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• On the post: Basically All Big Tech Companies Deny Scanning Communications For NSA Like Yahoo Is Doing

  

  bgmcb (profile), 5 Oct 2016 @ 7:29pm

  
  

  Verizon likely heard of Yahoo bending over for the government and said "wow we have a lot in common".

• On the post: Hurry Up: We're Taking Down Our Takedown Gear In A Week

  

  bgmcb (profile), 25 Sep 2016 @ 7:30pm

  
  

  Please add

  a 100% cotton option.

• On the post: New T-Shirt: Home Cooking Is Killing Restaurants

  

  bgmcb (profile), 27 Jun 2016 @ 8:11am

  
  

  Re: How about this for next time

  I'm hoping Techdirt would make them. I'd be happy to buy one from them.

• On the post: New T-Shirt: Home Cooking Is Killing Restaurants

  

  bgmcb (profile), 26 Jun 2016 @ 10:18am

  
  

  How about this for next time

  Copyright:
  Using yesterday to steal from tomorrow.
  
  BTW the nerd harder XL's are a bit snug.

• On the post: Law Professor Pens Ridiculous, Nearly Fact-Free, Misleading Attack On The Most Important Law On The Internet

  

  bgmcb (profile), 3 Nov 2015 @ 12:47pm

  
  

  Please add a "Take down requested" to Filed Under:

  "It's Tuesday of this week and we've already received requests to take down one story (entirely)"
  Because Streisand.
  We can guess who sent it.

• On the post: Court Has An Opportunity To Finally End The East Texas Patent Troll Docket

  

  bgmcb (profile), 2 Nov 2015 @ 2:17pm

  
  

  How did the jurors make out?

  I've not heard anyone followup on jurors after big awards.
  Any abundance of "lottery" winners to account for the trolls East Texas success?

• On the post: Fox, Exxon Trademark Spat Of Stupid Finally Ends After Two Years Of Dumb

  

  bgmcb (profile), 22 Oct 2015 @ 12:32pm

  
  

  Fox lost

  If Fox did not get back the cost for this they lost.
  Everybody did.

• On the post: You Can Now Turn Off Ads On Techdirt

  

  bgmcb (profile), 30 Sep 2015 @ 9:05am

  
  

  I've used ABP/Ghostery

  Ad block plus and Ghostery phones home with sites it has blocked.
  NoScript updates so often its a pop up ad on its own.
  
  I hav'nt noticed any side effects from using just EFF's Privacy Badger on Firefox.
  
  I'm OK with seeing ads. I'm not OK with tracking.

• On the post: Cablevision Follows Comcast Down The Compulsory WiFi Hotspot Rabbit Hole

  

  bgmcb (profile), 27 Jul 2015 @ 3:33pm

  
  

  Re: Your Own Modem

  Comcast started charging me for my "own modem". They must have forgotten to charge me for the first 8 years it was attached.
  
  Watch you bill, you might be leasing your own modem also.

• On the post: Comcast Really Wants Me To Stop Calling Their Top Lobbyist A 'Top Lobbyist'

  

  bgmcb (profile), 22 Jul 2015 @ 7:23am

  
  

  influence peddler in chief

• On the post: Cord Cutting Is About To Punch ESPN Squarely In The Face

  

  bgmcb (profile), 15 Jul 2015 @ 7:23am

  
  

  MNF

  Getting people to pay for Monday Night football was pure genius.

• On the post: Latest Explanation For James Clapper Lying About 'Essential' NSA Spy Program: 'He Forgot About It'

  

  bgmcb (profile), 11 May 2015 @ 7:37am

  
  

  Mr Clapper

  As you sit before us today are you now a better liar?

• On the post: Sen. McConnell Undercuts USA Freedom Act By Dropping Bill To Reauthorize PATRIOT Act Until 2020 Directly On The Senate Floor

  

  bgmcb (profile), 24 Apr 2015 @ 12:00am

  
  

  Surprise

  In previous votes no one knew what they were voting for. A straight up vote for mass surveillance? That will sure stir things up.
  
  Congressmen/Senator you were elected to uphold the constitution, why did you vote to trash it?

• On the post: TSA's Investigation Into Groping Agents Ensured They Wouldn't Be Prosecuted

  

  bgmcb (profile), 16 Apr 2015 @ 8:02am

  
  

  same boss

  Whenever the investigator has the same boss as the investigated the mission becomes "protect the boss".
  
  We're left with YouTube justice.

• On the post: Paypal Cuts Off Mega Because It Actually Keeps Your Files Secret

  

  bgmcb (profile), 28 Feb 2015 @ 6:36pm

  
  

  Thanks paypal

  The message is clear any file locker that paypal supports snoops on your files.

• On the post: Senator Asks FCC To Explain Its Involvement In The Proliferation Of Stingray Devices

  

  bgmcb (profile), 26 Feb 2015 @ 11:30pm

  
  

  Santa Clara Count (Ca) wants one

  http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_27591378/Santa-Clara-County-to-get-controversial-cellphone-tracke r-with-stipulation

• On the post: White House Apparently Doing Everything To Stop Release Of CIA Torture Report

  

  bgmcb (profile), 20 Nov 2014 @ 8:02pm

  
  

  If you think Sen. Mark Udall should submit it

  sign here:
  http://releasethetorturereport.com/
  
  Maybe it'll make a difference.

• On the post: Verizon Launches Tech News Blog... That Bans Any Articles About Net Neutrality Or Government Surveillance

  

  bgmcb (profile), 29 Oct 2014 @ 8:28pm

  
  

  SugarString is missing a tag line

  I have a suggestion:
  How I learned to stop worrying and love the surveillance state.

• On the post: FBI Wants To Know If Applicants Have Been Downloading Unauthorized Content

  

  bgmcb (profile), 15 Oct 2014 @ 8:44pm

  
  

  Missed the point

  Steal from the boss and there is no redemption.

• On the post: Imagine How The FBI And NSA Would Flip Out If Tor Browsing Was Built Into Firefox Or Chrome?

  

  bgmcb (profile), 30 Sep 2014 @ 8:26pm

  
  

  better still

  A billion former XP boxes running Tails.

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