A CALEA port does no good if the communication is encrypted by the parties communicating. This is why the FBI is bitching.

Right... That's why Uber is backing this regulation. It's so burdensome that Uber already complies with all aspects of it other than external markings.

Thankfully we don't have to depend on the average citizen. Any sort of backdoor has risk management people sweating. For once, big business is on our side.

The issue is that I shouldn't have to trust the escrow service. Hell, even RSA lost a master key DB, and their entire reputation is built around security.

You just copy the directory over and it runs just fine. You can even package the game directory up in your own executable zip file, if you absolutely must have an "installer".

DRM on Steam has always been optional.

Are you still using a VHF antenna? I'm about 30 miles from our local broadcasters with no line of sign (the signal has to diffract over two ridges) and I get reception with an unamplified Gray-Hoverman antenna that I built for about $25.

Isn't that exactly what producing deterministic builds during a security audit supposed to detect?

I don't get why batteries that are not readily removable Are branded as "non-replaceable" All it takes if a little work and the proper tools and these batteries can be replaced at home, by the consumer. The same thing could be said of automobile batteries.

Okay, lets try again, shall we?

1. A Stingray is not synonymous to a GPS tracker (placed knowingly or otherwise.)

2. North Carolina, stupidly made the argument that a GPS tracker is not a search, despite various SCOTUS rulings otherwise.

3. SCOTUS reiterated it's previous position on GPS trackers and sent the case back to NC.

At no point in time di the SCOTUS make any ruling that would impact anything other than the assertion that a GPS tracker is not a search. Chances are that NC will revise their argument and dude is still going to have a GPS anklet for the rest of life. This is not some revolutionary ruling from the SCOTUS.

Yes, Stingrays are a worrying technology (even more so, law enforcement's general ambivalence toward any public concern), and I certainly don't believe proper privacy safeguards are in place, but this ruling has nothing to do with them.

This ruling doesn't even have anything to do with planting a tracking device. It is in regards to an individual who has been convicted of multiple sexual offences who has served his time and is being required by the State of North Carolina to wear a GPS anklet for the rest of his life. He challenged that on 4th amendment grounds. NC argued successfully (at the state level) that this requirement is not a search. The SCOTUS disagreed and sent the case back to NC.

Jeez, RTFA.

Probably not, since this ruling had nothing to do with Stingray.

Your comment would have been much more meaningful if you had bothered to sign in and differentiate yourself from the rest of the ACs.

This would still require them to be quite confident of a victory before beginning prosecution.

No, the Federal budget is about 35% of GDP. The only event that caused it to break 50% was WWII, and the only event since then that caused it to break 40% was the bailouts.

And, just like the previous poster, you have provided no citation for this quote, and I can't seem to match it via multiple search engines. Even assuming it is true, I read this quote as more of a "some person is mentally unstable, has firearms, and has stated intentions to use them" complaint, rather than a "active shooter" call. Apple to (possibly imaginary) oranges.