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• On the post: Pakistan Orders ISPs To Block 429,343 Websites Completely, Because There's Porn On The Internet

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2016 @ 10:57am

  Where would I find a list of these websites? I'm sure there's a couple in there I haven't seen yet.

• On the post: The Shittiness Of IP Law Has Taught The Public That Everything Is Stealing And Everyone Is Owed Something

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2016 @ 10:30am

  South Park already covered this story.
  
  Someone send these people their "10 Million Theoretical Dollars."

• On the post: Lawyer: 16-Year-Old Shouldn't Be Upset By Explicit Photos Cop Sent Her Because She's Probably Seen Penises On The Internet

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2016 @ 09:52am

  Hypothetical question

  So logically, Edwin Guzman and his lawyer, Kenneth Anderson, wouldn't be upset if the trolls of the internet figured out their email addresses and sent them penis pictures?
  
  I assume they each have one, so they've probably seen one before.

• On the post: 56% Would Drop ESPN In A Heartbeat If It Meant Saving $8 A Month On Cable

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2016 @ 01:53pm

  I'd drop all the sports channels just so I don't have to click past 20 channels of stuff I'll never watch while I'm surfing.

• On the post: 'More Realistic' Modelling Of TPP's Effects Predicts 450,000 US Jobs Lost, Contraction Of Economy

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2016 @ 07:45am

  Orrin Hatch's response to my request that he vote against TPP. Post yours.

  Thank you for your letter regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. As you are undoubtedly aware, the economic and strategic architecture of the Asia-Pacific continues to evolve rapidly, and the United States must be fully engaged in the region to strengthen our alliances and harness new markets and consumers for American goods and services.
  
  In Utah, the TPP means more exports and more jobs which, given the state of America's economy, is essential to a sustained recovery and more individual opportunity. In 2010, $5.8 billion, or 39 percent, of Utah’s total exports went to markets in the Asia-Pacific region. The TPP agreement offers an opportunity to build on the highest standards and most ambitious market opening commitments in our current trade agreements. The TPP will address new areas which include: ensuring the free flow of data across borders, robust protection for trade secrets, and discipline for state-owned enterprises.
  
  The TPP agreement will provide dispute resolution procedures, such as investor-state dispute resolution, to protect US companies exporting to the Pacific region, ensuring the market access gained in the TPP agreement is not diminished by non-tariff barriers. While the final agreement has not been reached, the Administration has supported provisions extending these dispute procedures to all chapters of the agreement. However, I have worked to ensure those procedures are not extended beyond the framework of our recent trade agreements for chapters in the TPP on labor and the environment. I will not support any legislation, agreement or treaty that encroaches upon American legal sovereignty. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, I will continue to hold the administration accountable to ensure that the negotiating objectives in the TPP are grounded in U.S. law. Viewpoints such as yours are important in informing this discussion, and I thank you again for taking the time to contact me.
  
  Thank you, again, for contacting me with your comments. If you would like to have regular updates on my work in the U.S. Senate, I encourage you to subscribe to my E-newsletter , visit my Facebook page, and follow me on Twitter .
  
  Your Senator,
  
  Orrin G. Hatch
  United States Senator

• On the post: T-Mobile Doubles Down On Its Blatant Lies, Says Claims It's Throttling Are 'Bullshit' And That I'm A 'Jerk'

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 10:55am

  I'm trying to watch his video on my phone but it keeps pausing to buffer and it's taking too long to load.

• On the post: Pioneer In Internet Anonymity Hands FBI A Huge Gift In Building Dangerous Backdoored Encryption System

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2016 @ 12:33pm

  I nominate Edward Snowden to hold the key in Russia.

• On the post: Manhattan District Attorney Still Totally Ignorant About Encryption, Slams Tim Cook & Demands Legislation To Wipe Out Encryption

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 10:21am

  Set an example

  These people pushing to ban encryption should set a good example and stop using this evil technology. No encrypted files on their phones, computers or portable drives. No HTTPS for any web sites.
  
  In fact as a trial run how about all tech companies just force HTTP on any connection from a gov owned ip?
  
  This would have a couple benefits.
  
  First, of course, they can show us how a good citizen behaves and that it's completely safe.
  
  Second, FOIA requests would go down, since we could just go get whatever we want.
  
  Win Win

• On the post: Trump Calls For Partial Shutdown Of The Internet, Doesn't Understand What He's Saying

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2015 @ 03:00pm

  How many more elections do we have to go through before these old dumb bastards are gone and we start seeing candidates that have actually used the internet?

