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• On the post: This Week In 'The NSA Knows F**king Everything': How It Hacked Most Hard Drives And SIM Cards

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2015 @ 04:06pm

  Connecting the Dots

  In a past article, Techdirt covered the White House intelligence task force's report on how to reform the NSA, and the report implied the NSA engaged in financial manipulation. Now fast-forward to this story about SIM Card hacking and you read this:

  GCHQ also claimed the ability to manipulate the billing servers of cell companies to “suppress” charges in an effort to conceal the spy agency’s secret actions against an individual’s phone.

  I'd bet good money the intelligence task force reviewed this operation and freaked out like the rest of us.

• On the post: Judge Tosses 16 Kilos Of Meth Because CBP Couldn't Be Bothered To Obtain Consent For Its X-Ray Search

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2015 @ 03:57am

  Good. The more pushback against the claim of a 100-mile "Constitution-free zone" at the border, the better. And speaking of borders, James Risen documents a great incident of civil disobedience re: border crossings that occurred a few years back at the VT-Canada border.

• On the post: State Attorney Won't Reopen Questionable Investigation Unless Questionable Law Enforcement Agencies Provide The Evidence

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2015 @ 06:48pm

  Re: And?

  Don't you mean "police state attorneys?"

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 12: Former CIA Employee Barry Eisler Explains Why You Shouldn't Trust The CIA

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 03:17pm

  Time for my best President Obama impression

  "Barry Eisler, you've disclosed Sensitive National Security (TM) information! I must now prosecute you under the Espionage Act!"

• On the post: Green Bubbles: How Apple Quietly Gets iPhone Users To Hate Android Users

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2015 @ 06:24am

  I recognize that some people like to get into tech fanboy wars: iPhone v. Android, Mac v. Windows v. Linux, Playstation v. Xbox, etc. That's going to happen, even if it mostly seems like a waste of time.

  Here, let me give the trolls a head start: OMG U bash Apple so ur indirectly a GOOGLE SHILL!!1!1

• On the post: Wall Street Knows Darn Well That FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Won't Harm Broadband: Stocks Went Up

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2015 @ 05:38pm

  Let's put on my conspiracy hat

  I suspect that there is an ISDS tribunal in the works. Despite admitting otherwise, suspect telecoms could sue for 'lost profits' under Title II regs.

• On the post: Child Porn Charges Dropped Because Investigators Cut-And-Paste Wrong Info Into Warrant Requests

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2015 @ 03:47pm

  I get the feeling that, if the defendant in question was NOT a sheriff's deputy the judge would have upheld the warrant. The high court / low court phenomenon is very well established.

• On the post: Waterboarding Whistleblower Released From Prison, Two Months After Torture Report's Release Vindicated His Actions

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2015 @ 04:07am

  Slight nitpick in this article

  By the time Leon Panetta was head of the agency, torture (supposedly) stopped. Which makes Tenet/Goss/Hayden responsible for the torture that occurred under their watch. That said, Panetta would have been fully responsible for completing an investigation (or - as we no know - possibly obstructing it) under his watch.

• On the post: Guardian, Salon Show How Keeping And Fixing News Comments Isn't Hard If You Give Half A Damn

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2015 @ 06:30am

  Re: well, two bad examples in a number of ways...

  When Glenn Greenwald was a columnist at Salon, the commenters would swamp his articles with all sorts of nastiness whenever he called out the president on misconduct. Says alot about that site...

• On the post: YouTubers Got To Interview The President Because They're More Legitimate Than Traditional News

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2015 @ 04:10pm

  I wonder if the town crier felt the same way about the introduction of the telegraph...

• On the post: Tomorrow Is Move Your Domain Day: Support The EFF And Get A Year For Free

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2015 @ 04:04pm

  All these comments and no accusations of Namecheap shilling? Must be a holiday

• On the post: UK Legislators Hoping To Rush Through New 'Snooper's Charter' In The Wake Of The Charlie Hebdo Attacks

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2015 @ 04:20am

  Re: Patriotism

  There's a school of thought that seems to think that those who promote and support legislation in this manner are patriots, with motives pure as the driven snow, concerned only with keeping the nation and its people safe from violent attack

  I've found that the same group of people who ascribe to this school of thought also reflexively call any expansions of government policy they don't like as being 'nanny state' or similar. Yet the surveillance state is the ultimate 'nanny state' - and an abusive one, to [jack]boot!

• On the post: Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2015 @ 04:40pm

  Re: Re:

  They've represented foreigners in US courts in lawsuits challenging torture, the drone program, etc. Wouldn't be much of a legal stretch for them to challenge a lawsuit bought by a foreigner when there are 1st Amendment issues at play for the defendant - I'm assuming any case against Fox News would be bought in US jurisdiction.

• On the post: That Study In Every Paper Claiming Title II Will Result In $15 Billion In New Taxes? Yeah, That's Total Bunk

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2015 @ 03:05pm

  Re: Re:

  Are you sure that wasn't Spiderman?

• On the post: Broadband Industry Takes To Congressional Hearing To Praise Wimpy, Neutrality-Killing Proposal It Helped Write

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2015 @ 03:10pm

  Michael Powell should have followed the example his father set and waved a round a vial of fake anthrax to drum up support for his worthless cause.

• On the post: Chris Christie, Port Authority Official Abused E-ZPass Data For Their Own Ends

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2015 @ 04:32am

  Some Broader Context

  According to this very site, Governor Christie has previously voiced support for the NSA's mass surveillance. Imagine the damage he could do if given access to our intelligence agencies' data.

• On the post: Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2015 @ 03:20pm

  Re: Oh, Please

  Are you high or something? Even if Tim was dismissive of Fox, he came out on the side of free speech.

• On the post: Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2015 @ 03:25pm

  If there are any ACLU interns who lurk on this site, I humbly suggest that your employers offer their services to Fox News / News Corp pro bono in this case.
  
  Maybe then FOX would drop the whole persecution complex with regards to the ACLU not defending Christians, conservatives or the like.

• On the post: European Parliament Report Proposes Wide-Ranging Copyright Reform, Including Reduction Of EU Copyright Term

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2015 @ 10:52am

  Hey Techdirt, are you crazy? They posted a copy of your IP! You should issue a takedown notice to stop this Piracy!!!!

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

  

  cypherspace ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2015 @ 07:11pm

  I hope that this antibioic - or the process to extract it - isn't locked up behind patents when we need it most.

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