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Comment on FCC to Review Wireless Industry Practices by Wolf75

Wolf75 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:08:13 +0000

Privacy may involve the manipulation of mechanisms, and it may be regulated by policy, but it occurs on the frontlines through meaningful social practice. ,

Comment on UK File Sharing Policy Meeting Resistance from ISPs by Maxx22

Maxx22 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:07:28 +0000

And I have all the fancy stuff turned off. ,

Comment on UK File Sharing Policy Meeting Resistance from ISPs by His_wife68

His_wife68 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:10:40 +0000

This initial post on Every Kitchen Table frames the need for new food systems connecting more consumers with sustainably grown, processed and transported food. ,

Comment on China Forcing News Sites to ID Commenters by China Forcing News Sites to ID Commenters | Technologizer

China Forcing News Sites to ID Commenters | Technologizer — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:53:10 +0000

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Comment on Flickr Seems to be Caught in Lie Over Obama Joker Image by Flickr DMCA Takedown Policy Changes « TechPolitik

Flickr DMCA Takedown Policy Changes « TechPolitik — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:19:33 +0000

[...] is obviously in direct response to the dustup over its removal of the Obama-as-Joker image, which we still seem to not know who made the copyright infringement claim. When it was found that it was likely that the claim was [...]

Comment on The Web Does Not Equal More Civic Engagement by The Web Does Not Equal More Civic Engagement | Technologizer

The Web Does Not Equal More Civic Engagement | Technologizer — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:51:00 +0000

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Comment on ACLU Sues for Records on Border Laptop Searches by joe z

joe z — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:27:29 +0000

Only an idiot would think the govnt would find anything useful from terrorists this way.

Terrorists are most likely remove all traces of their activities from their computers when crossing borders.. the only thing the govnt is going to find with this is your average joe and his porn collection.

Comment on ACLU Sues for Records on Border Laptop Searches by Mark Z

Mark Z — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:45:38 +0000

I’m a Canadian truck driver and I have had my laptop seized and searched for child porn. They also searched the truck and removed any and all USB keys, portable hard dives, etc. that I had and had a look at them too.
I have been crossing the boarder carrying loads to and from the US for over 7 years, 5 of those years with a laptop. That was the first, and only (so far) time I have been searched like that. Generally, I have nothing to hide, but that felt like getting it with sand in the lube.
Now I’m not stupid enough to keep my most sensitive data on my latop (like banking and credit card info) as if it was stolen (been there) I don’t need the hastle of calling everyone to change stuff. However, the issue of lawyer / client confidenciality would be a great one to investigate and start a class action suit over. Publicity alone would increase busness I’d imagine.

Comment on ACLU Sues for Records on Border Laptop Searches by John C

John C — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:33:42 +0000

A lot of these routines aren’t necessarily there to be effective but to be visible. As long as the border patrol *appears* to be working hard at securing their country, that’s enough to justify their present and future budget.

In fact, you can probably apply this to a lot of government official’s actions. Take for example how effective it is to bar felons or registered sex offenders from using social networks *only in Illinois*?

“Perception is reality.”

Comment on Whole Foods Boycott Takes to Facebook by JadeStar

JadeStar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:24:28 +0000

Whole Foods is not, and has never been, a socially or environmentally conscious company. They are a large, national, for-profit chain capitalizing on the ideals of their customer base. The last time I was at a Whole Foods, in central Austin, I couldn’t easily locate a bicycle rack, a recycling bin, or a compost bin. I was having a conversation with a homeless man at the time, who told me he had been run off by Whole Foods security for scavenging food from their dumpster. What incredible waste! I suppose the condo-dwellers who drive their SUVs three blocks to provide patronage on a regular basis are too busy feeling cool for shopping there to actually notice or care about the contradictions!