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Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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That's not true. Several other countries require that their citizens file annual tax returns, and tax them on their worldwide income. Why is it ridiculous? And what makes you so sure that less than 1% of US citizens living outside the US evade tax?

The other countries that tax worldwide income: Libya, North Korea, Eritrea and the Philippines. Great company to be in. You could call it ridiculous because it’s so unusual. But the reason most countries don’t do it is that taxes are a supposed to be a deal - the government forces you to hand over money and pays for services you use in return. Expats - they aren’t using those services. And your point about tax evader…

"Seems like you’re being hostile and skeptical for personal reasons."

You made three assertions. One was factually incorrect. One was a matter of opinion, about which I was curious to understand your reasoning. The third seemed like it was unlikely to be true and hard to get data about, so again I was curious.

I'm sorry if my pointing out an untrue statement and asking for more information about others seems hostile.

My personal reason for wanting to point out the incorrect assertion about the US being the only country: https://xkcd.com/386/

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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Offtopic: You were faster than my comment! I understand the Yubikey is popular but I do not understand the why the Wi-Fi dongle is popular. Any ideas?

That wifi dongle in particular supports packet injection, and supports aircrack-ng for penetration testing.

Indeed and cheap enough to throw away after each project for improved opsec.

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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Before his story broke there was an AMA on Reddit about govt surveillance, I'm 90% this was Snowden. Does anyone else remember this?

The person spoke of these things happening in ways we "couldn't imagine". People were guessing at what he meant and his responses were mostly "it's much worse". One redditor posted some highly technical speculations to which the author responded "you're getting close".

Reddit's search isn't good enough to retrieve this but I would LOVE to find that post again.

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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send from my KaliPhone

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The other countries that tax worldwide income: Libya, North Korea, Eritrea and the Philippines. Great company to be in. You could call it ridiculous because it’s so unusual. But the reason most countries don’t do it is that taxes are a supposed to be a deal - the government forces you to hand over money and pays for services you use in return. Expats - they aren’t using those services. And your point about tax evader…

Devils-advocate: The U.S. government still provides expats services such as the State Department, potentially U.S. government intervention to help evacuate citizens from troubled areas etc...

So does Australia whilst not taxing on worldwide income.

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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I can't speak for the US but this man has shifted so much of the political debate in my country and I think also in the EU in general. If you talked about the massive surveillance from governments people tossed you aside as a paranoid lunatic. After Snowden no one could ignore you anymore and privacy is an aspect in any public debate.

Is that the case for both govt and private corporate surveillance? How widespread is the use of Alexa in your area?

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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Customers who bought this item also bought - ALFA AWUS036NEH Long Range WIRELESS 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi USBAdapter - Yubico - YubiKey 5 NFC - Two Factor Authentication USB and NFC Security Key, Fits USB-A Ports and Works with Supported NFC Mobile Devices EDIT:formatting

Recommended products: Alexa

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not true. Several other countries require that their citizens file annual tax returns, and tax them on their worldwide income. Why is it ridiculous? And what makes you so sure that less than 1% of US citizens living outside the US evade tax?

The other countries that tax worldwide income: Libya, North Korea, Eritrea and the Philippines. Great company to be in. You could call it ridiculous because it’s so unusual. But the reason most countries don’t do it is that taxes are a supposed to be a deal - the government forces you to hand over money and pays for services you use in return. Expats - they aren’t using those services. And your point about tax evader…

> The other countries that tax worldwide income

When I declare my taxes here in Belgium the form always asks me if I have any income / assets abroad (I don't). I guess "tax worldwide income" refers to "if you also live abroad" ?

Re: Edward Snowden: Permanent Record

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Customers who bought this item also bought - ALFA AWUS036NEH Long Range WIRELESS 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi USBAdapter - Yubico - YubiKey 5 NFC - Two Factor Authentication USB and NFC Security Key, Fits USB-A Ports and Works with Supported NFC Mobile Devices EDIT:formatting

It's probably part of the reading material for military cybersec.
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