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by northwest 13y ago
FirefoxOS is "more open" in the sense that everything is HTML5, nothing is "native". But we'll have to see if this approach already fits the bill or not. (Encryption is just 1 use case that comes to mind where you&#
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by northwest 13y ago
> Google Engineer Wins NSA Award, Then Says NSA Should Be “Abolished” That's one thing. Now make these 2 events happen in the opposite order. ;-)
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by northwest 13y ago
Here's 1 map by the EFF (click the red link at the end of the article for the map by Google): https://www.eff.org/foia/faa-drone-authorizations
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by northwest 13y ago
> The ultimate question, of course, is will you buy into this? I definitely will: This is probably the best open mobile OS alternative, right after FirefoxOS.
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by northwest 13y ago
> This is a far cry from pervasive Big Brother in the sky. Do you remember the day they said that drones would never be used against the population, but only for military targets? I certainly do. And I see a pattern here: a) it's an
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by northwest 13y ago
Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog
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by northwest 13y ago
Government is power. And power simply must be limited. If not, there will be even more abuse, meaning: democracy will be curbed or even eliminated. And that means, general injustice will increase sharply. And this leads to a lock-in situa
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by northwest 13y ago
Another right bites the dust.
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by northwest 13y ago
I didn't downvote you, I can't. But I think, you are seriously wrong. And it's because because you lack to see what all this will enable, abuse-wise. I'm pretty sure you will change your mind once you'll effectively
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by northwest 13y ago
Email encryption is a good start! Personally, I think, the user is best served with the "darknet" [0] approach. It's unfortunate that term "darknet" leads a big chunk of the general public to believe it's somet
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FBI admits to flying drones over US without warrants(rt.com)
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by northwest 13y ago
There's Afghanistan as well, and Pakistan. Drones striking without any warnings. But this discussion is actually pretty revealing - as the general public we're probably not really aware that the US is at war. EDIT: And there&#x2
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by northwest 13y ago
True that. But then, why would you only protect "the politician's city" and not the other cities (and towns, etc.)?
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by northwest 13y ago
It's scary that such war-time measures are being taken. It's as if serious aggression was imminent. I think when you need such measures and there's no war going on or imminent, you're doing something seriously wrong.
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by northwest 13y ago
> Until there is a cause of death from a thorough autopsy Even with that in mind: technology is probably sufficiently advanced today to be able to not leave any traces, if the budget is there. Plus, don't forget that Hastings [1] wa
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by northwest 13y ago
Technical solutions may help to combat the issue, but imagine a society where - you're not judged for seeking help (maybe even applauded or even rewarded?) - everybody receives complete information about how to get help - everybody is
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by northwest 13y ago
I'd like to say that most people have common sense There may be one of the problems with police force recruiting: They set the bar so low that you don't need to be able to discern the limits anymore. And then it's also easi
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by northwest 13y ago
Personally, I'd say we need to remain aware that we have a leader role on this tiny planet. What we do will always be kind of seen as "the future". We have much more power than any nation and therefor we have much more re
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by northwest 13y ago
You can start be adding your "2 cents" of awareness to humanity. (Everybody needs to add their 2 cents, b/c that's how you create a fortune.) Talk about the issues with your friends and family. Maybe blog about it. Becom
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by northwest 13y ago
But I suppose they are pushing for this first, because a lot of politicians are old, and fear the phone spying much more than they fear the Internet spying. That is probably true. And so frightening. Basically, those politicians don'
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by northwest 13y ago
Well, you do have the liberty to add your non-flat styles as you wish... And: Bootstrap is not intended to be used "as is" in every case. It's supposed to give you an quick start, something you can extend and customize as y
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by northwest 13y ago
One of the biggest problem humanity currently has in general is that morality only kicks-in in most people when there is a very direct link between their actions and some negative consequences. Absolutely. We need to feel pain, otherwise
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by northwest 13y ago
Agree. The problems the human race faces today are global problems. Everyone is concerned by these issues. And solutions can only be global ones.