There is something going on between Mr Boron and that school administration because of all of the detentions and Mr Boron deciding to miss them. Might be interesting to investigate that in the process.
Wonder what Mr Conrad and Mr Short said that they are so afraid of being recorded?
Wonder if Mr Conrad and Mr Short violated any rules by having a 'detention/punishment/etc' discussion with a minor student in a public area? There are some pretty interesting Federal laws on preserving student privacy.
This is the same Microsoft that forces Windows 10 on millions of unsuspecting computer users and implements mandatory telemetry that violates the Right to Privacy and makes it clear through the mandatory update policies, forced advertising and forced applications that you really don't control that computer you thought you owned, violating the Right to Your Things. That Microsoft? Where are those employee's concern for the millions of Americans having their International Human Rights violated by Microsoft?
When I asked my Congress Critter about this a few years ago, got the doe in headlight look. Most of them have no idea what Cyber Security really is. Many of those that have some idea think it only applies to state sponsored actions. Most don't see the need for Federal standards or are already in the pocket of ISPs and IOT makers that want to profit from the data being harvested.
For those that care, buy an enterprise grade firewall and make sure your first rules block all traffic in both directions. Now add specific rules for each PC as needed, HTTPS, POP, etc. PITA but it really cuts down on the harm malware can do when it slips into your network. You will likely be surprised at the number of blocked comm attempts the default deny rule will collect.
Make sure any IOT gizmos are on their own LAN that can't talk to your main LAN. Install any needed control gizmo on the IOT LAN. Again with the default deny rule and only add needed allow rules.
Classic slight of hand being done here. Verizon has folks all worried about data caps on a service they advertise as 'High Speed' that promises UP TO .5~1.0 mbps.
Perhaps the discussion should be on the fact that Verizon still has areas where up to .5mbps is considered High Speed.
Just goes to show that it is far easier to preach cyber security then practice what you preach.
Besides, given reports that there are multiple fake cell towers around the DC area, not sure the risk of a twitter phone being compromised is high on the list of things to worry about.
If this passes, "resisting arrest" just became a whole lot more serious.
Most of the 'hate crime' laws are IMO, BS anyway. What happened to "All men are created equal."? I value my health and safety as much as the average Law Enforcement Officer, or Black or Gay or Jew. Yet a crime against one of the 'special' folk often carries a far greater penalty.
Claiming an email is "off the record" is a hoot! How many times have we read that most email providers are saving emails, both sent and received, forever and data mining the crap out of them?
According to wiki, the votes in Congress were 388-25 in the House and 97-2 in the Senate. About as bi-partisan a bill as you can get these days.
About what to expect from a country where two folks beating each other to a bloody pulp for money is considered acceptable sport(MMA) but if the same two engage in sex for money, horrible evil just happened.
I need to declare my 80 acre farm as a township, hire myself as police chief and get a tractor, implements and lawnmowers to help the town grow and store food supplies as part of a preparation for possible terrorist attacks.
Dear Axel Springer, its my computer. I will block ads and scripts as needed to limit my risk of infection from malware delivered via ads and tracking scripts. If you ever decide to put your corporate bank account and the salaries of your Chief officers up as collateral against any and all damages users suffer when a ad/script served from one of your websites delivers malware, then I might reconsider.
If it goes through we wind up with three 500lb Gorillas 'competing' in the space. Currently we have two 500lb Gorillas and two 250lb Gorillas. And neither of the 250lb Gorillas is doing that great financially. If one of them goes belly up, the others get to pick over the carcass with a lot less effective oversight from the regulators.
If the knife carrying person(Hughes) who was shot was 6ft from the roommate, that is close enough to have to consider reaction times. One shot kills are rare, one shot perfect disabling shots are even rarer. In this case the person with the knife was shot 4 times and survived. If this had played out differently, and Hughes HAD attacked her roommate, it is unlikely any number of shots could have prevented the knife from striking Chadwick. And it is very possible that by the time any of the officers could react, the two women would have been in a hand to hand melee that would make shooting problematic.
Was a Taser on site? If so, why wasn't it used? Would seem a perfect use case if one was available.
Would think pictures taken with the Clips camera would be treated similar to those taken by game cameras. The basic game camera is placed by the owner and takes pictures when its motion detector is triggered. Guess you could consider motion detection as a rather trivial form of AI.
Don't know if the game camera picture copyright issue is settled. I see some game pics posted with a claim to copyright.
Charges would have meant a trial. A trial means defense attorneys demanding disclosure of evidence. Such evidence would almost assuredly shown the depth of government surveillance of US citizens along with orders to keep such surveillance secret. Orders that originated from 'Top Men'. Can't have that so no charges.
I can see picking up a couple of vehicles that could be useful in a high water rescue setting. If nothing else, one to use and one as a parts supply. 31 for such a small town seems a bit excessive. Sounds like the mayor, city manager and city council are failing in their oversight jobs.
