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Re: Rental Cars Now Big Brother Enabled
by jdean＠lsuhsc.edu 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

Should we put dummy loads on our OnStar transceivers?

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Pap Smear
by John Young 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

The NY Times reports today on a leering virus which searches the Web for machines which might contain porno material, real or imagined as the virus decides, and then the little shit fingers the machine to one of various law enforcement agencies in its database. (Excerpt below) Anybody had this leerer rat their cave or know of a victim? ----- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/technology/11VIRU.html June 11, 2001 Virus Searches for Pornography By Roy Furchgott A new rogue computer program, possibly intended to perform a public service, has raised thorny legal questions and seems sure to fuel the debate over computer privacy. The new virus, which is called VBS.Noped.a, searches the target's machine for what it suspects may be child pornography and reports the names of files to the police. There are no reports of police officials acting on such results, and antivirus software companies say it has not yet been distributed widely and is at relatively low risk of damaging computers. Technically a worm, the virus is of unknown origin and was spotted by computer security companies on May 22. It arrives as an attachment to an e-mail message titled, "FWD: Help us ALL to END ILLEGAL child porn NOW." When a recipient opens the attachment, child pornography statutes appear on screen. The program then searches the user's hard drive for picture files that have pornographic-sounding names and then sends an e-mail message and a list of suspect files to a law enforcement agency picked at random from the program's database. "Hi," the message sent to the police says: "This is Antipedo2001. I have found a PC with known child pornography files on the hard drive. I have included a listing below and included a sample for your convenience." The virus also sends out copies of itself to addresses in the victim's e-mail address book. Apart from the program's invasive nature, virus experts question the results the program sends out. Its search software is apt to falsely identify files as containing child pornography, said Stephen Trilling, director of research at the Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center in Santa Monica, Calif., which suggests that the results could cause irreparable harm to run-of-the-mill computer owners if the results are acted upon. While law enforcement agencies cannot search an individual's computer without a warrant, they can act on a tip. The F.B.I., one of the agencies on the Noped list, would not say if it had received tips from this virus program. A Justice Department lawyer said that law enforcement officials could legally conduct a search based on the tip, but added, "That's a very different question from `would law enforcement ever open an investigation based on that information?' " Perhaps most troubling, legal experts say, is the havoc that the virus could wreak on the reputation of people with no involvement in child pornography. "There is no telling how far this information might spread," said Stephen J. Davidson, a lawyer and spokesman for the Computer Law Association. Local news organizations could report that a parent was under investigation as a pedophile, he said, "all resulting from an unwarranted and illegal entry to your private computer." ...

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None
by Anonymous 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

>Thats easy. If ones purpose is to communicate to a given audience, it is >the responsibility of the communicator to find the words, images or whatever >that will have meaning to most members of that audience. This is not TV, Sandy. Or a public school, or politically correct town meeting. I, for one, enjoy JYA postings. It takes some intelligence to twist the tongue in the right way and also to understand the implied. It is fun, since thought process is revealed and much more info conveyed. It is called "language", and although 200-word pigeon english seems to be the standard these days, it doesnt mean that there are no sentient beings around that do not feel obliged to run the speech center in "lite" mode. Dont look around. Spontaneous group leering will not help you. Perhaps this is too complicated for you. Let me simplify: Even if "everyone" programs in visual basic, there is still beauty, style and efficiency to be done in C or assembly. And there are things which cannot be done in VB. You seem to exhibit standard american "culture" conditioning that denigrates everything which is not immediately understandable by complete idiots. Like genital action, for example. I understand that that is your expertise.

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Business Opportunity
by Nirav Vasavada 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

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Final Score - McVeigh: 168 Feds: 1
by Eric Cordian 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

As I was watching the coverage of the Tim McVeigh execution, I couldn't help think that it was bigger than the coverage of the moon landing in 1969. How the definition of what unites us as a nation has changed since then. Technological excellence, versus an absolute exercise of unbridled state power against a single unarmed individual, who no longer poses a threat to anyone. While most of us would define "terrorism" as violence against civilians and civilian infrastructure for the purpose of sending a political message, the US government cleverly defines it as any violence by a subnational group designed to influence opinion. Thus, in the minds of our government, it is not killing that is wrong, it is presuming to do so without the Imprimatur of statehood, and the power to defiantly thumb ones nose at the logical consequences of ones actions. Tim McVeigh's crime then becomes not "murder," but "impersonating a government." I can forgve him for that. Tim McVeigh's legacy is that it's going to be a *real* long time before the Federal Government again attacks its citizens with tanks and snipers for simply saying "no" to a government official, and the term "collateral damage" is never going to be smugly used again to describe dead children killed by the American military in some country on the receiving end of a "message" from our President. I think that's a GoodThing(tm). History should remember Tim McVeigh as a decorated Gulf War veteran, who gave his life to save his country, albeit in a rather creative and not universally appreciated way. I can forgive him for that too. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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RE: Automatic's
by Jonathan Wienke 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

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Rental Cars Now Big Brother Enabled
by Eric Cordian 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

Amusing little story about a minor rental car company that installed GPS in all its vehicles, and added fine print to its contracts to say that they will dock clients $150 each time they exceed the posted speed limit. One customer was unamused when they lifted an extra $450 off his debit card, and is taking them to court. http://www.newmassmedia.com/nac.phtml?code=new&db=nac_fea&ref=16435 ----- Coming to small claims court: Roadrunner vs. Acme Rent-a-Car. By Colleen Van Tassell Published 06/14/01 James Turner is taking Big Brother to small claims court. Turner's taking his own car. Big Brother's driving a rental. A rental outfitted with a high-tech device that tracks your every move. One that records your speed. One that enables rental car agents to rip off unsuspecting drivers. ... When Turner signed Acme's rental agreement last October, he didn't notice the warning at the top of the contract that read: "Vehicles in excess of posted speed limit will be charged $150 fee per occurrence. All our vehicles are GPS equipped." ... When he returned to New Haven on a Sunday night, he drove to an ATM to get some cash and discovered his account was drained. There were three mysterious $150 withdrawals. ... -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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20 Jun '01

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