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• On the post: First Phase Of Security Audit Finds Vulnerabilities But No Backdoors In TrueCrypt Encryption Software

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2014 @ 06:54am

  Any bug that is intentional will be made to look accidental.

• On the post: Why We Filed An Amicus Brief In Garcia v. Google: Blaming 3rd Parties Has Serious Impact On Free Speech

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2014 @ 01:04pm

  Re:

  I was going to say just that. Thanks, TechDirt!

• On the post: Intuit Does Subterfuge To Combat Free-Filing Tax Returns

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2014 @ 12:23pm

  It was a mistake listing Intuit because their contract probably requires them to get permission to use their relationship in marketing material.

• On the post: Obama Tells NSA To Reveal, Not Exploit, Flaws… Except All The Times It Wants To Do The Opposite

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2014 @ 06:50am

  "closing zero days is just like disarming both sides"
  
  That's only true if we know the same 0-days that the others know.

• On the post: Microsoft-Sponsored Study Says Problems Caused By Using Windows Software Will Cost Businesses $500 Billion In 2014

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2014 @ 07:08am

  Re: Re:

  Agreed as to the misleading title.

• On the post: ICE Rejects My Request To Waive FOIA Fees 'Because .' Yes, 'Because .'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2014 @ 07:12am

  Obviously it's because terrorism. You just have to read between the spaces.

• On the post: Member Of Intelligence Review Group Tells NSA: You Guys Have Done Amazing Work Protecting America… And Should Never, Ever Be Trusted

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2014 @ 09:17am

  Don't trust government. Don't trust spies. And definitely don't trust government spies.

• On the post: Newscasters Reenact Final Four Moments Rather Than Wait For Game Highlight Rights To Clear

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2014 @ 07:08am

  Doesn't this fall under "other accounts" of the game? Still illegal (if you believe fair use clips are illegal).

• On the post: NSA Official Uses LiveJournal-Like Board To Brag About 'Hunting SysAdmins'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2014 @ 07:26am

  Re:

  Also, how do they get access to all those packets into and out of those routers?

• On the post: NSA Official Uses LiveJournal-Like Board To Brag About 'Hunting SysAdmins'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2014 @ 07:24am

  And of course, inspecting packet headers going to and from these routers is just metadata, so no big deal right?

• On the post: Corruptville, Florida May Lose Its Cityship

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2014 @ 07:10am

  Zoom in on Hampton, Florida with Google maps to see their angle.
  
  http://goo.gl/maps/VL4LV

• On the post: Cracked Writer Questioned By Secret Service Agents Over Humorous Article About Kidnapping President's Daughters

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2014 @ 04:00pm

  Security Apparatus Recognizes Innocence

  This article has nothing to do with surveillance. They were questioning him about things he published. I don't really have a problem with the Secret Service spidering the net. It's public information. They can get Google alerts just like anyone else. And they can make their own Internet Archive. Why not?
  
  The end of the article makes it seem like the Secret Service reading web pages and books is some sort of police intrusion. I think of it as the patrol car on the beat. They should do that, and I'd be shocked if they didn't.
  
  Really, this article is good news. The headline should read Security Apparatus Recognizes Innocence. That's something we can't take for granted anymore.

• On the post: Why NSA's Betrayal Of Internet Security Is Akin To A Massive Public Health Disaster

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2014 @ 05:41am

  The NSA fancies itself as the antibodies and white blood cells of the national corpus. Unfortunately, an overabundance of defense has given this nation a case of lupus.

• On the post: Smokey Robinson Sues Ex-Wife To Prevent Her From Claiming 50% Of His Recaptured Motown Hits

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 09:56am

  "This raises a question: if his ex-wife has no right to profit from Smokey's songs, why should Smokey's descendants?"
  
  I was wondering why this article was interesting until I read that. Now it's fascinating!

• On the post: Gibberish-Loaded Fake Papers Are Flooding Academia And A New Cat And Mouse Detection Game Is Afoot

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 07:18am

  Will Springer and IEEE be offering refunds to universities library systems for the fraudulent publications? After all, the peer review system is their biggest selling point over open access. I hope some librarian makes a case that their proceeds were fraudulently obtained, because the publishers didn't even try to fulfill their reason to exist in the supply chain.

• On the post: Google States Unequivocally It Was 'Attacked' By The Chinese… And By The United States

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2014 @ 11:06am

  Re:

  Agreed. The scenario goes like this:
  
  "Hey there Sanjay, that's a nice H1 visa you've got there. It would be a shame is something were to happen to it. Why don't you do us a favor and insert this innocuous-looking off-by-one bug into the next build."
  
  By the way, it's my opinion it's quite possible this is happening to voting machines as well. Or even likely, given what we've learned of NSA's depravity.

• On the post: Google States Unequivocally It Was 'Attacked' By The Chinese… And By The United States

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2014 @ 10:15am

  I'm satisfied with "pretty sure." It means they've done everything reasonable they can think of, but they are smart enough, and humble enough, to know there may be things they do not know.

• On the post: Supreme Court Takes A Pass On Challenging Legality Of Government Surveillance Programs

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2014 @ 12:19pm

  These spies have no self-restraint and yet we're supposed to trust them?

• On the post: Reddit Mods Bury Glenn Greenwald's Story On GCHQ/NSA Use Of Internet To 'Destroy Reputations'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2014 @ 06:13pm

  Re: Re: Just trying to see the whole forest...

  But the hammers are paid to do this 9 to 5, and the moles just get around to it once in a while.

• On the post: Reddit Mods Bury Glenn Greenwald's Story On GCHQ/NSA Use Of Internet To 'Destroy Reputations'

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2014 @ 01:45pm

  Obvious mods are obvious NSA obvious sock puppets.

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