I mostly have respected Chomsky, but that was tainted a bit with his support for Shiva Ayyadurai and his claim to have invented email. Now I question Chomsky's support of anything.
Security Now did their assessment and agreed that the Google/Microsoft API was well done for preserving privacy. On the other hand I wonder what you think about Bruce Schneier's take on it... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/05/me_on_covad-19_.html
...which appears to consider contact tracing apps as theatre.
Paley tried to push this "impartiality" on his CBS radio reporters in the 1930s who like to condemn Nazis every chance they could. It was all about not offending anyone. The reporters continued to do it.
I suppose then, in the US, one would be covered by the Fifth Amendment if one were to set one's passphrase to a confessional sentence, such as "I smoke dope". Turning over such a passphrase really would be self incrimination.
I think that as a part of their privacy Policy, all sites should state what their actions will be in the event they are served with a National Security letter. Users will then have that information up front to aid in their decision whether to use the site, and not have to guess whether a site will secretly comply, challenge it, or close their doors.
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Re: Read the letter…
I mostly have respected Chomsky, but that was tainted a bit with his support for Shiva Ayyadurai and his claim to have invented email. Now I question Chomsky's support of anything.
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Thanks for the Popehat link
They (Ken White) had done the wonderful "Lawsplainer: IT'S NOT RICO, DAMMIT"
https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-rico-dammit/
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Here's what looks like another case of copyright claim misuse...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/26/michael-moore-film-planet-of-the-humans-removed-from-y outube
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Will that be followed up by a panel looking at anti-liberal bias on cable news channels that call themselves "Fair and Balanced"?
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Contact tracing
Security Now did their assessment and agreed that the Google/Microsoft API was well done for preserving privacy. On the other hand I wonder what you think about Bruce Schneier's take on it...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/05/me_on_covad-19_.html
...which appears to consider contact tracing apps as theatre.
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Neither is Bruce Schneier
He basically considers them theatre and worthless.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/05/me_on_covad-19_.html
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Finland has the right idea...
Finland is doing it right, open source the vaccine.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish-developed_open-source_coronavirus_vaccine_nearly_ready_f or_testing/11342151
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also Russia
Russia has been pushing this nonsense...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/science/5g-phone-safety-health-russia.html
And this is a another roundup of the nonsense...
https://www.wonkette.com/5g-bullshit
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Impartiality?
Paley tried to push this "impartiality" on his CBS radio reporters in the 1930s who like to condemn Nazis every chance they could. It was all about not offending anyone. The reporters continued to do it.
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Not imgur yet
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One question...
How do we know that?
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One question...
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Then in the US...
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also…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SgGMj3Mf88
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http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/in-damage-control-sony-targets-reporters/
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Re: Re: Re: I think we should start calling this a voyeurism fetish.
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Cisco TelePresence
and this guy: http://vtctalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26498
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Riseup.net
https://www.riseup.net/en/riseup-and-government-faq
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Standard part of Privacy Policies
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