"This is the inevitable direction that devices with mics and cameras installed will go. At some point, the companies that make the devices will decide that what they can capture is more valuable than any semblance of privacy. They’ll flip the switch, and the glasses on your face or the speaker in your home will turn into a surveillance device."
Funny how all those congress people were able to read and approve 30,000 pages of legislation in just a matter of hours. They must be REALLY REALLY smart. Or maybe they just know when to do what they're told, you know, strike while the iron's hot and all that.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
"The catalyst for the USA PATRIOT Act occurred on September 11, 2001 when terrorists attacked and destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City and the western side of the Pentagon near Washington, D.C. In response President George W. Bush declared a War on Terror and soon thereafter senators from both sides of politics started working on legislation that would give law enforcement greater powers and to prevent and investigate terrorism in the United States. The Patriot Act was written by Jim Sensenbrenner."
Yeah they claim it was 9/11. I just find it odd that a bill that large was written, sent through both houses of Congress, signed, and enacted by October 26th 2001.
Introduced into the House on October 23rd, passed on the 26th. 30,000 pages. I'm sure they all read it. NOT.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
According to Dempsey, it was hard enough to get their attention, but "[even if] you [did,] some members of the House and Senate were, 'Don't bother me with the details.'
The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
Passwords won't matter soon. The latest super computers (I forget the correct term) will be able to Crack 128 bit encryption and passwords in a matter of seconds within a couple of years. They will be able to Crack 256 bit encryption before it's even invented- by a supercomputer.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
It still blows my mind that any government would be using a chat app that is owned and operated in a foreign company. Apparently they have been using it for years…long before the current administration.
We are doomed then. I'm surprised someone hasn't found a backdoor entry into USPS or the credit card intermediaries. A cash-based economy, savings hidden under the mattress, and staying home with a shotgun will soon be more secure.
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We are doomed then. I'm surprised someone hasn't found a backdoor entry into USPS or the credit card intermediaries. A cash-based economy, savings hidden under the mattress, and staying home with a shotgun will soon be more secure.
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A messaging service used by former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has temporarily shut down while the company investigates an apparent hack. The messaging app is used to access and archive Signal messages but is not made by Signal itself.
404 Media reported yesterday that a hacker stole data "from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the US government to archive messages." 404 Media interviewed the hacker and reported that the data stolen "contains the contents of some direct messages and group chats sent using [TeleMessage's] Signal clone, as well as modified versions of WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat."
TeleMessage is based in Israel and was acquired in February 2024 by Smarsh, a company headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Afina founder Ramon van Meer wanted to see if people would buy a Made-in-USA version of his specialty shower head.
He found it would cost three times as much to produce — and raised the sale price by 85%.
After several days of testing, a total of zero customers bought the USA model.
Afina founder Ramon van Meer wanted to see if people would buy a Made-in-USA version of his specialty shower head.
He found it would cost three times as much to produce — and raised the sale price by 85%.
After several days of testing, a total of zero customers bought the USA model.
These types of, made in America, “inflated costs” examples I find humorous. Nations, first world, that, rightfully, place high value on environment, natural resource mining, worker benefits, healthcare, benefits, just to name a few, etc etc
Then as a nation continue to search and outsource cheaper alternatives, other countries, that don’t put a high value on aforementioned, to energize their economy, unfortunately, at the expense of their citizens, environment, resources, etc.
Why is our outrage directed towards the high costs within rather than at the exploitation of 2nd and 3rd world countries?
Keep feeding Amazon and keep b!tching. Perpetual motion.
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Most Americans live with a large debt burden, keeps them on the job.
"This is the inevitable direction that devices with mics and cameras installed will go. At some point, the companies that make the devices will decide that what they can capture is more valuable than any semblance of privacy. They’ll flip the switch, and the glasses on your face or the speaker in your home will turn into a surveillance device."
https://gizmodo.com/meta-is-turning-its-ray-bans-into-a-surveillance-machine-for-ai-2000596395
And the government already has a back door into all tech, so they can turn on the switch too.