• On the post: Easily Hacked Tea Kettle Latest To Highlight Pathetic Internet Of Things 'Security'

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2015 @ 08:32am

  Don't let strangers in your network (IoT device === stranger)

  We need a "my mom could use it" device that sets up some DMZs in the network.
  
  Any new device that claims to be "smart" goes into a sandbox DMZ that allows you to get in and control it, but those devices are not allowed to get out, even to the internet. Possibly have one zone per device.
  
  If you chose to trust a device move it to a DMZ that has more permissions, maybe internet access or maybe just access to other devices.
  
  If it's not open source it's going to have to have a lot of trust before getting inside the zone where "my stuff" is.
  
  Poorly designed devices may still be vulnerable to a wifi attack, but they can't serve as a gateway into your network.
  
  Maybe instead of DMZs; using WPA-2 Enterprise, combined with a RADIUS server would work. (I'm not a network guy, just paranoid enough to learn)
  
  True, this wont help with nefarious devices that you connect to the wrong zone, but that's a different issue anyway.

• On the post: Snowden Treaty Launched: Effort To Get Countries To End Mass Surveillance

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2015 @ 12:40pm

  Lets get it started

  Someone more eloquent than me should get it up on that web site the potus ignores. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/
  
  At the very least it will sit there and be an irritant.

• On the post: James Clapper Says Intelligence Community Has 'Duty To Warn' Endangered People… Sort Of

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 10:06am

  Only used for good... really... you can trust us.

  I'm sure they would never lie about a threat to get someone they don't like to stop doing whatever it is that bothers the agency.
  
  "The IRGC is going to kill you - Doug so-and-so. How much more specific do we have to be?"

• On the post: TSA At The Movies: Theater Chain Looks To Bring Security Theater To The Movie Theater

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2015 @ 08:37am

  Want to ACTUALLY deter these shooting?

  Implement the "Some Asshole" initiative. Stop glorifying these guys in the news and simply report it as "Some Asshole shot up a theater today."
  
  Wonderella explains it best here - http://nonadventures.com/2015/06/20/the-some-of-all-fears/

• On the post: French Privacy Regulator Says Google Should Censor Global Internet Over EU Right To Be Forgotten Requests

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 11:04am

  Or...

  Maybe this is really a sneaky way to give a leg up to european search engines.
  
  If they get google to block europe, the local search engines fill the void. No BS anti-trust attack needed.
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150414/13235130658/eu-official-says-time-to-harm-american-internet-companies-via-regulations-hours-later-antitrust-charges-against-google-announced.shtml

• On the post: The Price Of Ignoring Free Internet Security Advice: Billboards Of Goatse

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 26 May, 2015 @ 10:07pm

  Nothing to fear?

  The guy in the picture certainly has nothing to hide....

• On the post: FBI Director Claims That The World's Most Knowledgeable Cybersecurity Experts Are Not 'Fair Minded' About Encryption Backdoors

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 22 May, 2015 @ 10:38am

  “these folks don’t see what I see...”

  I believe the technical term for what your suffering from is 'Cranial Rectal Inversion.'
  
  Of course they don't see what you see. I'm impressed that you got your own head in there, I don't think there's room for anyone else.

• On the post: Dept. Of Public Works Finds Watching 20 Hours A Week Of Full-Screen Porn On Work Computers To Be A Bit Too Much

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 20 May, 2015 @ 08:47am

  Someone has to say it.

  little to no work was being performed during the time that pornographic material was visible on the screen

  
  
  That's what she said!

• On the post: Court To Homeland Security: Wait, No, You Can't Just Take Anyone's Laptop At The Border To Bring Somewhere To Search

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 11 May, 2015 @ 12:51pm

  Re: We are the government

  If anyone can sell you a bridge in NY it's the government.... oh, wait... you said good condition, never mind.

• On the post: Court To Homeland Security: Wait, No, You Can't Just Take Anyone's Laptop At The Border To Bring Somewhere To Search

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 11 May, 2015 @ 12:37pm

  In other words

  I have to wonder if "partly predicated on some solid hunches" is another way of saying "parallel construction?"

• On the post: ESPN & NFL Network Still Pretending Twitter Doesn't Exist During NFL Draft

  

  Blaine ( profile ), 01 May, 2015 @ 03:00pm

  Idea?

  If the commissioner doesn't have an account, make one.
  
  Tweet the picks on that account as they are made.
  
  Every fan on twitter will be following that account.
  
  Key part - Keep using that account for announcements and such, don't leave it to waste away.
  
  It's easy to beat the leakers when you're the one making the news.

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