internet_arguer

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by internet_arguer 12y ago
Obamacare isn't really good for anyone except the self-employed and underemployed. The bottom-of-the-barrel unsubsidized O-care option in CA for a family is about $650/mo.
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
I'll bite. From one troll account to another. It's interesting when someone from Switzerland claims the moral high ground about a country's past wrongs. Switzerland has a colorful history of Nazi collaboration and launderin
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
tptacek, maybe the USG as a whole controls some RSA keys, but the more interesting parts, such as NSA, wouldn't be able to get access to them without setting off some red flags. Not to mention, the USG isn't a monolith; NIST rece
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
I also appreciate how the public unquestioningly believes that the Mars rover was in fact really on Mars. Especially, if one is to ask "qui bono", the answer that you'll get is that the administration is trying to direct att
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
The culture of different government agencies varies widely. US-CERT is run by Carnegie Mellon University. US-CERT, incidentally is far older than the relatively new DHS. US-CERT, Mitre, and the rest are all about transparency and don&#x2
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
No, was it sensationalized? Dammit. I never watch the videos on news sites. Too disruptive for my work environment.
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
Good writeup. Kaspersky performs good malware campaign analysis without sensationalism. Also what a novel idea, just wait on the porous hotel network for your execs to come in. I wonder what country's work this is.
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
Are they not agents of the nation of China? I think it's accurate to describe NSA instrusion sets as the work of agents of the United States. Or does it change context when it's an organization you don't like (NSA) ?
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
> edit: Oh i see the cult of personality is still strong in this one, downvoted in under a minute. Translated: "If you disagree with me, you're a stooge for the cult of personality." What an effective way to make your pos
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
I can't believe you put me in the position of defending Comcast from cheap shots. The open wifi requires you to log in with credentials that are linked to a credit card and name. So any weird activity would be correlated to that login
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
Sorry to disappoint, that's not how keywords work for NSA stuff. Now the DHS and FBI, that's a different story.
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
> Governments regularly use all of these utilities as revenue-raising 'businesses', which they consistently strip of any capital that could be used for infrastructure improvements. Is there any evidence of this? I was unable t
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by internet_arguer 12y ago
I'd like to refute your succinct list by posting this incredibly long essay. If you don't read it fully then you don't get to disagree with my point. Effective!