I'm all but completely convinced our "choice" of president has become a joke on us.
National Security means You get the government we say you'll get and it matters fuck-all who happens to be president.
Those executive departments that are armed and informed rule. That threshold has been crossed. Accountability? Accounted for. Status: none.
The Constitution is effectively trumped - why not the rest of us?
100 mile borders. Secret law. Unjust mass incarceration. Bullshit wars. Secret lists. Corporate financed law. Order by intimidation, threat and ignorance. Our "moral high ground" is an inverted hole filled with a mix of mud, salt, blood and shit.
Election.. pfft. whatthefuckever.
Oh, I know, lets marginalize everyone holding up two, big, fuck you fingers, one each for blue and red.
Like our presidential candidates represent a choice, or something.
Not for nothing but I'm kind of a fan of that Baidu slingshot action. "You have 75 minutes of web search freedom. You find your wildest dream and desire to know curious things with no threat of beating or jail or missing family member for your curiosity. 75 minutes! Go search Baidu now!" (godzilla screeches in background)
yeah, yeah, Japan, I get it, but he was always a secret Chinese project.
That's probably because they've been, or are being, bootstrapped to the logic of tyranny. This would be readily accomplished via interactions, influence and advisors of the military and defense establishment - these are not democratic. It's the natural and frighteningly logical progression of laws and enforcement. Sight begets power and unnatural sight begets unnatural cravings for yet more power.
As we are seeing play out in front of us - tyranny can easily and readily take hold beneath the appearance of, or perhaps even true, democracy. The onion is rotting.
You all realize that when the regime realized that the military had tapped the planet that they wanted in, right? Enter the Patriot Act. Enter LEAs. Enter equipment grants. Enter parallel construction. Exit stage left.
Can we just dispense with the formalities and call this duck a duck yet? When law enforcement gets unfettered, or barely fettered, access to each and every digital print you lay down then that's called tyranny, by default. And fuck-all any good intentions.
I'm not sure what they mean by hybrid. It might be a reference to events on the Crimea where the appearance of the people voting to separate from the Ukraine. From reports there did seem to be some level of the Crimean population in support of that move. If you can intercept the communications of the people then the more likely another event such as that can transpire.
For me it seems plain that Poland is the match to the powder and any attempt on Putin's part to strike that match would be disastrous, proverbial great Russian bear or not.
From the looks of it - threats or not - the people living in Poland are a lot less free today and tomorrow will never repay that particular debt.
I'm not exactly a walking moral compass but it strikes me as awkward and ineffective that our focus on "preventing crime" is one focused exactly on punishment.
We have an overabundance of effective and non-intrusive means of "surveillance".
Why doesn't a sting have a first phase that attempts to break things up? What's the aversion to:
1. "Hey, tough guy, my friends think you're doing something stupid. You should probably not be this particular brand of stupid, ever.".
2. "Psst. Hey, I'm from law enforcement and I don't want to see bad things happen to good people, you or anyone else. I happen to know you're being watched. Some folks think you're a pretty evil guy and might blow shit up. So if you are then you're fucked but if you're not then now is a good time to stop pretending and find something else to do that will make you happy".
What the fuck's wrong with a warning? A little education can go a long way.
Pro-tip: Preventing crime is not a reaction. Nor is it gaining access to things you can not see. It's using what you have at your disposal to peacefully identify and diffuse a potentially life threatening situation.
Since when does "keeping us safe" equate to "Whatever I can bust, I bust! And if I can't bust it then I'm going to work it until I can. Boo-yah."?
Law enforcement has too much and everything they gain, collectively, we loose, collectively. Count on it.
Can I just say that the UK is at the tippety-top of my list of 'do not disturb' places? Absolute top. There's nobody disgusting me more on the entire planet than these guys right now - and there's some pretty disgusting shit going on.
What the fuck is it with these old white-guy countries? They're completely loosing their shit and taking down the planet in swaths.
It's like we've completely lost control of our senses and our governments are steaming head-strong into absolute positions of authority. So comfortably.
IP and FEAR, Baby! There will be ink.
Someone recently said to me "I'm just waiting for some country to get pissed off enough and drop one on us." and I replied "I'm just waiting for some people to get pissed off enough at their countries". I know I'm pissed at mine.
