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Muslim clerics issue fatwa banning the devout from Mars One 'suicide' mission

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The story to develop from this is one where the people travelling to Mars slowly but surely have their religion meshed into a new religion for the Mars dwellers.

First the original planet of Earth will be seen as the cradle of their existence, but eventually a change will happen, and Earth will be seen as the hell hole from which only the worthy managed to escape.

Eventually the Martians will develop technology sufficient for them to begin their holy mission of saving Earth - via destruction of course.

I imagine some asteroid aiming of the like, since it is forbidden to set foot on Earth!

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Google warns Glass wearers: Quit being 'CREEPY GLASSHOLES'

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Re: A small window

I would add on point to the list

Off-line mode. I want a model that is unable to connect to any form of internet. Give it space for some data so that I can include a map of the area I plan to walk and can put any video/photo I record on to the glass. Then I hook it up to my computer/tablet/phone and retrieve the data I want. Sure it's a bit more of a hassle, but it's a hassle I for one would happily be burdened with

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Apple prevails in Siri marketing lawsuit

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A question

I have a question.

The argument has been raised that one feature isn't what makes people buy the phone/tv/car whatever, but if that is actually true, why are the companies spending so much money advertising the feature? You could say it's because the feature is part of the reason someone would buy something, but that also means that the feature could be the deciding factor. I'm just looking for a satisfactory answer, so please inform me :)

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Imprisoned Norwegian mass murderer says PlayStation 2 is 'KILLING HIM'

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Re: A few points

Just feel that it needs mentioning: Dannebrog is the national flag of Denmark, not Norway. So unless we're talking of either a really long past war, or some future in which Norway has once again come under Danish rule, I don't think Dannebrog would be involved in your scenario.

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He'll continue to make up one thing or another to complain about from time to time. He can't stand being slowly forgotten, but he will be. This is simply him wanting to be in the press, and it's working.

There really isn't any news value to this thing, except that it's him saying anything. The sooner that also loses its news value the better.

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France demands that Google post badge of shame on its pages

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Re: If the CNIL demand goes ahead ...

I recall a UK judge not being very agreeable to Apple tinkering with the intent of his order, so doing a rebuttal would have to be extremely well worded. Avoiding any implicit "we didn't actually break the law" type words, because according to the ruling they must've done?

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MEP: Google's SECRET deal will cause crisis of trust for Europe

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Re: Other countries seem to get better quality MEP's than the UK

Something something America, something something historical relationships, you know the drill.

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Google will dodge EU MONSTER FINES by 'promoting' rival search services

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Re: I don't get it

I tried it.

Bing:

1: Wikipedia on Black Death,

2: IMDB for Black Death (2010),

3: eyewitnesstohistory.com on the Black Death,

Google:

1: Wikipedia on Black Death,

2: eyewitnesstohistory.com on the Black Death,

3: historylearningsite.co.uk on the Black Death,

I don't know about you, but to me those are pretty similar results, hell the Bing results even throw in a movie... Probably not historically accurate of course, but that's not really Bings fault.

I couldn't even find any link to buy the Black Death on the first two pages (and then I stopped checking, cause honestly I'd probably just end up spilling it on myself).

So yeah, Bing is totally horrible if by Bing you mean that abstract entity you've created that is just a compilation of everything you can think of that could be wrong with a search engine.

If you mean the search engine made by microsoft, then it's really not all that bad.

I personally use a variety of search engines, because I prefer to get some varied results and surprises instead of just whatever "fits me". If I want quick answers I go wikipedia, and if it requires a little more solid reasoning I check the sources, or I go to already known websites.

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New Doctor Who's new costume newly REVEALED by Beeb

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Somehow I feel like he needs a walking stick or perhaps some other form of hand held accessory (and no - I'm not saying he needs a purse or a stethoscope or anything silly like that), I just feel like it'd fit with the outfit.

Perhaps it'll be better when I see him with a screwdriver...

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US govt watchdog slams NSA snooping as illegal, useless against terrorism

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Re: Eguro Loopy Wankinmasta Martin Gregorie Anon Cluetard Boston Marathon Bombing

I might be unable to think, but you seem to be unable to answer the main point of replies, that being why you are in a position to question the findings of the "The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" - namely that

"Based on the information provided to the board, including classified briefings and documentation, we have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which the program made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation,"

If they have made no concrete difference in the outcome, are we just keeping them around so that the terrorists feel the paranoia of potentially being watched? Because I thought it was about keeping people safe - aka providing intelligence that make "concrete difference[s]" to "outcome[s] of counterterrorism investigation[s]"

And if we really are just keeping them around so their presence is somehow perceived, then is that really a price we - even you?! - are willing to pay? Because it seems rather steep!

