I'm not american but AFAIK permission relates to audio recording not video. I think it really depends on where the cameras are placed, in Canada its based around the expectation of privacy (e.g. not a bathroom, change room, locker room, etc.)

Its called unplugging the target from the internet. Problem solved.

In all seriousness, they don't need a hair trigger response because its going to take them a while to figure out where the attackers actually are.

You're conveniently ignoring the long term effects of concussions. Both mma and boxing likely have far more head impacts than football or hockey.

Oy! You in the bushes I can see you tracking me! Marketers scutter out of the bushes like cockroaches.

The issue is that security features are hampering performance, hence each browser is attempting to strike a balance that they feel is palatable.

Parody and satire don't require humour anyway.

So what you're saying is, I have the go-ahead to sell Harry Potter 14 that I wrote last night?

Both OSX and Windows flag downloaded files as having a questionable source.

Modern operating systems flag downloads and show warnings before executing. This seems more useful than a file extension which will commonly be truncated from view, even if the OS is set to display them.

The reason this doesn't work is that executables have their own icons, thus can pretend to be an image, document, etc. This is the same reason why we had to move the secure connection web symbol because malicious (or stupid) sites used a lock symbol as their favicon tricking users.

This seems irrelevant. If you have a jpeg with a TXT extension, Windows at least will treat the file as a text file not an image.

I imagine many are exposed to the process and know people in it, they're using their own money, and often use shoddy components that didn't quite pass Q&A. Its a bit like the Korean 27" monitors that were the rage last year, the panels were the ones that didn't quite meet the grading for Dell / LG / Apple.

Except that it isn't an investing platform, the backers aren't getting equity in the company. Personally I'm hopeful that eventually one of these failed projects will be sued and we'll get a better idea of the legal rights of the backers. Plus maybe one of these shitty companies will be forced into bankruptcy so everyone understands this isn't free money, its real life.

Except... you aren't investing in the project. You're supporting it and the project is actually obligated to send the rewards, the backers didn't back the project for half-baked software and a PCB schema.

I used GTalk on the desktop for a long time, unfortunately they canned it and Hangouts doesn't really work for me as Google still can't get its shit together with multiple accounts (e.g. legacy gmail + Apps domain). My primary email is my apps domain, but I can't train everyone else to message me at the correct address which means I'd need to go through the Chrome "Switch User" every restart.... or I can just not use Hangouts.