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  1. Biometrics are the username NOT the password on Swallowing Your Password · · Score: 1
    http://blog.dustinkirkland.com...

    For authentication, you need a password or passphrase. Something that can be independently chosen, changed, and rotated.

  2. Be able to PERMANENTLY disable instant search on Ask Slashdot: What Features Would You Like In a Search Engine? · · Score: 5, Informative

    And stop providing results that fail to have ALL of the search terms.

  3. Re:No Microsoft on Microsoft: Feds Are 'Rewriting' the Law To Obtain Emails Overseas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Would the US tolerate a foreign company operating in the US doing what complies with its home country laws but that violates US laws? I doubt it.

  4. Re:Insanity on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 4, Insightful

    THE problem is a lack of consequences when government officials act like asshats ... unless one of them shoots a guy in the back 8 times.

  5. Erdogan is no different than past regional thugs on Turkey Blocks Twitter, YouTube Access Over Image of Slain Prosecutor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nothing says "legitimate government" like curtailing freedom of speech.

  6. Re:So far all she can do is try to make people loo on Carly Fiorina Calls Apple's Tim Cook a 'Hypocrite' On Gay Rights · · Score: 1

    Carli is good for the party and the rest of the republican candidates. She's the only one that can call Hillary a hypocritical bitch without the first response being that it's from a sexist.

  7. Re:not very often that i agree with carly fioni on Carly Fiorina Calls Apple's Tim Cook a 'Hypocrite' On Gay Rights · · Score: 0

    Wrong is wrong no matter where it happens.

  8. Re:Blame the lawyer surplus.... on 9th Circuit Rules Netflix Isn't Subject To Disability Law · · Score: -1, Troll

    "This country is 17 trillion in debt because of the last republican president." Keep drinking that kool-aid.

  9. Re:May you choke on your own words on First Lawsuits Challenging FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules Arrive · · Score: 0

    Giving the government credit for creating the current internet is like giving Abner Doubleday credit for Henry Aaron's home runs.

  10. Another reason not give SSN to healthcare provider on Personal Healthcare Info of Over 11M Premera Customers Compromised · · Score: 1
    They don't need it
    They won't protect it
    They will share it
    They are not liable when it is stolen

    There is no upside for customer

  11. They will all use SSL3 with RC4 on White House Proposal Urges All Federal Websites To Adopt HTTPS · · Score: 3, Funny

    And the websites will require internet explorer.

  12. Re:You need government approval to set up a wifi h on Cuba Approves First Public Wi-Fi Hub In Havana · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is typical of all totalitarian regimes. Even the US is heading in that direction.

  13. Allowing clones would ruin it on Lawsuit Over Quarter Horse's Clone May Redefine Animal Breeding · · Score: 1

    Imagine the future NBA if it permitted clones. Every team would be fielding a dream team with clones of the same player on multiple teams.

  14. Different rules for the ruling elite on Clinton's Private Email System Gets a Security "F" Rating · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you treat federal law the way the secretary of state does, you go to prison.
    If you treat IRS rules the way the IRS treats IRS rules, you go to prison
    If you treat immigration controls the way our immigration authorities do, you go to prison.
    If you’re as careless in your handling of firearms as the ATF is, you go to prison.
    If you cook your business’s books the way the federal government cooks its books, you go to prison.

  15. Re:System worked, then? on On the Dangers and Potential Abuses of DNA Familial Searching · · Score: 1

    ... "familial DNA technique caused an innocent man to be inconvenienced and harassed" So, investigative techniques that inconvenience and harass legitimate potential suspects should not be permitted? He was not picked at random. How are the police supposed to do their job? This would also kill all the cop shows on TV.

  16. Where was this outcry for patient privacy ... on White House Threatens Veto Over EPA "Secret Science" Bills · · Score: 0

    ... when Obamacare was being shoved down our throats? ObamaCare site sharing data with third parties

  17. Re:Artistic pursuits? THEM! on Leonard Nimoy Dies At 83 · · Score: 1

    He had a 30 second part as Army enlisted in this classic.

  18. Not a functioning engine - Only engine parts on Researchers Create World's First 3D-Printed Jet Engines · · Score: 1

    "According to Wu, the next step will be to fine-tune the finish of the components, with testing of a 3D-printed engine expected to take place within a couple of years."

  19. Unintended consequences on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is a positive step IF the FCC is limiting this to ensuring all traffic is treated equally. But too many laws, rules and regulations have been perverted by the feds to concentrate power. The last thing we need is an obamacare version of internet regulation or regulators thinking ONLY of the children or ONLY of national security.

  20. Use a browser that default blocks the trackers on Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tracking You · · Score: 1
  21. This won't end well on Al-Shabaab Video Threat Means Heightened Security at Mall of America · · Score: 2
    The feds will start using license plate readers at the mall so they can cross check vehicle owners with potential terrorists.

    All delivery vehicle drivers will have to have be fingerprinted and pass federal background checks.

    The TSA will be at all entrances doing bag checks.

  22. Re:3D print the gun, on Crystal Pattern Matching Recovers Obliterated Serial Numbers From Metal · · Score: 1

    The only way this would work is if everything printed was serialized and that data was accessible by law enforcement. Good luck with that.

  23. No prosecutor is going to rock the boat on When It Comes To Spy Gear, Many Police Ignore Public Records Laws · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is real life - not Law & Order. The prosecutor can do little if he alienates the police and feds. To that end his ambition will ALWAYS trump the law or his oath.

  24. If it's a US company it can be served with a NSL on Privacy: the 21st Century's Newest Luxury Item · · Score: 1

    Abine Inc., 280 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210. Then what? Remember Lavabit.

  25. Re:One easy first step for the consumer on Privacy: the 21st Century's Newest Luxury Item · · Score: 1

    How do you get non-US companies to abide?