Kurt Opsahl
Kurt Opsahl
area greater harassment loose speech term
It has this very loose term of 'intent to annoy' which encompasses a much greater area of speech than harassment and threat.
appeal ask california correct courts forward freedom history looking opportunity protecting ruling supporting
The California courts have a long history of supporting and protecting freedom of the press. We are looking forward to the opportunity to ask the Court of Appeal to correct a ruling that endangers all journalists.
appeals california continue court freedom history hopeful protecting
The California Court of Appeals has a long history of protecting freedom of the press. We're hopeful they'll continue to do so.
free win
That was a big win for free speech.
address companies competition creativity develop enjoy face foreign innovation moving offshore outside providers required
Creativity and innovation will end up moving offshore where programmers outside the U.S. can develop technologies that are not required to address the onerous CALEA requirements. The U.S. companies will face competition from foreign providers who will enjoy an advantage.
act privileged security user users weakness windows
It's a privileged escalation attack. On Windows you can have users with different privileges, and because of security weakness in the permissions of a folder, it allows a low-ranked user to act as a high-ranked user.
beyond covers goes range speech wider word worried
The word covers a much wider range of speech than threats. It goes beyond the cyber-stalking that proponents were worried about.
listened
They have listened to us but there's a lot of resistance.
forum free innocent innovation internet mandate open privacy requiring risks tech
A tech mandate requiring backdoors in the Internet endangers the privacy of innocent people, stifles innovation, and risks the Internet as a forum for free and open expression,
best brings challenged clearly constantly gets law question resources seem series struck surprising thrown whether
This is not a surprising result. It brings into question whether this is really the best use of the state's resources to constantly put up these clearly unconstitutional laws, only to have them challenged and thrown out. It does seem to be one in this series of law passes, gets challenged, gets struck down. Rinse, lather, repeat.
disturbing government looking notion search
There's something disturbing about the notion that when you search for something the government is going to be looking over your shoulder.
agreed carrot copy digital experience flawed focus hard hope labels learn less management music production quality record rights sony stick stop
Sony agreed to stop production of these flawed and ineffective digital rights management technologies. We hope that other record labels will learn from Sony's hard experience and focus more on the carrot of quality music and less on the stick of copy protection.
addressing bill final house law versions
The law is different from the final versions of the bill in the House and Senate. It was a bill addressing a lot of other things, and this part was slipped in.
hiding itself main
The main distinction is, with XCP, it was hiding itself so you wouldn't know that it was there.