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by uvdiv 13y ago
We'll at least he'd be safe from NSA spying there, seeing as the whole island is air-gapped.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
The US can guarantee to waive the death penalty in exchange for an extradition. I've read some lawyers think the US is likely to try this.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
No. Nothing has been reported that claims it is definite.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
I edited my comment to include all of Moscow's airports, not only SVO. Although transferring airports, meaning going through Russia's border police and entering that country, seems an even stranger idea.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This is strange, because there are no scheduled nonstop flights between Moscow (any airport) and Iceland. There are flights which make a connection in Europe, e.g. Helsinki, but then there are already nonstop flights to Helsinki from Hong K
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Cuba, home of the world’s oddest property market(ft.com)
2 points by uvdiv 13y ago|0 comments
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by uvdiv 13y ago
I'm amazed there's any expectation of ideological commonality with Cuba, a repressive state with near-totalitarian control over information, where connecting to the internet is functionally illegal: https://en.wikipedia
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by uvdiv 13y ago
He gave a high-profile Q&A with Reddit this year: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/13rs46/i_am_benjaman_k... One thing not mentioned in wikipedia is that he made a White House petition to replac
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Iceland's Pirate Party lawmaker advised him to go to Cuba. "If I was his legal counsel I would urge him to look at many countries, not just Iceland," [Jónsdottír] added. “Maybe New Zealand, Ecuador, Cuba—many countries.&quot
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Note that this was published in the Economist , which has a reputation for overusing puns. This edition also has articles titled "T Time" and [amyloid] "Beta testing" .
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This isn't always the case [0], even with very neutral questions and no media priming. [0] http://lesswrong.com/lw/hw/scope_insensitivity/
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by uvdiv 13y ago
To preempt confusion: the old title was 'NSA analyst "improperly accessed" Bill Clinton's email [2009]' That's what the early comments are replying to.
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E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress (2009)(nytimes.com)
57 points by uvdiv 13y ago|10 comments
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by uvdiv 13y ago
"Mr Necas resigned days after prosecutors charged the head of his office, Jana Nagyova, with bribing members of parliament and ordering intelligence agents to spy on people. The scandal has a personal element for the prime minister: o
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Czech PM resigns over illegal spying(ft.com)
2 points by uvdiv 13y ago|1 comments
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Ecuador Legislature Approves Curbs on News Media(nytimes.com)
1 points by uvdiv 13y ago|0 comments
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by uvdiv 13y ago
The detailed records - which cannot be independently verified - show specific dates and the IP addresses of computers in Hong Kong and on the mainland hacked by the National Security Agency over a four-year period. [...] "I don't
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Also, given the name "PRISM," isn't it pretty obvious how this program worked? Think about it... What does a prism do? It's obvious a spy agency isn't trying to communicate how their program works to everyone who
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This is... impressive: He betrayed the privacy of us all. If federal security agencies can’t do vast data sweeps, they will inevitably revert to the older, more intrusive eavesdropping methods. Wow.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This is contradicted somewhat by a different source. This one says Hong Kong is a very good place to seek asylum right now, because there is a moratorium on deporting asylum-seekers: But there is at least one reason it could be incredibly
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by uvdiv 13y ago
The OP explains that the Hong Kong judicial system would handle an extradition, but Beijing would be able to veto it. "Lawyers said Monday that any extradition request would also need to go through the city’s legal system before Beiji
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Why not? They're both in the sovereign territory of China.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Then again, if Snowden were hypothetically spying for the PRC, Hong Kong would be the most logical place to seek protection. In this scenario the PRC would credibly protect him from the US, and European liberal democracies would not.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
This isn't about a backdoor in NSA's Flask (SELinux). This title will be misunderstood. Add [python] or [parody] or something.
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by uvdiv 13y ago
I haven't found any interesting information. Apparently this theory is being speculated on CNN (as I said, neither interesting, nor information...) http://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-cia-officer-officials-cons...
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by uvdiv 13y ago
The article is confusing. More clearly: both Hong Kong and the PRC (mainland) can deny extraditions from HK to the US. Beijing, which gave its consent for Hong Kong to sign the agreement, also has a right of veto if it believes the surre
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by uvdiv 13y ago
A competing theory is that he is actually spying for the PRC. Hong Kong would be an obvious choice for a wealthy, Western spy seeking Chinese protection. They're semi-autonomous, but military affairs are run by the PRC, and in particul
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by uvdiv 13y ago
It must be "A, NSA Notify". $ grep 'nsanotify' /etc/services ansanotify 116/udp # ANSA REX Notify ansanotify 116/tcp # ANSA REX Notify
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by uvdiv 13y ago
Can't you straighforwardly strike the "Fourth Amendment... construed" part and leave the core "no agency of the US government... [shall]"? Because that's be solidly in the purview of Congress. And my flimsy und
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by uvdiv 13y ago
So why haven't any members of Congress spoken up about this program? Rand and Ron, where were you? Some did speak up, pretty loudly. Did you read this story (Wyden & Udall) when it came it out in 2012? I did. http://

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