If you didn't already know this, now you do: All 'rewards' programs exist to allow them to collect personally-identifiable information about you and your spending habits, that otherwise they would not be legally entitled to. Or did you think they were just being 'nice' and giving you a break for shopping at their store? So-called 'rewards cards' and similar programs have long been on the list of things I have no part of, for that reason. if you want to protect and preserve what you can of your privacy, then do not participate in such 'programs'. The 'discounts' you get are minimal compared to what your data is worth.
Lackman was "not permitted to refuse to answer questions" and his lawyer wasn't permitted to counsel him in his answers. "Any time I would question the process, they would threaten me with contempt of court proceedings," says Lackman.
They basically intimidated the living daylights out of him. I hope those jackbooted thugs get everything they have coming to them for violating someones rights like this.
The victim was illegally interrogated and his assets seized in violation of what the law permits
What was the most disturbing about this is how it says he was 'denied the right to not answer questions'; how, pray tell, do they 'deny' him that? From the original article:
Lackman was "not permitted to refuse to answer questions" and his lawyer wasn't permitted to counsel him in his answers. "Any time I would question the process, they would threaten me with contempt of court proceedings," says Lackman.
Uh-huh. I remember looking at the 'professional' level tape drives. You could buy a decent used car for what those cost. If you have to be a Fortune 500 company to afford it, why even mention it?
Once again, I'm 'cool' before something was 'cool' to start with.
TEN YEARS AGO, roughly, I dumped cable, and built an HDTV antenna, with supplies from Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and the Dollar Store (plastic cutting board, to cut insulators out of). I was unemployed and decided to cut my expenses. One of the best decision I ever made.
These days I have a commercially-made antenna with twice as many elements. Also a great investment. Need to add a small VHF antenna and a diplexer to it though, for the two channels that are still in that band.
..and NOW they're seeing the light? LOL. Welcome to the OTA Broadcast Master Race, Millennials!;-)
I'm a non-standard person and I have non-standard friends; they understand. If they didn't I wouldn't have them as friends.
There needs to be more precise laws regarding such, yes, but in the current socio-political climate, you're accused of being a terrorist sympathizer or and out-and-out extremist yourself if you suggest that there be LESS surveillance and data collection, regardless of the fact that none of it is making anyone 'safer', it's just taking away more and more of people's freedom.
Troll. Also maybe DEVIANT, or SOCIOPATH. In any case: Fuck you sideways with a rusty chainsaw, asshole. We're not talking about $1000 a night independent callgirls. We're talking about people being treated like cattle to be bought and sold, who have NO SAY WHATSOEVER in where they go or what they do.
I'm not on Facebook and people I know on Facebook know not to post photos of me there. They get excommunicated from my life if they disrespect my wishes in the matter.
They've been indoctrinated to the Nth degree that 'sharing everything about your life is NORMAL and NATURAL and SOCIALLY RIGHT, and that only CRIMINALS and TERRORISTS and DEVIANTS and other UNDESIRABLES want privacy!'. Of course that's complete and utter bullshit. Any child from about, what, the age of 8? NATURALLY WANTS PRIVACY in some situations. People have furthermore been indoctrinated that 'If you have NOTHING TO HIDE then you have NOTHING TO FEAR!', which is also bullshit. Therefore people say ridiculous nonsense like 'Why should I care if they listen in on me or are watching me on camera? I'm not doing anything wrong!' Yeah, sure. Until things reach the point where you have some half-assed excuse for an 'AI' collating and correlating all the audio and video recordings of you, your Internet usage history, what you watch on TV or Netflix or stream over the Internet, and 'decides' that you're a potential or current criminal and should be investigated.Or maybe you make some joke in what you THINK is the privacy of your own home.. only to have police show up because you said some word or phrase that triggered an alert. Thought Police much? If people don't wake the hell up that's the dystopia we're headed for.
