* Free speech *
Now, *THIS* is a story relating to free speech, not that bullshit about those Nazis losing their domain registrar.
Posts by Jamie Jones
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US prosecutors demand data to unmask every visitor to anti-Trump protest website
Brit firms warned over hidden costs of wiping data squeaky clean before privacy rules hit
Wednesday 16th August 2017 10:07 GMT 
Re: Once we leave the EU, this silly nonsense can be binned!
The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted in 1950 by the Council of Europe, of which the UK is a leading member (it is not an EU body). That was 23 years before the UK joined the EEC, 42 years before it joined the EU.The first UK Sale of Goods act was passed in 1893, 99 years before the UK joined the EU. It's been updated many times, and exceeds EU minima in many areas, notably digital services.
The first UK Data Protection Act was passed in 1984, 11 years before the EU DP directive.
The UK does not follow the EU unwillingly in these areas, it leads, and there's little reason to feel it would do otherwise in the future.
It's a fair point you raise about the UK leading in those fields, and I suppose my post came across with some anti-brexit bias.
However, whilst I'd love to believe your last point, I'm not at all confident. The UK has dragged it's feet on the increased data protection initiatives - preferring to appease American interests. They also are far worse these days on consumer privacy.
The investigatory powers bill would likely never have happened without Brexit, and I'm sure many privacy laws will be rolled back, and new EU ones not implemented, all because of Terrorism.
We are, after all, the most spied on "democracy" in the world.
They also gather all social media posts
The lists go on, and under the current climate, I'm sure things will get wose once the government lose the EU shackles
Ancient IETF 'teapot' gag preserved for posterity as a standard
Monday 14th August 2017 11:09 GMT
Re: As mentioned elsewhere
Again? This has been going on for 15 years:
2002: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=149321
GoDaddy gives white supremacist site its marching orders after Charlottesville slur
Monday 14th August 2017 10:48 GMT
Re: Cloudflare
Thumbs down for The Register supporting a proud service provider to e-mail scammers, fake pharma web sites, fake solar installer web sites, telemarketing scams, and pro-violence groups
Thumbs down to you for using the internet - a provider to e-mail scammers, fake pharma web sites, fake solar installer web sites, telemarketing scams, and pro-violence groups.
Revealed: The naughty tricks used by web ads to bypass blockers
Friday 11th August 2017 14:53 GMT
Re: It never used to be about money
Joe, don't forget, though, that for commercial companies, hosting is a lot cheaper than it was.
Heck, you can get a kvm virtual server on a 10Gbit internet connection now for $2.50 a month. I remember paying 25X that much for a less powerful dedicated server 15 years ago..
Friday 11th August 2017 13:15 GMT 
It's really quite simple
Serve me ads with no tracking, from the origin server.
If you want the ads to be relevant, make them relevant to the web page the advert is being posted on, just like TV advertisers focus on the programme they advertise in. You can even do one better - you can tell when someone clicks on the advert.
You have NO RIGHT to track me and the websites I visit, just because you technically can.
If you really want to see companies taking the piss, you should look at the ad companies that use the android platform.
I've been using android for years now, but only recently started looking into how they operated. I was naive.
Even the so called respectable companies have SDKs that:
- grab your MAC address (to uniquely identify your device when sharing UUID is disabled)
- grab a list of all wifi AP's your device can see (why?)
- grab location. OK, they want to know where you are in the world, but unfortunately "coarse location" accuracy can be much better than a 1km radius. Some even request "fine location" - no doubt they need to know your GPS location because your advertising needs in the front of the house are much more different from in the back of the house.
- phone home even when not in use.
I have evidence of an app by a well known "google approved" developer that use ad ad sdk that tries to keep a connection open to the ad companies server all the time... I mean, all the time. A background process is launched independently of the main app. This process is relaunched when killed, and relaunched when you reboot your device.
Basically, as long as this "safe" app is installed, your device will be connected to this web server. I've not seen what exactly it transfers as yet, other than a randomly(?) generated uuid, as I blocked it when I first saw it.
I know block all dodgy ad sdks. The amount of ads I see have dropped to almost zero, but that wasn't my intent. I usually pay for apps I use, or tolerate ads, but if you are going to do underhand things, don't expect to get away with it.
P.S. I thought running of background services, without an icon in the notification area to let the user know was prohibited by google play stores TOS.
