Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 5 Aug 2020 @ 6:57am
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The password manager I use is passwordsafe, originally by Bruce Schneier and now maintained by others. It does not use a website, it has a self contained database, which I rename and number by version. They stopped making a Linux build but there is a clone by Marc Deslauriers called passafe which reads the same file types, you just need to copy your database to the correct folder (/home/user/.local/share/pasaffe/) and rename it passaffe.psafe3.
I also use SpiderOak cloud backup (recommended by Edward Snowden and is fully encrypted), and the SpiderOak_Hive system which syncs between machines set up for it (Even the Windows side of my dual boot laptop) so I never actually could loose my database, though I came close recently as various updates put my protections askew. My savior was that I also had a copy on my Android tablet which is not on SpiderOak. I hard link the passafe database to the Hive and make a copy that is renamed for use with the Windows/Android versions, and then backed up to the cloud and other Hive instances. That way, I have the same database everywhere, though the transfer to the Android tablet is manual.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 4 Aug 2020 @ 2:46pm
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Or being reported to the police by the neighborhood nannybot because they were playing (or walking or bike riding or using park facilities) without adult supervision.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 4 Aug 2020 @ 2:03pm
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The reviews for Google Authenticator and Twilio's Authy both present issues. Maybe they will mature and become better.
I have thought about the Yubi key, but I am not sure the hassle is worth it. I use a password manager, with very strong and very obscure passwords that are easily changed, though visiting each site and finding the place to change passwords is a pain.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 4 Aug 2020 @ 1:53pm
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"you couldn't make this stuff up."
Trump seems to manage. Maybe he should write fiction. Oh, wait, he does, just read his tweets! (Somehow I don't think he could get published, and if he did his sales would be really low).
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 4 Aug 2020 @ 1:05pm
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I concur with your analysis, but the reason I don't use 2FA is that I don't have a phone, cell or landline. I don't need one, and 2FA isn't a good enough reason for the expense or other inconveniences that come along with having one. But there are reasons to use 2FA, for instance I have a gmail account (one I got a long time ago) but if I want another one, I have to be able to receive a text message for authentication. Apparently, in the past, there were Internet based sms sights that would satisfy this need, but no longer, Google has disallowed these.
So if a service were to require 2FA, they will be without my business, and as you point out, it isn't necessary to lack a phone to have a reason to opt out of 2FA.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 4 Aug 2020 @ 9:58am
Perversion of the law doesn't make him right
""The United States should get a very large percentage of that price, because we're making it possible," Mr Trump said."
If what the US Government has done to make this possible is the threat to ban Tik Tok in the US, wouldn't that be considered extortion? Like gangs or the mafia threatening a business owner if they didn't pay protection. Nice store you've got there, wouldn't want anything to happen to it.
Then, what would that actual worth of those actions be? Tik Tok is valued at $75 billion, but that isn't what the sale price would be. How much is Trump looking to get out of this, and what would he do with that money?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 3 Aug 2020 @ 5:49pm
Re: Xzibit A
It seems he wasn't conservative enough (as in toeing the total Trump line without deviation or sass) as his point of view is that the 1st Amendment applies to all citizens and Trump only want's to apply it to speech he likes.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 3 Aug 2020 @ 4:19pm
Re: Re: This should be a non-starter, but was easily predictable
Then why bother with the request for input? The FCC is legally an independent department so it does not need to follow any instructions from the White House, but here they are.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 3 Aug 2020 @ 2:40pm
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It is, but there are some issues in applying the law. Not mentioned in that article is that someone needs to prosecute that crime, and that would fall to the DoJ. Now what is the likelihood that our current DoJ would take that opportunity?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 3 Aug 2020 @ 12:06pm
This should be a non-starter, but was easily predictable
"Today, the @FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau will invite public input on the petition for rulemaking recently filed by @CommerceGov regarding #Section230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.Today, the @FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau will invite public input on the petition for rulemaking recently filed by @CommerceGov regarding #Section230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996."
I can't wait. 90% of the public comments will have to be redacted due to (ahem) unseemly language. The other 10% will be in favor of the FCC whipping out their regulatory baton, though they all originated at the same email address.
Then, so soon as the FCC begins whatever agenda they imagine is appropriate, they will be sued, and it will take a decade or so for it to get to the Supreme Court who will finally, reluctantly, impose 1st Amendment controls over the FCC's antics.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 3 Aug 2020 @ 7:20am
Re: Re: The Executive branch violating the law
In my addled perception of how things work this is likely because no one 'has standing' to question the Patriot Act simply because of the 'Catch 22' fact that if one did have standing they would be considered a terrorist. "That's Some Catch, That Catch-22. It's The Best There Is."
