AH2014’s Comments

• Jul 15th, 2015 @ 1:56pm

  (untitled comment)

  on NSA Apologist Offers Solutions To 'Encryption' Problem, All Of Which Are Basically 'Have The Govt Make Them Do It'
  How about making companies liable when they refuse to encrypt and a hack occurs, or identity theft, or stolen credentials, etc.
• Jul 1st, 2015 @ 11:55am

  Re: Trump

  on Donald Trump's Lawsuit Against Univision Is Absolutely Hilarious
  No , illegals do NOT account for a significant amount of crime in the U.S. See the report from the national criminal justice reference service.
  
  https://www.ncjrs.gov/criminal_justice2000/vol_1/02j.pdf
• Jun 29th, 2015 @ 11:17am

  Re:

  on Supreme Court Won't Hear Oracle v. Google Case, Leaving APIs Copyrightable And Innovation At Risk
  Oracle isn't suing people making java programs, it's suing people who created a non-compatible version of their proprietary language, with the express purpose of avoiding paying a royalty.
• Jun 22nd, 2015 @ 11:42am

  (untitled comment)

  on Supreme Court Quotes Spiderman's 'Great Power, Great Responsibility' Line In Rejecting Royalties On Expired Patent
  Good decision, but why quote Spiderman when the original quote is Voltaire?
• Jun 18th, 2015 @ 3:03pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Appeals Court May Have Finally Reversed An Error That Enabled Bogus Software Patent Claims
  Wait - where can I find that patent for this time machine made of wood and string? I want one!
• May 8th, 2015 @ 2:29pm

  Lack of focus

  on Anti-Piracy Activist Issues Takedown To Chilling Effects To Take Down Her Takedown Notice To Google
  Just goes to show once again that focusing on the search engines is a waste of time. If someone is infringing, go after them. As long as the content is still available, it will find it's way into search engines.
• Apr 20th, 2015 @ 12:07pm

  Is domain blocking worthwhile

  on MPAA Strategized On How To 'Tell The Positive Side' Of Internet Censorship
  There is another pretty interesting document about domain blocking in the wikileaks trove. While it is challenging to explain how the internet works in simple terms, they still often just get it flat-out wrong.
  
  Bonus for the silly statement about bitcoin being a failed internet currency.
• Apr 10th, 2015 @ 5:33pm

  Re: Hmm. Maybe Techdirt likes films in which Muslims are murdered.

  on Hecklers Try To Veto University Screening Of 'American Sniper;' May Find Themselves Watching 'Paddington Bear' Instead
  It's odd to ask a question and then without an answer declare a double-standard. If you're familiar with this blog, you can be sure that TechDirt WOULD in fact be just as supportive of any film, whether it was anti-jewish, anti-christian, anti-atheist or anti-TechDirt.
  
  And those that like to compare the Bush administration to Facists would do well to read up on history so they can have a more informed discussion.
• Mar 30th, 2015 @ 10:22am

  So internet is unnecessary if I have cable?

  on When Analyzing Cord Cutting Options, Most TV Analysts Continue To Pretend Piracy Simply Doesn't Exist
  It's funny how all these studies show that I have to weigh my internet price against my cable price, as if somehow I wouldn't bother to pay for internet if I have cable TV. This is just plain ridiculous.
  
  Add to that the OTA broadcast (I get over 100 channels, out of which I watch about 5) and the cost equation changes radically.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 9:53am

  Crowd source it

  on Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood Demands $2,100 To Reveal The Emails He's Had With The MPAA
  Why not crowd source the $2k and see what you get? I'd kick in.
• Feb 12th, 2015 @ 2:42pm

  Tran is awesome

  on Sriracha Boss On Trademark: Mmmmm, No Thanks
  David Tran is a very savvy guy and an interesting person. If you go take a tour of the factory there's a great chance you'll actually meet him. But if you don't know upfront what he looks like you won't know it, because he doesn't make a big deal out of who he is, he just likes to keep his finger on the pulse.
• Feb 3rd, 2015 @ 4:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Yes but...

  on Techdirt Podcast Episode 10: Is Cybersecurity A Real Issue Or Government Boondoggle?
  That's only true if you have zero internet attack surfaces, otherwise your software is your weak point and there is no human behavior that can affect that. Take a look at the frequent use of SQL Injection as an example.
• Feb 3rd, 2015 @ 1:34pm

  Re: Re: Yes but...

  on Techdirt Podcast Episode 10: Is Cybersecurity A Real Issue Or Government Boondoggle?
  Agree that you need to factor in the people as a huge attack surface, but if you fix all the behavior and still have swiss cheese software, then you've done nothing. Most of the highly visible breaches are preventable.
• Feb 3rd, 2015 @ 1:19pm

  Yes but...

  on Techdirt Podcast Episode 10: Is Cybersecurity A Real Issue Or Government Boondoggle?
  Sure the cybersecurity problem is huge, but information sharing is unlikely to do anything at all to address that. What's needed is for people creating software to actually care about security. They need to harden applications and adhere to best practices.
• Dec 23rd, 2014 @ 12:47pm

  Re:

  on Google, Microsoft, Wireless Carriers Form Rare Alliance To Battle Marriott's Dumb Wi-Fi 'Jamming'
  Hasn't the government already decided they did something illegal by fining them and getting them to sign the consent decree?
• Dec 5th, 2014 @ 12:07pm

  Re:

  on Why Requiring Social Networks To Monitor Posts To Spot Terrorists Will Make It Even Harder To Catch Them
  Wait - aren't they already doing this?
• Dec 5th, 2014 @ 11:52am

  (untitled comment)

  on Why Requiring Social Networks To Monitor Posts To Spot Terrorists Will Make It Even Harder To Catch Them
  It's amazing that people still don't realize adding more work and more data always means less time spent on meaningful tasks.