Here's predicting the law is found unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. Corporate lawyers are experts at twisting constitutional law to support their clients' needs and don't care who else's Rights get trampled.
Expect the first challenge before the ink of the President's signature is dry.
Inevitably, when the police deal with confidential informants, most of them will be criminals. That's because the best lever the police have to create an informant is threat of criminal punishment.
But that means that care must be taken to detect malfeasance on the part of the informant...and these police did none of that. They didn't watch the buys; they made no factual checks (not even so much as to notice that the "seller" was in jail at the time of the so-called buy).
These officers were operating an arrest mill; they didn't care whether the arrested individuals committed a crime or not. So they were complicit in falsification of evidence, they solicited perjury, and they filed false charges; resulting in wrongful conviction of citizens.
For whatever good they do, CI programs invite this kind of abuse. The problem is two-fold: high benefit and secrecy. The benefit of an arrest mill on a career is high, encouraging officers to overlook such "minor details" as citizen innocence. The secrecy makes it difficult or impossible for a defendant to challenge CI evidence. This makes the program a hunting ground for the "1-3%" of police officers who place their career--their personal advantage--above the Rights of citizens.
Wherever high benefit and secrecy exist, the criminal elements always congregate. It's no different with the criminals that wear a badge.
I'd be interested to know if Zigbee or Friends of Hue or whoever has an enforcement clause like Java did. If so, Phillips could find itself banned from using the Zigbee trademark.
Re: "We don't need you to give us a bad reputation, we can do that ourselves!"
Mmmm Belgian chocolate versus just plain dark chocolate...I think I "gots" to go to Trader Joe's.
Which is the whole point, of course: When a company makes a mediocre product and sells it dear, there's room for another company to make something a bit better and sell it less expensively. To steal customers from the first company. Isn't competition a bitch?
But wait: "Let's file a trademark lawsuit...make them stop competing!"
The new American competitive model: IP lawsuit. Companies run by people too dumb to compete in a "free market", using the government to crush competitors.
I think discussion on this point is irrelevant. Never underestimate what a secretary can misspell. My name is misspelled on an award my company gave me, and the secretary that ordered it had corporate email to use for a reference.
Some great ideas here. Unfortunately, it seems there isn't a legislature anywhere in the western hemisphere that has the spine to reign in their police states.
So I couldn't find a download for it (for Android). But if I could, I'm guessing the permissions needed would be something like this:
* Determine your exact location * Determine your network state * Monitor and change your WIFI state * Access and modify your accounts * Create, listen to, and delete your voicemail * Monitor battery state * Initiate, monitor and terminate phone calls * Create, read, and delete text messages * Listen via your microphone * View via your camera * Monitor VPN connections * Monitor Bluetooth * Monitor body sensors * Install, remove, and administer applications * Read, create or modify all your accounts * Monitor your tasks, initiate new tasks, terminate any task * Read and update your calendar * Record audio and/or video * Download, upload and change, or remove fingerprints * Read and/or update your external storage * Device administration
But it's not like that list should concern you: what, you worry?
"as long as there was an older counterterrorism investigation still open, the court could keep issuing Section 215 orders to phone companies indefinitely for that investigation."
...and since the previous Section 215 had a counterterrorism investigation open that just happened to cover everyone on the planet, well, long live the investigation. The reasoning supporting the investigation might be perverse but, hey, a bootstrap is a bootstrap--and any bootstrap in a storm.
Foreign terrorists are not NSA's primary concern. Oh, maybe they watch them, too; just for giggles.
But all of their legal efforts, all of the laws they've sought, all their reinterpretations of the law that exists, all of the arguments they've made, their strategies for concealing their data sources, and now their outsourcing of data collection to other countries; these all demonstrate the same thing: the NSA's primary concern is U. S. citizens. Ordinary, everyday, U. S. citizens.
I think NSA doesn't care about foreign nationals, because U. S. citizens are the most dangerous enemy, in their view.
This has relevance to the national surveillance debate. The intelligence agencies record all this data and keep it for an indeterminate time.
But don't worry, citizens! We would never dig back through your surveillance data to look up something embarrassing you did ten years ago, that we can use as an excuse to penalize you now.
On the post: Congressman Who Supports Undermining Encryption Says We Need CISA (Which Undermines Privacy) To 'Protect Privacy'
Doublespeak
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Protecting privacy requires intrusions on privacy.
On the post: Disney Grapples With Light-Side/Dark-Side, Retracts Toy DMCA, Resubmits It, Is Probably Our Father, Aaaah!
Re: "You're still up? Let me fix that for you."
I can't imagine a clearer message that Disney feels challenging their DMCA notices is unacceptable. "Right or wrong, it's our way or suspension."
On the post: Senate Passes Bill Banning Non-Disparagement Clauses
Re: Re: Prediction
Nothing like the ruling allowing companies to force every lawsuit into company-leaning arbitration, for example.
On the post: HIV Dating App Company Threatens Press With HIV Infection For Reporting On Personal Info Leak
Horse's head
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h t t p s : / /www.google.com/webhp?q=groveshark
On the post: Senate Passes Bill Banning Non-Disparagement Clauses
Prediction
Expect the first challenge before the ink of the President's signature is dry.
