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• Oct 5th, 2016 @ 7:29pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Basically All Big Tech Companies Deny Scanning Communications For NSA Like Yahoo Is Doing
  Verizon likely heard of Yahoo bending over for the government and said "wow we have a lot in common".
• Sep 25th, 2016 @ 7:30pm

  Please add

  on Hurry Up: We're Taking Down Our Takedown Gear In A Week
  a 100% cotton option.
• Jun 27th, 2016 @ 8:11am

  Re: How about this for next time

  on New T-Shirt: Home Cooking Is Killing Restaurants
  I'm hoping Techdirt would make them. I'd be happy to buy one from them.
• Jun 26th, 2016 @ 10:18am

  How about this for next time

  on New T-Shirt: Home Cooking Is Killing Restaurants
  Copyright:
  Using yesterday to steal from tomorrow.
  
  BTW the nerd harder XL's are a bit snug.
• Nov 3rd, 2015 @ 12:47pm

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

  on Law Professor Pens Ridiculous, Nearly Fact-Free, Misleading Attack On The Most Important Law On The Internet
  "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.
• Nov 2nd, 2015 @ 2:17pm

  How did the jurors make out?

  on Court Has An Opportunity To Finally End The East Texas Patent Troll Docket
  I've not heard anyone followup on jurors after big awards.
  Any abundance of "lottery" winners to account for the trolls East Texas success?
• Oct 22nd, 2015 @ 12:32pm

  Fox lost

  on Fox, Exxon Trademark Spat Of Stupid Finally Ends After Two Years Of Dumb
  If Fox did not get back the cost for this they lost.
  Everybody did.
• Sep 30th, 2015 @ 9:05am

  I've used ABP/Ghostery

  on You Can Now Turn Off Ads On Techdirt
  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.
• Jul 27th, 2015 @ 3:33pm

  Re: Your Own Modem

  on Cablevision Follows Comcast Down The Compulsory WiFi Hotspot Rabbit Hole
  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.
• Jul 22nd, 2015 @ 7:23am

  influence peddler in chief

  on Comcast Really Wants Me To Stop Calling Their Top Lobbyist A 'Top Lobbyist'
• Jul 15th, 2015 @ 7:23am

  MNF

  on Cord Cutting Is About To Punch ESPN Squarely In The Face
  Getting people to pay for Monday Night football was pure genius.
• May 11th, 2015 @ 7:37am

  Mr Clapper

  on Latest Explanation For James Clapper Lying About 'Essential' NSA Spy Program: 'He Forgot About It'
  As you sit before us today are you now a better liar?
• Apr 24th, 2015 @ 12:00am

  Surprise

  on Sen. McConnell Undercuts USA Freedom Act By Dropping Bill To Reauthorize PATRIOT Act Until 2020 Directly On The Senate Floor
  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?
• Apr 16th, 2015 @ 8:02am

  same boss

  on TSA's Investigation Into Groping Agents Ensured They Wouldn't Be Prosecuted
  Whenever the investigator has the same boss as the investigated the mission becomes "protect the boss".
  
  We're left with YouTube justice.
• Feb 28th, 2015 @ 6:36pm

  Thanks paypal

  on Paypal Cuts Off Mega Because It Actually Keeps Your Files Secret
  The message is clear any file locker that paypal supports snoops on your files.
• Feb 26th, 2015 @ 11:30pm

  Santa Clara Count (Ca) wants one

  on Senator Asks FCC To Explain Its Involvement In The Proliferation Of Stingray Devices
  http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_27591378/Santa-Clara-County-to-get-controversial-cellphone-tracke r-with-stipulation
• Nov 20th, 2014 @ 8:02pm

  If you think Sen. Mark Udall should submit it

  on White House Apparently Doing Everything To Stop Release Of CIA Torture Report
  sign here:
  http://releasethetorturereport.com/
  
  Maybe it'll make a difference.
• Oct 29th, 2014 @ 8:28pm

  SugarString is missing a tag line

  on Verizon Launches Tech News Blog... That Bans Any Articles About Net Neutrality Or Government Surveillance
  I have a suggestion:
  How I learned to stop worrying and love the surveillance state.
• Oct 15th, 2014 @ 8:44pm

  Missed the point

  on FBI Wants To Know If Applicants Have Been Downloading Unauthorized Content
  Steal from the boss and there is no redemption.
• Sep 30th, 2014 @ 8:26pm

  better still

  on Imagine How The FBI And NSA Would Flip Out If Tor Browsing Was Built Into Firefox Or Chrome?
  A billion former XP boxes running Tails.

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