Is Trump driving the delusion that he can order a company to be sold or is it the delusion that is driving Trump? Either way, just where does the government, including Trump, think they get the authority to order a company to be sold?
Not only yes, it is not necessary to explain it to the police officers who show up to enforce the action. I have asked them to leave, and they have not, therefore they are trespassers, take them away. I have done this may times, though the payed in advance is unusual.
It does not matter whether the customer makes the disturbance before or after paying, it matters that the disturbance is noticed and acted upon. In my experience the acted upon coincided with a call to the police. They, again in my experience, appreciated a call that accomplished an arrest. They were always cooperative to our operations, because we always let things go to the point where they had a reason to arrest. I am not pro-police, and I am pro-Constitution, but there is a time and a place for acting out. Ask any parent of a two year old, but expect to get a not anytime nor anyplace response. Tell that to the two year old.
From my perspective, and as a business operator, constitutional rights were not important with regard to your behavior, at least when the behavior exhibited was detrimental to other guests. We had a business to run. Your 'exhibition' of your 'constitutional rights' have nothing to do with the operation of the business in operation.
Go find a public square where someone will actually listen to you. Good luck!
The courts will straighten that out, though how long it takes will be interesting. The real question is whether Trump will recognize the courts decisions. I am guessing he won't, which is where the dilemma lies. Along with whether the DoJ (for Trump) and the DoD (not certain) and the DHS (leaning toward with but might go against with Congressional support or antipathy, if it is enunciated clearly).
Either way, the next election will be a severe test of whether or not it is a government of the people, by the people. And the results will be indicative of future Congressional elections. So those wishing to remain in office should take care. They will either get screwed by or endorsed by their commitment to Constitutional law. One hopes they leave party politics aside and go for things that are right, rather than supportive of their re-election.
Follow the money. These guys traveled to Portland, are likely staying in hotels/motels, and are likely listing those expenses for reimbursement. One thing governments tend to do is keep records. Sometimes they do it well, other times they try like hell to hide them. But travel vouchers or credit cards are difficult to hide. The issue will be getting someone to investigate the matter as it is likely that the DoJ won't do it, and the local police don't have jurisdiction to enforce Federal law. So who else?
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The password manager I use is passwordsafe, originally by Bruce Schneier and now maintained by others. It does not use a website, it has a self contained database, which I rename and number by version. They stopped making a Linux build but there is a clone by Marc Deslauriers called passafe which reads the same file types, you just need to copy your database to the correct folder (/home/user/.local/share/pasaffe/) and rename it passaffe.psafe3.
I also use SpiderOak cloud backup (recommended by Edward Snowden and is fully encrypted), and the SpiderOak_Hive system which syncs between machines set up for it (Even the Windows side of my dual boot laptop) so I never actually could loose my database, though I came close recently as various updates put my protections askew. My savior was that I also had a copy on my Android tablet which is not on SpiderOak. I hard link the passafe database to the Hive and make a copy that is renamed for use with the Windows/Android versions, and then backed up to the cloud and other Hive instances. That way, I have the same database everywhere, though the transfer to the Android tablet is manual.
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Wear a paper bag over your head, underneath the MAGA hat.
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Or being reported to the police by the neighborhood nannybot because they were playing (or walking or bike riding or using park facilities) without adult supervision.
It really doesn't take a village.
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The reviews for Google Authenticator and Twilio's Authy both present issues. Maybe they will mature and become better.
I have thought about the Yubi key, but I am not sure the hassle is worth it. I use a password manager, with very strong and very obscure passwords that are easily changed, though visiting each site and finding the place to change passwords is a pain.
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Trump seems to manage. Maybe he should write fiction. Oh, wait, he does, just read his tweets! (Somehow I don't think he could get published, and if he did his sales would be really low).
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I concur with your analysis, but the reason I don't use 2FA is that I don't have a phone, cell or landline. I don't need one, and 2FA isn't a good enough reason for the expense or other inconveniences that come along with having one. But there are reasons to use 2FA, for instance I have a gmail account (one I got a long time ago) but if I want another one, I have to be able to receive a text message for authentication. Apparently, in the past, there were Internet based sms sights that would satisfy this need, but no longer, Google has disallowed these.
So if a service were to require 2FA, they will be without my business, and as you point out, it isn't necessary to lack a phone to have a reason to opt out of 2FA.
On the post: From The Stupid To The Bizarre: Trump Demands That His Government Should Take A 'Substantial' Cut Of TikTok's Purchase Fee
Perversion of the law doesn't make him right
If what the US Government has done to make this possible is the threat to ban Tik Tok in the US, wouldn't that be considered extortion? Like gangs or the mafia threatening a business owner if they didn't pay protection. Nice store you've got there, wouldn't want anything to happen to it.
