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  1. Re:Why not simply bracelets? on This Company Embeds Microchips in Its Employees, and They Love It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Then how would this work?:

    1a) Yeah but you can't take it out yourself, can you? You need to have your employer do it for you. What if they have an issue with taking it out?

    2a) This is true. But again, as I said, take some responsibility for your secrets. They can just as easily walk with the other person up to that soda machine and use their chip.

  2. Re:Why not simply bracelets? on This Company Embeds Microchips in Its Employees, and They Love It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    What if they have an issue with taking it out?

    Then they don't have an issue with giving you a paycheck.

    If they don't want to give you money, then they have to deal with you having unobstructed access, even though you don't work there.

    You could have thought of that.

  3. Re:Why not simply bracelets? on This Company Embeds Microchips in Its Employees, and They Love It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The issue does have an element of distrust.

    I had a card that I had to display to human or machine many times a day.

    How cool would it be to just tool around without those speed bumps, especially in the cafeteria??

    The need for security and validation exists, no matter what.

    I see this more as a convenience to the employee.

  4. Re:What is the matter with on This Company Embeds Microchips in Its Employees, and They Love It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    ... when you can't even keep track of a lanyard with a badge on it.

    That's the point.

    A badge is portable.

    Embedded iRice isn't.

  5. Re:Why not simply bracelets? on This Company Embeds Microchips in Its Employees, and They Love It (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Give the user the choice to take it off.

    1.) They did.

    Two took advantage.

    2.) If they can take it off, they can give it to someone else.

  6. Arenâ(TM)t ... heâ(TM)s ...

    Lern to tipe.

  7. I agree, but I wonder about of value.

    Precisely what was crypto going for at the time of theft.

    Can theft be proven?

    Isn't crypto all about anonymity?

  8. Re:Getting news ... on Americans Don't Think the Platforms Are Doing Enough To Fight Fake News (poynter.org) · · Score: 1

    You need a beekeeper.

  9. Re:The larger point ... on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    ... biggest looser ...

  10. Pandora's box ... on Engineers Say They've Created Way To Detect Weapons Using Wi-Fi (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    ... because it will be monetized.

    "Psst ... wanna buy newer underwear?"

  11. Re:Getting news ... on Americans Don't Think the Platforms Are Doing Enough To Fight Fake News (poynter.org) · · Score: 1

    You may be right.

    Slavery set a precedent in the US and they still, despite a war and much legislation, cling to white supremacy.

    However, the "old," is not age-related.

    It's age-propagated.

  12. ... served up inside a bubble is a goddam mistake.

    The bubbles are out to make money, and they aren't concerned with diligence as much as money.

    Right now, some of my extended family are shitting their britches because their bubbles have removed Alex Jones.

    Not by way of support or that ass, but by way of providing information, I pointed out that jerk is available all over the fucking place.

    The hard part is to exit the confines of the bubble long enough to read.

    However, that's too much trouble for them.

    An easier, more satisfying approach is to stay in the bubble and bitch like hell.

    Batshit crazy people.

  13. Re:The larger point ... on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Look for a cattle rancher or a beekeeper.

  14. The larger point ... on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    ... is:

    the new machines, which are being purchased from Thruvision, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

    So, security and private shit is outsourced??

    NSA will be hiring Thruvision for data.

  15. Re:Needs approval of Comgress ... on VP Pence Lays Out Trump's Vision For Establishing a US Space Force (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump can play golf. Barely.

  16. Re:Needs approval of Comgress ... on VP Pence Lays Out Trump's Vision For Establishing a US Space Force (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Indeed.

    [July 1 2018] Trump's border wall not worth government shutdown, say lawmakers

  17. Needs approval of Comgress ... on VP Pence Lays Out Trump's Vision For Establishing a US Space Force (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    ... how's that working out for the Wall?

  18. Re:About time on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Schrödinger's cat.

  19. Re:About time on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd say Manning, but she's not a hacker. She's a copier. And Lady Gaga. Seriously?

    Snowden won't do. He's a copier as well. He didn't hack. He walked off with the stuff.

    Reality Winner is also a copycat.

    All the former Anonymous people are in jail, of course ...

    WikiLeaks is a repository; a one-way one at that.

    And you know dang well that Russia and China have no topnotch hackers. Those peeps are good and they simply embed a few strands of DNA into the code.

    The NSA can't do it because an insider gave away the keys to the store and stuff.

    Anyway, the problem has already been hired away. All that stuff is on targeted ad servers.

    That's why you are interested. They are products you never asked for.

  20. Re:About time on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, I can agree with your logic.

    I should OR the AND.

    Thanks.

  21. Re:About time on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Bob's yer uncle.

  22. Re:About time on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    OK.

    When I want expertise about honey I find in the wild, I rely on my beekeepers.

    When I want to identify fecal deposits in a pasture, I depend on local cattle ranchers.

    So, my recommendation to you (and you need it) comes from experience:

    When you don't know bullshit from wild honey, go looking for a cattle rancher and a beekeeper. ~ CaptainDork

  23. Re:About time on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    And cattle ranchers can't identify wild horse shit?

  24. Re:About time on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Certainly not towards burial costs due to GPS tracking.

  25. So the GPS blackout ... on Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ... locations get the Streisand Effect.