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  1. They're not really fascists. More like Stalinists.

  2. Re: This is what tough on crime gets ya folks on FBI Director Christopher Wray On Encryption: We Can't Have an 'Entirely Unfettered Space Beyond the Reach of Law Enforcement' (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let's stop calling it a "plea bargain". That's a misleading euphemism. Let's call it what it really is: coerced false confession.

  3. Re: Sure it is... on Disputed NSA Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps various bad actors in USIC are worried that President Trump, once he wins reelection by a landslide, will begin to de-Stalinize the federal government. One can see how that might be an unappealing prospect for people who made a career of shitting all over the Constitution.

  4. Re: Tells you a lot about the Republicans on Disputed NSA Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I like Ike

  5. Forced number porting is not the only problem with SMS based fake-2FA. The SS7 protocol that controls SMS is known to be insecure.

    Consider the following, located with a 10 second Google search:

    https://fedotov.co/ss7-hack-tu...

  6. Re: Lose trust for Two Factor Authentication on Facebook's Phone Number Policy Could Push Users To Not Trust Two-Factor Authentication (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    _Anything_ on a smartphone is insecure. If you want real 2FA you need a hardware token.

  7. Re: How about blondie vs non-blondie on Google Found it Paid Men Less Than Women For the Same Job (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not vim vs emacs anymore. Now it's vi-keys OR emacs-keys (in the editor of your choice) vs the mouse-dependant.

  8. Re: To be honest, who really cares on Google Is Still Working on China Search Engine, Employees Claim · · Score: 1

    I know a man here in the City who used to work as a merc in various African border wars. He's a good man; albeit one with whom you would not want to have a fist fight. However he has no illusions that he was "killing terrorists" or any similar pap. He was a mercenary fighting on behalf of the highest bidder, that's it.

  9. Re: I don't get the Hate for this project on Google Is Still Working on China Search Engine, Employees Claim · · Score: 1

    Nah. He spoke like a good collaborator.

  10. A quick glance at the list says it is populated primarily by spammers, adjutants to the gestapo, and organizations dedicated to kicking the poor.

    Most likely some states will soon begin to catch up to Europe in protecting their citizens from data rape. Any new law banning data rape and data hoarding should aim to drive into bankruptcy as many as possible of the unamerican slimeball companies on this list.

  11. Re: The right to be wrong on Anti-Vaccination Conspiracy Theories Thrive on Amazon (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to dignify the arguments of a forced-vax nazi by responding directly.

    What was it our internet tough guy friends used to say from the safety of their moms' basements? "If you see a nazi, punch a nazi!"

  12. splendid on France Considers Raising Taxes on Internet Giants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a splendid idea! Let France lead the way by laying a _heavy_ tax on data hoarders. The more data they hoard, and the more rapey their data collection scams, the higher their taxes!

  13. Re: Everyone is a spineless weasel on Workplace Theft Is On the Rise (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    So about the same as 15 years ago for a quality senior developer. Except now cost of living is more than double.

  14. Re: Freedom! Oh no on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You realize that using obscure Russian slang makes you sound like a Russian, right?

    Now here I was thinking you were just another pompous, self-satisfied nazi twat... But maaaaaybe you're actually one of Putin's troll army, just _pretending_ to be a nazi twat!!

  15. Re: Freedom! Oh no on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Most of the great crimes against humanity in the 20th century were fully lawful. Many of them were indeed mandatory under the law.

  16. Re: Freedom! Oh no on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    Forced-vax nazis sure do enthusiastically endorse corporate censorship of wrongthink.

  17. Re: Just what we need..... on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And cue the Corporate Progressive nazis apologizing for corporate censorship.

  18. Re: Just what we need..... on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    "as a private enterprise he's not obligated to host nazi propaganda"

    You're suggesting they will stop hosting forced-vax nazi propaganda?

  19. Re: Just what we need..... on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: -1

    Corporate Progressive nazis sure do love stifling dissent.

  20. Re: Everyone is a spineless weasel on Workplace Theft Is On the Rise (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Where are these high wages for programmers you speak of? Granted it's been a while since I've been in Silicon Valley. Based on advertised pay in job ads, most "senior" developer positions outside the financial industry pay "permanent renter" salaries. In fact average wages don't appear to be a dollar higher than they were 15 years ago, when cost of living was vastly lower.

  21. Yet our gulag is noticeably larger than China's. Something doesn't add up here...

  22. He's most likely never read any Mao. Probably hasn't read the US Constitution either.

    I bet that guy thinks Adam Smith's magnum opus is about capitalism & free markets, too.

  23. Re: Everyone is a spineless weasel on Workplace Theft Is On the Rise (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Minimum wage sets the baseline. Over time all wages increase following an increase in the minimum.

  24. Re: Actually, Beau, no we are NOT on Prominent New Yorkers Are Trying To Get Amazon To Bring Back HQ2 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "there aren't 250 100+ employee companies that will move to Queens in the next 10 years"

    Citation please? NYC is big. Adding 250 small companies through organic growth is not implausible.

  25. Re: Actually, Beau, no we are NOT on Prominent New Yorkers Are Trying To Get Amazon To Bring Back HQ2 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "a city that needs to diversify away from Finance and Real Estate and into Tech"

    Why? Tech is a pissant chump-change business compared to finance.