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• On the post: More Legislators Jump On The 'Blue Lives Matter' Bandwagon

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 27 May, 2017 @ 07:58am

  It is not a cops duty to go home safe at the end of the day. His duty is to make sure everyone else makes it home safe, even if it costs him his life. If they cannot understand and accept that, they need to find a different line of work.

• On the post: Piracy Killing Hollywood So Bad That Disney Made More Money In 2016 Than Any Studio Ever

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 26 May, 2017 @ 02:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Actually, numbers are big due to inflation, mergers (now includes FIVE not just Disney), and ANTI-PIRACY: they didn't just sit idle while pirates increased.

  You're right, I'm a criminal and I don't care. As soon as the Mickey Mouse Copyright Extension Act passed, I completely ran out of fucks to give.

• On the post: DA's Office Facing Multiple Lawsuits Related To Its Use Of Fake Subpoenas To Intimidate Witnesses

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 17 May, 2017 @ 11:07am

  That entire parish is so corrupt and venal that it should be purged. From these DAs all the way to the coroner they all need to go.

• On the post: MySpace Tries To Play Dead To Avoid Lawsuits

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 12 May, 2017 @ 02:19pm

  Tom is not amused. No, not amused at all.

• On the post: How Moral Panics Can Turn Into Therapeutic Tools: The Dungeons And Dragons Edition

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 05 May, 2017 @ 10:34pm

  Re: Re: Re: It's a survival mechanism

  Annoying when you don't realize TS has logged you out.

• On the post: New Tools Allow Voice Patterns To Be Cloned To Produce Realistic But Fake Sounds Of Anyone Saying Anything

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 03 May, 2017 @ 01:25am

  Re: Re: This could make future voice recordings invalid as evidence

  Um, hate to break this to you, but you cannot necessarily trust such attestations. Hell, HENRY LEE was caught tampering with evidence!

• On the post: New Tools Allow Voice Patterns To Be Cloned To Produce Realistic But Fake Sounds Of Anyone Saying Anything

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 02 May, 2017 @ 06:41pm

  Say goodbye to wiretaps and banking by phone. Etc...
  
  And really Josh, you shouldn't call your mother that! We have you on her voicemail.

• On the post: Surprise: NSA Stops Collecting Americans' Emails 'About' Foreign Targets

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2017 @ 10:50pm

  Re: Re: Re: nevermind

  Quote from the NSA statement: "When incidents occur, we immediately report them to oversight bodies and develop appropriate solutions."
  
  Huh, Sen. Wyden will be pleased to read this. Good thing he's not susceptible to apoplectic fits. And can recognize BS when he sees it.

• On the post: Surprise: NSA Stops Collecting Americans' Emails 'About' Foreign Targets

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2017 @ 01:43pm

  Re: Tricky choice...

  It's not so much that they lie as part of their remit pretty means they have to lie. It's that they lie to Congress behind closed doors. That is what has wrecked their credibility. One too many verifiable lies to the people charged with their oversight.

• On the post: Surprise: NSA Stops Collecting Americans' Emails 'About' Foreign Targets

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2017 @ 11:20am

  Re: Re: Re:

  They are past masters of obfuscation and sophistry, that is true. I'm always reminded of Bill Clinton and his line about what the definition of 'is' is. So now instead of a Glomar response we get this claptrap. I sort of miss the days of No Such Agency.

• On the post: Surprise: NSA Stops Collecting Americans' Emails 'About' Foreign Targets

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2017 @ 11:00am

  Re:

  Or, as they have done before, they are simply lying.
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130701/12494623683/james-clapper-admits-he-lied-to-congress-even-his-excuse-is-misleading.shtml

• On the post: Mac DeMarco Tells Concert Goers To Go Pirate His Music

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2017 @ 04:47pm

  It makes sense. If your music isn't being pirated, you haven't make it worth pirating. Which means it isn't worth buying.

