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• On the post: Narcotics Team 'Loses' $294,000 In Seized Cash Because It Omitted The Location To Be Searched From Its Search Warrant

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2015 @ 03:31pm

  Re: due process

  Word up.

• On the post: Google Says It Will Remove Revenge Porn Results From Search… Raising Some Questions

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2015 @ 02:53am

  Now what happens when it is the person on the receiving end of harassment who tries to publicly shame some disgusting human being by posting visual evidence of them in flagrante delicto and the aggressor claims "revenge porn!"? Will they be denied any other route than a neutered and costly in-court option when the best, most lasting results would be just to enshrine on Youtube or Imgur what they did for the world to see?

• On the post: Boston Police Hiding Administrative Stingray Docs Behind 'Investigatory Materials' Exemption

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2015 @ 06:16am

  Re: sensitive technological capabilities

  You probably aren't far off the mark. We all know that .gov works very hard on the "security through obscurity" doctrine which most know is the hallmark of no security at all: great minds think up the perfect solution, enshrine it in law, then when its shown how fragile and worthless their solution is - obfuscate to the point of absurdity until forced to change. Rewind, hit play...ad infinitum.

• On the post: Bruce Schneier: Sure, Russia & China Probably Have The Snowden Docs… But Not Because Of Snowden

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2015 @ 11:12am

  At this point, I actually put more clout in the Chinese denial of the hack than anything .gov tells us.

• On the post: Reporter Who Wrote Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 01:00pm

  Ubelieveable

  I'm absolutely shocked that a CNN employee asked relevant and coherent questions of a guest.

• On the post: The Pulitzer Prize In Bullshit FUD Reporting Goes To… The Sunday Times For Its 'Snowden Expose'

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 07:56am

  Everyone here is crazy, this article is totally legit.

• On the post: Canadian Court: Yes, We Can Order Google To Block Websites Globally

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 09:49am

  Re: Back to basics

  This is what I was thinking.

• On the post: Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions, Suggesting FBI, Others Are Seeking User Info

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2015 @ 01:35pm

  Ironic warrant canary is ironic.

• On the post: Lawsuit Claims Sheriff's Dept. Perfectly Fine With Arresting Person 70 Lbs. Lighter And Six Inches Shorter Than Suspect Sought

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2015 @ 07:24am

  Re: Re:

  My problem is with cops referring to non-cops as 'citizens'. It implies they consider themselves either above or apart from the citizenry. Whether this is a symptom or cause of the paradigm they find themselves in, I can't say. I'm just pointing out the error in case anyone thinks it is true as a matter of course.

• On the post: Lawsuit Claims Sheriff's Dept. Perfectly Fine With Arresting Person 70 Lbs. Lighter And Six Inches Shorter Than Suspect Sought

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2015 @ 04:27am

  Re:

  One more time, cops are also citizens.

• On the post: Lawyer Asman Drops Lawsuit Against EFF, But Claims That 'Ass man' Comments Are Defamatory

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 08:18pm

  Is this THE Dr. Assman of Kramerica Industries, AKA DR. Martin van Nostrand AKA H.E. Pennypacker?

• On the post: Top FBI Official Says Tech Companies Need To 'Prevent Encryption Above All Else'

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 08:33am

  Re: Re: For the FBI to justify their jobs of course......

  It's actually much worse than no security, perceived security encourages more people to risk more important communication and data using the illusion of security.

• On the post: Top FBI Official Says Tech Companies Need To 'Prevent Encryption Above All Else'

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 08:29am

  Re: Re:

  'Hoover' is such an apropos word in several different ways for this.

• On the post: Dark Markets Continue To Grow, Despite Silk Road Trial

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2015 @ 02:07pm

  Sentencing someone more harshly to "send a message" is just coming down more harshly on one person for all possible future crimes of others. That's deep.

• On the post: Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 29 May, 2015 @ 10:38pm

  At least this sends the message to the hundred thousand other scoundrels and 20 other dark net marketplace staff members that this kind of thing is frowned upon by the government.

• On the post: Sting Operation Shows How Full Of Crap Health Journals Are When It Comes To Dietary Studies

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 29 May, 2015 @ 08:58pm

  I like eating Lipton chicken noodle cup-a-soup dry, so there Mr. I hate chocolate.

• On the post: Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 29 May, 2015 @ 04:59pm

  Disgusting

  Extremely disgusting that something like this can occur and most people will not even think twice about it if they even thought once before this.

• On the post: Charter Acquires Time Warner Cable, Promises It Will Suck Less Than Blocked Comcast Merger

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 26 May, 2015 @ 03:41pm

  Sh!%

  The crappiness of these companies is a subject which has my rapt attention since I'm a relatively pleased Charter customer, as bad as it is...things can only get worse with Time/Warner. Damn, I thought Charter just got out of bankruptcy, how the hell is this even happening?

• On the post: Obtained Emails Show FBI's General Counsel Briefly Concerned About Privacy Implications Of License Plate Readers

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 26 May, 2015 @ 07:58am

  Re: Past time to get rid of license plates altogether

  This is the kind of worry I have with more and more police being made to wear cameras, also. Even if it might mitigate the current obvious problems I think a point will come where me might regret the clarion call to force a Robe of Eyes on each and every LEO.

• On the post: Meanwhile, In Japan: More Arrests For Cheating At Video Games

  

  Agonistes ( profile ), 26 May, 2015 @ 04:44am

  Typical Yamamoto behavior, just look at that WWII Admiral...or maybe Hiro Yamamoto...?

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