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cableties
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join:2005-01-27

cableties

Premium Member

lizard squad antics...

It's like a child getting up and kicking the gameboard pieces crying, "if I can't play, NO one can play!!!".
And they did hit Xbox over Xmas, along with PSN. They also targeted EA servers.
Money on its a few gamer-miscreants that got banned from either or both services. Right?
Internet, she is broke.
BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Wakefield, MA

BosstonesOwn

Member

Re: lizard squad antics...

No the internet is working well.
What is broken is the OS world. Updates need to be automated and pushed by every one selling software at this point.

They are using a bot net to attack, and its a shame... we need to open up the config files of secure systems for people to share and see next.

cableties
Premium Member
join:2005-01-27

cableties

Premium Member

Re: lizard squad antics...

No, it is broke. They (controllers of botnetworks) are exploiting flaws in the transit. SynFloods, ARP, etc, aren't bias to a computer but to the transport. Routers can be configured against this, but ISPs don't bother till too late. They even sell Toolkits if you have bitcoin and CC#s.
Perhaps adding that the OS world is also broke, we can even add that the illusion of an OS is secure in coding (see Windows, Adobe, Oracle, etc), and the users aren't all educated on keeping their computers clean/secure.
Didn't Obama just call the internet the wild west?
My question is: what can we do to prevent this?
Clearly, IPv4 is outdated and domestic ISPs don't seem to be pushing IPv6 on us (I see they can spoof IPv6 MACs already...sigh).
BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Wakefield, MA

BosstonesOwn

Member

Re: lizard squad antics...

You always start with the low hanging fruit.. and that right now is the network end points.... IE.. the computers at the end.. There are so many ways to stop bot nets that they can use analytics but it's to pricey right now and the isps don't want to do it yet... it is going to happen though.

DeclineFall
@comcast.net

DeclineFall

Anon

Pravda

That Washington Times article by Tammy Bruce is a propaganda masterpiece. It should be bronzed and sent to North Korea, to show them how to do it right.

Shows you where Zoe Barnes could have ended up if she had played her Cards right.

See the Ars Technica article today on telecom lobbying. Now, that's journalism.

fuziwuzi
Not born yesterday
Premium Member
join:2005-07-01
Palm Springs, CA

fuziwuzi

Premium Member

Re: Pravda

said by DeclineFall :

That Washington Times article... is a propaganda masterpiece.

It's Washington Times, everything they post is propaganda.

FCCFEC
@comcast.net

-1 recommendation

FCCFEC

Anon

Re: Pravda

said by fuziwuzi:

said by DeclineFall :

That Washington Times article... is a propaganda masterpiece.

It's Washington Times, everything they post is propaganda.

And everything on Wash Post isn't??
sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH

sonicmerlin

Member

Re: Pravda

Uh... No?

fuziwuzi
Not born yesterday
Premium Member
join:2005-07-01
Palm Springs, CA

fuziwuzi to FCCFEC

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to FCCFEC
said by FCCFEC :

And everything on Wash Post isn't??

No.

FCCFEC
@comcast.net

-2 recommendations

FCCFEC

Anon

RE: FCC, FEC look to ruin the Internet

This op-ed really calls out the Wash,DC elite on trying to shut down internet discussion thru FCC & FEC regulations. I agree that those 2 agencies are always trying to squash 1st amendment rights.
sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH

1 recommendation

sonicmerlin

Member

Re: FCC, FEC look to ruin the Internet

If your right to free speech were taken away, this forum would be better off for it.
All you ever do is lie about the various points behind Title II and preyed like the ISPs aren't chomping at the be to restrict our free speech in order to charge us more money.

FCCFEC
@comcast.net

-1 recommendation

FCCFEC

Anon

Re: FCC, FEC look to ruin the Internet

said by sonicmerlin:

If your right to free speech were taken away, this forum would be better off for it.

Spoken like a true fascist or a Democrat.
Kearnstd
Space Elf
Premium Member
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ

Kearnstd to FCCFEC

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to FCCFEC
Because the private sector is not looking to close off and restrict speech. Remember each place for speech is a different website and they want fast lanes, Ones that you have to pay for.

