I'm guessing the previous commenter meant to type REMF (Rear Echelon Mother Fucker). See also: In the rear with the gear. Someone who had a non-combat job. Supply, intelligence, admin, etc.
I know for a fact the "assistance after Hurricane Katrina" was nothing of the sort. My guard unit was down there, and one of our sergeant's was DEA for his day job. Guys from his office were down there doing no-knock raids. I know this because they tasked my unit to pull perimeter security for them when we were supposed to be doing useful things like clearing houses, aiding civilians in distress and preventing looting. Only happened a couple of times, but that was the DEA's version of "assistance". Drug raids after a major storm.
Telecoms providers are classified as "common carriers" which means they are required to provide service to everyone. ISPs are not currently classified as common carriers (though hopefully that will change with the new FCC) which is why we're still fighting for things like net neutrality. Websites, regardless of how popular they are, are businesses. Businesses have the constitutional right to decide who they want to do business with.
"Home taping is killing record industry profits! We've left this side blank so you can help."
Is there an internet-centric version of this that we could apply to advertising this very useful tool?
Honestly, the only reason I want this deal to go through is that it gets Bobby Kotick out of the driver's seat at Actiblizz. Admittedly, he's gonna get a nice golden parachute out of it which I'm not happy about, but at least he won't be in the business of running a games publisher any more.
I'd love to see PA do away with theirs, but we're the home of Comcast, so that's a major uphill slog. Still, I hold out hope. My wife's grandparents live in a spot in Pennsyltucky where 5Mbps DSL is literally their only option. They can't even get a cell signal out there. A community broadband option in their area would be a very welcome thing.
I went through law enforcement training in the Air Force. They hammered us on de-escalation tactics and techniques over and over again. It was made very clear to us that deadly force was the final option, not the first. The "training" that civilian cops are getting is a bastardized version of this which focuses on "do what you have to in order to get home alive", leading cops to jump straight to deadly force as the most expedient method of resolving the issue. Add the lack of accountability that we see in US policing today and you get a recipe for murder.
Illegal? No. But it should be heavily restricted and regulated. There is a valid market for hacking tools. Infosec red teams need to be able to pen test their organizations. That should NOT include things like hacking personal email accounts/phones, but a blanket ban on sales of hacking tools in general would hurt the infosec community. We need whitehats to be able to access the tools necessary to combat the blackhats.
You heard it here first folks. Koby is in favor of government censorship.
I mean, we all knew that, but still. Nice to see him come right out and say it.
Cops are not entrusted with looking after residents. They are entrusted with enforcement of the law. Investigating crimes, building cases against suspects and arresting them so they can be tried by a jury of their peers, at least ostensibly. SCOTUS ruled in DeShaney vs. Winnebago, Town of Castle Rock vs. Gonzales, and Warren vs. District of Columbia that the police are under no obligation to protect particular individuals.
That being said, in this case they're vandalizing, looting and apparently stealing cash. Qualified immunity will take care of that though. After all, police are the only people for whom ignorance of the law is actually an excuse.
Ah yes. Big Tech Conspiracy regarding Section 230.
Now I know why the store was out of aluminum foil. wjohnson343 bought all of it to increase the size of his hat collection.
These days, their preferred method of crime solving is to find a useful idiot, give them a plan, aid and abet them until the very end, and then arrest them for the crime. Way easier than actually investigating.
Never mind that people also use GPS apps like Waze or GMaps to route around areas of high traffic even if they've lived in an area for years (source: I do this). It obviously means "y'all ain't from around heah" so you're getting a search*!
*if you're a minority, obviously.
If memory serves, Facebook does the same thing, tracking anything typed in, whether it's eventually fully submitted or not. Start typing a search term, but change your mind and delete before hitting the search button? FB still has that info. TikTok is not unique in this arena. They are simply the most convenient boogeyman for the GOP.
Now I get to figure out if 1Password or Bitwarden are better choices for me, then begin the process of migrating EVERYTHING over to whichever one I settle on. Thankfully I'm one of those users who does have a strong master PW as well as MFA and updated account settings. I'm not happy, Bob. Not. Happy.
It would be interesting to see how much the LASD pulled in in civil asset forfeiture as a result of pretext stops during the same time period. Clearly they have some reason (aside from the obvious racism) to focus their efforts on this instead of responding to reported crimes. It would not surprise me at all to discover that the reason is financial.
"Imagine waking up in the morning, grabbing your hot cup of coffee, and scrolling your favorite blog post or website, only to find it looking like this:"
That's my worst nightmare. The lack of dark mode in the image just hurts me.
My manager brought this up on a team call yesterday. I have the mute button to thank for me still being employed today because I just wanted to yell about how stupid the whole thing was and how NOBODY is going to waste that much money just giving away hard drugs. Reminds me of the 80s Satanic Panic. Back then it was razor blades in your candy and convincing your kids to bow down to Satan. I'm not sure how we managed to get even dumber than that, but this certainly qualifies.
I'm guessing the previous commenter meant to type REMF (Rear Echelon Mother Fucker). See also: In the rear with the gear. Someone who had a non-combat job. Supply, intelligence, admin, etc.
