That Anonymous Coward (profile), 25 Jan 2022 @ 3:50pm
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Problem 1 is 20 billion jumped to 400 billion in the twitch of politicians fundraising sphincter.
Problem 2 is the system was never designed for a pandemic & lets admit they've done fuck all to prepare for the next big thing that will overwhelm the system. Scaling to this size drew giant targets on the flaws in the system that have never been addressed.
Problem 3 Without defining the actual problem (we think we gave out 20 bil to much, maybe an audit?) they've just thrown tech at the problem as the magical panacea to solving the problem.
The federal government spies on us & collects huge troves of data in the name of keeping the nation safe... but somehow we can't verify someone is who they claim to be without a 3rd party doing 'facial rec'??
Identity theft isn't a new problem, but there is no will to make rules that might hurt profits. Its so much cheaper to let the average citizen fight in court that they never took out said loan than to admit perhaps the company knew the ID was leaked (cause they leaked it) and shouldn't have approved it so quickly, but the burden needs to be on the person who did nothing wrong.
But then I like problems clearly defined so that solutions can fix the real problem & not imaginary problems.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Jan 2022 @ 3:19pm
Pity they don't have to have the small print on all of these disclosing that these opinions were paid for by the telcom giants and should not be considered expert advice.
I mean they sell pills they claim will cute everything but they have to put the disclaimer on them.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Jan 2022 @ 3:16pm
I can't wait for the stories of people dying & politicians claiming they had no way to see this outcome...
Then trotting out the stories of Oz & the UK where not only did they kill people they KEPT killing people knowing the programs were flawed & did fuckall to try and stop killing citizens in need.
There is no problem worse than an imaginary one, except the solutions created to solve those "problems".
All these rules meant to punish welfare queens just pumping out kids for more benefits & punishing them... meanwhile the actual welfare queens milking the system turn out to be mighty white.
All these rules forcing employees to learn to spot & report 'trafficked' persons... meanwhile lets hassle that nice black dad taking his kids on vacation.
All these programs sucking up dollars to 'rescue' the 10 million children forced to have sex at the Superb Owl... well that got that one guy who was selling counterfeit foam fingers.
Dildos are still banned in some places in this nation there is no good reason for this other than some people think sex is icky, but their discomfort shouldn't make law.
I often wish I could train a neural network based on how I think, I would be the snotty 12 yr old every idea should be run by to explain the flaws. To many times people seem to imagine that tech will magically avoid the possible problems & anyone mentioning the problems is just inventing issues.
But then I also give advice like this...
google "Me to pregnant friend: Instead of practicing on a doll" end up on ifunny
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jan 2022 @ 4:30pm
I lack the will to look, but I have a feeling if one looked one would find former tv/cable/studio execs joining the streaming companies.
It would explain the wilful blindness to morphing into the cable providers they managed to disrupt. You bring in the "experienced" team who knows all about this & they only know how to be 1 thing so they turn everything into a copy of it.
They only reason they were winning because they refused to be like the old guard providers, and now they are putting on their house coats and yelling at those damn kids to get off their lawn.
One wonders that the next disruption will be, but given how humans behave they eventually will turn into grandpa too.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jan 2022 @ 3:29pm
Gee in a functioning Democracy there would be some sort of oversight & investigation when someone does something that sure as hell makes it look like they are trying to hide their actions from public review while in office.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jan 2022 @ 3:24pm
Lucy yanks the football away, Charlie Brown falls & is shocked just shocked she pulled it away.
Any tool they have access to, will be used however they can.
Even in the face of rules & laws saying don't do this, they will do just that because its a shortcut & courts keep finding ways to let shortcuts stand.
I can't even muster a shocked face after finding out they misused it.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jan 2022 @ 3:21pm
"But with its sensationalist rhetoric, flashy theatrics, unstructured hacking, and lack of context about how elections operate"
So they read their own coverage?
