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NolF commented on US judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking journalists via WhatsApp   reuters.com/technology/cy... · Posted by u/o999
ilrwbwrkhv · a year ago
I thought Whatsapp and signal share the same encryption
NolF · a year ago
The group exploited a bug in WhatsApp to deliver the spyware. It wasn't an E2E issue.

> A U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' (META.O), opens new tab WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.

NolF commented on 23% of bachelor's degrees and 43% of master's degrees have a negative ROI   reason.com/2024/05/10/nea... · Posted by u/delichon
sandworm101 · 2 years ago
There is more to having an education than earning a higher salary. An educated population is more resilient and more flexible. Want to solve the worlds problems, the big ones like extreemism or climate change? Start will a better-educated population.
NolF · 2 years ago
There is certainly an economic utility to a more educated populous, but should that cost 30k+ in debt? If the ROI isn't there and the purpose is a general one for the economic benefit of the nation, shouldn't the taxpayer bear the cost of that?
NolF commented on YouTube Oddities   github.com/mattwright324/... · Posted by u/xk3
p1necone · 2 years ago
Youtube background play being a paid feature is so brazen. Google are disabling a basic UX feature in their OS and then letting you pay for it in one app that they control.
NolF · 2 years ago
My understanding was that ads pay to be viewed, they can't get paid if you have it on background play and not watching. So they made it a premium feature and get paid by the subscription.
NolF commented on British Post Office Scandal   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bri... · Posted by u/dragonbonheur
zzbn00 · 2 years ago
Private prosecutions like this are specific to England & Wales (Scotland has a separate legal system where I believe they are extremely rare; Northern Ireland is also a separate legal system).

While the incentives are not to reveal evidence the law is absolutely clear that all evidence identified must be revealed. The difficulty is that forcing and unlimited discovery to identify the evidence would break the whole legal system, and this is what parties can hide behind (for a while at least). We'll have to see when and how anybody will face the consequences of any failures to reveal the evidence.

I very much recommend reading the Judgements in Bates vs Post Office. As litigation progressed you can notice how it becomes apparent to the judge how Post Office legal tactics and behaviour undermined the prosecutions.

NolF · 2 years ago
The Courts already have mechanisms to limit "unlimited" subpoenas or requests for discovery. Requests for the software source code or similar, bug reports, and other reports of issues are or would largely not be unreasonable where the key issue is reported thievery, fraud, and mismatched data based on software as the basis for the allegations and prosecution.
NolF commented on iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail   twitter.com/SeanSafyre/st... · Posted by u/wannacboatmovie
paulddraper · 2 years ago
Then why does my phone break when I drop it?
NolF · 2 years ago
Because there isn't much difference in the force between a 1m and a 8000m drop due to the above. So it really comes down to case, angle, and material onto which it was dropped with corners being more vulnerable.
NolF commented on Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada 32GB Workstation GPU Review   servethehome.com/nvidia-r... · Posted by u/rcarmo
mgaunard · 2 years ago
Nvidia always named their microarchitectures after famous scientists: Ada, Ampere, Turing, Pascal, Maxwell, Kepler, Fermi, Tesla.

I guess what's unique with Ada is that they're using her first name? Though most official sources call it Ada Lovelace in full.

NolF · 2 years ago
I believe the issue with Lovelace is that you may find less than PG results typing that on a search engine. Hence using Ada primarily on the marketing.

I think the complaint is more with the consumer card being 4xxx but this is 5000 both on the same architecture.

NolF commented on Disney's earliest Mickey Mouse enters public domain as US copyright expires   bbc.com/news/entertainmen... · Posted by u/coolandsmartrr
dkjaudyeqooe · 2 years ago
Trademark law only stops someone else using the character to represent themselves as Disney, or where is might cause confusion around that. A simple prominent disclaimer can fix that.

That's assuming Disney could ever register the trademark, which is not a given, no matter how often they use it.

NolF · 2 years ago
The question would be, do you want to fight Disney lawyers to make the argument that your use was not as a trademark, represented as Disney, or that it might cause confusion? With or without a disclaimer.
NolF commented on Mickey, Disney, and the public domain: A 95-year love triangle   web.law.duke.edu/cspd/mic... · Posted by u/mortenjorck
kelnos · 2 years ago
That doesn't go far enough. Copyright terms should be on the order of 20 years or so, and should have nothing to do with whether or not the creator is still alive.
NolF · 2 years ago
It's probably too short. It would live authors with very little bargaining power particularly if they become bigger in their writing carriers. Corporations would just have to wait 20 years and save themselves the exclusive rights and royalties.

It should be looked form the frame of how long is appropriate to promote the creation of the arts etc. Realistically no author is thinking I won't create this art unless I get lifetime + 70.

I would think 50 years total is a much more reasonable figure.

NolF commented on German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals   stackdiary.com/german-cou... · Posted by u/isodev
layer8 · 2 years ago
That can’t be legally valid, because you wouldn’t know the future terms you’re now ostensibly agreeing to.
NolF · 2 years ago
That's why they get you to agree to new terms and conditions with an update, or when there is a new TC you get a lovely email or whatever to ignore. Either you don't accept it so you don't get the update or you don't accept them and you can't continue to use the service if you don't accept the new terms.

The consideration for the change is getting the new features, updates, or using the services.

NolF commented on German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals   stackdiary.com/german-cou... · Posted by u/isodev
preciousoo · 2 years ago
That’s cool, I wish you could do that to online (one time purchase) services that change your license terms after purchase. Keep my license terms static or full refund.

Although that standard might lead to them just moving to a monthly subscription model

NolF · 2 years ago
Most licence terms already include a term to change the terms. So technically once you buy it, install it, and agree to it, you are also agreeing the terms may change. They probably also have arbitration clauses you are agreeing to so you can't directly sue them either.

u/NolF

KarmaCake day357November 10, 2010View Original