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• On the post: Hong Kong ISPs Refuse To Help China Censor The Internet

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2019 @ 07:57am

  I was following the whole thing a few days ago and there were reports with videos and pictures of the Chinese army assembling at Shenzhen and I thought things were going to get bloody. Well, bloodier than they already are if reports flying are to believe. But they didn't go full Tianmen. And the population shows no signs of giving up as well. It's probably the longest time span I've seen people keep this level of mobilization. By this level I mean fill up the streets with tons of people every single day relentlessly. It's interesting to see how things will unfold there and the results may cause cascading effects over the world for the better or the worse. On top of it, it's interesting to see companies resisting to the authoritarian wave, they usually value money over democracy. Of course I would prefer people weren't being detained or hurt but the whole thing is fascinating to watch. The world is convulsing.

• On the post: The Death Of Ownership: Educational Publishing Giant Pearson To Do Away With Print Textbooks (That Can Be Resold)

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2019 @ 07:11am

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  It can still be ripped and compiled, no?

• On the post: AT&T Loses 1 Million Video Users After Spending Billions On Mergers To Dominate Video

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2019 @ 07:03am

  You know what's still around, unchecked, hassle free and non-fragmented? Piracy.

  Keep sticking your collective feet in the mud MAFIAA.

• On the post: Popular Stream-Ripping Site Declines To Play Whac-A-Mole With YouTube

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2019 @ 07:01am

  There are still plenty of tools that will do it without any interference. This is just a total waste of resources.

• On the post: Why A 'Clever Hack' Against Nazis Shows How Upload Filters Have Made Copyright Law Even More Broken

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2019 @ 07:00am

  The problem of the tactic is that it can be used by... Anybody. I'd do even better, I'd use at every single public event held by any politician. Until they review the stupidity.

• On the post: Section 230 Works: Russian Trolls Don't Get To Sue Facebook For Being Kicked Off Facebook

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2019 @ 02:22pm

  It's kind of amusing how people can misinterpret the 1st when it's so well written. Let's review it:

  Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

  It's in the first words, crystal clear: it applies to the goddamn GOVERNMENT. Why is it so hard to understand? Section 230 just makes it easier to dismiss abusive cases.

• On the post: For All Of Trump's Complaints About Social Media 'Censorship', The White House Itself Moderates Content Similarly To Social Media Sites

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2019 @ 11:59am

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  Just a comment: there's no problem in leaning towards left wing/right wing/anarchist/communist/whatever ideals. Even if you were 'leftist' (and Marx is possibly laughing over this idea) it would make no difference. For all the "oh, so much prejudice against us poor far-right folks" the US has a long history of falsehoods and persecution against the left just because the establishment didn't like the left during the cold war.

• On the post: For All Of Trump's Complaints About Social Media 'Censorship', The White House Itself Moderates Content Similarly To Social Media Sites

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2019 @ 11:45am

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  So in summary everybody (with different opinions but who are not complete morons) except idiots that think alike these "conservatives/right wingers" and build their own service don't want the racist, bigoted and overall disgusting speech from said "conservatives". But the problem, somehow is the leftist bias or whatever. Talk about oversized egos.

• On the post: Researchers Build App That Kills To Highlight Insulin Pump Exploit

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2019 @ 11:36am

  Re: SOMEtimes connectivity is a good thing for patients

  It should not accept remote input. At the very best from a device at close proximity. Anything connected may be breached at some point because there are many points of possible failure. Ie: MITM attacks.

• On the post: LAPD Infiltrated An Anti-Fascist Protest Group Because The First Amendment Is Apparently Just A Suggestion

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2019 @ 11:41am

  "Also, an abundance of caution might have resulted in the LAPD checking out the other set of theoretical combatants, but the Los Angeles Times reports a police official said no attempt was made to infiltrate any far-right protest groups. " I was shocked when I realized this isn't even remotely surprising for me. And I'm guessing a lot of folks here probably thought the same. Which speaks loudly about where most law enforcement stand these days.

• On the post: Researchers Build App That Kills To Highlight Insulin Pump Exploit

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2019 @ 11:34am

  I wonder why add wireless capabilities that go beyond a few millimeters from the device. Some sort of nfc thing. And while you aren't using it you could add some cover to block any unauthorized access. That's some basic security measure I'd think. It would still need other solid security layers that aren't in the equipment mentioned but this alone would already prevent a lot of problems.

• On the post: Netflix Sees First Subscriber Losses Ever

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2019 @ 09:00am

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  I decided that if it isn't on Netflix then it either doesn't exist or, if it's one of those things that MUST be watched (a rarity these days) I started pirating again. After a hiatus of quite a few years. Back to your comment, I think you got the main problems. In the end we shouldn't be having to choose because somebody has some content and others don't, it should be a matter of service quality, ease of use and value. There is that idea of a copyright pool that has been discussed here already. It's past time we moved towards something like that. Then again it's also past time we reduced copyright terms and this ain't happening anytime soon.

• On the post: Why Carl Malamud's Latest Brilliant Project, To Mine The World's Research Papers, Is Based In India

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2019 @ 02:17pm

  So basically instead of copyright promoting the progress of science and useful arts it's piracy that's doing so. Despite all the copyright.

• On the post: Claims Of 5G Health Risks Are Frequently Based On A Single, 20 Year Old Flawed Graph

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2019 @ 09:18am

  So it's basically the same thing telcos are doing to prop 5G but with a - sign.

• On the post: Drug Prices Are So Insane That The NY Times Is Recommending The US Gov't Just 'Seize The Patents'

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2019 @ 09:16am

  It's a goddamn temporary monopoly granted by the government because the Constitution itself allows it. But once it's both not achieving its goal of promoting progress (people dying because they can't afford is hardly progress socially speaking) then it should be revoked. Simple as that.

  Some dudes here thing progress means only scientific and economic development. A truly developed country cares for its people. The US clearly lacks in this human front.

• On the post: London Metropolitan Police's Facial Recognition System Is Now Only Misidentifying People 81% Of The Time

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2019 @ 09:03am

  Now imagine a contraceptive that fails only 81% of the time. But hey, in law enforcement wonderland 19% precision is awesome!

• On the post: Facebook's Triple Woes Over Cambridge Analytica Data Harvesting Scandal

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2019 @ 05:52am

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  driver = driving force

• On the post: As Germany Floats The Idea Of Encryption Backdoors, Facebook May Already Be Planning To Undermine Its Own Encryption

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2019 @ 06:08am

  The question that should be asked to Germans: what would stop a new Hitler from abusing such backdoors with a new Stasi?

• On the post: Facebook's Triple Woes Over Cambridge Analytica Data Harvesting Scandal

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2019 @ 05:52am

  "There is no invasion of privacy at all, because there is no privacy," I already avoid Facebook but if this isn't enough to sound a red alert on those who use I don't know what is. I honestly believe some of the actions taken and that are being discussed are the wrong solution but it's hard to argue against them when Facebook does and says this kind of thing. Facebook will end up being the driver that will break the Internet.

• On the post: As Google Ponders Making Ad Blockers Less Useful, Mozilla Ramps Up Tracker Blocking

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2019 @ 05:41am

  I've never abandoned FireFox but I already showed chrome the way out. I'm not sure if the source Chromium is plagued with Google's privacy issues but since the engine is favored even by Microsoft you need to have some fall back in case FF can't handle some situation (pretty rare event) I also use Vivaldi. It's based on Chromium but it is everything Chrome should be and have been in the past. I recommend it.

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