That Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Apr 2021 @ 1:26am
Re: Public outrage: 'Meh'. Profits tank: Engage panic mode
I'm trying to remember if this was the same software that 1 teacher got pissy about all of the alerts & told the kids to behave or they would be charged to go to the stricter version of the software.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Apr 2021 @ 11:34pm
Re: Re:
ProctorIo showed up and told schools how students were going 'dark' and that if they didn't use this program they all would cheat & ruin the schools reputation.
Critical thinking stopped, our reputation matters more than anything else so we engaged total surveillance.
See also: The several people taking the bar exam with the demanded software who were left hacked, bank accounts emptied, bricked laptops... and the Bar making less than veiled threats about complaining might mean you aren't fit to get on the bar.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Apr 2021 @ 8:39pm
Rather than engage with our critics and address any issues they might have raised, we went full legal.
This totally will not backfire on us like the other times we have done it.
We have such little faith in our product we spend more hiding its numerous flaws with legal threats than fixing the damn code.
We helped create this magical idea that we can keep students from cheating in the age of at home learning, despite there being no actual evidence of a jump in it happening. I mean 4 quiz questions & an instructor can assess if the students done the work or not.
Instead we unleashed a wholly untested, unvetted, product on people in the name of profits. We like the idea of forcing the schools to pay as well as the students paying for us spying on them & opening up privacy holes into their lives. Who cares if they get hacked, we're getting paid.
We here at Streisand Co, formerly Proctorio, believe that no one will notice what he have done & there will be no further investigations of our shitty practices, bad code, & general douchebaggery.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Apr 2021 @ 5:06pm
"Critics who want to get rid of Section 230 regularly blame it for the plethora of “fake news,” misinformation, and hate speech that infects our web and social media."
We have a vast trove of their own statements to draw examples from showing those screaming the loudest are the worst perpetrators of these things they deem are so horrible.
Masks don't work, its just like the flu, Trump cares about citizens...
People don't want to look at their own behavior (or have it challenged) they just want everyone else to behave how they demand.
They are so terrified of the soundbites they can't bring themselves to say anything about the thousands of videos showing police abusing citizens exercising their rights. Instead they pivot & blame those exercising their rights for causing all of the problems & holding them all responsible for the actions of a few.
It is much easier to blame the group than the individuals (but not for cops it seems).
They can't even admit there are any problems even as we have prisoners dying of heat stroke who got no care at all or boiled a prisoner to death. The systems have failed, but nothing can be fixed because we're pretending its all perfectly fine & needs no oversight or correction even as the bodycount rises.
Policing has gone astray in this nation, if you disagree please explain why a town of 30 people needs a BearCat with a battering ram.
We spend to much time & effort on imaginary issues while ignoring the real things, & the powers that be really like it that way because if we stopped caring about the distractions we might ask how even after Flint & hundreds of other cases they STILL haven't done a damn thing to make sure the water out of citizens taps is actually safe.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Apr 2021 @ 3:56pm
America where the little people injured can file class action lawsuits and WIN* 0.000000000000001% of 1 day of profits from the big guy and turn over 99.9999% of that amount to the lawyers running the case.
win defined as up to 10 more years of credit monitoring (yes I know it makes no sense in this case, but it makes just as much sense that hitting a button that says buy really means rent until we get bored of offering it or our contract says we need to deny you access to push sales during seasonal events.)
Isn't the answer, at least towards Apple, about reasonable consumers to submit every legal action has taken against businesses in markets hugely removed from tech because of the use of a piece of fruit that if you squint & turn in the right light might kinda sorta look like their logo if you have glaucoma?
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 22 Apr 2021 @ 3:09pm
I look forward to them having to produce documents showing they are going into the electronics market with a viable plan.
The cost of a lawsuit isn't deterring these stupid cases, perhaps having to produce the business plan showing how they are entering the market will raise the costs more.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 22 Apr 2021 @ 3:06pm
Mistake 1:
Thinking customers are customers.
They are an unending revenue source that does not deserve more.
Mistake 2:
Assuming any of the players care about consumers.
They are an unending revenue source that does not deserve more.
Mistake 3:
We created our own monster, we've always had a monster, we can not allow the monster to die.
If McDonalds offered a competition with a cash prize for a new generation of dairy confection devices, you'd be shocked just shocked that Taylor would try to step up their game & that some upstart would whip up a device without the million year lock in.
The focus on consistency was a great idea.
Anyone who ever worked at McD's can walk into any other store & run it.
If their grill vendor did this shit, they'd punt them out.
Sorry no burgers, our grill is down.
But even in the face of people writing apps to find a location with a working machine... they still haven't figured out they are delivering a shitty experience to customers.
Some TechBro managed to make Juicero v2.0 that uses exclusive cups to produce single servings in the most packaging ever, surely if McD could find someone who could develop a better machine & system.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Apr 2021 @ 2:36pm
For 60 days I have repeated I do not have a cell phone, this means I can not provide you what I do not have to get the magic code so I can delete the tweet that allegedly violated the rules.
Will there be any assistance forthcoming?
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 Apr 2021 @ 5:21pm
Trying to find a metaphor...
