The comp.risks newsgroup followed the Feds rolling out their new facial recognition systems in assorted airports, bus stations, and Federal buildings back in the late 1980s.
On top of that, your face is recorded by who-knows-how-many security cameras at the airport, not all operated by the same organizations. The DHS thug matches your photo ID to your face before he takes an image of the ID.
There are *restaurants* that use facial recognition software. That waitress who remembered your special order from six months ago? That's not because you were such a memorable customer.
I'd fall into that category. I have a few forum and blog logins, but I have no "social media" accounts - no Facebook, no Twatter, no MySpace, no Tumblr... there's a freemail account I use for places that demand some kind of email address, but it's just spam and dust bunnies.
LAPD did a complete freak-out when they found a bunch of bugs in some of their conference rooms a few decades ago. The interesting things were that some of the bugs had evidently been there a very long time, and that they figured they had been installed by more than one group. (none of the articles said how they had determined this, which would have been interesting...)
At the time LAPD was blaming "organized crime", but I always figured the perps were factions of LAPD itself, the police union, and perhaps the mayor's and prosecutors' offices.
"But I'm a farmer! You owe me your product for free!"
If they want the increased yield and pest resistance of Monsanto or Syngenta products, they should pay for them. If they don't want to pay for them, they're perfectly free to plant the same seeds their ancestors did. Nobody is stealing the bread from their children's mouths.
What's next? They're going to demand free tractors and fuel? They rightfully deserve those as much as genetically modified seeds, right?
Let's see... the command line interface under most modern Apple products is a descendant of Unix. Same for Linux, BSD, and a bunch of non *ix operating systems.
The basic interface, keywords, and structure came from an early OS called Multics, which is owned by Honeywell-Bull nowadays.
I expect HB's lawyers will be busy sending letters to everyone from Apple to Cisco to the FSF...
Hm. As I understand it, 12-year-olds, being minors, can't give consent. The cops would have had to contact their parents, or perhaps whatever their local Child Services outfit is called.
I don't know if those companies did it all by themselves or they're responding to government requests, but as censorship becomes "the new normal" it won't be long before they vanish references to anything they don't like. Facebook and Twitter have been riding the censorship wagon for a while now. The evil is spreading...
Back in the 1980s many vendors of computer software and hardware ran BBSs with information, software patches or updates, discussion boards, etc.
Compuserve, and later AOL, courted the more successful companies heavily, persuading them to close their public-access support sites in favor of using their pay services. The companies got a kickback based on traffic to their forums, and they didn't have to pay their own people to run them. Such a deal!
I've seen a several companies that I *used to* deal with go to Facebook-only for all support. I expect the same thing is happening there.
Management typically views backups as an utter and complete waste of money. After all, the system never got trashed before, so obviously it will never happen in the future. Shouldn't you be doing something constructive?
"Uptime is like air. Nobody notices until it's gone."
"Don't be silly, your medical records are perfectly safe, and there's no way any outsider can get into any of our internet-connected medical equipment. Have you talked to your therapist about your paranoia?"
"But our vendors and their equipment must be able to communicate at will, in order to provide the highest possible standards of service!"
"What do you mean, a five-user pack of Norton Antivirus won't cover the entire hospital?!"
"Senior management gets annoyed with passwords, so we don't use them, except with equipment that requires one, in which case it is "1-2-3-4-5".
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The comp.risks newsgroup followed the Feds rolling out their new facial recognition systems in assorted airports, bus stations, and Federal buildings back in the late 1980s.
On top of that, your face is recorded by who-knows-how-many security cameras at the airport, not all operated by the same organizations. The DHS thug matches your photo ID to your face before he takes an image of the ID.
There are *restaurants* that use facial recognition software. That waitress who remembered your special order from six months ago? That's not because you were such a memorable customer.
"Welcome to the 21st century."
On the post: EFF Sues FBI For Refusing To Turn Over Documents About Its Geek Squad Informants
Or as it's known when someone else does it, "perjury."