Back in the '90's and early 2000's I fell for the 'backup tape' meme three times. Every single time it ended the same way: Buy backup tapes. Put important stuff on them. Put them away. Some time later, you need something off the tape. Whoops, tape drive isn't working right anymore, not even with a new blank tape! Get a new tape drive. Whoops! Not compatible with your old tapes. Or, Whoops! It just won't read your old tapes, even though it's supposedly compatible! Throw out ALL THE TAPES because they're now useless junk and START OVER FROM SCRATCH. Repeat this THREE TIMES.
Hundreds of dollars spent, each iteration.
Never again.
But people in this country ARE living in a fantasy world and being anti-scientific, and it's been getting worse every year for decades. Organized religion makes that even worse. People are being indoctrinated to not trust science, real facts, and real truth, and to trust instead in delusional supernatural fantasies. Nuclear power is too complicated for most people to understand. Things that burn with flame like oil and coal are simple and easy for our caveman brains to understand. So is the sun. You do not understand how primitive our species still is, how susceptible it is to acting out of instinct and fear instead of stopping and thinking.
I'd also like to add, as a sidebar to this subject: My species can't evolve fast enough so far as I'm concerned. 'Sex trafficking'? Really? How much of a primitive animal do you have to be to treat other members of your own species that way? Really, honestly, seriously, homo sapiens: Get your damn act together already, you're an embarassment to the rest of the Universe. No bloody wonder we can't find any other life even in our own galaxy; they must all be hiding from us, too embarassed by us to even want to talk to us, let alone meet us.
Sounds to me while this may (or may not) be well-intentioned, it'll be abused to censor online discussions, having a chilling effect on peoples freedom of speech. Furthermore, as others in this discussion have already pointed out, sex traffickers will just learn to hide their posts better. The net effect will then be infringement on the rights of people who are doing nothing wrong, and sex trafficking will continue unabated.
Really sounds to me like they just need to enforce the laws already on the books with regards to this sort of illegal activity, and nevermind creating new legislation.
Wasn't there some study released in the last few months that said they saw no improvement in grades or test scores or some metric(s) or other over having no computers? That they were more of a distraction than anything else?
They'll probably either insist that they not include this filesharing feature or insist that there be some sort of screening of files to ensure there isn't any piracy going on.
I use Tor for everything I can, and I use a plugin that 'cleans' Google search links so that they aren't able to track my clicking on them. Effective against Google?
I understand all that. But I'm not going to give up and make it easy for them. In fact as of about a month or so ago I set about to making it as difficult as possible. Using Tor for everything I can. Paying cash for things I buy in person, so no purchasing history because no plastic use. I haven't used so-called 'social media' in YEARS and have no plans to do so ever again. If they really want to try to build a 'profile' of me based on my paying utility bills online and ordering the occasional (maybe once every month or so) pizza online, they're welcome to try, but it won't be anywhere near accurate, and I use several adblockers so they can't even effectively perpetrate MitM attacks to inject ads to try to sell me things. Most junk email goes directly and automatically into (NUL:) so I never even see it, and the rest gets deleted immediately and it never even registers on my short-term memory. Also, unless things get so bad that they start blackmailing people or something, I don't know what it is they think they're going to do anyway. I'm not married. I have no children. I'm not susceptible to ads in my face. Come at me, bro.:-)
Then I feel sorry for you and all your countrymen that living in such shitty conditions has become 'normal' for you, and having such a corrupt and violent government is just 'business as usual' to you.
I find a number of problems in what you're saying, not the least of which is '..in the previous decade', and 'being able to leave China'. I also find it difficult at best to believe that living under a government (and country) so full of corruption as Russia would make anyone living there feel comfortable to the point of 'not caring', as you claim. Perhaps you were mislead by people minimizing things, perhaps for reasons of not wanting to draw unwanted attention to themselves by being 'complainers' or 'dissidents'.
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If you didn't already know this, now you do: All 'rewards' programs exist to allow them to collect personally-identifiable information about you and your spending habits, that otherwise they would not be legally entitled to. Or did you think they were just being 'nice' and giving you a break for shopping at their store? So-called 'rewards cards' and similar programs have long been on the list of things I have no part of, for that reason. if you want to protect and preserve what you can of your privacy, then do not participate in such 'programs'. The 'discounts' you get are minimal compared to what your data is worth.
