My general advice to people is, if you really want to use social media, never use your real name.
Also, compartmentalization is generally a great idea in terms of security. Have a separate account/identity that you use only for the purpose of commenting.
If it were that easy to identify cheaters so they could be moved to a "cheater server", then there would be no problem. But it's actually a very difficult thing to do.
(This is not a defense of Blizzard's abuse of the copyright law.)
Using Facebook for comments is arguably even worse than just doing away with them entirely, as it actively excludes everyone who doesn't use Facebook (last year, non-Facebook users accounted for 38% of the US population).
That's the sort of response that can be reasonably expected from the likes of the MIT Technology Review, but I confess that I found it a little surprising to hear from Slate. Not because I expected them to think otherwise, but because I didn't expect them to admit their stance out loud.
Yep. Not everyone panics in such a situation, but everyone gets a jolt of adrenaline. It's pretty tough to hold anything steady when that happens. Counteracting that is one of the reasons that soldiers have to go through intensive training.
It looks a lot like is was. There were numerous alternatives that apparently had not been tried. Using a bomb looks like the sort of overkill that indicates an act of vengeance.
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"Techdirt could allow this guy to post updates and apologies"
Techdirt already does. Anyone can make a comment, and there have been times in the past when someone attached to the story adds their perspective or rebuttal by doing so. It's pretty effective.
"how do you validate that the keys you are using belong to the people you are communicating with, rather than a man in the middle who is relaying your messages."
PKE has mechanisms to handle that.
"Similarly, if some server outside your control is storing the keys you use, how do you know that you are always getting the key of the person you are communicating with."
In a true end-to-end crypto system, no server outside your control is storing your private key.
I dunno. Making the (never correct) assumption that the news reports are reasonably complete and correct, then it's pretty easy to argue that lethal force was not necessary, or at least not at that time. All that was needed was to evacuate the area that he could shoot into and wait. Sooner or later, he would have to either emerge or kill himself.
"What would have meant a lot to me is if the police fessed up to their mistake and apologized."
Yes.
I don't think that the police realize not only that failing to do this increases the amount of mistrust, but that doing this is essential to building trust.
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Also, compartmentalization is generally a great idea in terms of security. Have a separate account/identity that you use only for the purpose of commenting.
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(This is not a defense of Blizzard's abuse of the copyright law.)
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About right
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This is certainly false. At best, blowing him up remotely was the only "safe" way that they had conveniently available.
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Color me skeptical
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It looks a lot like is was. There were numerous alternatives that apparently had not been tried. Using a bomb looks like the sort of overkill that indicates an act of vengeance.
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While not "safe", tear gas (or, better, pepper spray) is a much safer alternative to anything that would cause unconsciousness.
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Techdirt already does. Anyone can make a comment, and there have been times in the past when someone attached to the story adds their perspective or rebuttal by doing so. It's pretty effective.
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PKE has mechanisms to handle that.
"Similarly, if some server outside your control is storing the keys you use, how do you know that you are always getting the key of the person you are communicating with."
In a true end-to-end crypto system, no server outside your control is storing your private key.
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Yes.
I don't think that the police realize not only that failing to do this increases the amount of mistrust, but that doing this is essential to building trust.
Or they just don't care about trust.
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I don't know how things work in the law enforcement world, but in my industry having only 5 years experience means you're still a rookie.
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