So you are in a third world country and are trying to plan something, communicate in a way using an existing gmail account (and you aren't concerned about the fact that those communications are hosted by Google in the US, and probably liable to warrant search, etc) -- Still want to keep your current location secret?
* Google Authenticator app works on mathematic principles and doesn't require internet access * Single use codes can be produced in advance, and used as needed
And what if you are in one of these countries and want a gmail account, but want to do so anonymously?
* Google asks for a cell phone number on account creation, but DOESN'T REQUIRE ONE (unless you want two factor auth)... hit skip
For the truly paranoid grey hat on the go? Pre-arrange an forum online somewhere (like here, or reddit, or even usenet), and post PGP using Tor:) Get the message out, the messages in, and stay truly anonymous.
Correct, in that you can set up application specific passwords to use with IMAP clients... Harder to get them to work with Tor, and less secure then a two factor authentication method.
"Are you looking at saggy tribal titties again, Anon?"
"No, mommy, I'm looking at -fap fap fap- the Aral Sea."
Of course that only lasted until I discovered you could subscribe your parents to magazines without them knowing and the Victoria Secrets started showing up.
I know it will make me lose my conspiracy license, and please don't take this as any kind of positive endorsement of Comcast... but fact checking a bit, the "Comcast won't let me use Tor" lobby seems to be based on a blog post based on some reddit post that they read (though not linking the source, if you can call a reddit commenter a source) -- The other article is from BuisnessWeek, and quotes Comcast Blog Post themselves:
"We have no policy against Tor, or any other browser or software. Customers are free to use their Xfinity Internet service to visit any website, use any app, and so forth."
So... until Comcast gives me a call and says I have to stop, or until they change their public statement (which I would use to defend my position should I receive such a call)... Sounds dubious?
1. Decide your position 2. When findings are presented that call into question your position, find any flaw with said findings. Preferably one that can't be verified. 3. Present flaw as proof that the findings are not only invalid, but through being invalidated prove your position
Despite the research it doesn't seem conclusive that man made "Costal Change" is anything other than a liberal misinformation conspiracy. Yes, some beach ridges have vanished or eroded, but the same thing happened during natural ice ages.
It's a tough issue. As a tech worker in the Valley, I came here knowing I'd be moving into an area with one of the highest costs of living in the US. At the same time, I came in after a job that had a salary that was way above where I moved from. The people in SF are pissed because they were there during the tech market down turns when cost of living was lower, and now the influx of new jobs and economic prosperity means that the rent is going up as well. What's the alternative? Hiring freeze here in the valley? Export jobs to Arizona? Make them all live in Sunnyvale? (What about the people who live there and pay rent?). Shut down the busses and the SF workers will move back to the valley, which is already one of the most population dense areas in the US. Where the cheapest 60 year old 3 bedroom home you can find is ALREADY over 1/2 million dollars? I live in that house. And I know my neighbors don't want a huge influx happening any more then the folks in San Francisco. I guess the truth of the matter is... Deal with it, it's how the system works here. You want a cheap house and a low paying job that can afford it? Move to Vegas. You want an opportunity to live in the beautiful bay? Work hard, hand out resumes, and get a job in SV. Everybody resists change, especially if it doesn't benefit them, but change does and will happen, the wise choice here is to adapt, and only support the systems that you agree with.
BTW, I totally support taxing the corporate bus routes for using the public bus stops in SF, and utilizing that money to improve SF's crappy public transit system. Wouldn't be a need for so many buses if Caltrain wasn't so damn expensive, or ran more frequently.
It might also have to be a sustained disruption. I've messed with timing signals on a car before and they sputter and gag, but only if the signal is messed up for a sustained period do they die. Pistons will keep pumping even through a few misfires...
http://www.wcl.american.edu/lawandgov/cgs/about.cfm#scorecard -- Kind of a useless measurement if it's not comparative, but there is LOTS of data there, and most of it indicates that despite the fact that the NSA spying programs were "revealed" during Obama's administration (they existed for Bush too!) -- There are good signs that the government is taking steps towards better transparency as promised, and progress in this area has been ongoing, making the "most transparent" statement a true one, but leaving a long way to go to be desired.
