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  1. Re:And they call it on MS Researchers Develop Acoustic Data Transfer System For Phones · · Score: 2

    Well, sure, but don't the font developers ever check this stuff out, by, for example, looking at real words on real displays? Just imagine how confusing this could be to a copying machine.

  2. could be a cause rather than a consequence on Dyslexia Seen In Brain Scans of Pre-School Children · · Score: 1

    NFS. Who ever thought otherwise? Oh, maybe some researchers scamming your tax money.

  3. Whoosh! on Obama on Surveillance: "We Can and Must Be More Transparent" · · Score: 1

    Mitreya was referring to the *other* branches of government, i.e., the Legislative branch and the Judicial branch, plus the 4th branch (investigative reporting). Alas, *NONE* of those other branches are doing their fracking job!

  4. Re:this doesn't amount to wiretapping you on Training Materials for NSA Spying Tool "XKeyScore" Revealed · · Score: 1
    Assuming the infrastructure is in place (which it is), a phone line can be tapped in about 30 seconds max via remote access, and then one can instantly start listening remotely.

    This is not to say that all lines are constantly tapped because they are not. But they will be capable of such in the next few years when all telephony traffic is going over VOIP.

    Snowden was not lying about this capability.

    All of the 'discussion' in D.C. regarding the telephony metadata is just a distraction, to keep the public from seeing the VOIP and Internet tap issue.

  5. Re:Now on GPS Spoofing With $3000 Worth of Equipment and a Laptop · · Score: 1

    Then you don't let them on the ship with a laptop and antenna.

  6. Re:Worth a look on MS Handed NSA Access To Encrypted Chat & Email · · Score: 2

    Lots of congresscritters, and more obviously, the DOJ. The DOJ has continually went the wrong direction now for decades. Blackmail explains a lot.

  7. Re:It's really about multiplexing on HTTP 2.0 Will Be a Binary Protocol · · Score: 1

    Maybe it is to make DPI easier.

  8. How about a sixth eye? Sweden on US Spies Have "Security Agreements" With Foreign Telecoms · · Score: 1
  9. This appears close to the description on US Spies Have "Security Agreements" With Foreign Telecoms · · Score: 4, Informative
  10. 3rd Amendment violation on NSA Recruitment Drive Goes Horribly Wrong · · Score: 2
  11. Stolen tags on British Airways Set To Bring Luggage Tags Into the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Ripe for problems.

  12. Gravitational lensing on Mystery Intergalactic Radio Bursts Detected · · Score: 1

    Can explain it, there does not have to be anything at the apparent location.

  13. carrot or stick US MILGOV is issuing on Bolivian President's Plane 'Rerouted Over Snowden Suspicions' · · Score: 1

    Carrot: a billion dollar bounty
    Stick: threat of military force

  14. Re:why? on ICANN Set To Broaden World of Domain Names · · Score: 1

    Has .edu become untrustable?

  15. Not by hanging out here on Ask Slashdot: How Will You Update Your Technical Skills Inventory This Summer? · · Score: 1

    A decade ago was better.

  16. Last spotted in ... on Wikileaks Aiding Snowden - Chinese Social Media Divided - Relations Strained · · Score: 1

    Antartica. A little birdy told me. Tweet! Tweet! Oh wait, maybe it was Viet Nam.

  17. Re:Done us all a favor on Wikileaks Aiding Snowden - Chinese Social Media Divided - Relations Strained · · Score: 1

    Apparently, only about 50% of mercuns were not clued in. The bad part is that they still want to believe in big brother.

  18. Hong Kong SAR press release on Edward Snowden on Edward Snowden Leaves Hong Kong · · Score: 2
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    The HKSAR Government today (June 23) issued the following statement on Mr Edward Snowden:

    Mr Edward Snowden left Hong Kong today (June 23) on his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel.

    The US Government earlier on made a request to the HKSAR Government for the issue of a provisional warrant of arrest against Mr Snowden. Since the documents provided by the US Government did not fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law, the HKSAR Government has requested the US Government to provide additional information so that the Department of Justice could consider whether the US Government's request can meet the relevant legal conditions. As the HKSAR Government has yet to have sufficient information to process the request for provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict Mr Snowden from leaving Hong Kong.

    The HKSAR Government has already informed the US Government of Mr Snowden's departure.

    Meanwhile, the HKSAR Government has formally written to the US Government requesting clarification on earlier reports about the hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by US government agencies. The HKSAR Government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong.

    Ends/Sunday, June 23, 2013
    Issued at HKT 16:05

  19. Re:Why is it a sealed criminal complaint? on US Charges Edward Snowden With Espionage · · Score: 1
    Front page was leaked apparently.

    Link

    Not much there.

  20. Re:Bogus argument on Are You Sure This Is the Source Code? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but. Still a massive troll article.

  21. Re:Bugs in Windows? Unthinkable! on Microsoft Launches $100k Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 2

    May as well make it look like NSA is not paying millions per sploit.

  22. Re:why not just publish them? on Google Files First Amendment Challenge Against FISA Gag Order · · Score: 1

    There is no jury box at SCOTUS. Nor at FISC for that matter.

  23. Re:Uhm Yeah on Google Files First Amendment Challenge Against FISA Gag Order · · Score: 1

    That would speed things up a wee bit.

  24. ex-CIA Director David Petraeus on Officials Say NSA Probed Fewer Than 300 Numbers - Broke Plots In 20 Nations · · Score: 1
    How do *you* think he was caught? Link

    Cover story or accurate?

  25. They can not keep their talking points straight, so they keep changing them. Complex lies are difficult to communicate.