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• Sep 23, 2013 @ 09:27am

  Re: Identification, not authentication

  on Time To Change Your Fingerprints: Apple's Fingerprint Scanner Already Hacked

  Right...really the fingerprint is just a way of filling in the "username" field...but as implemented it's being used for both username and password which seems kind of a bad idea...

• Jul 09, 2013 @ 11:48am

  Re: It's not the government drones you need to worry about.

  on Border Patrol Drone Fleet Straying Far From The Borders When Not Being Loaned Out To Whatever Agency Comes Asking

  That may be true but I rather doubt the privately owned drones are armed.

• Jun 28, 2013 @ 10:09am

  Re: Re:

  on Yet Another Teen Making Stupid Jokes On Social Media Now Faces Years In Jail

  Actually I think it shows just the opposite. If it were NOT a police state, it wouldn't even be possible for idiot law enforcers to jail somebody indefinitely for making a trivial comment.

• Jun 21, 2013 @ 05:58am
  on Latest Stupid DRM Idea: Ebooks With Corrupted Texts That Vary By Customer

  The thing I think is lost on the publishers is how sweet a deal they've made for themselves by preventing people from loaning each other books. You buy something for your kindle and your roomy has to either buy another copy or use your kindle to read it...the increase in sales by preventing loaners more than makes up for any losses due to piracy as far as I can tell.

• May 10, 2013 @ 07:47am
  on PSA To Parents: Step 1 After Your Child Is Shot Is Not Checking WebMD

  Any gunshot wound taken to an emergency room will result in police being notified. My guess is that's the crux of the issue here...mom was hoping to keep it all on the down low

• Apr 20, 2012 @ 12:44pm
  on FBI Seized Anonymizer Server

  When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.