On the post: House Subcommittee Passes Police-Protecting 'Thin Blue Line' Bill
Officers killed, 2014: 96
51 by "felonious acts"
45 by work-related accidents
of the 51;
11 during domestic disturbance calls
9 doing traffic pursuits or stops
7 ambushed
7 "investigating suspicious circumstances"
5 other investigations
4 "tactical situations"
3 "handling persons with mental illnesses"
1 "unprovoked attack"
50 of the assailants had prior criminal arrests
11 were under "judicial supervision"
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On the post: After Bill Gates Backs Open Access, Steve Ballmer Discovers The Joys Of Open Data
>and have no political agenda or commercial motive.
Note this is coming from a man who gave buckets of money to back I-491, restricting the civil rights of Washington residents.
On the post: If Facebook Becomes The Internet's Authentication System, Can Citizen Scores Around The World Be Far Behind?
On the post: Coalition Slams DHS Plans To Demand Social Media Passwords
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On the post: Florida PD's Stingray Documents Oddly Don't Mention Stingrays Once
At the time LAPD was blaming "organized crime", but I always figured the perps were factions of LAPD itself, the police union, and perhaps the mayor's and prosecutors' offices.
On the post: Tanzanian Farmers Face 12 Years In Prison For Selling Seeds As They've Done For Generations
If they want the increased yield and pest resistance of Monsanto or Syngenta products, they should pay for them. If they don't want to pay for them, they're perfectly free to plant the same seeds their ancestors did. Nobody is stealing the bread from their children's mouths.
What's next? They're going to demand free tractors and fuel? They rightfully deserve those as much as genetically modified seeds, right?
On the post: Bulgarian Public Radio Forbidden To Play 14 Million Pieces Of Music By Copyright Collection Society
Radio? Is that still a thing?
"It's like television for blind people..."
On the post: White House Kicks Russian Diplomats Out Of The Country, Releases Preliminary Report On Russian Hacking With More To Come
> not previously listed as a sanctionable offense
Damn straight. That's the privilege of the two Parties and Diebold, and they don't want any competitors.
On the post: Command Line Interface Copyright Case: Not Fair Use... But Not Infringing Thanks To Scenes A Faire
The basic interface, keywords, and structure came from an early OS called Multics, which is owned by Honeywell-Bull nowadays.
I expect HB's lawyers will be busy sending letters to everyone from Apple to Cisco to the FSF...
On the post: US Government Gives $11,000 Back To College Student Three Years After The DEA Took It From Him
Re: Every time they have to return stolen Money
On the post: Cops Who Repeatedly Treated Refusal As Consent Watch Their Seized Evidence Vanish
On the post: This Is A Really Bad Idea: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Microsoft Agree To Block 'Terrorist' Content
Ri-ight.
I don't know if those companies did it all by themselves or they're responding to government requests, but as censorship becomes "the new normal" it won't be long before they vanish references to anything they don't like. Facebook and Twitter have been riding the censorship wagon for a while now. The evil is spreading...
On the post: Law Firm That Sued 20-Year-Old Crash Victim Over Negative Review Now Owes $26,831 In Legal Fees
Re: Slang.
Apparently more or less equivalent to "blowing off a client" in old-school slang.
On the post: Ross Ulbricht's Lawyers Uncover Evidence Showing His Silk Road Account Was Accessed While He Was Imprisoned
i.e., "perjury"
"It's okay if we're the ones doing it."
On the post: MacWorld, PCWorld Kill Site Comments Because They 'Value And Welcome Feedback'
Compuserve, and later AOL, courted the more successful companies heavily, persuading them to close their public-access support sites in favor of using their pay services. The companies got a kickback based on traffic to their forums, and they didn't have to pay their own people to run them. Such a deal!
I've seen a several companies that I *used to* deal with go to Facebook-only for all support. I expect the same thing is happening there.
On the post: Hospitals Now Seeing 20 Ransomware Attacks Per Day On IT Infrastructure
Re: Re: Re: NEVER pay a ransom
Management typically views backups as an utter and complete waste of money. After all, the system never got trashed before, so obviously it will never happen in the future. Shouldn't you be doing something constructive?
"Uptime is like air. Nobody notices until it's gone."
On the post: Hospitals Now Seeing 20 Ransomware Attacks Per Day On IT Infrastructure
"But our vendors and their equipment must be able to communicate at will, in order to provide the highest possible standards of service!"
"What do you mean, a five-user pack of Norton Antivirus won't cover the entire hospital?!"
"Senior management gets annoyed with passwords, so we don't use them, except with equipment that requires one, in which case it is "1-2-3-4-5".
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