Easier said than done. And in the end the lack of encryption would end being shooting themselves in the foot because people would blame the companies for the problems not the govt. This is stupid politicians screwing up. They should be the ones taking the heat.
So any security conscious person has to avoid Australia and its products like the plague and cyber criminals know where to make easy money now.
" Bad legislation spreads like a communicable disease."
Or it'll produce so much damage it will be that case-study to be mentioned for years that will put an end to any new "going dark" discussion that involves weakening encryption.
Also, sine when Australia became a prototype for totalitarianism?
I always feel the penalty is too soft for the size of the violations as mentioned in the article. Specially with environmental disasters. Companies should be dismantled depending on the seriousness of the violations and their managers arrested. Otherwise it's just fireworks.
I'm not telling it's the case here (closing Verizon) but it has to hurt their bottom lines otherwise why would they care?
Re: NOPE! Due to Backpage taken down - BEFORE FOSTA!
Others replied to your post already but I'll focus on that last part.
The medallion system is regulatory capture and most of it dominated by a few players that aren't quite the shiny examples of good people. Not really a good place to be picking your examples of unfairness.
You are looking at it through the wrong angle. The question is: has the law enabled stupid lawsuits against internet companies? The answer is yes. So mission accomplished. The law is a success if you consider the real intentions behind it.
Square. They made their way into my "Not BUYING" list alongside with the likes of EA for a while now. They were struggling a while ago. Too bad they didn't die yet.
Re: Company X spying BAD! [Tacitly: GOOGLE spying GOOD.]
You keep yelling how TD doesn't call Google for its bad behavior while ignoring the many, many articles where this was exactly what TD did.
You keep comparing apples to oranges because in this case the consumer is locked with a determined company while you can perfectly keep google out of your browsing habits if you really want to by blocking their domains from loading stuff and they can't do a thing to stop you (ie: Google is completely blocked from loading anything here in TD on my browsers).
And last but not least, you keep bringing stuff that have nothing to do with the article being discussed in one of the mos persistent cases of whataboutism I've seen ever. I mean, it seems it's your life purpose to stalk TD articles and be a general asshole. It's nice because it reminds us that there are dumbasses that swallow the bullshit whole and provides the chance to reiterate how much of bullshit it is but in all seriousness you should go look for psychological care. It isn't healthy.
I'm just reminding people of your idiocy, not that I believe you will change your ways.
The players involved are artificially inflating the prices. I mean, you get charged $10 for a goddamn dipyrone dose when it costs less than 5% of it in a regular drugstore because they'll enter an arm wrestling with the insurance company and drive this way down (but still overpriced). When you reach such levels of insanity people go after insurance to protect themselves even if the scenario is entirely artificial. This is modern cronyism at its finest.
Add public healthcare and you'll see this shit go down very quickly and provide dignity to the people. But this is too Communist, we'd rather spend stupid amounts of money playing war because cronyism as well.
Re: Or Maybe The Future Doesn’t Belong To Giants
Imagine if anybody and Netflix could license any content in equal footing (ie: same pricing) and your only worry when signing up a streaming service was actually how good of a service it offered? I'd say social stuff and other services would greatly benefit of interoperability. Take the alternative of locking people in, make it easy to move around with their stuff then you'll see the world you envision.
I'd argue that the US is striding fast towards that same reality. I believe there might be a thing or two to be written on "Why the US will not see another digital giant emerge anymore" in the future. Maybe even now. If you get any money with that I want my free subscription to TD insider ;)
That. And Laurence gives another nice example as well. Brazil and the US are different realities and complexities but if it's bad with guns forbidden imagine if anybody could own them? Seriously, there are plenty of cases of people killing each other over traffic incidents.
It's already bad with over 65 thousand killed per year but with weapons allowed it's gonna be a massacre of Biblical proportions. Syria boasts saner levels of deaths.
The problem are not the guns but rather the complete failure at educating our children towards tolerance and providing proper mental care regardless of if the people can afford it or not. Regarding the mental care part I'd say most of the world is struggling with it but the US is in a pretty special spot since even access to the regular health system is a joke there.
Sure we need better control over gun ownership but this is just focusing at the symptoms.
I don't see this specific site as some sort of social media like Twitter or Facebook.
Anyway, I do agree with quite a bit of your post. I've stopped using most social media as means for interaction a while ago. Nowadays I mostly use instant messengers with people I know personally and I prefer to meet and talk in person than via phones. It's actually healthy for your mind I found out.
