About 7 years ago it was the most affordable USB controller that identify them self as a HID device that I could find to brute force the EFI lock on a MacBook Pro https://orvtech.com/atacar-efi-pin-macbook-pro-en.html
It was really easy to setup and start pushing code to it
Based on the explanation given, there's absolutely no privacy benefit to not including this code. The fact that it's Terraform doing the work is already being sent via the User Agent in the API requests. The fact that it's _you_ who is making the API calls is also embedded in the request. This amounts to a minor hack of Azure's API logging to enable slightly more convenient reporting. It sends no new data. In other words "opting in" or "opting out" has zero impact on whatever privacy implications you are worried about. This comes down to a simple misunderstanding of what's going on.
Given the amount of fingerprinting and screwing with the content based on platform, I'd be happy to do away with user-agent completely. I'm tired of websites that are completely broken on mobile and force you to use the app (or constantly remind you about their app) and everybody returning a globally unique identification which is so hard to scrub.
Because for this specific bit of data, the value that it's set to by default has zero privacy impact whatsoever. So getting upset over nothing and yelling at a CEO who gave a great explanation of what's going on is incredibly counterproductive behavior.
> Will still have access to the software via other means as usual
Piracy? Surely this doesn't count as a "solution". Just because you can evade a ban doesn't mean that they "still have access" - I mean they do but it's not legal.
Agree is not a "Solution" but it does not has the impact that most people are imagining.
I am just curious, what would be the right way for companies to tackle this, how would they know who is the family of a regime official for example? Most people's comments seem to be aimed at Adobe instead of the complexity that is dealing with this executive order.
Not in the U.S., no, but is it illegal in Venezuela? They are under no obligation to recognize U.S. copyright claims. Or any copyright claims, for that matter. And why would they, given that the U.S. is enforcing sanctions against them?
I was wondering this yesterday too - Is it stealing if it's not for sale (so there is no lost revenue)?
My gut reaction is that if Venezuela is apart of any of the international trade laws then it'd still be illegal but there's essentially no way in practice you'd get in trouble for it (Assuming you're a Venezuelan citizen and you aren't like blatantly selling it in the street or something).
It's not "stealing" regardless of whether the software is for sale. Whether it's illegal in Venezuela is a question of local Venezuelan law. If Venezuela is part of a treaty which requires them to enforce copyright laws then they can simply withdraw from that treaty; it's unlikely that they would be benefitting much from it at this point. Or, without withdrawing altogether, they might be able to get an international ruling that voiding U.S. copyright claims within their jurisdiction is a justified response to the U.S. trade sanctions—other countries have succeeded in that approach before. (I forget where but IIRC it had something to do with U.S. restrictions against online gambling, which is a lesser provocation than this general trade embargo.)
This is a legitimate question. Even in developing countries that have much higher average income, paviating software is still super prevalent in commercial companies.
They have access to internet (although unreliable most of the times) so they can work online. Freelancing is very widespread among those who have the necessary skills. There are a bunch of spanish forums where this becomes pretty evident. They also open bank accounts in other countries so they can get paid in dollars and not be monitored by the government.
The problem with this type of inflation is that it's lopsided. Assets inflate -- equities and real estate. That's great for asset owners. But wages haven't really increased, because most workers don't "need" to own equities, and most Americans already own a house, so they aren't affected by rising rents and home prices.
This is why rent can raise 10% in one year -- the largest expense for nearly everyone -- and you can have 1% inflation. Most people aren't renters. So they aren't paying more for their rent. In fact, when bond prices go down (from this manipulation), mortgages get cheaper, so most people are paying LESS for the same house / mortgage.
Equities go through the roof.
If you're a laborer / renter, this is like a double gut punch. If you're a capitalist aristocrat, it's like a double gift horse.
And, as far as inflation goes, at least the way the Fed measures it -- it doesn't have a huge effect.
Commodities are so globalized now, and the US isn't 50% of the global economy anymore -- more like 20%. So strong upward pressure on commodities here, doesn't have a huge impact on commodities prices.
Yeah effectively it's rich people deciding that enormous sums of money should be invented out of nowhere and given to rich people. And somehow everyone is ok with that
Actually I read that in period of high inflation, the factory workers tend to do OK. They are often unionised, have leverage by doing strikes, they typically manage to keep their wages in check with inflation. It is office workers that are going to be the most impacted.
Though that was from experience from times where there wasn’t this imbalance between supply and demand between blue collar (excess) and white collar (shortage).
Your comment has contradictions. For example, if "most Americans already owns a house", how are they at the same not affected by home prices increasing?
Like a lot of financial analysis I read, you seem to look at only one side of the transaction. For every renter, there's a rentee. For every buyer, a seller. For every borrower, a lender. Those people are abundant as well, and the exact opposite comment could be written about them.
Source? Most of my friends (outside of the tech echo chambers) are worried they'll never become buyers because of student loans, decades of wage stagnation, skyrocketing rent, real estate, college tuition, etc..
Aug 12, 2019: "U.S. consumer inflation outlook declined as Fed weighed rate cuts .... The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, known as the core personal consumption expenditures price index, gained at an annualized 1.6% pace in June."
It is not the same traffic pattern, Uber sees a regular stream of request keeping their caches warm, Yes they might see 2X or 3X spikes every now and them but in proportion these are smaller than the spikes that the IRS will see today.
It was really easy to setup and start pushing code to it