Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 31 Jan 2018 @ 9:09am
To answer part of the question
The following statement is not to say that I endorse, or even think that encryption backdoors are a good thing or even feasible.
If a company did build a backdoor and kept it on a system that was connected to anything else, it would display a level of incompetence and negligence that should turn 150% of their assets over to their customers without any attorneys involved.
Of course they would need back ups, so I would think they would keep the data on several portable hard drives located in vaults in different locations. Sound proofed vaults that contain nothing else.
Then they would need to write a procedure that would insure the safety of the software with multiple people cross checking each other after having been strip searched, which would take place after the receipt of a court order. Law enforcement could observe through windows, but not enter the room where the data extraction was taking place, and only the extracted data would be turned over to law enforcement. Continuity of evidence is important.
I don't see any of that happening, and I fully expect that if a backdoor was built, it would be handled in exactly the same careless manner with which other data and software has been treated in the past, and likely the present, and probably the future.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 31 Jan 2018 @ 8:46am
Re: A government run by economists
The problem I see with economists is that roughly half of them say one thing and the other rough half say the opposite. I have never heard of one of them being actually right, only lucky in their guesses.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 30 Jan 2018 @ 5:06pm
Re: Actually...
Since it was a court that was asking for the print (on penalty of contempt of court) it becomes a court order, and therefore not really a 4th Amendment issue. That is, unless the court was ignoring the Constitution...again.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 30 Jan 2018 @ 6:32am
And then what?
Training? OK, Fine. What about enforcement? Will the police brass stand up and discipline officers who, after receiving this 'training' still violate citizens First Amendment right to film or record police in public, so long as they don't actually interfere with police business? Will the police unions back up managements actions in protecting citizens rights? Will fellow officers condemn individuals or groups within their departments for going down the violation path?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 29 Jan 2018 @ 8:25am
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Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 26 Jan 2018 @ 5:15pm
Re: Re:
With the presumption that publicly released recordings would adversely influence any disciplinary action. Meaning that the public's perception of a recording is better than a cop's testimony that refutes that perception.
The cop's word is not better than the video, but some courts, or perhaps jury's seem to think the cop is more honest than the recording. Videos do not lie, some cops do, but videos can be misinterpreted, either to the benefit of the cop or to the benefit of charges against them. The latter is what they hope to prevent.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 26 Jan 2018 @ 3:48pm
Which user folded?
Was it that Pablo stopped doing drugs long enough for reality to creep in, or was it the lawyers who abstained long enough for a flash of where things were going? Either way, the fog of the 'Narco Wars' has lifted and Netflix will no longer have to fund the defense of illusions of druggies and their also addled attorneys.
/s
The previous is an opinion of the state of things and has nothing to do with any actual knowledge of any actual drug use by any relation of a known narco trafficker or their legal representatives who also likely know that their clients are in fact possibly narco traffickers.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 26 Jan 2018 @ 8:33am
Re: Simple answer
Better than that, remove Sarajevo from maps, charts, directions, airline destinations, train schedules, birth records, passports, street addresses, id cards, phone books, etc.. See how that impacts their trade, including the loss of tourists. Do tourists even go to Sarajevo anymore? They certainly won't if they cannot find it.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Jan 2018 @ 5:54pm
Re: Re: With any luck...
Funny that you presume to know that I cannot distinguish the difference between hoisted and foisted. Goes to show how much you impose upon others in your diatribes. To that end, see this. It embodies your style of crapola.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 22 Jan 2018 @ 1:20pm
How to make matters worse.
The House spending bill released Wednesday would allow President Donald Trump, or people under him
Which leaves us in the position that some Administration minion would be able to transfer funds for some nefarious purpose that even the President doesn't know about. And we thought things were dangerous now!
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 22 Jan 2018 @ 9:57am
Wouldn't it be loverly...
...If the entire management of the NSA was found in contempt of court and placed in prison until the required documents were produced. What, those documents are gone? Expect a lifetime of incarceration. Then, the next group placed in management positions at the NSA might not be so cavalier in their actions.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 22 Jan 2018 @ 9:41am
Re: Get a *F*** WARRANT, ALWAYS!
+1 for "evidence laundering", it's a much more powerful, evocative term than "parallel construction".
Actually I think both are taking place. First one, then the other.
And yes, warrants should always be required, and we need to get rid of that secret court (FISA) as well. Then there's Congress enacting unconstitutional legislation and the courts not holding up their end of the bargain by striking those down.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jan 2018 @ 1:46pm
Re: If we could..
It all depends upon one's definition of 'truth', which in turn depends upon who is writing the history, which in turn depends upon which party the history writer is beholden to.
