Posts by onebignerd

US Congress mulls first 'hack back' revenge law. And yup, you can guess what it'll let people do

Hack back

Yeah this is what we need, tit-for-tat revenge in Federal Laws. I am sure this won't cause any problems.

'There has never been a right to absolute privacy' – US Deputy AG slams 'warrant-proof' crypto

Rights = temporary privileges

"...that's all we've ever had in this country is a list of temporary privileges.", "...because rights aren't rights if someone can take them away." -George Carlin, It's bad for ya

The Constitution DOES say that it's citizens have; "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

There is nothing in the Constitution that says the Government can act like a totalitarian dictatorship with the absolute right to know everything it's citizens do and say. Yeah, oversight! Like the oversight of the NSA, DNI, and the FBI in abusing the FISA courts, or maybe the sharp oversight of the bank bailouts where billions if not trillions of dollars was wasted, yet Congress doesn't know how or for what and the banks amazingly didn't keep records or won't say (bonuses and parties). But there is never any consequences for this lack of oversight and the waste of tax money that goes with them. I am curious as to where all that repaid money went, it wasn't paid back into the national debt. Was it really paid back?

So the Government does NOT have the right to look at everything transmitted or written by it's citizens. Back-doors into encryption will be handled with the same careless and reckless attitude and behavior as the Government has done with FISA courts wiretapping, warrants, searches, protection of rights, with a "screw you" attitude!

Microsoft silently fixes security holes in Windows 10 – dumps Win 7, 8 out in the cold

What they are describing in the article sounds like the overhaul I read Microsoft is doing to make Windows more modular and flush out the legacy code still lurking inside. Not fixing security issues is part of Microsoft's strategy to force people to Windows 10 (personal belief).

With Windows XP and 7 being so popular and hanging around for so many years after end-of-life. I would think that would be a clue to Microsoft that the interface, look and behavior of those two versions would be something to put in Windows 10. Crazy, uh?!

Red panic: Best Buy yanks Kaspersky antivirus from shelves

Fearmongering courtesy U.S Government

This is based on nothing, no proof, no code, no Internet trace! I use and will continue to use Kaspersky Internet Security suite. It's the one security suite the NSA can't hack to spy with like they can others (as of the Snowden leaks) and that alone gives me a measure of security. Why don't they take him up on looking at the code? I doubt they are going to screw their reputation and export markets by sneaking spyware into their products, seriously!!

I have less trust in Microsoft and the NSA!

The Government is upset that there is the slightest chance Kaspersky is spyware for Russia, but they violate their own laws, Constitution and treaties to spy on everyone. What a freak'in joke!!

Stand up who HASN'T been hit in the Equifax mega-hack – whoa, whoa, sit down everyone

Joke

Is Equifax going to pay the costs of restoring our credit after our identities are stolen? DOUBT IT!!

Please, pleeeease let me ban Kaspersky Lab from US govt PCs – senator

Re: This coming from the country...

So True! As when Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S was condemned them for invading a sovereign country. Ignoring the fact we have done it with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fear mongering

Why don't they take Kaspersky up on examining the code? Yes, Kaspersky could sneak code in later, but I seriously doubt they would risk their reputation and markets by slipping in spyware. They would be poison world-wide and out of business if they got caught doing that. The NSA might be able to see how to hack them like they do with the other security A/V suites. As Kaspersky is one they (NSA) can't hack, as of the Snowden leaks.

It's a lot of fear mongering by the Congress and the Media. Once the U.S, Russia and all countries, learn, understand and respect the cultural differences, there will never be any trust. We are all human, just trying to live, work, raise a family...etc with different beliefs, philosophies, cultures, languages, backgrounds.