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Man we really despise innovation attempts for some reason today on HN. Canonical is trying to push computing into the future and progress user interface by doing really hard stuff.…

Though this is a bit foil-hat for most people it can be a real privacy concern. Can your mac be used to secretly spy on you? Absolutely. Has apple done this before to their custome…

Fired? Who really cares? But investigated for congressional bribery? Definitely.

I think, unfortunately, it wouldn't be considered a search as the data recording would probably be considered voluntary.

To me, this supreme court decision stands as precedent against the ISP's forced tracking. If recording your vehicle moves constitutes a search, then recording your online moves sur…

Nobody with "interesting" data (and half a brain) will be physically bringing it across a border. What's super ironic about this legislation is that it makes local law enforcement'…

These are standard interrogation tactics that people need to be prepared for. If you really feel threatened, speak to a qualified layer before you make any decisions, say anything,…

Say, "I'm sorry, I don't feel comfortable answering that question." And when they ask why say, "Because I believe that it is my right not to." But nothing more. Just be short, to t…

We also need to seriously start electing people that represent us. Honestly, we need to pick people who understand technological issues and we need to cycle them regularly. Most im…

Put copyright aside for a sec and lets try to actually frame it in the case of child porn or drug trafficking. How can any legislator conclude that disrupting the public like this …

You don't own "Intellectual Property". You own a temporary monopoly on its reproduction in certain circumstances. But the creative work itself you don't own. Sure, if you paint a p…

Important takeaways: - Use full-disk encryption. - Secure it with a very long hard to guess password. - Turn your computer off at least 10 minutes before going through customs. - Y…

Lets take this seriously for a second. Say we're actually trying to catch cyber criminals and child pornographers and we're discussing enacting this law. Someone speaks up and says…

Piracy isn't like anything, it's copyright infringement. There is no need for an analogy. What takes place is completely obvious. Using any analogy actually decreases the understan…

Sure, use piracy. We all understand what that means. But I'm not trying to define it out of existence, I'm trying to use the english language effectively. It's plainly not theft. A…

It's not theft. It's copyright infringement. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/theft The phrase "intellectual property" is a misnomer. It's like saying "corporate personhood".…

Campaign finance reform and biased media coverage are different beasts entirely. Murdoch owns Fox whether corporations are people or not, and he loves your disparaged argument. Bes…

"Why should I shoot myself in the foot to keep someone else from shooting me in the foot?" Because sometimes democracy is harder than just doing what you want to do. "This idea tha…

The best part about stopping to support companies that support the MPAA and RIAA is that they are going to say they are loosing revenue through piracy and not direct consumer withd…

There is nothing immoral about copying data. It is a bummer that you worked so hard and didn't make the money that you thought you were going to but no one owes you that money and …