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• On the post: Matthew Keys Found Guilty Of Criminal 'Hacking' For Sharing News Company Login

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2015 @ 04:03am

  The problem is the word hacker

  I don't know if I agree here, Mike. (And I almost always agree with you.)
  
  I think the problem here is your internal definition of 'hack', this time. Let's drop that word and substitute what we're really concerned about: defeating the security of a secured computer system.
  
  Did Keys do that? Absolutely.
  
  Equating it to sharing a login for Netflix: I think that's a bit of a red herring. Unless Anonymous could have paid a sum of money to the Tribune Company and gotten themselves their own login, I don't think the two situations really compare.
  
  As for criminal versus civil: I don't know really which way I lean. If Keys went into a grocery store and fired off a few rounds from a gun, but only managed to do some minor property damage, would you support only charging him civilly for that minor property damage? I wouldn't. I think the potential for damage should weigh in on whether something is a criminal or civil-- not strictly the actual damage.

• On the post: Google Disappears Techdirt Article About Right To Be Forgotten Due To Right To Be Forgotten Request

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 10:39am

  Scorched Earth

  This isn't really a "right to be forgotten", it's a right to be able to apply cosmetics to your online persona. I'm positive no one is rushing to remove good tidbits from history.
  
  So, I propose a common ground: People in Europe can pick a date and all links that show up about them older than that date no longer show up; good or bad. Additionally, the fact that this is happening should be made clear to the user-- such as a disclaimer that says "No posts older than suchAndSuch date are being shown."
  
  Now, it's a right to be forgotten.

• On the post: Convicted Fraudster Follows Bogus DMCA Takedowns With Bogus DMCA Takedown Targeting Techdirt Post About His Bogus Takedowns

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2015 @ 10:37am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Dat G+ page

  I suppose it's perfectly fine to post whatever scantily clad women (or men!) one wants on one's social networks-- but I think it's a bit foolish to then link those same sites at the bottom of one's business page.
  
  For that reason alone he fails, even without all the history of his prior foolishness.

• On the post: Convicted Fraudster Follows Bogus DMCA Takedowns With Bogus DMCA Takedown Targeting Techdirt Post About His Bogus Takedowns

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2015 @ 10:05am

  Re: Re: Dat G+ page

  haha..
  
  Who checks into a strip club on Foursquare?!
  
  https://foursquare.com/prowlerz

• On the post: Convicted Fraudster Follows Bogus DMCA Takedowns With Bogus DMCA Takedown Targeting Techdirt Post About His Bogus Takedowns

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2015 @ 10:04am

  Re: Dat G+ page

  Uh, same for instagram.
  
  http://instagram.com/prowlerz1976
  
  This guy knows all that stuff is public, right?

• On the post: Convicted Fraudster Follows Bogus DMCA Takedowns With Bogus DMCA Takedown Targeting Techdirt Post About His Bogus Takedowns

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2015 @ 10:02am

  Dat G+ page

  https://plus.google.com/106810719026697622306/posts
  
  Warning, strangely, it's NSFW.

• On the post: Reminder: When Ron Wyden Says There's A Secret Interpretation Of A Law, Everyone Should Pay Attention

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2015 @ 09:55am

  Out with it, Man.

  The Speech or Debate Clause is a clause in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1). The clause states that members of both Houses of Congress
  

  ...shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause

• On the post: Judge Orders Lying, Cheating Government To Return $167,000 To The Man They Stole It From

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2015 @ 08:58am

  I can only assume that the criminal charges for the officers involved are coming soon. Right? Right?

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 07:10pm

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  Legality? It's not illegal to change the definition of words. It literally happens every day.
  
  See what I did there? The definition of literally was amended to add 'Figuratively.' Totes cool, huh?

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 07:06pm

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  Throwing away votes is always a stupid move. I try to make as few of those as possible.

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 11:35am

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  I think most people already have feelings of disgust and disillusionment with the system.
  
