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coretx
8y ago
Although I tend to mostly agree with your main argument, the example you presented ( memorizing multiplication tables ) is a bad one. My mind was blown when I found out how they teach multiplication to children in Japan. Link: ( Vedic metho
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It's illegal to advertise prescription drugs in various countries. (So is manipulating drug prescription on other grounds but medical ones) Medical discussions regarding drugs should be held by doctors (qualified) not by (unqualified)
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8y ago
Roll your own from pure tobacco without a filter, saves your health, wallet and the environment.
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8y ago
Most firms who sell lawfull interception appliances also sell the appliances required to protect, detect or mitigate against it. Usually they only sell their appliances to law enforcement, the militairy and intelligence agencies after signi
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8y ago
When sincerely concerned about stingray devices it might be a better idea to either invest in a professional detection appliance or to install applications such as AIMSICD. ( foss/free) If you only deny 2g connectivity; it provides no
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I could imagine that they'll eventually receive a firmware update allowing them to have conduct more modern modes of operation. That said, given that the target network also has 2G besides 3g; it can be configured in a "compatible
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8y ago
I do not know the specifics of the Stingray, but I can tell you more similair "lawfull interception" devices exist. These devices "talk" with your Baseband; the radio in your phone that runs it's own OS. Many of the
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8y ago
The Chinese are already conduction all sorts of quantum experiments in space, and from Earth to space and vice versa. On some occasion even in collaboration with nation actors such as Russia. The US is lagging behind so far, the discussed d
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8y ago
Too little too late. The dialectics of lead are not likely to be surpassed by #2, since being #1 applying this is highly likely to be inherent.
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+ It was sold, there was no force feeding by the chinese at hand.
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8y ago
When in the US or EU : Kaspersky or 360. When in China: Mcafee or F-Secure. Etc. All big commercial names are sufficient; just not at keeping nation states out of your machine.
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8y ago
You can't fix this because of your government not only applying your own countrymen to spy on each other; it also applies foreign powers to do the same. Example: Some weeks ago the United States decided to sell out the fingerprints of
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I can't quote it but i can tell you my two independant sources namely Birgitta Jonsdottir ( former Icelandic MP, and one of the people who noticed it ) and Amelia Andersdotter ( former Swedish member of the european parliament, and my
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8y ago
Indeed it is. Let me quote Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, /again/. "Can't we just drone this guy". Context: Being confronted with Assange his existence by her staff.
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I'll give you some absurd and ridiculous details. When the WL backend for collateral murder was hosted at bahnhof in Sweden, moving it to .CH was among other reasons done because of certainly the US, and specifically & allegedly ho
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8y ago
Close but not quite. The exact ( back then ) secretary of state's expression was "Can't we just drone that guy". The context of this quote being dialog with her staff who had a hard time convincing her that it's a b
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8y ago
2x VPN 2x VPS 1x usenet account 1x humblebundle.com
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8y ago
Move to a poor country and get a compulsory license for a local producer via a WTO procedure. This has been possible since the TRIPS agreement.
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To say such a thing in public is considered bad for your health.
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8y ago
The #1 risk are nation states. They became a threat by means of convincing politicians of "cybercrime" being ordinary violence. Violence is something the state has a monopoly thus the idea is easy to sell. However, online security
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8y ago
Be one yourself. If you can't, then quit your job and let someone who can do it. I know this does not sound nice, but it's a honest answer. Culture can't be ordered at aliexpress, it's something that lives, breathes and
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Ok, ignoring your false assumptions here, and posing one of my own. You're a student with a old PC, and can probably get your hands on a NIC. Flash iPXE on the NIC. : https://ipxe.org/start It allows you to; boot from
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8y ago
You mean, In what other market does the law ban competition? Freedom should be the default, not "copyright" since it does the opposit. In many countries te public domain was the rule and copyright was the exception until the US s
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8y ago
In hyperbolic terms i'd say that HN will become a consumer electronics & politics platform read by "metoo" developers who call them selves founders in exchange for giving up their pension and their rights as a employee. M
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The intellectual meaning of rights and rights-philosophy is long gone everywhere, today the law is nothing but the will of the powers that be. Keeping that in mind, i can tell you from memory that property rights and it's philosophy in
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8y ago
Reading about a new Intel ME (11) makes me slightly anxious and worried. Reading about Intel ME and a integrated Wifi MAC & integrated SDXC makes me very anxious and worried, as I am right now. In the past janking a Intel nic out of a m
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8y ago
Not just performance improvements. "Aircrack-ng: Added PMKID cracking" This brings WPA-PSK exploitation to the masses.
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For a general statement I agree with you. I find it even a good thing to teach everyone, not just journalists, basic data hygiene. The target audience set however is far from general. They are journalists and non-profits. Such entities have
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Both ( political ) non-profits and journalists are targeted by nation states. Not just in developing nations, but also in the EU and USA. This implies that just "Basis security precautions" don't suffice by a longshot, in fac
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Lists like these are dangerous as they should be tailored per situation/person. On most occasions i have experience with it's usually best for the operative to behave like the generic tech-moron he/she is in order to NOT stan
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