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Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.
IainB:
Then there's this interesting clarification from the FCC:
Clearing the Air on Wi-Fi Software Updates
by: Julius Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering & Technology
November 12, 2015 - 12:09 PM
This week marked the closing of the reply comment period in the Commission’s radio device approval modernization rulemaking. The comments and replies are largely supportive of the Commission’s proposals, but one particular element generated thousands of comments from individuals concerned that the proposal would encourage manufacturers to prevent modifications or updates to the software used in devices such as wireless local area networks (e.g., Wi-Fi routers). I’m pleased that this issue attracted considerable attention and thoughtful submissions into the record and would like to make it clear that the proposal is not intended to encourage manufacturers to prevent all modifications or updates to device software.
As I wrote last month, this proceeding has taken on a significance beyond the Commission’s original intent. One of our key goals is to protect against harmful interference by calling on manufacturers to secure their devices against third party software modifications that would take a device out of its RF compliance. Yet, as the record shows, there is concern that our proposed rules could have the unintended consequence of causing manufacturers to “lock down” their devices and prevent all software modifications, including those impacting security vulnerabilities and other changes on which users rely. Eliciting this kind of feedback is the very reason that we sought comment in an NPRM and we are pleased to have received the feedback that will inform our decision-making on this matter.
In my last post I recognized the need to work with stakeholders – particularly the user community – to address these concerns in a way that still enables the Commission to execute its mandate to protect users from harmful interference. I’m happy to say that the OET staff and I have spoken directly with some of these stakeholders in the last few weeks.
One immediate outcome of this ongoing dialogue is a step we’ve taken to clarify our guidance on rules the Commission adopted last year in the U-NII proceeding. Our original lab guidance document released pursuant to that Order asked manufacturers to explain “how [its] device is protected from ‘flashing’ and the installation of third-party firmware such as DD-WRT”. This particular question prompted a fair bit of confusion – were we mandating wholesale blocking of Open Source firmware modifications?
We were not, but we agree that the guidance we provide to manufacturers must be crystal-clear to avoid confusion. So, today we released a revision to that guidance to clarify that our instructions were narrowly-focused on modifications that would take a device out of compliance. The revised guidance now more accurately reflects our intent in both the U-NII rules as well as our current rulemaking, and we hope it serves as a guidepost for the rules as we move from proposal to adoption.
There is more hard work ahead of us as we finalize rules, and we welcome continued input from manufacturers, users, technologists, and others.
Updated: November 12, 2015 - 12:09 PM
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Roughly translated: "Whoops! Ha-ha. Oh you spotted that did you? Silly me."
Renegade:
Ahh, now it all makes sense - it seems that it was because of Snowden that all those people in Paris were massacred yesterday: Edward Snowden and spread of encryption blamed after Paris terror attacks
-IainB (November 15, 2015, 10:16 AM)
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Reading some of the accusations was rather amusing.
But really, they're off-base. They should be blaming elementary school teachers that start children down the dark path to literacy and education by teaching them the alphabet and how to read. Damn teachers, I tell you! Kill 'em all before we have a total collapse of civilisation~! :P
I can't believe that the French security services would have known for some time that the Bataclan was a defined prime Islamic terrorist target and yet apparently have done nothing to anticipate it and protect French citizens...
-IainB (November 15, 2015, 10:16 AM)
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I can. :P
Nah, it must have been Snowden's fault.
-IainB (November 15, 2015, 10:16 AM)
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Nope. It all started with those dastardly pre-school and kindergarten teachers and their damn alphabets & stuff!
Maybe French citizens should start pressing for the right to carry arms, to avert such "workplace accidents" as this?
-IainB (November 15, 2015, 10:16 AM)
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I've heard that argument made in quite a few places, and I've not really read much on the event. It seems to be gaining momentum.
Roughly translated: "Whoops! Ha-ha. Oh you spotted that did you? Silly me."
-IainB (November 15, 2015, 10:29 AM)
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HAHAHAHA~! ;D
Nicely put! :Thmbsup:
Ath:
I really like the fact that Reply #666 is written by, of all forummembers, Renegade. ;D ;D ;D
Renegade:
^ Heh! But don't forget... 667 is the neighbour of the Beast! :P
IainB:
I had been puzzling for some time over the US government's absolute refusal to pardoning Snowden, despite their having what is - on the face of it - an encouraging and "safe harbor" policy stance towards whistle-blowers.
Then I read this today on the David Icke website:
(Copied below sans embedded hyperlinks.)
Obama Calls Alternative Media 'Domestic Propagandists"
BY DAVID ON 17 DECEMBER 2016 GMT ACTIVISM, USELESS MEDIA
Untitled (210)
Obama Calls Alternative Media 'Domestic Propagandists
BY DAVID ON 17 DECEMBER 2016 GMT
Tags: ACTIVISM, USELESS MEDIA
‘The war on alternative media intensified today when Obama blamed talk radio and other “domestic propagandists” for the rise of “fake news.”
“If fake news that’s being released by some foreign government is almost identical to reports that are being issued through partisan news venues, then it’s not surprising that that foreign propaganda will have a greater effect,” Obama said. “It doesn’t seem that farfetched compared to some of the other stuff folks are hearing from domestic propagandists.”’
Read more: Obama Calls Alternative Media ‘Domestic Propagandists'
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Of course they can't pardon him and must keep him as a social pariah. He has lifted the proverbial stone and pointed out for all to see these creepy-crawling, slithering, maggoty creatures that have been living under that rock for years, with us all oblivious to them meanwhile.
And Snowden has said "Look! Maggots!" - and oops! - there it is, the US State Government.
Furthermore, the Snowden information has been distributed by organs not authorised or approved to do so by the US government. They were not the Official Government Propagandists, you see. So, they must not be believed, because they do not speak for the Ministry of Truth.
Pardoning Snowden would be a politically suicidal move by the US government, since it would be an open and frank self-admission of what a canker government - and especially its secret services - has become on the American and world societies and geo-political fronts.
The lie must be - has to be - maintained, at all costs.
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