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• On the post: Study Says Trump’s Truth Social Is Much More Aggressive, And Much More Arbitrary, In Moderating Content

  

  katsai ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2022 @ 01:55pm

  Someone is missing from this comment thread

  I can't put my finger on who it is, but I know there's someone who insists that all moderation on social media is evil censorship and shouldn't happen. Since I can't think of his name, I'll just use a totally made up one. I'll call him Koby. Anyone seen him? Or did he trip over his blankie in his rush to decry this horrible example of "censorship" and knock himself unconscious?

• On the post: Being A Supreme Court Clerk Now Hazardous To Your Privacy

  

  katsai ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2022 @ 04:01pm

  Exciting isn't it?

  Living in a country where federal investigators can lie to you freely during interrogations/questionings, but will charge you with a felony if you dare lie to them in answer to their questions. Land of the free*. *Free only applies to individuals and entities who are in power or have enough money/political influence. Not you.

• On the post: Conde Nast Threatens Pub In The UK For Existing In Town Called Vogue

  

  katsai ( profile ), 17 May, 2022 @ 10:09am

  I mean, any lawyer worth half a damn could parlay that 10 minutes of research into at least a couple of billable hours. Admittedly, that would probably be fewer hours than they could bill for sending out the C&D. So yeah. Greed?

• On the post: Santa Ana (CA) Council Looking To Ban City Cops From Playing Copyrighted Music While Being Recorded

  

  katsai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 03:43pm

  Does the city have a noise ordnance?

  Perhaps the officer should be ticketed for disturbing the peace along with being fired for violating departmental policy.

• On the post: Ninth Circuit Says Arresting People For ‘Fuck The Cops’ Chalk Writing Is Unconstitutional Retaliation

  

  katsai ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2022 @ 10:40am

  Now, now. It's a desert, so water is way more expensive.

• On the post: Even As Trump Relies On Section 230 For Truth Social, He's Claiming In Lawsuits That It's Unconstitutional

  

  katsai ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2022 @ 09:56am

  I'm stealing this

  "But this is mixing apples and orangutans"

  I genuinely scared my dog when I read this because it made me laugh way too loudly. I'm keeping this for use in the future.

• On the post: DEA Gives Former Marine Back $86,900 Cops Took From Him During A Nevada Traffic Stop Caught On Body Cam

  

  katsai ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2021 @ 07:43am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Shades of Gulag Archipelago

  To get past that point, we'd have to restructure elections so that the "first past the post" method we currently use got changed to something else. Unfortunately, both parties currently in power have no plans to weaken their positions by allowing anyone else to step into the pool. We need a complete overhaul of our entire electoral process, including but not limited to ranked-choice voting and the elimination of gerrymandering in favor of an independent districting committee that is not beholden to either party. I don't see that happening any time soon. Probably not in my lifetime.

• On the post: Open Source 'Matter' Hopes To Make Sense Of The Fractured, Messy Smart Home Sector

  

  katsai ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2021 @ 09:23am

  "To simplify adoption, Matter will start as an application layer on top of existing IP technologies, including ethernet, Wi-Fi, Thread, and Bluetooth (for device provisioning)."

  I hope they're starting from a strong security focus. I mean, I know they aren't because security is hard, and hard things cost money, but still.

• On the post: EUIPO Study Indicates It's Likely That Piracy Traffic Has Decreased Significantly, Even During The Pandemic

  

  katsai ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2021 @ 08:59am

  Re: Re:

  I think you misread that. I believe OP was saying $50 total for 4 services, so $12.50 per service per month on average.

• On the post: Austin The Latest City To Try And Impose A Netflix Tax

  

  katsai ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2021 @ 07:40am

  Re: Why only Netflix?

  I want to vote this as funny, but some idiot city councilman just read this and was all "Yes! Yes! That's exactly what we should do!"

• On the post: CNN Goes Full Moral Panic About Kids And Social Media

  

  katsai ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2021 @ 10:16am

  In the 90s, fashion magazines aimed at teens were to blame for depression/poor self-image. Oh, and also grunge music. Everyone seems to forget how much growing up sucks, and how scary the teen years are by the time they have teens of their own. Easier to blame the new hotness than try to understand what your kid is going through, I guess.

• On the post: Apple Notifies More Victims Of NSO Malware Hacking Attempts

  

  katsai ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2021 @ 01:25pm

  Re:

  Oh come on. A part of the US government targeting citizens? I can think of No Such Agency.

• On the post: Hikvision's Director Of Cybersecurity And Privacy Says IoT Devices With Backdoors 'Can't Be Used To Spy On Companies, Individuals Or Nations'

  

  katsai ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2021 @ 03:35pm

  I can't decide if this is a perfect example of Hanlon's Razor, or if it's actual evil. Given that a corporate mouthpiece is spouting this insanity, it really could go either way.

• On the post: Does Copyright Give Companies The Right To Search Your Home And Computer?

  

  katsai ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2021 @ 03:00pm

  Licensing audits in the business world are very common. Microsoft, Adobe, VMware, Kaseya and a whole host of others that I've worked with over the years have these provisions. Usually it boils down to them having the company run a tool that checks for installed instances of the software on corporate networks, and compares that to the number of seats the company has licensed for use. If the company is out of compliance, they work with them to purchase enough licenses to cover their level of utilization. Sometimes companies even get a price break on true-up. The "without limitation" part of this particular license agreement is definitely a little concerning, but the practice of license auditing is an every day part of the business software world.

• On the post: Missouri Admits It Fucked Up In Exposing Teacher Data, Offers Apology To Teachers — But Not To Journalists It Falsely Accused Of Hacking

  

  katsai ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2021 @ 12:47pm

  It's funny how many companies and government organizations trot out the "the security of the data we collect is of the utmost importance" line AFTER an easily preventable breach or (as in the case here) blatant information security malpractice. If the security of users were truly important to them, it wouldn't be an afterthought, and they wouldn't be attacking the white hats who properly disclose vulnerabilities in a responsible manner.

• On the post: UK Schools Normalizing Biometric Collection By Using Facial Recognition For Meal Payments

  

  katsai ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2021 @ 07:40am

  I forget

  Is this stage two or stage three of Doctorow's Shitty Technology Adoption Curve?

• On the post: Biden 'Competition Council' Urges Biden FCC To Do Things It Can't Do Because Biden Hasn't Fully Staffed It Yet

  

  katsai ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2021 @ 09:55am

  Is it too late to get Tom Wheeler back? He was the first halfway decent FCC chair in my memory.

• On the post: ISPs Give 'Netflow Data' To Third Parties, Who Sell It Without User Awareness Or Consent

  

  katsai ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2021 @ 02:51pm

  Re:

  Because corporations don't want to make some of the money. They want to make all of the money.

• On the post: House Republicans Introduce Ridiculous, Contradictory, Unconstitutional Package Of 32 Bills About Section 230 And Content Moderation

  

  katsai ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2021 @ 09:34am

  House "Repubiicans"?

  I'm at a loss for even attempting to wrap my head around the idiocy of these bills. Instead, I'll just politely point out the typo in the headline. :)

• On the post: Texas School District's Facial Recognition System Capable Of Capturing A Single Student's Image More Than 1,000 Times A Week

  

  katsai ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2021 @ 06:16am

  I see Cory Doctorow's Shitty Technology Adoption Curve is back with a vengeance.

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