Scary though via Al Franken: Can the NSA get your fingerprint from iPhone 5s?

[Eastoff]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...t-iphone-5s-fingerprint-data-via-patriot-act/

Not that they don't already have HCP's prints.

 

[BlazerWookee]

"Al Franken," lol...

 

[Further]

The article makes a lot of sense. It seems like there are many risks and no reward to using fingerprints.

 

[speeds]

Al Franken?! Rabble rabble rabble!

 

[julius]

"Al Franken," lol...

Not sure why Al Franken is in quotes. It's not like he's dumb, he graduated cum laude at Harvard, and having different views doesn't make someone less intelligent.

What exactly has he said or done to make you laugh?

 

[Eastoff]

Not sure why Al Franken is in quotes. It's not like he's dumb, he graduated cum laude at Harvard, and having different views doesn't make someone less intelligent.

What exactly has he said or done to make you laugh?

[video=youtube;-DIETlxquzY]
does this count?

 

[Denny Crane]

The US Senator.

He's actually one of these:

 

[Nate4Prez]

"Al Franken," lol...

Al Franken?! Rabble rabble rabble!

What exactly has he said or done to make you laugh?

More importantly, why does it matter who said it? Would it be more relevant if Mitt Romney asked? I'm interested to know if the NSA can get someones fingerprints through the iPhone. The partisan fucking bullshit by people here is ridiculous.

SKIP THE ISSUE ALTOGETHER! IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE A LIBERAL ASKED THE QUESTION!!

 

[julius]

More importantly, why does it matter who said it? Would it be more relevant if Mitt Romney asked? I'm interested to know if the NSA can get someones fingerprints through the iPhone. The partisan fucking bullshit by people here is ridiculous.

SKIP THE ISSUE ALTOGETHER! IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE A LIBERAL ASKED THE QUESTION!!

Sometime it's important to ask who said it, and why (like if it's Pat Robertson saying gays do that weird thing with the ring), but in most cases it seems to be done to gloss over the issue.

 

[julius]

The US Senator.

He's actually one of these:

Photoshopped picture aside, I stand by my question. What has he done, as a senator, that warrants dismissive responses?

 

[PapaG]

Photoshopped picture aside, I stand by my question. What has he done, as a senator, that warrants dismissive responses?

One blogger said it is a photoshopped photo...but I agree, it's a fake. An easily disproved fake, but the funny thing is how so many people thought it could be real.

 

[julius]

One blogger said it is a photoshopped photo...but I agree, it's a fake. An easily disproved fake, but the funny thing is how so many people thought it could be real.

It's not hard to trick people into believing what they want to believe (see: Dan Rather).

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Al Frankin i the standard that makes Barbara Boxer andher ilk appear normal..that being said, he does have a great point with his reasoning..I have to give him credit for raising the question.

 

[BlazerWookee]

More importantly, why does it matter who said it? Would it be more relevant if Mitt Romney asked? I'm interested to know if the NSA can get someones fingerprints through the iPhone. The partisan fucking bullshit by people here is ridiculous.

SKIP THE ISSUE ALTOGETHER! IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE A LIBERAL ASKED THE QUESTION!!

I'm not disagreeing with what he said, in fact, I think he might right about this one, and I give him credit asking what sound like the right questions. But it's VERY difficult for me to take him seriously as a US Senator after seeing this sketch half a dozen times growing up. LINK.


Plus, there's this scene:

 

[BrianFromWA]

Gummint's already got my fingerprints.

 

[Further]

Aside from the government getting your fingerprints, he also brought up several other issues which I had not thought of before. Much has to do with protecting ones identity against hackers.

"Passwords are secret and dynamic; fingerprints are public and permanent," wrote Sen. Franken. "If you don't tell anyone your password, no one will know what it is. If someone hacks your password, you can change it—as many times as you want. You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret. What's more, a password doesn't uniquely identify its owner—a fingerprint does. Let me put it this way: if hackers get a hold of your thumbprint, they could use it to identify and impersonate you for the rest of your life."

 

[Denny Crane]

Photoshopped picture aside, I stand by my question. What has he done, as a senator, that warrants dismissive responses?

Looks to me like something he'd have done on SNL. Which is the point. What is it about being a comedy writer and sometime comedian that makes him qualified as a public servant?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Looks to me like something he'd have done on SNL. Which is the point. What is it about being a comedy writer and sometime comedian that makes him qualified as a public servant?

Capitalizing on his popularity like so many people do.

 

[julius]

Looks to me like something he'd have done on SNL. Which is the point. What is it about being a comedy writer and sometime comedian that makes him qualified as a public servant?

Is there a set of criteria that "qualifies" someone as a public servant?

It's not like he's a college drop out who decided to be a politician on a whim.

And like I said, doing something in the past (be it humorous or just kind of silly) neither disqualifies someone as a public servant NOR proves they aren't capable of being a hard worker or work in government.

 

[Run BJM]

Looks to me like something he'd have done on SNL. Which is the point. What is it about being a comedy writer and sometime comedian that makes him qualified as a public servant?

I trust most of the celebs-turned-politicians more than the politicians who rose to prominence the traditional way.

 

[julius]

I trust most of the celebs-turned-politicians more than the politicians who rose to prominence the traditional way.

the CURRENT traditional way, or the actual traditional way? Because the actual traditional way is more like what Franken (or Sonny Bono, or others) did, than the way that the current crop of younger politicians did.

 

[Denny Crane]

Is there a set of criteria that "qualifies" someone as a public servant?

It's not like he's a college drop out who decided to be a politician on a whim.

And like I said, doing something in the past (be it humorous or just kind of silly) neither disqualifies someone as a public servant NOR proves they aren't capable of being a hard worker or work in government.

Sure.

How about serving in the town council first. Get some training before trying to serve in an important office like senator.

 

[julius]

Sure.

How about serving in the town council first. Get some training before trying to serve in an important office like senator.

I'm not so sure thats a valid requirement anymore. And not only because congress doesn't do shit anymore, but most of the things they DO do, (hehe, i said do do) they have teams to do it now.

I'd like to see what Franken has done, as a senator, that proves he's wasn't qualified.

 

[maxiep]

If the Federal Government didn't already have my fingerprints, I wouldn't engage the ID on the phone.

 

[Denny Crane]

I'm not so sure thats a valid requirement anymore. And not only because congress doesn't do shit anymore, but most of the things they DO do, (hehe, i said do do) they have teams to do it now.

I'd like to see what Franken has done, as a senator, that proves he's wasn't qualified.

You wrote three sentences. In two of them you asked if Franken is qualified and also pointed out congress doesn't do shit anymore. Maybe the former has something to do with the latter.

 

[jlprk]

Republican gridlock is Franken's fault!

 

[Denny Crane]

Has the senate passed a budget in the past 4 years?

 

[julius]

You wrote three sentences. In two of them you asked if Franken is qualified and also pointed out congress doesn't do shit anymore. Maybe the former has something to do with the latter.

Besides the fact that I'm not sure that Al Franken can be blamed for "60 being the new 51"....I would think the groups of people that are actually causing Congress to do nothing, aren't harvard alumni..just saying. And I doubt they're doing it for any other reason than partisanship.

 

[julius]

Has the senate passed a budget in the past 4 years?

And you blame that on Frankens resume?

 

[Denny Crane]

And you blame that on Frankens resume?

What can you point to that shows he's been a good senator? Seriously, passing a budget is his primary job and he's failed at it. If he's typical of those we elect, we elect bozos (but I knew that already).

No excuses. Every one of those guys has a price. Give something up to the republicans and you get their votes.