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• On the post: Here We Go Again: Trump Administration Considers Outlawing Encryption

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2019 @ 09:02am

  Sorry, government: you lose

  I'm glad to say this is one the thugs in government can't win. They can stamp their little feet and scream (just as they're doing in the meeting referenced here), but they can't enforce broken encryption on anyone. As a last resort, people can employ steganography, which conceals information inside a music or image file and also conceals that anything is being concealed. They'd have to stop the transmission of any such files (or pretty much any large file) to prevent this.

• On the post: Data From Court Documents Shows Texas Law Enforcement Playing Small-Ball Forfeiture, Not Doing Much To Stop Drug Trafficking

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2019 @ 09:02am

  Armed criminals who waylay and rob travelers deserve to be shot on the spot.

• On the post: UK Government's Latest Take On Asset Forfeiture Is Pretty Much 'You Can't Afford That!'

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2019 @ 08:09am

  Re: Due Process

  Thanks, that's exactly the point I was going to make. Any law that puts a person in the position of proving his innocence to keep from being ripped off is an abomination. Variants that require no judicial oversight to steal, keep, and spend a citizen's money are the worst.

• On the post: If China Is A Glimpse Of Our Future Surveillance Nightmare, Maybe Hong Kong Shows How To Fight It

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2019 @ 08:31am

  Good ideas

  All good techniques. Decentralization may be the hardest for government thugs to combat. Each person can figure out what needs to be done. Small groups of trusted friends can act together when necessary. It would take almost as many infiltrators as there are patriots to do more than moderately blunt the resistance.

• On the post: Trump Ponders Banning All Chinese-Made Gear From US 5G Networks

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2019 @ 08:02am

  Dictatorship, anyone?

  How does it happen that one man has this power? Congress needs to assert its authority, not continue to cede it. The Executive is supposed to enforce laws, not make them up!

• On the post: Report Says DHS Can't Manage Internal Misconduct Because The DHS Just Doesn't Do Anything About Internal Misconduct

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2019 @ 03:04pm

  Perfect

  "if you're the DHS, you've tried nothing and you're all out of ideas."

  This is as close as the government comes to clear thinking.

• On the post: Australia Says Media Companies Can Be Sued Over User Comments On Facebook

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2019 @ 02:56pm

  This is impossible to parody

  Never try to parody the stupidity of government. The reality is always going to be more ridiculous than anything you could dream up.

• On the post: Appeals Court To Cops: There's Nothing Inherently Suspicious About Running From The Police

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2019 @ 09:15am

  Avoid cops whenever possible

  Anyone who DOESN'T do his best to avoid police, who have been turned into revenue-hungry predators, is a fool.

• On the post: Report Says EU ISPs Are Happily Ignoring Net Neutrality Rules

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 28 May, 2019 @ 11:06am

  Absurd laws are meant to be broken

  Good! Net Neutrality is an abomination, an attempt by the government to micromanage the economy. Ridiculous laws should be disobeyed at every opportunity.

• On the post: Techdirt Sues ICE After It Insists It Has No Records Of The 1 Million Domains It Claims To Have Seized

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 23 May, 2019 @ 01:58pm

  Thanks, Techdirt. Go after those ICE bozos!

• On the post: Independent Forensic Investigation Undermines Houston Cops' Narrative About Fatal Drug Raid

  

  adaptune ( profile ), 18 May, 2019 @ 09:03am

  Don't EVER call the cops!

  <i>In actuality, the "tip" was one of the now-dead resident's mother calling the police to tell them her daughter was using drugs.</i>

  Where has this woman been for the last 20 years? She signed her daughter's death warrant.