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• On the post: Homeland Security's Inspector General Investigating Attempt To Unmask 'Rogue' Tweeter

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2017 @ 07:48am

  Perhaps they should consult one of those British experts who "understand the necessary hashtags."

• On the post: UK Crime Agency's Latest Moral Panic: Kids Modding Videogames May Be A Gateway To Becoming Criminal Hackers

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2017 @ 07:00am

  I used to modify games on Commodore PETs at school and on my Apple ][ at home. It led to learning 6502 assembly language followed by 30 years of writing accounting software.
  
  Kids need to be warned.

• On the post: After Bill Gates Backs Open Access, Steve Ballmer Discovers The Joys Of Open Data

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2017 @ 08:13pm

  Re: Pull up the ladder after they're in the Tree House

  Is THAT why one never sees a Mac in universities? Linux in an office?
  
  Good heavens! I'll be they have a monopoly on smart phones and social media too!
  
  /s

• On the post: The US Charging Assange For Publishing Documents Would Be An Unprecedented Attempt To Chill A Free Press

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 01:36pm

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  Oh, spare us. It was only after FBI Director James Comey recommended not pressing charges against Clinton that the Justice Department had opted to not pursue charges.
  
  Given Comey's later election interference, you could hardly call him pro-Clinton.
  
  For all the hand-waving about Hillary's server, she was still only doing what the previous two Republican Secretaries of State did, plus the entire Bush II White House, several 2016 Republican candidates and more.

• On the post: Self Driving Taxis Are Going To Be A Nightmare To Secure, Warns Ex-Uber Security Researcher

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 11:37am

  Re: Wait a minute...

  Aren't these guys the ones who were only able to "hack" the Jeep by changing hardware? Like, they had to install compromised chips, and the like?

  No. They used physical access to a Jeep to figure how to hack it, but not to perform the hack itself. They claim that the hack would have worked on other Fiat Chrysler models. On the other hand the hack required a car with cellular Internet service. And by the time they demonstrated the hack, Fiat Chrysler had already fixed the software to make it impossible.

• On the post: Self Driving Taxis Are Going To Be A Nightmare To Secure, Warns Ex-Uber Security Researcher

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 11:00am

  Re:

  Good point. When you sent them off to school, the little bastards could redirect the self-driving taxi to Disneyland.

• On the post: Feds Say Jewelry Company CEO Scrubbed Google Results With Fake Court Orders And Forged Judge's Signatures

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 10:09am

  Re:

  Or have the records of you telling anyone scrubbed from Google search results.

• On the post: Feds Say Jewelry Company CEO Scrubbed Google Results With Fake Court Orders And Forged Judge's Signatures

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 10:06am

  Re:

  I dunno...

  a former contractor for the Natural Sapphire Company who was fired for selling them buggy software launched a personal crusade to destroy the Natural Sapphire Company's Google search results.

  I might not hire that contractor as a programmer, but it's hard to argue with his SEO results.

• On the post: 162 Tech Companies Tell Appeals Court That Trump's 2nd Travel Ban Is Illegal

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 09:29am

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  No, he's quite correct. With your "no education" and "no interest in accepting our culture and fitting in" claims, you're only parroting the sort of stupid myths demagogues use to get votes from pig-ignorant rednecks.
  
  Hope This Helps!

• On the post: 162 Tech Companies Tell Appeals Court That Trump's 2nd Travel Ban Is Illegal

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 09:23am

  Re: Legality

  You mean like how Trump tried to put a limit on immigration based on religion? It turned out that no, the Constitution didn't give him that "virtually unfettered power."
  
  This was nothing new, because it hasn't "been unquestioned for the 200+ years of this nation's existence." It's often been questioned and tested.

• On the post: The US Charging Assange For Publishing Documents Would Be An Unprecedented Attempt To Chill A Free Press

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 07:34am

  Re:

  Do you also support drone strikes within the US by allied countries against people THEY don't like?

• On the post: DHS Boss Calls For More Fear, Less Encryption

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 05:23am

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  For $5 trillion, the US could have colonized the solar system.

• On the post: DHS Boss Calls For More Fear, Less Encryption

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 05:18am

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  A party rejecting its own leader's DHS Secretary, AG and CIA head picks would be.... "non-traditional" to say the least.

• On the post: 162 Tech Companies Tell Appeals Court That Trump's 2nd Travel Ban Is Illegal

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 05:13am

  Re: Re: Re:

  ...ignoring that courts, legal scholars and law professors have reached a consensus on most matters regarding the Constitution...

• On the post: 162 Tech Companies Tell Appeals Court That Trump's 2nd Travel Ban Is Illegal

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 05:07am

  Re: Re: Re: No Hidden Agenda here!

  To continue simple repeating this same conversation from a couple weeks ago...

  Gosh, this leaves me in a difficult position. I have to choose between Politifact's article, for which they interviewed several legal scholars. And cite the author of immigration books about constitutional protections for undocumented immigrants. And quote a law professor at University of California-Davis. And cite several court decisions outlining the rights of undocumented immigrants. And more. Or, believe an Anonymous Coward babbling the sort of pretentious nonsense expected from those who wander out of Breitbart of InfoWars when their views don't align with the facts. What to do, what to do... The United States is built on immigration. This was especially true when the U.S. Constitution was written. Many of those who wrote it were immigrants if not children of immigrants. There is no sign, let alone any reason to believe, that they wanted to deny anyone the Constitution's protections until they gained citizenship.

• On the post: Feds Say Jewelry Company CEO Scrubbed Google Results With Fake Court Orders And Forged Judge's Signatures

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 09:50am

  But nuking yourself from orbit is never the answer.

  Traditionally you hire a reputation management firm to do it for you.

• On the post: More Shady Libel Lawsuits Resulting In Dubious Delisting Court Orders Uncovered

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2017 @ 03:13pm

  Re: Re: I'd be careful saying that duly processed court orders are "shady" or "illegitimate".

  ...which leads to the robo-signing scandals of the last decade.

  "The first you heard is when we seized your house? Well, we sent you a notification. You didn't get it? Oh; that's too bad. Now that we have a default judgement because you didn't show up in court, it's too late to appeal."

• On the post: 162 Tech Companies Tell Appeals Court That Trump's 2nd Travel Ban Is Illegal

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2017 @ 02:55pm

  Re:

  Put more simply, "Someone somewhere is abusing it so no-one should have it."
  
  Try applying that to gun laws or any number of other things.

• On the post: 162 Tech Companies Tell Appeals Court That Trump's 2nd Travel Ban Is Illegal

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2017 @ 02:49pm

  Re: No Hidden Agenda here!

  The constitution provides no protections for immigrants from shit policy. The Constitution only protects citizens!

  Incorrect. Immigrants are protected by the Constitution vs. deprivation of life, liberty or property without due process of law. They have freedom of speech and religion, and if arrested, a right to a Miranda warning. The big exception is that they're not allowed to vote in state and national elections. This is the same for undocumented immigrants except for a further exception; they get almost no due process in removal proceedings.

• On the post: DHS Boss Calls For More Fear, Less Encryption

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2017 @ 10:32am

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  Hint: DHS Secretary John Kelly, AG Jeff Sessions, and CIA head Mike Pompeo were all appointed by Trump. Trump set the tone with his paranoia all through the election campaign.

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