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Is it just me, or are cookie consent banners just absurd? I now have to click a button to close a modal on *every* single website I visit. Also, why does GDPR privacy seem to only care about cookies so much? Cookies have existed since practically the dawn of the …
You may have noticed all of the work I've been doing lately on cookie consent banners, legal links in the footer of every page, etc. I recently received a couple of "right to be forgotten" requests from EU-based members. And that got me thinking: Why is the GDPR so far-reaching? …
Every publisher on the web slaps a copyright onto the bottom of every page. After all, we pay staff writers for exclusive right to publish articles in the hopes of driving traffic to those articles and selling ad space. With AI bots crawling and training on all these articles, and …
As you may have seen, I've made a lot of changes over the past few days to the DaniWeb UI. The project was sparked by a need to make sure, for legal reasons, that our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and CCPA 'Your Privacy Choices' links are easily discoverable on …
I figured that we were overdue for a hot button topic. Cue the political discussion. My hot take is that *no*, social networks should *not* be responsible for misinformation on their platforms. I believe in freedom of speech, and I believe in free press, and I also believe that as …
**AI policy theorist Demetrius Floudas introduces a novel era classification for the AI epoch and reveals the hidden dangers of AGI, predicting the potential obsolescence of humanity. In retort, he proposes a provocative International Control Treaty.**  ## About Demetrius A. Floudas ##  **[Demetrius A. Floudas](http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/131770)** is a transnational …
**Are humanoid robots just around the corner or still mostly science fiction? Here’s my take on when you’ll finally get your robot servant.**  Since the [World Robot Conference](https://www.worldrobotconference.com/en) in Beijing (August 21-25), videos of robots [mimicking human expressions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX27lozxLJM&t=4s), alongside prototypes with [astonishingly agile movements](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX27lozxLJM&t=4s), have grabbed a lot of …
Legal and regulatory challenges for blockchain projects include navigating uncertain laws, particularly regarding data privacy and smart contracts. Compliance with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations is tricky due to blockchain's pseudonymous nature. Token regulation complexity and cross-border transaction issues add further hurdles. Moreover, protecting intellectual property in open-source settings poses …
Imagine my surprise when I learned this morning that an [URL="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10216733-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"]IBM researcher believes[/URL] that Moore's Law-- that the number of transistors on a micro processor would double nearly every two years-- could be nearing the end of its run. Amazingly Moore made this prediction in 1965 and his law has …
Hello! My team and I are actively working with casinos/bookies in the European sector. The team consists of several developers that generate traffic from mobile apps. What we are looking for is a direct trustworthy CPA/CPL partnership. We can provide all the relevant statistics and what we achieved so far …
I want to create a price-comparison website/web application and join affliate programs.My problem is, when I want to join for a company's affliate program,seems like every company asks for my website. How can I create a price-comparison website if I am not an affliate of any company?Can I create a price-comparison …
Hello all, I was wondering if I could get some questions answered about how cupons work in the work place. I have an idea which involves creating a very flexible cupon service, but would require knowing the rudiments of how cupons work. The main question I have is how is …
I was just roaming the internet for some interesting reads and I came across [this very interesting paper](http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/research-recherche/2011/forcese_201107_e.asp) about how to define a legal framework for the "reasonable expectation of privacy" when it comes to our new cyber-existence. I thought I'd share it with you guys, and see what you …
One of my close relative contacted me asking if I can do a 'Shore Interface'(used on ships for management) project for him in .net after that he started talking about registering a company under us, saying "if required we can hire someone for coding". Which makes me feel he only …
Hi again, i'm really confused between Product Id and Product Key. It is good when you're Product Id changed when you reinstall the OS?but still the same Product Key? Is Product ID really important when it comes in Legal Issue.
So my semester is almost over and I was dumb when I signed up for intro to programming distance learning, I thought I would understand it, but now I guess I know I can't. Anyways here is the problem. A speeding ticket fine policy in Podunksville is $50 plus $5 …
Advert blocking software is thought to be used by something in the region of just five per cent of online users, or 150 million people of you prefer. It is, however, on the up; research conducted by Adobe and anti-adblocking campaigners PageFair suggests that ad blocking use rose by 70 …
How can I copyright content of a website? Let's say the website have blog, 2D-3D art, Photographs etc. What are the best practices? Will I have to go to government registration office or there are websites(one I can trust) which offer such services? PS: I googled it for last 2-3 …
Our teacher tells us to add a crawl functionality that will get information from other databases online... is this legal, cause i think it's not
I was using this chat service for over 2-3 years now. Recently, I read their privacy policy and it says they can just do anything with data * They can collect all chat, files and everything. * Can keep it for whatever time they wish. * They won't rent, sale …
American technology companies are by implication evil, and aiding terrorist groups such as Islamic State/ISIS according to a number of highly influential but terribly ill-informed Western players. Apple and Google have become the command and control networks of choice for terrorists and implementing full-device encryption by default will help Islamic …
Hi, I have developed a application for students that retrieves data (eating menus) from a official eating website of the whole University (13 restaurants located around the city). Actually I spend a month and a half of doing some reconnaissance and programming (getting information of that site) so that I …
Research code of conduct "cambridgekipp" An Ethical Code for Research Preamble 1. It attaches considerable importance to the maintenance of high ethical standards in the research undertaken by its academic and research staff and students, whether supported directly by it or funded from external sources. It is our obligation to …
I am web designer and work for a company. I'm thinking to built something for my own. I want to know can i recored live football mateches and upload to a website .. is it legal or illegal ?
