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  1. How about slashdot? on Wikipedia Still Set For Full Blackout Wednesday · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will slashdot join this protest?

  2. "Crypographically scrambled" probably means "md5" on Zappos Hacked: Internal Systems Breached · · Score: 1

    n/t

  3. Or you can elect Ron Paul on Why Politicians Should Never Make Laws About Technology · · Score: 1

    The whole point of SOPA is to control you. Your current government just can't allow you to continue engaging in free speech. Enough of you might find out what your overlords are up to and vote them all out.

    Sure, Ron Paul is against the idea of "net neutrality". That means big corporations can screw around with your traffic. But remember, if evil ISPs mess with user traffic it only opens them up to fierce competition in the most profitable markets: High density urban areas.

    Or you can continue to support, either actively or by your own apathy, the existing establishment who will in time make your internet resemble the Chinese version.

  4. Re:Is the air aiding and abetting terrorism? on Is Twitter Aiding and Abetting Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    Terrorism: The word that simultaneously means nothing and justifies everything.

  5. WB movie staff pirates like crazy on Warner Bros Sued For Pirating Louis Vuitton Trademark · · Score: 1

    It's so bad that it's necessary to setup queues on outbound traffic so the phone continue to work. So many people pirate music, TV and movies on WB (and all other producers) productions that technical measures are required to save enough bandwidth so that the phones can be used to coordinate the actual film production.

    Given how messed up the US mindset is right now, they'll probably just sue themselves for revenue and stop producing anything at all.

  6. Looks very useful on MIT Software Allows Queries On Encrypted Databases · · Score: 1

    Have to try it out first though, but this is one of the hardest security problems to solve: How do you trust others to maintain the servers your database is on. Even if there are attacks against this, it seriously raises the bar for attackers. Especially if your attacker only has access to your database for a brief period of time. I can see attacks against this if your adversary can analyze you queries over a long period of time.

  7. Re:The real question is... on RIM Gives Up After Losing Initial Battle Over BBX Trademark · · Score: 1

    Haven't you heard? Trillions are the new Billions.

  8. Re:Let see one implement their motto... on The Unique Candidates of the New Hampshire Primary · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that Ron Paul wants to take away the privileges large corporations get from government. He is a true libertarian.

    http://youtu.be/qWxaGRZ7Nrs
    http://youtu.be/BnPV2xea2ro

  9. Won't convince the masses on How Tech Vendors Help Governments Spy On Their Citizens · · Score: 1

    I've been called a "tinfoil hatter" for describing government snooping setups I've seen with my own eyes I've even been called crazy for claiming that the US government is spying even though it's been covered extensively in the New York Times.

  10. TIA on Palantir, the War On Terror's Secret Weapon · · Score: 2

    Remember that "Total Information Awareness" program that was supposedly cut?

  11. Re:Don't glare at RIM on RIM Helps Indian Authorities Access BlackBerry Messages · · Score: 1

    TLS? That's backdoored if the client accepts keys signed by one out of a huge list of trusted CAs. And that's pretty much every major client.

  12. We should impose a penalty of 1% on Universal Uses DMCA To Get Bad Lip Reading Parody Taken Down · · Score: 1

    We should impose a penalty of 1% of gross annual revenue for false positive takedowns. So if a company made 25% over its costs, 25 wrongful takedowns would wipe out its profit entirely. To cover situations where a company has a loss or doesn't make very much we could have a $10,000 (2010 dollars, inflation indexed) penalty per wrongful takedown.

    Maybe then I'll accept some of the industry's copyright proposals.

  13. Re:Ron Paul should give away his money on Ron Paul Wants To End the Federal Student Loan Program · · Score: 1

    It's funny you say that because Ron Paul is the only serious politician in the US, maybe even the whole world, who is proposing policies that will help the middle and lower classes.

    It's too bad so many people have confused government intervention and central economic planning delivered with free market RHETORIC with actual free markets.

