people refrain from sitting down next to someone who is "leaking measles all over the place" then the Darwinian principle would still hold.
Every single judge in the ninth circuit that votes to ignore the Supreme Court needs to be impeached and removed from office. I would also be favorable to giving some of them jail time.
The article is talking about the Federal Circuit, not the Ninth Circuit. The Federal Circuit hears appeals to patent cases nationwide. And I don't think there is any mechanism, nor should there be, for jailing judges that don't interpret precedent in the way you'd like.
It's part of the TOS you sign with your carrier.
Not to mention the TOS you probably signed with your bail bondsman. When you're skipping bail, I don't think you enjoy the same rights to privacy as everyone else. Why are bounty hunters specifically "unauthorized" to access this data? It seems to me they do have a legitimate use for it.
I *think* it's because some countries/jurisdictions require the hotel to capture certain details, including the passport number.
Which countries/jurisdictions? I'd honestly like to know so I can avoid them.
There should be a distinction between "Engineer" and "Licensed Professional Engineer (in Oregon)." Just like someone licensed to practice medicine in New York can claim to be a physician, but can't practice legally in Oregon.
There should also be a distinction between calling yourself a Licensed Professional Engineer (in Oregon) for the purposes of getting business as an engineer and for the purposes of, say, impressing a girl you meet at a party. In the present case, the man was not offering his services for hire, nor appearing as an expert witness at a trial, so it really isn't clear why he shouldn't be allowed to lie even about more specific qualifications.
I think it's true just about everywhere. The old saying "More learnin', less earnin'," is truer now than it ever was.
It's not a 'problem'. You are just not yet used to the 3rd millennium.
I don't think the law distinguishes between encrypted and un-encrypted child pornography.
easily solved by not stealing the package.
I think the point the poster was making is that the accident could result in death or injury to innocent third parties who were not involved in the theft.
And those same services can be used on a phone without a plan. Or a tablet. Or a PC with a web browser. How do you tax that?
Again, I doubt they'd make the legislation specific to what kind of plan you have. Why can't they all be taxed the same?
The iPhone crowd have their own messaging system and the rest uses whatsapp et al.
If the tax gets through, the latter will be used by everyone.
I assume the tax would apply to those services as well. Generally legislation isn't specific as to which service you use.
Murder is regulated: in fact, it's illegal. All you really need to commit murder though is a good sharp kitchen knife and just about everyone has one of those. Laws against murder, however, are fairly effective. Not perfectly effective, of course, but still effective.
Okay then, what Open Location Codes, also known as "Plus Codes". There were developed by Google, but they are an open standard, and easily convertible to Lat./Long. in the WGS 84 map datum.
Font nerds are almost as bad as cosplay enthusiasts.
As far as I'm concerned there are two kinds of fonts: ones that are easy to read and ones that aren't.
Comic Sans is easy to read.
Subject line says it.
"Bioga" is to Lutefisk as "Calamari" is to Squid. Finally, someone found a use for lutefisk....
Well if you feed people lutefisk, they will produce TONS of biogas!
Was it just me, or did anyone else, when first reading this, say "What's a bioga?"
Downside: You lose (some? all?) anonymity, as your GUID is long-lived.
That's a hell of a downside. Is there any way to protect your anonymity in such a system?