More like the right folks didn't hear about it for a while. Mom gets a different level of attention than if a known vulnerability research would have made the call. You have to imagine that every tech firm gets their fair share of cranks making bogus claims about vulnerabilities.
Why, just last night my phone's Facebook app was beaming political messages into my brain while I slept!
"they assume it's the same thing as software code -- which clearly is covered by copyright."
No, not all software code is copyrightable. Software code must be sufficiently "creative" to be eligible for copyright protection. That is the essence of this very issue.
Put it to you this way. If you give a programming problem to ten programmers and they come up with identical code, the code is not creative enough for protection.
"For about $2500, basically anyone can make their own gun, such as an AR47"
Nonsense. For about $350, basically anyone can make their own rifle, such as an AR15. The gun component of an AR15 is the lower receiver, a regulated item you can purchase for as low as $40. Everything else is mail order to your doorstep.
If I'm stealing data from a compromised target, I wouldn't copy each file individually. I'd pack them up in an archive file then transfer that. Nobody has mentioned that AFAIK.
As a result, OpenBSD required NO patches for this issue. The workarounds have been in the code since this issue was spotted by Theo. 11 years ago. The information was there. But no one listened.
Re: Re: Too many problems to deal with...
So if someone steals my gun, I’m responsible for what they do with it?
The downside
if the biggest users sell the results, they cannot subsidized low volume users, as they would have no one to sell to!
Look at the upside
A list of pirate sites might come in handy!
Well, what do you know...
A Chinese company is deceptive and misleading!
You know that cheating people, especially but not limited to non-Chinese people, is considered sport in China, right?
Never attribute to malice...
More like the right folks didn't hear about it for a while. Mom gets a different level of attention than if a known vulnerability research would have made the call. You have to imagine that every tech firm gets their fair share of cranks making bogus claims about vulnerabilities.
Why, just last night my phone's Facebook app was beaming political messages into my brain while I slept!
You're making the same mistake they are
"they assume it's the same thing as software code -- which clearly is covered by copyright."
No, not all software code is copyrightable. Software code must be sufficiently "creative" to be eligible for copyright protection. That is the essence of this very issue.
Put it to you this way. If you give a programming problem to ten programmers and they come up with identical code, the code is not creative enough for protection.
All public docs belong to the people
All public docs should be posted to public archives immediately. All sensitive docs should have a built-in “make public” date.
Government secrecy encourages bad behavior.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Loss of freedom is the price of civilization...
You don’t need a CNC mill to cut an AR15 lower. You need a $50 jig and a drill press. No serial numbers, a true Ghost Gun!
Re: Re: Loss of freedom is the price of civilization...
"For about $2500, basically anyone can make their own gun, such as an AR47"
Nonsense. For about $350, basically anyone can make their own rifle, such as an AR15. The gun component of an AR15 is the lower receiver, a regulated item you can purchase for as low as $40. Everything else is mail order to your doorstep.
Re: Re:
It sounds like you might be on the wrong team. Good luck with that.
Refunds?
So will the law enforcement get refunds on their phone crackers? Lol! That could make for some fun FIOA requests!
Re: Re: Speaking to the "DNC hacked itself" bit
No comment. Lol!
Speaking to the "DNC hacked itself" bit
If I'm stealing data from a compromised target, I wouldn't copy each file individually. I'd pack them up in an archive file then transfer that. Nobody has mentioned that AFAIK.
And an unconstitutional search, to boot!
How can this be legal?
Re: Re: Trust the bureaucrats
I can choose my dentist, just like all of the parents of Smiles 4 Keep patients are doing right now.
Re: Re: Techdirt should take another tack on this ...
No more political than the investigation that started it.
Personally, I hope the whole thing blows up and gets shit on everyone, Dems and Repubs. Burn the whole f*cking house down.
I wouldn't trust Marc Randazza's opinion on the time of day
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/how-copyright-lawyer-marc-randazza-got-famous-lost-friends-and-went-broke/
YASL, Yet Another Slimey Lawyer
Old news?
Familiar with OpenBSD? Theo de Raadt is the Linus Torvalds of OpenBSD. He's cantankerous, sometimes rude, very passionate, very intelligent...
And he called this whole mess 11 years ago!
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=118296441702631&w=2
As a result, OpenBSD required NO patches for this issue. The workarounds have been in the code since this issue was spotted by Theo. 11 years ago. The information was there. But no one listened.
Re: Is your characterization of "A Modest Proposal" supposed to be satire?
How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
Zero!
License?
"...John E. Reid & Associates, which licenses the Reid method..."
Since when can you license a method?