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by zxcdw 13y ago
Yes, that's what I too think right now in June 2013, although I am an European. But... How about in the future, considernig the progress towards a surveillance state which began around after 9/11 and Patriot Act? (And some say it
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Why aren't such laws being followed and enforced though?
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Does this somehow make the matter more acceptable on moral grounds though? I think it does not. If a government can't trust another one even when they have all sorts of contracts, policies, treaties, meetings and plans, how on earth sh
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by zxcdw 13y ago
I as a foreign citizen do take the morality of intelligence actions and foreign politics quite seriously. As far as my view(which is rather ignorant, hence why I would like to know and discuss more) is concerned, I'd think that some fo
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by zxcdw 13y ago
What is the moral reasoning behind such agencies? How is it not violating assumed trust between nations for whatever personal/local/domestic gain? I really can't reason about this suff, so someone help me out here. To me the
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Minimizing their use minimizes the reason to have any fear or concern over the data NSA or whatever collects. It's always better to use alternatives to the eavesdropped service, but the benefit comes from minimizing and eliminating the
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by zxcdw 13y ago
> Advices like these are absolutely useless. HTTPS Everywhere is probably the only usable advice in the whole article. Everything else can’t be proposed to the average user. Considering that the so-called Average User doesn't care a
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by zxcdw 13y ago
I remember the amount of non-reproducible research was as high as 90 %? Google returns some hits from May 7th(and I remember the HN post from around a month ago, we talk about the same thing I think) or so with that title, but perhaps the a
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by zxcdw 13y ago
And growing authoritarianism everywhere too where there are economical and social problems. This probably includes many, if not all western countries to varying degree.
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Downvoted. Not for the disagreement but for the offensive and degrading tone which I see having no purpose here in HN. As many have pointed out, the USG has the power, and the USG has abused that power numerous times in the past(Pentagon Pa
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by zxcdw 13y ago
> Not in all cases, but criminal acts are capable of cancelling each other out. Self defense is the archetypical example. Of course the law states an exception for such cases, and usually includes(at least as far as nordic countries are
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Are yo trying to imply that because the matter is not straightforward, it shouldn't be dealt with? The whole act of "gathering foreign intelligence" seems very immoral to me. Saying that everybody does it is no justification,
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by zxcdw 13y ago
It is not ethical either, especially considering that the law itself is the exact same in the US(although NSA seems to be above it, which makes the whole issue even more contrversial IMO). Committing a crime abroad over the internet is no l
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by zxcdw 13y ago
This, of course, is no justification however. Criminal acts don't cancel each other out. I punch you, you punching me i return doesn't make my violation any less significant, instead both violations should be considered equal and
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by zxcdw 13y ago
On what grounds and from whom?
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Perhaps move away from MSFT products then. :) Jokes aside, maybe they also consider the opportunity of using this for offensive purposes a big enough benefit.
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Saving the world is obviously (yes it is, lets not even argue) an extreme case formulation in this case. My point stands, the man came up with something as ancient and as simple as "generic stuff you can just eat and get all you need
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by zxcdw 13y ago
So you fail to see the market for this? 500k in croudfunding for a guy with absolutely no academic education behind the subject which by it's idea is as simple as Soylent is must surely rub the fur of a few the wrong way. "It just
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Because this guy is making a fortune on a very simple and ancient idea brought into practice after some self studying. If Soylent delivers and can be capitalized on, this guy saves the world. On an ancient idea, simplest of them all, which
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Care to cite how the body makes one feel sick for eating the same again and again granted that the food delivers required nutrients with no deficiencies? I have no personal experience nor have I ever heard of this occuring, although I have
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by zxcdw 13y ago
This is a strange and ambiguous statement, I think: > Several sources said that as a systems administrator, Snowden would have been unable to actively spy on people, even though he told the Guardian newspaper, "I, sitting at my des
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by zxcdw 13y ago
He certainly excelled in many scientific subjects but the rest didn't interest him. I don't have anything to cite this with(apart from knowing that there's talk about this in Wikipedia) due to time constraints right now, but
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Whether that so-called "trouble" is good or bad and for whom is another thing, which can be quite subjective even. Problems at school aren't necessarily an indicator of a failure. There are many examples of bad school perform
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Read again. What you are saying is that "Doing less unfriendly things to non-Americans means doing unfriendly things to Americans." Do you honestly think that way? I'm sure you don't. And I agree with the grandparent her
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For most individuals things like these don't matter afterall. It's a small minority which even cares, so I don't really even wonder anymore. Just mind your own business and avoid problems, that works the best for an individua
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by zxcdw 13y ago
I can say I've heard of all of the items but have I used them so I could say I know them? No. I would expect this to be the case for majority of HN readers, quite frankly. And I'd consider myself rather paranoid even, at least
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Which is exactly the reason why people should realize that whatever was done by Snowden is good for them. Because what Snowden did is good for them and if the government opposes it in any way then government opposes what is good for the
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by zxcdw 13y ago
If people exposing malicious facts about those in power is considered to be enemies of those in power (The United States in this case), then I support them thoroughly in whichever way I can regardless of what anyone might think of it. The
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Regarding #1: Why should the government have a say on this at all? The person is doing a favor for the citizens of the whole world which happens to backfire for the government which has things to hide. Just the sole fact that government m
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by zxcdw 13y ago
Do you really not know, or do you just act dumb? To make people realize the possible consequences of surveillance. One of the assumptions is that the people aren't completely aware of the extent of surveillance. They assume it's

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