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  1. Re:modern poly has sensors for countermeasures on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 2

    Other popular countermeasures (or ordinary calming techniques) like deep cleansing breaths, etc. are also going to result in the examiner flunking you.

    So someone who is uncomfortable with the process is going to fail every time.

  2. Re:No sympathy here on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    you work for a fascist enterprise that's focused on prosecuting political crimes.

    I like living in a country where political crimes are prosecuted. Why don't you?

  3. Re:Why should these accusations carry any weight? on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    This sort of "presumed guilt" bullshit has a long history of prejudicial application via the implicit biases of the glorified chimps doing the evaluation

    It's the Salem witch trials all over again, with a different kind of "witchcraft"

  4. Re:Why does the FBI continue to engage in witchcra on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    Since most people don't have access to a polygraph, this means that polygraphs actually work pretty well most of the time, on most people.

    How exactly do you sort out the people who have trained from those who have not? Do you hook them up to a polygraph to get the answer?

  5. Re:Why does the FBI continue to engage in witchcra on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 2

    if someone is nervous that their lies are going to be detected they will potentially show other visible signs in behavior or answering of questions

    or it could be a nervous system disorder

    or they could be freaking out because their 14 year old daughter has discovered sex

    or any one of a hundred other things that make people worry or get nervous

  6. Re:Why does the FBI continue to engage in witchcra on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    which would make one believe he had a reason for attempting to evade it.

    Did you see the word "alleged" up there? You can say anything you want in a press release. For reference read the copious police reports of "resisting arrest" that end up as bullshit. Nobody but the parties involved has any clue about what actually happened.

  7. Re:Why does the FBI continue to engage in witchcra on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    Even if that "someone" is a veteran FBI agent? Don't think so.

    I said "could" for a reason, instead of "will"

  8. Re:Why does the FBI continue to engage in witchcra on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 2

    hooking someone up to a machine with wires is a good way to scare the crap out of them, the "polygraph" machine could be an empty box.

  9. they should give him a raise instead on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 2

    He found vulnerabilities in our intelligence-gathering.

    How many other people have tricked the FBI? There is no way to tell. With his data they can try to figure out if other polygraph interviews have been "tainted" by a skillful victim.

  10. Re:And that's why you don't trust apps initially on Apple Cleaning Up App Store After Its First Major Attack · · Score: 1

    How easy is that to do for someone other than the developer of the mail app?

    what if the developer IS developing a mail app?

  11. Re:And that's why you don't trust apps initially on Apple Cleaning Up App Store After Its First Major Attack · · Score: 1

    because as a developer builds an app, they are often monitoring network traffic or otherwise examining app activity

    if (strcmp(username, "suckerDeveloper")) {
        do_nasty_stuff();
    }

    the app won't do anything differently when it's running on the developer's computer

  12. Re:And that's why you don't trust apps initially on Apple Cleaning Up App Store After Its First Major Attack · · Score: 1

    So even if someone uses an Xcode that is compromised, there's not very much gain you are going to get by having malicious code in the app except for what that app is working with.

    how about adding an extra hidden recipient to all your emails? there's no way any security system is going to stop that.

    how about a bank app that transfers money to the malware author instead of the intended recipient? again how do you stop that with security?

  13. Re:Most ad blockers are a reflexive overreaction on AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment · · Score: 1

    but penalizing sites that use them responsibly is horrible.

    A perfectly competent and well-run web site can still be hosting malware from third-party web sites.

  14. Re:Bullshit headline on AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment · · Score: 4, Informative

    The problem is that having shit available for others on the internet costs money. Your options are a pay-wall or ads.

    NO, there are other alternatives

    you can sell stuff from your web site
    you can host your own ads that won't be blocked
    if you have a brick and mortar presence then the website will direct customers to your store
    you can do it out of the kindness of your heart (if you have the money)
    you can ask for donations from your dedicated fans

    I'm sure there are many more ways to have a web site pay for itself.

  15. Re:What's the point of that last sentence? on AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment · · Score: 2

    Nobody's forcing you to click on clickbait ads. Read the text, don't blindly click on pictures.

    You do have to download them. If you're browsing from a phone, you are paying for the ads even if you ignore them.

  16. Re:Time for a Reader's Charter on AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment · · Score: 1

    Web publishers should get together to make a "Reader's Charter" that pledges to stop clickbait and intrusive ads.

    and remove their #1 source of income? those are the ads that pay the best. why oh why would they do that?

  17. Re:Move and die! on AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment · · Score: 1

    Any ad that make a site to perform badly or change the page layout in an unsual way should be ban in first place by the website owner.

    You do realize that the ads are coming from a third party and the webmaster really doesn't have a lot of control over this.

  18. Re:Move and die! on AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Adblocking would never have become a thing if they had stuck to image only banner ads and such and never introduced 'punch the monkey' type ads.

    I think ad-delivered malware probably plays a role too.

  19. Re:23% of the company on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    I have yet to see a study which shows that this actually produces less pollution

    https://www.dieselnet.com/standards/

  20. Re:23% of the company on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    the original point I was making is that VW has been selling questionable cars for many decades

  21. Re:Many Nations on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1, Informative

    I would assume that numerous nations

    why would you assume this? USA has the most stringent diesel emissions requirements on the planet, these cars are probably perfectly legal in other parts of the world.

  22. Re:23% of the company on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    http://www.volksworld.com/tech-guides/technical-information/air-cooled-vw-engine-oil-system-31531

    "it took 40 years, and the advent of the so-called Type 4 engine, for VW to include a proper oil filter system in its design."

  23. Re:23% of the company on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 3

    According to the previous article about this, the cars are still LEGAL, they are just nowhere near as clean as they claim. It's not a "clean" or "dirty" question, all cars are dirty to a certain extent.

    they are only legal because the alternative would be chaos

  24. Re:Off the roads, now! on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    If there was a button in the car where they could push "better mileage, worse emissions" I'd bet most of them would have pushed it.

    if the button told the truth and said "markedly reduced engine life" would people still be pushing it?

  25. Re:Will other automakers sue VW? on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    I still owe more than it is worth.

    this is why it's profoundly stupid to buy a new car