Context & Misquoting... (but yes, encryption has nothing to do with this)
""He probably acted alone," she told reporters at the time."
Ok, so the Belgian police found an incriminating video & a flag, but so what? And ok, he made a longish phone call to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, but again, so what? Mehdi Nemmouche could have been his interior decorator for all anyone knew. At that time.
For the sake of accuracy, the full quote was "From the images we have seen, we can deduce that the perpetrator probably acted alone and was well prepared," said Ine Van Wymersch, a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor's office."
Which is a fair viewpoint when you see the images. Nemmouche had up till that point a criminal record. It's my belief here that regular law enforcement isn't sufficiently tied into anti-terror, at least for most parts of Europe. They have separate systems, distinct jurisdictions, often under different ministries. The UK & France especially so. Until they get their act together, more fish will slip through their nets. But when they do, my fear is that we will all be the poorer because of it.
I agree that the bill will go nowhere, it'll make the US a tech desert. But I take exception to your comment on Wyden; he's no grandstander. I think he has principles, a rare quality for a politician.
I can't really speak about separation of duties in America, but I wouldn't expect the average police officer to know much about ToR. Policemen seem good at things like directing traffic, breaking up/starting fights, conducting searches, confiscating valuables...
I would, however, expect the IT department whose job it is to investigate serious internet crime, such as terrorism & child porn, to know full well the ToR exit nodes, popular VPN exit points, proxies...
The more I see stories like this the more I am convinced that Law Enforcement and The Security Services are in dire need of professional help.
Yep, we get these warnings in Europe, too. We're warned about carrying cash or valuables, not because of high crime rates, but because the police are routinely confiscating it.
The New Labour era in Britain was essentially a law-factory. Google "Blair's frenzied law making" and you'll see what I mean. They were creating over a law per day. Part III of RIPA, which makes failing to decrypt encrypted information a criminal act, was especially insane. It's victimless.
RIPA gave not just the police, but hundreds of other authorities incredible powers. And it's been used in thousands upon thousands of cases, oftentimes with vindiction.
Apologies, but it's a quiet day today. This business process seems fundamentally wrong:
300 - update database to indicate an assignment has been assigned to a field crew 302 - notify the field crew of the assignment 304 - verify the field crew's identity 306 - notify the field crew of successful login 308 - retrieve and present a list of assignments to the field crew etc
If you can't find the crew, or verify them, you have to rollback the transactions (300) in the database. The script is far more reflective of real life, but the order is wrong. Here's what I think it should be:
DISPATCHER: This is Rosie, right? ROSIE: Yep. DISPATCHER: Hey, is your crew available? ROSIE: Yep. DISPATCHER: We need you to head over to Jimmie's place and fix his problem. ROSIE: Okay. DISPATCHER: Great. The job has been assigned to you.
I sincerely wish that election ballots the world over would come with a "None of the Above" option. We're always told that voting is of the utmost importance, and it is, but there has to be a way to let the political system know that the current crop of candidates is just not up to snuff.
Politicians always go for the symptoms, never the root cause
"...concern for officer safety in a world that "hates cops"
There's a mass of data that tells us that the length of jail time rarely correlates with crime rates, whatever the seriousness of the offence. And this applies to the war on drugs, the war on terror...
Yet you rarely see any politician try and address the root cause. So I ask you why, so-called "Rep." Ken Buck, why does the world hate cops? Can I suggest it's that they're already over-protected and not acting for the good of the public?
I have to take issue with this - the BBC are notorious for advertising itself, via itself, across all it's flagship TV and radio shows. I recall when staying in the UK a decade ago listening to one of the BBC's directors being interviewed on the BBC's own Radio 4 Breakfast show by Eddie Mair. She was being challenged to explain just how much the BBC was spending on billboard advertizing in London, rumoured to be in the millions. Just in London.
She flatly refused to answer the question as there was no legal requirement for her to do so. "I'm not going to answer that question because I don't have to do so". The true figure never came out. The BBC, for all it's vaunted Royal Charter, is by no means a shining beacon of light.
Figure 2 is what I'd call a "stacked barchart"; there's a y-axis that I think is MB and there's a colour key explaining the 3 components of each column.
What then's the x-axis? If it's news sites then I'd have been quite curious to see which site is generating 8.1MB of content...
On the post: New Reports On Terror Attacks Underline Why Crypto Isn't A Serious Problem: It's Hard To Use And Easy To Get Wrong
Context & Misquoting... (but yes, encryption has nothing to do with this)
Ok, so the Belgian police found an incriminating video & a flag, but so what? And ok, he made a longish phone call to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, but again, so what? Mehdi Nemmouche could have been his interior decorator for all anyone knew. At that time.
