I don't think that Twitter exchange shows what you think it shows. As recently as about 8 hours ago(1) Russia seems to be getting slapped pretty hard in Bakhmut. That's not some friendly collusion with his Russian counterpart, it's a taunt from someone [nominally] backing Ukraine.
Also, it is always within the realm of possibility for the USG to throw a monkeywrench into the works. These leaks sound like they're testing the water to see what they can get away with pulling on Elon. Considering Twitter's past use to facilitate US geopolitical goals, I could see the government being concerned at such a loose cannon at the helm... they might just find a way to blow the deal with an FTC case or some other mechanism.
(1) https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/10/21/russia-is-wasting-its-last-good-troops-in-a-pointless-attack-on-a-worthless-town/
The idea of IoT isn't itself dumb, but holy crap are there a lot of really dumb implementations. If it's strictly cloud controlled with no LAN based control, it's garbage; if the cloud service is leaky insecure trash, it's worse than garbage.
I <3 my smart bulbs. I can control them from anywhere in the house with my phone. I can control them from anywhere else with my VPN connection... and I have them all firewalled from the internet because I can't trust that the manufacturer isn't an idiot when it comes to security.
In most places killing a police dog is treated as bad as attacking a cop.
For the almost the last two decades, it's been a federal offense that could get you up to 10 years.
If the government values animal life so much, maybe we should expand the law to cover all canine companions' life... and then start tossing these incompetents without the temperament for being cops in jail instead of just to the unemployment line.
... LEB never provided MM with a written and signed retainer agreement setting forth the standards upon which LEB would provide legal services to MM and bill for those services...
I think I've said this joke before, but...
What do you call two people in business together without a written contract?
It's almost like they were going for the word "geas", but can't spell worth a crap.
A geas being "an obligation or prohibition magically placed upon an individual."
In Irish folklore it's a curse placed on, or an oath taken by a person that causes an action become a taboo for that person. When that taboo is broken the curse inflicts a punishment or dark fate upon the taboo breaker.
Sounds like some people need better compartmentalization of their online activities. Or in other words, Operational Security.
There are quite a few guides of "OpSec for activists". It's not perfect, but it could help if you're in the kind of situation these doxing victims are in.
This. This is why I insisted to the S.O. that the last TV we bought not be a "Smart TV". It has to be "just smart enough", with an old school RS232 serial port for external 2-way control. I can roll out my own "smarts" for the TV with an actual AV control system or a computer with something like MythTV.
Fortunately, if you are willing to spend the extra cash most TV manufacturers produce "commercial grade" TV screens for digital signage that are still quite dumb but with serial control... but even these are getting pretty rare.
Samsung's and LG's are still "Smart" just a different kind of "Smart".
I made a little ghetto mini mixer like that Openmix for my MP3 player & computer YEARS ago. To think, if I was motivated I could have been an inventor/entrepreneur. =-.-=;
Some states encourage public institutions to do business w/ woman and minority owned businesses. See Texas's HUB program: http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/hub/
And I'm pretty sure some of the vendors/manufacturers I saw are a having a little panic attack right about now.
Also, another angle to this is the fact that the FAA has set up test grounds for commercial drone use. They are likely not ready to pass judgement on the impact of such use, and if it's like any other application of bureaucracy it'll be a while before they are.
This 100%, 200mbit fiber coverage in 2007 comes as a surprise to me. Just moved apartments and AT&T was an option and I couldn't get more than a 48mbit connection (which cost ~$60 w/ $150 in setup fees AND a 1yr contract).
They are pretty consistently screwing with my parent's 6mbit DSL service across town, all while bombarding them with offers to switch to U-verse (for only twice what they're paying for DSL). Not a week goes by that I don't hear about some sort of service interruption in their neighborhood.
... would be that both Comcast and Netflix have to pay the US Postal Service to deliver the mail, but Comcast wants Netflix to also pay for all the overtime their mail room guy is having to put in because the quantity of letters they're getting from Netflix.
Note, they aren't HIRING a new mail room guy (adding more bandwidth) to offset their current mail room guy's work, just asking for more money so he can work harder on Netflix's mail instead of everyone else's.
Was reading earlier today, some sleuths on Twitter have already done a bit of publicly sourced intel gathering already and it strongly points at Afghanistan. Apparently, people in NatSec jobs put this crap on their LinkedIn profiles and publicly posted resumes/CVs.
I don't think that Twitter exchange shows what you think it shows. As recently as about 8 hours ago(1) Russia seems to be getting slapped pretty hard in Bakhmut. That's not some friendly collusion with his Russian counterpart, it's a taunt from someone [nominally] backing Ukraine. Also, it is always within the realm of possibility for the USG to throw a monkeywrench into the works. These leaks sound like they're testing the water to see what they can get away with pulling on Elon. Considering Twitter's past use to facilitate US geopolitical goals, I could see the government being concerned at such a loose cannon at the helm... they might just find a way to blow the deal with an FTC case or some other mechanism. (1) https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/10/21/russia-is-wasting-its-last-good-troops-in-a-pointless-attack-on-a-worthless-town/
The idea of IoT isn't itself dumb, but holy crap are there a lot of really dumb implementations. If it's strictly cloud controlled with no LAN based control, it's garbage; if the cloud service is leaky insecure trash, it's worse than garbage. I <3 my smart bulbs. I can control them from anywhere in the house with my phone. I can control them from anywhere else with my VPN connection... and I have them all firewalled from the internet because I can't trust that the manufacturer isn't an idiot when it comes to security.
