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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
"Code of Advertising" that sets content is, to me, TRWTF.
Not sure if you know, but to see the advert on TV, you need a license
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Not sure if you know, but to see the advert on TV, you need a license
Less money for us to spend on avocados
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
"Code of Advertising" that sets content is, to me, TRWTF.
Not sure if you know, but to see the advert on TV, you need a license
Or if you just own a TV and an antenna...
yeah, that gets me as well. As does lots of the legal stuff from the UK. Old habits die hard. Like Bruce Willis.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
Or if you just own a TV and an antenna...
No, only if you have a TV which is used to watch live TV programmes or BBC's VOD service.
If you just used it to listen to radio programmes, you don't need one.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Not sure if you know, but to see the advert on TV, you need a license
Less money for us to spend on avocados
So you're saying the license is breaking the fresh fruit law?
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@boomzilla I'm not saying it doesn't.
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@loopback0 that's good enough for me!
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
Or if you just own a TV and an antenna...
No, only if you have a TV which is used to watch live TV programmes or BBC's VOD service.
If you just used it to listen to radio programmes, you don't need one.But you'll have to prove said antenna is incapable of being attached and used with a TV capable of receiving broadcast programs.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
But you'll have to prove said antenna is incapable of being attached and used with a TV capable of receiving broadcast programs.
No, as you can attach the antenna to the TV to use it to receive radio programmes.
You'll have to prove you're not using the TV to receive broadcast TV programmes. Whether you can prove that or not is a different matter.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
You'll have to prove you're not using the TV to receive broadcast TV programmes.
There is nothing good on TV, why the hell would I watch it?
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Donald Trump is a self-made billionaire
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Two listeners complained that the ad, which aired in June, discouraged people from opting for fresh fruit.
A radio ad, heard on 27 June 2018 for Costa Coffee, featured a voice-over which stated, "Oh, there's a great deal on ripen at home avocados. Sure, they'll be hard as rock for the first 18 days, three hours and 20 minutes, then they'll be ready to eat, for about 10 minutes, then they'll go off....
As usual, the ASA find against stated facts.
The advertising watchdog agreed with the complaints and upheld them.
That's typical for the ASA. Well sorta. They're quite happy to slap down an advert if one entity complains.
Especially if the entity concerned is one with an interest in having the advert slapped down. Say an organisation enamoured of finger-wagging at the general public , and the thing being advertised is alcohol, tobacco, gambling or anything else the finger-waggers deem that other people shouldn't be enjoying.
Ad description
A TV ad for a gambling website, www.galaspins.com, seen on 5 May 2018. The ad showed a man playing on his tablet. He then made a gesture with his arm before he began to spin a plate at speed on its side. A manās voice said, āAh, the tell-tale signs of a Gala Spins fan. A whirly spin of fun and games, just like the new Britainās Got Talent Slingo game. Try it now and see if youāve got the talent. Galaspins.com - now thatās Spincredible.ā Other characters in the ad looked on, took a photo and clapped.
Issue
The complainant challenged whether the ad implied that gambling involved skill rather than chance, and therefore was socially irresponsible.
Upheld.
Issue
Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership challenged whether:
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ads (d), (i) and (j) were irresponsible because they encouraged excessive drinking;
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the claims in ads (a) and (b), which were comparative nutrition claims, complied with the Code;
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ads (c), (f), (g) and (h) implied that alcohol had therapeutic qualities and could enhance physical and mental capabilities; and
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ads (e) and (g) linked alcohol to sexual success.
All 4 upheld.
Ad description
A poster for i heart Wines, seen on the London Underground network in April and May 2018, showed images of three bottles of wine. Text stated "i heart WINES [image of a red heart] - NOT every DAY, YOU UNDERSTAND. Not all the time. Just sometimes. YOU KNOW, in moderation. As a treat. With food, ideally. OR A FILM. MAYBE OVER A CHINWAG WITH FRIENDS. Or if it's sunny. THAT TENDS TO WORK QUITE WELL. ALSO ON HOLS. Sometimes at the weekend. But you know. NOT every DAY. OBVS".