Some researchers once remotely hacked a car, still waiting for the insane to claim thats how the CIA drove JFK's car at just the right speed for the shot.
The supporters of the "big lie" also claim they found bamboo at some vote counting places & that proves the Chinese air dropped in ballots... why wasn't Vice investigating people who have championed using bamboo as a replacement for other things as it is more environmentally friendly? OBVIOUSLY they were just creating the ground work to coverup the fake bamboo ballots.
To lay the blame at the feet of people you NEVER INTERVIEWED & only offered 1 sided "reporting" of assumptions...
I guess Vice wants to cash in on the OANN crowd.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jan 2022 @ 11:30am
It really is sad to see the legal process becoming we said you did it a bunch of times so you HAVE to be guilty.
There is nothing to make the falsely accused whole again & no punishment for those who lied on legal documents. At least thats just like the real legal system.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jan 2022 @ 10:25am
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Sex workers will admit they are fucking you for money, the politicians... not so much.
Google can be evil, but not as evil as facebook...
What we call evil is sometimes just how business operates in the nation and we look away from everyone else doing it because they aren't making the huge bucks like big tech.
In a functioning nation the businesses would avoid stunts like this, because they would end up caught (by lawyers we could actually trust were being truthful).
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jan 2022 @ 7:43am
One does wonder how much of "going dark" is just lazy agents unwilling to work the cases & just wanting it all handed to them on a platter.
They can't even tell us how many phones they have but want us to believe they can't access those phones... that they can't locate... because encryption... that they can't confirm even exists on the phones.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jan 2022 @ 7:38am
I'm still believing the FAA is still scared over screwing up the 737 MAX so horribly that they are over compensating and over checking possible problems.
It truly is bullshit that this didn't come to a head until the rollout was go, I mean 5G 5G 5G was all anyone could talk about, but apparently discussing possible issues didn't come up. More likely the agencies are being headed by spoiled toddlers who are being cranky over the other agency daring to touch their personal playpen.
I miss when there were bi-partisan/non-partisan research units who could get all the data & produce clear & concise reports.
But then this is the United States of Corporations, because somehow the industries they are meant to oversee are telling them what to do rather than putting the data on the table.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 Jan 2022 @ 8:52pm
"The audience’s inability to see what happens inside is meant to provoke sympathy for the child, who, it’s leeringly implied, is about to be victimized by the adult."
If they are disturbed by the ad... wait until they find out how many actual pedophiles have been protected by their courts, media, legal system.
This should ring as hollow as the church claiming to support the victims of abuse by priests.
On the post: The DEA Is Using A Law Created To Give It Access To Landline Records To Gather Data From Encrypted Messaging Services
Someone get a pen register on Lindsey Grahams phone for the meta data from Grindr, then the law will get fixed.
On the post: Biometric Tech Company ID.Me Continues To Swallow Gov't Agencies, Cause Problems For People Trying To Access Their Gov't Benefits
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Problem 1 is 20 billion jumped to 400 billion in the twitch of politicians fundraising sphincter.
Problem 2 is the system was never designed for a pandemic & lets admit they've done fuck all to prepare for the next big thing that will overwhelm the system. Scaling to this size drew giant targets on the flaws in the system that have never been addressed.
Problem 3 Without defining the actual problem (we think we gave out 20 bil to much, maybe an audit?) they've just thrown tech at the problem as the magical panacea to solving the problem.
The federal government spies on us & collects huge troves of data in the name of keeping the nation safe... but somehow we can't verify someone is who they claim to be without a 3rd party doing 'facial rec'??
Identity theft isn't a new problem, but there is no will to make rules that might hurt profits. Its so much cheaper to let the average citizen fight in court that they never took out said loan than to admit perhaps the company knew the ID was leaked (cause they leaked it) and shouldn't have approved it so quickly, but the burden needs to be on the person who did nothing wrong.
But then I like problems clearly defined so that solutions can fix the real problem & not imaginary problems.
