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US Fears Loss of ICQ Honeypot
AHuxley writes "US law enforcement bodies view the sale of instant messaging service ICQ to a Russian company as a threat to homeland security. In spring 2010, Russia's largest Internet investment company, Digital Sky Technologies, agreed to purchase the service for $187 million from AOL. The US is sure that most criminals use ICQ and, therefore, constant access to the ICQ servers is needed to track them down. As the system is based in Israel, American security service have had access. The article concludes, 'Lawyers [of unspecified nationality] say that to block the deal the US Committee on Foreign Investment needed to cancel it no later than within 30 days after the deal has been announced — so unless the rules are broken, nothing can be changed.'"
Golden Girls fucking rule. They really need to reboot that series into a new film featuring a story that only a teenager would find "deep" and meaningful, a cast of women who aren't afraid to take charge and effeminate boys posing as men.
Oh and lens flares. Tons of lens flares.
The US said it is sure that most criminals use ICQ
It's true. I once parked in a handicap space about a dozen years ago, which was about the same number of years ago that I tried out ICQ for a couple of days.
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pot: kettle.
Forum posts under a pseudonym are hardly more reliable than Wikipedia.
Operation Guillotine is in effect.