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Re: Loopy Wankinmasta Martin Gregorie Anon Cluetard Boston Marathon Bombing

Well if it hadn't been for incompetent terrorists there would have been a few attacks that were not prevented by the NSA.

Off the top of my head there's the underwear bomber and the guy with the car in Times Square (which if I recall correctly was discovered because a citizen saw suspicious behaviour and acted).

Now you can argue all you want, that the lack of terrorist attacks on US soil is a result of Mass Surveillance from the NSA, but that's not just arguing something that's hard too prove, it's also arguing against the result of the US appointed "The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" which just stated such claims are dubious if not downright false.

If you have access to some documentation as to why this board would lie about the NSA effectiveness then I'd love to hear it - and presumably so would the board, the NSA and tons of other US institutions and citizens.

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Re: Google worse than NSA

@chrisp1141

So you pose a question, and then proceed to answer it yourself

[I.E.: "The NSA is different because we don't really have a choice there, but we do have the freedom to choose whether or not we use Google, Facebook, etc."]

Did you just feel a distinct lack of Google talk in this thread?

And to answer your question in more earnest: Some of the things Google does probably should be (and likely are) illegal, but some of it is free choice because people aren't quite sure what exactly their personal information is worth [Looking @ Google I'd say at least a couple of bucks considering their worth divided by number of people they spy o... I mean assist in getting a better web experience]

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Obama reveals tiny NSA reforms ... aka reforming your view of the NSA

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About National Security Letters: "Obama said that these would no longer be open-ended gagging orders and companies would be able to disclose their use after a limited time – unless there's a real government need for secrecy."

Does that last sentence imply that these letters are currently not - at least not always - used for a real need? Because that's somewhat a confirmation of current suspicions, right?

As far as the spying only being done for counter-terrorism etc. that could be/is code for anything that hurts US interests which also include the success of foreign businesses - ergo economic espionage is likely to continue... Provided it was ever going on of course, which of course it wasn't! I certainly wouldn't say something like that at least!

(I somehow feel that the black helicopter logo should be changed to some picture version of "Told ya so")

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Techies CAN sue Google, Apple, Intel et al accused of wage-strangling pact

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Re: Suing, a career enhancing move?

You're right! We shouldn't hold people accountable; not when they have power.

We should really just give up and say "Please Sirs, don't do it again, pretty please"

Sue the fuckers and the take your collective smart-arses and start a company of your own (with the millions from the lawsuit). Going from this article, that'll be pretty much every senior employee from 4-6 companies. Surely they should be able to compete, what with knowing all about their competitors

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Remember when SimCity ABSOLUTELY HAD to be online? Not any more – fancy that!

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Best thing about publishing under EA

I think I see one upside for developers who publish under EA - you (almost) never get any blame!

Anything that goes wrong with an EA published game = EA rushed it, EA doesn't care - etc. etc.

And the best/worst part is, I don't even think it's wrong!

I personally swore off EA after they managed to take the grand potential of Mass Effect and slowly but surely ruin it - culminating in the infamous ending. And I do believe that was the greatest gaming related decision I've ever made.

Now whenever I hear of EA troubles, I can slowly shake my head and laugh.

I do belive Ubisoft is making a bid to join the ranks of EA soon, but they still have a chance to save themselves.

The only bad thing I've experienced from my EA boycott is when there's a Bullfrog sale on gog.com. I really want to buy it, but I really don't want to give money to EA, and I also don't want to start down a slippery slope to buying some new EA game.

Wow this comment sorta got away from me - in conclusion; I think it's peculiar, though perhaps not undeserved, that Maxim is almost getting away without criticism, because they work for EA.

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Google stabs Wikipedia in the front

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Re: New year's resolutions

@Simon

Fair enough. For me it's typing "w potato" to get to the wiki page on potato

Now granted it might not work as well for stock prices or calculator stuff

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Re: New year's resolutions

@Joe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato#Nutrition

That was difficult! All those dietary clubs I had to join! At least now I'm a life time member of the Wiki-diet-watchers monthly club. . .