Issue
Alcohol Concern and three members of the public challenged whether the ad encouraged excessive drinking.
Upheld.
They even have their own little make-work exercises, where - inevitably - they uphold their own complaints:
Ad description
The home page of the e-cigarettes website www.safercigs.co.uk, seen in June 2017, stated āDr Salt E-liquids. Changing the way you vape one tank at a timeā in a cartoon font. This was accompanied by a cartoon image of a man in a white coat with a stethoscope.
Issue
- A member of the public challenged the claim āDr Salt E-liquidsā and the cartoon image of the doctor on the marketerās website, where only factual rather than promotional content was permitted for unlicensed nicotine-containing e-liquids.
The ASA challenged whether:
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the claim āChanging the way you vape one tank at a timeā was a promotional claim, and therefore in breach of the Code; and
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the name āSafercigsā was a promotional claim, and therefore in breach of the Code.
All three upheld.
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Your parents lied to you when they said drugs are bad
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Your parents lied to you when they said drugs are bad
Funny how drug addiction has snowballed in recent years.
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@boomzilla Idiot.
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Your parents lied to you when they said drugs are bad
Funny how drug addiction has snowballed in recent years.
If people are snowballing drugs I really don't want to hear about it...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Your parents lied to you when they said drugs are bad
Funny how drug addiction has snowballed in recent years.
If people are snowballing drugs I really don't want to hear about it...
Seems okay so far. I mean you get the odd Senator selling out their state / the nation at large like Blackburn, but so far the definition of "snowballing" remains primarily semen related.
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@Gribnit said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Your parents lied to you when they said drugs are bad
Funny how drug addiction has snowballed in recent years.
If people are snowballing drugs I really don't want to hear about it...
Seems okay so far. I mean you get the odd Senator selling out their state / the nation at large like Blackburn, but so far the definition of "snowballing" remains primarily semen related.
What?
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@Scarlet_Manuka @PleegWat In as far as French IP law is concerned (this should be obvious we're talking about this, but my very limited understanding of IP law is that this kind of subtleties can very much vary country by country!), I think there are a couple of differences between Twitter TOS and a letter to a newspaper.
Legally speaking, probably the most important one is that a letter is destined to the newspaper (even if you might write it to "the readers of ..." there is a clear understanding that by sending that letter you send it first and foremost to the redaction of the newspaper), so it's probably covered by law on public/private correspondance rather than copyright law, as well as by the specific French law on newspapers.
However and leaving that aside, the other difference is that the Twitter TOS ask you to grant licensing rights for all (unspecified) usage by Twitter, and that part is straight illegal. The license you grant to the newspaper, although it is implicit by the act of sending the letter, is probably something along the lines of "any use that you might reasonably expect" (the ruling does at several points refer to this "reasonable expectation" or "understanding" idea, so it is very much a legal thing). By sending a letter you expect it to be published and archived, so this would be the uses for which you license it. You definitely don't expect it to be sold to a 3rd party (such as an ad company or whatever), so the implicit license doesn't cover that use.
So to me, the core difference is the "limited use" aspect. But that part is trivial to fix in TOS: instead of saying that the licensing is for all purpose, just say list the purposes (i.e. displaying on any support and archiving). As far as I can tell that would not limit what Twitter is currently doing and would be in accordance to the law. Of course, this prevents them from selling your tweets, but that is exactly the point of this law (and the "risk" that the plaintiff was fighting against), and since Twitter don't do it currently they shouldn't really mind.
But to me, the main issue with Twitter TOS is not the scope of use (since I can see very much how it can be plugged), but the "no licensing of future works" one. Unfortunately I'm struggling to find an existing real world example to see how it's currently handled (*) (when you write to newspapers there is probably one different implicit license per letter, whose content depends on the letter itself (e.g. if you write "for the editors only" you explicitly don't give away publication rights)), so I'm not sure how it can be worked around. I'm not sure French law would accept "each future tweet will have this license", it really does sound very close to me to trying to license future works.
(*) contrary to what many think, a lot of what happens on the web is no different legally speaking from other stuff that is already covered by laws... and like the lawyer-blogger I mentioned earlier likes to say, there is no such thing as a "legal gap" (something to which no law would apply).
