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  1. Re:Formulaic problem ... on Facebook's WhatsApp Has an Encrypted Child Porn Problem (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Until then, it's wack-a-mole.

    Or you could say it's garbage collection. You don't want that shit to pile up everywhere.

    Anyway, unless we can prove the admins are reading the chats, we don't have much to worry about. Though it doesn't hurt to assume the worst, considering what we know about the spies.

  2. Re:Doesn't WhatsApp have "end to end encryption?" on Facebook's WhatsApp Has an Encrypted Child Porn Problem (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    the encrypted part literally has nothing to do with it.

    Yes, but the idea is to make encryption look evil, that it aids and abets criminals and must be banned. The "kiddie porn" angle is to draw eyeballs and provoke outrage. The government has been hammering on this for decades, trying to pry open private communications.

  3. Re:It's encrypted on Facebook's WhatsApp Has an Encrypted Child Porn Problem (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because the object of the article is to vilify encryption so the public demands that it be outlawed. It's a pretty old trick

  4. from Facebook

  5. Re:If our ISPs would let us on We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    All you need is a static IP and register what ever name you would like and you are in business.

    :-) You didn't mention how much all that costs. If I remember right, static IPs don't come cheap. Our phones have static phone numbers. Come to think of it, why can't that be our IP address?

  6. Re:If our ISPs would let us on We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Facebook's singular fault is its popularity. There nothing wrong with them that we can't fix by staying away and blocking their trackers at our end. Content is our problem. The service provider is the gatekeeper we have to work around.

  7. Re:If our ISPs would let us on We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    He still got reelected. Voters gotta speak up!

  8. Re:If our ISPs would let us on We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    Oh god! You have a Subaru?

    The government is in the voters' image. It is what they make it.

  9. Re:If our ISPs would let us on We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You do security at your endpoint. Don't worry about other people's.

  10. If our ISPs would let us on We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    more people would have their own personal site. Those Raspberry Pis are perfect for it. But I believe most contracts prohibit you from operating a server. This is yet another reason we must demand that ISPs be given common carrier status.

  11. Re:What happened to the promise of a 4 hour workda on Burnout, Stress Lead More Companies To Try a Four-Day Work Week (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    4 hour workday?

    Died with nuclear power...

  12. For best performance and morale on Burnout, Stress Lead More Companies To Try a Four-Day Work Week (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You need the 6 hour workday. 5 days is okay, 4 is better. Gives a bit more time for conjugal visits at home

  13. Is this a *shoot the messenger* moment?

  14. Re:Other interesting statistics on 2018 Statistic of the Year: 90.5 Percent of Plastic Waste Has Never Been Recycled (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alternately, 3/4 of all producers could be turned into Soylent green with zero negative impact to society.

    Yeah, except for all the saturated fats and cholesterol and alcohol and antidepressants/opioids in their system that you'll be consuming. They should call it Soylent yellowish brown.

  15. Re:Other interesting statistics on 2018 Statistic of the Year: 90.5 Percent of Plastic Waste Has Never Been Recycled (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    they also intended the use of them to be regulated and not just for lone-wolf ownership and application.

    On the contrary. It recognizes the lone wolf's right to have his gun, and for him to form a well regulated militia in order to protect a free state, without a government permit. They didn't exactly define "well regulated". It must have been self evident back in those days. You know, that, and other words like "reasonable" and "speedy" (especially that one, when internet lag was really serious, ping times measured in weeks/months).

  16. 40% of Russian men dead before 65 on 2018 Statistic of the Year: 90.5 Percent of Plastic Waste Has Never Been Recycled (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    That's a pretty heavy drinking problem, eh? Or is it from the stress of working so hard to force the Americans to vote for Trump?

    Since we're baiting people:
    I would like to know what percentage of Slashdotters still vote GOP/DNC...

  17. Re:Devil's Advocate / Semi-serious question on Tumblr Blocked Archivists Just Before Starting the NSFW Content Purge (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    Too bad the ruling went that way. I can understand the bandwidth issues of an archiver sucking it all up, but there are no other legitimate complaints. CL should have been required to get a restraining order from the court. And tumblr can just throtle their upload speeds after someone like an archiver goes past a set data cap. We should restrict the CFAA to sites that require a user login.

  18. safe from hacking or eavesdropping? on Researchers Demonstrate Teleportation Using On-Demand Photons From Quantum Dots (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Then we'll never have it... I kid I kid... When do we get the countertop unit?

  19. Public/private is irrelevant. My point is when you step outside, you are not *declining to be scanned*. Cameras are everywhere.

    And you can save your breath with that "private property" nonsense. It's a tiresome cliche that has no meaning here. When the owners act as an agent of the government we should put them under the same legal restraints.

  20. Sorry, that's sold separately

  21. Re:You could try not using it as much on Turning Off Facebook Location Tracking Doesn't Stop It From Tracking Your Location (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    You hardly need to download anything to be tracked. The phone does it on its own. You cannot turn off location tracking without turning off your phone and removing the battery.

  22. In this case, one can lead to the other. It is stalking. And you don't even need to use facebook. They get the info from Google

  23. Walk around in a Guy Fawkes mask?

    Yes, maybe, but for more formal occasions, I would suggest something more subtle

  24. Re:1984 and George Orwell were from the UK on UK Police Are Testing Facial Recognition on Christmas Shoppers in London this Week (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    All bets are off. You don't own any part of yourself, especially after it becomes detached. Can you have your arm stuffed and mounted on the wall after it's been amputated? You are medical waste. Don't take that personally. The majority is okay with this. Just, you know, "decline to be scanned"

  25. And this is possible how exactly?

    By staying inside your home I guess...