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by billme 6y ago
Nonsense. Source? Well defined 2D pattern stretched across as 3D surface would be easier to circumvent than a generic non-stretching mask. Beyond that, thermal & inferred imaging of particular covered faces have easily been able to iden
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by billme 6y ago
Source? Here’s 2018 990: https://pp-990.s3.amazonaws.com/12_2019_prefixes_82-86/82450...
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by billme 6y ago
>> “ Slight off topic from the article, I was reading about the sting ray discussion here on HN yesterday. Signal supports some sort of mesh network communication right? Is that a work around for sting rays?” Believe you’re talking ab
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by billme 6y ago
The intent of the blur is to hide the identity of the individual face that has been blurred. Average human sees a blurry face and assumes the person’s identity is safe. Research has repeatedly should this is false, especially when combined
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by billme 6y ago
Without sold proof this is not possible to circumvent, this maybe more dangerous than not. Here’s an example of AI being able to identify a blurred face: https://twitter.com/ak92501/status/1267609424597835777 Iden
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by billme 6y ago
Since you have only provided one meaningful example, I will focus on it. >> that being you said, “Foucault, for example, was successful not because he said true things, but because he said new and previously unimaginable things, and e
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by billme 6y ago
How exactly did you find the car?
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by billme 6y ago
>> “In August 2013, a report by Reuters revealed that the Special Operations Division (SOD) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration advises DEA agents to practice parallel construction when creating criminal cases against American
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by billme 6y ago
Related wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonthermal_plasma
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by billme 6y ago
Hence “likely” - it’s impossible to tell what might happen.
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by billme 6y ago
Agree, Whiskey Rebellion at the very least made clear George Washington’s position on the matter; he personally attended to the assault on the rebels.
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by billme 6y ago
Obviously would not be easy, but it is possible: https://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-c...
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by billme 6y ago
The way the US legal system works is if the US Attorney General tells the US President an act is legal, regardless of if it is, until the Supreme Court or Congress act, the President is free to do as the US Attorney General said. Under the
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by billme 6y ago
Disbanding the existing police force is possible without conflict, though it would require the local government taking action, having a plan, etc.
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by billme 6y ago
Appears likely Trump’s public statements today were the proclamation, and if it was not, one will be made shortly — after that, it is only matter of time before Trump deploys the military. Photo in the story, taken late today, is of Trump w
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What Is The Insurrection Act?(npr.org)
89 points by billme 6y ago|68 comments
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by billme 6y ago
Fox News updated the story to say the MN Governor public statement that the NSA was involved in interceptions of messages for the military supplied intelligence report was in error, per the Governor’s office. SOURCE: https://www.
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by billme 6y ago
Photo in the story [0], taken late today, is of Trump with the highest-ranking military officer in the US Armed Forces (on the right, [1]) - and the US Attorney General (on the left, [2]). Trump intentionally left the White House to force h
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What is the Insurrection Act that Trump is threatening to invoke?(npr.org)
9 points by billme 6y ago|1 comments
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by billme 6y ago
Here’s a post that provides more context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23360295
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by billme 6y ago
This article explains the issue in more detail: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23360295
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How to Become a Hacker (ESR)(catb.org)
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by billme 6y ago
At the point your threat model includes nation states of note — in my opinion, any recommendation of Tor should acknowledge why Tor would not increase threats instead of reducing them.
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by billme 6y ago
Google Image search also has a GIF only search: https://www.google.com/search?q=meme&tbm=isch&tbs=itp:animat...
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by billme 6y ago
—————————— UK example reference: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/20/uk_conservatives_br... —————————— EU example reference: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/24/21150918&#x2
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by billme 6y ago
For those not following the topic, among others, the UK, EU, US - all officially endorsed the use of Signal for official government use.
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by billme 6y ago
>> “banned all loans to non-relatives” False; see PC § 27885: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio... . —— To give some idea of how complex firearm law is in California, take a peak at the
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by billme 6y ago
Sounds fine to me, mod (aka dang) would need to edit the URL and decide on the title too.
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PDF of related ruling: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19a1044_pok0.pdf
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by billme 6y ago
“Huawei is owned by our employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) that has been in place since the beginning. No one can own a share without working at Huawei, and as of 2018 there were 96,768 shareholding employees. Our

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