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   by pvnick 13y ago

   Hacker News is the one place I've consistently found good information related to this extremely important case (that and Greenwald's twitter account itself). It's important to the HN community because we're typically tec
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   I'd like to see them try, considering the high-profile nature of this specific case. It would severely harm their position diplomatically.
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   Thank you for your well-constructed reply. I've updated my original post to reflect my current thoughts.
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   Good point, thank you!
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   Part of my reasoning is that rsync is specifically made for this kind of thing, whereas git is specifically made to synchronize coding among multiple developers. So my argument is partly theoretical and less practical. But for an argument b
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   This is a pretty neat hack, but not really good for a true production deployment system. Rsync is a far superior alternative. That being said, git should definitely be incorporated into the workflow such that, for example, you have a "
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   If you find a post offtopic, you have the option to flag it. Personally I think every single detail of these disclosures is relevant to the HN theme, especially the high-tech whistleblower's attempted escape from persecution.
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   I wonder if these conflicting final destination accounts were orchestrated to disrupt any attempt to intercept Snowden.
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   by pvnick 13y ago

   This is so exciting. Makes Tom Clancy novels seem dull and predictable.
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Very funny! Also, I like the design.
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I agree with your overall sentiment, but we are far beyond partisan politics at this point. Now all they serve to do is divide us and weaken our position. All of the democrats and republicans who play a role in this spying operation or wh
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    >The only way public demonstrations are going to have an effect is for them to be massive and concentrated. Then I'm assuming you're planning to attend your local demonstration.
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    >You have a highly-strung government, watching everyone for signs of domestic terrorism, and then protest, which the government has considered an act of aggression since at least the Dubya administration. That's a terrible justifica
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Glad to see HNers are excited about this. Shameless plug - if you live in or around Gainesville, FL, I encourage you to attend the one I'm organizing for my town: http://gatorsrestorethefourth.com
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    Demonstrations to protest NSA spying planned for July 4th(restorethefourth.net)

    312 points by pvnick 13y ago|45 comments
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Planned mass demonstration on July 4th: http://restorethefourth.net
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Next up, 200k [1] [1] http://i.imgur.com/NNfWqFW.jpg
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    At the very least he could make a speech such as the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhZk8ronces
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Remember what Snowden said about policies changing?
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    You're right, I replied out of anger (been a frustrating couple of weeks) and was grandstanding a little bit. Tptacek made a good point elsewhere that this is a foreign citizen who may have had information on Assange's organizatio
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    This is exactly the reason the fourth amendment was written. Not to learn the secret recipe behind your grandma's cookies. But because it's extremely tempting for those in power to want to abuse their power to avoid being accounta
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I would say 1) this revelation is too shocking to be parroted without smoking gun evidence to support it (eg copies of the top secret documents themselves) and 2) journalists these days are too much in bed with the establishment to stir the
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I don't give a shit if Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. sit on the FISC (FISC court is redundant). America doesn't do secret courts.
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    WOW, so surprised to see Sibel Edmond's stuff on this site. As a translator for the FBI, she had a lot to say about the 9/11 attacks and how corruption within the FBI's translation unit may have played a factor in failing to
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    NSA Claims Broad Authority to Monitor Americans' International Calls and Emails(aclu.org)

    6 points by pvnick 13y ago|0 comments
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Considering horizontal gene transfer, I would say there most certainly is a route for stated existential threat. Bacteria trade plasmids back and fourth all the time, including those that code for antibiotic resistance. So while you are cor
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Any sort of improvement over current antibiotics would be a godsend as the idea of antibiotic-resistance "superbugs" is arguably a ticking timebomb that presents an existential threat to modern society. Right now the most common a
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    No, it's a press release. (sorry, I can't help my Airplane style of humor)
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    Is there any theoretical way to defeat these programs and ensure anonymity? I'm even suspect of SSL given private keys can probably be demanded through FISA court.
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    by pvnick 13y ago

    I was thinking the same thing. I wonder how many (if any) FISA orders were for SSL keys. If I were Keith Alexander those would be high on my list.