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  1. Re:Backups for the win! on Cryptome Hacked; All Files Deleted · · Score: 1

    well if scientology was involved the suicide was probably carried out with a shotgun to the back of the head, twice for good measure

    Why would it be scientology? While I do not put it past them, since when did they have this sort of capability?

  2. Seems like the government at work. on Cryptome Hacked; All Files Deleted · · Score: 1

    And if it's the government they wouldn't have to actually hack the email account password, they'd already know it. They'd simply log in and do the work and nobody would suspect them. It's a very convenient time, considering what was being posted on Cryptome, it was very explosive stuff involving Julian Assange, Wikileaks, etc.

  3. None of this would work. on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    None of this would prevent the government agent from torturing/interrogating you.

  4. A word to the wiser... on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    There are no secrets, you have no secrets live with it.

  5. What proof do you have? on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    What proof do you have that he showed his "child porn collection"? Maybe that proof should be shown to a jury because if it's just the police witness testimony this is no different than any random informant saying they saw child porn on your computer. Fact is anyone can claim anything and use it as an excuse.

  6. Only would work if you actually don't recall it. on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    And in this case it might not work if he recalls it.

  7. Laws don't apply to these situations. on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    Assume the Constitution does not exist, what would the government do to get the information? Anything necessary to achieve the end is what they'll do, including torture.

  8. They'll torture him and he will break. on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    It may take 6 weeks, 6 months, or 6 years, no one can keep a secret forever unless they die, live an isolated existence or forget it.

    If they want his password they'll stop at nothing to get it.

  9. Take the money out but leave extortion in? on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There will always be ways to manipulate or get people to do what you want them to do. Bribes may be the best way but threats work very well on people who have a lot to lose.

  10. What is the effect of bribery and extortion? on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    The same effect it always has been. Just ask Boss Tweed how well that works.

  11. This is exactly right. Mod him up! on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    But you don't understand that there are no "leaders." The "leaders" are actually the most controlled among the masses. The corporations know who the future leaders will be, they then investigate the hell out of them to find any stupid thing they've ever said or did in their entire life, if nothing is found then they search harder and forever until something is found. If one investigator can't find any dirt, they'll hire a dozen, until the individual does something stupid, and they'll have their informants and sources try to trick the individual into doing something stupid that they ordinarily wouldn't do.

    If none of this stuff works, they'll start lying. Suddenly you'll be a bisexual and somebody you've never met before in your life will start lying about you. Suddenly you'll have cheated on your wife because some woman you've never met before will be threatening to call your wife and tell her what you did unless you do what they want. And in the backround you'll be given the option to take the money, keep your mouth shut, and go along with it.

    Most "leaders" take the bribe rather than accept the terror, because resistance is futile. Ask Bill Clinton.

  12. Take the bribe or accept the terror. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    This is the only option politicians get, this is the only option anybody gets who gets in the way of big corporations. You either take the bribe or you take the terror which usually is the result of years worth of dirt or skeletons in your closet, or maybe you don't have skeletons so they get some dirt cops to arrest you on possession of something illegal, it's not hard.

    So ultimately the choice is almost always to take the bribe or take the terror. I can't blame any politician who takes the bribe, and the politicians who take the terror aren't able to do anything to defend themselves. So you have defenseless individuals up against invincible corporate persons. Nobody can stand up to a corporation or group of corporations who have the money to hire 10 people to follow you around and investigate you for as long as it takes.

  13. But it's possible to know how the gov works. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    It works on bribery, extortion/blackmail, and thats about it.

    Everyone who needs to be controlled is investigated until their price or weak point is found and they get the option that everybody gets when in the way, take the bribe or accept the terror.

  14. A corporation can control any individual. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    Because every individual can be investigated until some area of their life or some weak point is found, and then that individual can be threatened with the bad news.

  15. Corporations can still hire investigators. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    This would mean corporations would have hundreds of millions or maybe billions to hire an army of private investigator types, ex-spooks, and corrupt law enforcement types, and have these people find "dirt" on politicians, and then exploit that dirt.

