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• On the post: NY AG Gives Up, Won't Appeal T-Mobile Merger Ruling

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2020 @ 09:17am

  Re:

  you have a choice of 1-2, depending on where you live. You will not have coverage all of (3) wireless carriers at any time locally, and you will not have nationwide coverage of all 3 wireless carriers at any time either.
  You can have these tiny little MVNO's give you coverage in one state, but should you leave that state you'll have no coverage. Those little MVNO's aren't competitive with big carriers. even on a statewide level. So again, please don't be so naive. There is minimal to no coverage. In comparison, in the EU you have 4+ carriers to pick at any time. And you can swap instantly, with no lockin. And no monopoly. You just don't want to see it which is why it was an anonymous post.

• On the post: The Plot Against Section 230 Is Being Run By Big Legacy Companies Who Failed To Adapt To The Internet

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2020 @ 01:02pm

  Re:

  Biden takes tons of money from them, and hates section 230. Surprise surprise.

• On the post: Facebook Pays $550 Million Settlement In Illinois Facial Recognition Lawsuit, Which Could Pose Problems For Clearview

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2020 @ 10:44am

  Re:

  The same way amazon does

• On the post: Ring Sued Because 'Taking Customers' Security Seriously' Means Selling Easily-Hijacked Cameras

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2020 @ 03:49am

  Re: Soo?

  Of course they do! Cops don't have to follow a legal process, so they get it automatically. Customers have to yet follow a quasi-legal process, so they may get it someday if they sue in a court and pay tons of money. /sad

• On the post: European Law Enforcement Officials Upset Facebook Is Warning Users Their Devices May Have Been Hacked

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2020 @ 03:52am

  unfortunately, I see this as a ramp up against the internet

  It seems a lot of countries and places are trying to build up sentiment of "internet = bad", on a global scale.

• On the post: Alabama Lawmakers Think The Time Is Right To Make Assaulting A Cop A 'Hate Crime'

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 26 Dec, 2019 @ 06:57am

  Re: Techshit are a bunch of Lefty A-holes

  Well, you clearly out-debated us. I mean, we'd better just hang up our hats and give up because you clearly won the internet, right? I especially like the SpecialCaps in the middle of BadGrammar. Please try harder at disconnecting yourself from the internet.

• On the post: Alabama Lawmakers Think The Time Is Right To Make Assaulting A Cop A 'Hate Crime'

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2019 @ 04:48pm

  so does this apply both ways?

  Does this mean any time a cop shoots/tasers/rubber bullets someone it's a hate crime?

• On the post: When We Fail To Understand Privacy As A Set Of Trade-Offs, Everyone's 'Solutions' Are Unhelpful

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2019 @ 04:47pm

  so, is the opposite true as well?

  So does this mean any time a cop shoots anyone - rubber bullet, taser, actual bullet? Is also a hate crime?

• On the post: FTC Slaps Cambridge Analytica With An Order Barring The Already Defunct Company From Illegally Collecting Data Ever Again

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2019 @ 07:07pm

  Little to no evidence?

  Did you not read the government confirmation of Cambridge impacting both brexit and the election? Have your watched the great hack?

  There's a lot of information around Cambridge and their ties to tons of campaigns.

• On the post: Cops Offered Deeper Discounts On Ring Cameras Depending On How Much Of The Neighborhood The Cameras Would Surveil

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2019 @ 04:27am

  if you want to see how bad it is look at #ringcamera

  look up #ringcamera on twitter. You'll notice a bunch of police posts going RING IS GREAT OUR PARTNERSHIP IS STRONG KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE. Etc.
  Keep in mind that this + Barr's statement about police means: "we'll take your footage and do something only if it helps us, but not you"

• On the post: NYPD Finally Releases A Body Camera Policy That Gives The Department Plenty Of Ways To Withhold Footage

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2019 @ 04:39pm

  privacy of any person = 100% footage withdrawn

  There's no way that they wouldn't immediately withdraw every video they ever produce on the basis of protecting someone's privacy.

• On the post: Totally In-Touch NH Lawmaker Blocks Device Repair Bill, Tells Constituents To Just Buy New $1k Phones

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2019 @ 09:42am

  Re: Re: Policiticans, much like phones, are replaceable

  We still have the same durability issue: they constantly break when they fold over

• On the post: NY Times Goes Off On Amazon Because Some People Are Publishing Fake George Orwell Books

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2019 @ 04:17am

  Re: Re: It IS Amazon's fault here

  they don't vet their marketplace, letting people be sold fraudulent products. You'd think they care, but hey let's leave it with "amazon is not a library"? Amazon needs to do more than minimal effort in their marketplace, but they don't. That's before I even get into any other category of anything sold on amazon. All they're doing is setting the literal lowest bar on quality; and it's even lower than ebay.

• On the post: Rogue 'Smart' Ovens Again Highlight How Dumb Tech Is Often The Smarter Choice

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2019 @ 06:28am

  obviously a "confirmation" is impossible

  It must be the hardest thing in the world to display a "would you like to preheat the toaster?" in an app for a smart toaster instead of "enjoy your burnt crisps"

• On the post: Vigilant And Its Customers Are Lying About ICE's Access To Plate Records

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2019 @ 07:24am

  irvine company says it all

  Irvine company is like the #1 most corrupt thing in all of California. It's basically a 100+ year old company that owns the entire city back from the goldrush. They are probably more secretive than law enforcement. They're responsible for a lot of the insane pricing in California as well.

• On the post: EU Puts An End To The Open Internet: Link Taxes And Filters Approved By Just 5 Votes

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2019 @ 11:24am

  Re:

  Yeah, because that's going to end well. eyeroll

• On the post: UK Suggests US Worries About Huawei Spying Are Being Overblown

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2019 @ 06:46am

  huawei is a risk but not to "government" spying

  Huawei is a risk to competitiveness. They've done shady shit as in explicit corporate espionage with both apple and t-mobile but that's not the type of spying people might be thinking of.

  Example: https://www.zdnet.com/article/huawei-regularly-tried-to-steal-apple-trade-secrets/ https://psmag.com/news/the-us-charges-chinese-telecom-company-huawei-with-stealing-trade-secrets https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/28/huawei-china-telecoms-charged-us-trade-secrets-fraud

• On the post: Does Twitter Have An Anti-Conservative Bias, Or Just An Anti-Nazi Bias?

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2019 @ 11:38am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Another day

  the flag button is for people who are stupid, not "left", right, or middle. Just because "right posting" is getting flagged as you hilariously see, it's easily because they're incapable of making a factual argument that isn't "LEFTIST BIAS". Should they make an argument of something even remotely coherent (high bar and all), I'd be willing to guess it's not going to be flagged. Call it...the things other news organizations don't care to uphold?

• On the post: Max Schrems Files New Privacy Complaints That Seem To Show The Impossibility Of Complying With The GDPR

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2019 @ 11:23am

  typo: noyb

  under 3.
  
  even if noyb didn't like the format that data was in. And yet they might still face billions in fines?
  
  *nobody?

• On the post: While Everyone's Busy, Hollywood & Record Labels Suggest Congress Bring Back SOPA

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2018 @ 12:07pm

  what do you expect from an industry that's owned by russia?

  Literally the same folks that Trump is dealing with are the same folks who own a majority of the RIAA/MPAA. They should be RUSSIAA not RIAA or MAFIAA. Same russian oligarchy own pieces of the industry.
  
  When you look at the policy actions you'll notice they're similar as well.

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