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mysticmarvel
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Comment #13809461
That link at the bottom of the email states that they unsubscribe you from the mailing list. Odd how I always seem to get more spam, but from different companies, after I click one…
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Comment #13753090
Then you will never work in finance, education, medicine, or any company where data exfiltration or IP theft is a business risk.
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Comment #13753079
The second party in this instance is the organisation, including the user. The enterprise owns the pipe, the router, the endpoint device, the chair the user sits on, and the time b…
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Comment #13743216
As a purely leisure traveler, I can't see why anybody would put themselves through the US border system as the start of their holiday. Talk about starting on a downer.
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Comment #13723982
One does not simply "mess with" an international bank.
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Comment #13686847
The UK already refuses to extradite for criminal proceedings where the death penalty is a possibility. It must specifically be denied as an option for sentence prior to extradition…
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Comment #13686541
This is all totally true. It is also totally true that you are not squeaky clean in your employment (never been late once? Never missed a deadline?), and that your performance mana…
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Comment #13686524
This is all totally true. It is also totally true that you are not squeaky clean in your employment (never been late once? Never missed a deadline?), and that your performance mana…
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Comment #13686506
Good god... I just Google'd the IWW. Their website looks, at a glance, like a militant extreme left group. From the hard white-and-red on black colour scheme through to a photo of …
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Comment #13668194
More like time to ditch the Dutch endpoints. See how PIA reacted to similar legislation in the UK: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/12/private-i... Pretty soon we'll…
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Comment #13634436
Hire a lawyer with a "dead man" instruction to instigate such action if he's not informed otherwise within 48 hours. Keep money for legal fees in escrow for that purpose. Shouldn't…
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Comment #13634416
Do you have a job or family? How long would the former keep you employed? How long would the latter last without your support? Could you afford legal fees without employment? It's …
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Comment #13579114
You'd also need to create new accounts for all your services each time, or any basic logging of access will trivially link your SIM, data provider's IP, your VPN, and your endpoint…
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Comment #13579038
You don't think they give up after one try, do you? Look as us Brits with the IP Bill (Snooper's Charter). May tried to push it through a couple of years ago as Home Secretary and …
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Comment #13530916
One possible threat here could be access being gained another way (court-order to provide text key), then with the device unlock key known being required to try each finger in sequ…
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Comment #13529820
My iPhone forces password entry after 5 failed attempts at TouchID unlock. If you can quickly thumb the sensor a few times, you can render fingerprint unlock impossible. Better to …
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Comment #13520580
You must verify your account with a mobile phone if you sign up using Tor. You can use an email address if it's not over Tor.
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Comment #13520573
> I wish I had something important enough to say to be able to put this advice to use! Do you disagree with the way things are? Do you face persecution of any sort if you publicly …
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Comment #13462201
Do you ask for personal information as part of your signup process? First name, last name, email address etc? If you don't encrypt the data or take basic precautions against unauth…
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Comment #13461977
Bin them. Bin Amazon Prime too. Be sure to tell them why you're doing it. Cable was originally advert-free. It was slipped in gradually over time. They got away with it because peo…
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Comment #13461491
How often do you upgrade or purchase a new Apple device? Once per year? I'll take one instance of setting up permissions for stock apps (Many of which I don't use) over granting th…
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Comment #13443133
How about "compartmentalisation" and "single point of failure" as reasons to use ProtonMail for some contact, a disposable Gmail address for others?
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Comment #13390466
This exploit is not in the original Signal protocol, and was introduced by WhatsApp. Signal discards undelivered messages when the encryption key changes, WhatsApp implemented re-t…