On the post: Yet Another Telecom-Backed Think Tank Insists U.S. Broadband Is Great, Actually
Pity they don't have to have the small print on all of these disclosing that these opinions were paid for by the telcom giants and should not be considered expert advice.
I mean they sell pills they claim will cute everything but they have to put the disclaimer on them.
On the post: Biometric Tech Company ID.Me Continues To Swallow Gov't Agencies, Cause Problems For People Trying To Access Their Gov't Benefits
I can't wait for the stories of people dying & politicians claiming they had no way to see this outcome...
Then trotting out the stories of Oz & the UK where not only did they kill people they KEPT killing people knowing the programs were flawed & did fuckall to try and stop killing citizens in need.
There is no problem worse than an imaginary one, except the solutions created to solve those "problems".
All these rules meant to punish welfare queens just pumping out kids for more benefits & punishing them... meanwhile the actual welfare queens milking the system turn out to be mighty white.
All these rules forcing employees to learn to spot & report 'trafficked' persons... meanwhile lets hassle that nice black dad taking his kids on vacation.
All these programs sucking up dollars to 'rescue' the 10 million children forced to have sex at the Superb Owl... well that got that one guy who was selling counterfeit foam fingers.
Dildos are still banned in some places in this nation there is no good reason for this other than some people think sex is icky, but their discomfort shouldn't make law.
I often wish I could train a neural network based on how I think, I would be the snotty 12 yr old every idea should be run by to explain the flaws. To many times people seem to imagine that tech will magically avoid the possible problems & anyone mentioning the problems is just inventing issues.
But then I also give advice like this...
google "Me to pregnant friend: Instead of practicing on a doll" end up on ifunny
On the post: Netflix Hits Users With Another Round Of Price Hikes
I lack the will to look, but I have a feeling if one looked one would find former tv/cable/studio execs joining the streaming companies.
It would explain the wilful blindness to morphing into the cable providers they managed to disrupt. You bring in the "experienced" team who knows all about this & they only know how to be 1 thing so they turn everything into a copy of it.
They only reason they were winning because they refused to be like the old guard providers, and now they are putting on their house coats and yelling at those damn kids to get off their lawn.
One wonders that the next disruption will be, but given how humans behave they eventually will turn into grandpa too.
On the post: Harrison Greenbaum Latest Trick: Having Paul Levy Respond To Criss Angel's Thuggish Legal Threat
Re: Re:
Pro Tip: Always squeeze the air out of the reservoir tip.
Sometimes the pro's come in all shapes and sizes.
And there is nothing the lawyer can do to stop Mr. Levy or the Streisand Effect.
On the post: 'Diablo 2 Resurrection' Includes 30 Day Online Check In For Reasons Nobody Can Figure Out
We keep shitting on paying customers we don't know why the number of pirates is growing.
On the post: The Governor Who Thinks Examining HTML Is Criminal Hacking Is Now Working To Make Missouri's Public Records Laws Worse
Gee in a functioning Democracy there would be some sort of oversight & investigation when someone does something that sure as hell makes it look like they are trying to hide their actions from public review while in office.
On the post: New Bill Claims To Ban 'Surveillance Advertising,' But Doesn't Actually Do It
YAY for performative legislation to solve "problems" without actually doing anything close to what shoudl happen.
On the post: German Police Caught Using COVID-Tracing Data To Search For Crime Witnesses
Lucy yanks the football away, Charlie Brown falls & is shocked just shocked she pulled it away.
Any tool they have access to, will be used however they can.
Even in the face of rules & laws saying don't do this, they will do just that because its a shortcut & courts keep finding ways to let shortcuts stand.
I can't even muster a shocked face after finding out they misused it.
On the post: Vice Publishes Bullshit Nonsense Article Blaming DEFCON Voting Village For 'Stop The Steal' Idiots
"But with its sensationalist rhetoric, flashy theatrics, unstructured hacking, and lack of context about how elections operate"
So they read their own coverage?
