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  • On the post: Another Day, Another Age Verification Data Breach: Discord’s Third-Party Partner Leaked Government IDs

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2025 @ 03:22pm

    The "children"

    When you REQUIRE people to PROVIDE information that is not materially public, only two things will happen. One - nothing. Two - that information will go to people who shouldn't have it, because 100% security only exists when you kill everyone who knows it. (Sicillian joke ref.) So asking for "government-issued photo ID" already requires much more info than is necessary. Why must it be a "photo" ID? One more whine then the answer. And I cut out the "valid" part because all these websites AND TSA AND the airports won't accept "expired" documents. So while I do have a driver's license and it DID verify my permission to drive on public highways in my ONE STATE of the union, it no longer is usable to board an aircraft. The real answer is that the government ought to offer a verification service, much as they do for EIN/SSNs. Then NOBODY needs to PROVIDE anything to anyone that can be hacked. Verification, authentication, authorization, security, these are not new concepts. Ignoring all of the concepts and having people "submit" (key word there) a copy of something that can be hacked... that's the problem. E Excuses for violating societal norms inevitably point to preventing harm to the children. But of course they don't. Children are not the oftentime victims politicians the media claim them to be. And when it's not about the children, it's about the terrorists. They are not the "baddies" that politicians and the media claim them to be. ALWAYS BLAME THE TERRORISTS (you know, like drug runners on a speedboat in international waters in Central America) or ALWAYS PROTECT THE INNOCENT LOVELY CHILDREN (who aren't at all affected by most of this stuff). And if none of that works, Article II. I use online generated SSNs, driver's license IDs, medical RXs, etc. Yeah, it's against the law. But my real data stays safe.

  • On the post: Daily Deal: The Learn to Code with React Bundle

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2025 @ 03:33pm

    Learning to code is a scam

    Coding is the use of computer languages, but learning to code is no more useful than learning to use a hammer, screwdriver, and drill and thinking one is "now a carpenter." Learning to program is a step higher. Understanding the fundamentals of computer science, then programming, then picking an appropriate language, then coding in it is more appropriate. I won't harp on Javascript because if the best you can muster is a tricycle, the Tour De France is out of your reach. However, here's an example: GIVEN: you have a device that is either ON or OFF, and it is remotely controlled. There is a variable X which is either a 0 (device turns off) or 1 (device turns on). Here it is in what a simple Javascript "coder" would do: 

    let X = 0;

if (X === 0) {
    X = 1;
} else {
    X = 0;
}
    And here's how a real programmer would write it: X = 1 -X; Teaching "coding" is like abandoning a small child at a big box building store and telling them "You have all the tools. Make stuff." E

  • On the post: Secret Service Dubiously Claims, Without Evidence, To Have Uncovered ‘Hidden Telecom Network’ That Could Have Crippled NYC, UN

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2025 @ 09:44pm

    As an amateur radio operator for 40 years I assure you there's no way that those antennas in close proximity can be effective. Those are commodity WiFi MIMO routers with "extra antennas" added in via photo editing. I'd love to blame Chinese "engineering" but this is US government photoshop/gimp. The 35 mile thing is a wild guess as they made that number up and haven't explained the method or the data. Servers don't consume resources by "making calls." They tie up the common (SMS CCS) which is server heavy and client light. Unlike RCS there's no ack required, expected, nor given, so other than DDoS there's no incentive for the victims [UN delegates, no really, seriously] to keep their receivers on. Occam's razor. Hanlon's razor. US Government lying. They all fit. The published PR (including "Mccool video") is a pile of rotting bullshit. I unsub'd from this thread earlier today but it seems TD/WP doesn't even honor that anymore. My 0321MST post didn't show up until after 0845MST. The [paid] Crystal Ball has been 404s for 6 months. I'm outta here. Those who care about facts - sorry I can't share more. Those who wish to suck the government story dick - enjoy.

  • On the post: Secret Service Dubiously Claims, Without Evidence, To Have Uncovered ‘Hidden Telecom Network’ That Could Have Crippled NYC, UN

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2025 @ 05:03pm

    Scam? What scam?

