throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Defense Department Blocks Access to Guardian to Prevent Viewing of NSA Leaks
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throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: New leak shows NSA harvests To, From, and Bcc lines of e-mail data
So who the F can we trust? All those denials from everyone and now we see this, which I kinda suspected since Verizon was ordered to hand over the same for phone calls.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Al-Qaida said to be changing its ways after leaks
But Snowden offered them nothing new, so they must trying to avoid detection as much as they can.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Google Gay Marriage
>> So what? Islam has 1.5 billion "members" and I don't recall any special Ramadan doodles.
Not sure if they are any doodles for Mohammed or Ramadan in Arabic and largely Muslim countries but I don't see why they should be any in countries where Islam barely registers. That applies to any other religion of course. Google would be insane to put a Christmas doodle in Pakistan, Indonesia or Saudi Arabia for example. Local sensitivities should apply.
>>In short: not everything is about Jesus. Hopefully, this trend will continue.
Like I said, this is Google's page but simply because they did it doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Google surely loves to take boatload of adwords money for Easter and Christmas. Why do they respect local sensitivities when it comes to making money?
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Al-Qaida said to be changing its ways after leaks
AP - The Official NSA Public Relations Organization
Yeah, Al Qaeda didn't know that NSA listens and reads to their communications. That's why Bin Laden used couriers to personally deliver thumbdrives and had no telephone or internet.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Google Gay Marriage
You know what would be inclusive? Acknowledging that not everybody is Christian, and being OK with the Google home page celebrating something other than your Christian holidays on occasion.
You know what would be inclusive? Acknowledging that not everybody is for Gay Marriage, and being OK with the Google home page celebrating something other than your pro-Gay Marriage ruling.
Personally I am barely a "believer" and don't oppose gay marriage but your argument made no sense. No doubt you can find people opposing Mandela, Mother Teresa and even Einstein, so no doodles for them to be inclusive?
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Google Gay Marriage
No offense but popularity among who exactly, the Silicon Valley crowd? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_of_same-sex_marr...
Christianity has over 2 billion "members" worldwide and Easter is a major holiday.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Google Gay Marriage
Somewhat off topic but for Easter Google did what?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57577171-1/google-cesar-...
It's their site and all but as a business they should be more inclusive. Ironic since billions of people are (at least nominally) Christian and most probably observe or note Easter.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Pandora Paid Over $1,300 for 1 Million Plays
Judging by what I have read, Pandora is not making much (if anything) so there's a limit on how much they can pay. Maybe the is not a feasible business model, or maybe someone else--other than the artist--is getting the lion share of the royalties.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Windows 8.1 Preview
Bing controls less than 20% in US and probably less than 5% in EU.
What I'm surprised is why EU, at least, allowed Google to buy more market share by paying Firefox
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: NSA fact sheet pulled after being challenged by Sen. Mark Udall
I notice that the 4th Amendment doesn't factor into it.
The 4th doesn't really apply if you're talking about the war on [drugs, terrorism, child molesters, tax cheaters, file sharers] etc. etc. etc. We are always at war
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Adblock Plus “typo correction” feature adds affiliate IDs to links
I use mainly so I can search with Google. Without adblock, it's a nightmare on many searches, the first screen of my laptop is all ads (not including youtube, maps, Google local etc.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
You never know unless you doublecheck it. But yeah, with tens of thousands working with NSA /CIA odds are that Russia and China both know a lot
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
FSB, er KGB Jr quite able to add dozens of cameras in any room he may stay, or maybe they can tell by the sound the keys he presses, analyze the light the monitor releases or who the hell knows.
Of course they may briefly arrest him to check his status, and Igor on the other room is cloning his hard drives. Last resort they may blackmail him, go to hell /a USA prison or tell us the password.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
Russia wins by doing nothing.
Russia wins by copying his files and denying it. Espionage is alive and well, just last month a CIA officer was arrested allegedly trying to recruit agents for as much as $1 Mil a pop. The info Snowden has in his laptop is super valuable, why not have it?
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around the world
Yes but you work the odds of the robbery happening right after the Skype call and then the thieves taking just the laptop where some of the most valuable pieces of intel are. Anything is possible, but...
On another note, if Snowden wasn't in HK, CIA would have already "paid him a visit" or five. Probably each of them was shadowed by dozens of Chinese ones so they couldn't take the risk.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around the world
But thieves don't just take a laptop once in
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around the world
Yeah, because jewelry, cash or electronics have no (resale) value so thieves don't touch them ;)
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: IRS spent $108M of taxpayer's money on porn, romance novels, personal items
Shocking aint it? They are like employees on every corporation with expense accounts. Some or many will abuse it.
throwaway10001 | 12 years ago | on: Announcing Microsoft Ventures for startups
Most startups and founders are like that, either because they want to get the product out yesterday, they are broke as hell or both. So MSFT is not targeting the desperate, but real start-ups.
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My guess is that that info is still classified, even though it's public, and accessing it might be a technical violation for those without clearances.