Software and apps like Senuke, GSA and Kontent machine are they even legal to be used. My friend said these software and apps are of part of black hat SEO, how true it is. Pls explain in detail.
I have a Dell Optiplex PC with a legal copy of Windows XP. But the Dell hardware seems to be failing. The problem is that the XP distribution CD I got with the computer is a Dell distribution disk, possibly with files specific to Dell (It says both Dell and …
Looking for a NP-85 battery? At this point they are next to impossible to actually find. Yea, they'll tell you they got it but when you get the shipment it's something less than what you ordered. What's the difference" The 2000mAh represents the maximum service life per battery charge. At …
Not that important, but just a question that pops up. Does the code we post here has any legal ownership? Does it still belong to the OP or is it DaniWeb's or has it become open source?
I have a client who uses several company products for his entertainment business. He has a new website with these company logos on it, and he has requested that I watermark those logos with his logo. I'm not a legal expert, and I know watermarking is for promotion, branding and …
A friend of mine has asked me to invest in a proxy server to protect myself because I have no idea about security. But be4 i even think about doing this I need to know what a "proxy server" is, how they work, are they safe and is it legal?
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That's the surprising consensus reached at a meeting of 30 CSOs representing some of the UK's leading enterprises held in London during the past week. This despite a poll at the bi-annual [URL="http://www.csointerchange.org"]CSO Interchange[/URL] event revealing that those same CSOs view social networking as the most over-hyped threat. When it …
Hey Everyone! It's been years since I posted. I wanted to write about this and I thought DaniWeb would be a great place to do so. The topic at hand came about while reading throughout the years my newsfeed about online advertisers knowing too much about us. I would see …
Geeks, My client, an international online modelling agency, needs to state the following: "Age restrictions depend on the juristiction over your nationality". He has a section where applicants can apply for Nude photography (Nude Artistic, Nude Erotic, Adult Nude and semi-nude). Some countries require you to be 21 and some …
hi I am getting this error. I wrote code to save multiple Images...now when I save all the 4 image I get no exception... but when I try to save only 1 or 2 or 3 its throws an exception Empty Path is not legal. Little help plz.
Thanks to a federal copyright law ruling on Monday by the Library of Congress, jailbreaking your iPhone doesn’t have to be kept to the underground forums like it's alcohol during a digital prohibition. The process is now completely legal under US law. Grab a glass of e-freedom![ATTACH]16137[/ATTACH]The resulting decision was …
pritaeas wrote:""Do not ask for help to pursue any illegal activity including, but not limited to, hacking and spamming" it sucks when someone do not read very well and understand the meaning of the message strongard63 wrote :"this is only for educational purpose." who the hell told you I will …
Hi all, I run an image hosting site. A user submitted a copyrighted image and now the copyright holder has asked to take down the offending image, which I did immediately. But he is asking to pay for damages. Which are of ridiculous amounts. Please help and advise what do …
Gartner defines the '[Nexus of Forces](http://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/nexus-of-forces)' as being "the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social, mobility, cloud and information patterns that drive new business scenarios". The global IT analyst outfit has also just released details of research which suggests that the perceived level of maturity when it comes to the …
HI I am a web developer as the client said me I developed in the same way after getting the site developed the client is saying that we are not satisfied by the work you did and even they have changed the FTP password also and now I am not …
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Hi! I have created my wordpress blog named c-ation[Click Here](http://www.c-ation.com) (I'm not advertising the my blog but, just telling you about it). It's new and has not yet much content. I was thinking of using Google Adsense on it. I have a category of "*Website Reviews*" inside the "*Reviews*" menu. …
A one liner definition of obfuscation from wikipedia: >In [software development](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development), obfuscation is the deliberate act of creating obfuscated code, i.e. [source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code) or [machine code](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code) that is difficult for humans to understand. Obfuscated JavaScript code is a widely used technique to hide initial functionality of a given script. There is …
Hello everyone, I am a college student who currently is unable to play an online game on my Ps3 due to a P2P blocker. I have contacted the ITS department at my university, and would like anyone else's insight if possible on how to bypass it legally so that I …
Hi, I have a friend who raised this question and it really got me wondering. I'm not so familiar with laws but basically he's going abroad on a holiday and of course is taking his laptop + ext hard drives with him. The problem (or is it?) is that he's …
So, I've always found this bit difficult, and therefore I was wondering what others do in regards to the topic of Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policies and legal mumbo jumbo. The cost of hiring a lawyer to write such legal information for websites is often extremely expensive and therefore it …
Say one wanted to develop an e-reader with something different than the current e-readers have on tablets. This e-reader would need to have a store where books can be purchased from. If I wanted to sell existing novels on this platform, let's use George R Martin's books which are of …
Hello! I'm beginning work on something and Microsoft's Segoe UI font (which debuted with Windows 7) would be perfect for some UI elements. Would it be legal to take the font files from the Windows font directory and link them with css etc... (The project will eventually be open sourced …
Cybersquatting or domain name squatting is something that needs special consideration as it has gained immense popularity in the world of cyber crime in the last two decades with the growing popularity of Internet. But before knowing anything, the foremost thing that you should know is what exactly cybersquatting is. …
This one nearly escaped my radar, and does not seem to have ruffled many news source feathers either. Which is surprising, because in my never humble opinion it is actually quite an important bit of news. The Virginia Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Jeremy Jaynes (the 8th …
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