On the post: Another Trustworthy Confidential Informant Allegedly Tied To Multiple Bogus Drug Arrests
Re: Same old saw, different log
But that means that care must be taken to detect malfeasance on the part of the informant...and these police did none of that. They didn't watch the buys; they made no factual checks (not even so much as to notice that the "seller" was in jail at the time of the so-called buy).
These officers were operating an arrest mill; they didn't care whether the arrested individuals committed a crime or not. So they were complicit in falsification of evidence, they solicited perjury, and they filed false charges; resulting in wrongful conviction of citizens.
For whatever good they do, CI programs invite this kind of abuse. The problem is two-fold: high benefit and secrecy. The benefit of an arrest mill on a career is high, encouraging officers to overlook such "minor details" as citizen innocence. The secrecy makes it difficult or impossible for a defendant to challenge CI evidence. This makes the program a hunting ground for the "1-3%" of police officers who place their career--their personal advantage--above the Rights of citizens.
Wherever high benefit and secrecy exist, the criminal elements always congregate. It's no different with the criminals that wear a badge.
On the post: Light Bulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out Of Third-Party Bulbs With Firmware Update
Re:
On the post: Pepperidge Farm Sues Trader Joe's Because It Too Made A Cookie
Re: "We don't need you to give us a bad reputation, we can do that ourselves!"
Which is the whole point, of course: When a company makes a mediocre product and sells it dear, there's room for another company to make something a bit better and sell it less expensively. To steal customers from the first company. Isn't competition a bitch?
But wait: "Let's file a trademark lawsuit...make them stop competing!"
The new American competitive model: IP lawsuit. Companies run by people too dumb to compete in a "free market", using the government to crush competitors.
On the post: SEC, DOJ And Law Enforcement Want To Rewrite Email Privacy Law Update... In Their Favor
Volunteer State
On the post: White House 'Responds' To Petition For Strong Encryption... By Asking For More Info From A Misspelled Ed Felten
Re: Re: Ed Felten [was Re: ]
On the post: New Mexico Legislators Sue City For Refusing To Follow New Asset Forfeiture Law
Spineless
On the post: The FCC's Issuing More Fines Than Ever, But Taking Heat For Not Collecting Them
Wink wink nudge nudge
But then, we'll say no more about it, say no more. Get it? Know what I mean, know what I mean? [wink, wink, nudge, nudge]
And I bet you'll still be enjoying those subsidies, won't you, won't you? Know what I mean, know what I mean? [wink, wink, nudge, nudge]
On the post: IRS Looking To Purchase Another Stingray; Promises To Start Obtaining Warrants
IRS Promises To Start Obtaining Warrants
On the post: NY Governor Announces App Version Of State's 'See Something, Say Something' Program
Permissions: What, you worry?
* Determine your exact location
* Determine your network state
* Monitor and change your WIFI state
* Access and modify your accounts
* Create, listen to, and delete your voicemail
* Monitor battery state
* Initiate, monitor and terminate phone calls
* Create, read, and delete text messages
* Listen via your microphone
* View via your camera
* Monitor VPN connections
* Monitor Bluetooth
* Monitor body sensors
* Install, remove, and administer applications
* Read, create or modify all your accounts
* Monitor your tasks, initiate new tasks, terminate any task
* Read and update your calendar
* Record audio and/or video
* Download, upload and change, or remove fingerprints
* Read and/or update your external storage
* Device administration
But it's not like that list should concern you: what, you worry?
On the post: What Did The UK Accomplish In Revoking The Right To Rip CDs After Just One Year... Other Than Greater Disrespect For Copyright?
Record labels will seek to ban the tech
That's true, so the record labels won't do that. Instead, they will seek bans on all technology that can be used to rip a CD. Wait for it...
On the post: The NSA's Bulk Collection Of Phone Records Ended Saturday. Long Live The Bulk Collection Of Phone Records!
...and since the previous Section 215 had a counterterrorism investigation open that just happened to cover everyone on the planet, well, long live the investigation. The reasoning supporting the investigation might be perverse but, hey, a bootstrap is a bootstrap--and any bootstrap in a storm.
On the post: The Anonymous Assault On ISIS Is Hurting More Than It's Helping
Indiscriminate, misinformed hysteria
On the post: Documents: The Domestic Email Collection Program The NSA 'Killed' In 2011 Was Actually Just Offshored
The most dangerous enemy
But all of their legal efforts, all of the laws they've sought, all their reinterpretations of the law that exists, all of the arguments they've made, their strategies for concealing their data sources, and now their outsourcing of data collection to other countries; these all demonstrate the same thing: the NSA's primary concern is U. S. citizens. Ordinary, everyday, U. S. citizens.
I think NSA doesn't care about foreign nationals, because U. S. citizens are the most dangerous enemy, in their view.
On the post: Campus Police Chief Says Former Faculty Member A Threat To Public Safety Because Of A Game He Made 10 Years Ago
But don't worry, citizens! We would never dig back through your surveillance data to look up something embarrassing you did ten years ago, that we can use as an excuse to penalize you now.
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