sampsonjs

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by sampsonjs 1y ago
As opposed to your buddy popehat. lol
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by sampsonjs 1y ago
The thing where a guy got shot in the neck by one of their fellow travelers.
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by sampsonjs 1y ago
"Rest in Power #FidelCastro": https://x.com/blklivesmatter/status/802568605212647425 They didn't take the Jordan Neely verdict very well either. Someone joked right after the verdict on Twitter that
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by sampsonjs 2y ago
Archived link used to highlight the relevant portion of the article, which is a digression, but worth highlighting. Some HN users will use the ad hominem that the writer, Greer, is a wack job. Well, as Greer points out, William of Ockham wa
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Sources claim the AWS of a Sony studio was accessed via exploits in PS3 games(kotaku.com)
1 points by sampsonjs 6y ago|0 comments
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by sampsonjs 12y ago
I'm just glad PRISM is nothing but an extremely expensive Rube Goldberg contraption for responding to warrants. Golly, why did Yahoo bother going to court to fight the notion that when a court issues a warrant ... "Yahoo also felt
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by sampsonjs 12y ago
Right, that just occurred to me.
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by sampsonjs 12y ago
Worst possibility is folks email are now targets, and there's enough info to get past password reset questions.
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by sampsonjs 12y ago
The most uncomfortable thing on an SF-86 would probably be your past convictions, but it's unlikely you would get a TS in that case. After that, maybe the names of family members. It also would have your current address and foreign inv
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by sampsonjs 12y ago
It's too bad The Master has departed, I'm going to miss his words being quoted to "settle any possible HN argument" in the words of this great comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1716028 . Also
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
Steve Coll, of all people, did a great job with your ususal argument months ago: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/07/nsa-co...
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
"I don't do work for the USG". Talk about burying the lede. So where did you get this knowledge about the awesomeness of Government training? I DO work for a contractor, one that hires from the same market as everyone else, w
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
I think the WaPo should start a section that's full of Hustler style porn. When people complain about porn in their Washington Post, they can just say "That's a separate department!". TLDR: if you disgrace your sub-organ
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
You seem to think you successfully defended Google and the NSA. My technical chops are just as good as your, if not better, and I found your efforts utterly buffoonish. If you don't like people disagreeing with you or criticizing the g
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Presenting XKeyscore: What the N.S.A. Is Still Hiding(newyorker.com)
7 points by sampsonjs 13y ago|0 comments
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
All of which is happening now, in addition to the activity mentioned in the article. Ever hear of Meles Zenawi rayiner? I know, the New York Times didn't like to talk about him, but that doesn't mean he didn't exist. If the U
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4 New Slides Of The NSA's PRISM Spying Program Have Been Published(sfgate.com)
6 points by sampsonjs 13y ago|0 comments
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Snowden, NSA, PRISM — the “direct access” question(my.firedoglake.com)
1 points by sampsonjs 13y ago|0 comments
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
'Yonatan Zunger, the chief architect of Google+, wrote in a Google+ post today that: "I can tell you that the only way in which Google reveals information about users are when we receive lawful, specific orders about individuals -
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Court Order told Yahoo that Prism does not require a warrant [pdf](fas.org)
202 points by sampsonjs 13y ago|61 comments
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
Here's what I believe: that quoted "government officials" are self-serving liars.
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
"Ecuador blah blah blah". Somehow, I feel that wherever Snowden ends up, said country will quickly become the second coming of the Third Reich in US state media. Note to the Vanity Fair hack: Snowden never cleared customs in Russi
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
Yahoo fought Prism and failed: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2013/06/yaho... . Yahoo now wants us to believe that this was a court order saying, in effect, Yahoo must comply with co
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
Lede was buried by a mod, unfortunately. The point of the submission was that LBJ used the NSA and FBI to spy on a member of Nixon's camp.
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LBJ Tapes: Nixon Sabotaged Vietnam Peace Talks(outsidethebeltway.com)
7 points by sampsonjs 13y ago|1 comments
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
Here's the problem: Assume you were made CEO of a publisher tomorrow. Are you going to put your money where your mouth is and not take measures to mitigate freeloading? Remember, just the perception of risk can be bad. Shareholders will not
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
Hitchens is the guy who claimed the Viet Cong/NLF never used car bombs, right? Saddam was working with AQ all along? And lots of other bullshit? No, he was a disgrace, and that rag's association with him does not reflect well on them.
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
"They[Microsoft] can't hire smart people anymore" is easily the most fatuous thing he's written.
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
C#, .Net ASP, Visual Studio, and Azure are all very good development products. I know, because I tried them myself. Or ask the Stack Overflow guys. It's called thinking for yourself. As for your appeal to the recieved wisdom that everything
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by sampsonjs 13y ago
And even the dumbest, most corrupt cop isn't going to do anything scandalous while you're sitting right there. And the flatfoot giving you a ride has probably been told it's his job to babysit you for the night, while they tell you bs about

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