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Comment Gotta phrase it another way. (Score 0) 82

"Despite the breadth of this support and the urgent need to continue this program to ensure millions of households..."

Ah, there's the problem. "Ensure" and "insure" are very close phonetically. We all know how loathe Republicans are to approve any program that helps poor people get insured, so they really need to rewrite their talking points to imply this program is about giving tax dollars to telecom giants. Then they'll jump at the chance to approve it.

Comment Re:Apple needs more recovery options... (Score 3, Interesting) 15

2: Going to an Apple Store with two forms of government ID, perhaps a notarized statement. This is a lot of work, but it is better than being locked out and unable to access anything on the account.

LOLNO. I don't want Apple Retail to have the ability to reset my credentials. That's up there with having a Microsoft Account that also unlocks my PC (I only use local accounts).

How about just supporting an industry standard 2FA method like TOTP or HOTP? No random pop-ups on a display on a device in another state, or sending codes via SMS. Ask to reset the password and the system asks the person making the request for the 2FA code before continuing with the process. They wont be able to answer so that would shut the whole problem down cold as far as this social engineering attack.

Comment Re:This one should (Score 2) 169

Yeah, I don't know if I want the currently sitting Supreme Court dealing with this. The results are likely to be less privacy protections for me, not more.

Imagine a green-light for some corporation to demand the list of everyone who viewed a copyright-infringing video, so they can shake them down with a "pay or be sued" letters.

Comment Re: No loss in pay (Score 5, Insightful) 390

Not happening. If companies are forced to pay OT past 32 hours, they'll freeze pay at current levels and do staggered shifts. It might increase hiring numbers, or it might just shut down some businesses that have too great a percentage of their operating budget tied up in labor costs.

If a business shuts down because it can't afford its operating costs with its revenue, isn't that the definition of a business that failed? That's not the employee's fault. It's not their job to let themselves be underpaid just to keep the owners business plan viable.

You know what wouldreally help businesses lower labor costs? If they didn't have to pay employees at all! So clearly the best course of action isn't to reduce the rules on what's considered a normal work week, we should be bringing back slavery! Right?

Comment nothing to gain for most. (Score 4, Insightful) 105

Regular people have little reason to trust them because the folks operating the systems (corporations) have little interest in using them for the benefit of people. They're just another way to convince people to separate themselves from their wages, game the stock market, replace people's jobs, mislead then with misinformation, or develop new ways to kill people

Comment Re: Cheating harder? (Score 1) 76

It's not as if colleges just hand you a degree and send you on your merry way. Students who cheat on the SAT will find themselves in over their heads when they start taking classes, so that's the real deterrent against cheating.

The admissions process itself is a competition for a finite number of spots in an incoming class for some schools, and the workload will vary based on the institution and major regardless.

The new process will just make it easier for the rich to have someone take the exam for their kids, and I'm sure administrators don't really care as links to the wealthy mean benefits down the line after junior graduates.

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