I know for a fact the "assistance after Hurricane Katrina" was nothing of the sort. My guard unit was down there, and one of our sergeant's was DEA for his day job. Guys from his office were down there doing no-knock raids. I know this because they tasked my unit to pull perimeter security for them when we were supposed to be doing useful things like clearing houses, aiding civilians in distress and preventing looting. Only happened a couple of times, but that was the DEA's version of "assistance". Drug raids after a major storm.
Telecoms providers are classified as "common carriers" which means they are required to provide service to everyone. ISPs are not currently classified as common carriers (though hopefully that will change with the new FCC) which is why we're still fighting for things like net neutrality. Websites, regardless of how popular they are, are businesses. Businesses have the constitutional right to decide who they want to do business with.
Internet-era equivalent to the advent of tape recorders.
"Home taping is killing record industry profits! We've left this side blank so you can help." Is there an internet-centric version of this that we could apply to advertising this very useful tool?
Betteridge's Law of Headlines would indicate the answer is no. As would the last several years of regulatory capture.
Honestly, the only reason I want this deal to go through is that it gets Bobby Kotick out of the driver's seat at Actiblizz. Admittedly, he's gonna get a nice golden parachute out of it which I'm not happy about, but at least he won't be in the business of running a games publisher any more.
I'd love to see PA do away with theirs, but we're the home of Comcast, so that's a major uphill slog. Still, I hold out hope. My wife's grandparents live in a spot in Pennsyltucky where 5Mbps DSL is literally their only option. They can't even get a cell signal out there. A community broadband option in their area would be a very welcome thing.
I went through law enforcement training in the Air Force. They hammered us on de-escalation tactics and techniques over and over again. It was made very clear to us that deadly force was the final option, not the first. The "training" that civilian cops are getting is a bastardized version of this which focuses on "do what you have to in order to get home alive", leading cops to jump straight to deadly force as the most expedient method of resolving the issue. Add the lack of accountability that we see in US policing today and you get a recipe for murder.
Illegal? No. But it should be heavily restricted and regulated. There is a valid market for hacking tools. Infosec red teams need to be able to pen test their organizations. That should NOT include things like hacking personal email accounts/phones, but a blanket ban on sales of hacking tools in general would hurt the infosec community. We need whitehats to be able to access the tools necessary to combat the blackhats.
You heard it here first folks. Koby is in favor of government censorship. I mean, we all knew that, but still. Nice to see him come right out and say it.
Guess they have their new ad campaign.
At T-Mobile, your bill will never go up, and your data will always leak.
That's the thing though.
Cops are not entrusted with looking after residents. They are entrusted with enforcement of the law. Investigating crimes, building cases against suspects and arresting them so they can be tried by a jury of their peers, at least ostensibly. SCOTUS ruled in DeShaney vs. Winnebago, Town of Castle Rock vs. Gonzales, and Warren vs. District of Columbia that the police are under no obligation to protect particular individuals. That being said, in this case they're vandalizing, looting and apparently stealing cash. Qualified immunity will take care of that though. After all, police are the only people for whom ignorance of the law is actually an excuse.
Ah yes. Big Tech Conspiracy regarding Section 230. Now I know why the store was out of aluminum foil. wjohnson343 bought all of it to increase the size of his hat collection.
These days, their preferred method of crime solving is to find a useful idiot, give them a plan, aid and abet them until the very end, and then arrest them for the crime. Way easier than actually investigating.
Never mind that people also use GPS apps like Waze or GMaps to route around areas of high traffic even if they've lived in an area for years (source: I do this). It obviously means "y'all ain't from around heah" so you're getting a search*! *if you're a minority, obviously.
If memory serves, Facebook does the same thing, tracking anything typed in, whether it's eventually fully submitted or not. Start typing a search term, but change your mind and delete before hitting the search button? FB still has that info. TikTok is not unique in this arena. They are simply the most convenient boogeyman for the GOP.
This is not how I wanted to spend my week.
Now I get to figure out if 1Password or Bitwarden are better choices for me, then begin the process of migrating EVERYTHING over to whichever one I settle on. Thankfully I'm one of those users who does have a strong master PW as well as MFA and updated account settings. I'm not happy, Bob. Not. Happy.
It would be interesting to see how much the LASD pulled in in civil asset forfeiture as a result of pretext stops during the same time period. Clearly they have some reason (aside from the obvious racism) to focus their efforts on this instead of responding to reported crimes. It would not surprise me at all to discover that the reason is financial.
"Imagine waking up in the morning, grabbing your hot cup of coffee, and scrolling your favorite blog post or website, only to find it looking like this:" That's my worst nightmare. The lack of dark mode in the image just hurts me.
My manager brought this up on a team call yesterday. I have the mute button to thank for me still being employed today because I just wanted to yell about how stupid the whole thing was and how NOBODY is going to waste that much money just giving away hard drugs. Reminds me of the 80s Satanic Panic. Back then it was razor blades in your candy and convincing your kids to bow down to Satan. I'm not sure how we managed to get even dumber than that, but this certainly qualifies.