http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130521/20101423164/att-says-you-can-use-any-video-streaming-app-you-want-just-as-soon-as-it-can-get-meter-running.shtml#c161 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130521/20101423164/att-says-you-can-use-any-video-streaming-app-you-want-just-as-soon-as-it-can-get-meter-running.shtml#c161 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c105 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c105 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c544 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c544 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c103 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c103 ...since May 15...

Yeah. The report in the Bakersfield Californian is datelined Monday, May 13, 2013.

]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c519 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c519 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c506 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c506
Google claims to be on the side of security, yet they ignore the robots.txt file's disallow instructions, and not only that, but publicly display links found on a site where those links were clearly delineated as "disallow" in that file. As such, they are implicit in the breach.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1557 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:43:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1557
This is just another example of what happens when you give up freedom for safety.

In the end you lose both.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130521/20101423164/att-says-you-can-use-any-video-streaming-app-you-want-just-as-soon-as-it-can-get-meter-running.shtml#c138 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:43:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130521/20101423164/att-says-you-can-use-any-video-streaming-app-you-want-just-as-soon-as-it-can-get-meter-running.shtml#c138
My home Internet was out for a week and my wife had to use her data plan for everything. We both made heavy use of her phone for FaceBook, reading the latest news, watching new YouTube posts.

The data consumption was under 300MB that month. I can blow through that in one night on my computer doing nothing but browsing the web, no Media streaming, no file downloads.

That is mostly because of ads. I now use ad-block for Chrome for other reasons, such as CPU usage, but at the time, I did not have that addon.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c492 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:41:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c492
You want any data related to you removed from google there is a button you can press to scrub yourself from their system. Otherwise if you don't want to give them access to the data you create you can feel free not to use their free services.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c88 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c88 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c73 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c73 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1534 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:01 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1534 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1517 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:37:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1517
1. Suspect demanded to meet at place of his choosing (apparently so he wouldn't be scanned for weapons)
2. Suspect was mixed martial arts trained
3. Suspect had previous history of violence, including putting a man in the hospital over a parking space dispute
4. Suspect lunged with a knife, wounding a LEO

Sorry, if I'm a gun-toting LEO and a suspect is stupid or dangerous enough to successfully attack me with a knife... even a scratch, I think it's perfectly appropriate to go all "Rambo, First Blood" on them. At that point I see it as "him or me", and I vote "me".

High school kids and water balloon pranks? Not so much. Any sensible officer would have done some quick sanity checks to make sure it really was water, maybe help identify the pranksters, make sure nobody had gotten hurt, then just offer to "be on hand" for school officials to do their job. If the students really were violent or dangerous, that would become evident pretty quickly.

It would probably be appropriate to "educate" the educators as to the difference between law and school policy, and what level of response is appropriate for each.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c69 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:36:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c69
Murderers who kill their victim that violently with a blunt object repeatedly being banged against them tend to be considered ESPECIALLY dangerous and blood thirsty, because it's a lot harder kill someone that way then with a gun.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c429 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:36:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c429
Sorry I don't see this as a censorship case. More like a contractual dispute between the owner of the website and the web hosting company. Nothing on the DMCA required the web host to take down the site.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/00493523143/ridiculous-timing-obama-administration-responds-to-spying-ap-pushing-journalist-shield-law-that-wouldnt-matter.shtml#c513 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/00493523143/ridiculous-timing-obama-administration-responds-to-spying-ap-pushing-journalist-shield-law-that-wouldnt-matter.shtml#c513
Blue actually believes that generalizing gives us the right answer. Nuance is non-existent. You can't try things on a case by case basis. Rich people are bad because being rich makes them bad. Anyone who says "some rich people are bad" is an idiot for even considering the possibility of the existence of a non-bad rich person.

It's the same for everything. He probably doesn't like food, or likes all food. Because "some food is bad" wouldn't be generalizing, and blue won't accept anything except blanket statements and generalizing.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c62 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:34:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c62 Youngblood's deputies who allegedly beat a man to death are still on patrol.

My understanding is that the sergeant and six deputies originally remained on duty, but then were placed on paid administrative leave.

]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c40 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:31:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c40
1) All financial records of officers must be made available
2) Officers must attended therapy sessions and be removed from duty if they are mentally unfit
3) All police activity must be video and audio recorded (any missing data would result in the immediate dismissal of anyone remotely involved, including superiors)
4) Weekly drug tests of every officer
5) Monitoring of all officers email, texting and phone calls

I am sure there are additional solutions, but these should be implemented as a start.

If you are a good and qualified officer with nothing to hide, then you should have no problem with this.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c25 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:28:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c25 Having the footage deleted on the cellphone? Everyone involved should be punished. As in, NOT BEING PAID to be punished would be a start.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c419 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:28:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00554723091/more-details-emerge-key-legal-fight-over-dmca-abuse.shtml#c419 This is much more than a catfight, and if you had a wife/daughter led astray by the influential Ginas of this world, as many of the skeptical ob's followers were at one time, you would understand why it's so important that Dr. Amy not be silenced because Gina can't refute Dr. Amy's rock-solid analysis of the evidence.

One need not have any stake in the underlying argument to understand it's important not to allow copyright to be abused to silence speech. Even if Gina is right and Dr. Amy is wrong, the DMCA abuse still needs to be stopped - the argument has nothing to do with that issue.]]>