Re: It's what happens when you value Spying too much
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The problem is, surveillance and security are diametrically opposed. And having your own security compromised is what happens when you're too much occupied with spying on everyone else.
If the NSA would really want to be number one in Cybersecurity, it would need to redefine its mission to pure defence in the first place. No more surveillance and spying (which is supposed the domain of the CIA anyway), just counter-intelligence and securing infrastructure, publishing(!) vulnerabilities, eradicating zero-day exploits.
But with the prevailing mindset within the NSA right now, the NSA is firmly a black-hat with no hope of getting their own security right.
It's not about making sense, it's about not understanding the present -- every time again. We've seen it with brown wax cylinders, discs, cassette tapes, CD-recorders and finally digital files.
The music labels have been continuously bitching about any new technology, that it would threaten their livelihood, they don't even realize they could make money with it.
And now, they haven't realised that music isn't scarce any more, and thus any attention a piece gets is an asset...
Secret Services are not working for the government
Secret Services appear to be useful to governments, and they certainly try to be at least so useful that they don't get de-funded or abolished. But they're not working for the government, much less the parliaments.
They're first and foremost working for themselves, and see governments as fickle employers that need to be kept in the dark as much as possible.
And, they see most foreign Secret Services as competition AND as allies. In doubt, a Secret Service will lie to its own government to protect a foreign Secret Service. Because that foreign Secret Service can provide them with interesting data, and also, might itself spill the beans and implicate this Secret Service. So it's prudent to lie to ones own government.
From the point of view of a democracy, Secret Services are dangerous and need to be abolished.
Well, that agency is involved in some kind of shooting war in American cities (and international waters) because they somehow managed to get a mandate on trying to keep certain substances out of the hands of people.
You should take away the mandate and dissolve them.
I keep seeing these radical messages about censoring the internet and total surveillance from this extremist called "Theresa May". Why is anyone on the internet giving that extremist a platform for her totalitarian agenda?
I see. You mean we should shoot any DEA agent on sight, because they could be armed, dangerous and shoot us if we don't shoot them first? Yeah, makes sense. After all, we can at least plead self-defense after we've shot them, which we can't after they've shot us dead.
Or maybe we should just shoot everybody affiliated with this war on drugs, because neither the drug-lords nor the DEA apparently care that we're NOT involved in it?
Re: Re: I just find it an incredible argument to go to your adversary (the government) to define the encryption scheme (AES) to protect yourself from that same government.
That very same government defined AES to protect itself from adversaries. Because not only the spooks need encryption, but also every other government body, the military, hospitals, police, power grids, power stations, and so on.
Do you really think they could secure all "their" infrastructure with something "more secure" without the whole world knowing?
you are simply assuming none or little will get to artists.
Did you ever visit a music school? Because if you did, you'd knew that most material used there comes from composers that were already dead in the 19th century. Whose music has been in the public domain for decades if not centuries.
And yeah, even if the schools might sometimes use contemporary sheets music, that would be a small amount, making the whole money collecting STILL a rip-off.
Shortly before Christmas 2009 the German GEMA sent out notes to kindergardens that they need to pay up for their sheet music.
Most of that music is actually in the public domain, but there have been ongoing shenanigans with the sheet music. Basically the publishers committed fraud to keep them under copyright. You'd need to prove that in a court, of course, for each and every version and song. Not going to happen for 50 Christmas songs mostly from the 19th century.
Assange isn't a US citizen, so he's not automatically guaranteed First Amendment protections
Wrong. It's granted to everyone. To "People". Go read it. Same as the rest of the first 10 amendments (Not the 11th though, because that one says "citizens")
The fact that there are laws that limit the first amendment protections has nothing to do with the first amendment, but with said laws being unconstitutional in the first place.
The GPL is a hack to preserve rights IN SPITE of copyright. So yes, this "victory" is somewhat double-edged, especially the "contract"-part. The whole thing has to be looked at a bit more nuanced than "good" and "bad".
Unless you've got a better idea to give everyone rights -- but not the right to take away these rights -- while under a copyright regime, just crawl back under your bridges with your black-and-white world view.
