oceanstone

> and that third person having access is always a compromise of my security that makes me more vulnerable to rogue actors.

You distill it well, a broken security solution is not a good security solution. Foreign intelligence services, "hackers", etc... they all want our trade secrets. We need real security systems to defend against them.

Where did you read that, out of curiosity?

The FBI is more than talented enough to get into phones, or areas, they just need to invest more time if something's locked. Which honestly, is a good thing. It means they'll have to actually choose on a targeted basis who is worth surveilling, which is more conductive to democracy than just saying, "Give us all your keys". An easy system to crack is an easy system to crack, period.

My understanding is that Google was really upfront about apologizing & explaining the mistake [1]. People see money signs though...

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/may/15/google-adm...

This seems to be aimed at VPN & Tor users inside the US.

> The proposed amendment addresses a jurisdictional limitation in the current version of Rule 41(b)(1) that prevents a judge from issuing a warrant unless the target is known to be located within her district.

> there's presently a forward looking mandate from big Army to drop flash and java clients

I would feel way safer if the IC & military disabled Flash & Java in their browsers, along with the rest of the web. Those two plugins have shaped up to be quite the vehicles for zero-days.

Won't most popular languages be used to write malware, at some point?

> If you think that the statement in that post was actually meant to refer to something other than the common trope, I'd be curious why

Nope, we're in agreement there.

> the point of the quote marks in that parenthetical was to denote common tropes that appear in his comment, not to use his exact language.

Exact language can be important, especially when quotes are being directly sequenced. In this case, sequencing two quotes with different subjects, while modifying the second quote to be more subject agnostic, is problematic.

> I'm sorry that their usage was confusing.

No worries, sounds like you didn't intentionally modify the quote to redefine the meaning at all.

The most attention grabbing part of your comment was when you quoted him as saying "women = user friendly" and "put on a leash". His actual comment contains "I'm old enough to marry and put on my leash", referring to himself.

I understand why you didn't like his comment, but that doesn't justify the misquote. That being said, if you couldn't read his comment well, I understand. His comment's hex color is almost matching the background.

In my experience, older Android phones can be fairly useful. There are some great audio recording & guitar tuning apps which work offline, making the devices handy for capturing musical ideas. Keeping the devices in airplane mode dramatically increases their battery life. Additionally, if you want to bust out a dedicated charger, they can act as IP cameras. Great for watching your motorcycle when it's parked outside in a city.

Here's a KickStarter which aims to use old Android devices to passively collect audio in rainforests, with the aim of halting illegal logging. [1]

TLDR: If people choose to write software for these devices, they can remain useful for a long time.

[1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topherwhite/rainforest-...

FirefoxOS would be able to compete more effectively if it were installable on higher end devices.

For those who'd like even more of a challenge, just delete your Facebook [1]. They'll instantly deactivate (not delete) your account, and then spend 7 days sending emails which are designed to make you change your mind, with various psychological tricks.

[1] https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account

Lyft drivers are creeped out by Uber. "Operation: Shave the Stache" [1] is one of the most manipulative business practices I've heard of. Lyft chooses to invest its money on improving the experience inside the car, and hiring socially intelligent people, who they then treat like human beings. Uber could learn a lot from them.

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6067663/this-is-ubers-play...

You might be interested in this analysis http://minimaxir.com/2014/08/comments-about-comments/

> They would freak out if the public comments actually mattered.

I disagree with your point that public comments don't matter, since they reflect public opinion. The public are paying the bills of the telcos, and the FCC for that matter. The public can switch providers at any time, if they feel their current provider is acting against their interest. The public also has the ability to elect decision makers who can assign or fire people from the FCC. What are your thoughts?

Well, considering there's an extra banner with CSS, HTML, and images loading, the page will load slightly more slowly. Also, there's no way to close the banner for a second or two, so there's a short simulation of a browsing experience being impeded.

Do you have friends & family in the USA? Please urge them to speak out in support of NN

> We’ve already made a huge impact. The Sunlight Foundation recently analyzed over 800,000 comments submitted to the FCC about net neutrality– and found that more than 99% of them supported stronger protections for neutrality.

99% of the comments support net neutrality? AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast must be freaking out.

> The whole PRISM scandal was indicating that the NSA had some kind of direct link into the databases themselves.

Though, as Google and Yahoo later found out, the NSA was directly tapping cables between their data centers [1].

[1] http://www.wired.com/2013/10/nsa-hacked-yahoo-google-cables/

> And Stroustrup says about himself that he "lacks marketing clout" and says Java and C# are bad for you because they're "platforms, not languages", whatever that means.

Perhaps Stroustrup is referring to the JVM and CLR, respectively?

Furthermore, think of how profitable surveillance on certain individuals could be. Could a military contractor not have a thriving side business funneling out intelligence on innocent American targets? Could multiple people not be hired just to clear tracks and make justifiable excuses for accessing the records?

If Snowden, as one person, accomplished what he did with (the majority of Americans would say) good intentions, imagine what a team of people, who were just as smart if not smarter, could do if they didn't have morals guiding their actions. Imagine how well a team could cover their tracks, dot all the I's, and cross all the T's, compared to just one guy.

This is all common sense, but it bears repeating.

> https://www.nga.mil/Pages/default.aspx

They have an HTTPS warning, due to a Facebook image being loaded over HTTP.

One way, is learning. This week I learned several ways to increase the security of websites, just from architecture & code reviews.

EFF is fun to work with.

> while Backbone hardly evolved(which is not good of course)

Backbone is a much simpler library than Angular. There's less of a need for it to evolve, since it's meant to be extended on a per project basis.

> If you're just getting started with frameworks, I'd recommend Backbone. You can learn it in half the time it takes to understand Angular and it'll be a good introduction to MV*.

Backbone is easier to learn, agreed. I would recommend checking out a list of sites built with Angular & Backbone too.

Sites built with Angular: https://builtwith.angularjs.org/

Sites built with Backbone: http://backbonejs.org/#examples-documentcloud

> There is nothing good in Backbone today frankly.It was one of the first successfull "clientside" framework

AngularJS was released in 2009 [1], whereas Backbone was released a year later in 2010 [2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngularJS

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone.js

> Flash being enabled even very shortly drains the batteries of a lot of mobile and laptop devices.

Flash enables multiple uploads on legacy browsers. Just enabling Flash for something simple like an uploader should not drain batteries.

Back in 2010, when Steve Jobs wrote a letter demonizing Flash, he had some points. Many complex banner ads were being made in Flash, and disabling the plugin led to static image ads being shown. Static images are much easier to display than streaming videos. What's worthwhile to note is that as HTML5 banners progress, with animations and video, we'll be faced with the same problem.

Regardless, Jobs' letter had a noticeable and lasting effect on many worldviews.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. - Lao Tzu

Note: 136,398 successful sends and counting. People are still sending in comments, which rocks. Unfortunately, there were additional comments which couldn't be sent. Part of the reason being the FCC form doesn't allow military zip codes, or certain valid emails.