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If one of the smartest computer security guys was prepared to do all this work and throw lots of expensive experts (well grad students) at finding your bugs - would you: 1, Send developers to all their seminars to learn something 2, Buy them drinks 3, Sue them
1 and 2 are not mutually exclusive. Exactly why is the seminar not at the local pub?
Some background information. The fundamental reason why this is a big deal is that in the UK, the repercussions of fraud are skewed towards customers rather than the banks. The relevant legal standard is that customers must exercise "reasonable care" with their PIN if the bank is to bear the cost of fraud. Of course, banks always insist that their systems are secure, and that it was the customer's fault. http://www.t…
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If anything, the banks promoting this technology should be sued for false advertising. in many cases banks refused to reimburse cardholders who reported unauthorised card use, claiming that their systems could not fail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_and_PIN
2 decades earlier they prosecuted people who reported ATM losses for fraud - because ATMs were perfectly secure.
Some background information. The fundamental reason why this is a big deal is that in the UK, the repercussions of fraud are skewed towards customers rather than the banks. The relevant legal standard is that customers must exercise "reasonable care" with their PIN if the bank is to bear the cost of fraud. Of course, banks always insist that their systems are secure, and that it was the customer's fault. http://www.t…
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But an unwritten constitution is easier to change, because there is nothing written down to refer to as a 'base.'
Canadian constitutional law has something called the 'living tree doctrine', which states that the constitution can grow and evolve over time, being reinterpreted in new contexts. To push the metaphor a bit further, I'd point out that a living tree is considerably more resilient than a dead tree, and is likely to adapt to conditions which might otherwise destroy it. I don't think anyone can seriously claim that the c…
The Congress shall have Power...
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes;"
I really enjoyed the language!
An important but often overlooked fact is that while there's no universal freedom of speech in British Law (although the UK is a member of the European convention on human rights which has such a protection), universities specifically are required to act to protect freedom of speech of their members. The University of Cambridge is legally obliged to stand behind this research under the 1986 Education Act which states…
while there's no universal freedom of speech in British Law... Perhaps not in written law, but I think you'd have a hard time convincing a judge that the British constitution does not guarantee freedom of speech. As my legal friends as fond of pointing out, an unwritten constitution has the important advantage that its words can't be twisted the way that a written constitution can.
Can you be transported to Australia for poking the Duchess of Cornwall with a stick? What about shouting "Off with their heads!" at the Prince of Wales? [2]
The absence of a constitutional guarantee of free speech, and the persistence of lèse majesté offenses should be a point of embarrassment.
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/jun/26/pressandpublishi...
[2] http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/video-of-protest...
I really enjoyed the language!
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2 decades earlier they prosecuted people who reported ATM losses for fraud - because ATMs were perfectly secure.
reference?
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A service provider terminating Wikileaks for AUP violations after they began publishing classified diplomatic cables; one of the oldest educational institutions on Earth standing up for a student's MPhil thesis. Totally the same thing. How did I miss this?
It seems that the point is that Wikileaks apparently broke no laws.