I don't buy this for a minute. Whenever I've seen people who criticize Obama called "racist," it's been because they said or did something racist. I'm sure that there are times when that's not so, but they seem to be a relatively small number.
I don't support Obama, and I have never been called racist because of it. Probably because I can articulate rational reasons for my position that have nothing to do with race.
"The key thing here is that while Facebook can tell where you are - if you allow it - Facebook cannot tell why you are where you are or what you are doing there."
This is not entirely true. Once you've compiled a history of a person's daily travels, you can determine with reasonable accuracy why they have gone to particular places and what they're doing there.
This is the "gift" of Big Data. Assemble enough data points that are innocuous individually and you have can do most of what you would use cameras and wiretaps for.
Yes, but the other side of that coin is that quantum computers also theoretically allow new forms of encryption that are prohibitively difficult for quantum computers to break.
This sort of thing has been going on for the thousands of years of crypto history. It's always a back-and-forth where strong crypto is developed, then a stronger way of breaking it is developed, then even stronger crypto, and so forth and so on.
"Duck is the most famous producer of duck tape, hence the name. It's generic now for any kind of strong tape with a dark canvas backing."
No, Duck is not the most famous producer of duct tape, and "duck" is not generic. It's "duct tape". Duck chose the brand name as an intentional pun on "duct".
It looks like real problem is people doing things that are dangerous whether taking a selfie is involved or not. They're awesome things, yes, but dangerous.
The IRS disagrees with you. Having an income stream does not a business make. One of the criteria, for instance, is that you have an intent to make a profit.
There are plenty of sites that are hobbies and carry ads to defray some of the costs. They don't intend to make a profit, and never will. They are not businesses.
If anything, Facebook has proven that removing anonymity does not raise the level of discourse. It only reduces the number of people willing to engage in it.
I assume that the system is opt-in, not opt-out. I don't have a problem with offering a robocall service that you have to actively sign up for. All others should die a fiery death.
Especially debt collectors. I got my current phone # a few years back. The person who had it before me skipped out on a lot of debt. To this day I get a couple of calls on a daily basis from debt collectors looking for that person. I've never been able to get this problem fixed.
You're talking about numbers that block caller ID. That's entirely different than an unlisted number. An unlisted number just means that your number isn't available in the directory. It doesn't mean that your number won't appear on caller ID.
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I don't support Obama, and I have never been called racist because of it. Probably because I can articulate rational reasons for my position that have nothing to do with race.
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This is not entirely true. Once you've compiled a history of a person's daily travels, you can determine with reasonable accuracy why they have gone to particular places and what they're doing there.
This is the "gift" of Big Data. Assemble enough data points that are innocuous individually and you have can do most of what you would use cameras and wiretaps for.
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This sort of thing has been going on for the thousands of years of crypto history. It's always a back-and-forth where strong crypto is developed, then a stronger way of breaking it is developed, then even stronger crypto, and so forth and so on.
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No, Duck is not the most famous producer of duct tape, and "duck" is not generic. It's "duct tape". Duck chose the brand name as an intentional pun on "duct".
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There are things that can't be negotiated
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Why focus on the selfies?
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I have no interest in "high-end" smart watches, though. They don't really add anything useful that can't be accomplished with a $99 one.
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There are plenty of sites that are hobbies and carry ads to defray some of the costs. They don't intend to make a profit, and never will. They are not businesses.
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Which amounts to the same thing.
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Especially debt collectors. I got my current phone # a few years back. The person who had it before me skipped out on a lot of debt. To this day I get a couple of calls on a daily basis from debt collectors looking for that person. I've never been able to get this problem fixed.
I loathe robocalls.
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Value?
He sees value in the creepy, orwellian, worthless idiocy that is "see something, say something", huh? That's not surprising.
Snitch culture for everybody! What could possibly go wrong?
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