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sphinxpy

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About sphinxpy

Freelance writer of words and code. F.O.S.S. and GNU-Linux addict. "Ethical" hacker.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #20254373

    "Israel’s intelligence assessments of Iraq’s prewar WMD capabilities were based mainly on speculation, an Israeli parliamentary committee said in a report released yesterday (see G…

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    Comment #20254136

    Israeli intelligence also provided us with evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that helped push a war. Turns out they got it wrong. https://www.nti.org/gsn/article/isra…

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    Comment #19917118

    I really hope this statement gets people to think about the crypto realm in a different way. What you described is exactly why I see this as a tool for revolutionary progress. Not …

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    Comment #19899283

    I am in the same boat with my unease of the situation. Entitlements are already putting the US in crippling debt, however, I am worried that automation will destroy so many jobs th…

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    Comment #19548498

    Every person in these towns that have this violation of basic rights, should be demanding the takedown immediately but they won't. Again and again the people of this country fall f…

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    Comment #19545746

    This is a very true statement. And in a very literal way, the dark matter analogy is spot on.

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    Comment #19277973

    I'll do my best to with the information I have to answer. Can I name specific players who are brokers/buyers? To put it simply no, I was never made aware to whom the company sold t…

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    Comment #19271409

    At the time I left, which was 4 years ago roughly, the facial recognition was used at the checkout area only. The perational area going from the beginning of the gondolas (aisles) …

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    Comment #19270788

    Thanks for the recommendation. As for the year it doesn't shock me in certain aspects. The camera data in the early 2000's is something I didn't consider though. I notice many peop…

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    Comment #19221646

    I feel the same. When looking into some new linux distros out of curiosity, I'm noticing a trend that these new devs are putting it on source forge and immediately I am "turned off…

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    Comment #19099575

    Speaking as another southerner, I can't agree more. Looking at how Seattle is doing it vs how it works down here made me jealous. The place I live is under intense investigation fo…

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    Comment #19098496

    I am shocked I didn't see more love for the greatest podcast in the universe. This show has been extremely important to me for years as well. In the morning.

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    Comment #19009466

    Agreed. This is probably the most insane idea yet of government implementation of technology scam. Bet the people behind it get reelected which is the most astonishing thing to me.…

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    Comment #18934343

    The future looks more and more bleak as more and more authoritarianism is applied to technology which is supposed to be, to many, as a frontier of freedom.

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    Comment #18899190

    Edit: the site I meant to link to is https://www.oversec.io

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    Comment #18899184

    Edit: the site I meant to link to is https://www.oversec.io

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    Comment #18898239

    Thanks for the links. I will check it out. Recently I created a hidden service using whonix but didn't get a chance to build the site itself. actually created a couple different ty…

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    Comment #18898185

    Have you published to git? I have been wanting to try Ricochet but its inactive state makes me nervous.

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    Comment #18818275

    And increasingly willing to throw people in those camps for less and less.

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    Comment #18701884

    My thought exactly.

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    Comment #18691908

    R.I.P. He and John Perry Barlow are true hero's.