Comment Re:That's nothing (Score 1) 67
Basically.
Out of his 30,000+ keyboard drooling tweets, 452 have been about Russia and Collusion.
Comment FALSE! (Score 1) 65
He has $100,000,000,600 now after my massive Amazon purchase today. I expect some gratitude here!
Submission + - Hundreds of Police Agencies distributing spyware and keystroke logger
realized writes: For years, local law enforcement agencies around the country have told parents that installing ComputerCOP software is the “first step” in protecting their children online.
As official as it looks,ComputerCOP is actually just spyware, generally bought in bulk from a New York company that appears to do nothing but market this software to local government agencies.
The way ComputerCOP works is neither safe nor secure. It isn’t particularly effective either, except for generating positive PR for the law enforcement agencies distributing it. As security software goes, we observed a product with a keystroke-capturing function, also called a “keylogger,” that could place a family’s personal information at extreme risk by transmitting what a user types over the Internet to third-party servers without encryption.
EFF conducted a security review of ComputerCOP while also following the paper trail of public records to see how widely the software has spread. Based on ComputerCOP’s own marketing information, we identified approximately 245 agencies in more than 35 states, plus the U.S. Marshals, that have used public funds (often the proceeds from property seized during criminal investigations) to purchase and distribute ComputerCOP. One sheriff’s department even bought a copy for every family in its county.
Some of the agencies that have used it include U.S. Marshals — Under Director John Clark, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office gave out the program for "free" to 6,700 foster parents, Riverside County District Attorney's Office, San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office,
Complete list of agencies that use the software compiled by the eff click here
As official as it looks,ComputerCOP is actually just spyware, generally bought in bulk from a New York company that appears to do nothing but market this software to local government agencies.
The way ComputerCOP works is neither safe nor secure. It isn’t particularly effective either, except for generating positive PR for the law enforcement agencies distributing it. As security software goes, we observed a product with a keystroke-capturing function, also called a “keylogger,” that could place a family’s personal information at extreme risk by transmitting what a user types over the Internet to third-party servers without encryption.
EFF conducted a security review of ComputerCOP while also following the paper trail of public records to see how widely the software has spread. Based on ComputerCOP’s own marketing information, we identified approximately 245 agencies in more than 35 states, plus the U.S. Marshals, that have used public funds (often the proceeds from property seized during criminal investigations) to purchase and distribute ComputerCOP. One sheriff’s department even bought a copy for every family in its county.
Some of the agencies that have used it include U.S. Marshals — Under Director John Clark, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office gave out the program for "free" to 6,700 foster parents, Riverside County District Attorney's Office, San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office,
Complete list of agencies that use the software compiled by the eff click here
Comment Re: It's 2014 (Score 1) 349
I thought so as well, then I read the fine print on the Cox website. Your plan has probably changed and is at 250GB transfer limit. YMMV but it is here in Orange County, CA.
Comment Re:Im all for human rights... (Score 3, Insightful) 1482
I suppose if you are cherry picking religious quotes it is, but I find it odd that people seem to latch on to particular ones like this and forget the rest of the bible as if it contains blank pages.
Comment Re:This is horrible news (Score 1) 82
Why wouldn't the companies being sued use that information in their defense then? Or rather, why didn't it work?
~S
Comment Re:Tor compromised (Score 1) 620
It's not illegal to issue cayenne8's cool club card ID's, but to create a fake government issued ID isn't legal. Otherwise what's the point of having a government issued ID if people can just start selling nearly perfect or perfect copies openly? Might as well print your own $100 bills.
Comment Re:Ah... Sneakernet. (Score 1) 174
We used to drag our machines over to some guys house along with 15-20 other people and just start the copy fest of 360KB disks. It was a bit tedious I suppose but at least the net wasn't faceless then.
~S
Comment Re:What a great idea! (Score 1) 174
It probably wouldn't survive a gunshot coming out of the wall either, but I mean really? People are going to go around wiring 480 volt USB cables?
~S
Comment Re:How about (Score 2) 528
I wonder if Anthony Weiner's wiener pic would end up violating this law. Didn't the girl release it?
~S
Comment Re:This law is to prtect Republicans. (Score 0) 528
To be fair though, I believe San Diego or at least parts of it are Republican strongholds due to Pendleton and Coronado, etc. Just like Orange County is a Republican stronghold. It does seem to be changing however.
~S
Comment Re:Probably because it was a sort of mediocre game (Score 1) 374
The game Syberia was a bit like Myst but the puzzles weren't quite as bizarre, although I did end up having to look for how-to's I wasn't as stumped as I was with Myst.
~S
Comment Re:He's right - Android is eating iOS's lunch (Score 1) 692
Apple lost me on iTunes. Either through the constant sync or corruption of the device on an upgrade, etc. It seemed that nothing I did would make my iTunes MP3's organize properly even after manually editing the tags. And now my iPad v1 crashes Safari on a daily basis and the blame is "complex web pages". I'm still into the iPhone, because it has been rock stable for me but I'd get an android tablet in the future.
Comment Re:Best strategy : (Score 1) 97
I only use one time pads, flown by camouflaged carrier pigeons. Might be slow, but it's secure dammit!
~S
Comment Re:Cold Fusion? (Score 1) 102
You are ruining the credibility of the elderly there AC.
~S
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