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Heaven forbid that the DOD would ever leverage technology that could reduce collateral damage, because that's what a program like this would really be useful. I'm not a drone operator, but one of the biggest reported human related problems is the inability to view the entire battlefield. Too much information to process and too narrow of a view through a camera. I can see a lot more good coming from a program like this than nefarious deeds.
My comment stands. I mean I guess I'm probably crazy to think that anyone would ignore civil rights while advancing a new technology, fighting crime, or in the name of national security. That's just crazy talk, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by GardoneVT
"“We have great respect for the professionals at the FBI, and we believe their intentions are good,” Apple chief executive Tim Cook said in a strongly worded open letter posted late Tuesday on the company’s website.
“Up to this point, we have done everything that is both within our power and within the law to help them,” it continued. “But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.5fa7f1d82bcf
"Law enforcement agencies would face new restrictions on using no-knock warrants under legislation to be introduced in the Georgia House on Thursday.
The bill comes seven months after at 19-month-old was severely wounded when Habersham County sheriff’s deputies executed a no-knock warrant at 3 a.m. A flash stun grenade was tossed into the playpen where the child was sleeping."
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regi...M910KnaFFDsiI/
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"While it contains provisions that we support, the American Civil Liberties Union believes that the USA PATRIOT Act gives the Attorney General and federal law enforcement unnecessary and permanent new powers to violate civil liberties that go far beyond the stated goal of fighting international terrorism. These new and unchecked powers could be used against American citizens who are not under criminal investigation, immigrants who are here within our borders legally, and also against those whose First Amendment activities are deemed to be threats to national security by the Attorney General."
Oct. 23, 2001 - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)"
https://aclu.procon.org/view.answers...stionID=000716
...and so forth and so on.
I doubt Apple’s management gave a molecular fuck about safeguarding the privacy or rights of iPhone users. The unromantic and more likely reason Apple refused the Justice Departments request is they simply didn’t see the business value of complying ; there are a lot of iPhones in use ,and tasking people to build and validate a backdoor+ software update is a labor cost they’d like to avoid. Every hour a developer spends on remedial data tasks is an hour they’re not spending on the next generation product.For a business the size of Apple that’s a Big Number.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeler
Insofar as the other concerns go; we cannot stunt our technogical growth in the name of a Civil Rights boogeyman. Like it or not commercial businesses and governments across the globe are already using this technology right now. That particular data genie isn’t just out of the bottle, he’s AirBnB’d it. Organizations who’ve used past and existing tech to negatively affect the civil rights of Americans were and are held accountable,and will be held accountable in the future.
Their brain trust isn't that naive. Far from it. But they do perpetuate a cycle of failures because they disregard the core elements of classic success models, classic philosophy, etc. That's one of their Achille's heels. They're shocked every time they find themselves hole-istic... when they never developed holistic.Quote:
Originally Posted by RevolverRob
CPU and other AI limits are like gun control laws.Quote:
...AI does appear to be a bit of a pandora's box. I'm actively against certain AIs and believe power and CPU limits must be enforced. But...bi and quadripedal robots all have mechanical joints. And mechanical joints are susceptible to attack. And electronics are susceptible to water and EMP attacks, as well as fire and high explosives. Tracked robots are my biggest concern, but I think we can handle it.
Who has the overwhelming manufacturing capacity to make drone swarms and controllers for AI-everything from desktop social robots to bulldozers? It's not the U.S.
Good luck fighting networked robots that never sleep, excel at limited tasks and whose mechanical ability is restricted to its component stress limits.
Scratching my head on this. Apple does take privacy seriously and a backdoor is about as difficult as a battery slowdown fix...Quote:
Originally Posted by GardoneVT
If you’re not doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear...Quote:
Originally Posted by GardoneVT
I’d dearly like to know what a “molecular fuck” is and how it stacks up to a “flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.” As for the rest, it’s still slippery slope logic without appropriate oversight and consequences for misuse.
While we're at it, can we examine the difference between metric and English fucktons? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeler
I believe that would be metric fucktonnes :DQuote:
Originally Posted by olstyn
Double it and add 32... that's how we got metric beers.Quote:
Originally Posted by olstyn
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Peally
Fuck Google, and the horse they rode in on.