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Comment Re:The law makes no allowances for irony. (Score 1) 122

If you remember, the monkey couldn't claim copyright because monkeys have no standing to claim copyright.

As for getting a DMCA takedown notice, I've been threatened a couple of times in the past, and basically told them to go pee up a rope. DMCA only works in the US :-)

As for the NFL, who cares? Not me, that's for sure. But the NFL's over-broad copyright claims have not been upheld by the courts.

Comment You.will.be.blamed (Score 2) 230

Accept this, as you have uncovered something they didn't know and can potentially damage them.

I did this with a government tax office and tried to alert them by calling the very number they advertised to handle this sort of issue. The response went like this:

  • Yeah there is a number you can call for this
  • There is a what in our what?
  • please provide you contact details

The problem is, you want to help them and all they can see is 'random person the phone saying we have a problem' so it is easier to solve you. If the company is responsible enough to have a CERT team and a reporting mechanism you may stand a chance but it is more likely you will draw their ire because you can hurt the companies reputation.

If you can't change institutions then you should consider establishing what their data privacy policies are, hire a lawyer and then frame legal action to protect your own data whilst seeking damages to the value of your life earnings for exposing you to identity theft and fraud. You should be pissed off.

They won' t play nice so neither should you. Seek legal advice about the possibility for damages because you have been exposed to fraud. Leave it to them to discover the mechanism, because if they are that bad there are probably more.

Comment Re: Krebs (Score 2) 230

I like Krebs, so DO NOT put him in a position where he has to think about protecting your identity. For the love of all that is holy, boot Tails on a junker laptop at a cafe you never go to and use a throw-away mail account or pastebin it and leave a comment.

Or just walk away. You have no duty to put your life on the line here - everybody who supports the system that will throw you to the lions for being a good guy will suffer for it in kind. You're not obligated to be their saviour. Sucks, but play the shitty hand you're dealt - don't bet all your money wishing you didn't just have a pair of threes.

Comment Re:Follow the herd or vanish (Score 1) 375

Suppression of unpopular truths will be far more effective if people aren't even made aware that there is a dispute.

That's part of the idea behind the "the debate is over" thing; to make people believe that there is no more disagreement. If Google makes it so that arguments for one side of an issue are never seen, as being non-facts, then it'll be conveniently as if another side never existed. Goodbye nuance. Life will be so much simpler. Governments will be jealous.

Comment Re:Sell any stock before they launch this... (Score 1) 375

Well it is true, you can even read about its creation or question its creator directly.

Or was you trying to be faceatious and your knee jerked so hard it hit you in the head and lowered your IQ to the point you think one specific example is all possible examples as was stated?

Well, maybe you are a true believer or is it posdible you are just a manga fan with a fetish for tenacle monsters?

Comment Re:It takes a scandal to fix this kind of thing IM (Score 1) 230

I personally have seen all kinds of cases where a disaster is required before anybody decides they want to harden their information security.

That said, you might consider just leaking some of these documents to the open internet by simply pasting the URL to public places. For example, put it on twitter and give it an irrelevant but popular hashtag. Then it hits a major news site, and you know the rest.

The trick is doing it without leaving a trail to yourself, otherwise you'll end up like those guys who found that AT&T link to the iPhone accounts.

you know I think this was weev's approach to the att/ipad info leak, and look where it got him. although it turns out he was a scumbag doxxer, so no tears shed here.

Comment Re:Obligatory, #2: Laws of Physics (Score 1) 95

And the thing wrong in your post which others have not already pointed out is that many phones come with the ability to add a wireless coil of choice already, even older phones like the 3 generations old Galaxy S3 which has a pair of contacts right above the battery. That isn't even taking into account phones like the HTC One which has had wireless charging since its early models.

Comment Re:Nope (Score 2) 235

As soon as I read the words, "has a more premium feel", I knew this review had been written by a mouth-breathing marketing moron. WTF is that even supposed to be, other than words strung together in attempt to make idiots feel smug about their cluelessness?

As for mine--no removable battery, no removable storage, no desire whatsoever to buy.

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