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• On the post: Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2015 @ 03:56pm

  Re: The fastest way

  So goes the age old saying: It is easy to blow your own horn when you are full of hot air.

• On the post: Washington Post Observes Encryption War 2.0 For Several Months, Learns Absolutely Nothing

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2015 @ 12:18pm

  What exactly are they even talking about encrypting? When I am using SSH all the data between my client and the server is encrypted. Are we talking about making that encryption stronger?
  
  Right now I could get PGP and hook it up to a email client and hook it up to a friend's client and share our public keys and we can send completely private emails. Are we talking about having that built into gmail?
  
  Is the idea that there be a law that you always have a backdoor to any encryption software implementation?
  
  It is like they are talking about some hypothetical universal encryption thing that doesn't even exist.

• On the post: FBI's Case Against Silk Road Boss Is A Fascinating Read

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2013 @ 11:53am

  Re:

  Oh, man. I bet he was about to make some illegal electronic copies of books. I bet he was wearing a ski mask at the library, too!

• On the post: Judge Takes On Patent Troll With 'Sham Employee'; Forces Troll To Defend Practice Before A Jury

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2013 @ 03:24pm

  Re: first steps

  They're genuinely, really robbing our future for some temporary cash.
  
  Yeah, these guys are the real terrorists, using legal trickery to stop innovators from building the future. Tap their phones and rattle their bones!

• On the post: Latest Leak Shows NSA Engaging In Economic Espionage — Not Fighting Terrorism

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2013 @ 12:18pm

  "Flying Pig"

  Now we know. Pink Floyd is behind all of this.

• On the post: Would You Trust Any Organization That Doesn't Trust 4,000 Of Its Employees? What If It's The NSA?

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2013 @ 08:08am

  Security through Obscurity

  By keeping everything secret, the enemy doesn't know what the real secrets are. If we were to make less things secret the enemy would know exactly what secrets to go after. What the real secrets are needs to be kept secret.

• On the post: Why NSA Boss Believes His Agency Is All Good: Intentions vs. Actions

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2013 @ 12:58pm

  Re:

  Is this a roundabout way of saying we should vote for Hillary?

• On the post: Why NSA Boss Believes His Agency Is All Good: Intentions vs. Actions

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2013 @ 12:55pm

  Re: Alexander must be a charisma king

  You must be joking. The first thing I thought when I saw him was Gollum. And NSA spying programs are his "precious".

• On the post: People Who Got Shorter Sentences Than Bradley Manning: Spies Selling Secrets To Russians & Active Terrorists

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2013 @ 11:31am

  Re:

  Ironically, Manning probably did do it in a large part "for the children". Whereas others just give lip service to the children to push their own agendas. Interesting how the idiom "give lip service to the children" sounds a lot like child abuse.

• On the post: LAPD Detains A Photographer For 'Interfering' With A Police Investigation… From 90 Feet Away

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2013 @ 09:50am

  Re: It's obvious

  Secrecy is the refuge of the incompetent.

• On the post: Obama Cancels Putin Meeting Because Of Snowden, Because Diplomacy Is Like Kindergarten

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2013 @ 09:16am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: I'm suprised the whitehouse didn't delete this one.

  Conceded.
  
  However, everybody already knew Nixon did something wrong even before a trial.

• On the post: Dear Hollywood: Giving Identical Scripts To Congress Reveals That You're Feeding Them Talking Points

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2013 @ 02:36pm

  Re:

  For illegally copying a line from WarGames you now owe someone $114,238.43

• On the post: Obama Cancels Putin Meeting Because Of Snowden, Because Diplomacy Is Like Kindergarten

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2013 @ 01:09pm

  Re: Re: I'm suprised the whitehouse didn't delete this one.

  The problem with that petition is that for him to be pardoned he first has to be found guilty of doing something wrong. It should be something like:
  
  https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/edward-snowden-is-a-hero

• On the post: Dear Hollywood: Giving Identical Scripts To Congress Reveals That You're Feeding Them Talking Points

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2013 @ 02:41pm

  sleeping on the job

  This shows how much attention these bought and paid for representatives are paying in the hearing. Just read the talking points on the page. A monkey could do it.

• On the post: Why Won't NSA Defenders Publish Their Phone Records?

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2013 @ 01:55pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Even if...

  I sometimes get boxes of model airplane parts directly from China. This probably means I am on a watch list as a potential international terrrist. Ridiculous!
  
  On the other hand, it is a good idea to watch me if you actually are a corrupt govt. Because I only respect authority that respects my rights.

• On the post: Why Won't NSA Defenders Publish Their Phone Records?

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2013 @ 11:43am

  Re: Re: Re: Even if...

  There are two ways to interpret this. One is that you are a major sex pervert. :)

• On the post: Prime Minister David Cameron: Google, Bing and Yahoo! 'Enable' Child Porn

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2013 @ 10:01am

  Re: duh

  More like: Children enable child porn. We must outlaw sex!

• On the post: Former Top NSA Lawyer Blames Civil Libertarians For 9/11, Says Hype About NSA May Lead To A Repeat

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 01:34pm

  Re:

  It already is happening. It is called "The War on Drugs".

• On the post: Former Top NSA Lawyer Blames Civil Libertarians For 9/11, Says Hype About NSA May Lead To A Repeat

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 01:22pm

  Re:

  Stewart Baker should be given a dictatorship on a small desolate island with a population of 1. There he can bask in wonderful laws he can keep secret to himself and there won't be any pesky civil liberties to get in the way of his safety.

• On the post: Congresswoman Claims 'Fair Use' And 'Transparency' Are Just 'Buzz Terms'

  

  Simple Mind ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2013 @ 03:03pm

  ... not one premised on permission-less innovation...
  
  I don't need your permission to innovate, bitch!

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