Not to minimize the incompetence of these shops, but it seems many of these breaches are of Amazon S3/AWS. I admit I know nothing about how Amazon sets up their cloud offering, but could Amazon help by making their offering more secure by default?
"These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC."
Ok then. Release the stats for how many comments were filed leading up to and during the attack. If it's a flat line, then the claim of a DDOS attack sounds *slightly* more believable. If there was a steady increase, chances are it was the flood of comments that took the system offline.
Fake weapons don't put the anyone at risk, because they not weapons. What puts the community at risk is the over-reaction of the police who have real weapons.
...if the ISPs saw how a little bit of transparency perhaps contributed to massive profits, and decided to keep doindgwhat they're doing, despite Pai and the lobbyists?
Too bad cops can't get their guns to malfunction as often as their body cams. They should be docked pay equivalent to the time their body cams are unable to record video. After all, if there is no evidence, how does anyone know they were actually doing their job?
The government should force Apple, er, Barnes & Noble, to "nerd harder" and force them to figure out how to provide full access to all their books. Surely there are some smart people that can simply wave some magic pixie dust and undo all that evil DRM security.
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How to stop police brutality
Pay settlements from union and police retirement funds. See how fast that changes things.
On the post: TV Network Declares IPTV Tool Copyright Infringing, Even Though It's Just A Tool
When will this end?
A car can be used to aid in a bank robbery, ergo cars should be deemed illegal?
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On the post: Congress Members Want Answers After Amazon's Facial Recognition Software Says 28 Of Them Are Criminals
On the post: Another Day, Another Pile Of Voter Data Left Laying Around On A Public Server
Where is Amazon?
On the post: Canadian Music Industry Pitches 'You Must Be A Pirate' Tax On Smartphones
Awesome idea
On the post: Australian Government Continues To Push Encryption Backdoors It Refuses To Call Encryption Backdoors
When I get caught speeding, the following should be held responsible:
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Silicon Valley predicted the future
On the post: Journalist Sues FCC For Hiding Details About Its Alleged, Phantom DDOS Attack
Ok then. Release the stats for how many comments were filed leading up to and during the attack. If it's a flat line, then the claim of a DDOS attack sounds *slightly* more believable. If there was a steady increase, chances are it was the flood of comments that took the system offline.
On the post: Congress Getting Pissed Off Over Failure Of Intel Community To Reveal How Many Americans Are Being Spied On
On the post: Police Union Sues Toy Gun Maker For Not Doing Enough To Keep Cleveland Cops From Killing 12-Year-Old Boys
Fake weapons...
On the post: FCC Boss Calls Net Neutrality A 'Mistake,' Repeats Debunked Claim It Stifled Broadband Investment
Wouldn't it be wonderful...
On the post: Lock Them Up! Trump Staff Still Using Private Republican National Committee Email Accounts
Turnabout is fair play
On the post: Why Does The USTR Still Think Any Website That Might Upset Hollywood Is Illegal?
Thank you USTR...
On the post: Leaked NSA Zero Days Already Being Exploited By Whoever Thinks They Can Manipulate Them
On the post: If Police Officials Won't Hold Officers Accountable, More Cameras Will Never Mean More Recordings
Make body cam usage required
On the post: The Selfie-Taking Monkey Who Has No Idea He Has Lawyers Has Appealed His Copyright Lawsuit
Even Masnick thinks the monkey is a person
...the selfie-taking monkey, *whose* name we were told only recently is "Naruto."...
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