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by m0nastic 15y ago
My guess is that it is exempted by the Military Cooperation with Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies Act[1] [1] http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/usc_sup_01_10_10_A_20_I_30...
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by m0nastic 15y ago
He should absolutely assume that the data has been cloned, but there is about a 99% chance that it wasn't. If the data was cloned on-site, then we wouldn't have heard about the search warrant (there'd have been a gag order). And as this hap
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by m0nastic 15y ago
But that would mean that the FBI weren't bumbling morons who salted the earth after tearing out everything in the datacenter with a power supply... I'm not sure I can deal with the possibility.
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I've agreed that the hypothetical search warrant you outlined would be too broad to be enforceable, but I disagree that the search warrant in this case was necesarilly this broad. I'm not saying it wasn't, I'm saying that it is not a requir
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but the Defense Department works with other government agencies and non-governmental agencies; and has for quite a long time. One of these collaborations is responsible for you being able to type that com
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I don't think that would be reasonable, but I also don't think that is analagous. For starters, that hypothetical search warrant is too broad to be executed. Keep in mind, I'm not saying that I believe that the FBI executed this seizure cor
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I can certainly think of scenarios in which this action was reasonable from the FBI perspective. I don't like to be in the position of defending the FBI (my own personal and professional relationship with them is complicated), but I think t
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by m0nastic 15y ago
In general the FBI is still operating in a pre-datacenter mindset when it comes to evidence acquisition. It wasn't until 2007 that they updated the Handbook of Forensic Services[1] to no longer require seizing peripherals of suspected evide
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by m0nastic 15y ago
Microsoft tried that with the Kin. The problem (at least one of the problems) was that it still cost as much as a real smartphone. Particularly, the monthly plans were still the same, which I think makes potential buyers pause and say somet
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I feel like he's missing the point of an ecosystem. It's fine that he only uses a few apps on his phone, and that most other people probably do the same. The problem is that those "few apps" that most other people use aren't the same "few a
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Apple iCloud Senior Manager Joins HealthTeacher as Vice President of Product(healthteacher.com)
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by m0nastic 15y ago
Not sure why you think you are hellbanned. For what it's worth I see your comments.
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Flagship and Swan Song at the same time. I don't know how they expect developers to make apps for a platform that they've publicly stated is only going to have this one phone released for. I hope I'm wrong though, I still have an irrational
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by m0nastic 15y ago
It's a penta-band (just like the N8), so you should be happy: http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n9-00/sp...
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I'm sorry if my post led you to believe that I think the incentives are presently sufficient. They most certainly are not. My point was that they exist , and believe it or not, as bad as they seem now, they are better than they were when I
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by m0nastic 15y ago
There are incentives, they are just not at an equilibrium with the costs. Prior to compliance legislation (like PCI, GLBA, HIPAA, SarBox, etc.) there wasn't much downside to having insecure systems; or more accurately, the downside only hit
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by m0nastic 15y ago
So what you're talking about is covered by both regulatory compliance (like PCI, or HIPAA), and third-party services (like ICSA and those "hacker proof" logos). The first are an imperfect implementation of a gameable standard which some arg
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by m0nastic 15y ago
Presumably then, you're a reasonable person. I can assure you though, that if a shopping mall put up a sign like that they'd be flooded with complaints. Ultimately, it's a cost/benefit analysis for the company involved. Gay marriage is a co
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by m0nastic 15y ago
To play Devil's Advocate: What if you logged into Gmail and saw a reminder that said "Be sure to go vote for the bill supporting Gay Marriage Today" that you couldn't delete?
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I'm not sure how I feel about this (although I don't use Gmail, so thankfully, it doesn't matter how I feel). I like the fact that Google adds little touches that try to remind you that their employees are actual human beings. I can be symp
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by m0nastic 15y ago
It's definitely not impossible to prevent issues like this, it just requires effort. Securing a network/host/application is like getting (and staying) in shape. It's a process that requires an ongoing effort. There's nothing you can buy tha
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by m0nastic 15y ago
As far as I can tell, the "problem" with Linux on the desktop is that there is no consensus that there is a problem. The category of people who use Linux, but complain about the desktop experience, seems to be a vocal minority (of the alrea
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by m0nastic 15y ago
NetFlix has been trying to implement captions[1], it's actually a lot more challenging then you'd think (with a library as large as NetFlix's). They've been rolling it out slowly the past few months, but I'll at least give them credit for t
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I don't know how common an example I am, but I absolutely hate interacting with Facebook on their website (even on my laptop). I pretty much only use it via the iPhone application, so I welcome an iPad app (assuming it's laid out similarly)
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by m0nastic 15y ago
No no, I absolutely agree with you (about the hazard). I worry about any company that puts all it's app test eggs into one large contract with a big firm (a statement which I'm sure would make one of my salespeople cringe). I find that the
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I can only think of three scenarios which would result in this breach (but I could just be lacking imagination): 1.) This app has been sitting around in production and was never tested. 2.) This app was part of the normal testing procedures
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by m0nastic 15y ago
Over 1300 years old, and this is at the bottom of their web page: "Please use Netscape Navigator and the Shockwave plug-in to see this site in its full majesty." I'm curious what it will say in another 1300 years.
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At my school we went through it in about two and a half months (my school did quarters instead of semesters), but I recommend taking more than that.
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by m0nastic 15y ago
When I saw the diagram showing the way Joanna partitions her computing on her blog in March, I thought I was looking at something a schizophrenic would have drawn. I think this line of research is interesting though, even if I don't foresee
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by m0nastic 15y ago
I don't know about "met", but for the past week or so, I've seen lots of "the sky is falling" on Twitter from pissed off .NET developers. I think much of it is an overreaction, but Microsoft's native development story the past few years has

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