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  1. Re:And she gets away with it... on The FBI Recommends Not To Indict Hillary Clinton For Email Misconduct (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Of course she gets away with it. The Clintons are running a vast worldwide criminal enterprise where money talks and even hints of prosecution would result in financial ruin and death threats. Clintons don't go to jail. Just wait and you'll hear nothing from the FBI career investigators---they've been silenced.

  2. Everybody wants China to control your home on Security Researcher Gets Threats Over Amazon Review (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Right! I'm sure this is exactly what everybody wants. You are away from home and need to turn on a device in your home so you issue the command via a phone app. And everybody wants these commands being routed through China, right? Betcha China would love to get these gadgets installed in the Pentagon. Anyway the fiasco of incredibly lame security implementations in iOT continues unabated. How long before NSA decides to turn off your iOT connected toothbrush or pacemaker?

  3. Re:I'm assuming this would be "extremist"... on Google and Facebook May Be Suppressing 'Extremist' Speech With Copyright Scanners (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Add Pro-Trump..

  4. Lost or purposely deleted? on Air Force Has Lost 100,000 Inspector General Records (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Delete on purpose to hide IG findings or are Hillary's server guys moonlighting?

  5. Makes you wonder what spyware FB has in "Moments" on Facebook Threatens To Delete Users' Photos If They Don't Install Moments app (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You can bet that if FB is forcing this issue then they have some kind of spyware in it. Facial recognition, anyone? Glad I'm not on FB. I encourage all my friends to vacate NSA's premise, err...I mean FB.

  6. "All your bases are belong to us!"

  7. Re:This... on Senate Bill Draft Would Prohibit Unbreakable Encryption (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Feinstein has been on the wrong side of almost every bill I've seen her on. She's 82 and needs to retire.

  8. Re:Must have something to hide on The FBI Director Puts Tape Over His Webcam (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Very few people will agree with that argument. Anyway, I too have a piece of tape over my webcam.

  9. Daddy should call Cellebrite.

  10. Big shock to iOS Users on Users Find Renting a Movie On iTunes Frees Up Space On iPhone, iPad · · Score: 1

    Golly it must be shocking for these newbees to find out that those relatively cheap 16GB iDevices don't hold much data. Surprise! Surprise! And no wonder Apple is moving to 128GB. Glad the streaming solution is being realized by many--great if you don't have data caps. You know what they say: "Mo memory, mo betta!"

  11. Re:Great News? on Amazon.com Now Bans USB Type-C Cables That Aren't Up To Spec (google.com) · · Score: 2

    So many have been stung by those El Cheapo Cables (me included!) that Amazon's move is most welcome. Now who is testing these cables and telling Amazon whether they meet spec and go on the white lit or don't meet spec and get de-listed?

  12. Re:Cupertinto better get busy! on FBI Unlocks iPhone Without Apple's Help In San Bernadino Case (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    So they got lucky and hit the 4 digit pin before the auto-wipeout? I don't wee what difference it makes if you have a 4 or 5 digit pin--they still have to guess correctly before the counter hits 10 and wipes out the phone.

  13. Cupertinto better get busy! on FBI Unlocks iPhone Without Apple's Help In San Bernadino Case (recode.net) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Apple cannot be happy about this. Users, of which I am one, am not happy about this. Apple needs to up their game. NOW.

  14. Re:FBI is a victim of the All Writs Act. on FBI Delays Case Against Apple; May Have Way To Break Phone (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    As I understand the possible FBI scheme is to keep replacing the NAND chip which contains the counter - 10 tries after which the chip erases the iPhone - by first cloning that chip, testing a code, then replacing the chip with a fresh one with the counter still at 10...theoretically this would work.....if they can work through all the 1,000,000 possible combinations.

  15. Re:Too late on The Internet of Things Is a Surveillance Nightmare (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe worth it to SOME. I've boycotted iOT devices and will continue to do so until high security has been adopted as industry standard. No, I'm not holding my breath. Where I live we've got a lot of tech-savvy criminals and I won't give them the iOT edge.

  16. Yes, we're all shocked! What was everybody thinking? That they used Phones? These people are crazy, not stupid.

  17. Re:FBI is a victim of the All Writs Act. on FBI Delays Case Against Apple; May Have Way To Break Phone (threatpost.com) · · Score: 2

    I still doubt they've cracked the iPhone....seems like a delaying tactic of the FBI since they're realized Apple's case is pretty strong and has a lot of support.

  18. Re:Uh, just pay extra on Millionaires: Raise Our Taxes To Address Poverty, Fix Roads (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Yah, just pay extra! Everybody knows where the revenue of a tax increase would go. But then that's the same place that the "just pay extra" money goes: More boondogles and wars and **NOTHING** to help the poor.

  19. First time Twitter Censorship? on Did Twitter Exec Censor #WhichHillary In Advance of Sunday Fundraiser, Key Primary? (dailykos.com) · · Score: 1

    Not even close! Twitter has a political agenda going on many fronts. Just see what Twitter censorship looks like in Europe!

  20. Not so Nice...and.... on Iranian App Helps Users Avoid Morality Police (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Next the poor Iranians will have to have an app to avoid the Thought Police.

  21. Great Classic Cars on Preserving Cuba's Classic Cars (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    You'll see these classic cars all over Havana. They are often used as taxi's and are fun to ride in. Most owners take great pride in maintaining them, too. These guys were hacking these cars before the word came to mean what it does today---they had to learn to improvise since they couldn't get parts. (You should see what they do for TV antennas!) Most of the modern cars you see there are Chinese.

  22. Re:prior art? on Microsoft Patents A Modular PC With Stackable Components (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been building PC's since the mid 80's with the above mentioned components. So what's to happen now, Microsoft going to try and sue everybody who builds their own PC's? "Prior Art" isn't going let this fly.....we'll need to see that patent.

  23. The Best Reason Not to Buy a Samsung Smart TV on Samsung Warns Customers To Think Twice About What They Say Near Smart TVs (theantimedia.org) · · Score: 2

    Yes, folks, it's not only NSA reading your email, but your iOT devices, and your TV are spying on you. Samsung has got tons of well deserved negative publicity for this and also because this spying could not be disabled. Anyone suspect that Apple TV with Siri does the same thing? It won't belong before iOT enabled toasters and toothbrushes will be telling NSA why kind bread you toast and the brand of toothpaste you use. I solved this problem by disabling voice commands on all my devices and using Snort with pfSense to block all these devices from calling home. Yes, it makes by devices dumber....but more secure. By the way, this works great with Win10, too. So if you can't disable this spying within the device itself, it seems like an external gatekeeper is the only solution.

  24. Re: This H1-B Visa stuff has got to stop. on Hertz Is Pulling a Disney · · Score: 1

    Well, I don't really disagree with this. So where should the re-think take place?

  25. This H1-B Visa stuff has got to stop. on Hertz Is Pulling a Disney · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This H1-B visa is being vastly abused by big companies. Time for congress to step back and rethink.