alan_cx

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Using encryption? That means the US spooks have you on file(theregister.co.uk)
2 points by alan_cx 13y ago|0 comments
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Dude, we Brits know you Aussies love your beer, like we do, but hey, don't openly prove the stereo type!!!! Although, I am "pissed" too. No, non Americans are subhuman and have no rights in US law and seemingly to most Americ
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What I wonder is at what point words like stasi become reasonable or acceptable. OK, I don't like what is happening, and almost day by day thing happen that I feel are pushing the west, led by the US, more and more towards something hi
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"We can't fight for Internet freedom around the world, then turn around and destroy it back home. Even if we don't see the contradiction, the rest of the world does." Er, how is unregulated spying on non-Americans, fight
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think the humor was there because the two lawyers graduated from he same place, perhaps knew or know of each other.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Might be that there are a lot less homeless in Manchester, or the UK generally. I wonder what the numbers are.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Er, help the homeless get somewhere to live? If they are that much of a problem several useful services are affected, tells me there is a terrible homeless issue that needs dealing with. They are homeless "people" right?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tLiZxjQrVg&feature=player_em... No, that kid isnt me!!! But note the age. Detail here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1335765 More here: http:&#x2F
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Not in detail, no. But it can give a general, reasonable sounding statement to counter the article.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
That term "more complete" is your own standard, and not one of journalism. "More complete" can go on for ever.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Indeed. You only have to see the massive trade deal the EU and US are putting through to see how much Europe cares. Could have been some gentle leverage there, but no.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Simple: With respect and value them. Kinda like every one else.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The article simply states the issue. Its not up to the writer to come up with excuses for facebook, which if you are really hot on bad journalists you would rightly write off a mere speculation. Its up to facebook to explain their position.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Popularity. If activists want a potential mass audience, facebook is an essential part of of that. Something private will not get to most people. Its the exact same reason it is hard to compete with facebook. Its is a virtual monopoly. &quo
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I wanted to submit this simply because it is something positive, given all the NSA stuff. Yeah, Im sure is not as clear cut as the title suggests, but at least it's some one, the ISPs, arguing the right way. Well, IMHO, anyway.
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UK Internet providers reject default porn filters(bbc.co.uk)
7 points by alan_cx 13y ago|1 comments
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"How do we know it's Snowden?" Because if it was found out that it wasn't, the Guardian would be finished. Faking this would be a scandal on a level with journalists "phone tapping". Literally, the news paper w
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by alan_cx 13y ago
To be clear, before I start: I'm not in the anti-immigrant, finger pointing, blame every one else camp what so ever. Call me a mental hippy, but I believe people should be able to go, in a country sense, where they like on this plane
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yep, its another vapor-policy.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Encrypt all you like. It boils down to this: Will a government make you prove a negative, and if you don't, will it lock you up? If you have encrypted files, there must have been or still be a key to decrypt it. You will be asked for t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
None of that matters. Its about motivation. Why one would do something. Killing cockroaches in a domestic setting, where shock, fear, disgust, etc take over in an instant, is different from deciding to remote control one for fun. Fair enoug
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by alan_cx 13y ago
A robot is simulating. Animals are not.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
And the first sentence. The middle bit, useful.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is precisely what the likes of GCHQ and the NSA are for. I would imagine that any G20 host and it allies would use the opportunity to gather intelligence. I would also assume that where ever it is hosted, many intelligence agencies wou
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"Does not compute - why do they download it if they are tired watching it?" Because it is worth it if it is free of charge. However, it is not paying up front for. So take something like Battleships. Would I pay to see it? No way.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, call me a.... whatever... but reads to me like they want to blame everything other than their rubbish movies that are not worth having a permanent DVD copy of, and the stupid amount of money they insist on spending to make a movie. Th
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Damn right. The worry has to be the data they have on us from the past. We now know to be careful, so presumably those wanting to be careful, will be. I now don't care what they do from now on. The key thing is that I am now 100% sure
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If only. No, we are all spied on. Americans get, please don't laugh, protection from their own government. The rest of us are at the mercy of their whims. The trouble is, in the old days they, well, we all spied on people we had good r
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"I'm not interested in the semantic argument." Stop making one then.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Right, there is something no one here it telling you. Older people are bare faced liars. Why? They operate primarily out of fear. They are scared for their job, business, mortgage, possessions, status, kids (you!!), their investments, healt

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