Posts by prh99

Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports

I can't say I am impressed. Pay to skip the security theater....that needed research?

Seems they could make everyones life a little easier by automatically enrolling eligible people who fly more than certain threshold instead of just monetizing it.

Someone needs to kick Sheldon Jacobson out his ivory tower bubble into the real world of mission creep.

If you think they won't try to put it to other uses you're either naive or stupid.

Tiny11 shrinks Windows 11 23H2 down to pocket size

Re: Ob. Linux update reference...

Everyone has their preferences, use what works for you.

Copilot coming to Windows 10 to help navigate the OS's twilight years

The more I hear about Microsoft's plans for Windows, the happier I am I got out and went to Linux. Last thing I want to do is help train copilot aka Clippy II so MS can try and sell it for billions.

Europe bans Meta from using personal data to target ads

Re: And nothing was lost

Depends on what you mean by work. If you mean let Meta and Google etc charge more and resell the reams of data then they're working as intended.

If you mean better match the ad to the person seeing it, I very much doubt they're much more effective.

Research suggests publishers get just 4% more serving targeted versus non-targeted ads, but they're also more expensive.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/31/targeted-ads-offer-little-extra-value-for-online-publishers-study-suggests/

33 AGs sue Meta for 'exploitative and harmful acts' against American children

How about parental responsibility, if you give your kid a smartphone, full access to apps, and unrestricted internet access and zero education on the darker things they might find , you're to blame.

If they're getting addicted and depressed, take it away. Oh sure they'll use their friends to access it, but that's still far less than they would otherwise.

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11

I am a happy Mint convert, Ubuntu without all SNAP garbage etc. Gaming was the last thing keeping me on Windows, but Valve's pouring resources into Wine etc to make Proton has put an end to that.

Judge sides with Meta and Google, puts California child privacy law on hold

Re: Imagine

"Let people do what they need to do to make them happy. Mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make you happy."--Leon Brown

or maybe

"I don't know how people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much."--Betty White

Re: Imagine

No, it's a few words to acknowledge that you were nothing but dismissive and then proceeded to repeated part of your original point. You didn't address any of the criticism or indeed anything said in their reply.

Re: Imagine

"Let me guess. Another person who's never been within 100 miles of California, but thinks they're an expert on how the state should be run because of something a disembodied voice on AM radio said."

Cause heaven forbid anyone have an opinion contrary to yours...

Re: Money

Lawyer aren't cheap, but it wouldn't matter. The 1st Amendment is the problem all these think of the children bills have.

It's was what sunk most of the Communications Decency Act and the majority of COPPA. The precedent has been there

for decades, you can't interfere with the constitutional rights of the public and businesses with burdensome and intrusive requirements to protect children.

US Republican party's spam filter lawsuit against Google dimissed

Unsurprisingly it contains the two things the GOP loves, playing victim and lies.

ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance

Let me guess the ones pushing for this are a group of not so free countries, just like last time the U.N tried to hijack the internet.

Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud

We didn't have to sanction them for this result, as a good chunk of the money for the program probably ended up in some official's pocket, and they cut corners to make up for the short fall.

Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy

Sadly, someone probably had to say it very publicly before anything gets done about it. May as well be Dr. Willbold.

Where's my money?! Now USA Today publisher sues Google over online advertising

I would just add blocking ads isn't only removing the annoyance, they are a vectors for scams and malware. No one wants to vet them cause that would eat into profit in their automated market.

Pi Hole or UBlock Origin, problem solved.

Meta threatens to pull all news from California rather than pay El Reg a penny

I can't blame them, it doesn't even pay for local journalism, it's a hand out for some of the wealthiest news orgs in the business. I am sure Condé Nast, LA Times, Fox, and NYT are falling over themselves to write glowing articles in support.

Toyota's bungling of customer privacy is becoming a pattern

Clearview is in New York which is where any suit filed to collect would need to be filed. So California's law could be considered, but that's not a sure thing.

This isn't a court decision, it's regulatory meaning it doesn't benefit from uniform foreign money judgment laws in most states. Even if it was, I don't know if it could satisfy the jurisdiction requirements.

