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  1. Re:Call a spade a spade on How the NSA Is Spying On Everyone: More Revelations · · Score: 1

    They were handed absurd instructions and have no choice but to carry them out.

    People with those qualifications have the ability to switch jobs in a heartbeat. To say they had no choice but to violate the constitution is absurd. They chose to do this to us.

  2. Re:Well on A Mismatch Between Wikimedia's Pledge Drive and Its Cash On Hand? · · Score: 1

    Let me rephrase. How does that compare to other sites that are in the top 10 for web traffic on Earth? I'm not talking about any random small business.

  3. Re:Well on A Mismatch Between Wikimedia's Pledge Drive and Its Cash On Hand? · · Score: 1

    And how does that compare to for-profit companies of the same size?

  4. Re:Federal Sentencing Guidelines on Hacker Threatened With 44 Felony Charges Escapes With Misdemeanor · · Score: 1

    That still doesn't change the fact that it is so open to abuse that it is virtually guaranteed. What is to stop a DA from threatening a minor offender of the maximum possible sentences unless they plea guilty? Apparently nothing.

  5. Re:Federal Sentencing Guidelines on Hacker Threatened With 44 Felony Charges Escapes With Misdemeanor · · Score: 1

    How is it reasonable that the same crime could carry a punishment ranging from 2 to 10 years? I understand variance due to circumstances, but that range seems ripe for abuse.

  6. Re:Relevance? on Clarificiation on the IP Address Security in Dropbox Case · · Score: 1

    "Would someone be so kind as to please remind me how we can block posts from a given author?"

    Bennett's name is specifically not a link, so that you cannot author block him.

  7. Re:Not even wrong. on Big Talk About Small Samples · · Score: 1

    Hear, hear.

  8. Re:Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. on Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week · · Score: 1

    It's cute that you think any political party is in charge of the NSA.

  9. Re:If education could have worked ... on Report: Federal Workers, Contractors Behind Half of Government Cyber Breaches · · Score: 2

    I do federal government InfoSec. When there is a conflict between the mission and security the manager will overrule the system administrator every time. Even in the military where lives are potentially at risk.

    Sure, there is a lot of less-than-competent admins out there, but a lot more of the problem is political rather than technical than most people realize.

  10. Re:Ok... just turned two score, but... on The Students Who Feel They Have the Right To Cheat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kids in your day were just as stupid; you are just smart enough to recognize it now.

  11. Re:Be the Change You Wish to See in the World on The Students Who Feel They Have the Right To Cheat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is nothing shady about backdoor conversions. They were forbidden in the past, and then made explicitly allowable in 2010. Cheating on tests, even in India, is not explicitly allowed by universities. In that case it is pure corruption.

  12. Re:Vote by mail. on Another Election, Another Slew of Voting Machine Glitches · · Score: 1

    YOU are the one making the assertion. The burden is on YOU to provide evidence of mass voter fraud.

  13. Re:Vote by mail. on Another Election, Another Slew of Voting Machine Glitches · · Score: 1

    We are both in agreement that the formula is simple: if a measure stops more fraud than legitimate votes it is good.

    The concept I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around is that you apparently genuinely believe that removing mail-in ballots would stop more fraudulent than real voters. The number of fraud cases is likely extremely low, to the point of being a statistical anomaly. Why make it harder to vote for people who have to work, single parents, the elderly, those without transportation, etc?

  14. Re:Vote by mail. on Another Election, Another Slew of Voting Machine Glitches · · Score: 1

    I disagree that it is "beside the point." If you prevent 1,000 cases of fraud by stopping 10,000 legitimate voters then would you really say that is a solution? For many people the mail in ballot is how they vote. It is disenfranchisement for the sake of exclusion, not actually making the system better.

  15. Re:Vote by mail. on Another Election, Another Slew of Voting Machine Glitches · · Score: 1

    Do you have any evidence whatsoever that voter fraud is happening due to mail in ballots?

  16. Re:FRANCE?! on Shift Work Dulls Brain Performance · · Score: 1

    "child mortality rates of greater than 50% before adulthood"

    How do you have child mortality after adulthood?

  17. Re:FUD Dectected on Flaw in New Visa Cards Would Let Hackers Steal $1M Per Card · · Score: 1

    As someone who has personally dealt with this issue, let me provide some insight. Every time you say "this isn't me!" they will cancel your card and issue you a new one. Now you have to wait a week or so for your new card, update every place where you use that number, hope they don't charge during that time, activate the new card, etc. It's a hassle. Now imagine a future where these scammers are all over the place.

  18. Yawn on Breaching Air-Gap Security With Radio · · Score: 2

    In "highly secure facilities" they are TEMPEST certified, and wireless devices such as cell phones are not physically permitted within the boundary. This is a non-issue.

  19. No on Can Ello Legally Promise To Remain Ad-Free? · · Score: 1

    Why can't I block posts by Bennett?

  20. Re:Dear Canada.... on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    Nope. It was one person. It is EXTREMELY common to the point of almost 100% that people report multiple shooters when there is just one.

  21. Re:PUFFERY? on Judge Says EA Battlefield 4 Execs Engaged In "Puffery," Not Fraud · · Score: 1

    When you state that your product (A) is the best a reasonable person would assume that means you are better than B, C, D, E ... Z.

  22. Re:20 million out of 50 million stolen? on South Korean ID System To Be Rebuilt From Scratch After Massive Leaks · · Score: 3

    Identification even.

  23. Re:20 million out of 50 million stolen? on South Korean ID System To Be Rebuilt From Scratch After Massive Leaks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    National identifaction is perfectly fine. The problem is when it is also used as the national authentication.

  24. Re:If I were president... on Journalists Route Around White House Press Office · · Score: 1

    And, as you admit, it is getting steadily worse. This points more to a systemic problem than a specific person.

  25. Re: It will never work here on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 1

    Do you genuinely believe any other politician of any other party would behave any differently? Answer honestly if you can.