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by hackuser 9y ago
Is what you're describing essentially a trust anchor / root of trust, as implemented in TPMs? I realize that TPMs aren't implemented exactly as you describe, but they are designed to be vulnerable only to physical attack, not
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by hackuser 9y ago
An excellent point that applies to almost any system: The inconvenient and somehow embarrassing truth for us – the malware experts – is that there does not exist any reliable method to determine if a given system is not compromised.
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by hackuser 9y ago
FWIW Secure Boot has its own blacklist, called the Revoked Signatures or Forbidden Signatures database or dbx, though I don't know if and how it is actually used. > old windows kernels can't be blacklisted because then people&#
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by hackuser 9y ago
An important detail which doesn't change what you are saying: Secure Boot is from the UEFI specification, but I think SB is optional.
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by hackuser 9y ago
Unfortunately, I don't think I want to get caught up in this kind of conversation.
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by hackuser 9y ago
Thanks for sharing all that and informing the rest of us.
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by hackuser 9y ago
> Public transportation outside of the US is often run by private companies, and they make plenty of money. It would be interesting to learn details: How often? Who is making how much? And in what circumstances does it tend to work and
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by hackuser 9y ago
> the Arctic is a tremendous shortcut for shipping The Economist article says, "the much-vaunted sea passages are likely to carry only a trickle of trade". Do you have any information on the prospective volume of trade? > it
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by hackuser 9y ago
A fundamental conflict keeps coming up: 1) Security agencies are much more effective if they collect data before they know it's important. If they wait until Jane Doe blows up a building to start collecting intelligence on her, much of
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by hackuser 9y ago
I don't quite understand. The scholars of Europe did not have access to Aristotle's works. Are you saying that isn't true? Was Spain isolated from the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages? > This entire thing is a long pr
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by hackuser 9y ago
Speaking very generally (and based on slightly faded memory), one reason they liked old things in the Renaissance was because there was a point of view that the prior ~1,000 years, since the fall of Rome, was a waste intellectually, and tha
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by hackuser 9y ago
It's amazing to me how normalized these accomplishments has become. Humanity didn't master rocketry until the mid-20th century, and now we regularly have robotic vehicles flying around other planets (and sending photos to us). Per
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by hackuser 9y ago
> The reason: It's basically wild west and the state hasn't yet regulated ISPs to death. How do you know that's the reason? For those interested, I looked up the story: http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-s
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by hackuser 9y ago
> That doesn't mean that public criticism of this is propaganda. I completely agree. The problem is, and my point was, how does one distinguish a reasonable person speaking in good faith from propaganda, which by its nature is inten
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by hackuser 9y ago
>> I lie, you lie, what's the difference? > Definitely not what I'm trying to say. To be clear, I did say that I was taking it out of context and that my objection is to when it's taken too far. > Propaganda is in
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by hackuser 9y ago
Thanks; I'm glad it was valuable (and thanks for your contributions too). Just one point in addition to yours: > I had not checked that ... I don't want to take those words too literally, but I want to make a point: The implied
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by hackuser 9y ago
> That was information I hadn't known or had forgotten Fair enough, but how do you know that it's true? That's part of propaganda, to make many unsubstantiated claims that people generally will accept without checking - wh
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by hackuser 9y ago
> Thinking that any one of these narratives is wholeistic truth (for example the US domestic propaganda) and then charging forward critical of any true facts that inconvenience that propaganda or are consistent with a competing one is no
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by hackuser 9y ago
I agree with a lot of what you say, but to take the following a little out of context ... > I would emphasize that "truth" is not a binary thing but a highly contextual and multidimensional device. That can be taken too far and
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by hackuser 9y ago
> You see the benefits of regulation but not the costs In my defense, I plainly asked about the outcomes and the costs. My point is that we need serious information, not more speculation. The parent comment omits the costs of a lack of r
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by hackuser 9y ago
As a thought experiment: What in that comment allows you to distinguish propaganda from good faith substance? It's a serious question; maybe I'll learn something! Here's how I look at it: What knowledge did it add? By knowled
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by hackuser 9y ago
As I said, it's tough to deal with propaganda, and I think the immediate parent comment supports that point. First, people often spread propaganda without repeating it. There was interesting research a little while ago showing how prop
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by hackuser 9y ago
The following comment might seem off-topic, but it's not. There are well-known techniques to propaganda, and it is important that we recognize them by now or we will continue to be victimized by it. Also, we cannot wait until we have c
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by hackuser 9y ago
I'd love to see some serious information and expert analysis about these kind of claims. How much regulation is there? Is it more or less? Where is it too much, where is it too little, and how do we decide? What outcomes does it produc
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by hackuser 9y ago
The title is click-bait and propaganda. Perhaps the HN title should be changed to 'FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Net Neutrality.'
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by hackuser 9y ago
With respect, do you have any expert knowledge or personal expertise to base this on?
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by hackuser 9y ago
What do you think? To just ask the questions is a way to muddle the issue; perhaps offer your opinion and something to support it. I've seen the same types of questions posted multiple times regarding Uber. Uber the victim, picked on;
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by hackuser 9y ago
> I should have said current tax law, not tax rate, but the getting a lower rate abroad is clearly the main driver. I wasn't clear: I don't know that I accept that, though of course I've heard it many times. It's a na
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by hackuser 9y ago
I don't know there's such a thing in economics as 'taking' income. Money is taxed when it is transacted between entities; it's pretty simple. Buy something, pay someone, pass your inheritance to your children, etc.,
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by hackuser 9y ago
> In my view this directly contributes to the loss of faith people have in the Journalistic profession I'd add that your second point also contributes to loss of faith: When propagandists call their publications journalism, and when

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