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by pvnick 13y ago
I just had an intriguing thought. Wouldn't it be interesting/ironic to see BAH made a target of anon hacking, successfully penetrated, and publicly embarrassed further than the Snowden fiasco? I think Feinstein might pop a blood v
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by pvnick 13y ago
I disagree. What we need, and what we can really achieve if we put enough pressure on congress, is sweeping legislation that protects our privacy. I believe there's a tipping point beyond which even the least privacy-conscious of citiz
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It's interesting you pointed that out. I wanted to explore the workings of that argument a little more (I choose my words carefully when constructing posts on this site) using "validity" and "soundness", but I was i
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by pvnick 13y ago
I agree with what you're saying, but the mere existence of this letter is indicative of the fear gripping those in power whom would rather their illegitimate authorities remain a secret.
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This statement indicates real progress and is a fantastic step in the right direction. While I thoroughly disagree with what Keith is saying (I'll get to that in a minute), his acknowledgement and down-to-earth tone show that Snowden&#
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by pvnick 13y ago
Thank you for your support :) Please don't take my direct tone personally, I've been following Greenwald's twitter a lot recently and emulating the way he responds to critics. Generally it's been very effective at rallyi
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by pvnick 13y ago
And yet we have armchair critics like yourself declining to get involved and help out, opting instead to bicker and put down the efforts of people trying to actually make a difference.
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by pvnick 13y ago
> I could drive to Boston, but what's the point: the Boston group is only predicting an attendance of 40 This defeatist attitude is why the predicted attendance is so low.
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by pvnick 13y ago
Wanted to take yet another opportunity to mention the nationwide Restore the Fourth demonstration happening this week . http://restorethe4th.net I hope everyone reading this attends their local rally. It also needs to be said t
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by pvnick 13y ago
My goodness, I have very little experience with Ruby and I'm currently in the process of trying to get a rails 3 app from github running on my osx system (1.8.7 default ruby version). I have spent the past several hours fighting with r
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by pvnick 13y ago
It's mind-boggling to fathom the storage capabilities of these systems. Then again, when $10 billion is a conservative estimate of the budget you've been given to do just this [1], it's a lot more realistic. [1] http:/&
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New leak: NSA storing contents of 1 Billion cellphone calls per day(businessinsider.com)
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Ah, that's right, good point. I actually campaigned for Ron Paul myself, but, like Snowden, believed in Obama as my second choice.
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Interesting article, but the author seems to fall into the trap of the "national-security conservatives" implying that most of the FISC judges being Republican is somehow worse. When Edward Snowden and I voted for Obama in 2008 we
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by pvnick 13y ago
I love Sublime Text. For a year or two I tried and tried to get behind vim, to no avail. I thought there must be something wrong with me, perhaps I'm not as smart as those other developers who sit there staring at several adjacent vi
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by pvnick 13y ago
I'm currently working with Django for a client's project I'm developing. Coming off a LAMP stack binge, the technology itself has been an absolute delight. I've been given the directive to use South to manage the data mo
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by pvnick 13y ago
For someone who surrounded himself with lawyers who thought it was legal to crush children's testicles to extract information during enhanced interrogation [1], I find this particularly upsetting. [1] http://www.revcom.us&#x
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When protests don't work in democratic nations it's because defeatist attitudes keep people home. You know what they say, if you don't try then you've already lost. As it stands right now this may be our best shot. Y&#x2
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by pvnick 13y ago
Join us on July 4th for a nationwide demonstration! http://restorethe4th.net
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by pvnick 13y ago
I wouldn't trust anything that comes from Mastercard or Visa directly. I would much rather have the companies' idiosyncrasies and politics abstracted through a 3rd-party service like stripe or balanced. That's just my kneej
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by pvnick 13y ago
Awesome, great link, wasn't aware of that. I've just been following Greenwald's twitter account directly. But my comment was referring to the public's/media's reaction to the story, rather than your and my incr
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by pvnick 13y ago
This is my problem. I get most of my technology (and recently the NSA stuff) news from HN, some current events from NPR, and then a couple other politics sites I frequent which I'd rather not divulge ;)
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>Author and Critic Deepens EFF's Security Expertise as NSA Scandal Intensifies Great news - I've read a couple of really interesting articles that Schneier's put out in recent weeks - but is the scandal actually intensifyi
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by pvnick 13y ago
Nice! That's a classy move right there. Edit: further context: >Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, promised Wednesday that he would block renewal of the pact should Snowden be granted asylu
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by pvnick 13y ago
Oh that makes sense, I was thinking "really, it took until 2013 to get RMS in there?" It seems like the internet hall of fame would almost be specifically created to contain Stallman.
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by pvnick 13y ago
No, I think the government is watching every piece of data and that the $20 million/year refers to some bit of information we are not privy to. Btw, we already know this infrastructure exists [1]. William Binney, a well-known NSA whist
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by pvnick 13y ago
I think when you consider the "upstream" portion of the prism slide titled "FAA702 Operations" (the one about splitting the fiber optic cables) that yes, my statement is correct.
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by pvnick 13y ago
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't PRISM conducted within the bounds of the law? Remember, even the Stasi was legal. But no, these programs violate the 4th amendment.
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Previously I would say the American public would riot in the streets should a reporter be charged with the crime of journalism. Based on the reaction to the revelation that the NSA is watching every single piece of Internet communication in
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Shitty coders with shitty morals write shitty software for shitty people

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