Firmware update blunder bricks hundreds of home 'smart' locks
Saturday 12th August 2017 06:12 GMT
Re: Quality
My guess is that other official tennents in his bulding complex are renting out their properties via airBnB, against their contract conditions.
I'm assuming he doesn't like all these uncooth people in his building.
Not sure what's illegal though, unless they are a bunch of people who climbed over trumps wall.
Do I win a prize?
Hey America! Your internet is going to be so much better this January
Saturday 12th August 2017 06:01 GMT
That simply hands control of what should be independent government requirements to the cable giants.[ ... ]
And that the US was still massively behind other developed nations in terms of speed, roll-out and competition (16th out of 34 developed nations). Worse, just three per cent of the country had a choice of three or more providers (the definition of real competition) for speeds of 25Mbps or higher.
[ ... ]
And now, in the era of Trump, they hold a majority, and they are looking to unravel the rules to the detriment of Americans and to benefit of the cable giants.
But less government regulation is freedom! Anything else is just commie! This is the American way!
Just ask "Big John" and "Bombastic Bob"
(Meanwhile, my evil government has given me a situation where I have about 15 ISPs to choose from. Those damn politicians.. Distracting me with complicated broadband choices whilst they control me!)
P.S. This isn't an "anti-American" post. I'm with you guys against all the bullshit you have to put up with, like I am grateful when you guys are supportive of us with our own political shite
Tech billionaire Khosla loses battle over public beach again – and still grants no access
Friday 11th August 2017 20:59 GMT
Arsehole
What an arsehole. Maybe he should ask Chris Christie for help, he's into abusing the law to obtain private beach access too! http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/chris-christie-beach/index.html
It's a weird story to me though - I live surrounded by beaches, and can't think of any beach in the UK where this could ever be an issue. People simply don't / can't own beach-side property - there's no access to block. Beaches are just "there", linked by common land
US border cops must get warrants to search phones, devices – EFF
Marcus Hutchins free for now as infosec world rallies around suspected banking malware dev
Thursday 10th August 2017 09:23 GMT
Re: Blind support
"convicting an innocent person is much more abhorrent than wrongly releasing a guilty person."Whilst I agree with that statement, there are circumstances where it could be argued the other way. For example, if the guilty person you release goes on to murder a dozen innocent people, that's 12 people who have been killed plus all their family/friends etc. Detaining an innocent person affects one person + family/friends etc.
But it's not a simple numbers game. It's about "avoid punishing an innocent person at any cost" - which is why people go free who are "known" to be guilty.
'better 10 (U.S. 100) guilty go free than an innocent person is convicted", or something like that.
Tuesday 8th August 2017 22:41 GMT
Re: Blind support
Please! It is "innocent unless proven guilty", you should not presume that an arrest will automatically lead to conviction as that is (or should be) the jury's decision.
Except it isn't.
Article 11 of The Declaration of Human Rights clearly says until.
Although it's pedantry: "until" in this context doesn't mean "they will be". It more or less means "unless" - blame the ambiguities of the English language for that one - but still, "innocent until proven guilty" is the correct phrase.
No chips for you! Toshiba takes flash off the menu for WDC
London Mayor slams YouTube over failure to remove 'shocking' violent gang vids
Monday 7th August 2017 23:21 GMT
No, I haven't. Please enlighten me.
Do they threaten "righties"? Do they describe how they are going to murder them? Do they make shooting gestures?
Nope? I've not seen the videos, and aren't making a statement one way or the other regarding them, but damn, you "righties" bang on about "pc lefties" and free speech, yet act the biggest bunch of "delicate triggered little snowflakes" ever.
Just about everything you do, from whining about "safe spaces", to being an outwardly homophobic closeted gay is classic psychological projection.
The Next Big Thing in Wi-Fi? Multiple access points in every home
Monday 7th August 2017 15:31 GMT
Re: "controlling software in the cloud"
tough. my networks are fine thanks.
I don't want my intra-house telemetric data going to anyone, nor do I want my stuff managed by some support desk person juggling other customers and clock-watching.
A mesh per household? Talk about over-engineering. There must be more mansions and castles than I thought...
Snopes lawsuit latest: Judge orders disputed cash can flow to fact-checking site
Saturday 5th August 2017 11:41 GMT
Re: Snopes is a Damaged Brand....
P.S. The shift to "climate change" from "global warming" was to try and shut up your kind from saying stupid things like "Global warming?? but it was snowing here yesterday!"