    On the other hand, let’s give credit where credit is due: taking down what seems to be a fairly large scam calling/text/anonymization service ring is a good thing. Too bad they tried to overplay their achievement.
    What "fairly large scam" is related in the YT video or the other press releases? I don't see or read one. All I see is that the USSS (whose job is not to locate Stingrays) claim a 4000 square mile area housed 300+ servers and 100,000+ SIMs. Crime? None listed. Scam? None listed. Perpetrators/suspects/persons of interest [not a real thing]/indictees? None listed. Do please humor me and every other person made stupider by watching or reading these pressers and elucidate as to what this "fairly large scam" is or was, and who orchestrated/perpetrated it, and to what ends. The Trump2.0 government has its artwork department working overtime to make up crap to spew on the airwaves. Please show how this is different.

  • On the post: Secret Service Dubiously Claims, Without Evidence, To Have Uncovered ‘Hidden Telecom Network’ That Could Have Crippled NYC, UN

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2025 @ 10:44am

    Occam and Hanlon are still bushy-faced

    Since it's technical, I'll weigh in. None of this is real. The USSS SAIC "Mccool" putting out a YT video is hilarious. Less than 3 minutes and less than 3 facts. The "servers" are consumer level looking WiFi routers and depending on the picture are either on a wood floor in an apartment, a food-storage rack with foot-high shelves, but certainly not real "servers" in any real high-density configuration. There also don't appear to be 300+ of them. SIM cards [sic] aren't used by anyone other than consumers. Black hats use eSIMs because the codes can be swapped instantly, not by having grubby hands chuck out an old SIM, put in a new SIM, and waiting for hardware detection. Even generously assuming 5 seconds a SIM, 100,000 such swaps would take 140 hours. Absurd to even consider. 35 miles is beyond cell tower range even on flat land, let alone a city environs. It's absurd to suggest that 4,000 square miles of area was searched by the USSS or that it takes that kind of area to initiate an attack. Conceivably a limited DDoS attack is possible, but cell network authentication would immediately fail to pass messages from the 100K SIMs.

    • end tech stuff -
    There are many other technical issues, but this is a non-started. It's not something "Russia, Israel, or China" would do and the Mafia is not into DDoS. Nobody was arrested in this op that HAPPENED OVER A MONTH AGO and the USSS (which is involved why?) has no suspects, no arrests, and no clue. That last part seems to be part of their Trump MO - no clue - no methods - and everyone who knew how to do things has been retired. Ask yourself - when has the USSS put out a YT video "detailing" an investigation where they accomplished NOTHING until this? Who thinks cellphones work 35 miles away or that "the cellular telephone network" (like there's only one) can't survive false auth attempts? This is more BS from the same people who wrote "Anti-ICE" in crayon on some ammo, and video game memes to pretend a WWI 30.06 can make an incision entry would and no exit would on a neck from 200 yards. I'm a tech guy so the tech stuff above is what I would be confident swearing to under oath as an expert witness. The rest is my personal thoughts on how investigations of large (4000sq miles, 100,000 SIMs, and zero suspects, and YT video plus select pictures of clearly NOT a server farm) should go. Draw your own conclusions. This is too stupid to be real, and yet "they" expect everyone to lap it up -- hence the PR tour on YT and social media. Where's the court filing for this AUGUST "investigation"? Too busy photoshopping more memes on the servers maybe? E

  • On the post: Anthropic’s AI Lawsuit Settlement May Not Go Through, But It Exposes A Truth About Copyright

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2025 @ 03:21am

    Walled culture

    This simmering crap has come to a boil. You own the rights to the content you produce as per the copyright laws or equivalent in your jurisdiction. Copyright maximalists (pirmarly in the US) pretend they own much more and courts are loathe to rule on this. If you CHOOSE TO MAKE YOUR WORK PUBLIC there are some rights you voluntarily give away. To later claim that someone owes you millions or billions of dollars for using what YOU CHOSE OT PUT OUT isn't in any way rewarding you for being stupid nor for being creative. LLMs are a thing now. LLM training on publicly-available materials is a thing too. Piracy is a loaded pejorative term that is NOT a legal term, a term of the art, etc. Somali dudes on a skiff attacking a ship -- that's piracy. Anthropic scraping the net for publicly available documents - not it. But as in any case where politics interferes with the law, "justice" stands aside for "lobbyists." So here we are. Anthropic wanted out quick with a cheap deal. Now it's in legal limbo. The real problem is that this "piracy" schtick should have been deal with back in the Napster days. But it wasn't. Too many pussies eager to "settle up cheap." And now we reap what they sowed.

