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• On the post: The Gorilla Channel Satire Demonstrates The Ridiculousness Of Banning Fake News

  

  pegr ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2018 @ 01:12pm

  Re: Is your characterization of "A Modest Proposal" supposed to be satire?

  How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
  
  Zero!

• On the post: Police Training Firm Dumps Interrogation Technique Linked To Multiple False Confessions

  

  pegr ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2018 @ 06:49am

  License?

  "...John E. Reid & Associates, which licenses the Reid method..."
  
  
  
  Since when can you license a method?

• On the post: Drone-Maker DJI Offers Bug Bounty Program, Then Threatens Bug-Finder With The CFAA

  

  pegr ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2017 @ 04:40pm

  Re: Isn't this bait and switch?

  First, I'm going to apologize in advance. I will be making generalizations that simply do not apply universally, even to China.
  
  Now, why would anyone do anything with anyone in China, small business especially, that required any amount of trust? The moral fiber of China has been wicked away since the Revolution. The goal for many is how much you can get away with! Lies and deceit are just a given. Ultimately, you can only trust those that have more to lose than you do.

• On the post: A Great Use For Artificial Intelligence: Scamming Scammers By Wasting Their Time

  

  pegr ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2017 @ 05:39am

  Solution for phone scammers

  Lenny!
  
  "Transfer, conference, or forward your telemarketing calls to 1-347-514-7296 or sip:13475147296@in.callcentric.com. If you conference Lenny in, be sure to mute your phone. The rules: Lenny is for incoming, telemarketing calls only - not for annoying people, even if they deserve it."
  
  Lenny is a collection of voice recordings meant to waste the time of phone scammers. Learn more at https://www/reddit/com/r/itslenny There are links to "Lenny Hall of Fame" calls that are quite funny!

• On the post: Members Of Congress: Court Was Wrong To Say That Posting The Law Is Copyright Infringement

  

  pegr ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2017 @ 12:36pm

  Re: Re: Re: The issue isn't quite so cut-and-dried

  Copyrighted, literally, the Right to Copy. There is no such word as "copywritten".

• On the post: Verizon Begins Throttling Wireless Users, Effectively Bans 4K Streaming

  

  pegr ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2017 @ 12:41pm

  Use a VPN!

  Use a VPN and Verizon can't "see" what you are doing. I'm sure they will catch on if too many people do it.

• On the post: Stories Claiming DNC Hack Was 'Inside Job' Rely Heavily On A Stupid Conversion Error No 'Forensic Expert' Would Make

  

  pegr ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2017 @ 11:40am

  The answer is obvious

  If I'm stealing thousands of files, I don't download them one at a time. I zip them up and download the zip file. Duh!

• On the post: Section 230 Matters. Congress Needs To Be Reminded Of That

  

  pegr ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2017 @ 06:40pm

  The cure for sex trafficing is easy

  Same as for drugs. Legalize it, then there's no more criminal influence in it.

• On the post: Taking The 'S' Out Of 'TSA:' Minneapolis Screeners Fail To Detect Contraband 94% Of The Time

  

  pegr ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2017 @ 06:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: bears repeating...

  No, silly, they respond to job ads printed on pizza boxes.

• On the post: Taking The 'S' Out Of 'TSA:' Minneapolis Screeners Fail To Detect Contraband 94% Of The Time

  

  pegr ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2017 @ 06:35pm

  There it is in black and white

  "In most cases, they succeeded in getting the banned items though. 17 out of 18 tries by the undercover federal agents saw explosive materials, fake weapons or drugs pass through TSA screening undetected."
  
  
  Why would the TSA be looking for drugs? There are only to remove threats to aviation, not perform warrantless searches on passengers.

• On the post: Cable Lobbyists Try To Scuttle State Inquiries Into Shitty Broadband Service, Slow Speeds

  

  pegr ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2017 @ 05:11am

  Profanity in the headline?

  Do we really need that? Hold back on profanity until you really need it or you just end up reducing the value of strong words. Dumb fucks. ;)

• On the post: Judge Orders MCSK To Cease Collecting Royalties For Kenyan Musicians

  

  pegr ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2017 @ 05:37pm

  Bottom of the barrel

  Hey Timothy! The government and society of Kenya is corrupt! Who would have thunk it. Seriously, do we get a study of copyright enforcement in Syria next? Aim higher, please.

• On the post: Cheap DNA Testing Is Giving Some Insurers Even More Ways To Deny Coverage [UPDATED]

  

  pegr ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2017 @ 07:21pm

  Re: Re:

  Truth is never to be denied. Science, bitches!

• On the post: Spotify (Basically) Tells Its Free Users, 'Go Pirate!'

  

  pegr ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2017 @ 12:11pm

  Rarity Valuable

  I don't think anything Taylor Swift has to say on the topic is valuable.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says Prior Restraint Is Perfectly Fine, Refuses To Rehear 3D-Printed Guns Case

  

  pegr ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2017 @ 12:58pm

  Re:

  "Full auto, silencer, and so on? Well pay your $200 tax and you can then buy one."
  
  
  This is not entirely correct. NFA weapons may be subject to local restrictions.
  
  A fully automatic weapon may only be transferred (sold) if it was made prior to 1986. As a result, they are insanely expensive.
  
  In any case, the wait for an ATF tax stamp can be six to ten months.
  
  
  So, no, it really isn't as easy as you make it sound.

• On the post: Daily Deal: Information Security Certification Training Bundle

  

  pegr ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2017 @ 12:25pm

  An opinion

  As a holder of ALL THREE of the mentioned professional credentials for many years, AND as someone who has seen this PARTICULAR training offering,
  
  
  this material is absolute crap and Mike is bringing shame and disrepute upon his blog by pushing it.
  
  
  Before you say a word, Mike, I gave you $50 for your defense. But keep this shit up and you won't get so much as a page view from me. Please stop associating with vendors whose material is so incredibly poor, it borders on FRAUD.
  
  
  "The products featured do not reflect endorsements by our editorial team." The fuck it doesn't.

• On the post: TSA Now Making Its Intrusive Searches Even More Gropey & Assaulty

  

  pegr ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2017 @ 12:33pm

  Re: "Every Nation gets the Government it deserves!"

  So the people in Syria deserve El Assad?
  
  Yes.
  
  >The people in Turkey deserve Erdogan?
  
  Yes.
  
  >The people in Yugoslavia deserved Milosevic?
  
  Yes.
  
  When you ignore your political well-being, you get bad law and worse leaders, in other words, what you deserve.

• On the post: Daily Deal: Hacking For National Security Training

  

  pegr ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2017 @ 10:55am

  These credentials are worthless

  And one of the sponsoring organizations is borderline criminal. Don't waste your time. Pay real money and spend real time getting your CISSP instead.

• On the post: Court: Unsupported Assertions And Broad Language Aren't Enough To Support Cell Phone Searches

  

  pegr ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2017 @ 05:24pm

  Re: Particularity

  A proper search of a device requires adherence to strict evidence-handling procedures. A chain-of-evidence must be maintained.
  
  But they don't want evidence. They want information. Parallel Construction can make it evidence later.
  
  But any criminal worth his weight uses a burner phone anyway.

• On the post: Windows DRM: Now An (Unwitting) Ally In Efforts To Expose Anonymous Tor Users

  

  pegr ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2017 @ 07:19am

  Yawn...

  That's why you implement TOR at the router level, not PC. While this is a great demonstration of TOR information leakage, it applies to all 3rd party plugins, etc.
  
  I'll bet that the FBI's NIT is just a malicious Flash file...

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