On the post: My Question To Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein On Encryption Backdoors
To answer part of the question
If a company did build a backdoor and kept it on a system that was connected to anything else, it would display a level of incompetence and negligence that should turn 150% of their assets over to their customers without any attorneys involved.
Of course they would need back ups, so I would think they would keep the data on several portable hard drives located in vaults in different locations. Sound proofed vaults that contain nothing else.
Then they would need to write a procedure that would insure the safety of the software with multiple people cross checking each other after having been strip searched, which would take place after the receipt of a court order. Law enforcement could observe through windows, but not enter the room where the data extraction was taking place, and only the extracted data would be turned over to law enforcement. Continuity of evidence is important.
I don't see any of that happening, and I fully expect that if a backdoor was built, it would be handled in exactly the same careless manner with which other data and software has been treated in the past, and likely the present, and probably the future.
On the post: The Same FCC That Ignored Science To Kill Net Neutrality Has Created An 'Office Of Economics & Analysis'
Re: A government run by economists
On the post: Minnesota Supreme Court Says Unlocking A Phone With A Fingerprint Isn't A Fifth Amendment Issue
Re: Actually...
On the post: First Amendment Lawsuit Results In Louisiana Police Department Training Officers To Respect Citizens With Cameras
Re: Re:
On the post: First Amendment Lawsuit Results In Louisiana Police Department Training Officers To Respect Citizens With Cameras
And then what?
On the post: Dutch Approach To Asset Forfeiture Will Literally Take The Clothes Off Pedestrians' Backs
Here's Some Facts
Shops selling expensive clothes will fold.
Stores that sell knock offs of expensive clothes will file for bankruptcy.
Many will become unemployed, and the tax base will consequently drop from a loss of both sales taxes and income taxes.
The first department that should then be targeted should be the one that started Domino Effect, the police.
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On the post: Pablo Escobar's Brother Gives Up His Quest For A Billion Dollar Extortion Of Netflix Over 'Narcos'
Re: Re: Re: Re: Which user folded?
On the post: New York Police Union Sues NYPD To Block Public Release Of Body Camera Footage
Re: Re:
The cop's word is not better than the video, but some courts, or perhaps jury's seem to think the cop is more honest than the recording. Videos do not lie, some cops do, but videos can be misinterpreted, either to the benefit of the cop or to the benefit of charges against them. The latter is what they hope to prevent.
On the post: Pablo Escobar's Brother Gives Up His Quest For A Billion Dollar Extortion Of Netflix Over 'Narcos'
Re: Re: Which user folded?
On the post: Pablo Escobar's Brother Gives Up His Quest For A Billion Dollar Extortion Of Netflix Over 'Narcos'
Which user folded?
/s
The previous is an opinion of the state of things and has nothing to do with any actual knowledge of any actual drug use by any relation of a known narco trafficker or their legal representatives who also likely know that their clients are in fact possibly narco traffickers.
On the post: Senate IT Tells Staffers They're On Their Own When It Comes To Personal Devices And State-Sponsored Hackers
Seems like a simple binary decision
If personal pick up personal device.
If professional pick up government supplied device.
If your not sure, don't pick up anything, just sign resignation form and go home, leaving all government property, intellectual or otherwise, at work.
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Re: Simple answer
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Re: Re: With any luck...
Funny that you presume to know that I cannot distinguish the difference between hoisted and foisted. Goes to show how much you impose upon others in your diatribes. To that end, see this. It embodies your style of crapola.
On the post: AT&T's Bogus 'Internet Bill Of Rights' Aims To Undermine Net Neutrality, Foist Regulation Upon Silicon Valley Competitors
With any luck...
On the post: Spending Bill Would Give Administration Direct Control Of Surveillance Spending
How to make matters worse.
Which leaves us in the position that some Administration minion would be able to transfer funds for some nefarious purpose that even the President doesn't know about. And we thought things were dangerous now!
On the post: FCC Backs Off Plan to Weaken Broadband Definition, But Still Can't Admit Limited Competition Is A Problem
Re:
On the post: NSA Admits It Has AGAIN Been Deleting Evidence Needed In Long-Running Surveillance Lawsuit
Wouldn't it be loverly...
On the post: Report Shows US Law Enforcement Routinely Engages In Parallel Construction
Re: Get a *F*** WARRANT, ALWAYS!
Actually I think both are taking place. First one, then the other.
And yes, warrants should always be required, and we need to get rid of that secret court (FISA) as well. Then there's Congress enacting unconstitutional legislation and the courts not holding up their end of the bargain by striking those down.
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Re: If we could..
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