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A Closer Look at Apple and Location-Tracking

• Comment posted Apr 26, 2011 2:26 pm PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  Sure, the wireless providers already know where you are all the time anyhow.  I see the *big* issue as being tools like Cellebrite, which is apparently being used by Michigan state troopers during traffic stops.  If that data wasn't on…

Why are *.edu's Compromised so Much?

• Comment posted Jun 16, 2010 6:00 pm PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  You specifically state "That is to say, whenever we have an outbound spam problem and have to hunt down where it is coming from, the greatest number..." Now let's take a step backwards. You have an *outbound* spam problem. So…

Driver's License for Web Users... Bad Idea

• Comment posted Feb 04, 2010 1:03 pm PST — by Valdis Kletnieks
  One of the uses of a standard driver's license is that it can readily be used as an authentication token - unless you're a bouncer at a bar in a college town, your chances of encountering a *really* good fake…

Lies, Damn Lies, and Anti-Spam Vendor Press Releases

• Comment posted Aug 22, 2008 1:10 pm PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  Given that the media are willing to jump all over polls that show one candidate for president is 3 or 4 percent ahead of the other, when those polls are based on similarly small sample sizes, yes, it is OK.…

.MS: Alternate Root and Monoculture as Good Things

• Comment posted Sep 27, 2006 3:23 am PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  It's not a giant step backward if your business model falls into either the "walled garden" or "world domination" categories.  Remember - *you* have a certain vision of what "the net" should be.  It's probably similar to mine.  It may…

• Comment posted Sep 19, 2006 12:27 pm PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  As the IAB said in RFC2826: "To remain a global network, the Internet requires the existence of a globally unique public name space.  The DNS name space is a hierarchical name space derived from a single, globally unique root. This…

• Comment posted Sep 19, 2006 7:01 am PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  "Only Microsoft users would be using it. Without touching the DNS". And what compelling content would you put under this domain?  You're pretty much stuck with only using it for hidden under-the-cover things due to the leakage problem. It's probably…

• Comment posted Sep 19, 2006 6:05 am PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  Exactly.  That's the *point*. How do I access the URL if I'm not running (insert frobnitz to grant access to wonky alternate root here)?  That's the problem with *any* alternate root - it Balkanizes things. Another query for you -…

• Comment posted Sep 18, 2006 7:03 pm PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  OK Gadi. I'll bite.  I get an e-mail from somebody that says "Dood. Check this new update out, your site needs to install it.".  (Assume it's actually a link from somebody I actually trust enough to follow a link and…

Why ICANN Nominating Committee Has Difficulty Finding Directors

• Comment posted May 22, 2006 5:16 am PDT — by Valdis Kletnieks
  I'm truly astounded that 25,000 e-mails can be sent, with as little externally visible productive work accomplished.  As a counter-example, the Linux-Kernel list averages some 300 or so pieces of mail a day, but differs in two major respects: 1)…