Just this past week I was thwarted on two attempts trying to access two papers. Cock-blocked by two different angles one a $30 buy in for two days with Elsevier or a $30 dollar download through JSTOR.
Aaron Swartz was not wrong.
I can only imagine what libraries have to deal with.
Not a useless discussion by any measure. Have you seen what law enforcement can do with prohibition? At all? They'd just as soon see countless lives destroyed for using "unauthorized" encryption as they have for using the pot.
Quite simply, law enforcement must not prevail and forcing speech out of Apple is only a very small portion as to why.
One day Like many gone by It will become Encrypt or die And this will hold true For you or I [sic, frig off, poetic licenseez] So smash it up And let if fly
I hate to keep beating a horse that simply will not die but the unholy alliances of media (including govs, if you like) have not, can not and never will "innovate". Hell, they can barely adapt and when they do adapt it's through crushing anything in their paths any way they can.
When the price of oil is high pirates have a go at it anywhere they can and when it's not pirates move on to more lucrative things.
Stop piracy - align your senses of entitlement with reality
C'mon, man. If I'm reading what you threw down here the way you intended it to be read then go away and come back after the big kids are done with the pool.
Encryption is funny in the way that there is no soft, squishy middle part - apart from bad implementations.. which are more crumbly than squishy.
In other words, currently, there is no middle ground. There is no half-way. There is no ... "metric" that equates to "kind of" encrypted. Recognizing that is a pretty "key" part of any "discussion". Ignoring that is, well, ignorant.
Could anything possibly be more unconstitutional than this? Anything? Anything at all? Anybody?
It's so clear and so blatant that I think the worst is over. The hurdles hurdled. There is no more republic. How could there be? Welcome to the future.
On the post: Emails Show Hillary Clinton's Email Server Was A Massive Security Headache, Set Up To Route Around FOIA Requests
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I'm all but completely convinced our "choice" of president has become a joke on us.
National Security
means
You get the government we say you'll get and it matters fuck-all who happens to be president.
Those executive departments that are armed and informed rule. That threshold has been crossed. Accountability? Accounted for. Status: none.
The Constitution is effectively trumped - why not the rest of us?
100 mile borders. Secret law. Unjust mass incarceration. Bullshit wars. Secret lists. Corporate financed law. Order by intimidation, threat and ignorance. Our "moral high ground" is an inverted hole filled with a mix of mud, salt, blood and shit.
Election.. pfft. whatthefuckever.
Oh, I know, lets marginalize everyone holding up two, big, fuck you fingers, one each for blue and red.
Like our presidential candidates represent a choice, or something.
Tossers, both.
On the post: Emails Show Hillary Clinton's Email Server Was A Massive Security Headache, Set Up To Route Around FOIA Requests
Clinton(s)
Conniving, manipulative, untrustworthy power-broker.
About the only thing going for her, imo, is the fact that she's a woman, so .. yay, history. Whoopdefuckinggoddamndoo.
No confidence, no vote.
On the post: Rather Than Launch A Massive DDoS Attack, This Time China Just Asks GitHub To Take Down Page It Doesn't Like
yeah, yeah, Japan, I get it, but he was always a secret Chinese project.
On the post: Senate Just Barely Rejects Plan To Expand FBI Surveillance Powers
On the post: Seeing Opportunity, Congress Tries To Rush Through Its Plan To Legalize FBI Abuses Citing 'Orlando!'
Re: Re:
As we are seeing play out in front of us - tyranny can easily and readily take hold beneath the appearance of, or perhaps even true, democracy. The onion is rotting.
On the post: Seeing Opportunity, Congress Tries To Rush Through Its Plan To Legalize FBI Abuses Citing 'Orlando!'
Re: Re: Same with gun laws
Ban anything you like and that same state of troubled mind will strike again. And again.
Ban guns, encryption, the Internet - the troubled minds give no fucks.
On the post: Seeing Opportunity, Congress Tries To Rush Through Its Plan To Legalize FBI Abuses Citing 'Orlando!'
Can we just dispense with the formalities and call this duck a duck yet? When law enforcement gets unfettered, or barely fettered, access to each and every digital print you lay down then that's called tyranny, by default. And fuck-all any good intentions.
On the post: Poland To Massively Expand Surveillance, Reduce Civil Liberties
Re: hybrid warfare?
