To the layman, it might seem unreasonable to point your weapon at someone who is already wanting to kill themselves. However, the reality is that folks who are suicidal will often "suddenly" turn their gun on others who are nearby. To those who know human psychology, this makes sense as in their state, extreme passiveness and aggression are emotions aligned on the same border. As well, while some folks fail to hurt themselves directly, they use "death by COP". This is why it is SOP for an officer to point their weapon at this type of suspect, as it is a safety issue for citizens and the officers. If you have your doubts, put your hand to your head like a gun, and see how quickly you can then point it at someone else. Of course, none of this justifies shooting the suspect, that's a way different thing.
There are several real cyber attacks which have actually been carried out by TiKTok. This is not a "ban media", Anti-freedom of expression, or anti-Chinese lets-make-the-public-fear issue. These folks have attacked our phones, for real. In one instance, they exploited an iPhone feature that caches passwords in order to gain entry into iPhone applications. The second incident has not been put out there yet. (sorry not everyone can know sensitive things) The reality is we need to take action on them, (and as someone pointed out) any collector of information where unauthorized. Another interesting part of articles like this is the tremendous amount of money that China has paid to journalists and influencers to say favorable things about China, and quash anything that criticizes them. I believe the figure was over 100,000 journalists world wide that are being paid money to do this. That's a scarry statistic, and I can't help but look twice and wonder at the impartiality of every article that seems to go against known, verified issues linked to China, whether the Wuhan Lab or TikTok.
So here we are, another tech innovation which is a double-edged sword that undoubtedly will cut someone. I first saw it in the early 80's with automatic cameras? When I was a young lad and working for a newspaper, it forced many of us out since then even a reporter could take basic photos... How about the Internet in general, with dysfunctional young folks who can only text, and can't read anything longer than a webscreen? Now watch for the howl about self-driving cars; they will put insurance companies out of business along with car sales and mechanics when no one is having to own a car anymore. ChatGPT will no doubt put many professionals out of work, when you don't need them anymore to get an opinion. Same old story guys, Someone is always complaining that they've been hurt... but that's progress, right? Just background music to anything new, amplified by who's complaining (for the children), the target of the complaint (who you love to hate), and who cares to listen, folks who want to save or hate the same people as the pundits who spread this stuff. Ahh, just wish all those horse wranglers had a voice in the 1900's when they were put out of business by the advent of the automobile! Those damn cars, and that Henry Ford...bet he's a republican too...
So, not having a records retention policy on a particular type of document is not the problem here, it's a question of what the default policy (if any) the records retention authority of the state (RDA) has for those types of records. If the default is to keep that type of document for X years, then there is an issue with the JPSO's policy. If not, then they are not doing anything wrong by not keeping these records, as their records retention plans don't cover them. Once we know what the requirements are, then we know if they are being violated.
Yeah, while any IT guy knows that the user wss a moron (XP, really?) and was unreasonable in accommodating software environments to both cloud services (o365) and downloading an old version. Yes, odbc is alive and well. Nothing new in accommodating legacy software in an enterprise environment, we can't buy everything COTS the day it ships, and have to make it work. Users don't know this, and are sometimes a**holes, so it goes. The only thing is they are the customers, and an IT professional of any kind cannot be self indulgent and tell them that--we have to try our best and make their stuff work and never get credit or appreciation for helping them. In this case, the vendor should have turned the other cheek, and moved on. Blacklisting them? OMG, should that be something that someone in service industry (IT or retail) should consider? Truth is, I am a ham radio operator and use HRD software, have since it was free, like 10 years ago. I love it, and have never regretted using it. I pay for their support now, and have used it once on a tough problem. For the small cost it is worth it to me. Sorry to see them do that, but it sounds like they learned from it, and maybe they will be a better company for it. Their product is good, so I would say if they vow to not be predatory, I will have an open mind.
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Just one point...