• On the post: Want To Promote Breastfeeding? That's A Trade Barrier, Says US Trade Rep

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2017 @ 10:06am

  By the same logic, they should be working to prevent men from eating oysters as an aphrodisiac. Cuts into Cialis sales. Even Dali couldn't create something this surreal.

• On the post: House Votes Overwhelmingly To Make The Copyright Office More Political & To Delay Modernization

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 11:14pm

  Re:

  Your argument is invalid. Shiva is too busy being danced on by Kali to destroy anything.

• On the post: Bose Lawsuit For Collecting Headphone Data Is Flimsy, But Highlights Continued Lack Of Real Transparency

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 06:05pm

  correction

  Should have been anonymization and transparency in second to last paragraph. Dang lack of editing. (And not re-reading it a third time before posting.)

• On the post: Search Warrant Gag Order Successfully Challenged In Court

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 06:02pm

  Thanks

  Thank you for the update.
  
  I've always thought these perpetual restraints on speech are inherently unconstitutional. While I understand the underlying arguments, I find them extremely unpersuasive. The government entire argument boils down to: "Because I said so!" In that annoying parental unit tone. These gag orders are, in the long run, detrimental to society because they allow the government to hide too much from the citizens. All three branches have been very disappointing in how they have dealt with the surrounding issues so far. Hopefully the judiciary will finally find the backbone to do their jobs effectively.

• On the post: Bose Lawsuit For Collecting Headphone Data Is Flimsy, But Highlights Continued Lack Of Real Transparency

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 04:04pm

  Two things. Recent efforts have shown that very little data can actually be completely anonymized. And this fetish for transparency is corrosive when, again, events have shown that the big boys can then say: "See? We are perfectly transparent so quit yer bitching." Transparency, or full disclosure, leads to industries trying to get away with everything they can think of. And succeeding. Just look to the pharma industry for an example. We told you that this drug could kill ya, and it did, well that's you're problem. We told ya that your data wasn't safe with us (on page 57 of the EULA) so the fact it was stolen, and then your identity was, is your problem.
  
  Instead of efforts to force de-anonymization and transparency, they should simply be banned from collecting anything but the most basic, and absolutely required, data.
  
  (Well, that and ban contracts of adhesion, but that's a different ball of wax.)

• On the post: Cop Arrested, Fired After Wife Captures His Abusive Actions On His Own Body Camera

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2017 @ 01:05pm

  Re: Re: Re: Domestic Violence and Cops...

  The numbers are appalling. About 1 in 2 women involved with a cop are abused. Cops are almost never investigated or charged; indeed they almost always continue unscathed in their careers. So next time you see two cops together on the street, just ask yourself (or them if feeling ballsy) which one of them beats their wife?
  
  See: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-beat-wives-girlfriends-double-national-rate-receive-promotions /

• On the post: The Weird Antitrust Questions Of A Google Chrome Ad Blocker

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2017 @ 04:34pm

  It's not about the ads per se. It is entirely about security at this point.
  
  All text ads with no scripting, images etc are generally safe. Anything else is a security risk. Almost every day there are reports of another ad distribution network being compromised and serving up malware. Basically ALL of them serve up malware periodically.
  
  As a non-business Internet user I will not allow ads like that on my computer. If I was a business? I would make sure that nothing from an ad network makes it through the firewalls. The risk is too high by far to take the risk. No matter how hard they try, malware makers come up with new tricks that allow them to distribute their wares. Even Google's Double-click serves it up regularly.
  
  So yes on the adblocking, but I would say that until tested and verified, no on Googles implementation of it. Until then use Adblock Plus or uBlock Origin. Use Ghostery, Privacy Badger and NoScript. It is nonsensical that people will run antivirus software to protect themselves, but then allow malware in through the backdoor.

• On the post: NYPD Finally Comes Up With A Body Camera Policy, And It's Terrible

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2017 @ 05:52pm

  Re:

  Someday cities will do the math and realize that it is far cheaper to run a clean police force then to keep paying millions for their dirty cops. Not going to hold my breath though.

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