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Europe MPs: Time to change our data-sharing policy with US firms

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Re: Ban dragnet surveillance data for use in domestic law enforcement

@henrydddd

That's an easy one. "If you're not with us, you're against us". We have to identify terrorists and the only way to do that is to record everything, everyone says!

If you're not speaking for American interests (more accurately: the interests of the few Americans in control), then you are against those interests - as per the previously mentioned mantra, this means you are against US. If you are against US you are a terrorist!

So it's only through monitoring of all communications that we'll be able to discover the identity of the more clever terrorists - you know the ones who act completely unlike the normal perception of a terrorist and isn't actually going to commit acts of terror - those are the hard ones to catch!

As for economic espionage that's something I can't comment on, but obviously if I had any information that could benefit an American corporation and I didn't pass it along, then I'd be acting against that American corporation and therefore against America, thereby making myself a terrorist... Just sayin'

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Samsung snafu at CES causes Michael Bay meltdown

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To be fair...

He doesn't really seem to be comfortable in front of the camera. You can argue that he is (has become) incompetent behind it, but it seems the limelight is only his cup of tea if it's nice and scripted.

One could've hoped he would be stellar - winging it to marvellous degrees, earning Samsung billions instantly! With his new infomercial job he'd be too busy to direct movies... right?

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Snapchat vows to shut its hole in wake of 4.6 million user data breach

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Re: What I don't get...

Sure there's a group that primarily uses it to push boundaries of social conduct.

For others it is more used as a way of easily and quickly make mostly non-committal communications.

It's like talking to someone; It's a social action, but mostly it's small less meaningful things being said. Something you might not think much about. Snapchat offers a similar thing, but with pictures. If you could save the images you'd have to put more care in to them, because they'd be around to reflect upon your character. But because they're quickly deleted (and somewhat forgotten - like a conversation), they can serve a more lax function.

"Hey - thinking about you" - "Hey, I just had this donut, and rememberd our conversation" - "Look at this dog, it's hilarious".

It might even serve as a conversation starter next time you meet up. "What the hell was with that dog? Why was is stuck in honey?"

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Slurp away, NSA: Mass phone data collection IS legal, rules federal judge

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Re: @ obnoxiousGit

Wait...

Did I miss something?

Wasn't Marketing Hack agreeing with Mr. Obnoxious?

I only ask because of the weird asymmetry in up/down votes...

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Re: He's right about one thing...

I read the article and came here to post this!

You had already taken the words out of my mouth, before they had even started to form!

Good show

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No anon pr0n for you: BT's network-level 'smut' filters will catch proxy servers too

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I like a good expansion and explanation!

So thank you.

As far as a second prong goes, I'd say they could probably find use in feminism and women's rights. Pornography has been argued to degrade women and be a cause of sexist behaviour. That plus children will become perverts must surely equal "win".

It'll be interesting to see how far they'll be allowed to take this censorship business before the majority of people actually wake up to this. I'd love to see such a day, but I think they'll be wise enough to push it to the limit and then rest for a while to let things settle into a rhythm, before potentially pushing further.

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But if I listened to people campaigning I'd also believe that guns both do and don't kill people.

I could see that maybe watching porn and having a tug in the middle of a McDonalds or whatever maybe should be banned, but watching porn and having a tug at home shouldn't be, much like smoking a fag at a McDonals or whatever should be banned, but smoking one at home shouldn't be.

Unless of course McDonalds were to open separated "Have a tug" or "Smoking" areas in their restaurants.

The filters - if they must exist - should be opt-in, they should follow publicly available lists, and there should be clear ways of complaining about being on a list when inappropriate.

But to compare this to a ban on smoking is simply strange.

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The difference between smoking and internet filtering is causing harm.

Someone smoking near me has been proven to be harmful to me. Now I agree that smoking laws have gone too far, but that's another debate (private business should be more or less free to decide)

Me watching whatever the hell I want to (exceptions being very few things) harms nobody else. Being offended cannot count as being harmed.

Concluding: I reject your analogy

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Re: slippery slope

Well... not quite though is it.

Slippery Slope arguments might be invalid because they don't hold deductively, this however doesn't mean that there is no such thing as slippery slope developments or that any argument claiming that one thing will lead to another to another to another - is automatically fallacious and can just be dismissed.

It doesn't follow that the consequences will necessarily be as described - I.E. the government making lists of porn-using deviants, the internet slowly being censored to 1984-ish states - but it is nevertheless a valid point to raise.

