Anywhere normal, that would sound like an incredible business opportunity, with government of any flavour encouraging entrepreneurs to wade in.
I just don't get the US government. At all. I understand the lobbying system, that it's legalized and tied into political donations, and that that makes politicians beholden to lobbyists. And that it's legal, and not bribery in any way. But unless US politicians live on some island somewhere, when their actions benefit lobbyists to the detriment of their own citizens they're just crapping on their own lawn, and that makes no sense.
- Google already have the tools to automatically blur car license plates and faces - Facebook do an outstanding job of automatically blocking naked flesh
Get your Top Tech on the case. What could possibly go wrong?
I'm not sure if you're in the US, but for well over a decade, under the Shengen agreement, Europe has relaxed its internal borders. The political landscape may well change with the influx of migrants, but that said, I'd be well hacked off if Netflix tried to anchor my account to whichever bank account I happened to be using the day I registered with them...
But like you, I don't believe that Netflix give a damn.
Indeed. In the great scheme of things the accidental disclosure of "talking points" might be embarrassing on some political level, but ought not be detrimental to much else.
But that said, it all depends on what the talking points were actually about, i.e. the substance, and we're not told this. Nor are we told the intended audience. Nor are we told about the author, and who did the classification. For all we know it may have been about some top secret goings on at Area 52......
That was my thought on this - what are the odds of coming to grief, because it's all about risk. Anything beyond 1/12,000 and you're into being struck by lightning territory [according to NOAA].
"...it pointed to the non-disclosure agreement it had signed with the FBI"
You have to wonder why Harris, the FBI, and the police departments are so utterly loathe to disclose what these devices are capable of. We, the public have always suspected we were under surveillance by authorities, confirmed by Snowden et al. We're not naive or easily shocked. I mean, we’ve lived under a threat of world-destroying weapons for 70 years, and of terrorism for far longer. And it wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been screwed over by governments. So what exactly is the big deal?
I have a horrible feeling it'll turn out to be something insidious, like phone manufacturers DID put a law enforcement back-door in after all, and they’ve been all over our phones, like lice, for years...
"There’s nothing better on NYE than some football and @Dominos #HomeOnNYE"
"New Years Eve means college football and @Dominos pizza."
I get that these are ESPN reporters, tweeting under their corporate umbrella, but it's a stretch to call these news articles. Yes these are wholesale ads, but Twitter doesn't have the equivalent of the "ad break", and using #Ad just seems clunky and ill conceived somehow.
The USA has an urban/rural demographic in-line with Western Europe, similar in urban density to Norway and Sweden, and indeed higher than Switzerland, all leaders in broadband deployment. If you applied your rationale across the board, the USA ranking would still be low.
I'm inclined to blame lack of investment and political will for the US position.
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Springfield
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Re: Re: Locked to the Cord
I just don't get the US government. At all. I understand the lobbying system, that it's legalized and tied into political donations, and that that makes politicians beholden to lobbyists. And that it's legal, and not bribery in any way. But unless US politicians live on some island somewhere, when their actions benefit lobbyists to the detriment of their own citizens they're just crapping on their own lawn, and that makes no sense.
I feel for you US guys. Have some kittens... http://www.kittenwar.com/
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Re: Re: Easy way to fix this
- Google already have the tools to automatically blur car license plates and faces
- Facebook do an outstanding job of automatically blocking naked flesh
Get your Top Tech on the case. What could possibly go wrong?
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Sadly the direction that FOI is heading in both the US/UK, this could become a reality...
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But like you, I don't believe that Netflix give a damn.
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Re: Censorship galore
Brits, Russians, Spaniards do get to see her in the flesh.
Italians and Germans get several shots, some full-frontal.
Japanese, Dutch & Portuguese though doesn't even get a picture, blanked or otherwise.
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Pretentious... moi?
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+1 funny
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But that said, it all depends on what the talking points were actually about, i.e. the substance, and we're not told this. Nor are we told the intended audience. Nor are we told about the author, and who did the classification. For all we know it may have been about some top secret goings on at Area 52......
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It's political grandstanding at it's finest.
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Why?
You have to wonder why Harris, the FBI, and the police departments are so utterly loathe to disclose what these devices are capable of. We, the public have always suspected we were under surveillance by authorities, confirmed by Snowden et al. We're not naive or easily shocked. I mean, we’ve lived under a threat of world-destroying weapons for 70 years, and of terrorism for far longer. And it wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been screwed over by governments. So what exactly is the big deal?
I have a horrible feeling it'll turn out to be something insidious, like phone manufacturers DID put a law enforcement back-door in after all, and they’ve been all over our phones, like lice, for years...
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Hubris and ignorance
He mustn't have known that Dreamworks are tight with Disney.
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Image building. I prefer actual substance over marketing.
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It is indeed British. Piss to the British is like snow to the Eskimo. Think rain; in Britain it's always pissing it down. However in this instance:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=taking+the+mickey
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News articles?
"New Years Eve means college football and @Dominos pizza."
I get that these are ESPN reporters, tweeting under their corporate umbrella, but it's a stretch to call these news articles. Yes these are wholesale ads, but Twitter doesn't have the equivalent of the "ad break", and using #Ad just seems clunky and ill conceived somehow.
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Except that...
The USA has an urban/rural demographic in-line with Western Europe, similar in urban density to Norway and Sweden, and indeed higher than Switzerland, all leaders in broadband deployment. If you applied your rationale across the board, the USA ranking would still be low.
I'm inclined to blame lack of investment and political will for the US position.
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And arguably orders of magnitude more serious than TVs that spy on you.
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