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Comment The virtriol makes sense (Score 4, Insightful) 323

Speed is not the primary cause of accidents in the majority of accidents. Speed limits are also often set artificially low by local governments despite the recommendations of actual road/traffic engineers. It's mostly just a revenue stream and has little to do with safety.

Comment Re:what about hotel room proxies (Score 1) 166

by PoopMonkey (#62137783) Attached to: NBC: 'You Probably Don't Need to Rely on a VPN Anymore'
DoH wouldn't only be used in a coffee shop though. It'd be used at home, which would limit the number of people that it could possibly be. That plus the various ways Google fingerprints so much means google has little problem telling you apart from everyone else in the same coffee shop or hotel. So, if you're a creature of habit and visit a, then b, then c at home every day and also visit a, then b, then c at a coffee shop or hotel, they'll know exactly who you are.

Comment Are carriers loathe to make upgrades or not? (Score 1) 55

by PoopMonkey (#61697837) Attached to: A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing
In one sentence, they say

For years it's seemed like little could be done about this leakage, because cutting off access to this data would likely require the sort of systemic upgrades that carriers are loath to make.

How is changing the way phones are identified NOT systemic? You've introduced another moving part with the "billing server", which then hands out a token to identify things. Pretty big systemic upgrade. And why would you assume if the carrier is the one with the billing server they wouldn't make the tokens identifiable? Pinky promise?

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