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Daniel Ellsberg to keynote Hackers On Planet Earth(2600.com)
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Sarah Palin to keynote HOPE X(2600.com)
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by aestetix 13y ago
This reminds me of weev's "hack" against AT&T. Will people demand that the creator of this cool be thrown into jail for 3 years?
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by aestetix 13y ago
Looking forward. I've used quite a few quotes from moot when promoting nymrights.org.
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The NSA is watching you via World of Warcraft(theguardian.com)
28 points by aestetix 13y ago|8 comments
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by aestetix 13y ago
Just to add to your point a, I'm often less interested in what a friend thinks about a book, and more interested in what another author thinks. Depending on who the review is by, it helps me understand the character of the book. If I&#
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by aestetix 13y ago
At this point it seems like Google's mission is to help make profit for Apple and Facebook.
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by aestetix 13y ago
Also available at x.hope.net if your browser blocks .xxx domains. In the past, we've had keynotes including Steve Wozniak, Adam Savage, WikiLeaks, William Binney, and the Yes Men. All bets are off for 2014.
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HOPE X Announced (July 18-20, 2014 NYC)(xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx)
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by aestetix 13y ago
Not necessarily. What happens if someone challenges Facebook on their flags? If you're a bouncer, you can hunt down the person who looks underage and re-check their ID. It's much harder to do that with something like Facebook.
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by aestetix 13y ago
That's been the question of a lot of debate, which is why we're focusing on policy right now (hopefully eventually law). The Telemedia Act specifically allows use of non-government-issued ID online. This has been the subject of
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by aestetix 13y ago
Two comments on this: We started http://www.nymrights.org to combat issues like this. One of our long term goals is to get companies to adopt policies preventing data demands like this unless sufficient protections (read, laws)
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by aestetix 13y ago
I think it's kind of hilarious how these guys are badmouthing hackers as slinging things together, and then go on to aggrandize the government and payroll systems. Most systems are slung together with lots of duct-tape, and I don'
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by aestetix 13y ago
I don't think the door analogy entirely works here. Here's why: For a typical burglary, person A leaves their door unlocked, and person B walks in. The items clearly belong to person A, and when person B takes them and walks out,
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by aestetix 13y ago
If that information is so valuable, then shouldn't some burden be placed on AT&T for negligence? If this had been health care records, AT&T would have been required to notify users and possibly pay a fine. Perhaps it makes sens
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by aestetix 13y ago
And who gets to define when you're "meant" to? The law we're talking about was written in 1986, before the web even existed. Haven't we already had this conversation with regards to Google (the debacle over the robo
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by aestetix 13y ago
When does accessing a system turn into breaking a security system? Let's say I am trying to access an Internet Explorer only website with Firefox, and it gives me an error. I change my user agent, and it lets me in. Did I just commit a
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by aestetix 13y ago
My view, having read most of the prosecution's statement, as well has having chatted with weev about this, is that the system was open to the public. Here's why. The prosecution details the steps Spitler took: downloading the iPad
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Data Dealer: play God other with other peoples data, like Zuckerberg or Snowden(datadealer.com)
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by aestetix 13y ago
I'm kind of amazed nobody has mentioned MAPS yet ( http://www.maps.org ). Psychedelics are a tool like any other. There is no such thing as "safe" use, which is why organizations like MAPS, DanceSafe, Erowid, etc al
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by aestetix 14y ago
Ahh, back to the Google problem. There are so many issues here, and a big one is the misconception that forcing people to use their legal name (or in Google's case, their "name-shaped name") will somehow improve the "quality" of comments. N
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by aestetix 14y ago
I'm curious how many Google services make automatic calls to plus.google.com for a variety of reasons. As a former G+ user who was opted into SPYW without my consent, I tend to be skeptical of any announcements like this. Besides, why have
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by aestetix 14y ago
Why does this keep coming up? Google seems to not learn. 1. There is no such thing as a real name. You might have a legal name, but they'd need to validate it somehow if contested. Up until now, Google has just been suspending names that di
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by aestetix 14y ago
I am pretty sure James Joyce would fail this test.
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by aestetix 14y ago
Re: 3, it depends on the kind of demo. Recording a video demo is a great backup, especially if your demo needs internet and the conference has flakey internet. However, if you rely too much on demos, it can give people the impression you do
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by aestetix 14y ago
That depends on the conference. One way you can get around that... if the conference gives out a CD or anything, you can put a more "verbose" slide deck on the conference CD and suggest that people who are non-native speakers can load up th
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by aestetix 14y ago
I have spoken at many conferences. Some of the best advice I can give: do not overload your slides. Too many new speakers are afraid they will forget something, and cram in all kinds of stuff. If you do that, you'll wind up reading off the
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by aestetix 14y ago
I cannot upvote this enough. Fravia was brilliant, also check out searchlores, where he views the internet as a binary. Beautiful, beautiful work.
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by aestetix 14y ago
Right, so let's reinforce the idea that a good education is for people who can pay for it, not for people who are smart enough to benefit from it...
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by aestetix 14y ago
My best advice to anyone in this situation: time management, and cool projects. Bottom line is, if you're spending 100% of your time trying to find a new job, then your time is not well managed. Set aside some of that time to contribute som

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