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mhays

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About mhays

privacy, security, law. seattle, wa.

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    Comment #16363546

    Your edit is essentially the point of my original post. Yes, if we can get 100mbps for the vast majority of Americans, that would be awesome. But, if the vast majority of Americans…

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    Comment #16363456

    Yea, certainly wasn't trying to call you out or anything :) And yes, I remember when there was only one or two TVs in the house. Then there was 56k, where only one person could be …

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    Comment #16363203

    I'm curious why you think 25 mbps is what you'd need for a family of four? Is there some sort of data out there for this? Netflix states you need 3.5 mbps for SD, 5.0 mbps for HD.[…

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    Comment #13653752

    The Donald has easier access to data abroad than data in the US :)

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    Comment #13648830

    In the US, unless we are talking about a border search, LEO will still need a warrant to search your phone. I'm unsure if this is what you meant by "pants down" tho :)

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    Comment #13511497

    The US isn't. The City of Seattle is. This is an important distinction.

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    Comment #13189989

    Pricing as a result of market conditions does not make the pricing arbitrary. The price could be affected by lack of competition, but it could also be because of a number of other …

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    Comment #13183493

    Suing companies for this sort of thing isn't as easy as you'd think. One of the issues is damages, as in, you need to prove you incurred some sort of tangible harm or damage. This …

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    Comment #12951865

    This is not a ddos attack. More like ddos mistake or accident.

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    Comment #12748716

    >Only 15% of American believe that Snowden is a hero, 30% call him a traitor outright and only 25% of them believe that he should be offered any type of deal/pardon. According to t…

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    You can ascertain information pointing towards specific IoT devices from things like HTTP header information. I saw an blogpost a couple months ago detailing how the author ID'd an…

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    Comment #11663447

    The only thing stopping me from getting an arm sleeve is knowing it will be there forever, and during future times when I can't have one. Though if it lasts 12 months, by month 8 w…

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    Comment #11623915

    Would you rather no borders exist, and a Brazilian judge ruling against WhatsApp taking out service worldwide, instead?

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    Comment #11213947

    Thank you!

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    Comment #11148589

    Except he did go to Congress, and came back with nothing, forcing him to use the AWA. So who is pushing who exactly? And who has a louder voice in criminal justice matters than the…