genwin

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by genwin 13y ago
The defense doesn't challenge a lack of warrant for data that benefits them.
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by genwin 13y ago
I like Quartz in general but usually get tripped up by the scroll bar within a frame. My mouse is normally near the right edge of the monitor, outside the frame.
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by genwin 13y ago
Including all phone conversations, and not just foreign ones. Why wouldn't the NSA request all Google searches, with IP address? That would be highly valuable info.
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by genwin 13y ago
Why would the NSA be building a facility large enough to store a big chunk of the planet's digital info if they'll have data for only a few thousand Google users?
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by genwin 13y ago
$Trillions in war spending is sufficiently plausible reason for me.
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by genwin 13y ago
The NSA has a contractor position open in Honolulu.
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by genwin 13y ago
If the 2003 invasion of Iraq was to establish democracy you'd have a point on #3. I'm still waiting for a leader of Iraq to be elected by its people.
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by genwin 13y ago
> In the petition, Google is seeking permission to publish the total numbers of requests the court makes of the company and the numbers of user accounts they affect. Nice confirmation that the "in the last 6 months" numbers rep
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by genwin 13y ago
So much borrowed money, that is.
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by genwin 13y ago
Major media reported that the Boston bomber's wife's phone calls she made prior to the bombing were listened to, after the bombing.
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by genwin 13y ago
Maybe Snowden wants neither glory nor bruises.
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by genwin 13y ago
Except that MLK wasn't protected by his fame. It's not just the gov't that is the risk.
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by genwin 13y ago
Considering the simplicity and mostly just an "S" I'd have to see almost exactly the same logo to think it's infringement. These logos are not so similar.
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by genwin 13y ago
The ALTER doesn't have to be in the embedded code. It can be a separate utility.
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by genwin 13y ago
> To have the email of arbitrary Americans without a warrant, the NSA would need direct access to the servers that run Google Mail. Or Google could provide the NSA a copy of the data.
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by genwin 13y ago
If Snowden would be free on low-cost bail while there's a real investigation into the legality of the program (review by Supreme Court seems to be the only way) I'd support postponing pardoning until after the investigation. But s
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by genwin 13y ago
The president can indeed do that. See Proclamation 4311 for Nixon, signed by Ford.
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by genwin 13y ago
Interesting, I hadn't heard of that. Thanks. It does look better.
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by genwin 13y ago
We can't do better within our current system; it's optimized. Congress must agree to fixing it (with instant run-off voting, to allow competition) but they certainly won't work against themselves to do it. So we're stuck
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by genwin 13y ago
Why lawyer up when you believe the outcome will be the same regardless? No lawyer can change the outcome. Better that he live it up until the inevitable happens.
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by genwin 13y ago
It would be a piece of evidence to counter the prosecution's evidence against him. If his DNA is on the money, it won't help much. But if the prosecution has no hard evidence, it could form reasonable doubt of guilt.
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by genwin 13y ago
Yep. If you can't legally acknowledge the request, leave it out of the data you report. Or walk the line by conveniently reporting your data for a six month period that doesn't include the NSA request for all user data now and in
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by genwin 13y ago
"were the subject of [a] request", not necessarily the subject of the data the NSA is reading.
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by genwin 13y ago
Why give false numbers when you can give true numbers for only a six month period? Just leave out the NSA request for all user data that was made earlier.
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by genwin 13y ago
Too <REDACTED>!
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by genwin 13y ago
> a tiny fraction of one percent of our user accounts were the subject of any kind of U.S. state, local, or federal U.S. government request (including criminal and national security-related requests) in the past six months. Nice try, Fac
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by genwin 13y ago
ctdonath has it right. Because of a flaw in our system there can be only two viable political parties. Congress must agree to fix the flaw to get it done within our system, and Congress has the incentive to never fix. The fix is instant run
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by genwin 13y ago
Ask for people to tell you if they actually get some good info back. If it happens then put notice of that here on HN. Then I'd be interested.
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by genwin 13y ago
Presumably the NSA knows his location during the bank robbery, via his cell phone data. He needn't have been talking on the phone at the time. If his location was miles away then he should be off the hook.
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by genwin 13y ago
Your phone bill doesn't tell you your minute-by-minute location. That what the bank robbery suspect wants evidence for.

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