Lackman was "not permitted to refuse to answer questions" and his lawyer wasn't permitted to counsel him in his answers. "Any time I would question the process, they would threaten me with contempt of court proceedings," says Lackman.
They basically intimidated the living daylights out of him. I hope those jackbooted thugs get everything they have coming to them for violating someones rights like this.
The victim was illegally interrogated and his assets seized in violation of what the law permits
What was the most disturbing about this is how it says he was 'denied the right to not answer questions'; how, pray tell, do they 'deny' him that? From the original article:
Lackman was "not permitted to refuse to answer questions" and his lawyer wasn't permitted to counsel him in his answers. "Any time I would question the process, they would threaten me with contempt of court proceedings," says Lackman.
Absolute fucking bullshit.
Uh-huh. I remember looking at the 'professional' level tape drives. You could buy a decent used car for what those cost. If you have to be a Fortune 500 company to afford it, why even mention it?
Once again, I'm 'cool' before something was 'cool' to start with.
..and NOW they're seeing the light? LOL. Welcome to the OTA Broadcast Master Race, Millennials! ;-)
TEN YEARS AGO, roughly, I dumped cable, and built an HDTV antenna, with supplies from Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and the Dollar Store (plastic cutting board, to cut insulators out of). I was unemployed and decided to cut my expenses. One of the best decision I ever made.
These days I have a commercially-made antenna with twice as many elements. Also a great investment. Need to add a small VHF antenna and a diplexer to it though, for the two channels that are still in that band.
I'm a non-standard person and I have non-standard friends; they understand. If they didn't I wouldn't have them as friends.
There needs to be more precise laws regarding such, yes, but in the current socio-political climate, you're accused of being a terrorist sympathizer or and out-and-out extremist yourself if you suggest that there be LESS surveillance and data collection, regardless of the fact that none of it is making anyone 'safer', it's just taking away more and more of people's freedom.
Troll. Also maybe DEVIANT, or SOCIOPATH. In any case: Fuck you sideways with a rusty chainsaw, asshole. We're not talking about $1000 a night independent callgirls. We're talking about people being treated like cattle to be bought and sold, who have NO SAY WHATSOEVER in where they go or what they do.
I'm not on Facebook and people I know on Facebook know not to post photos of me there. They get excommunicated from my life if they disrespect my wishes in the matter.
BLIND FOOL detected.
They've been indoctrinated to the Nth degree that 'sharing everything about your life is NORMAL and NATURAL and SOCIALLY RIGHT, and that only CRIMINALS and TERRORISTS and DEVIANTS and other UNDESIRABLES want privacy!'. Of course that's complete and utter bullshit. Any child from about, what, the age of 8? NATURALLY WANTS PRIVACY in some situations. People have furthermore been indoctrinated that 'If you have NOTHING TO HIDE then you have NOTHING TO FEAR!', which is also bullshit. Therefore people say ridiculous nonsense like 'Why should I care if they listen in on me or are watching me on camera? I'm not doing anything wrong!' Yeah, sure. Until things reach the point where you have some half-assed excuse for an 'AI' collating and correlating all the audio and video recordings of you, your Internet usage history, what you watch on TV or Netflix or stream over the Internet, and 'decides' that you're a potential or current criminal and should be investigated.Or maybe you make some joke in what you THINK is the privacy of your own home.. only to have police show up because you said some word or phrase that triggered an alert. Thought Police much? If people don't wake the hell up that's the dystopia we're headed for.
Back in the '90's and early 2000's I fell for the 'backup tape' meme three times. Every single time it ended the same way: Buy backup tapes. Put important stuff on them. Put them away. Some time later, you need something off the tape. Whoops, tape drive isn't working right anymore, not even with a new blank tape! Get a new tape drive. Whoops! Not compatible with your old tapes. Or, Whoops! It just won't read your old tapes, even though it's supposedly compatible! Throw out ALL THE TAPES because they're now useless junk and START OVER FROM SCRATCH. Repeat this THREE TIMES.
