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bigmofo

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    Comment #37229122

    Lets take this one step farther, call it identity fraud and not just fraud; otherwise, identity theft will probably be with us.

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    Comment #37229019

    I agree. Also, the code repository has no changes since 2017 (at least on the default branch).

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    Comment #37042317

    I thought of that (adding a number) when posting, but then one has to remember that number...

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    Comment #37036312

    This looks to be the same as https://www.grc.com/offthegrid.htm (pointed to by normal access). I am not sure how this works, when say in the example one's example.com password has …

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    Comment #37014054

    Whenever I see articles like this, I have to question our drug policy. People have been getting high since before we were human (non-human primates get intoxicated). We can't stop …

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    Comment #36992724

    That would make for a good topic. Also, it is difficult to maintain older cars going when parts become harder to get. So, even if one does not want to buy a new car; at some point …

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    Comment #36992497

    I would have thought that EFF and FSF would be more active in trying to promote open source in automobiles for privacy, security and being able to repair and modify the vehicle. I …

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    Comment #13281997

    How do the data brokers know whether one shops at dollar stores? Who is leaking our inforamtion to the brokers? Is the store or the credit card company releasing information to a t…

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    Comment #13173969

    That is pretty screwed up. So, you have a merchant that is stalking one and they get updated information. I think I will stick with with the new next gen taxi service where one pay…

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    Comment #13173943

    I have done this. Yes, they initial did keep the subscription going. However, I told the credit card company that I did not authorized any further; they reversed everthing out. I r…

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    Comment #13165336

    When you lose your credit card and you call your credit card company and them them that you lost it, they issue you a new card with new numbers; this way anybody that had the infor…

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    Comment #11372325

    Thanks for pointing that out. The link for destroying a sample does not work. The page: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/nbs/Pages/Default.aspx has the following code for the link: …

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    Comment #11309595

    If they require one to send an email outside of the company network, then should supply the equipment. I would never give my employer control of any personal device. If they don't …

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    Comment #10175799

    I read the article. My only question was where Matt on the nextbsd page and Kip are the same person. I guess I could have searched first. Anyway this article seems to help indicate…

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    Comment #10175742

    The page referenced, refers to Matt Macy and not Kip. If it is the same person, then I disagree. One can't tell whether he would undermine any project he is on because he does not …

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    Comment #10139331

    Every OS gets software updates to patch various security issues every few weeks or month or so. There is absolutely no reason why the NSA or FBI can't have a warrant saying that th…

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    Should owners/operateros of certain web sites need a license?

    Take for example, this healthcare provider that has an F rating on the crypto used for the site: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=mychartor.providence.org This server…

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    Comment #10011075

    Most shops and location that have audio/video recording equipment have sign indicating that such activity is taking place. So, I don't think that the officers could claim that they…

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    Comment #9959437

    Is it even about using put the radio into an illegal mode? OpenWRT has been around since 2004. One does notice those facist in the US governement pushing for weaking security so th…

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    Comment #9085048

    Web sites can put a robots.txt that prohibits crawlers. Are violations of the robots.txt a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act, which would knowing operating a bit in vio…