I don't find the large number of jackets to be troubling. I have played the buy govt surplus game and an individual lot of jackets is often a mix of sizes. Could be those 51 jackets were one lot with take them all condition.
Another bad thing about this small town getting all this stuff is the likelyhood that a town that COULD use a few of these things might not get any due to this town's greed.
$100 per user after legal fees sounds like a decent penalty. It isn't always trivial to change passwords and monitor activities every time one of these companies ignores basic security protocols.
Wonder if the fine folks at Equifax are paying attention?
"Elie" is full of BS on the claim of "pulled over for being black". A third party looking at the video said the driver rolled a red light. Most of us do the same thing at right turns but it IS a violation in most places. The same third party reports the video shows the driver reaching for something without the officer requesting it. Again a bad move to make. Officers do have legitimate concerns during traffic stops. Too many go bad when some idiot decides that shooting a cop over a traffic ticket is a good idea. The fact that the driver didn't get a citation shows the officers weren't out to "Get a black guy".
IMO, the Chief is being a first class idiot by refusing a release the video. Sounds like it shows a text book response to a possibly bad situation that really wasn't, where no one got hurt and the driver was let go without a citation even with the video evidence of a violation.
The idiocy is compounded by refusing based on the requester's political views. Now the chief is getting into the realm of civil rights violations in using his office to refuse service based on political viewpoints.
Would prefer that the camera makers not include encryption. If I need my pictures encrypted, I can just pull the sdcard, insert into a laptop or other device and copy/encrypt the pictures. "Only pictures on that camera, Officer, are ones from the wildlife preserve. Totally worth the trip!"
Besides, if camera makers started encrypting pictures, how long before they tried using the DMCA to lock users into a certain brand of photo processing software?
The seller of a dumb TV only makes money on the sale of what is now pretty much a low margin commodity item.
If they sell you a 'smart' TV with spy features, not only do they get the small profit from the sale of the TV, they get a continuing income stream from selling all of that data they collect on what you watch, when, with whom, etc. Plus they can get yet more money feeding you targeted ads based on that data.
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Wonder what Mr Conrad and Mr Short said that they are so afraid of being recorded?
Wonder if Mr Conrad and Mr Short violated any rules by having a 'detention/punishment/etc' discussion with a minor student in a public area? There are some pretty interesting Federal laws on preserving student privacy.
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On the post: Yet Another Study Shows The Internet Of Things Is A Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire
For those that care, buy an enterprise grade firewall and make sure your first rules block all traffic in both directions. Now add specific rules for each PC as needed, HTTPS, POP, etc. PITA but it really cuts down on the harm malware can do when it slips into your network. You will likely be surprised at the number of blocked comm attempts the default deny rule will collect.
Make sure any IOT gizmos are on their own LAN that can't talk to your main LAN. Install any needed control gizmo on the IOT LAN. Again with the default deny rule and only add needed allow rules.
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Perhaps the discussion should be on the fact that Verizon still has areas where up to .5mbps is considered High Speed.
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Besides, given reports that there are multiple fake cell towers around the DC area, not sure the risk of a twitter phone being compromised is high on the list of things to worry about.
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Most of the 'hate crime' laws are IMO, BS anyway. What happened to "All men are created equal."? I value my health and safety as much as the average Law Enforcement Officer, or Black or Gay or Jew. Yet a crime against one of the 'special' folk often carries a far greater penalty.
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Re: More 'Acceptable' Collateral Damage
About what to expect from a country where two folks beating each other to a bloody pulp for money is considered acceptable sport(MMA) but if the same two engage in sex for money, horrible evil just happened.
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Which is better?
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Was a Taser on site? If so, why wasn't it used? Would seem a perfect use case if one was available.
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Don't know if the game camera picture copyright issue is settled. I see some game pics posted with a claim to copyright.
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I don't find the large number of jackets to be troubling. I have played the buy govt surplus game and an individual lot of jackets is often a mix of sizes. Could be those 51 jackets were one lot with take them all condition.
Another bad thing about this small town getting all this stuff is the likelyhood that a town that COULD use a few of these things might not get any due to this town's greed.
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Wonder if the fine folks at Equifax are paying attention?
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IMO, the Chief is being a first class idiot by refusing a release the video. Sounds like it shows a text book response to a possibly bad situation that really wasn't, where no one got hurt and the driver was let go without a citation even with the video evidence of a violation.
The idiocy is compounded by refusing based on the requester's political views. Now the chief is getting into the realm of civil rights violations in using his office to refuse service based on political viewpoints.
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Besides, if camera makers started encrypting pictures, how long before they tried using the DMCA to lock users into a certain brand of photo processing software?
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If they sell you a 'smart' TV with spy features, not only do they get the small profit from the sale of the TV, they get a continuing income stream from selling all of that data they collect on what you watch, when, with whom, etc. Plus they can get yet more money feeding you targeted ads based on that data.
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