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• On the post: TSA Security Checks Begin Long Before Travelers Arrive At The Airport

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2013 @ 02:52pm

  Re:

  Once they drone strike your entire family, that's when.

• On the post: DOJ Hasn't Actually Found Silk Road Founder's Bitcoin Yet

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2013 @ 09:59pm

  "I could see the court ordering him to pay the dollar equivalent in restitution."
  
  Wouldn't that be acknowledging Bitcoin as currency?

• On the post: Philly Transit Police Chief Shocked That No One Came To The Assistance Of A Cop Being Assaulted By A Suspect

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2013 @ 10:17pm

  I hesitate to even call 911 because they always want my details and make me a part of the case. If later a cop thinks for some reason I was a negative part of the situation, they mark that on my file and it affects my future employment opportunities thanks to police databases in Canada like PRIME.
  
  So yea, I try not to call 911.

• On the post: Court Says That Google's Scanning Email Content To Place Ads Could Violate Wiretap Laws

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2013 @ 10:11am

  I sincerely doubt it's as simple as scanning individual emails and delivering ads based on that. Knowing Google, they probably use the data to develop an overarching profile to deliver adds to you account. Cross-reference that with the profiles of those you contact, and you've got an extensive background.

• On the post: Court Says WiFi Isn't Radio Because It's Not Audio; Therefore WiFi Sniffing Can Be Wiretapping

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2013 @ 02:40pm

  Re:

  They don't need warrants to wiretap. Gosh.

• On the post: Feds Had Court Reverse Ban On Warrantless Searches On Americans Because 'We Wanted To Be Able To Do It'

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2013 @ 11:26am

  Re:

  NSA: It's too hard to collect foreign data without catching Americans in our net.
  FISA: Ok fine. You can collect everything, but just delete the American data.
  NSA: But now we have all this American data that we want. There is no sense in pretending it's not there.
  FISA: I suppose. Just don't abuse it!
  NSA: No promises.

• On the post: The NSA Needs To Get In Front Of The Leaks: Stop Lying And Open Up

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2013 @ 06:04pm

  Oath

  "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?"
  
  "I swear to be as honest as government organizations such as the NSA."
  
  ...problem?

• On the post: Fake Cable Ad Apparently Hits Too Close To Home; Bogus Defamation Claim Censors Video In Canada

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2013 @ 03:57pm

  I don't think we have a take down process (that's I'm aware of).

• On the post: Feds Waged Hundreds Of Cyberattacks On Other Countries; Spent $25 Million Buying Vulnerabilities

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2013 @ 07:38am

  We need cybersecurity laws because after we're done pissing the whole world off they will be coming after us!

• On the post: 50% Of 'Retiring' Senators Now Become Lobbyists, Up From 3% A Few Decades Ago

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2013 @ 10:09am

  Re:

  The thought had occurred to me as well.
  
  It seems really draconian, and it is, but I can't see any other solution.
  
  You're also right that it would weed out people getting into politics for the wrong reasons. It truly would ensure that public servants are just that, servants of the public.

• On the post: 50% Of 'Retiring' Senators Now Become Lobbyists, Up From 3% A Few Decades Ago

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2013 @ 10:06am

  Re: Re: Outlawing lobbying may make things better.

  Well you can't completely deregulate, for example, there are anti-trust laws for very good reasons.

• On the post: Ecuador Looks To Ban Wikileaks-like Offerings, Despite 'Housing' Assange

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2013 @ 06:43pm

  Re: Re:

  Right. But neither person deserves persecution, hence the lumping of the two.

• On the post: Ecuador Looks To Ban Wikileaks-like Offerings, Despite 'Housing' Assange

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2013 @ 01:27pm

  That Snowden and Assange had to go to oppressive countries such as Russia and Ecuador to escape despotism is not a commentary on those people, rather a commentary on the places from which they fled.
  
  In other words, in this case, these oppressive regimes are a safe haven from the US. What does that tell you about the US?

• On the post: Unfortunate Ruling Says Changing Your IP Address Can Be 'Unauthorized Access' To A Public Website

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2013 @ 04:25pm

  Re: Re:

  But then go after them for violating the cease and desist. The matter of the IP address is irrelevant
  
  Arguing that circumventing an IP address block is hacking, is like saying that driving over a speed bump is trespassing.

• On the post: Gambia Passes Law That Gives Internet Activists 15 Year Jail Terms

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2013 @ 08:42am

  "Of course, all a move like this really does is signal to the world that the Gambian government is really freaking scared of its own public."
  
  That's nothing. In certain remote police states, whistleblowing is called "aiding the enemy" and is punishable by death or life in prison.

• On the post: Anyone Brushing Off NSA Surveillance Because It's 'Just Metadata' Doesn't Know What Metadata Is

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2013 @ 10:03pm

  Maybe liberty is one of those things societies have to give up every now and then, so that they value it.
  
  If you, your parents or grandparents did not live in a dictatorship, the average person just doesn't know how valuable freedom is.

• On the post: Former NSA Director On Privacy Vs. Security Balance: Would 'Shave Points' Off Effectiveness For 'Public Comfort'

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2013 @ 07:07am

  Tisk Tisk America...If all the other countries became dictatorships, does that mean you would too?

• On the post: Mayor Bloomberg Opens Own Wallet To Erect Protective Wall Of Money Around His Beloved Stop And Frisk Program

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2013 @ 09:44am

  Re: here's the thing

  No price is too high to keep those minorities in check.

• On the post: Federal Judge None Too Impressed With Government's Defense Of Its 'No Fly' List

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2013 @ 09:49am

  Re: Yeah my wife the teacher was and maybe still is on the list.

  "No clue but she was just out of college at a small south Georgia college and had done nothing political (or 7 years later done nothing political) to warrant that."
  
  It's statements like these that really scare me. How can anyone argue the US is not a police state? I'm not criticizing you personally, but this widely accepted mentality that engaging in political discourse or action can (and apparently does) end with you losing personal liberties should be all the evidence you need of the effects of the current police state.
  
  Elections do not a free society make; ask Iran.

• On the post: Federal Judge None Too Impressed With Government's Defense Of Its 'No Fly' List

  

  Jesse ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2013 @ 09:44am

  I'm not understanding how calling flying a convenience helps their case. So what?
  
  A free society shouldn't be allowed to prevent citizens from buying diamond rings without some sort of due process, and that is clearly a luxury item. This is kind of a defining quality of freedom, that you can do whatever you want so long as it doesn't impinge on the freedom of others. Such freedoms can be removed only for good reason and with due process.
  
  That whole "due process" thing is more or less the key part that separates the free from the oppressed...

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