    It's nice to see 1000+ comment discussions about Ron Paul on slashdot. Nobody seemed to pay attention in 2007 when there was actually a chance to prevent the clusterfuck that's coming soon.

  14. This is a TSA press release on TSA Doing Random Truck Searches On Tennessee Highway · · Score: 1

    This is obviously a press release written by some TSA PR lackey.

  15. Software is just software on Blue Coat Denies Its Devices Helping Syrian Gov't · · Score: 2

    What's next, giving the author of nmap the 3rd degree because someone did something bad with it?

  16. Start looking elsewhere if they don't step it up on Ask Slashdot: Standard Software Development Environments? · · Score: 1

    Luckily for them you know what a proper development environment looks like. If they want to make it a top priority to improve in that area than great. If they don't see it that way find another job immediately. Life is too short to be stuck in a place like that.

  17. It's in better shape than most US banks on Feds Call Full-Tilt Poker a 'Global Ponzi Scheme' · · Score: 3, Informative

    > accounts amounted to $390 million, but the company only has $60 million in the bank

    So then Full Tilt Poker is just like a major US bank, except with more reserves.

  18. Right... on Pakistan Bans Encryption · · Score: 1

    Good luck with that.

  19. Re:Anonymous Coward Deniers are Numerous Today on Michael Mann Vindicated (Again) Over Climategate · · Score: 1

    I am skeptical of AGW. I want to see more research and debate. There are shills and sock puppets out there promoting AGW for reasons that have nothing to do with "saving the earth". Using the word "denier" to label your opponents makes you look like a shill yourself.

  20. Aaron Barr is a bad guy on Aaron Barr Talks About DEFCON, Anonymous Attacks · · Score: 1

    Anonymous is in fact giving voice and force to the dispossessed. Aaron Barr doesn't see it that way because he built his career working for the bad guys.

    The existence of child pornography is not a serious issue we face. As reprehensible as sexual abuse of children is, mere possession of images of it should not be a crime. Child pornography is mostly used as a pretext for border guards to go on fishing expeditions.

  21. Yeah right on China's 5-Year Cyberwar Met With Western Silence · · Score: 1

    "The U.S. could protest cyberattacks by sending a couple of aircraft-carrier groups to the China Sea for a little gunboat diplomacy, but it would be pretty embarrassing if China were to just repossess the whole fleet as partial repayment of the $1.2 trillion the U.S. owes it. "

    As if.

  22. Yeah, of course on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    Big surprise, computer models that can't predict the weather accurately 2 weeks into the future fail to accurately predict global temperatures years out.

    Can we just forget about this global warming nonsense and focus on better managing all of the pollution we create? If we can figure out how to produce all the material goods that make life comfortable without also producing vast tailing ponds of filth and huge clouds of toxic smoke the world will be a better place.

  23. Liberty on PayPal Joins London Police Effort · · Score: 1

    We need sound money and anonymous ways to complete transactions remotely.

  24. Re:The real secret of the bomb .. on Former Truck Driver Reconstructs A-bomb · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, only 9-10 kilotons. Almost safe for backyard use then eh?

  25. Re:Text version of the code on FBI Wants You To Solve Encrypted Notes From Murder · · Score: 1

    I don't think your transcription is very accurate... The FBI should release a high resolution version because some of the characters are very questionable.

    You missed line 3: "pnrtrseonprsewldncbe"

    I believe "njreqnsepvtsewldncbe(jxqrl)" is actually "nsreqnsepvtsewldncbe(jxqrl)" because "nsre" shows up frequently.

    "ntosenrsein2ntrlercnamsentsrcrene" could be "nmsenrsein2ntrlercb?nsentsrcrone" or "nmsenrsein2ntrlercb?nsentsrcr6ne". The first character looks like a scribbled out mistake. The question mark I can't even guess at.

    "xdrlx" is missing off the last line.

    Anyway, this might not be cyphertext at all. It could actually be passphrases.