I agree with both of you - but my beef is with Lavabit. People are supporting that guy left and right, when he could have simply CCd (archived) incoming/outgoing mail for the FBI Target. That target we assume to be Snowden, is a single person, who was sheltered and protected by a business owner who has now taken in at least half a million dollars in donations and kickstarter campaign funds. And his service was never as secure as he claimed in the first place.

IMHO, you cannot be a trustworthy person when you cannot follow the law of the land (recall, these are normal subpoenas, not NSL, not FISA, not NSA related in any way other than the probable target). I think he's a Digital Madoff - refusing to duplicate email (which is not encrypted), then trying to milk the government for thousands to do it.

I'm tired of hearing his 'woe is me' crap, and until the naive, delusional fools see that he's full of shit, it won't stop - so I'm repeating it as often as possible to let people know that guy is doing nothing but riding on Snowden's coattails to simply make more money for himself.

Of course they are, they're meant to protect the Card Issuers. Having implemented PCI at a credit card processor, I'm not even sure it applies to debit transactions - and it surely doesn't apply to private label cards.

If you want to be protected as a card holder, use CREDIT not DEBIT. Credit card transactions are protected by Visa/MC regulations - you as the user are not liable for ANY loss. If you use debit, you are subject to your banks regulations, which aren't not in the best interests of the cardholder. Mine would limit the bank's liability to $500, anything higher I would be on the hook for.

Just as an aside - I also worked InfoSec at Kohls - we had multiple subnets in all the stores. Kohls is not built like Target.

So you think they were able to access card readers, and NOT plant a 3g device on the same network?

And yet I have a feeling you're completely behind Ladar Levison - who's entire business model was built upon a lie, and is now exploiting Snowden and his own incompetence for more money.

I was skeptical about our nation in the past, but this entire episode has revealed to me the full breadth of lies, deceit, and gullibility of our nation.

A session ID would tell the server you were already, or previously, authenticated. It's up to the server to determine if you are still authenticated between browser sessions.

Saving the password, encrypted or not, is not necessary.

Of course, we're assuming the researcher didn't check the "save password' box, and then go 'OMG! My password is in clear text but the site is HTTPS!'. If that were true, then he's a moron. I hope they peer review their releases.

It's like a Trial by Fire combined with forced capitulation. Like when a (real) hurricane strikes and (justified) conservative concerns about welfare are overridden by the (relatively) immediate need for support.

Right. What stock should I be selling?

Why do you say that? She's kinda hot.

And those parents don't know what they're getting their kids into. Years from now, even after they discover they were sold a load of bullshit, they'll find out that all those 'psych rejects' who are now teachers have been busily inspecting their children's files and will be treating them decisively different from the rest of the students.

They'll be lucky if one of them slips up and lets the parents know that's happening. Though you can be sure it'll be discussed in the teacher's lounge.

"A lie is best placed between two truths."

Gartner always makes some valid points. They are masters of manipulation.

While it sounds like you're well-informed, the majority of their followers are not and I would go so far as to say those people, even when reading the details presented within, rarely truly understand the content.

And then of course there needs to be someone licensed in reading the results, and prescribing a treatment.
My foot is killing me from gout, but I'm not dropping $200 for a doctors visit to get $10 in meds.

ROFL. That's most appropriate explanation I've ever seen.

I consider myself Liberatrian, and I am well aware there are variations and non-absolutes to every belief system.

My problem here is the arrogant assumption that we're correct now, while we were 'correct' when we said butter=death in the 70s.
The best advice we have now is that artificial TransFats (in the current form) are bad. So to prevent any future issues with supply, or the letter of the law in the case where a future method of creating artificial 'TransFat' is found to be beneficial, I think the best solution is an additional tax with an expiration that can easily be renewed.