Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by Ao7bei3s on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:39PM
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> One of the agents even said (paraphrased, of course) "Maybe you downloaded some movies?
What's the correct answer?
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by notatoad on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @04:06PM
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The correct answer is to tell the truth. The point of the security clearance process is to determine what somebody might be able to hold against you (i.e. to blackmail you into giving up confidential information)
If you told your interviewer that yes, you have downloaded some pirated movies, then if somebody calls you up saying "hey, i'll tell your boss you're a movie pirate if you don't tell me X" you'll feel confident shutting them down.
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by Fnoord on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:20PM
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You should tell the interviewer the truth, but you'll feel confident denying due to lack of proof when a random person makes the claim.
If anything, it makes an asset vulnerable to extortion _from_ the FBI.
See also "The FBI Is Struggling to Hire Hackers Who Don't Smoke Weed". [1]
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/262dde/the_fbi_is_str...
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by astura on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @05:38PM
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The truth.
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by eweise on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:37PM
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Is downloading movies illegal?
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by Anon1096 on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:48PM
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Sharing copyrighted content is
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by icebraining on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @04:46PM
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Not just sharing - even loading a program to RAM to run it is considered a copy and needs a license, as per MAI v. Peak.
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by sp332 on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:55PM
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They can sue for copyright infringement, but since the damages are tiny, they generally don't bother. What's different since the DMCA is that "commercial scale" infringement is now a criminal offense even if you're not making any money. And if you're uploading, say by using a bittorrent client which uploads while you're "downloading", then they could make a criminal case.
Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook
by narrowrail on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @04:25PM
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Well, given the question asked, we need to be clear that the legality of downloading copyrighted content varies by country. Also, the DMCA[0] has been around for 21 years, so it's not exactly a recent change. The last time the industry went after a torrenter, it was Hunger Games (2010), IIRC; I always attributed to the Streisand affect[1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...
When I worked in the Intelligence Community I had to go through multiple FBI investigations and polygraphs. Every single one of them asked me about laws I may have violated in the past. One of the agents even said (paraphrased, of course) "Maybe you downloaded some movies? It's illegal but many don't realize it and probably most people do it".
Pirating is one of those crimes that has become normalized. The parent may have realized it was illegal but didn't think much of it and probably didn't realize it would lead to his account being completely disabled.
The trouble with Google accounts and becoming disabled is it can very likely ruin a good part of your life because of how much of your data they hold and there are zero ways to redeem yourself if you did do something wrong and there are zero ways to resolve the problem if it was due to something inaccurate or false (which has happened especially if someone else gets into your account).