To the layman, it might seem unreasonable to point your weapon at someone who is already wanting to kill themselves. However, the reality is that folks who are suicidal will often "suddenly" turn their gun on others who are nearby. To those who know human psychology, this makes sense as in their state, extreme passiveness and aggression are emotions aligned on the same border. As well, while some folks fail to hurt themselves directly, they use "death by COP". This is why it is SOP for an officer to point their weapon at this type of suspect, as it is a safety issue for citizens and the officers. If you have your doubts, put your hand to your head like a gun, and see how quickly you can then point it at someone else. Of course, none of this justifies shooting the suspect, that's a way different thing.
TikTok--Cyber Actors
There are several real cyber attacks which have actually been carried out by TiKTok. This is not a "ban media", Anti-freedom of expression, or anti-Chinese lets-make-the-public-fear issue. These folks have attacked our phones, for real. In one instance, they exploited an iPhone feature that caches passwords in order to gain entry into iPhone applications. The second incident has not been put out there yet. (sorry not everyone can know sensitive things) The reality is we need to take action on them, (and as someone pointed out) any collector of information where unauthorized. Another interesting part of articles like this is the tremendous amount of money that China has paid to journalists and influencers to say favorable things about China, and quash anything that criticizes them. I believe the figure was over 100,000 journalists world wide that are being paid money to do this. That's a scarry statistic, and I can't help but look twice and wonder at the impartiality of every article that seems to go against known, verified issues linked to China, whether the Wuhan Lab or TikTok.
Well, so it goes...
So here we are, another tech innovation which is a double-edged sword that undoubtedly will cut someone. I first saw it in the early 80's with automatic cameras? When I was a young lad and working for a newspaper, it forced many of us out since then even a reporter could take basic photos... How about the Internet in general, with dysfunctional young folks who can only text, and can't read anything longer than a webscreen? Now watch for the howl about self-driving cars; they will put insurance companies out of business along with car sales and mechanics when no one is having to own a car anymore. ChatGPT will no doubt put many professionals out of work, when you don't need them anymore to get an opinion. Same old story guys, Someone is always complaining that they've been hurt... but that's progress, right? Just background music to anything new, amplified by who's complaining (for the children), the target of the complaint (who you love to hate), and who cares to listen, folks who want to save or hate the same people as the pundits who spread this stuff. Ahh, just wish all those horse wranglers had a voice in the 1900's when they were put out of business by the advent of the automobile! Those damn cars, and that Henry Ford...bet he's a republican too...
Clarification
So, not having a records retention policy on a particular type of document is not the problem here, it's a question of what the default policy (if any) the records retention authority of the state (RDA) has for those types of records. If the default is to keep that type of document for X years, then there is an issue with the JPSO's policy. If not, then they are not doing anything wrong by not keeping these records, as their records retention plans don't cover them. Once we know what the requirements are, then we know if they are being violated.
Bad Move on Good Product
Yeah, while any IT guy knows that the user wss a moron (XP, really?) and was unreasonable in accommodating software environments to both cloud services (o365) and downloading an old version. Yes, odbc is alive and well. Nothing new in accommodating legacy software in an enterprise environment, we can't buy everything COTS the day it ships, and have to make it work. Users don't know this, and are sometimes a**holes, so it goes. The only thing is they are the customers, and an IT professional of any kind cannot be self indulgent and tell them that--we have to try our best and make their stuff work and never get credit or appreciation for helping them. In this case, the vendor should have turned the other cheek, and moved on. Blacklisting them? OMG, should that be something that someone in service industry (IT or retail) should consider? Truth is, I am a ham radio operator and use HRD software, have since it was free, like 10 years ago. I love it, and have never regretted using it. I pay for their support now, and have used it once on a tough problem. For the small cost it is worth it to me. Sorry to see them do that, but it sounds like they learned from it, and maybe they will be a better company for it. Their product is good, so I would say if they vow to not be predatory, I will have an open mind.