Using an ineffective method is not a reason to suspend someone.
As an aside, this would be a great way to get somebody else in big trouble. Just call and use their name and school. (Assuming the kid originally told him his school name.)
I am not sure what the issue is. Whenever there is a an economic transition, it is important for the business people to try out all of the bad ideas first and complain later when people do not fall in line. Listening to people and anticipating their needs is bad for autocratic control. The free market is wonderful and all until the little people exercise free will. Then we need regulation.
Re: Re: Clarify: concerned Google has info or worried that police
Not sure where you have been. The folks running TechDirt have been stating that what Google (and Facebook) is doing is troublesome, and they have been doing it for years. (Not everyone agrees which is what happens when more than one person is involved in anything.) The problems with the way Google and Facebook operate have been the topics of discussion here and many other places for a long time. Unfortunately, the folks expression shock and dismay about this "new" development have been doing the same thing over the same time period.
Back on topic, even if the Raleigh PD are doing this all above board and using the proper legal channels, it is still important for them to take proper security safeguards with this information. The information obtained is likely important private for many of the bystanders sucked in to this.
MathSciNet provides an easy interface for searching mathematics papers and reviews. It is a bit long in the tooth, and a bit clunky at times, but it is a great resource.
I agree it is news. It is also inane and not important. This kind of meeting only results in smoke and confusion, and it does not result in policy. If this were taking place in a legislative hearing, then it would be important and worth paying attention to. In this setting it is simply a publicity stunt that only serves to distract from other things that directly impact people's lives. (I do not want to hear about those other things, either, but recognize they are important and worth paying attention to.)
There is no point to having a Washington press corp. All they do is document whichever ring in the circus is lit up on a given day. Letting people know that extreme partisans yell at each other across the table or a serial adulterer had an affair with a porn star is simply not relevant to anything. People love to complain that people are ill informed yet are silent when this is the kind of drivel we have to wade through. If it were not for two bit, hyper focused bloggers like on techdirt I would be completely lost.
It will make it less likely that people will see the problem. If the problem cannot be seen it must not exist. (This is also known as the ostrich hypothesis.)
Hmmm, complaining about arbitrary snooping done by law enforcement. This site needs a button so that this post can be flagged for its content and scanned by the proper authorities. The problem is that this is Wednesday, and I forgot whether or not the current administration approves of law enforcement today. I may have to wait for tomorrow.
This seems entirely reasonable. The government wants back doors built in to encryption products, so it seems logical that they would want to do the same with authentication protocols. Although, in this case they may be confusing the idea of "back door" with "no door."
I was under the impression that the current administration was trying to reduce the reach and influence of the government because our government institutions are too eager to do their job. This is an example of an agency that is not just eager to do their job but also taking steps to intimidate and mistreat some of our most vulnerable people and tear families apart. It is difficult for one to go too far by merely pointing out this kind of tyranny.
It is odd that people seemed to have stopped hacking camera firmware. There was a time when they started to do so. Is it because of the ubiquity of camera phones that reduces the draw?
Wonderful. So after the FCC has worked directly against my wishes and interests they use my tax dollars to wrap their efforts in a bow to try to make it look nice.
Now that Virginia is almost evenly divided between two political parties it looks like politicians will try to find wedge issues that will divide their constituents while motivating the parties' bases to get engaged. Yay.
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As an aside, this would be a great way to get somebody else in big trouble. Just call and use their name and school. (Assuming the kid originally told him his school name.)
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Boycott the snoopers!
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Outside arbitration is a joke
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Re: Re: Why is this a problem?
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Why is this a problem?
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Re: Re: Clarify: concerned Google has info or worried that police
Back on topic, even if the Raleigh PD are doing this all above board and using the proper legal channels, it is still important for them to take proper security safeguards with this information. The information obtained is likely important private for many of the bystanders sucked in to this.
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MathSciNet
MathSciNet provides an easy interface for searching mathematics papers and reviews. It is a bit long in the tooth, and a bit clunky at times, but it is a great resource.
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Re: Re: Reporters took time to document this
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Reporters took time to document this
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Out of sight out of mind
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On the positive side...
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This looks suspicious
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They are practicing what they preach
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Government efficiency
I was under the impression that the current administration was trying to reduce the reach and influence of the government because our government institutions are too eager to do their job. This is an example of an agency that is not just eager to do their job but also taking steps to intimidate and mistreat some of our most vulnerable people and tear families apart. It is difficult for one to go too far by merely pointing out this kind of tyranny.
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This is why you should not trust malware. Animated or otherwise.
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Hack it like a Deere
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Something other than football or basketball
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Adding Insult to Injury
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Partisan Gamesmanship
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Needs more players
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