iwlbebnd

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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
1, your willingness to whitewash the calculated murder of a civilian journalist is chilling, it's hard to believe you argue in good faith. 2. Clapper lying under oath to Congress, numberous illegal programs under the NSA. 3. Just anoth
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
"Turns out it kindof doesn't. After some quick reading, [1] a "kill box" is still subject to the standard rules of engagement." If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you. The US military does not in any meanin
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
If you still believe the US military obeys the rule of law, international law, common decency, and their own rules of engagement then you have not been paying attention to 1, the Manning leaks, 2 Snowden leaks, 3 recent war crimes involving
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
People should realize that political solutions have failed spectacularly. Technical solutions are the only possible answer, that and cultural responses. Vast state surveillance is made possible by technical expertise. We shouldnt laud those
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
Which is exactly the issue? At any time the server can request a key reset and have messages resent. I don't see how it is at all irrelevant since it is exactly what the cause is here.
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
Binaries which have a client-server architecture certainly are. Is the claim the full WhatsApp stack is open to regular indepedent third party security audits from multiple firms?
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
I've largely stopped using chrome on mobile because of the lack of ublock. When I do use chrome it's with JavaScript disabled. Despite a few UI differences switching to Firefox on mobile with ublock has been excellent.
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
Ah but technology, specifically the technological process may make tools of us yet. Heidegger's question concerning technology is essential reading, but his basic argument is the technological process subordinates all others to be ends
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by iwlbebnd 10y ago
Yes but it is trivial to backdoor closed source software. Introducing backdoors into open source source is also more difficult.