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• On the post: Sensible Canadian Trademark Ruling Takes Overall Impression Of Branding Into Account

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2015 @ 04:49am

  It's a sad commentary on the legal system when getting a sensible ruling becomes newsworthy.

• On the post: UK Goes Full Orwell: Government To Take Children Away From Parents If They Might Become Radicalized

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2015 @ 06:43am

  It appears the UK government has decided that 1984 was a how-to manual, not a warning.

• On the post: 3 California Cities Blocking Parking Ticket App For Being, Like, Way Too Useful

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 09:16am

  It's almost as if the government considers illegal activity to be a revenue source rather than something to be stopped.

• On the post: The Right Way To Stop Piracy

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2015 @ 09:16am

  Re: The deeper problem

  Your first assumption has a problem. Nobody is expecting any service to be up 100% of the time. Legal streaming and download services do not need perfect availability, they merely need to be better than the piracy option.
  Give me a site where I can find any content, no matter who publishes it, at a reasonable price, and with no stupid restrictions on what I can do with it, and I'd use that site over piracy any day.

• On the post: Apple Punishes iFixit For Doing A Tear Down On Apple TV

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 02:07pm

  Re: iFixit is in the wrong

  According to Apples website, the announcement of the new Apple TV device was made September 9th 2015. The edit history on the iFixit article indicates it was posted September 21st.
  It does not appear that iFixit released anything before Apple made it public. At worst, what they did was destroy a pre-release version to save them the trouble of standing in line at the Apple store to buy one.
  Given Apple's previous attitude to product leaks, I suspect that had anyone at Apple thought the NDA had been violated, there would be a lawsuit already.

• On the post: Chip And PIN Meets Facial Recognition: Chipping Away At Privacy, Pinning You Down In A Database

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2015 @ 03:59am

  Given the typical accuracy of facial recognition systems, I'd give it about a week before 90% of merchants are either ignoring it or demanding extra ID for all transactions.

• On the post: ISP Announces It's Blocking All Facebook And Google Ads Until Companies Pay A Troll Toll

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2015 @ 11:53am

  This may be a good thing to happen

  The simple fix for Google would be to require https for all web sites carrying Google ads. This makes the deep packet inspection required for ad blocking impossible.
  As a side benefit, it also makes government spying a whole lot harder as well.

• On the post: French Regulating Body Says Google Must Honor Right To Be Forgotten Across All Of Its Domains

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2015 @ 07:27am

  Re: Google is doing it wrong...

  Region blocking for internet services like Google would work about as well as region blocking for any ther content. As the French have already discovered with their attempt to block filesharing, the block simply won't be very effective. There are just too many ways around it.

• On the post: CIA, FBI And Much Of US Military Aren't Doing The Most Basic Things To Encrypt Email

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2015 @ 08:20am

  If the FBI and CIA forced their employees to use encrypted email, how would they ever know what those employees are up to?

• On the post: NYPD Union Prez Patrick Lynch: Only Police Are Qualified To Judge The Actions Of Police

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2015 @ 07:13am

  The conclusion is probably the worst part...
  
  Due process is the American way of obtaining justice, not summary professional execution called for by editorial writers
  
  
  Funny how due process isn't an issue when it's a literal summary execution at the hands of the police instead of a figurative execution in a newspaper.

• On the post: Texas Police Arrest Kid For Building A Clock

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2015 @ 09:14am

  Welcome to the new America. Land of the formerly free, home of the scared stupid.

• On the post: DOJ Drops All Charges Against Professor After Realizing No One Checked To See If What He Sent To China Was Actually A Secret

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2015 @ 05:22am

  This seems to be typical of western security these days. Shoot first, aim second, if at all.
  
  Someone should tell them that it's generally a good idea to take the gun out of the holster before shooting. It's less painful for the feet.

• On the post: First Library To Support Tor Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2015 @ 12:33pm

  Re: Re:

  I don't understand why we've allowed this lazy thinking to take control.
  
  You said it right there. People are lazy, and fighting against the creeping authoritarianism is hard work.

• On the post: US Counterterrorism Official Says US Is 'The Angel Of Death' And Should Be Target Killing ISIS Tweeters

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2015 @ 12:24pm

  Re:

  That's because there is no contradiction.
  Congress has not made a law restricting freedom of speech. The government didn't bother with minor details like making the killings legal.

• On the post: United In Flight WiFi Blocks Popular News Sites

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 03:42am

  Now that you've posted an article describing how United is screwing around with WiFi customers, Techdirt is sure to be added to the banned list.

• On the post: AP Sues FBI Over Impersonating An AP Reporter With A Fake AP Story

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 01:51pm

  Re:

  Request No. 1313504-0
  Request filed by: James Comey
  Documents requested: All publicly releasable documents.
  Documents found: No responsive documents.

• On the post: DOJ Tells Me It Can't Find A Copy Of The Reason.com Gag Order Request It Already Released

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2015 @ 05:53am

  obviuosly somebody goofed. That document should never have been found in the first place.

• On the post: Boston Police Commissioner Wants Cameras Further Away From Cops, Criminal Charges For Not Assisting Officers

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2015 @ 04:54am

  Re:

  Who needs a loose gun? There are already enough bozos carrying one.

• On the post: Oracle Tells Customers To Stop Trying To Find Vulnerabilities In Oracle Products… Because 'Intellectual Property'

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2015 @ 07:40am

  If customers are reporting bugs that you've already found, then either you are releasing code with known bugs, or else you're releasing code before analyzing it for bugs.
  Either way, it does not make your company look very good.

• On the post: After The 'Maui Meltdown', TPP Has Missed A Key Deadline That Probably Means It's Doomed Whatever Is Now Agreed

  

  Chris-Mouse ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2015 @ 03:44am

  Just to make things even worse for TPP, there's a federal election in Canada Oct 19th. The current party in power has been pushing hard for the TPP. There's a very real chance that the party in power after the election will be one that finds many of the TPP term unacceptable.

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