  • On the post: Flock Safety Claims It Can Rid The US Of Crime, Even As Cities Rid Themselves Of Flock

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2025 @ 05:50am

    Truth is stranger than fiction

    It's likely Flock didn't help solve 1,000,000 crimes [in the US] last year [whichever year that was]. Just like when Bongino and Patel said that DNA evidence "cracked the nut" so they could find Kirk's shooter. No, it didn't. Getting a phone call from Washington Sheriff saying shooter turned himself in was what did it. It wasn't "the hard work of the [now useless] FBI" but rather they failed for two days to have a clue. At all. Scott Kirby says United loses $800M at ORD hub. More made up numbers. The media (404, Ars, PP excluded) doesn't question these absurd numbers. Is it a media problem? Fear of LEO retribution? Fear of DoJ retaliation? No idea. I'm shopping for a replacement for my 20yr old surveillance system. The criteria OUGHT to be simple: wired so it can't be jammed; PoE because under-gutter 110VAC receptacles don't exist here; no cloud no subscription; encryption for offsite storage on my own VPS. Such a solution is now being implemented. There won't be any "ring" video. If LE wants my video they can get a warrant. Good luck with that. Back to the topic. I'd like to see any responsible media outlet make Flock show ANY evidence of 1,000,000 crimes solved due to ANYTHING they did EVER. Useless lying fucks, and the media laps it up like moldy cereal.

  • On the post: More Than 90 Percent Of ICE Detainees Have Never Been Convicted Of Violent Crimes

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2025 @ 10:19am

    YASAC speaks for no one

    No one cares about your bullshit, koby jr.
    Another one of you YASACs authorized to represent all of no one speaks. Good job! Maybe one day you'll speak for someone.

  • On the post: More Than 90 Percent Of ICE Detainees Have Never Been Convicted Of Violent Crimes

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2025 @ 09:49pm

    Criminals

    AC said:

    Actually, do they bother with the criminal / worst-of-the-worst rhetoric any more?
    No, the Abrego Garcia Shitshow has demonstrated they're arresting any POC they can dehumanize, trying to justify it post fact, and --worse yet-- digging back into the past to create crimes out of long dismissed non-allegations. We have become that thing we didn't understand how it could ever happen in the first place. Thanks, Mike Godwin. I get it now.

  • On the post: Arizona Sheriff Gets Shitty Because People Protested An ICE-Led Drug Raid

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2025 @ 10:14am

    Evidence for people who can't read

    The overwhelming amount of evidence here...
    Please do share what that is.
    ,,,so now you’re a proven liar ,,,
    LOL just because you say so isn't "proven" anything, dipshit.
    ...as well as a racist shitbag.
    I'm neither of those things, but do go on with your stupid rant. It's entertaining, and I'm not busy today.

  • On the post: More Than 90 Percent Of ICE Detainees Have Never Been Convicted Of Violent Crimes

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2025 @ 02:33pm

    THEY

    This is one of the more insightful comments of late (Yeah 48% of us hate Trump... but...)

    Have they found all the families
    So... "they" is typically the overarching leadership. In the US that has traditionally been the US Federal Government. We don't expect the Great State of Delaware to do much, nor the Democratic Republic of Gavin Newsom... (sarcasm)... but we expect the federal government to do it. But this federal government has been usurped by treasonous people (those acting against the best interests of the people, laws, and government) and those are the "they". "They" have not found the families, "they" have no idea where the "1000's of Children are" and WORSE "they" don't give a damn. They deposited those families in hard-to-put-together pieces like they sent Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. They don't care. They are pieces of shit. One day They will come for you or for me. I've asked in other fora... but I'll ask here too. How do WE stop THEM from doing what THEY do and then just ignore it as if THEY didn't do it all. Thad, ThatOneGuy, you guys are smart, and Thad's not from the US. So, sorry to be calling you out. You're not the problem. Help me and other readers understand how to be the solution. Every forum I read, every news site, even the "bad ones"... they all point to the problem, but never to a solution. Props: Hat tips to Mike Godwin (because this is a Hitler thing), Mike Masnick (because Barbra), Ken Adelman (thanks for letting my fly your helicopter that captured those California Coastline Images), and all those fit together. If I could only return that favor.

