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In Which My Identity Is Sought by Federal Grand Jury Subpoena

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Post by ceejayoz »

lloydde wrote: post #25

This article needs to be flagged. Popehat or 3rd-party scripts there are triggering redirects to malicious ads about my mobile device being “infected”.

I've seen a big uptick on this today, including on major sites like Snopes and NBCNews. It's almost certainly coming from bad ads slipping through into an ad network.

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Post by dabernathy89 »

lloydde wrote: post #25

This article needs to be flagged. Popehat or 3rd-party scripts there are triggering redirects to malicious ads about my mobile device being “infected”.

I've been seeing this a lot more recently - not on Popehat, but on other sites including The Hill (although in my case it was a fake Amazon gift card giveaway).

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Post by megous »

gjjrfcbugxbhf wrote: post #19
mintplant wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I browse with Firefox for Android and a combination of the uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes, and Cookies AutoDelete add-ons. Without them I'd feel almost naked.

And yet your IP address is captured by every site you visit.

Who cares if it is a VPN server address.

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Post by testvox »

jack9 wrote: post #35
pigscantfly wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What possible justification is there for submitting an in-progress legal document besides a mistake?

I can think of 3 without any knowledge of a specific case. Potential Delay (in clarifying this matter against the case at large), Proof of Effort, FISA routinely allows for incomplete filings and go forward anyway. They aren't the only court to do this. Pope's publicity might help squash this, but it's up to a judge to allow it or not. After the information is garnered, an appeal court can overturn it and nobody can…

How does that explain the strange behavior of submitting a document in such a state though? Couldn't they have achieved any of those goals by submitting the document without the annotations?

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Post by mcguire »

rayiner wrote: post #7

The takeaway is great (and by "great" I mean "depressing but true"): > Third, when I read the subpoena yesterday, I was suddenly gripped with exactly the sort of impulses that I urge clients to resist: the overpowering urge to do something and talk to someone to straighten it all out. I was tempted to email the AUSA and introduce myself, and to argue that it's ridiculous that he subpoenaed my identity, and ask what t…

I'm curious about that. I can see why it would be idiotic for me to do it, by I'm not Ken White. Why shouldn't he send them a few polite questions?

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Post by mcguire »

mintplant wrote: post #11
LoSboccacc wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the mobile browser landscape has become a minefield of invisible popover, redirect and premium service subscription, only partially mitigated by adblockers (or none at all if using chrome on ios, because, reasons)

I browse with Firefox for Android and a combination of the uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes, and Cookies AutoDelete add-ons. Without them I'd feel almost naked.

Yep. It's a pity Firefox doesn't let you select and copy the address for a link.

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Post by mcguire »

oh_sigh wrote: post #30
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trump doesn't know how government works other than playing king. How is that better?

Source please. He appears to know how government works from his working with Congress to pass bills

I was unaware they had passed any legislation lately.

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Post by Jesus_Jones »

jack9 wrote: post #35
pigscantfly wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What possible justification is there for submitting an in-progress legal document besides a mistake?

I can think of 3 without any knowledge of a specific case. Potential Delay (in clarifying this matter against the case at large), Proof of Effort, FISA routinely allows for incomplete filings and go forward anyway. They aren't the only court to do this. Pope's publicity might help squash this, but it's up to a judge to allow it or not. After the information is garnered, an appeal court can overturn it and nobody can…

your comments above sound reasonable, but your characterization of tech dirt as a rumor site is wrong in my opinion. They consistently find cases of government overreach and attempts to skirt the law. If anything, they'd be supportive of your comment above "My advice is to get familiar with how far the US intelligence community has fallen out of jurisprudence."
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