We noticed you had a front door handle that was prone to slipping, so we tighten it a bit while you weren't home... but in a couple days it'll be slipping again but hey we only tightened it we didn;t make sure it was locked.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 Apr 2021 @ 4:16pm
But hey those flamethrowers were fun!
I'm guessing it hard for the media to find anyone to put way up on the pedestal so they can enjoy the inevitable fall, so they're just flinging fame whores towards the top so they can scream when the pipe dreams turnout to be pipe dreams.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 Apr 2021 @ 3:59pm
"The Senator from Missouri,"
Requires facts not in evidence, at last check he was living in VA and had no home in Missouri.
Also if cancel culture is so fscking strong, why the fsck am I still hearing from him?
He is on a good day a half-wit playing to a crowd of mentally challenged lead paint chip eaters. The country is in a shambles but he is still trying to pretend he did nazi the Jan 6 sedition coming & really really wanted it to succeed.
We have people unable to drink the water coming out of their taps because of a long history of putting things off until later, and this sad excuse for a man is crying that the tech companies were mean to him.
Maybe when people can't light their water on fire, or be sure that the lead in it won't damage their children for life maybe then people might give a shit about the poor little cancelled baby having a tantrum that his book deal went away after he proved he was an asshole.
On the post: EFF, College Student Sue Proctorio Over DMCAs On Fair Use Critique Tweets Of Software
Re: Public outrage: 'Meh'. Profits tank: Engage panic mode
I'm trying to remember if this was the same software that 1 teacher got pissy about all of the alerts & told the kids to behave or they would be charged to go to the stricter version of the software.
On the post: EFF, College Student Sue Proctorio Over DMCAs On Fair Use Critique Tweets Of Software
Re: Re:
ProctorIo showed up and told schools how students were going 'dark' and that if they didn't use this program they all would cheat & ruin the schools reputation.
Critical thinking stopped, our reputation matters more than anything else so we engaged total surveillance.
See also: The several people taking the bar exam with the demanded software who were left hacked, bank accounts emptied, bricked laptops... and the Bar making less than veiled threats about complaining might mean you aren't fit to get on the bar.
On the post: EFF, College Student Sue Proctorio Over DMCAs On Fair Use Critique Tweets Of Software
Rather than engage with our critics and address any issues they might have raised, we went full legal.
This totally will not backfire on us like the other times we have done it.
We have such little faith in our product we spend more hiding its numerous flaws with legal threats than fixing the damn code.
We helped create this magical idea that we can keep students from cheating in the age of at home learning, despite there being no actual evidence of a jump in it happening. I mean 4 quiz questions & an instructor can assess if the students done the work or not.
Instead we unleashed a wholly untested, unvetted, product on people in the name of profits. We like the idea of forcing the schools to pay as well as the students paying for us spying on them & opening up privacy holes into their lives. Who cares if they get hacked, we're getting paid.
We here at Streisand Co, formerly Proctorio, believe that no one will notice what he have done & there will be no further investigations of our shitty practices, bad code, & general douchebaggery.
On the post: EFF, College Student Sue Proctorio Over DMCAs On Fair Use Critique Tweets Of Software
Re:
o_O
On the post: The Other George Floyd Story: How Media Freedom Led To Conviction In His Killer's Trial
"Critics who want to get rid of Section 230 regularly blame it for the plethora of “fake news,” misinformation, and hate speech that infects our web and social media."
We have a vast trove of their own statements to draw examples from showing those screaming the loudest are the worst perpetrators of these things they deem are so horrible.
Masks don't work, its just like the flu, Trump cares about citizens...
People don't want to look at their own behavior (or have it challenged) they just want everyone else to behave how they demand.
They are so terrified of the soundbites they can't bring themselves to say anything about the thousands of videos showing police abusing citizens exercising their rights. Instead they pivot & blame those exercising their rights for causing all of the problems & holding them all responsible for the actions of a few.
It is much easier to blame the group than the individuals (but not for cops it seems).
They can't even admit there are any problems even as we have prisoners dying of heat stroke who got no care at all or boiled a prisoner to death. The systems have failed, but nothing can be fixed because we're pretending its all perfectly fine & needs no oversight or correction even as the bodycount rises.
Policing has gone astray in this nation, if you disagree please explain why a town of 30 people needs a BearCat with a battering ram.
We spend to much time & effort on imaginary issues while ignoring the real things, & the powers that be really like it that way because if we stopped caring about the distractions we might ask how even after Flint & hundreds of other cases they STILL haven't done a damn thing to make sure the water out of citizens taps is actually safe.
On the post: Judge Lets False Advertising Case Against Apple Over 'Buying' Music You Didn't Buy Move Forward
America where the little people injured can file class action lawsuits and WIN* 0.000000000000001% of 1 day of profits from the big guy and turn over 99.9999% of that amount to the lawyers running the case.
Isn't the answer, at least towards Apple, about reasonable consumers to submit every legal action has taken against businesses in markets hugely removed from tech because of the use of a piece of fruit that if you squint & turn in the right light might kinda sorta look like their logo if you have glaucoma?