This country is being constantly destroyed by the Wall Street elite. They will pillage and burn America and then jump ship when this nation is nothing but a burned out husk.

linicx
Caveat Emptor
Premium Member
join:2002-12-03
United State

linicx

Premium Member

FCC and Wheeler

Tom Wheeler's plan is ambitious and unrealistic in rural America where 10/1 is a minor miracle. Our telephone companies have the upper hand; they always have, and they still do. It is called a duopoly. Telephone company A provides VOIP over cable, whilst telephone company B provides VOIP over copper. They both use the same fiber from the same plant. They collude to charge the highest prices for the poorest quality. This IS the best reason to allow oversight by FCC and ICC on all wired and wireless carriers including satellite that sell television. a phone, or an internet service.

A two-prong attack is the way to level the playing field. First, all telephone companies must open their protected areas to all other carriers. The company that provides the best customer service, best speed, and best product at the least cost will be the clear winner in every area. Secondly, every telephone company must offer better service to some portion of rural America that is receiving less then 10/1 at home.

Hypocrites
@comcast.net

Hypocrites

Anon

RE:How Google and Facebook are breaking net neutrality

Is anyone even mildly surprised that Google and Facebook say one thing and do the opposite? In the US they use net neutrality to bludgeon ISPs that haven't given up and allowed Google and Facebook to do anything they want. Overseas, they do everything they accuse ISPs in the US of doing.
BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Wakefield, MA

BosstonesOwn

Member

Re: RE:How Google and Facebook are breaking net neutrality

They are playing the game in each country. There is no net neutrality rules in other countries.... accept it. Grow the system and hope the people want it to come to them next... I think you have never led any teams of people... You change the system from inside not from the outside.. Something I wish people of this world understood.
rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO

rradina

Member

Re: RE:How Google and Facebook are breaking net neutrality

Would the history of monopolist abuses by tobacco, farm equipment, oil, railroad, steel, telephone and software been remedied from within without external action?

Personally I cannot believe how much hay folks are making with Title II. Does Title II grant the FCC a lot of control. Yes. Have they said they want to limit that control? Yes. Isn't FIOS governed under Title II? Aren't the mobile voice networks governed by Title II?

Why is the sky falling because folks think there ought to be a set of rules for the Internet? How does an article like this connect Title II with some liberal, intelligentsia agenda to control the "Internet airwaves"?

camper
just visiting this planet
Premium Member
join:2010-03-21
Bethel, CT

1 recommendation

camper

Premium Member

Including humor articles now?

 
That Washington Times essay was one of the funniest things I've read in long time.
sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH

1 recommendation

sonicmerlin

Member

Re: Including humor articles now?

I particularly joyed reading the comments. There were quite a few intelligent net neutrality advocates constantly reminding the posters what net neutrality actually is and laying bare the op-ed's logical fallacies. But how do you argue with neocons who keep repeating things like "Obama is a traitor. Dictator! Fascist!" No amount of facts changes their mind. I think those people are just mentally sick.
Kearnstd
Space Elf
Premium Member
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ

Kearnstd

Premium Member

Re: Including humor articles now?

some of the comments and arguments in the comments section on that article were comedy gold.

camper
just visiting this planet
Premium Member
join:2010-03-21
Bethel, CT

camper

Premium Member

Cable customer service...

 
"A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so."
                --- Kenneth B. Elliott
sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH

sonicmerlin

Member

Ex-FCC Attorney, Blair Levin

The guy who's 2011 National Broadband "Plan" did abso-freaking-lutely nothing to address the basic systemic issues of a lack of competition and corporate net neutrality abuse. Ya know what Mr. Levin? Your opinion holds no credibility, and it's a sign of how utterly pathetic our media has become that not a soul has called you out on your farce of a broadband plan.
bcltoys
join:2008-07-21

bcltoys

Member

Re: Ex-FCC Attorney, Blair Levin

Until the feds drill down to address level and get rid of tax block record level we will never know the truth of who or who does not have broadband. Even then they will blow smoke up everybody ass'es. The current broadband plan just plain blow's.

cb14
join:2013-02-04
Miami Beach, FL

cb14

Member

Malware infections on mobiles

It will get far worse before it gets better. How many times did I missed an icon and opened an ad I never wanted to open? Almost never happens on a desktop/laptop .Then you have public WiFi- we are taking chances. And what about all those flimsy, unstable applications who need total access to everything in order to convert centimeters to inches etc. We tolerate things on smartphones we would never tolerate on a desktop.