deepnet

50 ms·

421.
by deepnet 11y ago
"The Panama leak is shocking not for the illegal acts; but the extent of what they have made legal." - Greenwald https://theintercept.com/2016/04/04/a-key-similarity-between...
422.
by deepnet 11y ago
Yes D-notices are applied nationally in the UK. Unaoil is not intersting for Iraqi corruption but the foriegn offshore multinatinational beneficiaries. Deserving of a least a column inch - the obvious D-noting makes it a LOT more interestin
423.
by deepnet 11y ago
BBC suffers increasingly from D-notices (secret bans) on stories. e.g. Unaoil scandal is glaringly absent from the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=unaoil
424.
by deepnet 11y ago
Drug war laws have historically been a proxy for racism and prejudice. It could be extrapolated from that same data that 'black males obeying speed limits' are just easier to obtain convictions on - after all one has not 'cau
425.
by deepnet 11y ago
Under mass surveillance no-one voices dissent. Pew reports most Americans have modified their online behaviour since Snowden. An illusion of consent produced by fear.
426.
by deepnet 11y ago
Yes they're hardly competent to manage conspiricies. Just tawdry little deals deriving from this bizarre culture that believes its enemy is oversight & the citizenry. A strong, responsible citizenry won't quake in fear and pro
427.
by deepnet 11y ago
The actors who play journalist on TV news and the well indoctrinated writers who fill Newspapers on behalf of wealthy owners have no integrity at all. This young woman does; Glen Greenwald, Dan Ellsberg, Bernstein & Woodward do. Telling
428.
by deepnet 11y ago
Hardly surprising when most resources are spent on mass surveillance, reliant on weak security. Snowden's leaks show the focus is to "prevent public debate about the mass surveillance program." - GCHQ, leaked slide. > &quo
429.
by deepnet 11y ago
Unfortunately lobbyists write much of the legislation these days. Otherwise legal and permanent secretaries ( civil servants ) draft laws and parliaments ( congress ) debate and amend them. I conceed the executive branch does propose the po
430.
by deepnet 11y ago
The Ken Thompson Hack : http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheKenThompsonHack A compiler that inserts a backdoor ( and the backdoor inserter ) into anything it compiles but contains no backdoor in the source code. Infect one comp
431.
by deepnet 11y ago
The Icelandic Pirate Party is notable in the very high quality and integrity of its MP's.
432.
by deepnet 11y ago
In reality the Civil Service runs a country. Politicians are mainly meddling chumps. Like new managers constantly ordering sweeping changes but hardly aware of how things are implemented on the ground. Inventing feel good stats which are ju
433.
by deepnet 11y ago
So... about that mass surveillance database on everyone... How is the security on that ?
434.
by deepnet 11y ago
and Le Carré has said that he sexed even that up from his experience working as a spy.
435.
by deepnet 11y ago
"Maybe the real state secret is that spies aren't very good at their jobs and don't know much about the world." Adam Curtis hilariously documents the 20th centuries near 100% failure rate of the British Secret Services (
436.
by deepnet 11y ago
Yes Cameron answered all allegations regarding this in 2009 so it will make him look tough - storm in a teacup. Greenwald cites this tweet as evidence of no US or Israel links https://twitter.com/adamjohnsonNYC/status&#
437.
by deepnet 11y ago
> No one mentioned stealing. None of these 3 things are theft: * Enjoying art / downloading; * Copyright infringement / publishing unauthorised copies en mass / uploading / seeding or "bucaneering" as you pu
438.
by deepnet 11y ago
Correction David Cameron has declared he inherited £300,000 of onshore wealth... http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/apr/20/cameron-fami...
439.
by deepnet 11y ago
Well considering the guy took down his repo, perhaps it is at the heart of his reasons for writing it and taking it down. So thread detachment, ok, but it is not off topic IMHO. Your mod intuition is mighty fine tho', so I'll stop
440.
by deepnet 11y ago
Shared culture is what society is. My argument is there is no need for any of this - it is a legal error. Simply legislate a compulsory license, media and device taxes already exist. Distribution agencies - already in place for radio and li
441.
by deepnet 11y ago
Yes of course, thanks for the correction - I'd edit but the hour is up - going back over the case, enraging injustice. The sum you mention was the 1st amount, on appeal this was raised to $1,920,000, then lowered to $54,000, appealed a
442.
by deepnet 11y ago
In the Cameron Sr. case the Guardian suggests that if they did have any UK decision meetings then Blairmore Holdings would be due UK taxes. http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/04/panama-papers-da..
443.
by deepnet 11y ago
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/04/panama-papers-da... The Guardian reports the UK Prime Minister's father used the firm.
444.
by deepnet 11y ago
I am editing this to a sarcasm tag and of course I agree, if he doesn't resign tomorrow then parliament is a poor joke. Which is of course is probably also a joke, lols & nervously resumes studying UK libel laws
445.
by deepnet 11y ago
Re: Cameron Sr & Blairmore holdings use of the Panama firm. All of this is a perfectly legal tax avoidance scheme for the rich. The company, legitimately, never paid a penny in UK taxes because it was run by various Bahama Islanders &am
446.
by deepnet 11y ago
Free Assange !
447.
by deepnet 11y ago
Unaoil is glaringly absent from the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=unaoil
448.
by deepnet 11y ago
If Putin's childhood friend implicates him surely David Cameron's father implicates David Cameron ? He has inherited the Blairmore profits amongst the very considerable estate. Questions ought to be asked in parliament. http:&#x2
449.
by deepnet 11y ago
GCHQ sent men with angle grinders to destroy any computer, hard drive, or chip that had touched those files. This prompted the Guardian to move it's head office to New York - leaving the UK after 195 years. A better illustration of the
450.
by deepnet 11y ago
The evidence is trivially googleable in every country and language. Most commonly it is lost internet access or fines of only a few thousands. A few thousand is beyond a lot of people, especially in this endless recession. It can be confisc

More ›