Not only were they raising prices, they were ridiculously incompetent: if you saved a movie to (cloud) DVR and tried to play it later, there was an even chance the sound would go out of sync with the picture halfway through. I don't mean by an irritating half-second, but by maybe 20 seconds. Worthless.
Which, in my opinion, would realize that a teen wanting (and, I hardly need add, getting) access to porn is nothing to scream about. And nothing to get all Big-Brother-I'm-Looking-Over-Your-Shoulder about.
Masnick: "As the story notes, Facebook has (smartly) decided to not allow anti-vax nonsense advertising. It will, of course, allow important pro-vaccination awareness advertising."
Because when you're a True Believer, any other views are heresy and must be suppressed.
Nonsense. Punishment should be administered for ACTUAL harm caused, not for POTENTIAL harm. Maybe the driver didn't get "lucky"; maybe he was employing the necessary skill to avoid collisions, though his blood alcohol content was [whatever].
Perfect original satire, perfect response to Shortline's idiotic letter. When someone rises to the bait, it's time to hit them even harder. We can only hope that Shortline ups the ante one more time.
Properly encrypted data can NOT be content-moderated, no matter what Professor Mayer says. Of course, a company could set up an app that looks at clear-text before it is encrypted, but anything already encrypted by the sender before that app sees it can't be examined.
Wray: "We also have no interest in any “back door,” another straw man. We—the FBI, our state and local partners—we go through the front door."
Wray's "front door" is identical to everyone else's use of the term "back door". Memo to Wray: if you want to bullshit people effectively, do so more cleverly than this.
Rosen: " The companies that develop these platforms should keep the keys, maintaining their users’ trust by providing access to content only when a judge has ordered it."
That would be a judge who is a member of the largest and most corrupt criminal organization in America, the U.S. government? My trust level is so low it can't be charted.
The good news: we the people, which is we the good guys, are winning and will will win the encryption war, one way or another. The thugs in government simply can't stop its use, in secret through steganography if by no other means.
The only thing wrong with your comment is that you blame one political party exclusively. Don't look now, but the Democrats also want to rip you off and run your life.
Net Neutrality was a massive intrusion by the government into affairs that are none of its business. I suppose it's futile to ask you to stop obsessing that its repeal is somehow HORRIBLE, though, right?
... to unlock your device. Use a long password instead. For the most part, courts have not ruled that a person must reveal his password or use it to unlock his device.
On the post: John Oliver Takes On SLAPP Suits And Anti-SLAPP Laws With A Grand Musical Number
Oh right, Masnick
John Oliver totally did this segment because YOU urged him to. I'm sure.
On the post: Devin Nunes Demands Satirical Internet Cow Stop Making Fun Of Him... Or Else
Where can I go to mock Nunes?
I don't have a Twitter account.
On the post: AT&T Loses Another 1.36 Million Pay TV Subscribers Thanks To Relentless Price Hikes
I quit DirecTV Now
Not only were they raising prices, they were ridiculously incompetent: if you saved a movie to (cloud) DVR and tried to play it later, there was an even chance the sound would go out of sync with the picture halfway through. I don't mean by an irritating half-second, but by maybe 20 seconds. Worthless.
On the post: AT&T Loses Another 1.36 Million Pay TV Subscribers Thanks To Relentless Price Hikes
Re: Re:
Not only is the music annoying, the voice cuts in without regard to musical phrasing. It's like being in auditory hell.
On the post: Australia's Idiotic War On Porn Returns, This Time Using Facial Recognition
...a little thing called responsible parenting.
Which, in my opinion, would realize that a teen wanting (and, I hardly need add, getting) access to porn is nothing to scream about. And nothing to get all Big-Brother-I'm-Looking-Over-Your-Shoulder about.
On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Remains Impossible: Vaccines Edition
Must be great to be a True Believer
Masnick: "As the story notes, Facebook has (smartly) decided to not allow anti-vax nonsense advertising. It will, of course, allow important pro-vaccination awareness advertising."
Because when you're a True Believer, any other views are heresy and must be suppressed.
On the post: Georgia Woman Takes Home $100,000 Settlement After Bogus Criminal Defamation Arrest By Her Ex-Husband (And Current Deputy)
Excellent
Any day that overreach by government thugs is acknowledged is a good day. Now if only that POS ex-husband had to pull the money out of his own pocket!