For me it seems plain that Poland is the match to the powder and any attempt on Putin's part to strike that match would be disastrous, proverbial great Russian bear or not.
From the looks of it - threats or not - the people living in Poland are a lot less free today and tomorrow will never repay that particular debt.
On the post: The FBI Says Its Homegrown Terrorist Stings Are Nothing More Than A Proactive Fight Against 'Going Dark'
Re: Re: Mixed feelings
We have an overabundance of effective and non-intrusive means of "surveillance".
Why doesn't a sting have a first phase that attempts to break things up? What's the aversion to:
1. "Hey, tough guy, my friends think you're doing something stupid. You should probably not be this particular brand of stupid, ever.".
2. "Psst. Hey, I'm from law enforcement and I don't want to see bad things happen to good people, you or anyone else. I happen to know you're being watched. Some folks think you're a pretty evil guy and might blow shit up. So if you are then you're fucked but if you're not then now is a good time to stop pretending and find something else to do that will make you happy".
What the fuck's wrong with a warning? A little education can go a long way.
Pro-tip: Preventing crime is not a reaction. Nor is it gaining access to things you can not see. It's using what you have at your disposal to peacefully identify and diffuse a potentially life threatening situation.
Since when does "keeping us safe" equate to "Whatever I can bust, I bust! And if I can't bust it then I'm going to work it until I can. Boo-yah."?
Law enforcement has too much and everything they gain, collectively, we loose, collectively. Count on it.
Boo.
On the post: UK Government Pushes Forward With Insane Snooper's Charter, Despite Widespread Concerns
What the fuck is it with these old white-guy countries? They're completely loosing their shit and taking down the planet in swaths.
It's like we've completely lost control of our senses and our governments are steaming head-strong into absolute positions of authority. So comfortably.
IP and FEAR, Baby! There will be ink.
Someone recently said to me "I'm just waiting for some country to get pissed off enough and drop one on us." and I replied "I'm just waiting for some people to get pissed off enough at their countries". I know I'm pissed at mine.
On the post: As Predicted, Elsevier's Attempt To Silence Sci-Hub Has Increased Public Awareness Massively
Aaron Swartz was not wrong.
I can only imagine what libraries have to deal with.
So many wrongs at so many levels.
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.. maybe try again tomorrow?
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Quite simply, law enforcement must not prevail and forcing speech out of Apple is only a very small portion as to why.
One day
Like many gone by
It will become
Encrypt or die
And this will hold true
For you or I [sic, frig off, poetic licenseez]
So smash it up
And let if fly
On the post: Canadian Cable Companies Make A Mockery Of Government's Push For Cheaper TV
When the price of oil is high pirates have a go at it anywhere they can and when it's not pirates move on to more lucrative things.
Stop piracy - align your senses of entitlement with reality
And fuck cable. It's high-time we swap roles.
On the post: Apple Tells Court That The DOJ Is Lying About It Advertising The Fact That Encryption Keeps Out Law Enforcement
Re:
C'mon, man. If I'm reading what you threw down here the way you intended it to be read then go away and come back after the big kids are done with the pool.
On the post: White House Begins To Realize It May Have Made A Huge Mistake In Going After Apple Over iPhone Encryption
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If you want knee-jerk reactions you need a more recent attack
On the post: White House Begins To Realize It May Have Made A Huge Mistake In Going After Apple Over iPhone Encryption
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In other words, currently, there is no middle ground. There is no half-way. There is no ... "metric" that equates to "kind of" encrypted. Recognizing that is a pretty "key" part of any "discussion". Ignoring that is, well, ignorant.
On the post: Administration Grants FBI More Raw Access To NSA Data Just As FBI Claims To Be Implementing New Minimization Procedures
It's so clear and so blatant that I think the worst is over. The hurdles hurdled. There is no more republic. How could there be? Welcome to the future.
Fucktastic.
On the post: Trump Calls For Partial Shutdown Of The Internet, Doesn't Understand What He's Saying
I'm calling it.. Trump is the Antichrist.
On the post: Congressman Who Supports Undermining Encryption Says We Need CISA (Which Undermines Privacy) To 'Protect Privacy'
Re: His reasoning on why they attached it to the omnibus is interesting too
There is no honor in undermining privacy. There is no law so just. There is no need like the needs of power.
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