This could easily escalate - as it apparently already has (who said anything about proxies earlier?) - so such things should be considered

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FCC boss hints at change to neutrality policy

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Let's get paranoid!

I think we can all see where this is heading!

"you can't have access unless you have the ability to access any lawful network"

Key word being "lawful" - essentially this could (will?) end up with internet censorship on a massive scale! Just look at the UK currently - slowly but surely the internet is being divided into the good and the bad. Next step is to make the bad illegal!

[Please see title and this sentence for a hint that this post might contain a little sarcasm, but not too much I should hope]

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UK.gov's web filtering mission creep: Now it plans to block 'extremist' websites

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J. S. Mill time!

There is a book - currently (though perhaps not for long) freely available on the internet - called On Liberty.

It was published in 1859 and it was written by British philosopher John Stuart Mill.

It would be quite good - I think - if all people desiring to hold office, were to read and understand it.

In it we find grand gems of wisdom, such as:

"If a person possesses any tolerable amount of common sense and experience, his own mode of laying out his existence is the best, not because it is the best in itself, but because it is his own mode. Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or a pair of boots to fit him, unless they are either made to his measure, or he has a whole warehouseful to choose from: and is it easier to fit him with a life than with a coat, or are human beings more like one another in their whole physical and spiritual conformation than in the shape of their feet?"

As far as extremism and the silencing of opinions is concerned:

"But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error."

We do no one any favours by blocking out opinions and views. Instead we (our "extremist" counterparts) should clash those opinions in an effort to find truth or a common ground. If views are never tested then we are never given the chance of exchanging them for other views or of spreading the views because they've been tested.

Quotes taken from: http://www.billstclair.com/Serendipity/on_lib.html

Coat icon because a coat is apparently more complex than a human life in the view of some people.

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Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm Warg to be shipped to Denmark

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Re: Poor Gotfridd

Wait, are you saying that because the Swedish courts found him guilty, people shouldn't be saying that he's guilty?

The hacking done to Danish system had nothing to do with banks, so there's no real similarities, except it's both charges of hacking. It'd be like saying a robber who robbed a jewellery store and was found guilty, shouldn't be extradited to the country in which he robbed a liquor store because it's basically the exact same scenario.

Also it's hardly the responsibility of the Swedish courts to prove that he's guilty beyond reasonable doubt (a term I'm not even sure is used in Swedish law -are you?), it's the prosecutor who has to do that. The Swedish courts would've given a guilty verdict if they thought the prosecution had done its job, without the defence mounting a counter-argument.

But since you seem quite sure that he was wrongly convicted and that the things he are charged for in Denmark more of the same (I.E wrongful conviction coming up), then how about you stop being AC and start posting some sources other than the spewing of said AC?

Because honestly, I would be interested

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UK defamation law reforms take effect from start of 2014

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Re: What could possibly go wrong?

One could maybe argue that a company complaining that a comment is libellous - which is then proven to not be so, has actually cause harm to the original commentator by attacking his reputation as a good source for knowledge? Counter-suit?

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Re: So, while we can...

Except that a comment being posted by a random anonymous person will have a hard time convincing anyone - and so will likely not cause economic harm. Once that comment is suddenly identified with "well known person" or someone actual - Professor of X - the comment can now suddenly be believed.

So the revelation of the author can cause the comment to become libellous.

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Google SO CAN scan ALL BOOKS onto its sites - judge

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Re: Writers can use this

So you're saying Google is getting a monopoly on the book marketing market?

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Re: Historical Google Books

"without Google scanning these rare books."

Except if perhaps the library had scanned its books?

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Wait wait wait...

Does this mean that an individual author can't write Google and tell them to pretty please remove the excerpts from his book?

Or does it just mean that an individual author can do that, it just cannot (and should not) be done by default?

Also individual author is my term of choice here, because I couldn't care less about "the publishing industry"

And Paris - cause like her, I am in need of guidance

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Jolla's Android-aping Sailfish OS smartphones to land in November

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Re: Somebody doesn't get the concept of preorders

You get them before they would become available in your country, not necessarily before it becomes available at all.

It's like pre-screenings at a cinema.

The film might have opened in the US, but your pre-screening is still taking place a week before the national opening.

AFAIK there was a pre-order which was exclusive for Fins too, those pre-orders will hopefully ship before the phone is made available in the Finnish stores.