They settled with ACLU cause they had Illinois residents pictures and Illinois law enforcement etc as clients. Meaning they violated the biometric privacy law and where doing business in the state.

I don't think it's likely the U.S courts will make them or accept extra-territorial jurisdiction over data scraped from the public internet to enforce fine based on a foreign law.

Cloudflare opposes Europe's plan to make Big Tech help pay for networks

I had just assumed ISPs would be like news sites, they want to get paid by big tech but don't want to cut off the services they complain about.

Tokyo has millions of surplus Wi-Fi access points that should be shared with blockchain, says NTT

You can do this without blockchain, hotels, airlines, and coffee shop etc etc have been doing paid Wifi for years. Even a more decentralized version could be done free of blockchain bullsh*t.

Xi, Putin declare intent to rule the world of AI, infosec

That's nice, but internet standards are only as good as the willingness of others to follow them. Even if the ITU where by accept NewIP how many non-authoritarian countries are going to seriously adopt it? It will just discredit the ITU even further after their last attempt to hijack the internet.

The US would sooner see TSMC fabs burn than let China have them

I wouldn't be surprised if there are several cruise missiles reserved just for TSMC's facilities if China invades.

South Korea warns US: The CHIPS Act leaves a sour taste

Re: And they accuse *China* of spying..

That's not really going to work. Courts don't care, any company that received trade secrets and other IP from the government and tried to use them would be open to lawsuits in the U.S and abroad.

Considering how government hand outs tend to disappear in a poof of wasteful spending and misappropriation, I think knowing exactly what they intend to do makes good sense. If they don't like it, it's optional unlike the forced technology transfer China used and requirements to partner with local business.

Re: Money for nothing.

The easiest solution then would be just to not take the money. Government hand outs with few strings are seem to get misappropriated or wasted.

Money for nothing.

Translation, just give us free money and we promise we won't waste it on bonuses and building in unrealistic locations for sweet heart tax deals.

Microsoft begs you not to ditch Edge on Google's own Chrome download page

A bit presumptuous to assume anyone trusts Microsoft.

Chinese boffins call for research on ‘countermeasures’ to US chip bans

So more espionage then at universities etc and rushing to patent it before the inventors can.

EU lawmakers argue against signing US data-transfer pact

It really depends on what saying no data transfers really means, and who's in power when the decision is made. If it means Google and Facebook can't operate in the EU and you have someone like Trump, it's probably going be more akin to a scorched earth approach with high tariffs on French wine and threatening NATO etc etc and all the tit for tat that goes with it.

Re: Do as you are told, slaves

Maybe, but Europe passed the law and at least a part of it continues negotiating these agreements knowing they aren't going to hold up to their own law. There is no political will to over haul the laws in the U.S, and expecting the U.S to change it laws cause of the GDPR is wishful thinking. It probably doesn't help tech companies aren't exactly loved in Washington, so they probably don't care if they get fined or get left out of some EU cloud contracts.

Just quit playing games, the U.S isn't going to change it's laws for the GDPR. Just say no data transfers and take the inevitable retaliation.

Euro clouds lodge another complaint against Microsoft over anti-competitive licenses

Re: MS is either the new Standard Oil or they are part of the US war against Europe

U.S LNG is sold at the Henry Hub benchmark price, energy companies like France's Total Energy and other mostly European companies buy it and sell it at a higher prices cause they can, especially in Europe since Russia has largely removed it's self from competition.

Of course Europe got in bed with Russia for cheap gas etc even after Crimea and raise big stink when Trump sanction Nord Stream 2...Whine all you want, you've got no one else to blame. I suspect they'll be making similar mistakes with China, and regretting it when Beijing finally invades Taiwan.

Let's not forget the sovereign debt trap the EU is creating for Ukraine with their loans. While the U.S has given non-repayable grants.

California toys with digital vehicle titles on private DMV blockchain

Oh goody, yet another attempt to find a use for block chain that adds nothing over conventional methods. The state could move digital car titles without blockchain. The fact NFTs were mentioned makes me think this another attempt legitimize NFTs.

