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• On the post: PETA Has Lost Its Monkey's 'Next Friend' In Its Crazy Copyright Case

  

  rw ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2016 @ 11:38am

  Maybe he should sue for publicity rights, after all this is the 9th Circuit.

• On the post: Tempting Fate: Pittsburgh Election Officials Insist Their E-Voting Machines Can't Be Hacked

  

  rw ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2016 @ 07:36am

  Plus there is no verification possible. "These machines are unhackable...therefore the incumbent did receive 100% of the votes." How are voters supposed to trust ANY politician when you can't verify results of elections. I hope the power goes out at about 6:55 PM election day.

• On the post: Court To Prenda's John Steele: Okay, Now We'll Sum Up How Much You Cost Taxpayers And Need To Pay

  

  rw ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2016 @ 08:42am

  Yea!!! More popcorn!

• On the post: TSA Scores Another PR Win With Assault Of Nineteen Year Old Brain Tumor Patient On Her Way To Treatment

  

  rw ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2016 @ 02:27pm

  Time to kill this agency. They do absolutely no good and cause immense problems. Defunding them would free up money to help those in need.

• On the post: Why Doesn't The Anti-Encryption Bill List Any Penalties?

  

  rw ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2016 @ 08:29am

  Get the Police State first, then Capital punishment will work fine...you don't need to include anything in the bill.

• On the post: The FBI Doesn't Want To Share Details On The Exploit It Deployed While Running A Child Porn Site

  

  rw ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2016 @ 08:01am

  If this isn't a rogue agency, then it is obviously the basis of a perfectly good police state.

• On the post: Despite Massive Streaming Revenue Gains, RIAA Still Lying & Crying

  

  rw ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2016 @ 07:02am

  So, of the 2.4 billion the RIAA gets how many thousands are going to artists?

• On the post: Publicity Seeking Florida Sheriff Promises To Put Tim Cook In Jail For Refusing To Decrypt iPhones

  

  rw ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2016 @ 06:47am

  His understanding of the law is flawless...for someone from another country, with no constitution, possibly in another galaxy.

• On the post: What Should We Do About Linking To Sites That Block People Using Ad Blockers?

  

  rw ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2016 @ 08:57am

  Personally, link to them. If they block me because I'm using an ad-blocker to protect myself from their crappy adware, then I know to add them to the never visit again list and to tell others to never visit it either.

• On the post: Want To Report A Dangerous Drug Dealer? Just Enter Your Personal Info Into The DEA's Unsecured Webform

  

  rw ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2016 @ 06:55am

  Re: Brilliant

  I don't know. He's probably had so much red lipstick on his mirror that it doesn't even register.

• On the post: UK Surveillance Oversight Board Says It's All Cool When GCHQ Hacks Basically Anyone

  

  rw ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2016 @ 07:43am

  Just another sign of another government out of control. When are we people going to quit creating these damn monsters.

• On the post: Techdirt Crowdsourcing: How Will The TSA Idiotically Respond To The Laptop Terror Bomb?

  

  rw ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2016 @ 07:13am

  All laptops must have their batteries removed and shipped separately to the destination ... or wherever the airline decides to send it.

• On the post: Federal Judge Not Amused By State Department's Continued Withholding Of Hillary Clinton's Emails

  

  rw ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2016 @ 02:21pm

  Re:

  Instead of "protecting" shouldn't you have said "circumventing"?

• On the post: Portuguese 'Anti-Piracy' Site Blocking Used Against US Video Game Developer

  

  rw ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2016 @ 09:11am

  "It's again troubling how quickly many in the copyright realm ignore the nature of this slippery slope."
  
  Why should they worry about that? It's not hitting their pocket book...Yet.

• On the post: DEA So Forfeiture-Focused It Hired A TSA Screener To Check Travelers And Baggage For 'Guilty' Cash

  

  rw ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2016 @ 07:46am

  Just shows where the "Real" criminals work.

• On the post: UK Government Spends Three Years And Large Sums Of Money To Avoid Revealing The Number '13'

  

  rw ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2016 @ 06:24am

  Re: Ask for one thing, learn another thing (not) free!

  They have to stay employed somehow...and this type of public dole is much more profitable than that for ordinary folk.

• On the post: Book Publisher Has No Idea How Google Works But Pretty Sure It Could End Piracy If It Tried

  

  rw ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 07:47am

  Boy does this guy ever make a great argument for why we need to completely dump IP!

• On the post: Manhattan District Attorney Still Totally Ignorant About Encryption, Slams Tim Cook & Demands Legislation To Wipe Out Encryption

  

  rw ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 08:14am

  Sound to me more like a criminal than an attorney. He wants unauthorized access to devices he doesn't own. Isn't that what the black hat hackers do? When you can't tell the difference between law enforcement and criminals, they are ALL criminals.

• On the post: Blackberry CEO Gives Public One More Reason To Not Buy Its Phones By Arguing For Greater Law Enforcement Cooperation

  

  rw ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2015 @ 08:17am

  Re: 'The Greater Good', for when collateral damage isn't a concern

  ...allows for anything so long as it serves the 'greater good'.
  
  Especially if that 'greater good' is their own pocket book.

• On the post: FBI Director Says 'Smart People' At Office Supply Companies Can Help Limit Terrorists' Access To Pen And Paper

  

  rw ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2015 @ 08:08am

  Are you sure it's factitious? From Comey's point of view it is probably reasonable and the next logical step.

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