Andy Capp’s Comments

• Apr 25th, 2019 @ 9:26am

  Re: Can they show intent?

  on Mercedes Goes To Court To Get Background Use Of Public Murals In Promotional Pics Deemed Fair Use

  That's a good question - those marketing shots seem to be designed for selling higher-end vehicles to the younger / up-and-coming generation.

  It would be worth some discovery effort and likely create an interesting legal question, in my extremely-ignorant-of-settled-copyright-law mind.

• Sep 14th, 2017 @ 9:01am

  If you can't avoid ISP hardware, mitigate the risk

  on 0-Day Vulnerability Exposes Thousands Of AT&T Broadband Customers To Attack
  I, like many other people are limited not only in ISP choice, but in the choice of gateways / endpoints / modems supported by the ISP.
  
  While I would prefer to go cable, the network in my area isn't stable enough for my work - I have to be online nearly 24-7.
  
  Thus, I'm stuck with AT&T, who won't support 3rd-party hardware and are now dealing with these issues.
  
  As such, one of the only options to increase your own security is to deploy a small firewall / router (I chose the EdgeRouter X from Ubiquiti) and a whole-house mesh Wi-Fi system that fit my needs.
  
  Now, even though the gateway provided by AT&T is still vulnerable, and is potentially open for abuse by large botnets, at least my home network is locked down and unreachable except via VPN.