Three billion objects, 10TB+ of data – yup, it's the largest-yet survey of our galaxy

Impressive small amount of data

10TB is pretty small considering the blackhole image EHT produced took something on the order of 3.5 petabytes data. But I believe it was a radio telescope so maybe that accounts for the difference.

Uncle Sam needs novel memory for nuke sims. So why did it choose Intel?

Unless they're going to Ukraine, then they have an issue with the spending.

Brit chip company picks RISC-V for next-gen microcontrollers

Always nice to see RISC-V getting adoption. Hope all goes well.

San Francisco investigates Hotel Twitter, Musk might pack up and leave

If he moves to Texas, good riddance!

I would not be surprised if Twitter ends up being operated out of a lot in an abandoned strip-mall somewhere in rural Texas at some point in the next year or two.

Of course he wouldn't need beds if his solution wasn't fewer people doing more work (over work), and not necessarily competently. He'd also have advertisers if he didn't have some warped idea of free speech that bans his critics but maintains Nazis etc are just fine.

Meta threatens to stop sharing news in USA to protest publisher payment plan

You can bet all those private equity firms that have been buying news orgs will be cutting staff if necessary to make sure they're under the 1500 limit and can get free money.

Twitter tries to lure brands back with spend-matching scheme

It's funny, for all the complaints about Twitter censorship and election interference there was plenty of coverage of Twitter etc banning it and details around the NY Post story. They effectively Streisanded the story into prominence despite banning people from linking to it.

I still new about it and I don't read right wing news sites or use Twitter or Facebook.

Elon Musk issues ultimatum to Twitter staff: Go hardcore or go home

Re: I would just go home.

The chief privacy officer was apparently serving as DPO.

At least according to TechCrunch.

[url]https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2022/11/14/is-elon-musks-twitter-about-to-fall-out-of-the-gdprs-one-stop-shop/amp/[/url]

I would just go home.

They should demand Musk show some competence as a CEO and manager first. Take the severance, it's probably better than anything Musk has in store.

Apparently he's on the edge of losing his GDPR compliance. Twitters chief privacy officer resigned and only has the bare minimum of members on the review board in Ireland to keep Twitter's GDPR one stop in Ireland and not be subject to 27 regulators.

Australia to 'stand up and punch back' against cyber crims

I am just waiting for them to become a target of state backed ransomware gangs etc with a larger budget.

Uncle Sam says Chinese agents tried to interfere with Huawei criminal case in US

Re: American Rights and Wrongs

Georgia requires a photo ID to vote and the state controls the voter registration and state ID database, and any change address forms people have files to renew said ID etc.

Seems they should be able to resolve it with out purging.

US executive order a long way from settling EU privacy cases

Congress is the only entity that can create courts and I don't see that happening. Especially not for Europeans when EU members and their spying remain largely unaccountable to the EU (see Greek pegasus spying scandal).

If it doesn't get blocked on the EU end it will probably get repealed if the GQP MAGAots gets back in the White House. I don't know why Biden even cares, he hates the tech companies that benefit the most. Beside he helped create the problem by supporting the Patriot Act etc as a senator.

As Cybersecurity Week begins, Beijing claims US attacked Uni doing military research

Pot calling the kettle black. How much military research has China stolen from the west to advance it's military?

California lawmakers approve online privacy law for kids. Which may turn websites into identity checkpoints

It's going to hit the same wall COPPA hit in it's original incarnation, which tried to require age verification for a wide array of content. One of the reasons it got struck down is cause it imposed a significant burden on adults access to perfectly legal material.

Euro watchdogs 'abandon $1b fine' against Qualcomm

How to quickly undermine your own authority in one easy step. It would almost certainly be thrown right back in their face next time they seek payment of a fine. There is also the interest accumulation and if ordered to pay, the inevitable contempt finding.

FTC presses ahead in its war on 'free' Turbo Tax

Of course the IRS could fill out the tax returns for most Americans making third party tax filing services largely unnecessary and save millions of people the yearly hassle and expense, but Congress being the corrupt money grubbing sh*t heads they are, decided in favor of tax prep lobbyists.