On the post: Australian Government Passes Law Forcing Tech Companies To Break Encryption
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On the post: Australian Government Passes Law Forcing Tech Companies To Break Encryption
Re: Now we get to see if it wrecks the economy.
Yeah, this should be another aspect to watch. If it costs them financially it'll be another incentive not to apply it to other countries.
And also which companies have the spine to simply move out instead of capitulating to the insanity.
On the post: Australian Government Passes Law Forcing Tech Companies To Break Encryption
" Bad legislation spreads like a communicable disease."
Or it'll produce so much damage it will be that case-study to be mentioned for years that will put an end to any new "going dark" discussion that involves weakening encryption.
Also, sine when Australia became a prototype for totalitarianism?
On the post: New York Police Union Says More Reporting On Stops/Frisks Will Hurt The NYPD's Effectiveness
Jokes apart I wonder how fast this kind of approach would be banned if they actually did what I suggested.
On the post: Verizon Dinged Again For Privacy Violations, This Time For Slinging Personalized Ads To Kids
I'm not telling it's the case here (closing Verizon) but it has to hurt their bottom lines otherwise why would they care?
On the post: The Utter Failure Of FOSTA: More Lives At Risk... And Sex Ads Have Increased, Not Decreased
Re: NOPE! Due to Backpage taken down - BEFORE FOSTA!
The medallion system is regulatory capture and most of it dominated by a few players that aren't quite the shiny examples of good people. Not really a good place to be picking your examples of unfairness.
On the post: The Utter Failure Of FOSTA: More Lives At Risk... And Sex Ads Have Increased, Not Decreased
On the post: GCHQ Propose A 'Going Dark' Workaround That Creates The Same User Trust Problem Encryption Backdoors Do
Maybe you should, you know, do your investigative job?
On the post: Square Looks To Block Trademark App Of Indie Game Over Game Franchise It Acquired A Decade Ago And Did Nothing With
On the post: French Tax Officials To Start Digging Through Social Media Posts For Expensive Cars It Thinks You Can't Afford
What could possibly go wrong eh?
On the post: Dystopia Now: Insurance Company Secretly Spying On Sleep Apnea Patients
Re: Company X spying BAD! [Tacitly: GOOGLE spying GOOD.]
You keep comparing apples to oranges because in this case the consumer is locked with a determined company while you can perfectly keep google out of your browsing habits if you really want to by blocking their domains from loading stuff and they can't do a thing to stop you (ie: Google is completely blocked from loading anything here in TD on my browsers).
And last but not least, you keep bringing stuff that have nothing to do with the article being discussed in one of the mos persistent cases of whataboutism I've seen ever. I mean, it seems it's your life purpose to stalk TD articles and be a general asshole. It's nice because it reminds us that there are dumbasses that swallow the bullshit whole and provides the chance to reiterate how much of bullshit it is but in all seriousness you should go look for psychological care. It isn't healthy.
I'm just reminding people of your idiocy, not that I believe you will change your ways.
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Add public healthcare and you'll see this shit go down very quickly and provide dignity to the people. But this is too Communist, we'd rather spend stupid amounts of money playing war because cronyism as well.
On the post: Corel Manages To Accuse A Totally Legit Customer Of Piracy
Ouch. In an era of always online DRM (subscription model) this can be a matter of flipping a switch.
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On the post: Why Europe Will Never Build Its Own Digital Giants
Re: Or Maybe The Future Doesn’t Belong To Giants
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On the post: New York Lawmakers Want Social Media History To Be Included In Gun Background Checks
Re: Re: Re: The problem are not the guns
It's already bad with over 65 thousand killed per year but with weapons allowed it's gonna be a massacre of Biblical proportions. Syria boasts saner levels of deaths.
On the post: Voting Device Manufacturer Encourages Users To Use (And Re-Use) Easily-Guessed Passwords
On the post: New York Lawmakers Want Social Media History To Be Included In Gun Background Checks
Sure we need better control over gun ownership but this is just focusing at the symptoms.
On the post: New Report Details Massive Mysterious Influence Campaign On Twitter
Re: Social Media Isn't Social Media Anymore
Anyway, I do agree with quite a bit of your post. I've stopped using most social media as means for interaction a while ago. Nowadays I mostly use instant messengers with people I know personally and I prefer to meet and talk in person than via phones. It's actually healthy for your mind I found out.
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