Unfortunately, instead of appeasing you, you've all just added the change to your stupid list of conspiracy theories.
Red Hat acquires Permabit to put the squeeze on RHEL
Saturday 5th August 2017 11:24 GMT
Re: "Yes, FreeBSD doesn't have Wifi"
Indeed. FreeBSD has had wifi for years.
In fact, wasn't it ahead of linux in the early days because if a freebsd driver didn't exist you could just use the windows driver via the ndis driver..
From: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/config-network-setup.html :
"Unfortunately, there are still many vendors that do not provide schematics for their drivers to the open source community because they regard such information as trade secrets. Consequently, the developers of FreeBSD and other operating systems are left with two choices: develop the drivers by a long and pain-staking process of reverse engineering or using the existing driver binaries available for Microsoft® Windows® platforms.FreeBSD provides “native” support for the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS). It includes ndisgen(8) which can be used to convert a Windows® XP driver into a format that can be used on FreeBSD. Because the ndis(4) driver uses a Windows® XP binary, it only runs on i386™ and amd64 systems. PCI, CardBus, PCMCIA, and USB devices are supported."
WannaCry-slayer Marcus Hutchins 'built Kronos banking trojan' – FBI
Mid-flight jumbo font smartphone text shock sparks kid abuse arrests
Friday 4th August 2017 22:56 GMT
Re: Freedom of speech dies a little each day
@scrubber
Is that seriously how your mind works?
The text messages were sufficient cause for an investigation.
That's how investigations start.
If it had turned out they were actors practicing their role in some new anti-child abuse movie (or whatever other far-fetched excuse you can think of), then obviously the result of the investion would be different.
Seriously, if someone had been overheard plotting a terrorist attack, or murdering someone, and the police didn't investigate because "well, he was just talking, not doing" would you think that was a reasonable response if it turned out one of your family members was the victim?
Incidentally, long story, but many years ago I accidentally (i.e. I wasn't looking for it) found someone distributing hard core child porn via a server I used. I reported it, and the Uk police followed up. A few weeks later, i got a phone call to tell me that my information had led them to someone who had sick child porn on his computer. and photos pinned up on his walls, and from his personal diary it was probably not long before he would act personally on his feelings.
He would be prosecuted, and there was enough evidence that I wouldn't be needed as any sort of witness.
I don't know if they would have ever told me his name - unfortunately I didn't get a chance to ask, because I was out and someone else took a message for me.
My point is, do you think they would prosecute someone just on the basis of "some email from some random internet geek?"
WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins collared by FBI on way home from DEF CON
Friday 4th August 2017 02:07 GMT
Isn't it sad how John shrugs off needing a fresh laptop as if it's understandable that someone would go through all your personal stuff without a warrant just because you are on holiday?
John, next time, take the usual family laptop, with all the photos of the wife and kids, and bank statements. etc. Then, refuse them access to said laptop without a warrant, then report back to us on your experience!
Terrorists my arse. If you had dodgy files to send to America, you wouldn't carry them on your laptop..
RentBoy.com boss faces six months of hard time
It’s 2017 and Hayes AT modem commands can hack luxury cars
Thursday 3rd August 2017 03:23 GMT
Re: The Hayes modem command set.
imagine including a reference to a http://theregister.com/+/++ath0.jpg in a web page.
*clicks*
NO CARRIER
You bastard!
Cardiff did Nazi that coming: Hackers slap Trump, swastikas, Sharia law on e-sign
Linus Torvalds pens vintage 'f*cking' rant at kernel dev's 'utter BS'
Monday 31st July 2017 16:38 GMT
Re: I think I'd be less than delighted
You do know that it's a proven fact that usage of any of the following words/phrases in their "PC" / political context indicates a lower IQ, and the tendency to follow the leader, sheep-like?
snowflake, triggered, libtard, "safe space", SJW (as currently used), "fake news"... and more...
Further studies show that users of such phrases are unaware that whilst using them shows up their stupidity, they ironically think it makes them look clever. Unable to think for themselves, they cling onto whatever "facts" are explained to them with single syllable words.
Typically paranoid, and easily scared, give them a " bogeyman" to fear, and they are even easier to control. However, protagonists in this field have urged caution, as it is very easy for such brainwashed people to have views even their own side thinks absurd, such as the government is out to get them, and there could virtually be terrorists hiding under the bed, and that their penis is abnormally small (though this latter point is usually true)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
