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by duckMuppet 8y ago
It is much easier and better mandate a physical address during a forced registration. At that point, it's quite easy to inform EU residents that they are unable to continue do to regulations rather than rely on some type of spoofed IP
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
1. I didn't see her dual citizenship status. I'll hazard a guess that she's using her U.S. passport though. I mentioned central America because she mentioned Honduras, among other places before settling in Europe at some poin
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
For all her ranting, she seemingly still has a U.S. passport which gives her a great deal more freedom than if she had a passport from central America. Let's see if she renounces her citizenship anytime soon and put her money where her
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
And this is the crux if the matter. Ideally, there should only be a select few that determine which apps and programs should run for the masses. We should even control which software users have access to.. After all, giving the people too
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
I don't understand how examples such as Yahoo are "good" or "bad". The terms and conditions seem fairly laid out and transparent. It seems to be worded for a 5th or 6th grade English reading level. They seem clear a
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Some good supplemental material: https://www.danielsolove.com/nothing-to-hide/
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
I'd ask you what are you trying to hide.. Seriously though, this is a good read that still rings true. The author does a lot with both privacy and surveillance.. https://www.danielsolove.com/nothing-to-hide/
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
That's a great read
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
I really don't understand this. Social media is by its very nature, social...... It's an asinine question.. It's like someone asking, "how do I keep smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day and completely eliminate my risk of
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
You didn't and don't have to run google play or google services.. I use an LG V20 and have never once used play services. It's completely disabled. Almost all my apps I get from 3rd party app stores, mainly fdroid and a few o
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
This is a better map app than osmAnd Maps (Offline OpenStreetMap maps) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.axet.maps
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
Bingo.
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
If your rights are granted by the government, then the "human rights" you have are what the govt says they are.. No more and no less.. Very few countries outside the US have true freedom of speech. Try to say heil Hitler in German
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What Wired gets wrong about the need for GPS based tolls instead of the gas tax(star-telegram.com)
1 points by duckMuppet 9y ago|0 comments
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
Not really. Remember that whole, "Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes" thing.. Yet instead of actually doing this, they continue to essentially outsource their power, and responsibility to the administrative st
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
An entire generation has now grown up with the idea that this level of surveillance is not only ok, it's actually odd to think differently. What's worse is the level of govt surveillance, after all i can just, not go to the creepy
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
Don't forget Amash
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
You're equating different things You paid real money for the hardware.. You have paid 0 for the use of Google's servers and their software. E.g. you enjoy their Maps app, you enjoy seeing real time traffic. You enjoy using Keep an
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
In news that will shock only Americans.. After regulations imposed by govt at all different levels (state, fed, municipal), it turns out the only ones capable of competing in such an environment are the ones who restricted and closed the ma
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
Apparently you've never been to Iraq or Afghanistan. It's also interesting your empirical research methods have a terrible fear of analysing history.. Besides the above, how did that recent uprising in Catalonia work out... Tweet
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
I think it's more to do with the those claiming things in the name of science that puts many people off. Science is a process, a method by which we can answer certain types of questions. To often people hear things like settled science
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
> I've seen plenty of advertisements for government services. >For basic things like roads? Ever listen to the radio?? The government has a lot of advertisements. Everything from "Make sure you have the correct child safety
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No the FCC isn't killing the internet(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by duckMuppet 9y ago|0 comments
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
Exactly. Ironically, China's has the best method of preventing all these horrific problems of speech..
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
Pai gave a pretty complete interview with Tech Policy Podcast yesterday and went in depth with much of what he was thinking. Tech Policy Podcast: #206: The Future of Internet Regulation w/ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai http://podcas
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
I think this is a bad analogy.. The NYT is a left leaning paper, but people who have some intellectual honesty already know this.. Even if the Times went completely far far far left, they aren't the only game in town. I can choose to r
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by duckMuppet 9y ago
They stopped scanning for purposes of targeted advertising. However, they still scan and read email. People can't be inconvenienced. I tend to think this is worse than scanning for ads. I also tend to think anyone concerned about priva
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by duckMuppet 10y ago
That's wrong though. Even if Twitter were common carrier, the rules of experience and ability to access is still open to rules and interpretation. Under common carrier, some content can be and is censored for certain groups of individu
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by duckMuppet 10y ago
While I agree absolutely with this, the problem is that there is a growing base.. What almost feels like it's becoming a mainstream majority, that feel a better solution is to have someone, the government, LE, some invisible hand, tak
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by duckMuppet 10y ago
I guess I misinterpreted your comment as well.

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