From the standpoint of our laws in this country and Google's terms of service, the poster of this video seems to be within their rights.
I think is is also OK that Google has limited it viewing geographically because when I was going to school, the teachers were still teaching that my rights stop at the end of your nose. Your rights also stop at the end of mine.
Yes. In this country we have the right of free speech, among others. I also believe that when exercising these rights that we have a corresponding duty to avoid trampling the rights of others.
This geographical censoring may not dampen the fire much, but I think Google is already walking a tightrope on this.
We are constantly finding ways around things thought to be secure, but then somebody thinks of an attack vector that nobody thought of before. We find this in the world in general.
Look at padlocks for instance. We all thought Master Locks were pretty secure at one time. Now we find that someone thought of mounting a lock-pick to an electric file or toothbrush and now anyone can open one in seconds. Kryptonite bicycle locks have suffered a similar fate. I think both companies honestly believed they had reasonably secure products, so did the rest of the world.
I think the only way we can reasonably justify holding software developers to this is if the developer of a particular piece of software is willing to put forth this type of guarantee.
I'm not a fan of flash, but needed something to tide me over until everyone gets changed over to HTML5, or whatever it is were all going to change to...
It actually seems to work fairly well on my Nexus 7. Better (more stable) than on my Atrix 4G, XYBoard, or regular Linux bases desktops. So far anyway.
It seems like most corporate and government spaces have plants. If all of them become sensory inputs to the establishment's electronic monitoring system...
I see some intriguing possibilities here. Just being in the same room as the plant will likely be enough to register you.
Microsoft has a long history of this kind of behavior.
In the 90s, nobody would be using the web because we would all be signing on to MSN Network (or whatever they called it)
They didn't seem to like Sun's Java and had to create their own giving rise to ActiveX, which we love so much.
They didn't like the Javascript every one else was using and created their own.
Then of course there was jscript, vertical text, obfuscated script, & embedded fonts.
... maybe people wouldn't bother to bring their own. Maybe they should have gotten the IT people that put together the networking at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium to consult.
http://m.cnet.com/news/texas-size-tech-behind-super-bowl-stadium/20030328
The NFL seems to have figured out that these types of events are social as much as anything and the fans like to share the experience. The fans sharing this stuff is as much advertising for the event as anything else, maybe more so. I seriously doubt that fans sharing a couple of minutes of video here and there of events is going to hurt the broadcasters. It's just bragging rights. "See. I was there!! I took these pictures!!"
I had some sympathy, but not much, when I thought this might have to do with the logistical issues of official communications for the Olympics, but this, if accurate, is just lame.
If Machiavelli were a hacker, he'd have worked for the CSSG. -- Phil Lapsley