1 edit | Dutch Propose Powers For Police To Break Into Computers So now, by their own admission we've found a rogue nation proposing cyber attacks against other nations. I wonder what Washington is going to do about these very REAL terrorists.
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 |  Rogue WolfReally Ties The Room Together
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Troy, NY | Re: Dutch Propose Powers For Police To Break Into Computers Well, that depends. How much oil has Holland got? | |
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| | | | Re: Dutch Propose Powers For Police To Break Into Computers I suppose they'll do the same as they do any time there is a REAL threat. Bury their heads in the sand, wait till it blows over and then go on about creating phony threats and manufactured "terrorists" so they can further degrade privacy and other Constitutional rights of the Amerikan sheeple.
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| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | you do not think the US doesn't do this already? The CIA very likely has a fully funded and fully operational cyber warfare division that does such acts on computer systems anywhere in the world even in allied nations.
And I bet our own allies even do it around the world even to computers here in the US.
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| | | | Re: Dutch Propose Powers For Police To Break Into Computers said by Kearnstd:you do not think the US doesn't do this already? The CIA very likely has a fully funded and fully operational cyber warfare division that does such acts on computer systems anywhere in the world even in allied nations.
And I bet our own allies even do it around the world even to computers here in the US.
The US has its nose in everyone's business, including, illegally, its own citizens. I would just like to know now that a country has formally declared their intentions to be a cyber criminal, what is Washington going to do about it? They seem to be very good at inventing phantom boogymen, well here's a REAL boogeyman for them to deal with. Want to bet zero happens?
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| Wireless utility meters could aid burglars Wow... talk about FUD.
First they acknowledge that it will take expensive equipment to read the meters... If you have a burglar who is sophisticated enough to use this equipment, my guess is that they are sophisticated enough to figure out whether you are home or not without needing to resort to watching your power meter.
The"article" goes on to spout nonsense claiming that power usage "drops to near zero" while you're away--yes it's certainly possible, but the average home is filled with electronics, water heaters and other electrical loads that continue... if you wanted to say that power usage is reduced when you're away, OK, I'll give you that, but if your home is under that much scrutiny it will be fairly easy to determine you're not home.
My guess is that this "article" was written by the local meter readers union... | |
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| rradina
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Chesterfield, MO | Re: Wireless utility meters could aid burglars Just wait for the home automation solution providers to pick up on this and claim their products can protect you from this by randomly varying your home's energy use.
"Just plug a clothes iron into one of our remote control outlets and our computers can randomly turn it on and off thereby guaranteeing your energy-use profile always looks like someone is home."
The background pictures for the verbiage will show an out-of-focus, dressed-in-black, stocking-cap-masked "evil" doer with a tiny dish-looking antenna hooked to tablet computer. The screen will contain what looks like a radar sweep superimposed with the word VACANT in big, bold, red computerized typeface. | |
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| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | I have a feeling if someone is looking to do some stealing, They will not resort to watching the meter. They will look for other tell tale signs someone is on vacation.
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rradina
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Chesterfield, MO | Symbian Pastures One thing's for sure, this isn't a stud that needs to breed.
Given Nokia's patent portfolio, can they release it and then continue to charge others license fees? Wouldn't this just open a can of worms for them at a time when they don't need such distractions? | |
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