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On proof, lies and expecting the worst from the surveillance state(privacysos.org)
1 points by detcader 13y ago|0 comments
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by detcader 13y ago
Specifically: "You moved from New York to Seattle to start this business. Why?" Bezos: "It sounds counterintuitive, but physical location is very important for the success of a virtual business. ... Obviously Seattle has a gr
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Who's writing the book on web business? (1996)(fastcompany.com)
29 points by detcader 13y ago|8 comments
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The trope of Millennial women absorbed in their gadgets(lksidedocs.blogspot.com)
1 points by detcader 13y ago|0 comments
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by detcader 13y ago
I've started a running list: http://lksidedocs.blogspot.com/2013/08/list-of-articles-abou...
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by detcader 13y ago
This clearly pop-psych piece references a study (without any citation, thanks) that uses college students, presumably all from the same country. Even if we accept that this is an adequate sample at all, have the results been replicated? The
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by detcader 13y ago
(I put the title in quotes to highlight the ridiculousness of the headline)
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"The Feds Have Figured Out How To Hack The Secret Internet For Criminals"(businessinsider.com)
1 points by detcader 13y ago|3 comments
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by detcader 13y ago
Well, it looks like this story is no longer on the front page, or the second page, or the third.. I guess the oppressive streak of the US government against those acting in gray areas for the common good is not germane to "hackers&quot
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by detcader 13y ago
Maybe you'd be interested in trying to donate/find some way to support Rush Holt for Senate, who is very critical of the NSA programs and other similar abuse and is the only candidate Glenn Greenwald has really ever been behind (w
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John Kiriakou: Obama's abuse of the Espionage Act is modern-day McCarthyism(theguardian.com)
24 points by detcader 13y ago|10 comments
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by detcader 13y ago
looks like it, fixed, thanks
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by detcader 13y ago
Full forum post quoted below (I didn't write it, just found it on social media a little while ago): "Well, the story gets more interesting... This morning, we read that information from the NSA's illegal surveillance database
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by detcader 13y ago
The is website seems slow right now. Alternative link on ars: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/researchers-say-t... Relevant links: http://www.domaintools.com/research/ip-explor
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by detcader 13y ago
huh, the title of my post changed and it lost 7 points? random changes like this seem common on HN, interested in why the original title was "Independent reasearch claims NSA behind Tor Browser exploit, owns 65.222.202.53" -- whic
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Torsploit takedown: analysis, reverse engineering, forensic(cryptocloud.org)
276 points by detcader 13y ago|82 comments
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by detcader 13y ago
I wasn't being serious; this was all likely just a prank anyway
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by detcader 13y ago
Actually, a McCain wedding was at that tiki bar: http://sfist.com/2013/06/03/a_very_sf_mccain_wedding.php
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by detcader 13y ago
Now all we have to do is pinpoint the one US Senator interested in revolvers, Islamic historical sites, people straddling the exec boards of multiple large corporations, and tiki bars in San Francisco.
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by detcader 13y ago
No one's claiming that it is a Senator, but then again, is this what my tax dollars are funding?
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by detcader 13y ago
They didn't deface Wikipedia to claim it, though. I doubt it's Peter King having a (particularly) bad night, but we all can dream
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by detcader 13y ago
Personally my money is on the obvious explanation, i.e. that a bored/edgy staffer did this with full knowledge that people would notice. Prank or not, pretty great catch, which I can't credit myself for: https://twitter
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by detcader 13y ago
diff in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Snowden&di... screenshot of both diff and above-linked user page as of now: http://i.imgur.com/I6HlpPX.png
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Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer(en.wikipedia.org)
145 points by detcader 13y ago|55 comments
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by detcader 13y ago
Hm, the user I was replying to deleted their comment.. and thanks for your journalism, declan!
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by detcader 13y ago
Actually, this would be news to most people. Do you disagree?
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by detcader 13y ago
Where is the press release exactly? It doesn't seem to be on Suffolk County's website [1], which is what TechCrunch links to. EDIT: the author said in the comments section that the SCPD emailed them the release. [1] http:/&#
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by detcader 13y ago
Well, it gets a bit more sinister when you learn that the FBI actually creates "terrorist plots" by sending spies into mosques etc to radicalize otherwise ordinary Muslim men.. this is common knowledge to those following what&#x27
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by detcader 13y ago
Interesting paragraph here: "The FBI develops some hacking tools internally and purchases others from the private sector. With such technology, the bureau can remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google Inc.'s Andro
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by detcader 13y ago
Glenn Greenwald's commentary/journalism since a few years after 9/11 is basically such a list

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