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Comment Re:Moral dilemma for the IT community (Score 2) 411

by pallmall1 (#45050595) Attached to: US Intelligence Chief Defends Attempts To Break Tor
I think that you are right about the justifications being a bunch of crap. And here's the dilemma:

... so that we can disrupt their plans and prevent them from bringing harm to innocent Americans.

Just who is deciding who is innocent? They decide who is innocent, and do so without the constitutionally guaranteed protections for the innocent.
I agree with the poster above and oppose the surveillance state.

Am I still innocent now? Was I ever? ...

Comment Re:Say what? Streisand effect on security perhaps? (Score 1) 100

by pallmall1 (#43315137) Attached to: Security Fix Leads To PostgreSQL Lock Down

Since they use git ... I would say that would be what happened.

That's interesting, because the git.postgresql.org page you linked shows recent work desicribed as "Fix page title for JSON Functions and Operators." Couple that with the fact that the Slashdot summary has a link to a Parity News page that contains a link to the Postgresql announcement, and the Parity News link is loaded with javascript in the url.

I wonder if Parity News is trying to demonstrate the Postgresql flaw?
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DOJ Often Used Cell Tower Impersonating Devices Without Explicit Warrants 146

Posted by Unknown Lamer from the bending-the-rules dept.
Via the EFF comes news that, during a case involving the use of a Stingray device, the DOJ revealed that it was standard practice to use the devices without explicitly requesting permission in warrants. "When Rigmaiden filed a motion to suppress the Stingray evidence as a warrantless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment, the government responded that this order was a search warrant that authorized the government to use the Stingray. Together with the ACLU of Northern California and the ACLU, we filed an amicus brief in support of Rigmaiden, noting that this 'order' wasn't a search warrant because it was directed towards Verizon, made no mention of an IMSI catcher or Stingray and didn't authorize the government — rather than Verizon — to do anything. Plus to the extent it captured loads of information from other people not suspected of criminal activity it was a 'general warrant,' the precise evil the Fourth Amendment was designed to prevent. ... The emails make clear that U.S. Attorneys in the Northern California were using Stingrays but not informing magistrates of what exactly they were doing. And once the judges got wind of what was actually going on, they were none too pleased:"

Comment Re:Intractably horrible. (Score 1) 354

by pallmall1 (#43095469) Attached to: In Defense of Six Strikes

That's just using a DIFFERENT flawed system, not fixing the root cause.

From the point of view of the big media cartels and their Obamasite supporters, Six Strikes is not a bug, it's a *feature*.

Welcome to Obama's vision of the future. Six Strikes is just a glimpse.

Comment Re:There are other great kit/parts companies (Score 1) 197

by pallmall1 (#37345728) Attached to: Heathkit DIY Kits Are Coming Back
You're right!
I just got an arduino from Sparkfun delivered today.

I'm old enough to remember Heathkit kits. They always had a good reputation for quality, but I remember them as being too expensive for me to afford. The Arduino is very affordable and I've found some excellent tutorials about it on YouTube.

Maybe Heathkit could package some arduino-based kits and not only help gain the interest of a new generation of tinkerers, but also bring back those who got left out when surface-mount parts pushed the DIP package into obscurity.

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