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  1. Re: not lying on Zuckerberg: Facebook Doesn't Use Your Mic For Ad Targeting (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The NSA, however, DOES listen to everything , records and archives everything, for purposes a lot more sinister than just advertising

  2. No matter what the details of any such legislation, you and I both know it wonâ(TM)t matter one damn to the NSA

  3. Time for someone to set up a hidden service marketplace for consensual adult sex work, and for sex workers and their clients to learn about Tor

  4. Re: And then a hero comes along on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    On the UW-Madison campus, Tripp Hall is one of the Lake Shore Dorms. I will simply note that my major was Chemical Engineering, and let you figure out the rest of this story ;)

  5. I bet anything it was... on KeepVid Site No Longer Allows Users To 'Keep' Videos (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Google trying to get more $$$ from the flailing YouTube Red

  6. Re: ludicrously and patently unconstitutional on Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 1

    All good points. All reasons why I moved to New Hampshire. Best decision ever.

  7. Re: Bitcoin on More Wall Street Pundits Caution Against Investing In Bitcoins (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Ripple scales orders of magnitude better than Bitcoin. Txns take under 5 seconds and fees are less than a penny

  8. Re: Of course they do... on More Wall Street Pundits Caution Against Investing In Bitcoins (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... which is why there is Monero

  9. Re: Better yet... on Warren Buffett Predicts 'Bad Ending' for Cryptocurrencies (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Ripple XRP. Transaction cost is hundredths of a penny; confirmation time is less than 5 seconds. Used by MoneyGram and numerous other financial institutions for cross-border payments

  10. Re: We in the West... on 12 Days In Xinjiang - China's Surveillance State (business-standard.com) · · Score: 2

    If this stuff concerns you, you might want to join us. We stopped Real-ID, our DMV is required to honor our requests not to include our SSN, home address, or photo, and a zillion things more. Free State Project

  11. Re: When *police* are in danger? on Your Phone May Send You 'Blue Alerts' To Warn You When Local Police Are In Danger (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    Such an app already exists: Cell411

  12. Re: I Blame Connectivity on 'The Year That Software Bugs Ate the World' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh God this. And this is why I will never buy IoT appliances while "dumb" ones are an option. And why I will never spend one penny on the monstrosity IOTA

  13. Blockchain to the rescue! on US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they should publish the material on a censor-proof blockchain like LBRY https://lbry.io/

  14. Re: The jig is simple. on Bitcoin Smashes Past $7,000 For the First Time (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin's use for illicit transactions is rapidly declining, and being replaced by secure encrypted blockchains like Monero http://getmonero.org/

  15. No way. Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. At most there is pricing pressure.

  16. 'nuff said

  17. Re: Officially Freaked Out on How the NSA Identified Satoshi Nakamoto (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the video link. Interesting research

  18. Re: This is what happens when you can't raise taxe on A 'Netflix Tax'? Yes, and It's Already a Thing in Some States (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    One person voting doesn't help much. Hell, one person getting into office doesn't help much. But THOUSANDS of activists and DOZENS of people getting themselves elected, in one small state? You bet your ass that's making a difference http://freestateproject.org/

  19. Re: And in other news on FBI Says Islamic State Used eBay, PayPal To Channel Money To the US (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Strat, your logic is ironclad. So... when are you coming home to New Hampshire? ;)

  20. Re: Wait... on It Is Easy To Expose Users' Secret Web Habits, Say Researchers (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A toast attributed to Benjamin Franklin: "To our wives and mistresses... may they never meet."

  21. Re: Monumental OpSec mistakes on Authorities Take Down Hansa Dark Web Market, Confirm AlphaBay Takedown (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    So AlphaBay got taken down same way as Silk Road: admin used clearnet email address on darnet site. Fine. But how did they locate the Hansa servers? Article linked in TFA said the authorities determined Hansa servers were in Lithuania. How?!?!

  22. Yup. Crap like this is why I moved to New Hampshire, with thousands of other freedom activists.

  23. Re: Okay, but someone wrote the algorithm on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    You know what's really chilling? You both are making logically sensible points, but you are comfortable posting under an account linked to your IRL self, and the Trump supporter had to hide behind AC, quite possibly for his personal safety. It is not only right-wing regimes that disappear people in the night; there's a reason Orwell called it "INGSOC"

  24. Re: Okay, but someone wrote the algorithm on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 0

    Nonsense. If Obama can get the Peace Prize and bomb Syria, I'm pretty sure Trump can bomb Syria and at least hold on to office.

  25. Re: JS "programmers" are too incompetent for that on Will WebAssembly Replace JavaScript? (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    Parent is the best post I've seen on Slashdot in a long time. Kudos. Word. Also, Perl6 is the language the Web *should* have used