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2018-12-04 Science & Technology

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-04 02:01|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Then why can't they help shutdown the SPAM-bots?

Posted by magpie 2018-12-04 05:04|| 2018-12-04 05:04|| Front Page Top

#2 The NSA uses Linux so why treat the Linux Journal like high explosives?

Posted by 3dc 2018-12-04 06:33|| 2018-12-04 06:33|| Front Page Top

#3 >If You Do This, the NSA Will Spy on You
Breathing?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-12-04 06:48|| 2018-12-04 06:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Everyone should use TOR and overwhelm the system.

Posted by jvalentour 2018-12-04 07:20|| 2018-12-04 07:20|| Front Page Top

#5 The old editor unix 'emacs' used to have an actual command, I believe it was called 'spook' or 'meta-X spook', which would insert the 7 words which would guarantee that your file would be read by the NSA.
emacs had all sorts of easter-eggs like that.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-12-04 08:01|| 2018-12-04 08:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Missed - posting on the Burg?

Hi there boys!

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-04 08:15|| 2018-12-04 08:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Missed - posting on the Burg?
Hi there boys!

Rips up in-basket DA Form-31.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-04 08:38|| 2018-12-04 08:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Fuck you, NSA.

There, now I'm on their list.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-12-04 09:06|| 2018-12-04 09:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Back in the day, I had a Libertarian friend who liked to start a phone call with "Revolution, Revolution, Revolution, ♫Hello, NSA!♫" before going on to talk about a tabletop RPG game...

Posted by magpie 2018-12-04 11:18|| 2018-12-04 11:18|| Front Page Top

#10 My sympathies for the poor darlings watching over me — they must be bored to tears.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-04 11:35|| 2018-12-04 11:35|| Front Page Top

#11 My servers used to get vulnerability probes from TOR...until I blocked all traffic from TOR.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-12-04 12:23|| 2018-12-04 12:23|| Front Page Top

#12 My sympathies for the poor darlings watching over me — they must be bored to tears.

But on a positive note, if you ever go all Sudden Jihad Syndrome, they can pull out their Known Wolf folder and go "Yep, there she is".

I do wonder what sort of watch lists you could end up on from browsing various jihadi and strange news sites.

Posted by SteveS 2018-12-04 13:16|| 2018-12-04 13:16|| Front Page Top

#13 Not just TOR but any VPN. Somewhere, Thomas Jefferson is shaking his head.

Posted by Glesh B. Hayes2295 2018-12-04 17:19|| 2018-12-04 17:19|| Front Page Top

#14 Old BS.

Posted by KBK 2018-12-04 18:54|| 2018-12-04 18:54|| Front Page Top

#15 if you ever go all Sudden Jihad Syndrome

If I ever do, scan me for a second brain tumour — the first one hasn’t been enough to cause that kind of problem. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-04 20:25|| 2018-12-04 20:25|| Front Page Top

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