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  • On the post: Netflix’s Unnecessary Password Crackdown Is Already A Hot Mess

    discussitlive ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2023 @ 09:14am

    There are a number of ways. One is to "Finger print" a browser, especially on Windows or Mac. Even with systems in the same house, it's normal for that fingerprint to be a bit different. Add up the numbers of unique fingerprints and that's the number of folks using that account. Is that what they are doing? Doubtful, otherwise they'd not be ticking off people left and right. Likely they are using IP addresses with concurrent logins, which is at least logically sane, but practically isn't because their systems don't accurately disconnect idle logins.

  • On the post: Netflix’s Unnecessary Password Crackdown Is Already A Hot Mess

    discussitlive ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2023 @ 10:57pm

    The art of entertainment

    I used to watch TV - then the ads got to be 60% of the time slot. Then I watched movies - then the ads to to be too annoying Then I started to stream - then the lag got to be infuriating, the antics insane, the content mind numbing. Now I read e-books, but not for long. They are starting to annoy the hell out of me as well. Why do I have to connect to read it?

  • On the post: Charter’s $7 Billion Penalty For Murdering An Elderly Customer Reduced To $262 Million

    discussitlive ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2023 @ 01:58pm

    I noticed that the Republican Party's background checks are through and rigorous. cough George Santos cough cough Mark A. Grethen cough cough Beverly Russell cough 'Scuse. Anyone got a lozenge?

  • On the post: Netflix’s Password Sharing Cash Grab Finally Arrives In The States

    discussitlive ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2023 @ 08:01pm

    Sounds like you need to retain counsel to press for reasonable ADA accommodation. Might look to see if there's a class action possible.

  • On the post: Netflix’s Password Sharing Cash Grab Finally Arrives In The States

    discussitlive ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2023 @ 01:19pm

    The Entertainment Industrial Complex

    Like the Military Industrial Complex, the EIC has formed itself into an organism that is designed to feed upon one like a parasite, not as a symbioses. That one finds enjoyment or usefulness in a particular offering is not the point. One's money is. Netflix is simply doing what successful parasites do: grow and suck more blood. Aside from books published via (mostly) honest E-Book sites, I don't feed the EIC, haven't for decades. Not because I'm offended by what they do, but because it simply isn't anything I'm interested in.

  • On the post: New Dumb Attack Against Gigi Sohn Tries To Shame Her For Being On The EFF’s Board

    discussitlive ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2023 @ 11:24am

    free game for egging and/or TPing We can see That One Guy isn't That One Guy buying the eggs or TP in his house.

  • On the post: TSA Takes To Twitter To Celebrate Apprehension of Zero Terrorists, One Completely Legal Item

    discussitlive ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2023 @ 11:51am

    TSA - not finding terrorist for over two decades

    Seems to me I recall reading the the TSA fails over 90% of all unannounced tests, and 60+% of announced tests. If true, we could replace all 65,000 TSA employees with CoinFlipAsAService (CFaaS), save a few pennies AND increase accuracy and safety. Not sure what to do about the times we need to strip search folks though. 1 2 3

  • On the post: Square Enix Gets Twitch Strike For Streaming ‘Forspoken’ During Embargo, Thanks To Time Zones

    discussitlive ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2023 @ 07:16am

    Repeat after me - It's only a game

    Things like this are the reason I stopped gaming at all for any reason if it's not open source. I refuse to be a part of a community like is being promoted with the current closed game culture. It's grasping, dishonest, and greedy.

  • On the post: Trump Lawyers Sanctioned Again For Stupid Lawsuit Claiming Clinton Rigged The Election She Lost

    discussitlive ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2023 @ 01:44pm

    Well, I did bestir myself enough to see if there is a federal statute on vexatious litigants before I posted, and while I didn't find the USC (perhaps encoded in the court rules?), I did find plenty of cases. As was pointed out though, they were all pro-se I seem to recall so maybe that isn't a "thing" if you have a licensed lawcritter on a leash. Guess I'll ask a family member that's in federal court.

