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    Comment #11891072

    Interesting stuff! Why do you think he was given so much access to material that wasn't directly relevant to his work?

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    Comment #11891025

    Whoa. Do you have insider knowledge?

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    Comment #11890884

    He was offered a job at TAO, but turned it down to work at BAH (near the end of his career).

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    Comment #10008113

    Wow, thanks for demonstrating this. A dead simple technique like this could have compromised me when trying to use SSH pseudonymously.

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    Comment #9989681

    Here's a list of providers accepting BTC: http://cryto.net/~joepie91/bitcoinvps.html

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    Comment #9978229

    I'm guessing Chris knows Satya on some personal level.

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    Comment #9976652

    > when I decide to upgrade from Windows XP Oh no.

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    Comment #9952799

    The .git directory wouldn't be crawled though, correct?

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    Comment #9946703

    Raw to avoid horizontal scrolling: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anonymous/36131abce0a084c...

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    Comment #9912367

    It certainly would be interesting if NSA started intercepting and implanting these products à la Cisco ;)

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    Comment #9874714

    > you still need the user's willfull cooperation. Not always, especially when law enforcement can request data straight from the provider, which I would imagine happens in the majo…

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    Comment #9874192

    They already have a front door. It's called "get a warrant".

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    Comment #9874047

    >ancient Not really...

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    Comment #9853183

    I am also curious about this. The fact that Vultr accepts Bitcoin as payment further piques my interest. Can anyone shed some light on their performance and convenience vs. Digital…

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    Comment #9802777

    ++ will increment s before the new margin is set.

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    Comment #9713122

    These are anonymous government sources. Can we really expect them to tell the truth? It seems more likely that these officials are exploiting the general public's lack of knowledge…

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    Comment #9009373

    > Also, the NSA read and store everything you do on the Internet. For the vast majority of internet users, this is true. Clarification: Maybe not actually read as most people under…

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    Comment #8992207

    I thought it was quite humorous.

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    Comment #8956818

    It's extremely bloated.

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    Comment #8905662

    I agree. I don't believe this report includes anything that could pose a legitimate threat to national security. If the NSA has begun militarizing the internet, the public has a ri…

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    Comment #8905627

    No, it doesn't. Snowden isn't the one who's been releasing these documents; the journalists are. For your claim to make any sense, you'd have to believe Der Spiegel is secretly wor…

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    Comment #8627344

    Pearson does this in all of their services.

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    Comment #8208417

    > When a user opens a URL with the tel scheme in a native app, iOS does not display an alert and initiates dialing without further prompting the user. What is the justification for…