The FBI tracking your browsing history without a warrant might be the beginning

Post by syshum » Thu, May 21, 2020, 7:44 PM UTC

shadowgovt wrote: post #50

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #10

So the US, with its Constitution protecting the people from its Government, is allowing this whilst also considering Edward Snowden a traitor? It seems something has shifted 180 degrees since WW2, and the US Government has quietly won the game where the goal was to shit on the entirety of the history upon which it was built whilst, at precisely the same time, pointing to the Constitution as the reason why "America is…

> It seems something has shifted 180 degrees since WW2 The Twin Towers were destroyed, the Pentagon was damaged, and an additional plane was crashed, via a successful conspiracy that could have been detected by blanket, passive surveillance. That's what changed. The threat model the US defense department is concerned about has changed significantly since WWII. The threat to Pax Americana is not direct military interv…

Post by CyanBird » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:30 PM UTC

mywittyname wrote: post #21

brenden2 wrote: post #8

Firefox (or OSs) should add a feature that randomly makes requests to a bunch of unrelated websites just to mess up their data collection and render it useless. This can only work if it's widely deployed.

Authorities will either look at the source code, compel the authors to explain how it works, push their own changes for the code in question, or just empirically monitor the random behavior and build models to filter such noise.

Post by ciarannolan » Thu, May 21, 2020, 9:00 PM UTC

maerF0x0 wrote: post #131

ciarannolan wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is due process required when someone points a gun at the police? Charges them with a knife? Tries to run them over? I watch 2-3 new police bodycam videos per day thanks to some neat Youtube channels (Police Activity and Real World Police). I've seen maybe one or two shootings on those channels that were clearly wrong, out of hundreds that were justified or a reasonable person could find to be justified. Wondering if…

I would say that there is a spectrum to backing the claim of "due process" w/ time constraints. For example body cams can really help validate that there was a gun, pointed at someone, and the person was threatening... IMO Governments need to be quick to integrate technologies that can reinforce the true spirit of their laws such that true justice (not just legalism) is applied.

Post by rmrfstar » Thu, May 21, 2020, 9:28 PM UTC

0fcf8d3559a64c wrote: post #94

goatinaboat wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love to find a way to whitelist which apps can access the network, but I haven't found a way for that yet Ironically this is very easy on W10 and OSX. But you can do it on Linux with AppArmor.

I don't suppose you have any pointers on how to make that a reality in Ubuntu/Debian? I too would be very interested in being able to configure whitelist only network connections.

Post by lern_too_spel » Thu, May 21, 2020, 9:36 PM UTC

specialagent wrote: post #49

At one point in time, we used to universally celebrate people like Professor John Raines, who broke into FBI offices to steal documents related to COINTELPRO. He 'evaded capture' and was an American hero. [0] Yesterday, Judicial Watch published the DoJ's release of the electronic communication from 7/31/2016, where FBI agent Peter Strzok opened Crossfire Hurricane. [1, 2] Despite the magnanimity of the disclosure, th…