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Phys.org: Disappearing act: Device vanishes on command after military missions
by jim bell 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

Phys.org: Disappearing act: Device vanishes on command after military missions. https://phys.org/news/2019-08-device-military-missions.html

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Kalaidzhi Tradition, Witches Politics, and Bizarre Creations
by grarpamp 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

Trad Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ReFNdkQ5Y8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKHEX5jasOI TaxFree Pols (end of vid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1g3CYbsssw Wtf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bH21w2R0hc

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Fwd: Re: Comment/Reply to “staying safe online”
by Ryan Carboni 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

Does anyone know if they can get in touch with “opal hart”? This email is in a characteristic, but strange, teasing coyness that seems somewhat irregular for normal communication. Sent from ProtonMail Mobile > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: opal hart<opal(a)wowana.me> > Date: On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 8:06 PM > Subject: Fwd: Re: Comment/Reply to “staying safe online” > To: Ryan Carboni <33389(a)protonmail.com> > Cc: >> Thanks, I'm curious about this so I'll look more into it and amend such >> information to my post. Personally I find JavaScript more trouble than >> it's worth, just at a practical level, but for giving general users >> advice on browser security, this would be good enough for them. > > Sorry for double post; I was gonna include this originally but I hit > the send button too fast: > > I have heard of the class of attacks that focus on JIT compilation, so > I am somewhat familiar with it. But I will certainly do more research > on the topic. > > -- > wowaname <https://wowana.me/pgp.xht>

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USA: Civil asset forfeiture - your guide to policing for fun and profit - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

Straight outta the modern regime of empire, USA: Civil asset forfeiture - your guide to policing for fun and profit - if you're a USA police officer that is. Is there any wonder the USA is struggling to feign anything even remotely resembling a moral high ground? Also, a solid ground of outright tyranny and why the USA must fall. Of course chaos is the intention of (((TPTB))) - the federal reserve banker cabal, who were hoping to prance in under the radar of chaotic civil something and institute some new USA or possibly pan-American currency. Remember the Fed! Policing For Profit: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Has Perverted American Law Enforcement https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-23/policing-profit-how-civil-asset-f… https://ammo.com/articles/civil-asset-forfeiture-policing-for-profit … It’s called civil asset forfeiture and it’s a multi-billion dollar piggybank for state, local and federal police departments to fund all sorts of pet projects. … contemporary civil asset forfeiture begins right where you’d think that it would: The War on Drugs. … the criminalization of American life and asset forfeiture have continued to feed each other. … In sum, asset forfeiture creates a motivation to draft more laws by the legislature, while more laws create greater opportunities for seizure by law enforcement. This perverse incentive structure is having devastating consequences: In 2014 alone, law enforcement took more stuff from American citizens than burglars did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff… The current state of civil asset forfeiture in the United States is one of almost naked tyranny. https://ammo.com/articles/democide-hitler-stalin-mao-state-violence-guide … The Origins of Civil Asset Forfeiture … … In 1984, civil asset forfeiture entered a new phase. The Comprehensive Crime Control Act, championed by then-President Ronald Reagan, allowed for police agencies to keep the assets they seized. This highly incentivized the seizure of assets for the purpose of funding police departments rather than pursuing criminal charges. However, the game changed completely in 1996 – the year of the landmark Supreme Court decision Bennis v. Michigan(516 U.S. 442). This ruling held that the innocent owner defense was not sufficient to recover assets seized during civil asset forfeiture.… Civil Asset Forfeiture: Big Business For Police To say that police departments are funding themselves with civil asset forfeiture is more true than you might think. Civil asset forfeiture has exploded since 1986, when total seizures were at $93.7 million. By 2005, this had passed the $1 billion mark. That was double the 2004 amount, $567 million. By 2010, this figure jumped to $2.5 billion with more than 15,000 forfeiture cases – 11,000 of which were civil, not criminal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903480904576512253265073870 By 2014, this figure climbed to $4.5 billion, with $29 billion seized between 2001 and 2014. Between 1985 and 1991, federal forfeitures increased by 1,500 percent, an increase of over 26 times. The Justice Department’s forfeiture fund (that does not include customs forfeitures) ballooned from $27 million in 1985 to $644 million in 1991. By 1996, this fund grew to over $1 billion for the first time. By 2008, it had tripled again to $3.1 billion. https://www.forbes.com/2011/06/08/property-civil-forfeiture.html Cash seizures in Tennessee have gotten so widespread that the state legislature has begun investigating it. Traffic stops have turned into shakedown operations. Interstate 40 was described as “a major profit center” by Phil Williams, a reporter for Channel 5 in Nashville. Much like extra-legal gangs, police gangs in Tennessee have started engaging in turf warfare over the spoils of civil asset forfeiture. The Dixon Interdiction Enforcement (DICE) and the 23rd Judicial District Drug Taskforce were caught on video trying to cut one another off in their vehicles to stop civilians and search for cash. Indeed, officers were in danger of losing their jobs if they didn’t seize enough cash. The head of DICE admitted that it was funded entirely by civil asset forfeiture cash. … … Sheriff’s deputies in Campbell County, TN tortured a suspect until he agreed to sign over his assets. http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/state/civil-rights-lawsuits-tossed-in-tort… In El Monte, CA, narcotics officers shot a 65-year-old grandfather as he knelt beside his bed. They then seized his life savings and hauled his family in for questioning before admitting that no one had any connection to the drug trade. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/aug/28/news/mn-4413 Police in Bradenton, FL have a longstanding policy of coercing drug suspects into signing over their assets. https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20061022/News/605240344/SH/ In many municipalities, it is policy to seize vehicles from intoxicated drivers who have had no criminal trial. … …

