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    California bill requiring kill-switch on smartphones becomes law

    How can the Snowden cache come out and a kill switch for a personal device still be passed through legislature with a possible nationwide one coming through congress? Is the apathy that strong within the states?
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    Meet John Tye: the kinder, gentler and by-the-book whistleblower

    Except this isn't the first time I've read about that Executive Order or the first person to point out how dangerous it is. It is the first person with enough money and influence to do so though. Ignoring that covers up partially why he is able to do so by the book and still get some traction...
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    Snowden critic resigns Naval War College over online penis photo

    Lol, nothing to see. America! Where you can lie, cheat, commit fraud, deceive the public with impunity but if you ever have consensual sex, set loose a dick pic or a nip slip - get the hell out. ™
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    Gynecologist used secret pencam to film patients’ sex organs

    Let me rephrase this. I understand where you are coming from but we have no idea why the doc was taking the pictures. Not noted in article and unlikely that was determined. I wouldn't jump to ascribe motive. As you said the main issue is the violation of trust.
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    Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

    Folks...please read a liveblog of what actually was said in the courtroom... http://falkvinge.net/2014/07/16/live-de ... ict-court/ There is so much disinformation here. There is nothing the stops the prosecution from doing their job. They have done nothing about the case in the past 3 years.
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    “Civilian casualties” authorized under secret US drone-strike memo

    Ugh...isn't the whole point of the classification system to obfuscate the actual number of civilian deaths that they refuse to corroborate with outside actors to verify. Do you really still think in 2014, that all the militants were really "militants"?
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    LIVE CD vs Linux Install

    Thanks that looks fanstastic. I might pick up 2 of those. Right now I'm still learning, no serious work yet. This is just finding out a bit of what's possible to do. Still qualifies as tinkering around as fun as it is. The idea was to create a working space eventually that I could always...
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    LIVE CD vs Linux Install

    Thanks for the replies. Okay sounds like I'll have to modify my expectations a bit and have the toolbox apps on a separate usb from the Linux environment. SARDU is an app much like YUMI or xBoot but those seem to only create live CDs. So I took my search in a different direction and found...
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    LIVE CD vs Linux Install

    Hello, linux newbie here. I'm trying to make a swiss army knife usb thumbdrive. I used SARDU to put Linux Mint and a few other programs (True image, partition magic, etc) on a usb. Now this is a LIVE CD of Mint, is it possible to actually install Linux Mint on the same USB? The usb doesn't...
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    US Marshals step in, thwart efforts to learn about cell tracking devices

    That's going to be such a long ways off. I was stunned by how many people here on the last article (yesterday) had no problem with the way the devices were used. There seems to be a lack of appreciation for how rife for abuse current arrangements are.
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    Report: Apple defines specs for Lightning headphones with 48KHz output

    Really? Were Ars readers wringing their hands when they heard about Touch ID and feared that Apple would remove pin code input as an option? Common...this is sooo silly. How can anyone here be concerned that it could mean the headphone jack would be removed so that only a few headsets can be...
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    NSA routinely tapped in-flight Internet, intercepted exported routers

    It demonstrates that the NSA is not only competing on an intelligence basis but also try to advance economic interests (which finally buries the notion that the agency isn't out to eke out an economic advantages unlike other countries). By curbing and demonizing Chinese products the NSA is...
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    Report: Apple to acquire Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion

    Perhaps, after all I don't know the details but the licensing deals will not transfer on purchase. That's contracts 101 for any competent music exec. And just because Iovine comes onboard doesn't mean the music labels will sweeten up to Apple and backoff.
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    Drones Banned at Yosemite National Park

    Well fuck me. I see more care and concern here than I have ever have in any thread regarding drones circling overhead in cities 24/7 in Afghanistan.
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    Lessons from NYPD Twitter scandal: Careful when asking Internet’s opinion

    Oh snap, and here I was thinking the lesson would be to make some changes. Rather than propagandize and learn to better organize a false public image to project.
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    The Walking Dead is now where brains are eaten, not used

    So what is it trying to do? You don't mention it.
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    The Walking Dead is now where brains are eaten, not used

    I don't get it either. It's a weird obsession particular to some regions. Zombie movies, zombie games, etc. Especially Walking Dead...its not that great of a show. The idea that people can go on massive killing sprees with no psych repercussions...amongst other incomprehensible stuff.