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>To be fair, the bank footed the bill, not society, so it is a net gain. This may be true in the short term but it seems more likely the bank's customers will pay in the long term.…

I would say you can reasonably expect that unaudited software is not secure and that unaudited books are not legally and correctly balanced.

I'm not trying to be obtuse but don't most hunting rifles still work on a bolt action model thus requiring an operator to chamber a round manually whereas the AR-15, and rifles lik…

I think what he was saying was if he woke up the CEO of a tobacco company and everyone he knew, all of his connections, everyone who worked at his company and, most importantly, th…

I'm not trying to disagree with you, I have a 7 month old son, but what about the joy you felt seeing her being born? I know that isn't a mundane thing and that you likely won't ha…

They should. If you choose to pass a motor vehicle that is driving in front of you, and it's legal, you would cross the center line to do it. In Maryland, bicycles are considered v…

Hear, hear. There have been times that I'm certain the cyclist I was waiting to pass was annoyed that I wasn't passing in city traffic but the law says three feet so I give them th…

I'd be really impressed if, while not carrying a mobile, they call the guy next to me, on his, and ask to speak with me.

It's also good to remember that deer, bear, and untold numbers of other species crap all over the trail also. That hasn't ever been an impediment to my backpacking.

If NYT knows the Third Department and whatever private contractors they have are trying to breach USG computer systems then I guess NSA knows that as well. Not even touching on def…

There goes my future TS-SCI. Damn!

But this has already happened and the judge in question 'compelled' the suspect to decrypt her laptop. I don't know if she ever did, whether there was any evidence that was germane…

I don't see how buying gift cards for cash in person is less secure than buying something online for bitcoin. Cash would seem the least identifying and/or trackable way of purchasi…

This may be where the rest of SF's population gets the impression that Googlers, et al are privileged or believe themselves so. The public transit system is good enough for the res…

"Another problem is simply walking around with 2 phones which is an opsec indicator for feds that you are up to something and req targeted surveillance. They have full automated ac…

It's the way business is done everywhere. My perception is that in the US the 'bribes' aren't paid at the bureaucratic level but at the campaign 'contribution' level. That way the …

Only problem for NSA is that this seems to indicate Al Qaeda, contrary to the NSA's publicised concern, doesn't seem to have gotten the word that they're being monitored. In spite …

And would the market police the private police?

Do I need to use the same browser or does it ID my computer some other way?

Cheaper access to content?

It seems, post 9/11, 'democratic' governments around the world have been appropriating the 'right' to hold individuals without charge indefinitely. Guantanamo?