Re: 'Your dogs are just sacks of meat. Our dogs on the other hand are fellow officers'
In most places killing a police dog is treated as bad as attacking a cop. For the almost the last two decades, it's been a federal offense that could get you up to 10 years. If the government values animal life so much, maybe we should expand the law to cover all canine companions' life... and then start tossing these incompetents without the temperament for being cops in jail instead of just to the unemployment line.
Re: Re: And the moral of the story (and many others)?
That didn't work out too well for weev. Of course that was AT&T, and they have the clout to push a federal prosecution.
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I remember back in the day when the joke was "The dead are rising! And they're voting Republican!"
Florida, I think it was.
This reminds me of my Favorite Judge Judy quote
I think I've said this joke before, but...
What do you call two people in business together without a written contract?
Litigants.
bad spelling.
It's almost like they were going for the word "geas", but can't spell worth a crap.
A geas being "an obligation or prohibition magically placed upon an individual."
In Irish folklore it's a curse placed on, or an oath taken by a person that causes an action become a taboo for that person. When that taboo is broken the curse inflicts a punishment or dark fate upon the taboo breaker.
Sounds like an apt name to me.
OPSEC.
Sounds like some people need better compartmentalization of their online activities. Or in other words, Operational Security.
There are quite a few guides of "OpSec for activists". It's not perfect, but it could help if you're in the kind of situation these doxing victims are in.
Re: Catastrophic failure due to momentum and threshold
It's like trying to hold loose sand with your bare hands, the tighter your squeeze the more it slips through your fingers.
Of course, their current strategy is to have others people, like local governments, stab the hands of anyone else who comes to their sandbox.
This reminds me of my Favorite Judge Judy quote
What do you call two individuals without a contract?
LITIGANTS!
And that's why...
And that's why I'm keeping my '78 Datsun 210 hatchback running as LO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-ONG as possible.
Also, did anyone else think of Micheal Hastings?
To paraphraze Babylon 5...
Kosh: They are alone. They are a dying race. We should let them pass.
Sinclair: Who -- the Cable Companies or the Traditional Broadcasters?
Kosh: Yes.
This.
This. This is why I insisted to the S.O. that the last TV we bought not be a "Smart TV". It has to be "just smart enough", with an old school RS232 serial port for external 2-way control. I can roll out my own "smarts" for the TV with an actual AV control system or a computer with something like MythTV.
Fortunately, if you are willing to spend the extra cash most TV manufacturers produce "commercial grade" TV screens for digital signage that are still quite dumb but with serial control... but even these are getting pretty rare.
Samsung's and LG's are still "Smart" just a different kind of "Smart".
Damn...
I made a little ghetto mini mixer like that Openmix for my MP3 player & computer YEARS ago. To think, if I was motivated I could have been an inventor/entrepreneur. =-.-=;
Though this one is much slicker.
Re: Re:
Some states encourage public institutions to do business w/ woman and minority owned businesses. See Texas's HUB program: http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/hub/
Was at a trade show this last week....
And I'm pretty sure some of the vendors/manufacturers I saw are a having a little panic attack right about now.
Also, another angle to this is the fact that the FAA has set up test grounds for commercial drone use. They are likely not ready to pass judgement on the impact of such use, and if it's like any other application of bureaucracy it'll be a while before they are.
As someone who lives in SBC's old territory
This 100%, 200mbit fiber coverage in 2007 comes as a surprise to me. Just moved apartments and AT&T was an option and I couldn't get more than a 48mbit connection (which cost ~$60 w/ $150 in setup fees AND a 1yr contract).
They are pretty consistently screwing with my parent's 6mbit DSL service across town, all while bombarding them with offers to switch to U-verse (for only twice what they're paying for DSL). Not a week goes by that I don't hear about some sort of service interruption in their neighborhood.
Par for the course, it seems.
A better analogy...
... would be that both Comcast and Netflix have to pay the US Postal Service to deliver the mail, but Comcast wants Netflix to also pay for all the overtime their mail room guy is having to put in because the quantity of letters they're getting from Netflix.
Note, they aren't HIRING a new mail room guy (adding more bandwidth) to offset their current mail room guy's work, just asking for more money so he can work harder on Netflix's mail instead of everyone else's.
Re:
More NSA inspired humor:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3194
Re: The second country ?
Was reading earlier today, some sleuths on Twitter have already done a bit of publicly sourced intel gathering already and it strongly points at Afghanistan. Apparently, people in NatSec jobs put this crap on their LinkedIn profiles and publicly posted resumes/CVs.