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• On the post: FBI Director Says It's 'Not Impossible' To Create Compromised Encryption That's Still Secure

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2018 @ 06:12am

  Re:

  Your explanation is correct. But it is not as simple as a sound byte that cuts through all of the detail.
  
  You can have either:
  1. Secure systems. Hackers can't get in, and neither can government.
  2. Insecure systems. Government can get in, but so can hackers.
  
  You can't have both. They are mutually exclusive. It is not a sliding scale. It is like being pregnant. You are. Or you are not. There is no try.

• On the post: FBI Director Says It's 'Not Impossible' To Create Compromised Encryption That's Still Secure

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2018 @ 06:09am

  Compromised Encryption

  'Not Impossible' To Create Compromised Encryption That's Still Secure

  He probably also believes:

  It is 'Not Impossible' To Create Corrupt Politicians That Are Still Ethical.

• On the post: FBI Documents Show More Evidence Of Agency's Sketchy Relationship With Best Buy's Geek Squad

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2018 @ 11:33am

  What could possibly go wrong?

  Your computer didn't have any kiddie pr0n on it when you took it in to Best Buy.
  
  But it did have some by the time the minimum wage geek squad called the FIB to get paid for turning it in.
  
  Even if nothing illegal is found, something innocent, like some forms of real art, or the classic baby's behind photo, could result in a minimum wage geek squad ruining someone's life or career.

• On the post: After Controversial Traffic Stop, Police Chief Says He Won't Release Recordings To 'Anti-Police' Requesters

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2018 @ 01:10pm

  Re: Re:

  You underestimate the seriousness. I'll use a TSA example. I've got a pair of nail clippers! Stand back! Back, I say! (clip) (clip clip!) I'm going to use these nail clippers to take over the plane! Nobody will be able to overpower me with my trusty nail clippers!

• On the post: After Controversial Traffic Stop, Police Chief Says He Won't Release Recordings To 'Anti-Police' Requesters

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2018 @ 01:08pm

  Hey, can I get a copy?

  I'm not an (anti-police)-requester.
  
  I'm an anti-(police-requester). I promise.
  
  So can you please send me the recordings?

• On the post: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Microsoft Email Case

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 02:50pm

  Re: Communications and Search

  Followup question.
  
  Do all people have God given inalienable rights? Or just US citizens?

• On the post: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Microsoft Email Case

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 02:49pm

  Communications and Search

  The government got off on the wrong foot by claiming its demand for communications wasn't a search

  Wow.

  Doesn't the 4th amendment protect your papers and effects from search without a warrant? What are papers? Not the things you roll up to smoke. But the things used for . . . duh . . . Communications! What else are papers used for? (bird cage lining)

  Isn't the primary use of paper, since it was invented by smashing plant material by hand, and rolled up on scrolls, wasn't the purpose: Communications?

  So how can a demand for communications, NOT be a demand for 21st century Papers? And thus requiring a warrant? Even PDFs are considered papers in the 21st century.

  Most communications today are on "Web Pages" for goodness sake. So aren't your papers, eg, communications, protected by the 4th amendment?

  As a patriotic American, I'm proud to stand up and support the freedoms we once had.

• On the post: Israeli Tech Company Says It Can Crack Any Apple Smartphone

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 05:46am

  Re:

  Getting your call history from your cell phone provider does not have that delightful dehumanizing appeal of forcibly taking it from your physical phone.

• On the post: Israeli Tech Company Says It Can Crack Any Apple Smartphone

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 05:44am

  Responsible Warrants

  Responsible Warrants can do for real world searches and seizures what Responsible Encryption does for the digital world.
  
  A judge grants a "Responsible Warrant" that is very specific in defining the bounds and parameters which limit the scope of the search. Namely, you are allowed to search anything, on anyone, anywhere, at any time without any supervision whatsoever.
  
  Based on watching the last 20 years of history, I will go ahead and predict that Responsible Warrants are comming soon to a regime near you!

• On the post: Israeli Tech Company Says It Can Crack Any Apple Smartphone

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 05:49am

  It's an arms race

  Today they can hack Apple's phone.
  
  Tomorrow they won't be able to.
  
  The next day, they will be able to once again.
  
  Etc.
  
  Wash, rinse, tail-recursion.

• On the post: Senator Klobuchar Thinks We Need To Start Fining Social Media Companies For Not Removing Bots Fast Enough

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2018 @ 09:39am

  Re: Typical Politicians

  New and improved: you get the presidents you deserve.

• On the post: Senator Klobuchar Thinks We Need To Start Fining Social Media Companies For Not Removing Bots Fast Enough

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2018 @ 09:36am

  Re: Do your job

  Fine congress for not getting budgets done on time.

• On the post: Senator Klobuchar Thinks We Need To Start Fining Social Media Companies For Not Removing Bots Fast Enough

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2018 @ 09:35am

  FTFY

  Was: First, let's stop giving politicians bad ideas.
  
  Now: First, let's stop giving bad politicians ideas.

• On the post: Report On Device Encryption Suggests A Few Ways Forward For Law Enforcement

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2018 @ 05:56am

  I'll say it again

  Encryption is either:
  1. Secure
  2. Insecure
  
  It's a binary choice. Not a sliding scale. Like being pregnant. You are or you are not. There is no try.
  
  If encryption is secure, then hackers cannot break it -- but neither can government.
  
  If encryption is insecure, then government can break it -- but so can hackers.

• On the post: Court Sends Cop Back To Prison For Bogus 'Contempt Of Cop' Arrest

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2018 @ 06:12am

  Re:

  What other country would agree to accept him?
  
  Can he contribute anything to their country?

• On the post: Court Sends Cop Back To Prison For Bogus 'Contempt Of Cop' Arrest

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2018 @ 06:14am

  People can't be allowed to disrespect cops

  If people are allowed to disrespect cops, then they will also not show respect to politicians or to our great orange dear leader. Oh, my.

• On the post: Terrible Copyright Ruling Over An Embedded Tweet Undermines Key Concept Of How The Internet Works

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2018 @ 12:55pm

  Copyright diametrically opposed to free speech

  Since free communication is what the internet is all about, copyright is directly opposed to the internet.
  
  Conflicts between the two will continue to get worse and worse until something big happens to clarify.
  
  Copyright Infringement should be about direct infringement. Not linking. Not embedding. If you go after the direct infringement, then the links or embeds simply do not matter. And you can't find all the links or embeds anyway. So you would better spend your time chasing down the direct infringer, eg follow the link to its source. Leave third parties alone -- especially if the link or embed came from someone else, like a commenter or poster in an online forum.

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Video Masquerades As Anti-Malware Education And Is Filled With Lies

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2018 @ 06:04am

  Re: The lesson here is very clear

  Also . . .
  
  If you see piracy . . . duck and cover!

• On the post: Judge Dismisses Playboy's Dumb Copyright Lawsuit Against BoingBoing

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2018 @ 05:59am

  Re: Linking surely meets this test: "Rather, liability exists if the defendant engages in personal conduct that encourages or assists the infringement."

  I don't have a problem going after copyright infringers. But you're pretty seriously stretching the meaning of "encourages or assists". Stretching it waaaaay too far. Careful there. (snap) Oooops. It just snapped because you stretched it too far.

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Video Masquerades As Anti-Malware Education And Is Filled With Lies

  

  DannyB ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2018 @ 06:04am

  The lesson here is very clear

  Be sure you are using an ad blocker while engaging in piracy.

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