Posted on 11/09/2002 9:31:25 AM PST by rs79bm
What Is P2P...And What Isn't
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:y5UHD8Jv2xkC:www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/p2p/2000/11/24/shirky1-whatisp2p.html+peer+to+peer+system&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Not being a techie, I don't pretend to understand this in any detail--but at least this one is written in English :)
'Recycled' refugees swindle UN of millions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/786204/posts?
It won't be long before they find an excuse to have the whole world scanned...all in the name of preventing fraud.
And after Americans applaud this move by the UN against the Afghanis, how will they justify refusing to be scanned themselves?
Congress is working on legislation REQUIRING states to record such information in relation to driver's licenses.
Simply put, it's when two computers communicate directly with each other. With a web browser, there are MANY computers acting as clients that are communicating with the web server. Peer-to-peer is a more of a one to one relationship, with the two computers acting as both client AND server. Napster is an example of a peer-to-peer system, although it is an example of a many-to-many relationship.
For more info, click the link below..
What OS are you using, and how is it configured? If it isn't one that enforces an access control list with specific permissions for specific users on specific folders (read: Windows 9x), or if you do not use access controls to restrict remote users to accessing only those specific folders you're sharing via Napster on a read-only basis, then you're basically hanging the "Come One, Come All" sign out.
I have no problem with this concept if there is a built-in death penalty, non-negotiable and automatic, for anyone in or out of government abusing the system or the data.
Does anyone have a problem with that?
You're welcome. It's hard to fathom this coming about, as it DOES appear to indicate a march towards a "1984" type of society.
It seems to be inevitable in our current situation. Freedom only works in a basically moral, Judeo-Christian society.
Thanks to the open borders and the rapid influx of immigrants (both legal and illegal), we now have Balkanization and no concensus whatsoever over values and morals. As a result, the government has chosen to monitor everyone to avoid the appearance of discrimination and more infighting in government agencies...
It appears that has been the goal all along. Why else flood our land with those who are only here to reap those benefits that we have as a Nation worked and fought hard and for, where many of our fathers before us fought in wars and made the ultimate sacrifice in order to safegaurd our way of life? H1-B workers have no great love for this country nor it's People. Many are openly hostile to Americans, and could care less about the Principles this Nation was founded upon. They were raised to love THEIR country, not ours.
The immigration policies we have today invites terrorists into our country. It is only a matter of time before something else happens, only reinforcing the notion that we NEED restrictions on our basic freedoms in order to prevent another terrorist act...
Will you agree that *if* the information in the article is accurate, then this massive surveillance system should be opposed?
Of course, I'd assume that anyone who posts on FR is under surveilance...
Although you are correct, there's several unnamed Pentagon sources, the blurbs that relate to them are irrelevant in relation to the accurary of this article. They are simply fluff.
Private data that requires a warrant to access will still need a warrant to collect in a database and for searches. If you can prove differently, then you've got a story to tell
Well, you do know that information that was supposed to be discarded in relation to "instant checks" by LAW IS still being held and utilized, right?
Court to Hear Gun Info Privacy Case
Now if they can violate the law there, who's to say they won't do it with the TIA system?
I may be mistaken, but I believe warrants are not used now to access Internet mail through government servers.
Refer to post 116 for info on THAT...
Also if I'm not mistaken, the internet was invented under DARPA(with no help from Gore) and the backbone is still not privatized.
Yep, BBN under DARPA developed the concepts and protocols for the Internet, which was originally named ARPANET. And of course, the government can pull a few tricks with it if and when it'd like to...
Also, who owns the internet backbone, the devices of which our e-mail passes??
Various companies, including BBN and Sprint.
Regards!
Regards back to you.
Any information in this article that turns out to be true *and* is a violation of the following must be opposed.
Amendment V -- "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
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