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  1. Re:Makes sense... if it weren't secret. on The Trump Administration Wants To Be Able To Track and Hack Your Drone (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    It makes sense to protect yourself from the major threats. Given that the American Government harms more Americans per day than the Terrorists do in a full year it makes sense to prioritize them first.

  2. For future reference: Telemarketers have more money than you do, and Republicans always side with the money.

  3. It should be possible to have an App go through your voicemail and delete this spam before you ever see/hear it.

  4. Robotic doctors and nurses will. And do a better job. Everyone could have a home robot (butler, cook, cleaner, childcare, doctor).

  5. Re:It was a hard way to make a living as it was.. on Self-Driving Cars Could Cost America's Professional Drivers Up To 25,000 Jobs a Month (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The transport companies won't BUY automated trucks if the accident cost is higher than the labour cost it replaces. Economics is everything in business.

  6. Re:It was a hard way to make a living as it was.. on Self-Driving Cars Could Cost America's Professional Drivers Up To 25,000 Jobs a Month (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    High speed transport is only used for people, the freight takes the slow boat because cost matters more than speed.

  7. Re:The Free Market at Work on Baking Soda Shortage Has Hospitals Frantic, Delaying Treatments and Surgeries (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Market size stops being a problem when you look to the entire planet instead of just one country. A multi-national treaty to standardize drug testing would let people buy drugs from any country, and therefore ensure effective competition and low prices. They appear to be dealing with copyright first though, might be a bit of a wait.

  8. Re:Pfizer and Amphastar the only option? on Baking Soda Shortage Has Hospitals Frantic, Delaying Treatments and Surgeries (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I would suggest going to another country, but apparently it's illegal to import medicine (for Americans).

  9. Re:Pfizer and Amphastar the only option? on Baking Soda Shortage Has Hospitals Frantic, Delaying Treatments and Surgeries (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And malpractice insurance.

  10. Re:Probably on Did China Hack The CIA In A Massive Intelligence Breach From 2010 To 2012? (ibtimes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    China doesn't need to break American crypto, they just need to follow the data through their firewall to find the spies. They could also use a little bit of social engineering or a "dropped" USB stick if that wasn't possible. Secrecy doesn't exist against a country.

  11. Re:the ass in dumbass on Is Russia Conducting A Social Media War On America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    European money is what keeps Russia afloat, they can't afford to kill the EU. The USA is running a "Contain and Smother" campaign to destroy Russia and Putin is responding in the Ukraine just like he did in Georgia except using a mercenary army instead of the Russian Army for the fighting.

  12. Re:The media is on Is Russia Conducting A Social Media War On America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Our government is already using the media to influence voters, in both their countries and ours. What Russia is doing to influence our voters could be considered Self Defense. If we devise a defense against this it would also block our governments propaganda against us.

  13. Re:Expect to see more content disappear on EU Passes 'Content Portability' Rules Banning Geofencing (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The American civil war proved that an American State is not a country.

  14. Re:Curious about the history with this guy on Federal Agents Used a Stingray To Track an Immigrant's Phone (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I expect they set up stingrays near locations commonly used by illegals and set it to scan for known illegals phone numbers (imsi catcher), and give an alert when found. This would be a simple and effective way to find lots of illegals, and more selective than having traffic stops to check for "Mexican" looking drivers.

  15. A few questions on Federal Agents Used a Stingray To Track an Immigrant's Phone (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Stingrays transmit on licensed frequencies, that are legally restricted to a specific phone company. It's illegal for anyone else to use them. Without a warrant I don't see how the police can legally ignore federal law and use those frequencies. Stingrays work by intercepting phone calls (voice and meta-data) and re-routing them through their equipment. How can they tap phones without a warrant?

  16. How Apple can win on Apple Starts Assembling iPhones In India (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    A vertical supply chain, totally in house, with full automation at every step. All costs come from human labour so get rid of the humans and you can sell an Iphone for a dollar. Having all that money in the (offshore) bank means they can afford the massive cost to do this, and bury their competition.

  17. Electric car production is not even close to being able to make that many electric cars. Battery production is nowhere near sufficient. Self driving cars are still being developed. An 8 year prediction has no basis in reality, probably closer to 30 for the switch.

  18. Re:His name gives it away on UK Group Fights Arrest Over Refusing To Surrender Passwords At The Border (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Religious warfare is just politics. The people at the top are fighting for a bigger slice of the pie.

  19. Re:I'm not sure I like the idea... on Slashdot Asks: Should Businesses Switch To Biometric Passwords? (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    Wearing your password (where anyone can see it) is not secure. A physical passkey means border guards can make use of it without your consent.

  20. Re:Data ain't free. on How One Little Cable Company Exposed Telecom's Achilles' Heel (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    If the Government couldn't do it cheaper then they wouldn't be spending money to buy laws banning community internet.

  21. Backfill the tunnel with concrete. Immobilize the problem so it doesn't wash into the water table, then cover with dirt and call it a national park. Yes seriously, this crazy plan is better than what they've been doing.

  22. Avoid remote jobs on IBM: Remote Working Is Great! (For Everyone Except Us) (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If you can do the job from home, then so can a team in India working for 1/10 the price. Remote working is a job killer, avoid at all costs.

  23. 1-If you actively screen users for illegal activity then you are liable for any crime you let through. 2-ISP's won't be able to screen for copyrighted material because it's patented.

  24. Re:Who cares on US To Seek Social Media Details From Certain Visa Applicants (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Christians and Jews have learned to ignore the crazy parts of their religion. For example, most Catholics use birth control and many American lesbians are Christians.

  25. Re:Its ok, we're in the EU on Leaked Document Reveals UK Plans For Wider Internet Surveillance (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Swiss banking opened up the finance world in "creative" ways. I expect some country somewhere would be willing to be the Internet version, with solid privacy rules and VPN access from everywhere. I expect it would pay rather well.