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Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Yep! Likely broke off the relationship because she is some combination of dangerous/crazy - partners know a lot of the crazy stuff you've done and not been caught for.

If people are to be judged by the assertions of their jilted former lovers then we are all in for a very bad time. Any time there is a headline with a very serious and inflammatory claim, like the one above, you would do well to scroll down past the hyperbole and look for the evidence offered (if any) for such a serious charge. The only evidence cited by this article in this accusation of a series of treasonous felon…

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Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep! Likely broke off the relationship because she is some combination of dangerous/crazy - partners know a lot of the crazy stuff you've done and not been caught for.

If people are to be judged by the assertions of their jilted former lovers then we are all in for a very bad time. Any time there is a headline with a very serious and inflammatory claim, like the one above, you would do well to scroll down past the hyperbole and look for the evidence offered (if any) for such a serious charge. The only evidence cited by this article in this accusation of a series of treasonous felon…

There is video of her leaving the Capitol. Look, if you commit murder but your ex is the witness that points to irrefutable evidence of your guilt, do you get a free get out of jail card because your ex and you aren't together anymore?

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Video of her leaving the Capital building while everyone was still going in: https://twitter.com/dudgedudy/status/1351178713111662593

Wow. Sometimes you'll see a think piece about how a director will call attention to certain parts of the frame (dressing the main character in vibrant clothing and extras in drab clothing for a New York sidewalk scene, for example). This is like that. No question about who the main character is in that shot.

amateur cinematography thoughts here, you've got a few things that make her stand out... First, the other guys are just standing around static. Second, there's three other people all going the opposite direction. Third, she's the only movement or person going away from the capitol in the shot. Additionally, in a crowd mostly composed of men who generally resemble the guys standing around, she's the only person in a skirt. The zebra print bag is also unusual for the environment.

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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One of the reasons why a blanket full disk encryption policy and encrypted data-at-rest policy is needed in large organizations. Laptops go missing and get stolen all the time.

Or even small organizations, or individuals. Our phones storage is uniformly encrypted by default now and have been for several years. There's absolutely no reason that Windows installs and Linux distros should offer unencrypted storage as anything but a hidden option for experts. That said: there's no particular reason to think this laptop wasn't encrypted.

Because it doesn’t matter to most people outside of a business setting. Forgetting your password and losing your backup key is a bigger risk especially some backup drive of pictures/videos.

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Legally speaking: Breaking and entering a federal government building, stealing information, conspiring with a foreign national to sell the information to a foreign state intelligence service. I think life sentences have been handed out for smaller forms of treason...

I think it would technically be espionage rather than treason, but still a very serious crime.

Yeah under US law I think you'd have to giving the info to a nation the US was at war with for it to be treason. That came up a bit in the whole Trump Russia collusion debate.

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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> There's absolutely no reason that Windows installs and Linux distros should offer unencrypted storage as anything but a hidden option for experts. People unfortunately have been coddled by consumerism, or are coddled by job titles like "director" and "officer", and expect to be able to get passwords reset and access recovered by someone if they forget. The correct way to do disk encryption is to not store the passw…

> subordinate-to-revenue-generation IT departments If your company is large enough to have an IT Department , even if it's just one person with a sufficient amount of clue, they should know how to set up FDE with a recovery key manually stored in a secure location (even printed on a piece of paper locked in a safe of the CEO, or something). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/informatio...

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Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Truly the work of a patriot who loves America.

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"you can make *ignorant* people believe just about any message if you deliver it a certain way and often enough."

I don't want to be 'that guy' but even smart and well informed people can be manipulated with the right techniques. Anyone can be manipulated and none of us should ever think we are immune. We're all human.

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow. Sometimes you'll see a think piece about how a director will call attention to certain parts of the frame (dressing the main character in vibrant clothing and extras in drab clothing for a New York sidewalk scene, for example). This is like that. No question about who the main character is in that shot.

amateur cinematography thoughts here, you've got a few things that make her stand out... First, the other guys are just standing around static. Second, there's three other people all going the opposite direction. Third, she's the only movement or person going away from the capitol in the shot. Additionally, in a crowd mostly composed of men who generally resemble the guys standing around, she's the only person in a s…

Just all around wonderful framing, blocking, and wardrobe chefs kiss

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Can we say "the Russian government" or "the Russian secret services" or something similar? Why always this tone with the Russians, the Russians are wonderful people, like everyone else trying to live their lives with the hand they were dealt. Am I the only one that sees how offensive this trope is to about 150 million people?
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