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• On the post: Alabama Legislators Say You Must Be A Salaried Employee Of Old School Media To Get Approved For Press Credentials

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2015 @ 06:38pm

  Wait. What?

  ...if they're to receive press credentials & be allowed inside the press rooms at the State House.
  
  If only there was some way of making such limited spaces accessible to the general public...

• On the post: DailyDirt: Fighting Off Infections In The Future

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2015 @ 06:58pm

  Finally

  ...like teixobactin which was found in soil-dwelling bacteria …
  
  DailyDirt lives up to its name at last.

• On the post: Police Chief Trying To Find Some Way To Charge Drone Operator Who Didn't Break Any Laws

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2015 @ 11:41am

  Re:

  Marshall does not work for the FAA.

• On the post: FBI Says It Has A Warrant Requirement For Stingray Use; Has Exception Broad Enough To Ensure It Never Needs A Warrant

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2015 @ 12:06pm

  WTF

  cases in which the technology is used in public places or other locations at which the FBI deems there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.
  
  How in the hell can they tell? Set up a Stingray in Central Park and you'll get a whole lot of people chatting in their homes.

• On the post: Techdirt 2014: The Numbers.

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2015 @ 03:05pm

  Geez Mike

  I moved up to fifth funniest this year, yay!
  
  Also interesting to see the "funny" numbers are much lower than the insightfuls (and much lower than in the past).
  
  *sad trombone*

• On the post: Irony: Sony Turns To Google, The Company It Was Plotting Against, To Stream The Interview

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2014 @ 07:06pm

  I would hope so

  apparently, Apple turning Sony down when approached with a similar deal for iTunes
  
  *Right* before Christmas. I'm sure their employees are perfectly happy with this.
  
  Also, it's not on the PS network thingy, so...

• On the post: Washington Post Shrugs Off Torture Because, You Know, It Polls Well

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2014 @ 11:58am

  Re: Kinda...

  Meh. I think they ran with the story because it shows they are still relevant as propaganda mouthpieces. "People believe the shit we tell them. Film at eleven."

• On the post: Verizon Offers Encrypted Calling With NSA Backdoor At No Additional Charge

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2014 @ 12:19pm

  Seems clear

  "to-end" encryption.

• On the post: Dick Cheney Says CIA Torture Report Is 'Full Of Crap' — Then Admits He Hasn't Read It

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2014 @ 11:42am

  wat

  
  “How nice do you want to be to the murderers of 3,000 Americans?”
  
  
  Well, waterboarding charred corpses would have been about as productive.

• On the post: Another Batch Of Baggage Handlers Accused Of Stealing From Luggage; Because Airport 'Security' Isn't

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2014 @ 06:04am

  TSA

  They'll Steal Anything

• On the post: The Repeated Failure Of The US And UK Governments' 'Add More Hay' Approach To Surveillance

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2014 @ 11:04am

  Collect ALL the haystacks!

  Of course, she's not the first person to make this observation -- for example, Techdirt pointed this out over a year ago.
  
  Even earlier ;-)

• On the post: Apparently We Need Porn Filters To Safeguard The Healthy Erections Of Young Men

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2014 @ 05:27am

  vajazzled?

  Please tell me that doesn't involve a Bedazzler.

• On the post: NSA Chief Warns Of Pending Cyberattack… Which He Wants To Make Easier With Backdoors

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2014 @ 02:47pm

  OK...

  Adm. Michael Rogers said he expects a major cyberattack against the U.S. in the next decade.
  
  So, any year now...

• On the post: Feds Indict Another Person For Teaching People How To Beat Polygraph Tests

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2014 @ 01:18pm

  Re:

  C.f., The Emperor Ha No Clothes

• On the post: Cop Who Obtained Warrant To Take Photo Of Teen's Erect Penis For Sexting Case Sues Teen's Lawyer For Defamation

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2014 @ 12:07pm

  This needs to be said

  Detective David Abbott was all-in on the the forced erection of a 17 year old's penis.
  
  It's a hard job, but someone has to do it. And that man is Detective David Abbott.

• On the post: DailyDirt: How Many Passwords Do You Know?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2014 @ 06:22pm

  Less so than you'd think

  "correct battery horse staple" (which is probably a very insecure password now)
  
  Amusingly that was supposed to be easy to remember.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: November 2nd – 8th

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2014 @ 09:04am

  Re:

  I notice he didn't just put up a large NO!
  
  Hmmmm.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: November 2nd – 8th

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2014 @ 01:17pm

  Aw

  Did GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedAYoungGirlIn1990.com expire?

• On the post: Islamic Extremists Use YouTube's Automated Copyright Dispute Process To Access Critics' Personal Data

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2014 @ 10:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Use lawyers

  Once again, it's one law for the rich, another for the poor.

• On the post: Guy Accused Of Operating Silk Road 2.0 Arrested In SF… Just Like The Last One

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2014 @ 12:31pm

  Meh

  Waiting for the revelation that the FBI set up Silk 2.0 and found some patsy to take the fall for it.

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