Comment Stingrays? (Score 2) 173
This appears to apply when dealing with the telcos to gather the data. Does it impact the use of Stingrays, which fool phones into connecting to them instead of legitimate cell towers?
Comment Re:That wasn't the question (Score 1) 461
Parallel construction at its finest.
Canada Introduces Privacy Reforms That Encourage Warrantless Disclosure of Info 99
An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this week, the government introduced the Digital
Privacy Act (Bill S-4), the latest attempt to update Canada's
private sector privacy law. Michael Geist reports
that the bill includes a provision that could massively expand
warrantless disclosure of personal information. Organizations will
be permitted to disclose personal information without consent (and
without a court order) to any organization that is investigating a
contractual breach or possible violation of any law. This applies
both past breaches or violations as well as potential future
violations. Moreover, the disclosure occurs in secret without the
knowledge of the affected person (who therefore cannot challenge the
disclosure since they are not aware it is happening). Consider it a
gift to copyright trolls, who won't need the courts to obtain
information on thousands of Internet users."
Comment Re:The problem (Score 1) 364
It would probably work best if all cars had that information, so other drivers didn't incorrectly assume you're just an asshat driver.
Minecraft Creator Halts Plans For Oculus Version Following Facebook Acquisition 300
An anonymous reader writes "Not one hour after the announcement of the the acquisition of Oculus Rift by Facebook yesterday, Markus 'Notch' Persson has announced that he has ceased all discussions about bringing it to Oculus Rift. 'I don't want to work with social, I want to work with games. ... Facebook is not a company of grass-roots tech enthusiasts. Facebook is not a game tech company. Facebook has a history of caring about building user numbers, and nothing but building user numbers. People have made games for Facebook platforms before, and while it worked great for a while, they were stuck in a very unfortunate position when Facebook eventually changed the platform to better fit the social experience they were trying to build.' Persson has stated that he made this decision despite initially investing $10,000 in Oculus' Kickstarter."
Comment Re:Yeah, but women want it all (Score 1) 427
Not that I disagree with your point but clothing and makeup purchases can be amortized over several dates. A man might pay less overall than that specific woman, but he is probably paying more for the date he is actually on with her. She can wear the same outfit, use the same makeup, and have the same haircut for another date the next night and her cost per date just halved.
Comment Re:Summary that misrepresents the Article... *shoc (Score 2) 373
What he means is that there are rainbow tables available for many MD5 hashes. There is software that can search hundreds of thousands of possible hashes per second. You don't need to calculate the MD5 hash over, you just have to do a simple text compare, followed by a lookup in the rainbow table.
If you have a rainbow table of the major hack sites in which you're interested, I bet it doesn't take more than a second or two to determine if the hash you sent is of one of those sites.
Maybe that doesn't fit your definition of easily enumerable, but it fits mine.
Google Makes It Harder For Marketers To Collect User Data 195
cagraham writes "In a seemingly minor update, Google announced that all Gmail images will now be cached on their own servers, before being displayed to users. This means that users won't have to click to download images in every email now — they'll just automatically be shown. For marketers, however, the change has serious implications. Because each user won't download the images from a third-party server, marketers won't be able to see open-rates, log IP addresses, or gather information on user location and browser type. Google says the changes are intended to enhance user privacy and security."
Comment Re:We need a workers government (Score 3, Insightful) 465
Respectfully, that's not an argument; it's a rant with a basis in reducto ad absurdem.
I'm not saying I disagree with you (or even that I agree). I'm pointing out that you did not refute a single point with anything approaching valid logic.
Google Speeding Up New Encryption Project After Latest Snowden Leaks 248
coolnumbr12 writes "In a new leak published by the Guardian, New York Times and ProPublica, Edward Snowden revealed new secret programs by the NSA and GCHQ to decrypt programs designed to keep information private online. In response to NSA's Bullrun and GCHQ's Edgehill, Google said it has accelerated efforts to build new encryption software that is impenetrable to the government agencies. Google has not provided details on its new encryption efforts, but did say it would be 'end-to-end,' meaning that all servers and fiber-optic lines involved in delivering information will be encrypted."
Comment Re:Smart guns... (Score 4, Insightful) 814
I cannot conceive of a circumstance where I would be intimidated by any item, while in the absence of belligerent people. The presence of belligerent people on the other hand, may intimidate me without the presence of that item. It's clear to me that items are not what make the world dangerous.
Comment Re:Risk vs. Reward? (Score 1) 249
Not to pick nits, but you should really use metric units in your measurements. 1 imperial fuckton = 1 metric asston.
Comment Re:Jupiter Tape? (Score 1) 621
You can increase the complexity but you cannot prevent convergence to unity. Anonymity gradually drops to zero.
That sounds like some sort of horrible Zen mantra. Or something from Philip K. Dick.
Comment Re:"Oh noes! The people keep voting it down!" (Score 2, Insightful) 153
That will only work for maybe 200 years. Example: the 2nd amendment's "shall not be infringed" bit that's been blatantly ignored for the last few decades. The founding fathers made that as clear as they could, yet we're still screwing it up.
What makes you think we can make our intentions any clearer for any longer?
Nintendo To Cancel Weather, News, and Other Built-In Wii Apps In June 175
damn_registrars writes "Nintendo has announced that at the end of June it will be canceling the services of several of the channels that are built in to the original Wii, including the Weather, News, Everybody Votes, and Mii Contest. This will also affect the WiiConnect24 services, though should not affect the Wii shopping channel. They added: 'Exchange of Wii messages on the Wii Message Board, exchange of Mii characters on the Mii Channel and message/data exchange within some games will be disabled.'"
