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  1. Re:Now it begins on Electoral College Elects Donald Trump As President (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    China won't go to war because Trump phoned with the president of Taiwan. They may not like it but they're not such fools as to start a war over it that would be bad for anyone involved.

  2. Re:The drama is over, on Electoral College Elects Donald Trump As President (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    No peace? I think a lot less war than when Hillary would have won. She is trying to heat up the cold war with Russia all the time. That nonsense will end on jan. 20.

  3. Re:Hello, EU? on Turkey Blocks Tor's Anonymity Network (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Not even Merkel would push for that now, because she knows that if she did that the next German elections would make AfD able to run government with a absolute majority.

  4. Re:Help people in Turkey access Tor on Turkey Blocks Tor's Anonymity Network (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really that simple after they dumped Vidalia.

  5. Re:Hooray for Islam! on Turkey Blocks Tor's Anonymity Network (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    The sultan will never do that, better we kick it out ourselves, like we did at the battle of Potiers in 732.

    Turkey is also trying to hide its latest attempt at genocide on the Kurds from the world to see. I'd say they are a prime candidate for a next "Arab spring", even though they are not Arabs.

  6. Well, he did first defeat the republican establishment and then the democrats. I'm not from the US but I've never seen a candidate that got as little support - even opposition - from his own party.

  7. The standard should be: 3 months before release. Legal threats means immediate release + a nicely written proof of concept any script kiddy can work with.

  8. And yet he's getting a Taiwanese company to create jobs in the US. Seems that phone call with the Taiwanese president may have been good for something, and not only for pissing off mainland China.

  9. Re:If if they say "Please!" on New Stegano Exploit Kit Hides Malvertising Code In Banner Pixels (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes but there is more than ads in the browser. If you root your android you can install something like disable service and disable the ad and analytic services in Google Play Services, which will also get rid of most ads in apps.

  10. Until we can find CEO's working for less than $10 / hour (including bonusses, sign-on rewards and stock options) there certainly are more than enough managers. Same can be said about doctors, lawyers and presidents.

  11. Yes, and it was a decocrat presidency that shot it off when the environment seems to change: more American programmers now may mean more Americans with a decent job, not more price erosion of programmer's wages.

  12. The democrats want to make sure there are no American programmers left so he can't cut those H1B visas their bribers want so much.

  13. Re: No, ABMers. No. For the last time. NO. on Does Windows 10's Data Collection Trade Privacy For Microsoft's Security? (pcworld.com) · · Score: 0

    I still prefer a dumbass over a bitch who might start a war with Russia. Now THAT would ruin the country.

  14. Good, good. Let the hate flow through you. Strike those companies down and complete your journey to the dark side.

  15. Re:End-to-end encryption on Encryption Backdoor Sneaks Into UK Law (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    That may work in a pgp-like setup but is completely useless when dealing with perfect forward secrecy like Signal uses. I don't HAVE the key for the past messages anymore, and if I deleted the messages NOONE can decrypt them anymore.

  16. Re:End-to-end encryption on Encryption Backdoor Sneaks Into UK Law (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Patrick Volkerding and Linus Thorvalds probably won't cooperate.

  17. Re:The only communications affected on Encryption Backdoor Sneaks Into UK Law (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Everyone could download Signal, and if that would be blocked switch a VPN or to Silence which uses sms encryption.

  18. Re:Opportunity Cost + Retirement Fund on Encryption Backdoor Sneaks Into UK Law (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    In prison? Only if he isn't smart enough to be outside the UK when he releases the documents. He could keep Snowden company for example.

  19. Hey, I will contribute: just run this on your population database:
    ALTER TABLE Person ADD COLUMN Muslim char((1)
    UPDATE Person SET Muslim = "Y"

    The second statement is only required if the tech companies will not delicver sufficient data. then default to muslim and let all non-muslims opt-out.

  20. Not yet, but it will help. If you start the final solution before registering, the muslims will be better prepared to evade it.

  21. And without those companies help, there is no way to find out who may be radicalized, so keep the safe line and keep all muslims out. Europe should do the same, and I think many countries will after the next elections.

  22. It worked rather well to radicalize the jews after WW2. Muslims are already radicalized so that is not a real danger anymore.

  23. Re:Don't give him ideas on Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    "Presidential Alerts"? I've never seen that on any Android and also never heard of it, is that something specific for US firmwares or so? If so, try installing a non-US firmware if it exists for your device.

  24. Re: Don't give him ideas on Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Not out of the box, but there are 2 general solutions for that: the free https://play.google.com/store/... and the paid https://play.google.com/store/...

  25. Re: Don't give him ideas on Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans (nymag.com) · · Score: 2

    There exists call blockers that have whitelists: if it recognises your parents or friends number the call will go through, otherwise the caller will get a busy tone.