nexttimer

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by nexttimer 13y ago
I like seeing people offering solutions against mass surveillance. What I want to suggest is that you drop the requests you send to 3rd party services like Google. If somebody makes money off of collecting as much data about us as they can,
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by nexttimer 13y ago
> But what has really changed? Nothing. And that seems to be his point. He's done (more than) his part. Now, if we don't like 1984, then it's now up to us to start acting.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
> The real use of money is to buy freedom The real problem is: This additional freedom you can buy with money means less freedom for somebody else. Inequality (wealth-based) means nothing else than domination. If you are richer, then you
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by nexttimer 13y ago
What's wrong with http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/ ? It's encrypted, distributed, open-source. It has chat, messaging, file sharing, forums, etc. What more do you want? If anything, why not just write a plug-in
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by nexttimer 13y ago
It's a dig at anything closed.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
Buy hardware and software you, as the paying customer, remain allowed to control.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
As usual - what's possible to exploit will be exploited. There's really only 1 solid solution to this: Open software and open hardware.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
It's really "funny" how all this is happening. Approved by our "representatives" in DC. Approved by us, the consumers (by our continued use of the concerned technologies, products and services).
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by nexttimer 13y ago
Yup, the redder the flag, the sooner you should quit. Facebook is also on that list.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
No shit, sherlock.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
> “I won’t call him a hero, but he’s sure as hell no traitor.” No hero? What does it take for you then? Actually, he's not a hero, he's more like Jesus of our times, giving away his (perfect) life for us (who - of course - don&
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by nexttimer 13y ago
Also, how can you claim to have a secure app when it runs on a closed-source operating system? (Even more, we know about Microsoft handing over security holes to the NSA - why would Apple or Google not do the same?). It's like saying &
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by nexttimer 13y ago
In plain English, this NSA is saying: "If we 'consider' this, it's because the most important information is still not out there, yet." So it's basically counter-productive, unless your goal is to get the publi
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Edward Snowden leaks: NSA 'debates' amnesty(bbc.co.uk)
85 points by nexttimer 13y ago|55 comments
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by nexttimer 13y ago
> Why Are Americans Staying Put? I was expecting an article on why Americans don't riot, given the circumstances and the trend.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
I think the majority of the US public doesn't even need any of that propaganda to hang Snowden in public and continue to put up with corrupt DC.
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by nexttimer 13y ago
:-) Sorry, it was sarcasm. It's what psychopaths usually say to their victims. If you hear it (or think you're hearing it), the person/organization you have in front of you is of psychopathic nature (it should be stopped at a
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by nexttimer 13y ago
Don't fight it. Just let it take over. Stop struggling. Once you'll have stopped struggling, it won't hurt anymore. You won't feel any difference anymore. And it will be like it was never different.