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by grumio 6y ago
Yeah idk if it'd be my first conclusion. But I think that's the propaganda line of reasoning. No proof that it's propaganda, but there is a sliver of plausibility.
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by grumio 6y ago
Edit: Just because the public announcement may be construed as propaganda, it doesn't mean that the charges were necessarily wholly made-up. The case for it being propaganda goes something like this: Barr's DoJ is making this char
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by grumio 6y ago
You're right, science is proven wrong time and time again. We used to think Newtonian physics was the bees' knees. Man, they sure look like fools now that we know Einsteinian physics is more accurate. Science is a LIAR sometimes
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by grumio 6y ago
Small startups don't deserve this. With EARNIT, you couldn't make a Twitter or Reddit or thingiverse or anything with a chatroom unless you already have the resources to moderate all user generated content, use committee-approved
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by grumio 6y ago
Time for them to cash-in on the anti-big-tech rhetoric wave they've been riding since the anti-trust hearings. Also, are there other laws that are phrased like this? That you have to "earn" a right that you already have? They
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by grumio 6y ago
Imagine when people who don't know any better start plugging this into facial-recognition cameras, and arrest based on the chaining of two flawed/imperfect algorithms. Not if, but when.
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by grumio 6y ago
What's the incentive to reduce false arrests? Are the arrestors' jobs at stake? Is their wallet at stake? Why put in the extra effort if there are no consequences for being wrong? Most of the time it seems the worst-case scenario
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by grumio 6y ago
The whole point is that the source of randomness is coming from rolling physical dice, instead of a potentially flawed (pseudo)random number generator.
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by grumio 6y ago
The purpose is to demonize big tech. It's the new "tough on crime." Of course there's a lot to criticize, but if criticizing and making change were the real goals, the hearing would look very different. They might have d
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by grumio 6y ago
This act seems like it's 1% about holding big tech accountable or whatever, and 99% about stoking anti-big-tech rhetoric that the authoritarians in congress will try to harness into support for EARN IT and other surveillance bills. T
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by grumio 6y ago
That's good practice. Sadly these kinds of scams already happen without the effort of synthetic voices. Scammers call an older person and say "Hey Grandma, it's me your grandson. I need $500 for bail right away!" With th
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by grumio 6y ago
>BLM protestors making people kneel Source? Any videos of BLM protestors forcing people to kneel?
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by grumio 6y ago
The Rule of Law seems optional to the kidnappers that won't identify themselves too. What's important? That the Rule of Law is kept, or that the "right people" break the law?
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by grumio 6y ago
Flynn told FBI he didn't discuss specific sanctions in phone calls to a specific person. He did. Primary source, the phone transcripts, available for all to read: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/
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by grumio 6y ago
some animals are more equal than others
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by grumio 7y ago
It's their SOP. See: eternal blue. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EternalBlue
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by grumio 7y ago
Totally. They're making almost criminally high margins while they wait for the law to catch up. The story of several disruptive startups.
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by grumio 7y ago
Couldn't the scooter companies negotiate with businesses and get permission? Maybe pay businesses to install docking stations. The scooters get advertising when people see the station. The restaurant or hotel gets advertisment on the s
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by grumio 8y ago
"parallel reconstruction" is illegal but still alive and well. The Fed intelligence doesn't care about the law too much.
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by grumio 8y ago
I hope by "password fields are encrypted" you mean that only hashes are stored.
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by grumio 8y ago
This far: http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm Good short story on surveillance & algorithms micromanaging low wage workers.
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by grumio 8y ago
I like how this exact attack is used in the Splinter Cell games.
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by grumio 9y ago
FTA: "The investigation revealed that PHILLIPS engaged another individual, who has since become a cooperating defendant (“CD-1”), to commit a murder of an identified victim (“Victim-1”)" As I read it, the potential hitman became a
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by grumio 9y ago
The website for this kind of legislation: http://humantraffickingpreventionact.com According to claims that pornography consumption leads to prostitution and human trafficking. Compares movie theaters and magazine stands to co
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States Considering Enforcing Pre-Installed Porn Filters(eff.org)
17 points by grumio 9y ago|3 comments
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by grumio 9y ago
They may as well ban all files of random data of unknown origin. If it passes diehard tests with flying colors, confiscate it and arrest all known possessors of it.
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by grumio 9y ago
splix.io
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by grumio 11y ago
More like making a locksmith create a tool that could alter a pick-proof lock and turn it into a pickable lock, and give that tool to the gov't. But as others here have said, there are some key differences between the physical and digi
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by grumio 11y ago
And one more reason: deterrence. Supposedly, would-be criminals are deterred by seeing others get jail time. Depending on the crime, that purpose is rarely accomplished as well.
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by grumio 11y ago
For that matter, why is "hides" quoted in the title? I thought it was sarcastic or something.

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