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  • Not-a-reviewer 21 Dec 2016 19:52:40 7,686 posts
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    I think that massively overestimates her ability and intelligence.
  • askew 21 Dec 2016 19:54:22 24,121 posts
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    Curse my optimism.
  • Psychotext 10 Jan 2017 21:00:15 70,652 posts
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    Campaign group called Liberty is launching a legal challenge (that's crowdfunded) against it, triggered by the recent EU ruling:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/liberty-launches-legal-challenge-to-state-spying-in-snoopers-charter


    Direct link to the crowdfunding site for the legal challenge:

    https://www.crowdjustice.org/case/snoopers-charter/
  • President_Weasel 10 Jan 2017 22:29:34 12,355 posts
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    might as well say I've donated a tenner to that, since the fucking Food Standards Agency and god only knows who else can request my internet records anyway and find out.
  • Psychotext 10 Jan 2017 23:57:37 70,652 posts
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    I donated. I even used my real details. :eek:
  • mothercruncher 5 May 2017 07:29:20 19,474 posts
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    "... these disproportionate powers are straight out of an Orwellian nightmare and have no place in a democratic society."
  • Load_2.0 5 May 2017 07:58:58 33,582 posts
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    Welcome to the future. ISIS has been a wet dream for totalitarians like May.

    Privacy is a thing of the past.
  • Psychotext 5 May 2017 10:34:29 70,652 posts
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    Sigh.

    Oh well, at least it feels like I haven't wasted money on my VPN subscription. Though I'm sure it's only a matter of time before using a VPN is illegal.
  • rocketsndinos 23 May 2017 07:24:55 24 posts
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    This is pretty sad stuff when you think about it. The amount of illogical decisions that keep being made surrounding the net and all the neutrality and basic privacy issues.. @Psychotext thanks for sharing the news, I'll donate a little something myself.

    What do you guys think of US based VPNs? It's argued that they can no longer be considered effective - http://vpnpick.com/can-you-trust-a-us-based-vpn/

    I have more of a libertarian view on mass data collection, I couldn't care less how much spying power they have if a proper warrant is given by a court of law. After all, you live by the sword .. or whatever, do the crime pay the time. But selling our private data just for profit is unacceptable.
  • Duffking 23 May 2017 09:09:45 16,964 posts
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    You'd probably be fine for now with most of them until any warrant canaries pop up, wouldn't you?
  • mothercruncher 23 May 2017 10:01:28 19,474 posts
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    I wouldn't go for one in Europe, or the US for that matter. NordVPN is based in Panama, for example, and thus a lot more hassle for someone to persue when looking to snoop on you.
  • Psychotext 23 May 2017 11:16:12 70,652 posts
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    NordVPN has actually improved a hell of a lot of late. It's at the point where I can't tell I'm actually using it, which is a good thing (well, aside from google and amazon etc thinking I'm somewhere else in the world).
  • chopsen 3 Jul 2017 17:51:42 21,958 posts
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    Have you seen this video? You should see this video. Nothing startlingly new but puts it together in a very concise and well argued video why having government backdoors to encryption is a Bad Thing:

    https://youtu.be/CINVwWHlzTY

    Edited by chopsen at 17:52:08 03-07-2017
  • mothercruncher 3 Jul 2017 21:30:43 19,474 posts
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    It's a good video, but he said "math" and, thus, must be stopped AT ALL COSTS.
  • chopsen 3 Jul 2017 21:36:31 21,958 posts
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    Damn, I missed that. Pitchfork?
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