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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
You've clearly never been to one of the many sites that insists you log in through Facebook.
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
Well, at a minimum, it saves the processing time required to format the text, which lessens the server cost of each page hit. It's a small optimization, but when the vast majority of the users are just coming to the site to read text,
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
> I thought I was fairly certain that my friend was working for a senator at the time, not a congressman Not to be too pedantic, but a senator is a member of Congress.
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
> The article fails to mention these people are also exploiting the system collecting welfare. And how exactly do you know this is the case?
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
It's not about giving things away -- it's about delaying your adversary. If the NSA takes Schneier at his word and targets him accordingly, then (assuming this is a diversionary tactic) any 0days or other attacks they attempt to s
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
I'm not sure I agree. How exactly is anyone (other than the government) supposed to be able to get all these fingerprints? Are you suggesting people are just going to go around and start dusting for prints anywhere they can or what? Ma
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
How do you propose to credit check car thieves? Ultra effective car alarms that only deactivate for people with good credit?
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
> Then there is this Vice video claiming that they found sources for purchasing nuclear devices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c4f4NJSB_4 I'm at work so I can't respond at length, but this video is terrible.
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aliakbarkhan
13y ago
It's BS because you can't compare prices even though you're basically buying the same product.