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Google: The Man RUMMAGED all your data (and a load MORE that's SECRET)

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Maybe the increase in USA requests is because more of them are made within the public legal framework. This might mean that the NSA is attempting to make more transparent its requests.

Or it could mean that the public laws are slowly transmuting so that it doesn't matter if things are done secretly or not.

Maybe it's because Google has unified its account system and there's now plenty more info to pilfer.

Or maybe - and most likely I think - the world governments are just more and more nosy about the common man. I mean, I guess I'm flattered, but I'm just not that type of guy.

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SECRET draft copyright treaty LEAKED: Meet the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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At least we'll have Rollerball tournies to entertain us - yay future

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Europe, SAVE US! Patriot Act author begs for help to curb NSA spying

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Re: Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

While the constitution provides checks for some of these things, I'm not sure I've seen the part prohibiting the NSA from spying on Merkel - which according to the good senator was the case in point.

Surely you don't think he cares about American citizens?

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I want NSA chief's head on a plate for Merkelgate, storms Senator McCain

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Please stop, I do not want to imagine McCain invading Snowden...

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The problem I have with McCain is that he seems to simply jump on any bandwagon he spots!

If the American public (say 60-80%) were to come out in support of sending a blue cheese to the moon, I feel pretty sure I know who'd be giving interviews to The Gorgonzola Herald about the wonders of cheese on the moon.

I have no doubt that the man is pretty clever, I just think he has given up on politics, and now simply tries whatever he can think of to remain somewhat relevant.

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Smut-spreading copyright trolls told to return cash extracted from victims

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Surely any lawyers involved in this will be disbarred?

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'I WAS AN ADMIN FOR SILK ROAD': Alleged hit-man target tells all

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Does Mr. Ulbricht not have any teeth?

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Crowdfunded audit of 'NSA-proof' encryption suite TrueCrypt is GO

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Yeah.

I'm not going to say that my ideas was to deliberately lie to the NSA. But if Reddit were to go crazy with ideas about who might be doing it. If the people behind were doing a vetting process in public of various companies - wanting input from the community (all the while the process was already under way). Just trying to get a little safety from obscurity.

It would most likely be for nought, but worth a shot I would think

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Here are two suggestions.

#1: The auditing company should not be based in the USA.

#2: The auditing company should not be public knowledge until the results of the audit are published. False information should be spread or attempted to be spread about who is doing the audit. This in an effort to keep the more strong-arm ways of the NSA from getting to the auditors (Now that they cannot throw domestic law at them - see #1)

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Apple patents technology to STALK YOU in your own HOME

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So the innovation is that the data is now broadcast to Apple (and therefore the NSA)?

Personally I would much prefer this as an offline thing. Something constantly monitoring my location and broadcasting online - no thanks!

Something I can carry on my person that periodically broadcasts a time-sensitive signal to nearby devices (which then have functionality based on this) - which doesn't use GPS, doesn't have online capabilities - would be sweet! I wouldn't mind if that something was built into my watch or even my phone (in so far as I could trust it not to store data and send it)

Looking at posts above mine - I am inclined to think something like what I want, already exists. Now I just need the money for it.

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Playtime's over: Next NSA boss may be torn away from US cyber-war effort

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Brilliant!

Does this mean the NSA will eventually find their mission to be protecting the USA from Cyber Command? (And is it just me, or could Cyber Command be part of Doctor Who serial?)

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Reding: NSA, friends don't spy on friends. Europe, let's team up for our own SPOOK CLUB

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So that's the end game to these Snowden "leaks"

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How Dark Mail Alliance hopes to roll out virtually NSA-proof email next year

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Re: The metadata WILL be pwned by the spy agencies.

@ Mr. Spoon - your aim was for the nail, and it seems you've hit its head! Well done!

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Re: SMTP?

There's a very easy way to verify if the NSA is running a man in the middle attack.

Look up your own key - if it's wrong, then they are. Or if you don't trust that, check offline - in person - on your friends mail to see if it's the same.

The key isn't public to anyone but you, so verifying it should be simple enough, or am I missing something? (other than any basic understanding of how this actually works - which I have 0 idea about)

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Snowden: Oh, PLEASE let me come to Germany and help Merkel with her phone

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Re: Eguro

Shooting down Snowden's plane would make for an excellent story.

Especially considering he's has (probably) already leaked everything to others.

The result would be a lot - a LOT - of angry Germans (and Europeans).

Some very frustrated Americans

And

A whole lot of diplomatic discussion - if not an actual war.

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