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by salient 13y ago
No, that's not at all like that. First off, they are proposing them to actually be standards, not just proprietary extensions that no one else can use, like Microsoft was doing. Second, WebM is actually open source, not proprietary .
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by salient 13y ago
Why go through the trouble of accusing them of implanting a backdoor, if all they wanted is to review other countries' offers, which they're doing now anyway (Russia, China)? Are you saying that now they will go back, and say &quo
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by salient 13y ago
I think this was the original source, and it says 2 hardware components from US: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140105/DEFREG04/3010500...
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by salient 13y ago
I have more faith in RonPaulCoin.
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by salient 13y ago
Might be a DNS cache problem, too.
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by salient 13y ago
> In contrast, America's modern "wars" (I do not think these one-sided affairs deserve that name) That's a great point. America doesn't do wars anymore. They do conquests. And the American public at large seems p
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by salient 13y ago
Yes, on second thought, DJB would probably have much more impact working in a group that's creating crypto standards rather than just reviewing other people's proposals.
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by salient 13y ago
I propose Dan Bernstein. Now let's do this.
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by salient 13y ago
Sometimes those in power can refuse to kick out others alongside them that are in power. Friendships could've been formed etc. So the logical conclusion is to request the removal of the CFRG chair, too, and replace him him with someone
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by salient 13y ago
Next year Android is poised to have a 1.9 billion user base [1], or roughly three times that of iOS, and the difference is only going to get bigger as Android with its higher penetration reaches new markets. I think Apple's ecosystem
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by salient 13y ago
No, but friends of NSA like Mike Rogers have said in public that "he's not worried about this spying, because NSA doesn't spy on him, because he's not a 'bad guy'". Of course, I don't think even he be
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by salient 13y ago
Because Google usually doesn't use its patents aggressively. They will use them defensively, though, or even as a counter-attack. That's why I think it's incredibly stupid of Microsoft to be attacking Google with search pat
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by salient 13y ago
This looks awesome. We need more projects like these.
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by salient 13y ago
Quite easily, too, I'm sure.
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by salient 13y ago
The iBooks interface, too: http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/think-ibooks-looks-familiar...
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by salient 13y ago
Do we have a customer list of RSA? We should at least try warning them about it. Many of them probably aren't even aware of this. What banks use RSA's products?
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by salient 13y ago
This is why I very much expect a "War on Piracy" or some other war to ignite domestically, if the war on drugs is ended. There are too many people profiting from arresting and putting others in prison, and they will fight to keep
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by salient 13y ago
This whole Court needs to be disbanded. Even if they keep it as a (hopefully much reformed) institution they need to at least choose the judges in a much more open way. I'm still very skeptical such a spying-focused Court can not becom
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by salient 13y ago
If I were Larry Page, I would put homomorphic encryption research at a much higher priority than quantum computers, or even researching robots (unless they intend to make most of their money from robots within a few short years, and not rel
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by salient 13y ago
After the government trying to subvert crypto standards, what could possibly go wrong with this idea, that would force half the world to use this instead of the US dollar? Nobody would trust this. Bitcoin works because people trust it, beca
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by salient 13y ago
Keep: https://drive.google.com/keep/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
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by salient 13y ago
I don't remember the details, but I don't think they've "matched" T-mobile. Last I checked, T-mobile's plan allowed 2 upgrades per year, and I think the price was less than what AT&T is charging, too.
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by salient 13y ago
Of course we can oppose surveillance. We can build anti-surveillance systems, and then we can demand companies to support them. Companies like Google could even use data mining in a way that doesn't infringe on user privacy. But their
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by salient 13y ago
I blame Google for this. Yes, there were others who pushed "real name policies" before, but it wasn't until Google when they really forced people to do it, and now that they got away with it, others are taking the example f
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by salient 13y ago
From what I hear, SSD's can't be wiped completely, so be careful with such laptops (Macbook Airs, etc).
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by salient 13y ago
This should be called what it really is. The Great Firewall of UK.
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by salient 13y ago
Completely disagree that this is just an "unintended consequence". This is exactly what David Cameron wants. To muddle the waters, and say they are blocking "obscene" stuff, when in fact they are blocking free speech s
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by salient 13y ago
I'm very disappointed with UK people. They should've known better. They should've seen this coming from miles away. But they've been reprogrammed to think that surveillance, and to a degree even censorship is "okay&
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by salient 13y ago
The problem is that if quantum computers are viable in 20-30 years, then we need to start using quantum-resistant algorithms today . The NSA has already admitted that they are especially holding on to encrypted data for longer periods
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by salient 13y ago
Since this will end up being a sort of "new Internet", I hope they start by building this one with security in mind from the ground up. We don't want to end-up with a next-gen Internet, that's just as broken as this one,

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