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  1. The police will not pass up this opportunity on Microsoft Launches NFC Payments For Windows 10 Phones (nfcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They started stealing from debit cards. Do you think they aren't already planning to do the same to your bank account via NFC?

  2. First drone to fly near a candidate ... on New FAA Rules Allow US Companies To Fly Drones Without a Pilot's License (faa.gov) · · Score: 1

    And all the rules go out the window. The secret service will step in and forbid all drone flights within 100 miles of someone they are protecting.

  3. Re:Some people say... on Invoking Orlando, Senate Republicans Set Up Vote To Expand FBI Spying (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Green Party motto:Let's make America like Venezuela!

  4. Re:Check your facts. on Big Tech Squashes New York's 'Right To Repair' Bill (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How is this any different than the major news networks and newspapers except Fox are sock puppets for the DNC?

  5. How are they a startup? on OnePlus 3 Featuring 5.5-inch FHD Display, Snapdragon 820 SoC, 6GB RAM Launched at $400 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This isn't their first phone.
    This isn't their second phone.

  6. Re:This is exactly what copyright laws were made f on Canada Federal Court Restrains Sale Of 'Pirate' Boxes (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    US prosecutors(*AA sock puppets) regard any perceived harm to a US company as breaking US law, regardless of where it occurred. They also regard all of the Internet as an extension of US territory.

  7. Re:CROOKED hillary will be busted by Donald J. Tru on Julian Assange: Google is 'Directly Engaged' In Hillary Clinton's Campaign (infowars.com) · · Score: 1

    As opposed to the facists on the left.

  8. Obama admits they already do it without a warrant on Tech Firms Say FBI Wants Browsing History Without Warrant (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Informative
    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/...

    "I just came from a meeting, today, in the situation room, in which I’ve got people who we know have been on ISIL websites living here in the United States — US citizens. And we’re allowed to put them on the no fly list when it comes to airlines, ..."

    Based on browser history - pardon? What the president just confirmed is that someone from the government is noting everyone's browsing history, determining which websites are not to be visited, and furthermore, if someone does visit the website for whatever reason they get put on a no fly list.

  9. Vienna Virginia solved this on Weary Homeowners Wage War On Waze · · Score: 1
    Many streets have 'Do Not Enter' signs during commuter times and speed humps. You will get ticketed. They were being used similarly to bypass congested main routes. Get your traffic bureaucrats involved.

    https://www.viennava.gov/Docum...

  10. There are no consequences for bad security on Researchers Hack the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV, Shut Off Alarm Remotely (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 2
    Other than bad publicity.

    The status quo will not change until CEOs are held criminally liable or terrorists(hackers) start crashing cars into each other.

  11. Re:How about 3 suggestions to start ... on EndGame CEO: Root Out Hackers Before They Strike (qz.com) · · Score: 1
    Where's the override? Where's the override?

    2 suggestions.

  12. How about 3 suggestions to start ... on EndGame CEO: Root Out Hackers Before They Strike (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop connecting everything to the internet
    Hold C level officers criminally liable for breaches, including in government. The OPM, IRS and Target hacks should have resulted in the enablers going to jail.

  13. When the ahole doesn't see the light turn green on Google's Self-Driving Cars Now Know When To Honk (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Because his priority is texting instead of driving.

  14. No periodic 3rd party testing? on At Least 33 US Cities Used Water Testing 'Cheats' Over Lead Concerns (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Any system where public safety is involved should include outside checks. But that might involve accountability, which is the last thing bureaucrats want.

  15. Backwards nation that is dying on Uber Raises $3.5 Billion From Saudi Arabia (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    The country is owned by a corrupt royal family of a medieval autocratic monarchy. The price of oil is in the tank and they just had their first ever bond sale to raise cash.

  16. 5 minutes later the buyer gets an NSL from the FBI on Windows Zero-Day Affecting All OS Versions On Sale For $90,000 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Hand over the vulnerability and you are gagged.

  17. knowingly and willingly surrender information ... on US Court Says No Warrant Needed For Cellphone Location Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The decision is predicated on the suggestion that cell phone users willingly surrendering information. How is this willingly when a cell phone has become a necessity and there's no way to disable it and keep the phone on.

  18. How about declaring 'Mission Accomplished'? on TSA Replaces Security Chief As Tension Grows At Airports · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And have the TSA pull out?

  19. Insurance scam on Google-Backed Solar Plant Catches on Fire (pv-tech.org) · · Score: 2, Informative

    With the many green companies failing I'm surprised if this would be the first.

    Evergreen Solar
    SpectraWatt
    Solyndra
    Beacon Power
    Nevada Geothermal
    SunPower
    First Solar
    Babcock and Brown
    EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1
    Amonix
    Fisker Automotive
    Abound Solar
    A123 Systems
    Willard and Kelsey Solar Group
    Johnson Controls
    Schneider Electric
    Brightsource
    ECOtality
    Raser Technologies
    Energy Conversion Devices
    Mountain Plaza, Inc.
    Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsen’s Mills Acquisition Company
    Range Fuels
    Thompson River Power
    Stirling Energy Systems
    Azure Dynamics
    GreenVolts
    Vestas
    LG Chem’s subsidiary Compact Power
    Nordic Windpower
    Navistar
    Satcon
    Konarka Technologies Inc.
    Mascoma Corp.

  20. How is this not a CFAA violation? on New Surveillance System May Let Cops Use All Of The Cameras (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless the owner gave you explicit permission to use the camera.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    (2) intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains-
    (C) information from any protected computer;

  21. Re:Twenty Five years for this on Fake Hacker Found Guilty Following Gutsy Mitt Romney Extortion Scheme (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The economy going to hell had a lot of help from the government. Chris Dodd and Barney Frank should be in cells next to the banksters.

  22. Non-story - they have a backup on CIA Watchdog 'Mistakenly' Destroyed Its Only Copy Of A Senate Torture Report (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    Despite this incident, a CIA spokesperson has said another unopened computer disk with the full report is still locked in a vault at agency headquarters. "I can assure you that the CIA has retained a copy," wrote Dean Boyd, the agency's chief of public affairs, in an email.

  23. It all depends on the contract on Astronauts Won't Be Flying To Space In Boeing's Starliner Until 2018 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
    Unlike SpaceX, the company had done very little actual development work on the capsule before winning its contract from NASA. They therefore have a lot more to do to become flight worthy.

    If the contract is fixed price, as with the original cargo contracts awarded SpaceX and Orbital ATK, Boeing will have no incentive to delay, as they won’t be paid anything until they achieve specific milestones and will get no additional monies to cover the added costs of the delay. If the contract is cost-plus, however, NASA’s traditional contract system used for SLS, Orion, and almost every other boondoggle since the 1960s, then Boeing will be paid regardless of the delay, and NASA will also be on the hook for paying the additional delay costs, thus giving Boeing an incentive to slow walk the construction.

  24. "Who was deciding that not "enough" people were posting about it to make the newsfeeds....?" That would be the black lies matter cabal.

  25. You are the obsolete man on Drones Could Replace $127 Billion Worth Of Human Labor (businessinsider.com.au) · · Score: 1