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• On the post: Blackburn Bill Attempts To Gut New Net Neutrality Rules. You Know, For Freedom.

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2015 @ 02:08pm

  Re:

  I could make a sexually-focused epithet but it's just as entertaining to know that any political figure is basically willing to show that they don't even deserve the ground they stand on, as long as you shower them with money.

• On the post: There Is No Way That Hillary Clinton Didn't Know She Was Supposed To Use A Government Email Account

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2015 @ 11:12am

  There are easier and obvious solutions

  Use a whitelist. Block any mail services that are not approved, and do that on devices as well.
  
  It's not that hard in 2014, and makes it even more obvious when people are skirting the laws and best practices.
  
  Hell, it's not even about skirting laws and is more about just how likely these people are to be targeted and get viruses/information compromised, etc. You'd think these people would be vaguely more interested in their own safety and self-preservation.

• On the post: In Unsealed Document, FBI Admits Stingray Devices Will Disrupt Phone Service

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2015 @ 11:06am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: I wonder...

  No, it can't.

• On the post: In Unsealed Document, FBI Admits Stingray Devices Will Disrupt Phone Service

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2015 @ 11:06am

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  What? No. The stingray is the "Target Facility". Everyone else just happens to be in the area as they turn it on, duh.

• On the post: In Unsealed Document, FBI Admits Stingray Devices Will Disrupt Phone Service

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2015 @ 09:36am

  obvious

  This isn't new, this was obvious from many times prior.
  
  Which is why Gemalto's hack is such a big deal. It's what Stingray uses to operate, as I even noted myself.
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150225/07101530138/gemalto-ok-yes-we-were-hacked-yes-some-sim-cards-may-be-compromised-not-because-us.shtml#c133

• On the post: In Wake Of NSA Leaks, China Drops Major US Tech Companies From Its Approved Supplier List

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2015 @ 07:25am

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  Maybe Cisco's China part of the organization can sue the US in some twisted form of corporate sovereignty? Then our circle of TAFTA/TTIP/stupidity can be complete!

• On the post: Gemalto: Ok, Yes, We Were Hacked, And Yes Some SIM Cards May Be Compromised, But Not Because Of Us

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 03:54am

  So, this isn't just about NSA or Gemalto

  This is about something more simple: Stingrays. Stingrays notably force cellphones back to 2G, which means they're using the compromised Gemalto information, among others.
  
  So it's not that Gemalto is only open to the NSA (They probably have no idea) but that their vulnerability is what is exploited in stingrays.
  
  See:http://www.oaklandmofo.com/blog/block-stringray-devices
  http://www.computerworld.com/article/2600348/mobile-security/are-your-calls-being-intercepted-17-fake-cell-towers-discovered-in-one-month.html

• On the post: FedEx Refuses To Ship Perfectly Legal Milling Machine (Which Can Also Craft Gun Parts), Can't Provide A Coherent Reason Why

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2015 @ 12:44pm

  Re: Re: Re: FedEx has a point.

  There are no excuses for opaquely stupid business decisions that even trivial common sense would show happen to be stupid.

• On the post: President Obama: I'm A Big Believer In Strong Encryption… But…

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 08:29am

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  Yeah, I have to say as soon as I read "terrorists" I read "we're using bullshit to get what we want", because that's what I read any time I hear responses about terrorism when we're talking about both international AND domestic spying.

• On the post: Turns Out New Senate Intelligence Boss Was Simply Full Of It In Claiming Feinstein Couldn't Distribute The CIA Torture Report

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2015 @ 11:38am

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  The more they push her like this, the more likely it is for exactly that to occur.
  
  The humor is that we'll have nobody to thank but Burr for that happening.

• On the post: Former CIA & NSA Boss: September 11th Gave Me Permission To Reinterpret The 4th Amendment

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2015 @ 09:34am

  Re: Re:

  Nobody said it does. Crazy simply begets more crazy, especially when you are a situation where you can only see things from a specific viewpoint - everything else then is simply reaffirming your views.
  
  Therefore, there is only one directions thing can go.

• On the post: You Don't Own What You Bought: Drone Maker Updates Firmware On All Drones To Stop Any Flights In DC

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2015 @ 07:44am

  Re: Re:

  Yep. What if you reside in that area? Pretty much outright consumer deception.

• On the post: Cable Industry Fights New 25 Mbps Broadband Definition Because The Need For Those Speeds Is 'Hypothetical'

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2015 @ 05:45am

  Re: Re:

  Of course 25mb/s is an understatement. 25mb/s upload and download works for one person and all of that person's devices, assuming they have no more than a few.
  
  If you live anywhere with more than one person (say, in a relationship or a family) - 25mb/s is somewhere between unusable and a joke.
  
  Living with my wife and us both being very connected I find even 100mb/s barely adequate and 10mb/s upstream to be an insult.

• On the post: Cable Industry Fights New 25 Mbps Broadband Definition Because The Need For Those Speeds Is 'Hypothetical'

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2015 @ 11:26am

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  Latency (if not the kind from pure distance issues) is caused by poor bandwidth management which is caused by poor network management.
  
  It all comes back full circle.
  
  If you want to really not see latency peaks even if your speed is more than fast enough to handle the connection, get a VPN so they can't throttle your traffic. HostVPN is my suggestion.

• On the post: Monkey Selfie Back In The News: Photographer Threatens Copyright Experts With His Confused Understanding Of Copyright

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2014 @ 09:59am

  Re: ILCP sadly supports Slater

  "this ambiguous legal issue will ultimately be decided in court"
  
  It's not even remotely ambiguous. It's clear as day. If you didn't take the photo, you don't have copyright on it.
  
  what's not clear is why people want to obfuscate the truth and claim the exact opposite as being true.

• On the post: Without Greater Transparency And Meaningful Net Neutrality Rules, The Netflix Interconnection War Will Get Much, Much Uglier

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2014 @ 11:39am

  Re: Where have I heard that before...

  Cogent is not letting BGP connections saturate. That's not QOS.
  
  QOS is crappy in general and poorly understood by many, but not the same thing.

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

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2014 @ 12:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Elon Musk and tesla connections

  I thought trolls actually put better effort into what they do? This makes low hanging fruit sound like a compliment.

• On the post: Dish Pulls CNN, Doesn't Think Customers Still Paying For It Are Missing Much

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2014 @ 08:00am

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  There aren't a lot of TV sources that aren't conservative/conservative owned.

• On the post: FDA Is Angry That ICANN Won't Just Censor Websites On Its Say So

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2014 @ 11:48am

  Re: Is it me?

  You have it backwards. the WSJ was never good at reporting.

• On the post: Europe's New Digital Commissioner Explores Imposing An EU-Wide 'Google Tax'

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2014 @ 02:06pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Wow, let's just de-index all Europe newspapers

  It's kinda silly. They're trying to extract blood from a turnip. They should target all internet businesses based in the US except oh wait! That would actually be even more of a pain in the ass, wouldn't it.
  
  Blatant moneygrabs are ridiculous.

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