If you analyze past behavior from the ISPs it's only somewhat recently that they decided abiding by NN principles is "oh so onerous and evil". Bullshit.
If Europe and India ISPs can live with though regulations then the US can as well.
If the law doesn't include such inferred consent then it's illegal and if they run with this "infer" thing it's just another selectively enforced piece of crap. *grabs popcorn* Anybody want some?
6- Don't open e-mail attachments unless you are positively sure the person actually sent you. 7- Use adblockers and, if possible, script blockers since some malware has been served via advertisement networks. 8- Avoid unknown websites if possible, avoid the ones that are not the usual .com (or the country variant with the country initials), .org, .net. Avoid new ones like .xxx like the plague.
There must be more points but those came to mind right now.
There's no escape from this scenario that doesn't go through education for critical thinking and fact checking. I won't hold my breath waiting for this to become a focal point in our educational system though.
However, if you don't spend any money on such filtering it's a good investment even if it's pure crap. That's what the MAFIAA advocates. Let others bear the cost of implementing such filters, collateral damage and costs be damned. Becomes pretty easy to support such position, no? Not to mention quite cheap.
That's why I specified. Anti-vaxxers will lead to a pretty palpable outcome while anti-piracy idiocy doesn't have a clear outcome (ie: one that's as easy to understand as "no vaccine = deadly diseases").
It struck me these days: anti-piracy is like anti-vaxxers. They will promptly ignore factual data because reasons. They are less harmful than anti-vaxcers as in you won't have outbreaks of previously eradicated illnesses but in the end everybody loses because of them.
So it's 10500 words to be read. No seriously, this is the same mindset used with safety drivers in autonomous car testing. It's safe to assume they'll alternate 15 minutes of focus with a lot of porn streaming.. Er, Netflix. Same with these absurdly long EULAs, TOS etc. A tiny fraction of people will read them and even then they'll need some law degree to understand everything. Just no.
While I have to agree that Google behavior is much less "clean" than it was a few years ago I don't really see how they are guilty of anything the EU thinks they are. As you noted, users are generally free to use other app stores, they don't have to use Chrome and the search bar thing (which I will admit annoyed the heck out of me) could already be solved with a custom loader like the Nova one I used. There are other issues with Android that they could evaluate that may be more damning but these points?
This makes the EU sound like some petty "we don't like American companies so let's punish them" bunch than any real focus on protecting their constituents.
What the ones before me said. But I'd really like to understand what kind of convoluted logic places right to life in comparison with section 230. Seriously. And where the heck have you found this alien "right to reputation"?
I wonder if it was written in the fine print. I think the issue here is that even if you read the whole fine print you wouldn't expect the trade between Hershe and Eileen for instance.
Make it so erroneous takedown notices are punished in the pockets. Even if a small amount. When it start costing these morons will start paying attention.
Of course this will happen right when copyright terms start expiring and copyrights stop harming arts and progress. Ie: never.
Oh great. So TSA agents, who have a quite documented history of abusive behavior towards people (specially those disabled and pretty females), now cannot be punished via lawsuits and the TSA itself won't ever punish abusive behavior. What could go wrong?
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If Europe and India ISPs can live with though regulations then the US can as well.
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Also, if I produced any disturbing image in your head, you are welcome.
*shoes self out*
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6- Don't open e-mail attachments unless you are positively sure the person actually sent you.
7- Use adblockers and, if possible, script blockers since some malware has been served via advertisement networks.
8- Avoid unknown websites if possible, avoid the ones that are not the usual .com (or the country variant with the country initials), .org, .net. Avoid new ones like .xxx like the plague.
There must be more points but those came to mind right now.
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However, if you don't spend any money on such filtering it's a good investment even if it's pure crap. That's what the MAFIAA advocates. Let others bear the cost of implementing such filters, collateral damage and costs be damned. Becomes pretty easy to support such position, no? Not to mention quite cheap.
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We do need to update our laws indeed.
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This makes the EU sound like some petty "we don't like American companies so let's punish them" bunch than any real focus on protecting their constituents.
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You are fascinating, somebody should study you.
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Of course this will happen right when copyright terms start expiring and copyrights stop harming arts and progress. Ie: never.
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I wonder what genius thought this would be a great idea that wouldn't backfire badly into people avoiding FT like the plague.
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I definitely don't want to travel to the US.
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