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Free Assange: Assange in Belmarsh
by grarpamp 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

Inside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHtFhApWGDQ Letters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfuwjVJXyts Unity4J Twitter Suspension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkbE6Jpxh4g Legends https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECys5ZnWkAAO2ZD.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECys7UaWkAADbJG.jpg

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Penn Law Professor Thinks She Understands The Ideology of the Moment
by Ryan Carboni 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-penn-law-professor-wants-to-make-a… >Whether or not something is “racist”—I put it in heavy quotes, because I think it is a protean term, it is a promiscuous term, it is a term that’s trotted out as a mindless bludgeon, whatever. The question is, is it true? And, in fact, it’s emblematic of sliding toward Third Worldism that we now have this dominant idea that to notice a reality that might be quote-unquote “racist” is impermissible. It can’t be true. This is a spectacular answer. Beyond proving that she values literacy or any other transient knowledge (there will always be more words) over knowledge with some sort of lineage, she invents a new word “Third Worldism” as a purely strawman ideology. Naturally as Mohammed Ali says “They never called me, ‘nigger’”, racism does exist. Although, oddly enough, I doubt a professor is capable of rhetoric. The above paragraph is incorrect, it is refuting an argument she has not made. The verbosity and vagueness would enable any opponent to focus on the part “it can’t be true”. So what is she arguing? Even that is unclear other than signaling she is vapid with no firmly well thought out beliefs. I have no doubt she is being interviewed for her insights, whatever those may be. Sent from ProtonMail Mobile

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Charlie Rose: Trump, Putin, Assange, Hawking, Jackson, Iran... and other Random Interviews
by grarpamp 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33kDwKDcH3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a50TA2vyoVg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZnPwLphOg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBg-1WPRtQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5MCbIPPsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8k2pWbCjrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8qttUJrl20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3UoWNubYSE https://www.youtube.com/user/CharlieRose/videos

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Re: [liberationtech] Postdoc & RA opportunities in Big Data & Development at UC Berkeley
by grarpamp 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

> “Big Data and Development” Who owns it. You? > economic development People farming. Resource raping. > - Social networks in developing economies Trap them while they're young. > - Measuring poverty and vulnerability Find ripe for exploit. > - Fairness and privacy in machine learning A private club and you're not in it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKUaqFzZLxU > - Understanding the consequences of violence and conflict on welfare Architect and maintain disruptive advantage. Steer revolution[ary ideas] against itself. > - Financial inclusion Financial control. > digital credit Digital slavery. > Cryptocurrency https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bitcoin+documentary Liberation Tech.

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Hackers can tell what people are typing just by listening through a smartphone's microphone
by jim bell 25 Aug '19

25 Aug '19

https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0MbloCip?s=a3&pd=02h1yVjC Hackers can tell what people are typing just by listening through a smartphone's microphone Daily Mail Hackers could be able to tell what you are typing on your computer just by listening to your keystrokes through your smartphone's microphone, a new study warns. Shared from News Break Jim Bell's comment:Peter Wright's 1970's book, Spycatcher, described an early, primitive version of this technology.

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PUA: Shit Tests
by grarpamp 25 Aug '19

25 Aug '19

> shit test > hypergamous https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shit+test+hypergamy

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