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• On the post: Yet Another Study Shows U.S. 5G Is Far Slower Than Many Other Nations

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2020 @ 06:38am

  The best

  Whenever I see a comment that contains "US is the best at..." the only FTFY is "...fucking over their citizens".

  Luckily they have a stable political process that can't be abused.

• On the post: Hacks Are Always Worse Than Reported: Nintendo's Breached Accounts Magically Double

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2020 @ 03:23am

  you don't go around making up your own nickname

  ...therefore you don't get to propose a law named after you. Pretty sure it's Streissand effect, not Masnick effect :D

• On the post: Another Coronavirus Side Effect: In-Home Surveillance By Remote Workers' Employers

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2020 @ 05:49am

  The purpose of Sneek

  The purpose of Sneek isn't surveillance...

  Oh really? Surely the name doesn't imply anything nefarious. Maybe they should name it Clippy, since it's an intrusive office feature...

• On the post: Dear Reuters: This Is NOT How You Report On Dishonest, Disingenuous Talking Points From US Officials Regarding Encryption

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2020 @ 01:52am

  Re: You do the math

  That is not a journalist then. That's just editorial staff.

• On the post: ICE Says Students Duped By Its Fake College Sting Should Have Known It Was A Sting

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2019 @ 05:53am

  Just a pot

  1. ICE makes a honeypot
  2. foreign would-be students get ensnared
  3. people rightfuly point out it's a honeypot
  4. ICE: "But there's no actual honey! Real bees don't fall for just a pot."

  How many organizations in US are justifying their existance with behaviour that justifies their abolishment?

  ICE, TSA, RIAA, NRA, ...

• On the post: Consumer Reports Finds Numerous Home Routers Lack Even Basic Security Protections

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2019 @ 01:41am

  Re: UDP is the new bad guy?

  pretty sure it's a typo.

• On the post: California College Tells Student He Can't Hand Out Copies Of The Constitution On Constitution Day

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2015 @ 04:33am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: staged

  Yes, you probably so assume. It's wrong but hey, assume away. :)

• On the post: Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2015 @ 04:28am

  Re: Re: Re: Oh my

  my bad, moron in a hurry:
  http://web.archive.org/web/20080706185218/http://www.out-law.com/page-2897

• On the post: Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2015 @ 04:27am

  Re: Re: Oh my

  Woohoo, Streisand effect rears it's lovely head:
  https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/12/bogus-domain-name-seller-settles-ftc-charges
  https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/12/bogus-domain-name-seller-settles-ftc-charges
  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/business/3-web-sites-closed-in-spam-inquiry.html
  
  So now when all these "forgotten" events are in the comments, will google go all crazy on RTBF?

• On the post: Right To Be Forgotten Hits The NY Times

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2015 @ 04:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  funny how it's only google. Use something like duckduckgo and voila.
  "But we have the right that Google doesn't associate us permanently with that bad event"
  
  It's not erasing - it's scrubbing. If you don't want to be associated with stupidity - try not to do it online or/and in public sphere.

• On the post: Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2015 @ 04:18am

  Re: Re: Oh my

  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Thomas+Goolnik

• On the post: News Corp. Sends DMCA Notice Over Glenn Greenwald Trashing The Sunday Times' Ridiculous Snowden Story

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 12:37pm

  Re: Streisand...Streisand.....Streisand

  Ye Olde Streisand... never fails to amuse.

• On the post: Why Do Our Senators Keep Calling Ed Snowden 'Eric Snowden'?

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2015 @ 06:13am

  Or maybe this is a ploy to avoid defamation lawsuit... ;)

• On the post: Net Neutrality On The Ropes In Europe As Some EU Members Wimp Out On Real Rules

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 28 May, 2015 @ 06:26am

  EU != US

  Luckily some countries have some working brains somewhere in the legislative branch:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_law#Europe
  
  ;)

• On the post: 100 Million Pennies For Your Thoughts? DEA Hands MuckRock A $1.4 Million Estimate For Responsive Documents

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2015 @ 01:30am

  Re: Re: can has USB?

  hehe, remember when Lavabit tried giving out some of this medicine?
  
  Contempt of court.

• On the post: The Mythical And Almost Certainly Made Up 'Legend' Of Walter O'Brien Continues To Grow

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2014 @ 03:45am

  Re: Re:

  "...sell the series as near-future sci-fi"
  
  Yeah, if the future means 1999.

• On the post: Washington Post's Clueless Editorial On Phone Encryption: No Backdoors, But How About A Magical 'Golden Key'?

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2014 @ 03:09am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Any technology is indistinguishable from magic to stupid people.
  
  FTFY

• On the post: Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2014 @ 04:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: bullshittery and IQ

  Submit should be clicked once not twice. ;)

• On the post: Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2014 @ 04:30am

  Re: Enjoying the show

  I can't enjoy this show. It would be like enjoying story plot in a porn movie.

• On the post: Chilling Effects: Climate Change Deniers Have Scientific Paper Disappeared

  

  bratwurzt ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 07:17am

  Re:

  Hm, I have to disagree on extremism being bad - extremism are just extreme poles of distributed data.
  
  It's the centers shifting that's worrying me - there are no radical liberals in US, I think. At least comparing to Denmark, for example.

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