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  1. How dare people try and turn a profit on New York Subpoenaed AirBnb For All NYC User Data · · Score: 5, Insightful

    AirBnb, please tell the city to go F itself. If the city has a problem with certain property owners they can request data on those specific owners. The city shouldn't be permitted to go on a fishing expedition to prove a theory.

    This is just like the NSA demanding all phone records from Verizon with the possibility that only a few may be terrorists.

  2. Re:it's much worse than the summary indicates on All Your Child's Data Are Belong To InBloom · · Score: 1

    If you wish not to do business with a corporation that is your right. Try doing that with governments(local, state or federal).

  3. Legal/Illegal in the USA is irrelevant on Google Cracks Down On Mugshot Blackmail Sites · · Score: 1

    US laws are meaningless if the web site is hosted and managed by somebody outside of the USA.

  4. It's about putting pressure on the GOP on Are Shuttered Gov't Sites Actually Saving Money? · · Score: 1

    http://www.examiner.com/article/park-ranger-admits-being-told-to-make-life-as-difficult-for-people-as-possible

    A federal Park Service Ranger admitted being ordered to make life as difficult as possible in order to make Americans feel the most pain as a result of the partial government shutdown ... Same happened at the beginning of the sequester..

  5. Re:Unhealthy Americans vs. Veganism on Tom Clancy Is Dead At 66 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Michael Clarke Duncan was a Vegetarian and he died at 54.

    http://www.peta.org/features/Michael-Clarke-Duncan.aspx

  6. New site has little redeeming value on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    The new layout shows you have no clue who your target audience is.

    More community-promoted content in the All Stories view.
    *** Who cares? That's not why I'm here ***

    Improved profile pages to give you a snapshot of other community members
    *** WHO CARES!?!?!? ***. Please who care about this spend there time on facebook, not slashdot.

    Easier browsing of popular topics straight from the main page.
    *** says you ***. And this assumes that only popular topics are worth reading.

  7. 'unmanned drone' is redundant? on Boeing Turning Old F-16s Into Unmanned Drones · · Score: 1

    Drone: an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drone

  8. Used advanced IP spoofing? Where's Carmen Ortiz? on Brooklyn Yogurt Shop Sting Snares Fake Reviewers For NY Attorney General · · Score: 4, Informative

    Where are the feds with this one? IP spoofing was one of the charges the feds used to intimidate Aaron Swartz.

  9. Good luck with this on How To Foil NSA Sabotage: Use a Dead Man's Switch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't expect a prosecutor to buy this argument. Anything you do that alerts others to a gag order will be treated as a violation. You may win in court, but you will be thousands of dollars in debt defending yourself.

  10. Re:Asking them nicely will stop help? on Time For X-No-Wiretap HTTP Header? · · Score: 2

    I would prefer removing him from office. Impeachment is the bringing of charges. Good luck getting the Senate sock puppets to convict.

  11. This would work as well as the war on drugs on New Jersey Congressman Seeks To Bar NSA Backdoors In Encryption · · Score: 1

    And keeping guns out of the hands of criminals
    And keeping the borders secure

  12. Title is inaccurate. It's Apple's fault on Patent Suit Leads To 500,000 Annoyed Software Users · · Score: 0

    The complaints are because Apple refused to pay for a legal patent and not because of the suit.

    Apple purposely CHOSE to go down this path knowing a lawsuit was possible.

  13. Re:Conversation on How One Man Turns Annoying Cold Calls Into Cash · · Score: 1

    If this became the norm the cold call lobby would influence their legislators to force the telcos to give them an exception.

  14. Why doesn't this make billboards illegal in NJ? on NJ Court: Sending a Text Message To a Driver Could Make You Liable For Crash · · Score: 1

    And every sign on the road.

    If the signs are there to get the attention of drivers how is this different than a text message?

  15. Criminal Charges under the CFAA? on NSA Officers Sometimes Spy On Love Interests · · Score: 1

    Persons were accessing data they were not authorized to access.

    When are the criminal charges to be filed?

  16. Why federal regulators? on A New Spate of Deaths In the Wireless Industry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why not state regulators? Not everything is a federal responsibility.

  17. Why is this on Slashdot? on Bradley Manning Wants To Live As a Woman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who cares if he wants to live as a woman, a man or a chipmonk?

    This inane crap belongs on Digg not here.

  18. Re:Impeach Obummer! on EFF Wins Release of Secret Court Opinion: NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Please learn the definition of impeach in this context. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached. Neither were removed from office.

  19. What is 'dead'? on The Cryonics Institute Offers a Chance at Immortality (Video #2) · · Score: 1
  20. Re:The Fascists Have Won on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is being done has nothing to do with left-wing or right-wing. It's about power and control.

  21. Re:yeah, right on US, Germany To Enter No-Spying Agreement · · Score: 3, Informative

    Almost? President Bill Clinton was impeached on 19 Dec 1998 by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228-206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221-212 vote).

  22. Obama is the SysAdmin on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 1

    ... of the executive branch. Can we start at the top?

    Move on to the head of the TSA.

  23. Social security numbers? on Obamacare Exchanges Months Behind In Testing IT Data Security · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "hacker steals the social security numbers and other information people provide when signing up for insurance."

    Why would anyone provide a social security number to be used for medical purposes?

  24. Re:There goes all the retirement plans! on New York Times Sells Boston Globe At 93% Loss · · Score: 1

    Not just companies. Look at Detroit. It has dozens of unions and during its heyday the city unions were demanding and getting the same benefits as the auto workers. Now they have a tax base that's less than half of what it was. Simple economics.

  25. Re:I guess Snowden saved Manning's life then. on Bradley Manning Convicted of Espionage, Acquitted of 'Aiding the Enemy' · · Score: 2

    I would add a 3rd reason ... it's in everyone's best interest. The death penalty removes any motivation to cooperate in revealing the extent of the treason. There also may be more questions later on.