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• On the post: DHS: We May Start Tracking Minors With Facial Recognition Tech; Also DHS: No, We Won’t

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2024 @ 11:52am

  Of course they will

  The only way to prevent something from being abused is for it not to exist. People are people. If there's a button marked "End of the World Button. Do Not Push!" someone will push it.

• On the post: NYPD Officers Take Griping About Paperwork To New Level As New Reporting Law Goes Into Effect

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2024 @ 08:11pm

  Trust is easily lost. You have to be honest and reliable every time. Otherwise people will eventually stop believing anything you say and make you document everything. That's why the original expression is "one bad apple spoils the barrel" and not "one bad apple is fine".

• On the post: DOJ Asks Fifth Circuit To Block The Injunction RFK Jr. Thinks He’s Now Entitled To Regarding Social Media

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2024 @ 09:05pm

  When I heard "RFK Jr" and "the 5th Circuit" I immediately thought of the Three Stooges having an eye-poking, face-slapping, hair-pulling spasm. I'm sure this will end well.

• On the post: Ninth Circuit Dumps Lawsuit Against YouTube Brought By Anti-Vaxxer Whose Account Was Terminated

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2024 @ 07:44pm

  All vaccines are for stupid, as a secondary effect. They're like chlorine for the gene pool.

• On the post: YouTuber Has Video Demonitized Over Washing Machine Chime

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 30 May, 2024 @ 06:35pm

  It's not ContentID that's the problem

  The problem is that the DMCA doesn't provide any downside to filing bogus claims. If the party filing the takedown request had to pay some non-trivial amount per URL and/or could be charged heavily for "mistakes", much of the abuse would go away.

• On the post: Congress Wants A Magic Pony: Get Rid Of Section 230, Perfect Moderation, And Only Nice People Allowed Online

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 23 May, 2024 @ 05:19pm

  I've been voting as hard as I can. Doesn't seem to have helped.

• On the post: Federal Judge Says It’s Time To End The ‘Mistake’ Of Qualified Immunity While Handling A Bogus Murder Charge

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 23 May, 2024 @ 05:15pm

  That is exactly right. The correct response to a clearly stupid invention by the court is a new law stopping it. That's Congress' job, and they haven't been doing it.

• On the post: When ‘Lol, No’ Is Not Enough: Lawyer Explains Why Bogus Takedown Over ‘Fuck The LAPD’ Shirt Should Result In Paying Legal Fees

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 14 May, 2024 @ 12:40pm

  I predict a new T-shirt design

  now with "and the LAPDF, too"

• On the post: Stop Expecting Tech Companies To Provide ‘Consequences’ For Criminal Behavior; That’s Not Their Job

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 07 May, 2024 @ 08:38pm

  expert opinion

  Paraphrasing something I heard long long ago:

  Well, I have a degree in Computer Science, which makes me an expert in that and related fields, such as those beginning with C, or S, or any other letter of the alphabet.

• On the post: First Approved Emulator App Appears In Apple’s App Store Under New Rules

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2024 @ 09:22pm

  No, but if anyone, anywhere in the world is gaining any awareness, information, or enjoyment from or related to any Nintendo product in any form, no matter how slight or tangential, or for any purpose, without Nintendo's express permission, NINTENDO DEMANDS THAT IT STOP IMMEDIATELY.

• On the post: EU’s Digital Services Act Stumbles Out Of The Gate As Member States Fail To Appoint Regulators

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2024 @ 06:17pm

  Darn it, I meant to say "countries", not "companies". Stupid fingers.

• On the post: EU’s Digital Services Act Stumbles Out Of The Gate As Member States Fail To Appoint Regulators

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2024 @ 07:59pm

  The EU should charge those companies 6% of their annual turnover in penalties.

• On the post: Pokémon Co. Is Now DMCAing Years Old Videos Showing Pokémon Modded Into Other Games

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2024 @ 08:26pm

  And this is why copyright should last for five or ten years and after that it's public domain. You had plenty of time to make money, it's over now. Do something new.

• On the post: Italy’s Piracy Shield Blocks Innocent Web Sites And Makes It Hard For Them To Appeal

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2024 @ 08:56pm

  Hooray for malicious compliance! Just let me get my popcorn... Okay, go ahead, block the entire country.

• On the post: Why Isn’t Taxpayer-Funded U.S. Broadband Mapping Data Owned By The Public?

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2024 @ 08:35pm

  The government wastes so much of our money

  Why is the government hiring a company to gather information that is already sold? All your data are belong to any number of shady businesses. Want to know anyone's SSN, bank balance, phone number, address, credit score, demographic info, medical history, purchasing habits? That's all for sale, individually or in bulk. Your ISP and bandwidth is no doubt in there along with shoe size and favorite color, and could certainly be bought immediately in greater detail and accuracy for much less.

• On the post: Data Broker That Trafficked In Abortion Clinic Location Data Also Helps The Air Force With ‘Targeting’

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2024 @ 07:06pm

  That would result in a law making it a felony to publicize anything about Senators and Representatives that they didn't announce first.

• On the post: Another Journalist Sues Over Raid Of The Marion County Newspaper’s Offices

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2024 @ 08:56pm

  "Instead, he’s in the wind" This being Kansas, don't you mean he's "dust in the wind"?

• On the post: HP CEO Makes Up A Whole Lot Of Bullshit To Defend Crippling Printers That Use Cheaper Ink

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2024 @ 08:34pm

  Don't you mean "HP Ink"?

• On the post: California DA’s Office Used A Made-Up Story About A Dead Kid To Pitch Its Fentanyl Fantasies

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2024 @ 12:41pm

  Hmm, what's the internet standard response to this type of lie, I used to know it... Oh, right: "Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most."

• On the post: LDS Church Bullies Brewery Out Of Beer Brand Referencing Biblical Bees

  

  Boba Fatt ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2024 @ 08:32am

  stop playing the IP bully

  They're literally an IPA bully.

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