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Re: It's what happens when you value Spying too much
The problem is, surveillance and security are diametrically opposed. And having your own security compromised is what happens when you're too much occupied with spying on everyone else.
If the NSA would really want to be number one in Cybersecurity, it would need to redefine its mission to pure defence in the first place. No more surveillance and spying (which is supposed the domain of the CIA anyway), just counter-intelligence and securing infrastructure, publishing(!) vulnerabilities, eradicating zero-day exploits.
But with the prevailing mindset within the NSA right now, the NSA is firmly a black-hat with no hope of getting their own security right.
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It's what happens when you value Spying too muich
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Sock puppet
Some people like that hand up their ass.
Yes, that's the hand of their puppeteer.
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The music labels have been continuously bitching about any new technology, that it would threaten their livelihood, they don't even realize they could make money with it.
And now, they haven't realised that music isn't scarce any more, and thus any attention a piece gets is an asset...
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Secret Services are not working for the government
They're first and foremost working for themselves, and see governments as fickle employers that need to be kept in the dark as much as possible.
And, they see most foreign Secret Services as competition AND as allies. In doubt, a Secret Service will lie to its own government to protect a foreign Secret Service. Because that foreign Secret Service can provide them with interesting data, and also, might itself spill the beans and implicate this Secret Service. So it's prudent to lie to ones own government.
From the point of view of a democracy, Secret Services are dangerous and need to be abolished.
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- To accuse the GRU through a "trustworthy" venue
Or:
- To undermine trust in the intercept
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You should take away the mandate and dissolve them.
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Courts
But it will still be a major nuisance for a lot of people for several years. Not to mention a huge waste of money.
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Extremist messages
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Re: Re: Re: Good intentions?
fatwah envy
ROFL. This is great, I'll remember that for dealing with fundamentalist Christians.
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Re: A thing about war...
Maybe it's time to rethink who we shoot at.
I see. You mean we should shoot any DEA agent on sight, because they could be armed, dangerous and shoot us if we don't shoot them first? Yeah, makes sense. After all, we can at least plead self-defense after we've shot them, which we can't after they've shot us dead.
Or maybe we should just shoot everybody affiliated with this war on drugs, because neither the drug-lords nor the DEA apparently care that we're NOT involved in it?
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Re: Good intentions?
The absurd and unnecessary fear of Sharia Law was obvious foreboding.
Ah, I see. You're telling me these Christians do not want to fall behind the Muslims, so they're enacting Sharia-law themselves?
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It's in German, though.
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Re: Re: I just find it an incredible argument to go to your adversary (the government) to define the encryption scheme (AES) to protect yourself from that same government.
Do you really think they could secure all "their" infrastructure with something "more secure" without the whole world knowing?
Here's how it's done:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle
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Collecting for the welfare of your ancestors
you are simply assuming none or little will get to artists.
Did you ever visit a music school? Because if you did, you'd knew that most material used there comes from composers that were already dead in the 19th century. Whose music has been in the public domain for decades if not centuries.
And yeah, even if the schools might sometimes use contemporary sheets music, that would be a small amount, making the whole money collecting STILL a rip-off.
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Already happened in Germany
Most of that music is actually in the public domain, but there have been ongoing shenanigans with the sheet music. Basically the publishers committed fraud to keep them under copyright. You'd need to prove that in a court, of course, for each and every version and song. Not going to happen for 50 Christmas songs mostly from the 19th century.
This is the reaction: Some people set a complete book anew, from the original sheets, to make sure it's free:
https://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de/singen-im-advent
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Re: Re: Interesting omission
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Protections granted to everyone
Assange isn't a US citizen, so he's not automatically guaranteed First Amendment protections
Wrong. It's granted to everyone. To "People". Go read it. Same as the rest of the first 10 amendments (Not the 11th though, because that one says "citizens")
The fact that there are laws that limit the first amendment protections has nothing to do with the first amendment, but with said laws being unconstitutional in the first place.
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The Anonymous Trolls are on it
Unless you've got a better idea to give everyone rights -- but not the right to take away these rights -- while under a copyright regime, just crawl back under your bridges with your black-and-white world view.
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