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• On the post: Russian Anti-Piracy Group Wants To Forbid Discussions Of Blocklist Circumvention Tools

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2016 @ 03:43am

  Perhaps the Russians haven't heard of Streisand?

• On the post: US Government Has Apparently Demanded, And Obtained, Tech Companies' Source Code In The Past

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2016 @ 06:14am

  Re: Re: Give it to them.

  Even better if the pages are accidentally not numbered.

• On the post: Apple Engineering VP: The FBI Wants Us To Make Everyone Less Safe

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2016 @ 03:37am

  I keep going back to that iPhone ID password change. First, the FBI denied involvement. They then had to admit they instigated it. Meanwhile, Apple had offered to send trusted engineers to effect another iCloud backup in case there was more recent data on the phone. The FBI's password change thwarted that. Was it done with malice aforethought? Or the result of culpable incompetence? Either way, guys, you made the bed so you must sleep in it. You can't expect Apple to undo your Tracey Emin emulation.

• On the post: Puritanical Facebook Censors Parody Publication, Makes Appeal Process A Threat

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2016 @ 03:57am

  Prevent "a single child seeing boobies"? I think that horse has long since fled the stable, especially if said child was breast-fed.

• On the post: Our Further Response To Australian Lawyer Stuart Gibson, Who Continues To Threaten Us

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2016 @ 05:24am

  Lawyers....

  I do realise that lawyers' criteria for taking a case can be summed up as:
  1. Can the litigant pay?
  2. Fees
  3. Fees
  
  But ... in a previous case, Milorad Trkulja was in conflict with his lawyer, Stuart Gibson. If his current lawyer is the same Stuart Gibson, why did he again elect to represent Milorad Trkulja? (See 1, 2 and 3 above.)

• On the post: No, A Judge Did Not Just Order Apple To Break Encryption On San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone, But To Create A New Backdoor

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2016 @ 04:45am

  Apple are apparently going to fight this, and so they should. The issue is far more important than whether the iPhone in question can or cannot be unlocked. This is the thin end of the wedge: the FBI/govt. trying to create a precedent.

• On the post: Navajo Nation's Trademark Suit Against Urban Outfitters Proceeds; But Should It?

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2016 @ 02:06am

  What exactly does 'tribal' rights to Haka (war chant) signify? I thought the NZ Rugby team regularly performed a haka, and they are not exclusively maori. Do the non-maori members have to pay a licensing/royalty fee? And what about the range of commercial products featuring the word "Eskimo". Or do the Inuit and Yupik peoples just not care?

• On the post: Dismantling The Repair Monopoly Created By The DMCA's Anti-Circumvention Rules

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2016 @ 04:23am

  "Where a hacker gained full control over a Jeep Grand Cherokee (IIRC) while the reporter was "driving" it."
  
  O/T? That was the fault of lazy coding and/or sloppy 'security' in the vehicle's software.
  
  It has nothing to do with the issue: allowing third parties to effect repairs or mods to equipment that was purchased (not licensed). It may void the warranty, or even render the item useless. If so, that's my choice to make. I own it, I evaluate the risks.

• On the post: Top German Judges Tear To Shreds EU's Proposed TAFTA/TTIP Investment Court System

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2016 @ 03:56am

  Kudos to Germany. Dare I hope that equivalent bodies in other affected countries will issue similar statements? Indeed, the whole notion of ICS casts aspersions on the validity, independence and status of those nations' judiciaries. Why aren't they all getting publicly riled up? (Yes, it's probably political interference....)

• On the post: Publicity Rights For A Photobombing Horse? Owner Demands Cut Of Photo Prize

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2016 @ 05:22am

  Prize-worthy it may have been, but I clearly the horse shares many people's views of selfies....

• On the post: Former FTC CTO Ashkan Soltani Denied Security Clearance, Perhaps Because He Helped In Reporting On Snowden Docs

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2016 @ 06:28am

  In a way, I'm glad Ashkan Soltani was denied clearance and has resigned now. Because, sure as eggs are eggs, it wouldn't have been too far into that new job when he found his principles compromised.

• On the post: How The UK's Counter-Terrorism And Security Act Has Made Law Enforcement Into The Literal Grammar Police

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2016 @ 03:44am

  Ah but... the police now say this whole furore was not about a spelling mistake. Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?

• On the post: Judge Doesn't Buy CBP's Argument That Dog Can 'Smell' The Difference Between Concealed And Unconcealed Humans

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 05:01am

  This would be funny, if it weren't so damned scary. I think the dog-trainer must've had a harder job 'training' Miranda to work with dogs than he had in training Boeli.

• On the post: FBI Turns 18-Year-Old With An IQ Of 51 Into A Terrorist; Dumps Case Into Laps Of Local Prosecutors

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 04:02am

  I keep thinking that the alphabet soup couldn't possibly plumb lower depths. And then this....

• On the post: Former UK Bureaucrat Whines About People Happily Looking At Mobile Phones Rather Than Fearfully Spying On Everyone Else

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2016 @ 12:44pm

  Why are the security bods so obsessively concerned with potential/imagined terrorist threats? It's not as though they're very good at picking up on actual terrorists. And there are many statistically more significant hazards both in the home and on the roads!

• On the post: Law Enforcement Wants To Be Able To Seize The Cars And Homes Of People Convicted On Child Porn Charges

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 02:05am

  What?

  There is no question that child pornography is despicable.
  
  However, this proposed law is equally despicable.

• On the post: No, Google Isn't 'Pushing' People To Vote For Bernie Sanders

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2015 @ 03:43am

  User bias

  Google is useful. However, I do not want the results skewed towards what Google "thinks" I might want. Hence, my Google searches are anonymised via startpage.com. (Which, alas, does not preclude that the results I get are skewed by the body of anonymous searchers!)

• On the post: Former FCC Commissioner Idiotically Claims Net Neutrality Helps ISIS

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2015 @ 06:52am

  Re: Hyphenated

  An interesting name, don't you think? FearGod-Roth

• On the post: Scientist Bans Use Of His Software By 'Immigrant-Friendly' Countries, So Journal Retracts Paper About His Software

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2015 @ 09:00am

  Immigrants?

  Is Gangolf Jobb a native-born German? If so, can he trace his lineage back to the Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, etc.? If not, he himself is likely the offspring of immigrants at some point in time.

• On the post: Insanity Rules: Disgusting Politicians Push For More Surveillance And Less Encryption… Based On Nothing

  

  Ivon Arthur ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2015 @ 08:47am

  Madness!

  Do you think anyone is going to continue using internet banking, or buying on-line, if there's a back-door in the encryption? It's about time that banks, and on-line retailers, nailed their colours to the mast!

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