Re: long-in-tooth
If your password is 'incorrect', maybe it is 'expired'.
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"Interestingly, the use of encryption in https is not to hide anything, merely to prove that it really is you"
Wait, what?
I agree that there are two uses for encryption keys and that one of those is to digitally sign data to prove it was written by you, but I'm not sure you understand https as it isn't implemented like that.
The certificate exchange and verification process is to create an encryption key for the data flow between you and the web server. Anyone else looking at that data stream wouldn't know what it contained unless they had the key.
Unless I've totally misunderstood your point :/
"but wouldn't that make your "evil message" (now being used as the one-time-pad and containing structured data) easier to decrypt?"
I don't see why it should. If I've understood correctly the fake pad is just to convert something you know (the encrypted message) into something else you know (the fake unencrypted message).
The original pad will will decrypt the original encrypted message to the real one. All the fakery stuff only relates to the faked message so should reveal nothing about the real pad or message.
I think the US should put this bill forward for a vote immediately.
That way, anyone who votes in its' favour will have shown themselves to be unfit for office - right down to the point where they shouldn't be allowed to make the tea.
Sack anyone who votes for it and ban them from ever having any more authority than over their own bladders.
Well, I don't think he is actually accused of a crime in the UK, it's the US that's doing the prosecution.
The US knows it can't compel the passwords out of him, and the UK has been asked to do it for them -but the UK doesn't have a legal way to do it, so they are trying to bully him into giving the passwords over.
I might be wrong, but it sounds about right :)
"I've been told I'm part of the problem enough times by bright young things so maybe it really is just me."
Only in the sense you are making them think. Experienced consultants cost money for a reason, and it isn't because they know the latest buzz-words.
Doing things right first time is never popular for some reason - I reckon it's because when they look at costs they miss out all the stuff that has to be re-done because they deployed something piece-meal without reference to the big picture.
You aren't costing them money - you are saving it - they're just too stupid to understand because it isn't tallied at the bottom of a spreadsheet table.
It seems to me that whilst Pascal is quite grunty - it isn't aimed at graphics processing as it's primary function.
So, it will probably compete with the 980ti out of the door, and at a lower price point - but I expect the more consumer oriented Polaris GPU's might well steal the show (for this generation at least)
When Stingray is used, the law hoovers up everyone on that cell, not just their target.
Did their warrant cover this? Did they explain that to the judge? No, which is why they tried to hide what they were doing for so long.
The trouble with your post, Tom, is that it is based on a degree of trust in those who have these powers over us, and that trust has been badly shaken in recent times.
That this would be a logical conclusion of their activities which was communicated to them many years ago seems to be ignored, because they now claim that the loss of trust is *because the public now know what they are doing due to whistleblowers like Snowden*.
It's a crock.
But those are really easy to answer!
1: When did you stop beating your wife?
-I have never stopped beating my wife.
2: By how much did you cheat on your tax last year?
-Only half as much as the year before.
3: When was the last time you stole something?
-Is that the time? Must be off.
4: Did you enjoy your time in the Hitler youth?
-Didn't you?
I was thinking more along the lines of civil disobedience.
Trouble is, that kind of thing only works if people are motivated, and most people only seem to be motivated by simple, easy to understand, subjects. (which encryption/privacy/mass surveillance are not)
If (when?) people do finally wake up and smell the shackles, the internet is a grand tool for organisation. The only thing that would prevent it would be if it had been totally compromised by the vested powers who might conceivable object to such disobedience.
Oh yeah, it's all for terrorists, right.
I was always told to never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence. Never did find out what happened to them when they disappeared.
I am Sparticus and so are you, and you and you etc.
At least the content doesn't jump around like a mexican bean whilst all the ads are loading.
One of the most annoying things I find these days is when I try to click on a link, and it's hopping about due to the page changing layout mid-load - you never know what you end up clicking on.
I can top that. Not only does my wife consider the monitor to be 'the computer' but I have given up (after 20 years) trying to explain how a thermostat works.
Apparently the radiator is 'on' or 'off'. If it's cold - it gets turned up, if it's hot it gets turned down.
Apparently the concept of setting the thermo-valve such that a median temperature is maintained no matter whether it's generally colder or warmer outside doesn't compute.
Point-in-case: I come home the other day - all the windows in the living room were open, and yet the radiator was on full blast. When I asked why, my wife said that she had turned the radiator down a bit (but not off) never expecting it to keep on getting hotter the colder the room got. Arrrrgggggggghhh!
These days I just bury my head in a bottle of spirits straight away - it saves time :)
"And, whether we like it or not, the FBI still stand a good chance of winning."
Balderdash.
Let's say that the FBI win the case in the courts and 'Apple' (the company) is forced to create the new ios.
1. Who goes to jail if they don't do it?
2. If you answered #1 as being the CEO/CTO etc. then take into consideration that the techies who would do the actual writing could also decide not to do it (they could resign/go on strike or whatever)
3. If you got this far then perhaps you can explain who actually goes to jail and why.
Since I got my Kindle several years back, I was paranoid that they might take my books away from me.
So I *always* download the kindle file and copy it across manually. That way they can't revoke anything and I have a local copy of every e-book I've purchased.
It isn't so much what Snowden revealed that has increased awareness, it's the response from the established powers that has raised awareness.
The co-ordinated mass media propaganda machine has started to show too much synchronicity and it reveals it's inner workings by the footprints it leaves.
I really think a lot of people are waking up to this, and one reason (I believe) why Trump is doing so well in America.
I think a lot of U.S. citizens are pissed off being told what to say and think. Along comes someone who says and does what he likes and he gains a bit of support.
However, when the media machine is turned against him and people start to see how they are being manipulated and told not to support Trump, his popularity soars. I think it's an indicator that people are waking up and starting to stand up to the system of control that has been imposed upon them.
Bring it on I say.
If the system is such that the police feel they cannot do their job properly, then the correct thing to do is to effect a change in the system through the proper channels within the relevant consultation process.
To do otherwise is to take the law into your own hands and become guilty of committing criminal acts.
However, the CPS can refuse to bring a prosecution if it isn't "in the public interest". This is a very vague term as far as I can tell and assuming they don't want the public to become alarmed that their so-called protectors are bent as nine-bob notes then they can just invoke this 'get-out-of-jail free' card whenever they feel like closing ranks.
What was that quote from Bladerunner...."If you aren't a cop, you're little people". Quite.
I suppose the in/out question comes down to what is most important to you as an individual.
By all means we should consider the cost and all implications for staying/leaving and base our decisions on balancing out many conflicting judgements.
For example, the TTIP is really good reason to get out as far as I'm concerned. Regardless of whether it is actually selling us all out to the multi-nationals, the way in which the treaty has been composed makes it sound like it came straight out of a Bond movie plot.
If there is one thing that means a *lot* to you, it can outweigh all the other arguments (however valid and correct they might be) that argue against that one thing.
Am I prepared for the cost of standing up for my principles? Probably not, but it won't stop me because I feel I will be doing the right thing.
I'm only one vote though, so don't panic.
Back in my ISP support days, the company ran a lot of hosting, which happened to include porn sites.
Since part of my job might involve me having to see the contents of these sites, I actually had a clause in my contract that excluded me from the 'no porn at work' punishments. They also forgot to remove that clause when I moved out of support into other areas of the business.
Not that I ever needed to invoke it of course :)
Well, consider my flabber well and truly ghasted! Who'd-a-thunk-it?
Although I do note that the story was from 2007 and that it would take 2-3 years for the crop to mature enough to harvest. Considering the financial crash in 2008 does anyone know if these people realised their dream of an *actual* Yorkshire Tea?