1. "sky-high support fees" -- 9 straight wins in JD Powers customer satisfaction surveys, free support 2. "snaky sales pitches" -- Apple doesn't hard sell? Not really appropriate. 3. "bait-and-switch" -- Bought iPhone... got iPhone? (?) 4. "Failure to patch Java Holes" -- Well, they have stopped including Java with OSX because of the security holes, so I guess that counts as "Patching"
Or conning people into using Chrome in the hopes they will find a nice bug and collect the bounty.
With around 40% (or more) of the internet using Google Chrome, and around 2 billion individual internet users, we can round down and say that google chrome has around 700 million users.
I'm sure that at best the bug program might encourage 1000 security researchers (who weren't already using chrome) to use chrome...
So Google's "Con" would be to give away thousands of dollars in hopes of increasing their install base by 0.00001%
Or... they are simply "giving researchers more incentive"
So, right now the ratio of people who have trouble conceiving (a very delicate biological process) is 1 in 7... How do you think it will change when those 1 in 7 are now able to continue to propagate their genes into the gene pool? How many generations until natural birth will be no longer possible for most people, and we're all being born out of tubes...
Slashdot Mirror
Appropriate that you share the link HTTPS :)
So you are in a third world country and are trying to plan something, communicate in a way using an existing gmail account (and you aren't concerned about the fact that those communications are hosted by Google in the US, and probably liable to warrant search, etc) -- Still want to keep your current location secret?
* Google Authenticator app works on mathematic principles and doesn't require internet access
* Single use codes can be produced in advance, and used as needed
And what if you are in one of these countries and want a gmail account, but want to do so anonymously?
* Google asks for a cell phone number on account creation, but DOESN'T REQUIRE ONE (unless you want two factor auth)... hit skip
For the truly paranoid grey hat on the go? Pre-arrange an forum online somewhere (like here, or reddit, or even usenet), and post PGP using Tor :) Get the message out, the messages in, and stay truly anonymous.
Correct, in that you can set up application specific passwords to use with IMAP clients... Harder to get them to work with Tor, and less secure then a two factor authentication method.
"Are you looking at saggy tribal titties again, Anon?"
"No, mommy, I'm looking at -fap fap fap- the Aral Sea."
Of course that only lasted until I discovered you could subscribe your parents to magazines without them knowing and the Victoria Secrets started showing up.
Ban "Assault Lathes"!
Lathes don't kill people. People using lathes kill people.
Nevermind the military coup, the rampant government sanctioned underaged sex trade, the sky high rate of AIDS in the country...
Let's spend $100,000 on a machine to help settle a food authenticity debate.
I know it will make me lose my conspiracy license, and please don't take this as any kind of positive endorsement of Comcast... but fact checking a bit, the "Comcast won't let me use Tor" lobby seems to be based on a blog post based on some reddit post that they read (though not linking the source, if you can call a reddit commenter a source) -- The other article is from BuisnessWeek, and quotes Comcast Blog Post themselves:
"We have no policy against Tor, or any other browser or software. Customers are free to use their Xfinity Internet service to visit any website, use any app, and so forth."
So... until Comcast gives me a call and says I have to stop, or until they change their public statement (which I would use to defend my position should I receive such a call)... Sounds dubious?
1. Decide your position
2. When findings are presented that call into question your position, find any flaw with said findings. Preferably one that can't be verified.
3. Present flaw as proof that the findings are not only invalid, but through being invalidated prove your position
Despite the research it doesn't seem conclusive that man made "Costal Change" is anything other than a liberal misinformation conspiracy. Yes, some beach ridges have vanished or eroded, but the same thing happened during natural ice ages.
Only in Risk.
