This was the most amusing part of the article--to think that prison can actually make someone "safer" to their community such that releasing them a few days before the end of their sentence actually constitutes a risk.
Anyone who imbues themselves with guilt over any of the issues mentioned in this article has completely missed the point. The goal of various NGOs is to influence government policy, and the goal of someone striving for social justice is to convince citizens and political leaders to act in ways that advance justice. Guilt alone cannot accomplish those things and is not helpful to anyone.
>Apple issued a new root certificate using the latest OpenSSL standard. The apps that "expired" were using an out-of-date version
And they were simply following Apple's recommendation to statically link OpenSSL. An app which hasn't been updated in a year or two could easily fall into this trap.
And yet, the primary use-case for file system encryption is to protect data at rest, from someone with physical access to the disk. It seems odd to draw the line at physical security so arbitrarily -- that you'd be willing to encrypt your entire root file system and then throw your hands in the air when it comes to securing a tiny boot partition.
What, are you so sure about that? You don't want to own property for a living, using nothing more than a legal title to take ownership of the goods and services produced by those who happen to work on that property, pay them less than the market value of those goods, and use the difference to buy titles to even more property? And then rely on the state to protect that property -- with extreme violence if necessary --- all without having to even step foot on its premises? Are you mad? I'd love to be able to do that!
With salaries of over $100k available to programmers, I'd say the opportunity cost of a startup venture is pretty high. It takes years of determination and time for a startup to pay off, and most do not.
But what's the point of starting a business if it can't generate revenue? Getting to that point definitely takes capital; even if you've already built the product, the marketing and sales costs of introducing a new product in an existing large market are significant. Otherwise you're just gambling with the opportunity cost of your time on the hope of an effective word-of-mouth campaign.
I think you're replying to the wrong comment? drzaiusapelord was the poster who suggested that partisan views would be a barrier to reform.
In fact, I would go so far as to say that a lack of political opposition in any circumstance, regardless of the party itself, will lead to anti-democratic behavior.
The real issue is that police overwhelmingly enjoy an uncritical view by the voting public such that no politician can afford not to support them. What needs to disappear is the misplaced support for police among the public.
This blanket assumption is probably why you're being down-voted. The easiest way to avoid this is by supporting your statements with as many facts as possible.
A simple google search proved that this is not at all the case, for example, and that Republicans show much stronger support of police unions.
No, the webmail users lose because they have acclimated themselves to using a dumb terminal system which makes full confidentiality at least an order of magnitude more work to achieve. A user who is 100% unwilling to switch away from webmail will accomplish that security goal with just as little success as a steadfast fast-food patron pursing a healthy-eating goal.
Insofar as they went along with the overall thrust of the "blackout", yes; that is support of a mysoginist agenda. However /r/science tried to sit on the fence by claiming they had to make their subreddit private due to its frequent collaboration with /r/IAma -- a reason which was nonsensical. None of this began until Reddit's administration indicated its intention to begin banning certain subreddits. The mindless culture of harassment and hate which has festered on reddit over the last couple of years couldn't tolerate a woman of color being behind this perceived attack on their majority-young-white-male "freedom". It's a joke to think that any of this would have happened with a white male as CEO.
This was the most amusing part of the article--to think that prison can actually make someone "safer" to their community such that releasing them a few days before the end of their sentence actually constitutes a risk.