  • On the post: Trump Lawyers Sanctioned Again For Stupid Lawsuit Claiming Clinton Rigged The Election She Lost

    discussitlive ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2023 @ 10:48am

    Vexatious litigant

    Seems that Judge Middlebrooks has concluded, as has the rest of the world, that Donald John Trump Senior simply brings suit to punish people when there is no hope of winning on the merits of his cases. Correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm a computer guy, I don't tell lawyers how to law (though they do tell me how to computer, and it's irritatin' as all hell) but isn't that the definition of "Vexatious Litigant", and shouldn't someone named in this suit be asking His Honor fer a finding of "You're too stupid to be allowed to file any more suits without a Judge saying you can" and posting a bond? At minimum, a Amicus from any of the plethora of persons in the past pounded by this puppets purveyors of pompous, preposterous, psychopathic Paulfoolery? (Tomfoolery being too smart to be involved).

  • On the post: Dear Supreme Court: Judicial Curtailing Of Section 230 Will Make The Internet Worse

    discussitlive ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2023 @ 05:55pm

    You, sir, win the prize. In my opinion, that's precisely what politicians want to do. Shut up the proles. Then again, I've been watching US politics for multiple decades - that's bound to turn someone sour and suspicious.

  • On the post: Lawyers Blocked From Entering Madison Square Garden By Vindictive Owner Use 1941 Law To Bypass Bullshit Ban

    discussitlive ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2023 @ 02:42pm

    Cash is still a valid legal tender, Try using cash to pay rent at 99.9999999999% of apartment complexes. It will not be accepted. Legal tender is a concept that private business is free to decline. In fact, a bar I know is having to close because the owner, with a prison record, can't get a bank account, therefore cannot pay by means of anything but cash. Pot dispensaries have the same sort of trouble I understand.

  • On the post: Lawyers Blocked From Entering Madison Square Garden By Vindictive Owner Use 1941 Law To Bypass Bullshit Ban

    discussitlive ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2023 @ 01:39pm

    … except for the law quoted in the article, which specifically prohibits such behavior. From the article, the law only applies if a ticket was sold to them prior to refusal to entry. If they are not even offered a ticket, the law doesn't apply. Or am I reading it wrong, and where? Facial recognition, while "oh! Shiny!" aspects to it doesn't preclude using their name and zip code (an option offered by many CC merchant providers as an anti-fraud measure) to match when using a credit card to complete a ticket purchase. Therefore, if refused prior to completing purchase, no violation of law?

  • On the post: Lawyers Blocked From Entering Madison Square Garden By Vindictive Owner Use 1941 Law To Bypass Bullshit Ban

    discussitlive ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2023 @ 11:09am

    Oh, my - look at all the sub-code infrastructure!

    I'm sure, having been in MSG at one time or another, that a close inspection of the venue would show several, might I dare say willful, code violations? My my my. Whatever should be done about that? Not that it wouldn't have a bit of "Nice Venue you have there. It would be a shame if something were to ... happen ... to it" flavor. As far as I can see, M.S.G. is a privately owned venue. IF they don't wish to serve someone, that's their property rights. Looks like a lot of public infrastructure around M.S.G that benefits solely M.S.G. Wonder what might happen there...

  • On the post: Latest Twitter Problem: Its API Has Been Down And No Info Has Been Provided

    discussitlive ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2023 @ 05:22pm

    Clearly not thinking - still (MMB)

    Were your comments posted by almost anyone else here on TechDirt, I'd pause to consider that I'm wrong. However, since it is from you, and considering your history, I'm assured I'm correct. By the way, are you going to attack ADSB-Network, FlightRadar24, RadarBox, ADS-BExchange, ADSB-Scope, OpenSkyNetwork, PlanePlotter, ADSBHub, FlightAirMap, AirLABS, and the Federal Aviation Administration for making the same date availble, LIVE, without fee, to the general public, without even a log in? Or is your general bile and endless spewing reserved for those of us unfortunate enough to come to TechDirt to try to have adult conversations without childish interruptions from internet trolls?