It's a tough issue. As a tech worker in the Valley, I came here knowing I'd be moving into an area with one of the highest costs of living in the US. At the same time, I came in after a job that had a salary that was way above where I moved from. The people in SF are pissed because they were there during the tech market down turns when cost of living was lower, and now the influx of new jobs and economic prosperity means that the rent is going up as well. What's the alternative? Hiring freeze here in the valley? Export jobs to Arizona? Make them all live in Sunnyvale? (What about the people who live there and pay rent?). Shut down the busses and the SF workers will move back to the valley, which is already one of the most population dense areas in the US. Where the cheapest 60 year old 3 bedroom home you can find is ALREADY over 1/2 million dollars? I live in that house. And I know my neighbors don't want a huge influx happening any more then the folks in San Francisco. I guess the truth of the matter is... Deal with it, it's how the system works here. You want a cheap house and a low paying job that can afford it? Move to Vegas. You want an opportunity to live in the beautiful bay? Work hard, hand out resumes, and get a job in SV. Everybody resists change, especially if it doesn't benefit them, but change does and will happen, the wise choice here is to adapt, and only support the systems that you agree with.
BTW, I totally support taxing the corporate bus routes for using the public bus stops in SF, and utilizing that money to improve SF's crappy public transit system. Wouldn't be a need for so many buses if Caltrain wasn't so damn expensive, or ran more frequently.
It might also have to be a sustained disruption. I've messed with timing signals on a car before and they sputter and gag, but only if the signal is messed up for a sustained period do they die. Pistons will keep pumping even through a few misfires...
My plan is almost complete! MUAHAHAHA
http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/image-of-James-bond-spaceships.png
ALT - (Photo is from James Bond, US Space ship getting eaten by Spectre ship in an attempt at starting world war)
Hey it is the most transparent administration in history!
It just says more about previous administrations than anything else.
“Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried.”
http://www.wcl.american.edu/lawandgov/cgs/about.cfm#scorecard -- Kind of a useless measurement if it's not comparative, but there is LOTS of data there, and most of it indicates that despite the fact that the NSA spying programs were "revealed" during Obama's administration (they existed for Bush too!) -- There are good signs that the government is taking steps towards better transparency as promised, and progress in this area has been ongoing, making the "most transparent" statement a true one, but leaving a long way to go to be desired.
Here is the old page on the way back machine if you want to see it -- http://web.archive.org/web/20130806180833/http://www.internet.org/
Are you talking about Oracle or Apple?
1. "sky-high support fees" -- 9 straight wins in JD Powers customer satisfaction surveys, free support
2. "snaky sales pitches" -- Apple doesn't hard sell? Not really appropriate.
3. "bait-and-switch" -- Bought iPhone... got iPhone? (?)
4. "Failure to patch Java Holes" -- Well, they have stopped including Java with OSX because of the security holes, so I guess that counts as "Patching"
Or conning people into using Chrome in the hopes they will find a nice bug and collect the bounty.
With around 40% (or more) of the internet using Google Chrome, and around 2 billion individual internet users, we can round down and say that google chrome has around 700 million users.
I'm sure that at best the bug program might encourage 1000 security researchers (who weren't already using chrome) to use chrome...
So Google's "Con" would be to give away thousands of dollars in hopes of increasing their install base by 0.00001%
Or... they are simply "giving researchers more incentive"
Wouldn't you rather play a nice game of Chess?
http://www.globalthermonuclearwar.net/launch/index.html
Relevant link (god I suck at this - http://www.geekandproud.net/terror/)
In other news, threat condition is still Bert / Ernie.
Too big to fail?
So, right now the ratio of people who have trouble conceiving (a very delicate biological process) is 1 in 7... How do you think it will change when those 1 in 7 are now able to continue to propagate their genes into the gene pool? How many generations until natural birth will be no longer possible for most people, and we're all being born out of tubes...
Booty is i
Gag me with a spoon.