Yep, it’s called the Patriot Act
Funny how all those congress people were able to read and approve 30,000 pages of legislation in just a matter of hours. They must be REALLY REALLY smart. Or maybe they just know when to do what they're told, you know, strike while the iron's hot and all that.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I wondered about the history of the Patriot Act and found this chronology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Patriot_Act
"The catalyst for the USA PATRIOT Act occurred on September 11, 2001 when terrorists attacked and destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City and the western side of the Pentagon near Washington, D.C. In response President George W. Bush declared a War on Terror and soon thereafter senators from both sides of politics started working on legislation that would give law enforcement greater powers and to prevent and investigate terrorism in the United States. The Patriot Act was written by Jim Sensenbrenner."
Yeah they claim it was 9/11. I just find it odd that a bill that large was written, sent through both houses of Congress, signed, and enacted by October 26th 2001.
Just like a pair of buildings built to withstand aircraft crashing into them both collapsed in an identical way.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Introduced into the House on October 23rd, passed on the 26th. 30,000 pages. I'm sure they all read it. NOT.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
According to Dempsey, it was hard enough to get their attention, but "[even if] you [did,] some members of the House and Senate were, 'Don't bother me with the details.'
The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats
A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
Passwords won't matter soon. The latest super computers (I forget the correct term) will be able to Crack 128 bit encryption and passwords in a matter of seconds within a couple of years. They will be able to Crack 256 bit encryption before it's even invented- by a supercomputer.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
It still blows my mind that any government would be using a chat app that is owned and operated in a foreign company. Apparently they have been using it for years…long before the current administration.
We are doomed then. I'm surprised someone hasn't found a backdoor entry into USPS or the credit card intermediaries. A cash-based economy, savings hidden under the mattress, and staying home with a shotgun will soon be more secure.
Pretty sure the Signal app was started with CIA seed money
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
Yes it is… I mean will be 👀
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A messaging service used by former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has temporarily shut down while the company investigates an apparent hack. The messaging app is used to access and archive Signal messages but is not made by Signal itself.
404 Media reported yesterday that a hacker stole data "from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the US government to archive messages." 404 Media interviewed the hacker and reported that the data stolen "contains the contents of some direct messages and group chats sent using [TeleMessage's] Signal clone, as well as modified versions of WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat."
TeleMessage is based in Israel and was acquired in February 2024 by Smarsh, a company headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-clone-used-by-trump-official-stops-operations-after-report-it-was-hacked/
Bring back the Blackberry
We value our freedom but how do we stop this crap?
Mark Zuckerberg is building a new surveillance state
https://thehill.com/opinion/5292465-meta-ai-glasses-society-threat/
Afina founder Ramon van Meer wanted to see if people would buy a Made-in-USA version of his specialty shower head.
He found it would cost three times as much to produce — and raised the sale price by 85%.
After several days of testing, a total of zero customers bought the USA model.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/a-business-owner-tested-if-customers-would-pay-more-for-american-made-the-results-were-sobering/ar-AA1EywcA?ocid=nl_article_link
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511
100%
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
It was significantly altered 24 hours prior to voting. Look it up, info is available.
It was another perfect storm in a time when fear and uncertainty reigned.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
These types of, made in America, “inflated costs” examples I find humorous. Nations, first world, that, rightfully, place high value on environment, natural resource mining, worker benefits, healthcare, benefits, just to name a few, etc etc
Then as a nation continue to search and outsource cheaper alternatives, other countries, that don’t put a high value on aforementioned, to energize their economy, unfortunately, at the expense of their citizens, environment, resources, etc.
Why is our outrage directed towards the high costs within rather than at the exploitation of 2nd and 3rd world countries?
Keep feeding Amazon and keep b!tching. Perpetual motion.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Starting at 6:06 a.m. and up to this point, I have received 31 cigar related emails today.
That's the same amount of cigars @VegasFrank has smoked up to this point today.... that also signifies you may have a problem Rusty
Amazing. Only a broken arm. Apparently, he landed in some shrubbery.
https://abc11.com/post/2-year-old-boy-survives-15-story-fall-white-oak-maryland-apartment-building-suffers-broken-arm/16435654/