You know what you sound like? A gun-grabber. You are using the same sort of drivel to justify granting the govt. more tools of intrusion as the grabbers do to try and justify “common sense gun control”. Seriously? You’re going to play the “if you aren’t a criminal, you have nothing to worry about” game? The “the govt. will never violate the Xth Amendment” game? The “it’s for our own protection, and if it can save ONE life it’s worth it” game?
A criminal needs no probable cause to steal your data. Neither do foreign powers. Even if, for some incredibly naive reason, you believe that the US govt. will never abuse the use of this spying software crack to gain private information without benefit of a warrant (and I advise you to look into them doing exactly that, under Patriot Act provisions), the 4th A. will be cheerfully ignored by criminal and foreign actors, and any other hacker who gains the ability via this method. And once the method is out there, they WILL gain that ability; it’s only a matter of time.
You say you aren’t advocating intrusive searches of private data, but you’ve spent the last couple dozen posts advocating a private corporation be compelled to create a tool for exactly that purpose. What the hell do you suppose it will be used for? Only searches that the FBI pinky swears are on the up-n-up? Only searches the NSA pinky swears are not on American citizens? Only stuff some Clinton appointed judge signs off on for an Eric Holder clone to act on? “Trust us, we’re from the govt.” And that’s a best case scenario.
I sure hope you aren’t in any business that is subject to having trade secrets or confidential agreements stolen, given your cavalier attitude about securing data.
“I sure hope you aren’t in any business that is subject to having trade secrets or confidential agreements stolen, given your cavalier attitude about securing data.”
In my time in business I’m 4-0 in lawsuits that involved exactly this type of horse manure. Compelling information during discovery led to 3 settlements and the 4th was won because of thoroughly going through all evidence available in front of a Judge. If not for turning up information in discovery in the last case, I would have lost everything. So, yeah, I got reasons to make sure that crooked mf’ers don’t get away with ore than we have to let them. If law and order bothers you bud, that says more bout you than me.
Gun grabber? You got a serious case of having no idea of wtf you are talking about or who you are mystically readin. I hope you aren’t a shrink.
“You know what you sound like? A gun-grabber. You are using the same sort of drivel to justify granting the govt. more tools of intrusion as the grabbers do to try and justify “common sense gun controlâ€. Seriously? You’re going to play the “if you aren’t a criminal, you have nothing to worry about†game? The “the govt. will never violate the Xth Amendment†game? The “it’s for our own protection, and if it can save ONE life it’s worth it†game?”
Hey, the ACLU is recruiting. They love to put words in peoples mouths over there, too. Among other things. I have not focused on criminal laws or data mining. I have been, in fact, almost exclusively focused on business and civil laws that are going to be most harmed. And small business runs America. That’s why we are going sideways in this depression the last decade. That’s where the majority of Americans are hit by this kind of stuff. We can’t manufacture, we can’t hire and we can’t increase wealth for the majority of flat lined middle class, we’re fucked anyway!
Oh. And for the record, I am not only not a gun grabber, but have used and owned quite a few. Unfortunately, most were lost a while back in a tragic deep sea boating accident. Nothing gets taken from those who don’t have anything to take, right sport?