On the post: Not This Again: Facebook Threatens To Sue Guy Who Registered 'DontUseInstagram.com'
I guess being a tech mogul makes your skin hyper thin.
On the post: Thanks Copyright Culture: Web Comic '8-Bit Theater' Releases Book With No Pictures Out Of Fear
The fear that someone somewhere might make a single cent that is rightly yours, even if you completely abandoned the IP for a really long time.
Well it never would have been successful without our part so you owe us 95% of the profits.
We don't like that you made this character racist/gay/other horrible things. People will think less of us or that we made it!
It is easier to say no to everything & sue than to risk that someone might do something unimaginable and make a buck.
On the post: Detroit PD Detective Sued For His (Second) Bogus Arrest Predicated On Questionable Facial Recognition Searches
"because it wasn't the first time he'd screwed up"
Ah but does twice make it well established enough that he might finally face charges?
On the post: Chanel Loses Trademark Dispute With Huawei Over Latter's Logo
I look forward to them having to produce documents showing they are going into the electronics market with a viable plan.
The cost of a lawsuit isn't deterring these stupid cases, perhaps having to produce the business plan showing how they are entering the market will raise the costs more.
On the post: Captive Markets Are Just Hostages; Or Why Your McDonalds Never Seems To Have A Functioning Shake Machine
Mistake 1:
Thinking customers are customers.
They are an unending revenue source that does not deserve more.
Mistake 2:
Assuming any of the players care about consumers.
They are an unending revenue source that does not deserve more.
Mistake 3:
We created our own monster, we've always had a monster, we can not allow the monster to die.
If McDonalds offered a competition with a cash prize for a new generation of dairy confection devices, you'd be shocked just shocked that Taylor would try to step up their game & that some upstart would whip up a device without the million year lock in.
The focus on consistency was a great idea.
Anyone who ever worked at McD's can walk into any other store & run it.
If their grill vendor did this shit, they'd punt them out.
Sorry no burgers, our grill is down.
But even in the face of people writing apps to find a location with a working machine... they still haven't figured out they are delivering a shitty experience to customers.
Some TechBro managed to make Juicero v2.0 that uses exclusive cups to produce single servings in the most packaging ever, surely if McD could find someone who could develop a better machine & system.
On the post: Chanel Loses Trademark Dispute With Huawei Over Latter's Logo
Re: Re: Re:
1999 out of 2000 Nigerian Princes disagree
On the post: Chanel Loses Trademark Dispute With Huawei Over Latter's Logo
Re:
looks over his glasses at you in immortal
Have you met the 'hold my beer' race?
On the post: Josh Hawley: We Must Break Up Companies Whose Politics I Disagree With For Discriminating Against People Whose Politics I Agree With
Re: Re: Re: Re: Cult loyality over creed
But 3 lefts do!!!!
On the post: Appeals Court: No Immunity For Cops Who Punched A Man Hanging From A Second Story Window And Tased Him When He Hit The Ground
He lunged forward!!
Of course that could have just been the electricity coursing though his body...
On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Recent Examples Of Misunderstanding Context
For 60 days I have repeated I do not have a cell phone, this means I can not provide you what I do not have to get the magic code so I can delete the tweet that allegedly violated the rules.
Will there be any assistance forthcoming?
On the post: Josh Hawley: We Must Break Up Companies Whose Politics I Disagree With For Discriminating Against People Whose Politics I Agree With
Re: Re: Cult loyality over creed
Damn I did it wrong again...
I was a monster who fought morons, thank the FSM I did not become a moron.
On the post: FBI Flexes Rule 41 Powers, Uses Remote Access Technique To Neutralize Compromised Software All Over The US
Trying to find a metaphor...
We noticed you had a front door handle that was prone to slipping, so we tighten it a bit while you weren't home... but in a couple days it'll be slipping again but hey we only tightened it we didn;t make sure it was locked.
On the post: From Jurassic Park To Telepathic Monkeys, Elon Musk Press Hype Is Getting A Bit Thick
But hey those flamethrowers were fun!
I'm guessing it hard for the media to find anyone to put way up on the pedestal so they can enjoy the inevitable fall, so they're just flinging fame whores towards the top so they can scream when the pipe dreams turnout to be pipe dreams.
On the post: Josh Hawley: We Must Break Up Companies Whose Politics I Disagree With For Discriminating Against People Whose Politics I Agree With
"The Senator from Missouri,"
Requires facts not in evidence, at last check he was living in VA and had no home in Missouri.
Also if cancel culture is so fscking strong, why the fsck am I still hearing from him?
He is on a good day a half-wit playing to a crowd of mentally challenged lead paint chip eaters. The country is in a shambles but he is still trying to pretend he did nazi the Jan 6 sedition coming & really really wanted it to succeed.
We have people unable to drink the water coming out of their taps because of a long history of putting things off until later, and this sad excuse for a man is crying that the tech companies were mean to him.
Maybe when people can't light their water on fire, or be sure that the lead in it won't damage their children for life maybe then people might give a shit about the poor little cancelled baby having a tantrum that his book deal went away after he proved he was an asshole.
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