frank_boyd

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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Why, do they have something to hide? Also, if they're doing things they don't want other people to know, maybe they shouldn't be doing those things in the first place. Or something.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Yes, kind of, actually: If our media are too corrupt, then we need to create new ones that work better and change our habits. Submission to corruption can not be a mid- or long-term solution.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
In other words: "Why I read less HN and you should, too!"
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Forget the "media". Drop your stuff at WikiLeaks.org
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
The disadvantage: You're still funding Google b/c StartPage sells their ads.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Kind of "funny", if you remember that the US builds all kinds of stuff on other nations' soil: - Tons of military bases (see: all over the world) - NSA mass surveillance centers (see: Germany, and probably secret ones elsewhe
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
> But it just feels creepy to email me about it this way. In other words: "Yes, I know it's wrong and they should not know these things about me, but I want to use their product anyway, so can we please just pretend nobody know
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
> FBI warns hacking spree on government agencies is a “widespread problem” Another “widespread problem” is government agencies conducting mass surveillance.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
EVERYTHING starts with education. Education is the most important thing the human race needs.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
It's nice to help suffering people. The recurring pattern I see, however, is: We single out 0.001% of all cases, do something extraordinary, and make a big fuss about it in the media. All this to make us feel good about ourselves. What
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Sorry man, priorities - you got them wrong. Who cares about a few credit card numbers or "personal love notes" when we find ourselves living in corrupt "democracies" that are about to crumble pretty much all over the Wes
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
I welcome all efforts to fight the abuse taken as granted by the government(s). On the other hand: > a virtual private network (VPN) smartphone app "smartphone app": for iOS and/or Android, I suppose. Can we trust anything
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
> Car Mechanic Dreams Up a Tool to Ease Births Pure gold.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Time to axe the iOS app store. Time for new open platforms.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Kill it with FIRE.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
This has EVIL written all over it, in so many ways I don't even...
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
"We must handle this in secret! Trust us! It's for your own good! We just want to protect you from the danger!" Why do I keep hearing this bullshit from all governments all over the World? (The last time, it was the NSA sayin
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9%: Congress’s Approval Rating Hits the Single Digits(swampland.time.com)
2 points by frank_boyd 13y ago|0 comments
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
TL;DR > A U.S. email provider can promise its users all the security and privacy it wants; it still has to do whatever it takes to give the government access.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
First of all, all that code must be open-sourced. It's so obvious that it really hurts. Next, hardware needs to become "open-source", too.
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Brazil debates Internet law in wake of NSA scandal(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by frank_boyd 13y ago|0 comments
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Sweden closes four prisons as number of inmates plummets(theguardian.com)
189 points by frank_boyd 13y ago|175 comments
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Criminal or not - if you let commercial entities dictate things this way and you accept this, it shows that your self-esteem is too low. If you respect yourself, you don't let others play you.
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Philippines typhoon: The Global Consciousness Project(noosphere.princeton.edu)
1 points by frank_boyd 13y ago|0 comments
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
To sum it up: This allows these people: - to take over computers without leaving any trace - to control public opinion by falsifying any information served (i.e. news) - to conduct mass surveillance by a) tracking any use of the computer, b
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
And we all knew for a very long time now that this kind of disaster is due to climate change. And we all don't seem to care at all. At least not enough to changer our patterns of consumption.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Of course that's ok. Nothing is ever entirely new. Everything has parts of other things in it.
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
> Let's fix this before it causes a scandal even bigger than Watergate—or permits behavior more scandalous than Watergate that is never uncovered, rectified or punished. That's the thing. It can not be "fixed", it wil
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
We still don't know if that was really a loophole or rather access given by Google (of course, they will decline that).
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by frank_boyd 13y ago
Well that's ok. But what really needs to happen is this to come from the top management - and most of all, they need to ACT accordingly. Until then, all this "fuck them" exclamations aren't worth a dime.

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