  • On the post: Latest Twitter Problem: Its API Has Been Down And No Info Has Been Provided

    discussitlive ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2023 @ 10:56pm

    So, if Twitter is working, then the API is working; it’s just that third-party access to the API is blocked. Er, well, maybe. I don't know about twitter, the cloud service I worked for (yes you know the name) had a lot more than a single API point and more than one level of API ability. For instance, the internal API was .. Never mind, NDA. Point being that differing API services have differing ability and access and rate limits. Example, would you rate limit your internal admin API server at the same rate you would for a user API service? No, of course not. So bottom line, the internal API can work while the external API points are Fiernted and unless someone is watching [NDA] or something like Zabbix it's not known. I always constructed synthetic transactions and if the output wasn't expected, it created an alarm event.

  • On the post: Latest Twitter Problem: Its API Has Been Down And No Info Has Been Provided

    discussitlive ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2023 @ 10:44pm

    Sigh - why do people have to not think before writing?

    Look, aircraft transmit their location[1] to anyone that cares to listen on 1,090 megahertz. Latitude, Longitude, height, speed, direction, if it's on auto pilot or not and with what major modes, all of that, en-clear, no encryption, signal can be picked up for 500 miles with a good antenna. If someone is planning something nefarious for Musk's aircraft, do you think they'd bother with a tweet where it is, or monitor it over a large independent network, or gasp! with $100 worth of parts it takes to pick it up and decode it? News Flash: You can do the same thing with cargo ships at sea too[2]. [1] Depends on the aircraft and the ADSB beacon equipment exactly what all is broadcast. [2] Although not with the same settings.

  • On the post: Senators Say The FCC’s New Maps Still Suck, Overstate Coverage

    discussitlive ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2023 @ 10:26am

    You could just let the free market decide. spend no government money on it at all. Wouldn’t that be nice? Tell ya what; we can do that. Remove all protectionist laws on the books for the monopoly broadband. Let's get a REAL free market for broadband provisioning! I'd LOVE it. My community has had tons and tons of dark fiber built in, but due to monopoly protection laws it can't be lit up or connected to anyone because the people that paid to put it in are not the incumbent telephone or cable company. Be nice to turn on two decades old infrastructure that right now isn't doing a damn thing for anyone.

  • On the post: You No Longer Own What You Buy: Arlo Cameras Lose Updates, Cloud Storage

    discussitlive ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2023 @ 05:47pm

    It's about the subscriptions

    US (and other) business has realized that selling anything is a "one and done" deal. Why sell it once when you can force people to buy it, then force them to rent it, then evict them or raise the rent whenever you like? Friend was recently hospitalized (no insurance), and upon discharge was told that in order to survive more than 30 days, they needed to purchase a USD $18,000.00 respirator with a USD $900.00 a month recurring payment. Through odd quirks, they cannot get SSI or disability. End result the friend has written out a do not resuscitate order. US health care is already rationed. The ration stamps are called "Dollar Bills".

  • On the post: DOJ Follows Up Springfield (MA) PD Consent Decree With An Investigation Of The Worcester PD

    discussitlive ( profile ), 25 Nov, 2022 @ 01:56am

    They might complain about oh crime will go up It will go up only as long as they ignore the crimes being committed by law enforcement first. In another thread you cogently as always pointed out more or less that LEO may soon be authorized to deploy lethal force robots, and good luck sorting out if the robot OEM, software developers, the city/county/state or the user is responsible for the liability. In other words, A movable feast of carnival barkers to point and shift blame surely will not ensue, Oh no. Can't happen. Not here. It will never be routinely abused, ever. Perish the thought.

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