Point this to them, see if that helps change their tune.

Yea well, if the NSA doesn't have a positive ID on you (and they don't try very hard) you get the foreigner rules applied to you.

Enjoy.

This isn't saying you are executed for littering. This looks to be establishing the maximal punishment.

Think more along the lines of "knowingly poisoning hundreds of thousands of people."

java and firefox are userspace applications, not operating system components (contrary to what Oracle or Mozilla would want to convince you)

Differing library, linker, compiler versions, configurations, and parameters would all change the output. You'd have to use the exact same system for the two builds, or you are not guaranteed to get a byte-for-byte duplication.

I can actually see the flicker effect he talks about - on some rare models. I can only see it near the edge of my vision (where your eyes are primarily motion/change sensitive). 70hz seems to be about the point where this stops, but anything lower than that is perceivable to me.

Just like I can hear that irritating whine he talks about (though likewise, not all of them do that)

The inverter on my LCD at home actually makes all sorts of horrible whines if it's in standby mode - so I either leave it on or unplug the thing.

I've seen these before, and I hate them with a passion. Can't see it if you look directly at it, but the more motion-oriented vision at the edge of my vision would catch it.

They seem to be rare, though.

"root" may not be the highest authority, and the read-only state of the files could be enforced above that. (since we are talking about theoreticals, we don't have to limit ourselves to the way things are typically done currently)

My phone has 800mb of RAM. 8 years ago my desktop had half that.

It would be interesting if caching could be defined per element - so you could cache everything on a page except for the sensitive elements (without relying on framesets or other kludgery)

If anything, the binaries are the lesser risk - binaries can be signed, signing configuration is not so easy.

Privilege escalation, for one.

You've got RAM, use it.

You could at least short the microphone and block the lens. This way all they record is black and silence.

This way there is still a sensor to pull data from, you just ensured the data is sanitary.

Why would you want to introduce new errors? Wouldn't that just give your corrected pirated copy it's own unique fingerprint?