Then, what would that actual worth of those actions be? Tik Tok is valued at $75 billion, but that isn't what the sale price would be. How much is Trump looking to get out of this, and what would he do with that money?
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Re: Xzibit A
It seems he wasn't conservative enough (as in toeing the total Trump line without deviation or sass) as his point of view is that the 1st Amendment applies to all citizens and Trump only want's to apply it to speech he likes.
On the post: The FCC Knows Trump's Social Media Order Is A Joke, But Fecklessly Pretends Otherwise
Re: Re: This should be a non-starter, but was easily predictable
Then why bother with the request for input? The FCC is legally an independent department so it does not need to follow any instructions from the White House, but here they are.
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It is, but there are some issues in applying the law. Not mentioned in that article is that someone needs to prosecute that crime, and that would fall to the DoJ. Now what is the likelihood that our current DoJ would take that opportunity?
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This should be a non-starter, but was easily predictable
I can't wait. 90% of the public comments will have to be redacted due to (ahem) unseemly language. The other 10% will be in favor of the FCC whipping out their regulatory baton, though they all originated at the same email address.
Then, so soon as the FCC begins whatever agenda they imagine is appropriate, they will be sued, and it will take a decade or so for it to get to the Supreme Court who will finally, reluctantly, impose 1st Amendment controls over the FCC's antics.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: The Executive branch violating the law
Aren't those Catch 22.2 through Catch 22.4, respectively?
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Darkness darkening
But, but, but, the world is going dark, give us our backdoors, we desperately need them. Um, for all of you, not us.
(It seem obvious, but inevitably deniable, that someone actually did some detective work in this case, (by mistake?)).
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Re: Re: The Executive branch violating the law
In my addled perception of how things work this is likely because no one 'has standing' to question the Patriot Act simply because of the 'Catch 22' fact that if one did have standing they would be considered a terrorist. "That's Some Catch, That Catch-22. It's The Best There Is."
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Re: The trend - PayPerView for books
Their view of PPV, unfortunately, will become if you read one chapter tonight, and another tomorrow another payment will be due.
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His power isn't absolute, but he thinks it is
Is Trump driving the delusion that he can order a company to be sold or is it the delusion that is driving Trump? Either way, just where does the government, including Trump, think they get the authority to order a company to be sold?
On the post: New Hampshire Supreme Court Issues Very Weird Ruling Regarding Section 230
Re: Re: Re: Good Faith
Not only yes, it is not necessary to explain it to the police officers who show up to enforce the action. I have asked them to leave, and they have not, therefore they are trespassers, take them away. I have done this may times, though the payed in advance is unusual.
It does not matter whether the customer makes the disturbance before or after paying, it matters that the disturbance is noticed and acted upon. In my experience the acted upon coincided with a call to the police. They, again in my experience, appreciated a call that accomplished an arrest. They were always cooperative to our operations, because we always let things go to the point where they had a reason to arrest. I am not pro-police, and I am pro-Constitution, but there is a time and a place for acting out. Ask any parent of a two year old, but expect to get a not anytime nor anyplace response. Tell that to the two year old.
From my perspective, and as a business operator, constitutional rights were not important with regard to your behavior, at least when the behavior exhibited was detrimental to other guests. We had a business to run. Your 'exhibition' of your 'constitutional rights' have nothing to do with the operation of the business in operation.
Go find a public square where someone will actually listen to you. Good luck!
On the post: Portland Journalists Ask For Sanctions As Federal Agents Continue To Assault Reporters And Legal Observers
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The courts will straighten that out, though how long it takes will be interesting. The real question is whether Trump will recognize the courts decisions. I am guessing he won't, which is where the dilemma lies. Along with whether the DoJ (for Trump) and the DoD (not certain) and the DHS (leaning toward with but might go against with Congressional support or antipathy, if it is enunciated clearly).
Either way, the next election will be a severe test of whether or not it is a government of the people, by the people. And the results will be indicative of future Congressional elections. So those wishing to remain in office should take care. They will either get screwed by or endorsed by their commitment to Constitutional law. One hopes they leave party politics aside and go for things that are right, rather than supportive of their re-election.
The other option is seriously less desirable.
On the post: Portland Journalists Ask For Sanctions As Federal Agents Continue To Assault Reporters And Legal Observers
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Follow the money. These guys traveled to Portland, are likely staying in hotels/motels, and are likely listing those expenses for reimbursement. One thing governments tend to do is keep records. Sometimes they do it well, other times they try like hell to hide them. But travel vouchers or credit cards are difficult to hide. The issue will be getting someone to investigate the matter as it is likely that the DoJ won't do it, and the local police don't have jurisdiction to enforce Federal law. So who else?
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Possibly, but they will be weirdly androgynous.
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