The fact that this has even been proposed shows the total lack of basic internet awareness of the average UK politician. This in itself is somewhat worrying.
Living in the UK, I already know that my ISP cannot collect metadata from me because of my habitual use of a VPN service and TOR. Hell, I'm one of the good guys, don't they realise that the bad guys are going to hide themselves even more?
And here we go again with the tried and tested "double standards".. If you are doing no wrong, you have nothing to fear. So where is the problem?
I do not doubt that there are several videos of me in various states of inebriation on the web and none are of any particular interest to the general public.
The simple fact is that a Law Enforcement Officer's actions should be totally transparent and available for scrutiny.
You say Have you watched any TV shows like "Law & Order"? If the real prosecutor is anything like the ones on the TV shows, then these kids were probably threatened with a jury trial where there would be the very real possibility of them going to jail for 20 years and being put on the sexual offender registry. Okay, sure, this probably won't happen, but why take the chance when they can get a punishment without jail time and without being put on the registry?
Um.. Your total legal experience is based on the fantasy of TV programmes?
Take a look back in time. Possibly WW2, when encrypted messages were vital and broadcast over short wave radio. These messages were encrypted by the the source. They did not rely on the medium over which they were sent to perform the encryption, so why the hell do governments assume that "terrorist" messages on the internet are sent in plain text, relying purely on the encryption provided?
I saw a similar thing that showed a picture of the Challenger explosion with the caption "Things that they wished they never said, "Come on lads, let the lady have a drive""
Distasteful and sexist yes.. but illegal?
The one thing we do not need are Orwellian thought police
Lets be fair. Sony have a reputation of having very poor IT security. They have been hacked so many times. They have also attempted to hack their own customers with disgraceful attempts to put easily discovered rootkits on their retail products.
What I do not understand is why the American government is making such a massive issue of this, when Sony is basically a Japanese company with an american subsidiary.
To see an unresisting man being strangled to death for the heinous crime of selling unlicensed cigarettes is bad enough, but for a company to take down the video on "copyright" grounds when it is clear that they cannot possibly have any rights at all here and are seeking only to "monetize" the sheer misery of this incident is outrageous. A word to Daily whatever.. the genie is out of the bottle, you cannot stop it. The video is available on line whether you like it or not
(Pedro Farré) But your Honour, this was a genuine business expense. I was there to both to check that unlicensed music was not being played and to entertain clients.
(Judge) Not once do I remember you inviting me, so here's something to make you remember who I am.
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The simple word is:
Corruption
and no matter what what your political viewpoint is, this is stealing from the "ordinary man" who does pay his taxes.
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Fine.. I'll read up on the subject elsewhere.
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Collecting What?
This in itself is somewhat worrying.
Living in the UK, I already know that my ISP cannot collect metadata from me because of my habitual use of a VPN service and TOR. Hell, I'm one of the good guys, don't they realise that the bad guys are going to hide themselves even more?
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Re: Global Corporatization needs currency
"Give me control of a nations money supply, and I care not who makes it’s laws".
Which is precisely what happened.
I watch with great interest as systems like Bitcoin undermine this arrogance.
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Nothing to Fear
So where is the problem?
I do not doubt that there are several videos of me in various states of inebriation on the web and none are of any particular interest to the general public.
The simple fact is that a Law Enforcement Officer's actions should be totally transparent and available for scrutiny.
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Re: Re: I fail to see a problem
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Re: Re:
You say
Have you watched any TV shows like "Law & Order"?
If the real prosecutor is anything like the ones on the TV shows, then these kids were probably threatened with a jury trial where there would be the very real possibility of them going to jail for 20 years and being put on the sexual offender registry. Okay, sure, this probably won't happen, but why take the chance when they can get a punishment without jail time and without being put on the registry?
Um.. Your total legal experience is based on the fantasy of TV programmes?
I admire your stupidity.
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The GTA 5 Wildlife Documentary
It amused me and it cost me only my time to watch it.
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Outsource it as a project
This would most likely produce a result within a couple of days, cost nothing and provide valuable education to students.
An all round win situation
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Oh .. I forgot
Quoting alz.org
A type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behaviour.
Should someone with these obvious problems hold such a responsible position?
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Encription outlawed.. because.. terrorists?
Possibly WW2, when encrypted messages were vital and broadcast over short wave radio.
These messages were encrypted by the the source.
They did not rely on the medium over which they were sent to perform the encryption, so why the hell do governments assume that "terrorist" messages on the internet are sent in plain text, relying purely on the encryption provided?
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Re: Re: Funny
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Re: Challenger
Distasteful and sexist yes.. but illegal?
The one thing we do not need are Orwellian thought police
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Sony?
Sony have a reputation of having very poor IT security. They have been hacked so many times.
They have also attempted to hack their own customers with disgraceful attempts to put easily discovered rootkits on their retail products.
What I do not understand is why the American government is making such a massive issue of this, when Sony is basically a Japanese company with an american subsidiary.
Possibly donations
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Sony?
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Why the issue?
First of all Sony is a Japanese based company, and yes it does have USA based subsidiaries,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony
But an attack on Sony is an attack on a foreign based company, not an attack on the USA.
So why does the USA government give so much priority to this?
The stink of corruption is overwhelming
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Outrage
A word to Daily whatever.. the genie is out of the bottle, you cannot stop it.
The video is available on line whether you like it or not
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But your Honour, this was a genuine business expense. I was there to both to check that unlicensed music was not being played and to entertain clients.
(Judge)
Not once do I remember you inviting me, so here's something to make you remember who I am.
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Re: Re: And this is different from...
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/91318/police-prioritised-burglar ies-and-car-crime-over-child-rape-says-simon-danczuk
But think of the children! Seems to be falling on deaf ears
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