  Perhaps. However, there's a different degree of disgust between the two. It's one thing to flip a table and yell about how the system is unfair and votes don't matter. It's different entirely to realize that when you do try to vote for a different political party than the big two, you actually end up weakening the party you're more closely aligned to, almost guaranteeing the party you're least aligned with will win; or when you discover that there's a potential for a President to win the election with only 22% of the popular vote.
  
  That kind of disgust is worse, because it's simple to come up with a better system, but I can't imagine the type of political pressure that would be needed to get it implemented. It's a more focused type of disgust, because the answer is clear and fair and can be easily implemented, but never will be-- because if there's one thing the two major parties can agree with, it's that there should never be more than two major parties.

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 11:26am

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  No, as in, the opposite of PROgress would be CONgress.
  
  That's what we in the business call a 'dad joke'.

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 10:55am

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  Simple: Con is the opposite of pro.
  
  Example: Congress.

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 10:23am

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  I'm hoping it's a satirical comment meant to show the absurdity of confusing something that's pro-Hillary with something that's con-Hillary.

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 09:46am

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  I thought everyone on the Internet has watched CPGrey's Problem's with First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) videos.

• On the post: According To The Government, Clearing Your Browser History Is A Felony

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2015 @ 08:57am

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  The boogeyman is that the law was written to stop corporate fraud, but it's so broad that it can be used elsewhere.
  
  Also, in the article it's noted that the law is used on real world objects and not just data:
  
  This past February the Supreme Court somewhat narrowed the scope of Sarbanes-Oxley in the case of Yates v. United States. The feds had charged a commercial fishing captain under the same record-destruction law for throwing a batch of undersized fish overboard after a federal agent had instructed him not to. The Court ruled that applying Sarbanes-Oxley to the dumping of fish was too far afield from the law's original corporate-crime purpose. Another Tsarnaev associate, Azamat Tazhayakov, who helped throw Tsarnaev's backpack full of fireworks into a dumpster, may see his conviction overturned because of the Yates decision.
  
  While I'll give you that the guy is a grade-A moron for lying about such easily-verifiable things, and then going home and trying to hide more things.. that doesn't draw away from the fact that this law is still being used in legal arenas it wasn't designed to be used in.

• On the post: According To The Government, Clearing Your Browser History Is A Felony

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2015 @ 08:20am

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  The law forbids the destruction of evidence, regardless of personal knowledge of ongoing investigations, or even if no investigation has even commenced.
  
  Really think about that sentence. Any time you delete anything you are effectively rolling the dice on up to 20 years of your life. Someone you know could go missing tomorrow and you could become a suspect. What's this? You cleared your browser history just yesterday? Enjoy prison.

• On the post: Did Letting Section 215 Expire Completely Change USA Freedom Without Anyone Noticing?

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 11:02am

  Re: Secret Courts will Solve this

  The only way any of this will ever make a difference is if the Supremes get pissed enough to grab a big stick an unilaterally strike down the Secret Courts and all their rulings.
  
  They'd probably say "Stop! In the name of love!"

• On the post: Top FBI Official Says Tech Companies Need To 'Prevent Encryption Above All Else'

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 06:52am

  TBF

  “But you have a dark place in your home you can talk, you can meet in a park –- there are a zillion dark places the FBI will never get to and they shouldn’t because we don’t want to be monitored in our home.”
  
  To be fair, there's a huge difference between this and encryption; the 'zillion dark places' can be monitored with a warrant. All the warrants in the world can't get them past encryption.
  
  Don't get me wrong, I think they just need to suck it up, but at least I understand why encryption freaks them out more than clandestine meetings in the dog park, amongst the hooded figures.

• On the post: John Oliver Takes On Government Surveillance With Help From Ed Snowden And… Some Dick Pics

  

  The Infamous Joe ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2015 @ 08:54am

  For future reference

  http://cantheyseemydick.com/

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