When he may actually have a case over the claim he did something nefarious; he’s unlikely to get much sympathy over the term hacker. Most computer techs have no issue with the term. It’s one of the primary services offered by shops. Recovering lost or deleted files. By its very nature that’s hacking.
You're conflating the different meanings of the word. The meaning in question is about illicitly gaining entry into a computer system without the consent of its owner or operator. Something a computer repair tech might not want to be known for.
It doesn't, however they seem to be under the impression that its 230 that allows for moderation and as such if they can get rid of 230 platforms won't be able to moderate their posts.
Given the court case that prompted section 230, they may be at least partially correct.
TechDirt tends to support encryption and privacy, yet this article seems to make the point that law enforcement should not complain because they can just break into these phones without a warrant anyway.
The point of this article is that they should not be pressuring companies to implement compromised security, because the story of law enforcement efforts "going dark" due to encryption is a false narrative.
[T]he backlash against Karen memes was practically foreordained. Complaints … were noteworthy mostly for how neatly they re-enacted the Karen dynamic.
There is literally nothing people named Karen can do. If they ask people to stop using their name as shorthand for a terrible person, they're "being a Karen." They must just put up with it until it goes out of fashion - not that that is the worst burden anyone is facing these days. I do feel for women of color named Karen, though, that must be especially grating.
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you should really be using a password manager anyway to avoid the need to try and remember the passwords for hundreds of sites.
Yes, a thousand times yes!
As for 2FA, that's always a good thing, but do remember that it can be bypassed (for example, hackers have been known to use social engineering tricks to get your phone number in order to bypass SMS checks, while email is also error prone.
Yeah if your only option is email, I don't think I would even bother. Just set a strong password and use a password manager.
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You know what's a better defence against a dictionary attack? Using a strong password that doesn't contain a dictionary word, and backing that up with the 2FA option that Twitter provide to you.
Two comments, one is that a long password is even better than one that doesn't contain words. Easier to remember and just as strong or stronger (insert relevant XKCD). Two, if you have good 2FA the strength of the password isn't as important anyway.
And I find it very strange that DT get a CR on a simple color.
This case has nothing to do with copyright, which is what I assume you mean by "CR". It's about trademark, which though often lumped in as "intellectual property", is quite different. And DT is not the first or only company to get a trademark on a color.
There is no provision of US law permitting a do-over of an election. It just doesn't exist. Even if there were massive fraud (which there wasn't, or it would have been demonstrated by now rather than laughed out of court literally dozens of times), holding the election over again is simply not one of the remedies available. Re-running the election would be a blatant violation of the law in an effort by the president to stay in power. In other words, a coup.
It's often conflated with Nationalism which is more of a "My country, right or wrong" mindset of having made up your mind once which side you're on and sticking to that choice
That's nationalism, while patriotism says "my country, right or wrong. If right, to be kept right; if wrong, to be set right."
if multiple attempts are made and they are using different words then that's a pretty good indicator that someone other than the account owner is trying to gain access.
Not really. Lots of people have variations on a few different passwords they use, and they could forget which category of password they used for any particular service.
If I were to give that phone to my hypothetical child, then I would hold the contract for its service but, I would no longer own the device itself.
I had thought parents legally owned the property possessed by their children, but apparently that is not so. Children really do own the things they have been given (or bought, or however they were acquired). Cool.
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Re: Wow. All caps and everything.
Of all the people to exhibit unwarranted optimism, I wouldn't have picked you.
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You're conflating the different meanings of the word. The meaning in question is about illicitly gaining entry into a computer system without the consent of its owner or operator. Something a computer repair tech might not want to be known for.
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Is there any evidence for that other than the shop owner's word?
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Given the court case that prompted section 230, they may be at least partially correct.
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The point of this article is that they should not be pressuring companies to implement compromised security, because the story of law enforcement efforts "going dark" due to encryption is a false narrative.
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Got away
Better that a million innocent men suffer than one guilty man escape. Isn't that how it goes?
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Re: Re: What a mess.
Perhaps, but not in the context of possessing "hacked materials".
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Re: Small government
Where did you hear that?
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/m4-vs-ak-47-is-u-s-army-outgunned-in-afghanistan
https://www.gloc ktalk.com/threads/ak-v-m4-thoughts-from-guys-who-have-real-world-experience.1575939/
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There is literally nothing people named Karen can do. If they ask people to stop using their name as shorthand for a terrible person, they're "being a Karen." They must just put up with it until it goes out of fashion - not that that is the worst burden anyone is facing these days. I do feel for women of color named Karen, though, that must be especially grating.
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Genteel, not gentile.
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Yes, a thousand times yes!
Yeah if your only option is email, I don't think I would even bother. Just set a strong password and use a password manager.
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That would be the first option mentioned: defense.
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You didn't actually read the article, did you?
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Two comments, one is that a long password is even better than one that doesn't contain words. Easier to remember and just as strong or stronger (insert relevant XKCD). Two, if you have good 2FA the strength of the password isn't as important anyway.
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The primary colors of pigmentation are yellow, cyan, and magenta - the color in question.
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Re: I hop eyou know..
This case has nothing to do with copyright, which is what I assume you mean by "CR". It's about trademark, which though often lumped in as "intellectual property", is quite different. And DT is not the first or only company to get a trademark on a color.
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There is no provision of US law permitting a do-over of an election. It just doesn't exist. Even if there were massive fraud (which there wasn't, or it would have been demonstrated by now rather than laughed out of court literally dozens of times), holding the election over again is simply not one of the remedies available. Re-running the election would be a blatant violation of the law in an effort by the president to stay in power. In other words, a coup.
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That's nationalism, while patriotism says "my country, right or wrong. If right, to be kept right; if wrong, to be set right."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Schurz
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Not really. Lots of people have variations on a few different passwords they use, and they could forget which category of password they used for any particular service.
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I had thought parents legally owned the property possessed by their children, but apparently that is not so. Children really do own the things they have been given (or bought, or however they were acquired). Cool.
https://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2018/08/do-parents-own-their-childrens-property.html
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