Some researchers once remotely hacked a car, still waiting for the insane to claim thats how the CIA drove JFK's car at just the right speed for the shot.
The supporters of the "big lie" also claim they found bamboo at some vote counting places & that proves the Chinese air dropped in ballots... why wasn't Vice investigating people who have championed using bamboo as a replacement for other things as it is more environmentally friendly? OBVIOUSLY they were just creating the ground work to coverup the fake bamboo ballots.
To lay the blame at the feet of people you NEVER INTERVIEWED & only offered 1 sided "reporting" of assumptions...
I guess Vice wants to cash in on the OANN crowd.
On the post: Harrison Greenbaum Latest Trick: Having Paul Levy Respond To Criss Angel's Thuggish Legal Threat
Lawyers... making the phrase 'Bitch Please' take up 8 pages and sound way more polite.
On the post: Add The United Nations To The List Of Entities Helping The Chinese Government Oppress Its Minority Uighur Population
Is this the same UN that denied peacekeepers were banging the locals despite them transmitting STI's that only were in the home countries?
On the post: Totally Bogus DMCA Takedowns From Giant Publishers Completely Nuke Book Review Blog Off The Internet
It really is sad to see the legal process becoming we said you did it a bunch of times so you HAVE to be guilty.
There is nothing to make the falsely accused whole again & no punishment for those who lied on legal documents. At least thats just like the real legal system.
On the post: States' 3rd Amended Antitrust Complaint Against Google Looks A Lot More Damning
Re:
Sex workers will admit they are fucking you for money, the politicians... not so much.
Google can be evil, but not as evil as facebook...
What we call evil is sometimes just how business operates in the nation and we look away from everyone else doing it because they aren't making the huge bucks like big tech.
In a functioning nation the businesses would avoid stunts like this, because they would end up caught (by lawyers we could actually trust were being truthful).
On the post: Sedition Prosecution Of Oath Keepers Members Shows The FBI Can Still Work Around Encryption
Re:
something something never see clark kent & superman in the same place...
On the post: PUBG Corp. At It Again: Sues Garena, Apple, And Google For Copyright Infringement Over 'Free Fire' App
Re: Legal Battle Royale
"Seeing that, Ford, GM, Chrysler, and Subaru will join over images of the F-150, the Impala, the Voyager, and the Stella in both games."
They did this already.
On the post: Sedition Prosecution Of Oath Keepers Members Shows The FBI Can Still Work Around Encryption
One does wonder how much of "going dark" is just lazy agents unwilling to work the cases & just wanting it all handed to them on a platter.
They can't even tell us how many phones they have but want us to believe they can't access those phones... that they can't locate... because encryption... that they can't confirm even exists on the phones.
On the post: Airline CEOs Freak Out Over 5G Despite Limited Evidence Of Real World Harm
I'm still believing the FAA is still scared over screwing up the 737 MAX so horribly that they are over compensating and over checking possible problems.
It truly is bullshit that this didn't come to a head until the rollout was go, I mean 5G 5G 5G was all anyone could talk about, but apparently discussing possible issues didn't come up. More likely the agencies are being headed by spoiled toddlers who are being cranky over the other agency daring to touch their personal playpen.
I miss when there were bi-partisan/non-partisan research units who could get all the data & produce clear & concise reports.
But then this is the United States of Corporations, because somehow the industries they are meant to oversee are telling them what to do rather than putting the data on the table.
On the post: The UK Has A Voyeuristic New Propaganda Campaign Against Encryption
"The audience’s inability to see what happens inside is meant to provoke sympathy for the child, who, it’s leeringly implied, is about to be victimized by the adult."
If they are disturbed by the ad... wait until they find out how many actual pedophiles have been protected by their courts, media, legal system.
This should ring as hollow as the church claiming to support the victims of abuse by priests.
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