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Duct tape and threads keeping GƶtaƤlv-bridge safe
https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=104&artikel=7055728
Article in swedish, but in short: they taped a fiberoptic thread to the structure as the bridge is at end-of-life and they need to make sure it wont start falling apart before the replacement is built. Although I like the implied idea of them using duct tape and threads to literally keep the bridge from falling apart, sewing up and taping any cracks in the structure.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
But you'll have to prove said antenna is incapable of being attached and used with a TV capable of receiving broadcast programs.
No, as you can attach the antenna to the TV to use it to receive radio programmes.
You'll have to prove you're not using the TV to receive broadcast TV programmes. Whether you can prove that or not is a different matter.In typically pendantic style, it's worth noting that the law permits you to own a TV or other device capable of receiving TV broadcasts, and yet not have a license, but you must declare (not prove) that you don't use the "capable of receiving TV broadcasts" part. The TV Licensing authorities, if they can prove ( show to a sufficiently high degree of confidence)(1) that you've used the equipment to watch license-requiring programming, can then slap you double-hard, once for watching TV without a license and once for making a false declaration.
It's worth noting also that you cannot buy a TV or other piece of licensable equipment at retail in the UK without the licensing people finding out, since the retailer is required to report that so-and-so living at such-and-such address bought licensable equipment. Some retailers will try to tell you, erroneously, that the law requires that you already have a license and that you show it to them as you buy the TV. If they continue to insist this when you tell them otherwise (and refuse to show them the license you don't have), buy the TV somewhere else.
In general, it's not worth the hassle to attempt to assert your right to have a TV without a license. If it's a TV-capable monitor for a PC, buy the TV-not-capable one next to it.
(1) The semi-mythical "TV detector van" might or might not be real, but if it is, its most likely mode of operation is a TEMPEST-style attack on the emissions from the local oscillator.
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Dutch military intelligence service prevents cyber attack against OPCW. Four spies were sent home.
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@PleegWat said in In other news today...:
De Militaire Inlichtingen
Why does the dutch military have a council of liches?
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@Atazhaia said in In other news today...:
a council of liches
because that is the easiest way to consult them?
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@Atazhaia said in In other news today...:
Why does the dutch military have a council of liches?
How else are they to understand what their NATO allies operating out of the Pentagon are up to?
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Number 465,243 in our series of #FirstWorldProblems:
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Your parents lied to you when they said drugs are bad
Funny how drug addiction has snowballed in recent years.
Actually psilocybe mushrooms have been successfully used in the treatment of drug addiction.
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@izzion said in In other news today...:
That dang oil lobby...
Saudi Arabia and its funding partner SoftBank have reportedly shelved plans for the $200-billion project. It was part of the kingdom's economic transformation plan and would have produced three times the energy it needs.
... and cost six times more than it was worth.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@izzion said in In other news today...:
rejecting billable minutes
Aside from international calls how many calls these days are billed by the minute? Serious question...what sort of volume are we talking about?
Prepaid phones form a not insignificant portion of phone use, and they are usually charged per-minute (or per-kb, in the case of data).
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Got a Supermicro server board?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
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article @dcon linked said in In other news today...:
Got a Supermicro server board?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
Two of Elementalās biggest early clients were the Mormon church, which used the technology to beam sermons to congregations around the world, and the adult film industry, which did not.
Of course they would lump LDS with porn when possible...
In the three years since the briefing in McLean, no commercially viable way to detect attacks like the one on Supermicroās motherboards has emergedāor has looked likely to emerge.
SOP usually begins with blacklisting the command and control servers these things attempt to communicate with. Once there's no control, the mitigation is practically half done. Boom, I'm smarter than three years of professionals hacking away at this.
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@PJH said in In other news today...:
Number 465,243 in our series of #FirstWorldProblems:
So if they won't accept a box, is there a law which requires the island to be on the map at all?
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
@PJH said in In other news today...:
Number 465,243 in our series of #FirstWorldProblems:
So if they won't accept a box, is there a law which requires the island to be on the map at all?