For the sake of accuracy, the full quote was "From the images we have seen, we can deduce that the perpetrator probably acted alone and was well prepared," said Ine Van Wymersch, a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor's office."
Which is a fair viewpoint when you see the images. Nemmouche had up till that point a criminal record. It's my belief here that regular law enforcement isn't sufficiently tied into anti-terror, at least for most parts of Europe. They have separate systems, distinct jurisdictions, often under different ministries. The UK & France especially so. Until they get their act together, more fish will slip through their nets. But when they do, my fear is that we will all be the poorer because of it.
On the post: The Body-Worn Camera As State's Witness: How Cops Control Recordings
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An ingrained pack thug mentality with no accountability.
*sigh*
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On the post: Law Enforcement Raids Another Tor Exit Node Because It Still Believes An IP Address Is A Person
Re: Re: Re: Re: Improper raids aren't a bug, they're a feature....
Neither does your criticism of someones post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart/
On the post: Law Enforcement Raids Another Tor Exit Node Because It Still Believes An IP Address Is A Person
Their kung-fu is weak
I would, however, expect the IT department whose job it is to investigate serious internet crime, such as terrorism & child porn, to know full well the ToR exit nodes, popular VPN exit points, proxies...
The more I see stories like this the more I am convinced that Law Enforcement and The Security Services are in dire need of professional help.
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I wonder if Mr. Francis knows how far up the ladder this was escalated, and whether he made it onto any lists?
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Re: Chase are all kinds of dumb
Sending sensitive information in plaintext over unencrypted connections to a gmail account is ludicrously weak infosec.
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On the post: Awesome Stuff: Putting Nature In The Public Domain
Re: Orphan formats?
On the post: UK Law Enforcement Trying To Force Man They've Never Charged With A Crime To Decrypt His Computers
Re: There is no presumption of guilt
RIPA gave not just the police, but hundreds of other authorities incredible powers. And it's been used in thousands upon thousands of cases, oftentimes with vindiction.
On the post: UK Law Enforcement Trying To Force Man They've Never Charged With A Crime To Decrypt His Computers
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On the post: UK Law Enforcement Trying To Force Man They've Never Charged With A Crime To Decrypt His Computers
It's moot
Moot. Now there's a lovely word. It comes from Old English you know.
On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Mega-Troll Intellectual Ventures Hits Florist With Do-It-On-A-Computer Scheduling Patent
Is this an April Fool?
300 - update database to indicate an assignment has been assigned to a field crew
302 - notify the field crew of the assignment
304 - verify the field crew's identity
306 - notify the field crew of successful login
308 - retrieve and present a list of assignments to the field crew
etc
If you can't find the crew, or verify them, you have to rollback the transactions (300) in the database. The script is far more reflective of real life, but the order is wrong. Here's what I think it should be:
DISPATCHER: This is Rosie, right?
ROSIE: Yep.
DISPATCHER: Hey, is your crew available?
ROSIE: Yep.
DISPATCHER: We need you to head over to Jimmie's place and fix his problem.
ROSIE: Okay.
DISPATCHER: Great. The job has been assigned to you.
Surely in real life you'd verify first?
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Re: Re: Let us clarify this:
I don't envy the USA at this minute...
On the post: Congressman Wants To Make Attacking A Cop A Federal 'Hate' Crime
Politicians always go for the symptoms, never the root cause
There's a mass of data that tells us that the length of jail time rarely correlates with crime rates, whatever the seriousness of the offence. And this applies to the war on drugs, the war on terror...
Yet you rarely see any politician try and address the root cause. So I ask you why, so-called "Rep." Ken Buck, why does the world hate cops? Can I suggest it's that they're already over-protected and not acting for the good of the public?
On the post: Turkish Government Summons German Ambassador Because Of A Silly Satirical Video... That's Now Getting More Attention
Re: Re: Re: Re: NDR = German Gov channel
I have to take issue with this - the BBC are notorious for advertising itself, via itself, across all it's flagship TV and radio shows. I recall when staying in the UK a decade ago listening to one of the BBC's directors being interviewed on the BBC's own Radio 4 Breakfast show by Eddie Mair. She was being challenged to explain just how much the BBC was spending on billboard advertizing in London, rumoured to be in the millions. Just in London.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/bbc-spends-15million-on-adverts-6951588.html
She flatly refused to answer the question as there was no legal requirement for her to do so. "I'm not going to answer that question because I don't have to do so". The true figure never came out. The BBC, for all it's vaunted Royal Charter, is by no means a shining beacon of light.
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Enders' Graph
What then's the x-axis? If it's news sites then I'd have been quite curious to see which site is generating 8.1MB of content...
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Re: My Emergency Prepaid Phone.
Your sister sounds awesome; could you not persuade her to run for Congress?
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