On the post: Hundreds Of Law Enforcement Agencies Are Still Allowing Bad Cops To Provide Testimony
Re: Re: 11 Years for DUI??
Nonsense. Punishment should be administered for ACTUAL harm caused, not for POTENTIAL harm. Maybe the driver didn't get "lucky"; maybe he was employing the necessary skill to avoid collisions, though his blood alcohol content was [whatever].
On the post: Bus Company Threatens To Sue College Newspaper Over Satirical Story
Excellent
Perfect original satire, perfect response to Shortline's idiotic letter. When someone rises to the bait, it's time to hit them even harder. We can only hope that Shortline ups the ante one more time.
On the post: Your Money Or Your Life: Louisville Cops, Prosecutors Dropping Hefty Trafficking Charges In Exchange For Seized Cash
Policing in America
... is absolutely rotten to the core.
On the post: The DOJ Is Conflating The Content Moderation Debate With The Encryption Debate: Don't Let Them
Nonsense
Properly encrypted data can NOT be content-moderated, no matter what Professor Mayer says. Of course, a company could set up an app that looks at clear-text before it is encrypted, but anything already encrypted by the sender before that app sees it can't be examined.
On the post: FBI Director Deploys Straw Men While Calling For The End Of Straw Men Arguments In The Encryption War
Back door vs. front door
Wray: "We also have no interest in any “back door,” another straw man. We—the FBI, our state and local partners—we go through the front door."
Wray's "front door" is identical to everyone else's use of the term "back door". Memo to Wray: if you want to bullshit people effectively, do so more cleverly than this.
On the post: Deputy Attorney General Rosen: Companies Like Facebook Are Making Everyone Less Safe By Offering Encryption
I feel SO comforted
Rosen: " The companies that develop these platforms should keep the keys, maintaining their users’ trust by providing access to content only when a judge has ordered it."
That would be a judge who is a member of the largest and most corrupt criminal organization in America, the U.S. government? My trust level is so low it can't be charted.
The good news: we the people, which is we the good guys, are winning and will will win the encryption war, one way or another. The thugs in government simply can't stop its use, in secret through steganography if by no other means.
On the post: Appeals Court Takes Immunity Away From Cop Who Entered A House Without A Warrant And Killed The Family Dog
Re:
The only thing wrong with your comment is that you blame one political party exclusively. Don't look now, but the Democrats also want to rip you off and run your life.
On the post: Appeals Court Takes Immunity Away From Cop Who Entered A House Without A Warrant And Killed The Family Dog
An even better outcome
... would have been for that asshole, criminal cop to have been shot on the spot. Preferably before he shot the dog.
Cops in America are completely out of control, and it's way past time to push back in a serious manner.
On the post: Documents Show The FBI Is Targeting Financial Institutions, Credit Reporting Agencies, And Universities With NSLs
Re: Expediency is not Justice
Excellent comment. I'm gonna quibble with your math, though: 2 of 2900 is not .0005%. It's about .07%, still ridiculously small, of course.
On the post: No, The New Agreement To Share Data Between US And UK Law Enforcement Does Not Require Encryption Backdoors
Five Eyes can kiss my patootie
"The UK wing of the Five Eyes surveillance conglomerate says the only thing that should be "absolute" is the government's access to communications."
Bad news, bozos: you ain't getting it. If all else fails, there is steganography, which conceals that a message is embedded in an image or music file.
On the post: Massive Study Proves Once And For All That No, Net Neutrality Did Not Hurt Broadband Investment
There you go again
Net Neutrality was a massive intrusion by the government into affairs that are none of its business. I suppose it's futile to ask you to stop obsessing that its repeal is somehow HORRIBLE, though, right?
On the post: DC Court: State Secrets Privilege Trumps Any Citizens' Right To Know Whether Or Not Their Own Gov't Is Trying To Kill Them
If they are going to kill us whenever they please
... why should we not start doing the same to them??
On the post: Court Says Compelled Production Violates Fifth Amendment... Unless The Gov't Takes Certain Steps First
Avoid using fingerprints
... to unlock your device. Use a long password instead. For the most part, courts have not ruled that a person must reveal his password or use it to unlock his device.
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