You had a really good safe with a very strong combination lock. The police had probably cause that you were hiding contraband in the safe. They would get a warrant from a judge, go to your place, and order you to open the safe. If you refused, then they could get the judge to place you in contempt of court, lock you up, and then get a safe cracker to open the safe (usually lots of diamond drills and time).
What's the difference with encryption and encrypted files and systems today? Yes, good encryption is hard to break (like really good safes), but the remedies are similar.
We don't need more restrictions on privacy. We need less! Otherwise, all the petty burglars out there (malware authors) will soon own all of our private stuff.
Idiots like Carter need to have all of their e-stuff pwnd and posted on the internet just to show them how stupid they are...
Some one needs to pwn all of Carter's emails for the past N years (does he use email?) and his private correspondence, and send him copies to show him just how stupid he is... And they should CC: them to all the major news outlets, especially The Guardian and Al Jazeera.
Why is our government and its agencies so damned corrupt? Supposedly the various IG (Inspector General) departments are there to deal with such cruft, but they are hamstrung. It is time we gave them the power to prosecute corrupt practices and refusal to cooperate with them is a felony!
As Mike so often correctly states, you aren't buying these systems, as in "I bought it, I can do with it what I want.", but you are renting them, as in "We will tell you what you can do, and when we want, it won't work any more." - GAH!
And just how long will it be after this ill-considered legislation passes that Brandis resigns as AG of Australia and takes a cushy position with the entertainment industry?
Anyone want to create a pool as to how long before this system gets hacked and people start getting pwnd in their rental cars? Sorry Hertz, but I've been a VIP Gold Club member for 20 years. I am not sure I'll be renting any more of your cars!
In my community in central Illinois, we had a vote some years ago to implement a community-owned internet fiber broadband plan. It was voted down because of major $$ from AT&T, Comcrap, et al to the opposition of this bill. Recently, I interviewed a number of my neighbors who voted against the bill, and without exception, they all regretted their vote! I am trying to get our city government to revisit this initiative. Maybe with this change in the FCC, it will be a viable option... (one can only hope).
Tim, dude, the thought of that (you running around the block without your BVDs) is very disturbing! I run around the house (inside) sans accouterments occasionally, and my wife still clotheslines me!
Those who don't learn from history, are doomed to repeat it
Newspapers NEVER made a dime on publication - only from advertising. They need to re-learn this lesson... I don't mind reading news feeds from good journalistic publications on the Internet that include non-intrusive ads, but I won't pay for them (the news feeds)! I used to have an online subscription to the WSJ (pre-Murdoch era), but dropped it when he took the publication over - I refuse to support a fascist like him!
It's time to throw a great big sueball at Elsevier. They won't stop this dren until it costs them an arm and both legs, and I think in this case (and probably others) they already don't have a leg to stand on!
I'm sure that Blackburn just uses those bribes (er, donations) to feed and house the homeless - the homeless AT&T and other poor telecom/cable execs...
"Nokia's CEO Rajeev Suri has come up with a novel variation on that theme, as reported by CNET (via @AdV007):
Suri emphasises that self-driving cars need to talk over wireless networks fast enough to make decisions with the split-second timing required on the roads. "You cannot prevent collisions if the data that can prevent them is still making its way through the network", said Suri, discussing Nokia's drive toward instantaneous low-latency communication across the network."
Anyone with any knowledge of real-time systems would say that this idiot should not be in charge of a company like Nokia if they really want to develop a self-driving car! I'm sure Google is not so brain-dead! To do this sort of work, you need an adaptive real-time system that has no dependency upon non-deterministic networks. It may use them for general traffic information, but not for safety-critical operations.
Since Australia is a member of the 5 Eyes consortium (mob), of course they knew about it! Why aren't these asshats in prison for conspiracy to defraud their government?
Ever since Obama reversed his opposition to FISA as Senator, I have always believed that the (in)security services had something to hold over him, hence his behavior about the data collection practices of the services (NSA/CIA/FBI, et al) ever since. In every other respect, he has been a reasonably decent POTUS. In this one, he has been abysmal!
