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• On the post: Pro Tip: Don't Send A Completely Bogus Defamation Threat To A Website That Employs A Former ACLU Badass

  

  klarg ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2019 @ 08:04pm

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  Dolt.

• On the post: Philippines Lawmaker Introduces 'Fake News' Bill That Would Allow The National Police To Literally Police Speech

  

  klarg ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2019 @ 02:23pm

  Swirling round the drain

  Oh this will have Trumpus and his proud-boy crew salivating. Lindsey Graham is probably plagiarizing the Philippine legislation as I write.

• On the post: Wireless Carrier Abuse Of Location Data Makes The Facebook, Cambridge Scandal Look Like Amateur Hour

  

  klarg ( profile ), 25 May, 2018 @ 03:14pm

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  Because this things are “news” only in your special universe.

• On the post: Equifax Security Breach Is A Complete Disaster… And Will Almost Certainly Get Worse

  

  klarg ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2017 @ 08:20am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "No, it isn't."

• On the post: Psychiatrist Files Lawsuit Over Wordless One-Star Review

  

  klarg ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2017 @ 05:55pm

  Soup nazi says:

  No stars for you!

• On the post: Winnipeg Man Has Vanity Plate Referencing Star Trek Recalled Over Complaints Of How Racist It Is

  

  klarg ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2017 @ 08:15pm

  Social Implosion

  We are living in the dawn of the Dim Ages. No critical thinking, heck, no thinking. Just shouted slogans.

• On the post: AT&T Claims Forced Arbitration Isn't Forced… Because You Can Choose Not To Have Broadband

  

  klarg ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2017 @ 08:52am

  Re: Re: Solutions ?

  Yes, the mean old government is preventing the oligopoly of ISPs from competing.

• On the post: Moving Beyond Backdoors To Solve The FBI's 'Going Dark' Problem

  

  klarg ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2017 @ 11:23am

  "Backdoors" are most useful for snooping on the honest, innocent people

  The push for backdoors in encryption is solely for snooping on the people en masse. Any criminal or other nefarious actor will simply move to "home-baked" encryption without any backdoor access. They will just run their securely encrypted messages within the compromised communication channels.

• On the post: Cable Industry Quietly Shelves Its Bogus Plan To Make Cable Boxes Cheaper, More Competitive

  

  klarg ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2017 @ 10:56am

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  Hit submit instead of preview.
  First two sentences do not belong here.
  Comment belongs to re:re:re:re

• On the post: Cable Industry Quietly Shelves Its Bogus Plan To Make Cable Boxes Cheaper, More Competitive

  

  klarg ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2017 @ 10:52am

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  From what source do you cut and paste this stuff? What, you otiginated this?
  
  If you want "no regulation" you might also want free and fair open markets. Telecoms and cable carriers do not operate in free and fair open markets, they do not want to. So competition as a "leveler" and arbiter of behavoir does not apply in this market. So regulation must be used to control the behavior in the market.