  • On the post: More Than 90 Percent Of ICE Detainees Have Never Been Convicted Of Violent Crimes

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2025 @ 10:57am

    MY NAIVETE

    It’s nothing more than a racist purge...
    I ask everyone around me, online, IRL, etc. We SEE THIS. We KNOW THIS. What can we DO about this? He's unimpeachable. Republican pieces of shit (also known as "Congressmen") won't do it. He's not subject to court action. SCOTUS made that clear. Checks and balances are what he looks at for his cryptocurrencies. He's a rich stupid treasonous ahole. What can WE do?

  • On the post: Arizona Sheriff Gets Shitty Because People Protested An ICE-Led Drug Raid

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2025 @ 10:20am

    Stupid AC opens mouth proves stupidity

    Fuck off, Gavron/Koby. No one wants to listen to your rants.
    Your kind offer is declined, although your claim to speak for no one is acceptable as offered. As for your insipid assertion that I and Koby are interchangeable, well you'll have to talk to your mother about how babies are formed, etc. Maybe she can explain it to you like she did to me last night, Trebek. Ehud, signing my name on everything I write on the 'Net since 1988.

  • On the post: RFK Jr.’s ACIP Appointees Are So Terrible, At Least One GOP Senator Prefers They Not Meet At All

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2025 @ 06:26am

    WHO ELSE?

    ...the only remaining question is the one that we’ve been asking for some time: when is Congress going to put an end to RFK Jr.’s tenure at HHS?...
    Kristi (yes with an I) Noem isn't qualified to run DHS. Tulsi (yes with an I) Gabbard knows nothing of intelligence, national intelligence, DNI, etc. Pam Bondi (yes with an I) knows nothing of the laws to be AG. She was Trump's lawyer and lost. Pete Hegseth (no I!) is a mean drunk woman-abusing piece of shit. Steve Miller is a rabid antisemite anti-POC anti-constitution piece of shit. And yet you thing feckle feeble useless Trump-d-sucking congress is going to remove RFK Jr? I like your writing. And your dream.

  • On the post: Arizona Sheriff Gets Shitty Because People Protested An ICE-Led Drug Raid

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2025 @ 11:42am

    Zionist scumbaf

    Siste, you embarrass yourself. Stop you still hysterical whine before you lose all credibility.

  • On the post: Arizona Sheriff Gets Shitty Because People Protested An ICE-Led Drug Raid

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2025 @ 09:06am

    Eating the lunch of a shit-eater

    Eat shit.
    Nobody wants your crappy lunch. Eat your own shit, loser.

  • On the post: Arizona Sheriff Gets Shitty Because People Protested An ICE-Led Drug Raid

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2025 @ 02:20am

    AC says "We"

    We have .... like a bitch.
    You and what anonymous coward army? Go look in the mirror. There's the coward, bitch.

  • On the post: Arizona Sheriff Gets Shitty Because People Protested An ICE-Led Drug Raid

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2025 @ 10:55pm

    Kkkowards

    What is your mental and damage, illiterate anonymous scumbag? Nothing you said relates to anything in the article. Reading. It's a thing. Learn it.

  • On the post: Arizona Sheriff Gets Shitty Because People Protested An ICE-Led Drug Raid

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2025 @ 03:01pm

    Arizona Counties, authority, and juris-my-diction

    That sheriff is from Pinal County. Tucson is in Pima County and [I live her] we have a different sheriff. How IN THE WIDE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS is the sheriff from the county north of us exercising ANY authority, jurisdiction, and interdiction in the heart of a different county, city, etc?

  • On the post: The GOP Is Way Too Fucking Excited About Using US Troops On American Protestors

    Ehud Gavron ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2025 @ 11:34am

    Riots on TV

    I saw riots on TV, people storming buildings, weilding weapons, wanting to kill people, actually killing a cop, etc. That was January 6th. Did Trump call in any military forces? Of course not. He egged them onto the conflict zone he created with his exhortatious spittle. Then when he got elected again he pardoned them and commuted sentences. The authoritarian lawlessness and utter disregard for the Constitution, Posse Comitatus, state rights (unlike the abortion discussion) are things that all point to the emergence of a dictator state. The Democrats are not doing much nor are the courts. This is the downfall of democracy in the United States, unseen ever before since the formation of this country.

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