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Comment From the CLOUD library. (Score 1) 326

CLOUD.

Not "your" [local] library. The cloud...which in the case of iTunes is not dedicated to you, but is merely keyed against what you have purchased.

If you want to keep it, keep it downloaded. And if you want it in the âoecloudâ, but it in an unmanaged cloud not dedicated to licensed media delivery.

(And yes, Apple should, at a minimum, have offered an immediate full refund.)

Submission + - Supreme Court: Warrant generally needed to track cell phone location data (cnn.com)

daveschroeder writes: The Supreme Court on Friday said the government generally needs a warrant if it wants to track an individual's location through cell phone records over an extended period of time. The ruling is a major victory for advocates of increased privacy rights who argued more protections were needed when it comes to the government obtaining information from a third party such as a cell phone company. The 5-4 opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the four most liberal justices. It is a loss for the Justice Department, which had argued that an individual has diminished privacy rights when it comes to information that has been voluntarily shared with someone else. The opinion, which was limited to cell site location data, continues a recent trend at the court to boost privacy rights in the digital era and clarifies court precedent as it applies to data held by a third party.

Comment He wasn't "fired by a machine" (Score 2) 213

A human being forgot to renew his contract in the new HR system.

"His firm was going through changes, both in terms of the systems it used and the people it employed.

His original manager had been recently laid off and sent to work from home for the rest of his time at the firm and in that period he had not renewed Mr Diallo's contract in the new system."

And the problem was sorted out (too long, too faceless, perhaps), and he was allowed back to work.

Comment LOL (Score 5, Informative) 127

It's so much bullshit, because it is a damage-control response to the CA issue only.

The problem -- of which they are deeply and keenly aware -- is MUCH larger than just CA, and has existed this way, intentionally, for YEARS.

This is a farcical non-response, though some of the measures they are now forced to take will indeed partially address the broader issues.

Comment Re:Not black and white (Score 1) 348

Neo-Nazi charged with terrorism in attempt to wreck Amtrak train, complaint says

A white man who was involved with neo-Nazi groups and who attended a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville has been charged with terrorism for attempting to wreck an Amtrak train, according to a criminal complaint filed in US District Court.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09...

I also made a helpful graphic for determining when something is "terrorism":

https://twitter.com/daveschroe...

Comment Not black and white (Score 1, Interesting) 348

The question, as always, is whether the good outweighs the bad.

If we could somehow create magical impenetrable *physical* fortresses that cannot be opened or accessed by the duly-empowered law enforcement and judicial powers of a democratic society, would we say that's just the way it is?

Or would we have a discussion about it on the context of public good and the rule of law?

There is no one "right" answer to a question like this save the ones we collectively and imperfectly come to as a society. Absolutist assertions that it is either unbreakable, impenetrable encryption for all, or nothing, are false.

I wrote this on an earlier matter:

Apple believes it is protecting freedom. It's wrong. Here's why:

http://cimsec.org/apple/22159

Comment Re:The people at the top of the pyramid (Score 3, Insightful) 241

When you can subdivide that finite number into meaninglessness, and any fractional amount can translate at any arbitrary value into conventional currency based on some exchange rate, the fact that it is "finite" and "X amount have been mined" means nothing (including being "inflation proof", which it isn't).

I may use pyramid loosely; no, it's not a pyramid scheme nor a Ponzi scheme in the very strictest sense of those words. But it definitely is in the sense that a very small number of creators and/or early adopters of these schemes/"currencies" will benefit the most, to an inordinate degree. That, and they definitely benefit from new "recruits"...

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