Comment Re:New version ... (Score 1) 226
Most places I know do not have identical hardware for testing. They have retired production hardware for testing, so it is older stuff, with older drivers.
The funny thing is that this will just obliterate what little economy they still had in that area and send the whole thing overseas. So the net result will be, if anything, even less control over that software than before. Good jawb guys!
And piss off people that might otherwise be on their side. "To fight our enemies, we need to make more enemies!"
It also assumes that the best such tools come from America.
And doing crap like this makes sure that if it is still the case, it will not be for long. Development with either move, or get surpassed.
Ah, but this time it's different!
Yes. The companies already know how to set up foreign subsidiaries that will officially develop the tools restricted by this so there is no export. They learned from last time.
It's not illegal to steal bits.
Tell that to the RIAA and MPAA, and those asshats in Germany. Oh, and the City of London Police...
I'm not sure now stealing crypto-currencies can be a crime. They're not money. They're hardly property. They don't have any real value.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong.
http://www.marketwatch.com/sto...
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroo...
Hateful comments? Call somebody a Nazi, go to jail.
They can get stronger. Brows Slashdot at -1 and see...
If you use your phone with Facebook, they know exactly who you are, as does any other site.
Only if you use the app. The web site can not get your private data via the web browser.
...Bitcoin theft have been on the rise because, fuck, Bitcoin didn't even exist that long ago and stuff...
But EverQuest fraud and gold theft was a problem and was worked on by the FBI. As I remember, some fraud rings were found to have stolen millions of US Dollars worth of gold and other items.
We don't need 'World Cyber Police' yet. There isn't a democratic framework for it to operate within.
But we do since cyber crime almost always crosses state, and federal boundaries. Usually on purpose to make investigation harder. But you are correct in that setting up something like this and not having it abused will be very hard.
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.
