The countries NOT party to this agreement should be promoting the shit out of it. "Go to France, take pictures, pay huge fine. OR, just come to Canada!"
Let's see what happens when Uber sets a 40-hour/week schedule for its "employees." If the drivers work less than that, it's insubordination, and grounds for dismissal. If they work more, it's unjust enrichment for working overtime without approval. Dismissal.
Drivers may think they can have it both ways, but this could end up being a Pyrrhic victory.
1) Although the FOI seemed to simply request the type or material, rather than a copy of the materials themselves, the response indicates they interpreted this as a request for the actual videos/magazines/computer files/whatever. There are a number of reasons they would refuse to do that, but it seems a bit of a stretch to interpret the request that way.
2) They are telling the truth, and this is operationally sensitive. What if there really were no porn? Perhaps they concocted a scheme to further discredit OBL among his followers who truly believe this is a mission from a higher power. Nothing takes down a man of God (at least in America) like a good old fashioned sex scandal.
I've been saying all along that making certain kinds of surveillance illegal doesn't mean anything. The alphabet agencies have a long history of going off-books and doing whatever the fuck they want. All this means is that when the collect the information, they just have to be marginally better at parallel construction so they never have to reveal it.
The real solution isn't legislative, it's technological. Full, pervasive encryption of all communications is the only thing that can keep the prying eyes out.
It's been 13 1/2 years. If they've gotten better every day, and they're only up to a 4.3% success rate (I rounded up), it's going to take another 145 years to get to 50%!
On its "Services" page, it states that Infringex offers "legal documents," something it clearly (and admittedly, by its own Chief Officer) does not do.
But there's nothing "legal" about these documents.
You're reading too much into the terminology. There's nothing about those documents that is illegal, therefore they are legal documents.
Cash is much harder to trace algorithmically than electronic transactions. I do it for budgeting purposes rather than paranoia, but I wonder how many watch lists I'm on for large cash withdrawals every pay period and never using a debit card.
There are thousands of unelected folks that set and enforce policy. Clapper, Hayden and their ilk are high profile, but yes, the whole political machine is much, much larger than 535 regional- and one national figurehead.
There are two fundamental aspects of the metadata programs, according to the NSA and its defenders: 1) It would have stopped (and continues to stop) terrorism. 2) Your data isn't being searched.
Here's the biggest problem with those statements: they CAN'T both be true at the same time. It's physically impossible.
In order to prevent an attack, data has to be analyzed in real time. If they are putting together a web of calls/emails/transactions before something happens, that necessarily means that an algorithm needs access to all those calls/emails/transactions.
If your data isn't being searched, then it isn't part of that web, and simply pollutes the data set.
The only reason your metadata needs to be collected is for post-incident investigation, so that it can't be destroyed and therefore become inaccessible even with a warrant. But that's not prevention.
While I would never condone such actions, I wonder what these judges would do/say if someone were to release their credit card purchase information. Maybe prescription history or other medical records.
All those are held by third parties, so hey, it's not like they have any expectation of privacy over such matters.
Oh no you don't... By their own filing, prior use is no defense. It's just about going after those with the bigger pockets. I can't get enough out of the freshwater snail coffers, so these guys will have to do.
I would love to hear this and other similar "prosecutorial discretion" decisions defended in light of the text of the 14th Amendment:
"No State shall [...] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
We live in an era of mandatory minimums for many other crimes, but when one class of citizen is threatened with treason charges and another is given probation for similar actions, something's wrong.
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Re: Tourists
"Go to France, take pictures, pay huge fine. OR, just come to Canada!"
On the post: EU Copyright Reform Looking At Restricting Outdoor Photography
Re: Tourists
"Go to France, take pictures, pay huge fines. OR, come to Canada!"
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Snowden's next move
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If the drivers work less than that, it's insubordination, and grounds for dismissal.
If they work more, it's unjust enrichment for working overtime without approval. Dismissal.
Drivers may think they can have it both ways, but this could end up being a Pyrrhic victory.
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Two possibilities
2) They are telling the truth, and this is operationally sensitive.
What if there really were no porn? Perhaps they concocted a scheme to further discredit OBL among his followers who truly believe this is a mission from a higher power. Nothing takes down a man of God (at least in America) like a good old fashioned sex scandal.
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Re:
The real solution isn't legislative, it's technological. Full, pervasive encryption of all communications is the only thing that can keep the prying eyes out.
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Getting better every day, but at what rate?
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You're reading too much into the terminology. There's nothing about those documents that is illegal, therefore they are legal documents.
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Who'da thunk it
Which means the 'corporatocracy' that certain political extremists have been warning about for years actually starts in Oregon, of all places?
Didn't see that coming.
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Re: Possible?
On the post: Before Freaking Out About The FCC's New Neutrality Rules, Perhaps You Could Be Bothered To Actually Read Them
FCC instructions to ISPs:
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Clearly, Hillhouse believes that she "owns" this story, and everybody who came after her must have copied her original work.
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Re: Re:
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Re: Re: Re: Non-partisan?
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Debunking "because terrorism"
1) It would have stopped (and continues to stop) terrorism.
2) Your data isn't being searched.
Here's the biggest problem with those statements: they CAN'T both be true at the same time. It's physically impossible.
In order to prevent an attack, data has to be analyzed in real time. If they are putting together a web of calls/emails/transactions before something happens, that necessarily means that an algorithm needs access to all those calls/emails/transactions.
If your data isn't being searched, then it isn't part of that web, and simply pollutes the data set.
The only reason your metadata needs to be collected is for post-incident investigation, so that it can't be destroyed and therefore become inaccessible even with a warrant. But that's not prevention.
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Re: Criminal
All those are held by third parties, so hey, it's not like they have any expectation of privacy over such matters.
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Re: Re: I've been using this name since 1996
By their own filing, prior use is no defense. It's just about going after those with the bigger pockets. I can't get enough out of the freshwater snail coffers, so these guys will have to do.
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I've been using this name since 1996
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14th Amendment
"No State shall [...] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
We live in an era of mandatory minimums for many other crimes, but when one class of citizen is threatened with treason charges and another is given probation for similar actions, something's wrong.
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