Despite your , that was my first thought as well.
Unintended consequences can be a bitch...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
Of course they would lump LDS with porn when possible...
I'm curious why they had to point out that the adult film industry doesn't beam sermons to congregations around the world.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
Of course they would lump LDS with porn when possible...
I'm curious why they had to point out that the adult film industry doesn't beam sermons to congregations around the world.
Because it's hilarious.
The only part of the statement that's surprising is the part where the LDS church's sermons actually managed to be mentioned in the same discussion as porn. AFAIK porn reigns supreme as the single largest use of bandwidth overall, so even being mentioned in the same breath as it is an achievement.
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ļ ¹ To all our customers, Fuck youā¢
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@TimeBandit
A flaw is found in Intel chips that can let certain hardware replacements bypass the TPM and retrieve sensitive information without the expected security permissions, Intel is out to get us.Apple implements a practice to prevent the effects of that flaw by requiring a scan to ensure that the system's hardware is secure before allowing the operating system to run, Apple is out to get us.
Can't win for losing.
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@izzion said in In other news today...:
Apple implements a practice to prevent the effects of that flaw by requiring a scan to ensure that the system's hardware is secure before allowing the operating system to run,
If that's the reason for this, Apple will gladly run this scan for me for free if I change some hardware in my machine.
We all know this is not the reason Apple is doing this
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
AFAIK porn reigns supreme as the single largest use of bandwidth overall, so even being mentioned in the same breath as it is an achievement.
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@TimeBandit
FTFA:According to the document, which was distributed to Appleās Authorized Service Providers late last month, this policy will apply to all Apple computers with the āT2ā security chip, which is present in 2018 MacBook Pros as well as the iMac Pro.
A new exploit discovered by F-Secure is said to put āalmost allā Mac and Windows laptops and desktops at risk for data theft. The vulnerability even leaves Macs with FileVault turned on susceptible.
As reported by TechCrunch, the firmware exploit has to do with how almost all Mac and Windows machines overwrite data when they are turned off. This exploit is based on a cold boot attack, where hackers are working to steal data from a computer thatās powered off.
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The researchers previously shared their discovery with Apple, Microsoft and Intel. Macs with the new T2 chip are immune from the flaw, which include the iMac Pro and the 2018 MacBook Pros.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
SOP usually begins with blacklisting the command and control servers these things attempt to communicate with. Once there's no control, the mitigation is practically half done. Boom, I'm smarter than three years of professionals hacking away at this.
That line explicitly says detecting attacks. Not mitigating them 6 months later after they've already leaked all your data. And there's a billion ways to establish hard to block P2P networks or exploit well known legitimate servers to relay any sort information you want. Someone who can make a chip like that certainly has the knowledge to implement them.
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@izzion Are you saying that, if I replace some part myself, Apple will run this diagnostic for me for free?
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@boomzilla Yeah, but they're looking at services, not whole industries. They're comparing Netflix, YouTube, PornHub, RedTube, etc. If you combined all of the bandwidth used for porn and adult cams, though, and compared it to the bandwidth used for non-porn video, I'm pretty sure porn would still win easily.
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@izzion said in In other news today...:
A new exploit discovered by F-SecureĀ is said to put āalmost allā Mac and Windows laptops and desktops at risk for data theft.
It puts them at the same risk for data theft that all laptops were at 10 years ago before we started putting proprietary encryption chips on everything (remember how upset people were about that upcoming "Trusted computing" thing?).
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@TimeBandit
Nobody knows, since the "Right to Repair" bandwagon ran to breathlessly report "OMG APPLE IS SCREWING US ALL" withApple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
not much effort to give Apple time to clarify how they're going to handle scans after a repair that didn't involve a certified repair shop.
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Similar to Gboard, which recently received a dark mode toggle, News users can have the app switch to dark mode automatically when battery saver comes on. Additionally, users can set the News app to enable dark mode at night. This feature doesnāt appear linked to Night Light or Wind Down
I guess the order at Google was "Everyone add automatic dark mode to your apps, but whatever you do, don't talk to each other or use any existing features. Except maybe battery saver."