Comment Re:Messages Are Not Encrypted (Score 1) 141
mod parent up. encryption is not magic.
Comment Re:Fear of what you don't understand (Score 1) 334
mod parent up! geezus what is wrong with you people?
Comment Re:Umm.. just as Europe moves beyond chip and pin. (Score 1) 731
Because biometrics is a terrible idea.
How do you change your password? You can't. That's why.
Ultimately you have to have something that is only in the brain of the user.
How do you change your password? You can't. That's why.
Ultimately you have to have something that is only in the brain of the user.
Comment Re:There is no way this is legal. (Score 1) 193
Nobody's making any money from them any more. Legal or not, someone has to give a shit.
Comment Re:Hmm. (Score 1) 653
bullshit story? brother, you need to get out the house more. millions live that way, and it's not because they are irresponsible people.
fool.
fool.
Comment Re:What the hell is the point of these huge number (Score 1) 366
They have no *right* to "keep other people from stealing it." That is madness--that means they can shut down the internet.
The only "right" creators have to themselves is to try and make money off their work. *Try*. That's it.
The only "right" creators have to themselves is to try and make money off their work. *Try*. That's it.
Comment Re:Can someone explain (Score 1) 418
Is it?
Comment Re:Reverse Santa? (Score 0) 418
Your blu-rays are designed to be revocable too, you know. They update the keys on the players from time to time when they can...
Comment Re:Demand is necessary but not sufficient (Score 1) 370
You assume it has to be "legal" for no particular reason. If the demand is there, it WILL be met.
Comment Re:Porn browsing? (Score 1) 415
Some people. Many people. Not "people".
Comment Re:So we should ditch Ubuntu and then (Score 1) 346
which desktop version of Mint do you use? That everybody likes? ie. Cinnamon or Mate?
Comment Re:The real reason for RT? (Score 1) 293
i think you're giving them too much credit for machiavellian intelligence. intel was already working on that, balls to the wall. not worth the fiasco...
Comment Re:They are right. (Score 1) 409
except that's not going to happen. also, the cops are out of control in this country.
Comment Re:Encrypt everything. (Score 1) 145
Encryption is not the only answer, because it's hardly the answer at all.
The metadata they collect would still be exactly the same in most cases.
We have to disguise source and destination as well, or it's all almost for naught.
The metadata they collect would still be exactly the same in most cases.
We have to disguise source and destination as well, or it's all almost for naught.
Comment Re:Really? Did we ever really want smart watches? (Score 1) 365
I think the word you are looking for is "discreet".
