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• On the post: Apple Says It Will Exit The UK Market If Government Passes Update To Investigatory Powers Act

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2023 @ 12:28pm

  I think the headline might be incorrect

  As I understand it, apple is not saying they will exit the UK market at all. Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK.

• On the post: Federal Judge Says ‘Riley’ Applies At Border; Warrants Are Needed For Some Cell Phone Searches

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 23 May, 2023 @ 02:56pm

  guaranteed rights*

  I prefer to think that the omission of the matching * was on purpose. 8)

• On the post: Daily Deal: Alpha Z PRO 4K + Flying Fox 4K Wide-Angle Dual-Camera Drone Bundle

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2023 @ 11:53am

  Huh?

  Why would you want TWO of these?

• On the post: Lobbying, Corruption Stall Landmark NY Right To Repair Bill

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2022 @ 08:18am

  Inaction means it becomes law

  I read about this, and it looks like it just becomes law if no action is taken by Hochul.

• On the post: It’s Still Stupidly, Ridiculously Difficult To Buy A ‘Dumb’ TV

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2022 @ 08:49am

  Are you sure about that?

  I have purchased several Sceptre displays over the years, and all of them are still running well. The common thread among them has been the outstanding display, and the lack of "smart" features. Using a set like this as a computer monitor or connected to some other streaming device it is very hard to beat. Honestly. I really think there could and SHOULD be more devices like this, but the existence of this one at least gives me hope. I think Ehud really made a salient point.

• On the post: House Judiciary Committee Wants The FBI To Explain Why It Keeps Targeting Journalists, Religious Groups, And Politicians

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2022 @ 12:54pm

  Typo maybe?

  But let’s set our expectations any higher than reality dictates. But let’s NOT set our expectations any higher than reality dictates.

• On the post: Congress Is Weakening America’s Cybersecurity. It Couldn’t Have Picked A Worse Time.  

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 05:21pm

  Does it have language that says that in the bill

  I skimmed over it but did not see "must accept all third party apps" or similar language. User initiated and approved each time side loading seems like the right approact honestly. Hard to see what the negative downstream effects would be at that point. Android has proven that it can work.

• On the post: Congress Is Weakening America’s Cybersecurity. It Couldn’t Have Picked A Worse Time.  

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 01:17pm

  Mixing the bad bills in with the good bills

  The only problem I have with this article is the idea that allowing users to choose where they install from, and who they pay is somehow worse. No one is FORCING users to use applications outside of the app stores walled garden. If the user wants to install an app that has been forced off the app store because Russia decided it was bad for instance, the user should have the choice of downloading it directly from the developer, and paying them directly as well.

• On the post: More Than 100 Hertz Customers Are Suing The Company For Falsely Reporting Rented Vehicles As Stolen

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2021 @ 02:25pm

  Wrong embedded link?

  the link in this text:

  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211113/10541047933/more-than-100-hertz-customers-are-suing-company-falsely-reporting-rented-vehicles-as-stolen.shtml#:~:text=He%20and%20his%20fianc%C3%A9e%2C%20Krystal%20Carter%2C%20who%20is%20also%20a%20claimant%2C%20say%20they%20had%20rented%20from%20Hertz%20about%20a%20dozen%20times%20last%20year%20%E2%80%94%20but%20that%20didn%27t%20prevent%20him%20from%20being%20stopped%20by%20police%20for%20driving%20a%20car%20reported%20stolen%20by%20the%20company.%20Around%2010%20p.m.%20that%20night

  Appears to be to the wrong article?

• On the post: Commentator Insists That Fact Checking Is An Attack On Free Speech

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2021 @ 12:47pm

  Some might consider this a typo, but i prefer to think of it in a more literal sense. As in "uninhabited by sense"

  But, the most bizarrely stupid version of this argument was published recently in the Hill, by columnist Armstrong Williams, in a piece entitled: Uninhibited Speech is the Ultimate Weapon in the Fight Against Misinformation. You might think from this title that he would support fact checking -- which is part of that "uninhabited speech." Instead, he seems to think it's an infringement on rights.

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 295: What Oracle/Google Means For Copyright And Interoperability

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2021 @ 02:55pm

  Ouch

  Am I the only one that finds it hard to listen to the frequent "and, um, uh" from Pamela?

  I apologize if that sounds mean, I really don't mean it that way.

  I just found it jarring in content that I was really interested in otherwise.

• On the post: It Happened Again: Antipiracy Outfit Asks Google To Delist 127.0.0.1 On Behalf Of Ukrainian TV Station

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2021 @ 08:47am

  Re: Re: 127.0.0.1

  Well.. Bobviously... 8)

• On the post: Man Sues Multiple Social Media Services, Claims Banning His Accounts Violates The Civil Rights Act

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2021 @ 12:06pm

  Tim has really upped his writing!

  I literally laughed out loud several times reading this! Very well written and humorous! Nice job Tim!

• On the post: FBI Director Ignores More Than 500 Ongoing Capitol Raid Prosecutions To Complain That Encryption Is Keeping Criminals From Being Caught

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2021 @ 08:29am

  Re:

  [If all crimes were that easy to solve, the FBI would be asking for less data to sift through, not more.] Ahh, you must be new here, and have missed all the FBI stories.

• On the post: Trumpist Republicans Latest Freakout A Total Self-Own, As They Reveal They Don't Read What They Tweet

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2020 @ 12:07pm

  Re:

  Ron Whyden immediately jumps to mind.
  Elizabeth Warren as well, but she still has some odd ideas about platform/publisher. There are a few at least, but still WAY too few.

• On the post: Our New Monetization Experiment: Coil & The Web Monetization Protocol

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2020 @ 04:25pm

  Great idea!

  I really like the idea and potential for this!

  Signed up with Coil, and found out there are a few other sites i frequent that use them too!

• On the post: This Iowa Town Is Building An Open Access Fiber Broadband Network. Google Fiber Is Its First Customer

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2020 @ 07:38am

  Re: Conduit, not Fibre

  Yes, this is an important point that most news of this appears to be consistently missing. This is not an Open Access Network.

• On the post: NY Times Political Reporter Believes Telling Right From Wrong Is Beyond His Job Description; He's Wrong

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2020 @ 01:46pm

  Reporting should be about explaining the nuance

  If all they do is write "he said this, and she said that" they are doing the job of a stenographer, not a reporter.

• On the post: The City Of Baltimore Blew Off A $76,000 Ransomware Demand Only To Find Out A Bunch Of Its Data Had Never Been Backed Up

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2019 @ 07:53pm

  What backup system did you use?

  That sounds like a nice solution! I am not aware of one with those features. Would you please share some info on it?

• On the post: Senator Hawley Responds To Techdirt With A Bunch Of Nonsense And Lies About His Own Bill That He Doesn't Seem To Understand

  

  Scott Yates ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2019 @ 12:12pm

  Re: Re: Re: 'moron', 'ditz', 'braindead buffoon'... so many othe

  I actually think the term "Retarded" is used properly if he means that his thought process has been "retarded" by lack of actual thought.

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