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   TSA didn't “sanitize sensitive security information” on discarded body scanner [pdf](oig.dhs.gov)

   2 points by declan 12y ago|0 comments
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   Top Secret .gov doc wanted everyone to “register” their encryption keys (1990s) [pdf](cryptome.org)

   2 points by declan 12y ago|0 comments
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   by declan 12y ago

   This is a very good question. I'm now no longer sure.
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   by declan 12y ago

   >I think OP's linked statement from Apple means that Apple is now also encrypting data stored on the iCloud servers. From today's announcement (scroll to "iCloud"): Mail and Notes are not stored in encrypted form on i
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   by declan 12y ago

   No, not all iCloud data is encrypted in storage. Email and Notes are not.
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   by declan 12y ago

   >If they provide user-data after being served with a warrant their servers were never accessed, yet the data was provided. Yes, that's true. But if you run an email service that's based in Cupertino, what do you do when served
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   by declan 12y ago

   That December 2013 page is linked to from today's announcement, under "Learn more about iCloud security." See: http://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-built-in/ Also note that today's announcement
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   by declan 12y ago

   > The user reset questions were socially engineered Yep, you're right. My point, perhaps poorly stated, is that if Random Hacker X can figure out the answers to the iCloud reset questions, so can a law enforcement agency. Then they
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   by declan 12y ago

   But "iCloud does not encrypt data stored on IMAP mail servers" or Notes http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4865
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    by declan 12y ago

    If you're an iOS user who becomes the target of an investigation by a law enforcement or intelligence agency, remember your data is likely unencrypted in the cloud. So if your device is inaccessible, your email, your location history
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    by declan 12y ago

    Discussion thread for the actual Apple policy is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8333595
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    Apple – Privacy – Government Information Requests(apple.com)

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    by declan 12y ago

    I'd be more concerned about something like this robotic machine gun, which is designed to do nothing but kill humans efficiently: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/09/samsung-sgr-a1-robot-sentry... "$200,000
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    Feds threatened Yahoo with $250K fine that would DOUBLE every week [pdf](dni.gov)

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    Peter Thiel Q&A on investing, startups, politics (2011)(cnet.com)

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    by declan 12y ago

    I've spent a few hours talking with Peter, and he talks in well-formed thoughts in well-structured sentences. A lot of other people, probably me included, wander a bit verbally. Peter doesn't. You can see a transcript of a convers
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    by declan 12y ago

    > This is where a purely libertarian position tends to run into trouble You're right that outlawing free markets -- such as banning Politically Unpopular Drugs -- can cause problems for free markets. :) Similarly, if selling books b
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    by declan 12y ago

    Ah, that makes a bit more sense. But I've never heard of anyone calling AT&T or Verizon or Comcast a "platform" that a developer might choose to build a business on. BTW even if you like the ideas of Net neutrality, it ma
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    by declan 12y ago

    >That the government should regulate those peoples' platforms? I take it you're joking: https://www.google.com/search?q="regulate+twitter"+site%3Ane... No results found for "regulate twitter&quo
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    by declan 12y ago

    I think the article's author is right and that there could easily be high-end market shift from Android at the margin. On the other hand, Android Wear watches are already shipping, Google voice search is better than Siri, Google Now is
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    by declan 12y ago

    Even after spending far too much of my life covering the Microsoft antitrust trial for Wired, I don't actually know whether that's the case or not. I don't think anyone does. The original order, if I recall properly, would ha
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    by declan 12y ago

    >Microsoft antitrust trial was Gates' deposition testimony, which, when presented in court, made the judge laugh out loud I was in the courtroom when that happened, and you're right. My Wired article at the time said that &quot
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    by declan 12y ago

    I was at the original iPhone launch for CNET, and there was a lot of stress, as you say. But watching Steve Jobs unveil it was a magical experience, and it also was very much a perk of the job.
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    by declan 12y ago

    My guess (as someone who worked for a decade+ as a journalist before leaving to create http://recent.io/ ) is increased competition for readers and advertising dollars. What <guywithabike> said is correct, especially t
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    by declan 12y ago

    Three thoughts: * Asset forfeiture abuses by police have been going on for at least a generation. Here's an excerpt from House Judiciary testimony by an African American gardener who dared to carry $9K in cash in 1991 to buy plants at
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    by declan 12y ago

    Without taking a position on whether I think <MCRed> is right as a policy matter, you're responding to a different point. <MCRed> is arguing (admittedly in a rant-y kind of way) that the U.S. Constitution is a document that
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    by declan 12y ago

    I have no affiliation with Engadget (in fact, I've spent over a decade working at competitors to Engadget). But I've found that it makes sense to evaluate news organizations' output on an article-by-article basis. Even the
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    by declan 12y ago

    > they dish out the tax breaks equitably A tax break by definition is something that's not dished out equitably. :) ("Favorable tax treatment of any class of persons" is how Wikipedia describes a tax break, which sounds
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    Huffington Post Doubles Down on Blatant Falsehoods About Creation of Email(techdirt.com)

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    by declan 12y ago

    >Wouldn't be the first time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army Thanks for reminding folks about the Bonus Army. This was a sad day in U.S. history. But remember the Bonus Army did not revolt. It was, I