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• On the post: FBI Arrests Creator Of Remote Access Tool, Rather Than Those Abusing It To Commit Crime

  

  Mat ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2017 @ 01:39pm

  Re: Re: Isn't it obvious?

  ... I hate to say it but this sounds far too logical.

• On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Storing Files In Folders

  

  Mat ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2017 @ 09:41pm

  Hmm.

  So how much of this could we halt by simple new rule of this: Only someone (corporation or otherwise) who helped fund the research that lead to the patent in the first place may buy a public institutions patents. Otherwise they either remain with the institution, or are placed into the public domain.
  
  Also, in the case of this -specific- patent I counter with prior art: Winamp has been doing this for ripped CD files since the late 90s or so.

• On the post: Digital Homicide's $10 Million Lawsuit Against Game Critic Gone

  

  Mat ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2017 @ 03:13am

  Re: For the curious

  I'm of the personal opinion that the average person declared legally incompetent likely could have put together a more coherent narrative to defend a point, myself...

• On the post: Congressman Goodlatte Decides To Refill The Swamp By Gutting Congressional Ethics Office… But Drops It After Bad Publicity

  

  Mat ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2017 @ 11:07am

  Re: Is #6 legal?

  Since when did Congress care if its laws were legal -or- morally sound?

• On the post: Iowa Taxpayers Handing Out $60K Settlement To California Gamblers Who Were Legally Robbed Of $100K By State Troopers

  

  Mat ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2016 @ 12:42pm

  Re: Re: The best job around

  I think someone's sarcasm and/or 'not the way it should be but the way it seems to actually be' detectors is broken.

• On the post: Researchers Find Vulnerability That Enables Accounting Fraud, PwC Decides The Best Response Is A Legal Threat

  

  Mat ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2016 @ 11:54am

  Odd wording...

  _and was only properly accessed by those with licenses_
  
  Yes, but what about improper access? Or are you going to just pretend that it wasn't just proven that 'improper' access can happen?

• On the post: Law Passed To Protect Customers From Non-Disparagement Clauses And Other Ridiculous Restrictions

  

  Mat ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2016 @ 01:19pm

  Re:

  I haven't had time to nitpick it to death yet but if so, I think we need to check that we didn't fall into an alternate reality.

• On the post: Amidst The Game Release Boom On Steam, It's Time For Valve To Weaponize Its Community For Curation

  

  Mat ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2016 @ 12:23pm

  Re: Re:

  The problem is the do not show again does not keep it out of your search results, just off your front page, and I've managed to prove, with screen shots, that you can't get through the game pile faster than the game pile grows (because the same names keep showing up again and again on later pages.) I'd honestly kill for the ability to say "No DLC or software, has Mixed or Better reviews, and is under this price point" at the same time.

• On the post: Trump Telecom Advisor Doesn't Think Broadband Monopolies Are Real, Wants To Dismantle The FCC

  

  Mat ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2016 @ 11:00am

  Re: If only they knew.

  As someone who is a tech who's options are 1.5 Mbit or less "DSL" or satalite... Oh we're -aware- and pretty much bent over backwards because we can't afford to put in our own service individually, and there's absolutely zero visible effort to fix the suburban much less rural like my area connections.
  
  We're aware, we're pissed, and there's about jack and shit we can do about it."

• On the post: Continued Disagreement And Confusion Over Yahoo Email Scanning

  

  Mat ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2016 @ 11:32am

  Re: MB is smoking the wacky weed.

  ... Except in this case, it looks like it is possible that they did install a buggy rootkit on their own servers. And given a server is nothing more than a computer, it can be rootkited or malwared just like any other computer. (The fact a security audit -caught- it and then stink flew actually makes this scenario sadly more plausible.

• On the post: Comcast Dramatically Expands Unnecessary Broadband Caps — For 'Fairness'

  

  Mat ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2016 @ 12:45pm

  Re:

  Some companies will either force or nag you to change to business class if you go over a certain amount of usage. Particularly if you are hosting a server of any kind on your end (Like, say, you play minecraft as the host machine.)

• On the post: Surprise: Intelligence Community Comes Out Against Congressional Plan To Weaken Intelligence Oversight

  

  Mat ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2016 @ 12:11pm

  *Checks clock and GPS and what not*

  Did I stumble through a portal to an alternate dimension?

• On the post: Capcom Releases DRM For Street Fighter 5, Promptly Rolls It Back When It Screws Legitimate Customers

  

  Mat ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2016 @ 11:29am

  Re:

  Honestly? In this case they did something more despicable: They put at risk the actual machine that the game is installed on. Which they had no hand in creating.

• On the post: Those Terrible Takedowns Aren't Mistakes, They're Intentional Fakes

  

  Mat ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2016 @ 08:00pm

  Re: Re: It's all results driven...

  So who's going to file these counter-claims when they generate URLs that do not point at valid anything? I'd rather just give the DMCA its original presumed teeth back: You file one that contains bogus information beyond 'I have the right to this copyright, it -still- counts as perjury.

• On the post: Facebook Algorithms Take Down WordPress Lawyer's Post About Idiocy Of Algorithmic Takedowns

  

  Mat ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2016 @ 12:14pm

  huh

  ... If I wanted to make sure my audience never heard about the issue I'd write my removal program to remove mentions about it... So program working as planned?

• On the post: House Intelligence Committee's List Of 'Snowden's Lies' Almost Entirely False

  

  Mat ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2016 @ 11:27am

  Re:

  Sad But True button once more needed.

• On the post: New Jersey Man Files Lawsuit Over Pokemon Go After A Few Players Politely Knocked On His Door

  

  Mat ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2016 @ 12:27pm

  Re: Re: Re: Niantic deserves to be sued: doesn't accept complaints

  Offer to teach them how to fill out a form that is really not that difficult to do? It's easier than getting an account here at techdirt. (Note, it still takes time after such is filed for someone to get to it. Small company, LOTS of those to filter through...)

• On the post: New Jersey Man Files Lawsuit Over Pokemon Go After A Few Players Politely Knocked On His Door

  

  Mat ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2016 @ 12:30pm

  So wait...

  This guy is sueing because the players (kids or otherwise) tried -not- to trespass, simply by, you know, asking first? I'm trying to decide who the stupid is in this article and I'm for once thinking the -kids- aren't the stupid ones...

• On the post: Rhode Island Governor Dumps Revenge Porn Bill In Favor Of Upholding First Amendment

  

  Mat ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2016 @ 10:15am

  Can we get a round of applause?

  Or some other way of showing that yes, we do appreciate someone who watches out for the side effects of the broad legislation meant to 'do something'?

• On the post: Appeals Court: No Expectation Of Privacy In Credit Card Magnetic Strips

  

  Mat ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2016 @ 02:05pm

  Huh.

  So what happens if you use one of those fancy card organizers that stores multiple cards on one chunk of plastic? user programmable is the whole point of those...

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