    This one cheats on his wife. This one is secretly gay. This one has kiddie porn on his computer. This one is a racist. This one's father was a nazi. This one cheated on an exam.

    Corporations have unlimited money. There is a limited amount of weak individuals in congress and senate. These corporations can follow them around, stalk them, spy on them, to find dirt on them. Then you have dirty corrupt cops who would be willing to entrap some of them or set some of them up. Then you have journalists, with their sources/informants who would use anything they say in private to make them look bad or lose an election.

    Since every politician is human, they all have skeletons, and once elected thats when all these different groups of corporations privately let them know that they have this dirt or that dirt or this skeleton and that, and to either pass the law or else.

    The ones who won't bend to the will of corporations in this way, they'll be bribed. Their kids get to go to Harvard, Yale, you know? Their businesses get investment because someone owes them a favor right?

  16. Principles without power is useless. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    You need power and principles to win.

  17. Hes right and wrong. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    Point 4 is exactly where Lawrence Lessig started 'Change Congress' to try to fix the underlying root of our corrupt congress. Lessig says you can't fix anything else until you fix this first. Anything else, like for example fixing the problems in our Healthcare, will be subverted by corporate lobbyists to just make more profit for the incumbent corporations.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_Congress

    The problem isn't that politicians are corrupt or bribed, the problem is that they are bribed by foreigners instead of bribed by us.

  18. Only the FBI can solve it. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    And the FBI does not have the ability. So we are run by foreigners and foreign agencies help write our laws through lobbyists who bribe politicians or blackmail them.

    Don't assume every lobbyist is American.

  19. Or we can stop selling out to foreign powers. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    Because selling out to foreign powers decreases the power of Americans to self govern and the next thing you know your foreign powers are your foreign owners.

    You took the bribe and it's just like taking it from the mafia, now you are property.
    You make the laws they tell you to make, or they will destroy your life because guess what? Some of these lobbyists are obviously connected to intelligence agencies, and have dirt on politicians along with the ability to bribe.

  20. We must stop selling out to foreigners. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    If we continue to sell out to foreigners we should not be surprised when we wake up one day to discover we are owned by foreigners.

  21. Thats why we need to start companies. on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    And stop selling out to foreigners.

  22. And that is the catch 22. on Cyber Command Will Miss Friday's Operational Deadline · · Score: 1

    I don't have a problem with enlisting, the problem is that even to enlist at this time would be competitive. So basically a person has to enlist, hope they can get top secret clearance, and hope again that they can get this job?

    It's going to take them years to staff up.

  23. Re:Staff shortages on Cyber Command Will Miss Friday's Operational Deadline · · Score: 1

    While looking for jobs in the DC Area I noticed several openings with Raytheon that seemed to be what Cyber Command is looking for, "Cyber Warrior" being one of them. Most of the openings were looking for extremely specific qualifications, yet I didn't notice any mention of training for applicants that might not be completely what they're looking for. Perhaps they need to lower their standards just a bit.

    Of course they need to lower their standards. Obviously if they can't find the staff to meet their standards they need to lower them.

  24. Experience or expertise? on Cyber Command Will Miss Friday's Operational Deadline · · Score: 1

    It seems they want to get the most experienced employees from the private sector.
    This is going to be a problem because these types of employees can make more money in the private sector and don't have any incentive to switch to a government job.

    Why would someone who works for Google or IBM switch to the Cyber Command for the US Government? The fact that they call it the Cyber Command also shows lack of knowledge of current terminology. How many of us actually use the word "cyberspace" to describe the internet? Only the government still calls it cyberspace.

  25. Re:The new "rationality" test. I support this test on "Pre-Crime" Comes To the HR Dept. · · Score: 1

    "Live your job."

    You must be such a douche.
    I can just picture you sitting alone in front of the TV on a Sunday morning replete with shirt, tie and cardigan.

    A job is a way of life, a lifestyle. If you don't want that lifestyle don't accept that job. Be a bartender if you like hanging out in bars.