Instead of the Wall Street Journal, it should be the Rupert Murdoch Journal. He can't tell the truth to save his soul, and now the WSJ cannot either...
On the post: Congressional Rep. John Carter Discovers Encryption; Worries It May One Day Be Used On Computers To Protect Your Data
In the old days
What's the difference with encryption and encrypted files and systems today? Yes, good encryption is hard to break (like really good safes), but the remedies are similar.
We don't need more restrictions on privacy. We need less! Otherwise, all the petty burglars out there (malware authors) will soon own all of our private stuff.
Idiots like Carter need to have all of their e-stuff pwnd and posted on the internet just to show them how stupid they are...
On the post: Congressional Rep. John Carter Discovers Encryption; Worries It May One Day Be Used On Computers To Protect Your Data
What a bonehead!
On the post: Senator Wants To Know Why The US Marshals Asset Forfeiture Division Is Blowing Money On $10,000 Tables
Why?
On the post: Amazon Quietly Bricked Jailbroken Kindle Devices Last Year
Not sold, just rented...
On the post: ICE Rejects FOIA Request Over Drones Because ICE Has Determined It's Not 'Newsworthy'
Transparency, my big butt!
On the post: Australians Get Their Own SOPA; Attorney General Doesn't Even Bother To See If His Censorship Regime Is Technically Feasible
Just how long?
On the post: France To Require Internet Companies To Detect 'Suspicious' Behavior Automatically, And To Decrypt Communications On Demand
Beware!
On the post: White House Celebrates National Freedom Of Information Day By Making Office Of The Administration Completely UnFOIA-able
"slide towards opacity"
On the post: Hertz Puts Video Cameras Inside Its Rental Cars, Has 'No Current Plans' To Use Them
Any bets?
On the post: FCC Outlines Plan To Crush Awful State Protectionist Broadband Laws
$$talk$
On the post: Dear Politicians: Responding To The Clinton Email Scandal By Proudly Affirming You've Never Used Email Isn't Helping
Gouge my eyes out!
On the post: Another Newspaper Paywall Bites The Dust
Those who don't learn from history, are doomed to repeat it
On the post: Elsevier Appears To Be Slurping Up Open Access Research, And Charging People To Access It
It's time
On the post: Blackburn Bill Attempts To Gut New Net Neutrality Rules. You Know, For Freedom.
It's all for a good cause
On the post: President Obama Complains To China About Demanding Backdoors To Encryption... As His Administration Demands The Same Thing
Pot and kettle
On the post: Nokia CEO: We Have To Get Rid Of Net Neutrality, Otherwise Self-Driving Cars Will Keep On Crashing Into Each Other
He's an idiot
Suri emphasises that self-driving cars need to talk over wireless networks fast enough to make decisions with the split-second timing required on the roads. "You cannot prevent collisions if the data that can prevent them is still making its way through the network", said Suri, discussing Nokia's drive toward instantaneous low-latency communication across the network."
Anyone with any knowledge of real-time systems would say that this idiot should not be in charge of a company like Nokia if they really want to develop a self-driving car! I'm sure Google is not so brain-dead! To do this sort of work, you need an adaptive real-time system that has no dependency upon non-deterministic networks. It may use them for general traffic information, but not for safety-critical operations.
On the post: Australian Secretary Of Defense Not Concerned About Phone Hack; Doesn't Think People Want To Spy On His Phone
5 Eyes
On the post: Late Friday, White House Announces That FISA Court Has Rubberstamped NSA Phone Record Collection, While Insisting It Wants Reform
Just what I thought...
On the post: Wall Street Journal Upset That Wall Street Isn't Upset About Net Neutrality
Time to change the name
On the post: If You Want To See What The U.S. Broadband Market Really Looks Like, Take A Close Look At West Virginia
partisan nitwit disease
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