Who was this really targeted to? Are there enough Facebook users on satphones @ $8.00 a minute in Afghanistan to be able to influence anything? Or for that matter fake an identity when the other 49 users in the entire country know each other? Seems like some kind of very small elite was/is the target. Iraq makes more sense. Larger nations elsewhere makes even more sense, so maybe this procurement is a smokescreen. Speaking of which, the writing style is kind of amateurish. Has anybody confirmed that this is a valid bid and not a hoax?
But this wasn't a situation where the image was taken by the media and used without permission. It was handed to them by the family who, it turns out, didn't have the rights but that shouldn't be held against them or the media. It's a slippery slope when you start waiving rights, though. What if somebody makes a made for tv movie (tacky, yes, but it's just a hypothetical) and used the picture in promoting it? In that case, they should pay for that picture. It would be up to the shooter to decide what to do with the proceeds and from reading his statement its pretty clear he never intended to profit from it.
Unfortunately, I think Aaron Barr's trouncing was so utterly epic that it requires a new term, a kind of super-form of "pwned." I propose that the terms "ABd" (pronounced "ABdeed") and "AB" be defined to mean a digital attack of an overwhelming, all-encompassing, devastating nature compromising multiple professional and personal systems and likely to result in the end of a career (or extended neutralization) and/or the coining of a new term. Examples: "Billy got ABd totally." "Somebody should AB that company."
Now, of course there will be a need for another term if it turns out that instead of getting ABd, HBGary Federal actually setup an elaborate honey trap and was expecting this. Slim chance, given the fallout, but stranger things have happened.
Unfortunately, I think Aaron Barr's trouncing was so utterly epic that it requires a new term, a kind of super-form of "pwned." I propose that the terms "ABd" (pronounced "ABdeed") and "AB" be defined to mean a digital attack of an overwhelming, all-encompassing, devastating nature compromising multiple professional and personal systems and likely to result in the end of a career (or extended neutralization) and/or the coining of a new term. Examples: "Billy got ABd totally." "Somebody should AB that company."
Now, of course there will be a need for another term if it turns out that instead of getting ABd, HBGary Federal actually setup an elaborate honey trap and was expecting this. Slim chance, given the fallout, but stranger things have happened.
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Are there 50 facebook users in Afghanistan?
Normally, I'd support the photographer
How the hell did that get up twice?
New term proposal: "ABd" or "AB" someone or thing
Now, of course there will be a need for another term if it turns out that instead of getting ABd, HBGary Federal actually setup an elaborate honey trap and was expecting this. Slim chance, given the fallout, but stranger things have happened.
New term proposal: "ABd" or "AB" someone or thing
Now, of course there will be a need for another term if it turns out that instead of getting ABd, HBGary Federal actually setup an elaborate honey trap and was expecting this. Slim chance, given the fallout, but stranger things have happened.
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