User: BetterThanJimbo

It's just not informed consent... period

On: Hiding Your Choices And Saying You Made Them

Why is it not just that simple?

• - People did not say they opted-in.
• • - All further communication was thus not given permission.
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    Proving it would be hard. I mean, this message could have a ^B^B^B^B^B^B^B.
    
    
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The Perfect Opportunity

On: Kernighan Teaches... Liberal Arts?

I think this is exactly the types of classes needed out there.

For all the people who know nothing of issues like electronic voting, DMCA, Elrdrid v. Ashcroft, the hardest thing was to get the idea out to non-computer folk. Raising awareness of complex technical issues is usually next to impossible, and this is a great start.