Hundreds of dollars spent, each iteration.
Never again.
Fuck you. You know damn well we're talking about people (usually WOMEN) being forced into a life of slavery. Go troll someone else.
But people in this country ARE living in a fantasy world and being anti-scientific, and it's been getting worse every year for decades. Organized religion makes that even worse. People are being indoctrinated to not trust science, real facts, and real truth, and to trust instead in delusional supernatural fantasies. Nuclear power is too complicated for most people to understand. Things that burn with flame like oil and coal are simple and easy for our caveman brains to understand. So is the sun. You do not understand how primitive our species still is, how susceptible it is to acting out of instinct and fear instead of stopping and thinking.
It could be compromised before the box even arrives at your house. For that matter it could even be compromised before it leaves the factory.
I'd also like to add, as a sidebar to this subject: My species can't evolve fast enough so far as I'm concerned. 'Sex trafficking'? Really? How much of a primitive animal do you have to be to treat other members of your own species that way? Really, honestly, seriously, homo sapiens: Get your damn act together already, you're an embarassment to the rest of the Universe. No bloody wonder we can't find any other life even in our own galaxy; they must all be hiding from us, too embarassed by us to even want to talk to us, let alone meet us.
Sounds to me while this may (or may not) be well-intentioned, it'll be abused to censor online discussions, having a chilling effect on peoples freedom of speech.
Furthermore, as others in this discussion have already pointed out, sex traffickers will just learn to hide their posts better. The net effect will then be infringement on the rights of people who are doing nothing wrong, and sex trafficking will continue unabated.
Really sounds to me like they just need to enforce the laws already on the books with regards to this sort of illegal activity, and nevermind creating new legislation.
Wasn't there some study released in the last few months that said they saw no improvement in grades or test scores or some metric(s) or other over having no computers? That they were more of a distraction than anything else?
They'll probably either insist that they not include this filesharing feature or insist that there be some sort of screening of files to ensure there isn't any piracy going on.
I use Tor for everything I can, and I use a plugin that 'cleans' Google search links so that they aren't able to track my clicking on them. Effective against Google?
I understand all that. But I'm not going to give up and make it easy for them. In fact as of about a month or so ago I set about to making it as difficult as possible. Using Tor for everything I can. Paying cash for things I buy in person, so no purchasing history because no plastic use. I haven't used so-called 'social media' in YEARS and have no plans to do so ever again. If they really want to try to build a 'profile' of me based on my paying utility bills online and ordering the occasional (maybe once every month or so) pizza online, they're welcome to try, but it won't be anywhere near accurate, and I use several adblockers so they can't even effectively perpetrate MitM attacks to inject ads to try to sell me things. Most junk email goes directly and automatically into (NUL:) so I never even see it, and the rest gets deleted immediately and it never even registers on my short-term memory. Also, unless things get so bad that they start blackmailing people or something, I don't know what it is they think they're going to do anyway. I'm not married. I have no children. I'm not susceptible to ads in my face. Come at me, bro. :-)
You're an idiot and you have no idea whatsoever what you're talking about.
Step #1: Listen to the American public and industry leaders and SUPPORT NET NEUTRALITY.
Expect my consultation bill in the mail, Mr. Pai.
Then I feel sorry for you and all your countrymen that living in such shitty conditions has become 'normal' for you, and having such a corrupt and violent government is just 'business as usual' to you.
I find a number of problems in what you're saying, not the least of which is '..in the previous decade', and 'being able to leave China'. I also find it difficult at best to believe that living under a government (and country) so full of corruption as Russia would make anyone living there feel comfortable to the point of 'not caring', as you claim. Perhaps you were mislead by people minimizing things, perhaps for reasons of not wanting to draw unwanted attention to themselves by being 'complainers' or 'dissidents'.