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India’s restrictive VPN law should be a warning to us all | TechRadar
by jim bell 20 May '22

20 May '22

https://www.techradar.com/opinion/indias-restrictive-vpn-law-should-be-a-wa… People who subscribe to VPN services will generally be driven by two main factors - privacy and security. Clearly, such users value their privacy for many different reasons, choosing to remain private whilst going about their online business. Any move to restrict or even remove privacy effectively seeks to undermine those who provide VPN services. So it is worrying to see news developing in India where new directions published by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology seek the power to be able to identify VPN users - goodbye privacy. This can only be viewed as another overly restrictive law that essentially compromises the privacy and security of almost all VPN users.

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Micron's new 3D NAND memory might usher in a new generation of SSDs with lightning speed | Google's Guide
by jim bell 20 May '22

20 May '22

https://googlesguide.com/microns-new-3d-nand-memory-might-usher-in-a-new-ge… Micron has stated that it has developed a 232-layer 3D NAND memory that will go into full production later this year. The storage device, which Micron calls “the world’s most sophisticated NAND,” is made by splicing together two 3D NAND chips and has a capacity of 128GB (1Tb). The business has not released performance figures for its 232-layer chip, but has hinted that it may outperform its current 3D NAND offerings, paving the way for faster and larger SS NAND memory with 232 layersNAND flash is a form of non-volatile memory found in a wide range of storage devices, including memory cards, USB sticks, and portable drives, as well as SSDs for computers and servers.The overall goal of NAND flash research is to lower the cost per capacity while increasing storage density, effectively removing the need for traditional hard disc drives.

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Fyre Festival Promoter Billy McFarland Released Early From Prison
by Gunnar Larson 20 May '22

20 May '22

Fyre Festival Promoter Billy McFarland Released Early From Prison https://www.wsj.com/articles/fyre-festival-promoter-billy-mcfarland-release… Promoter of ill-fated music festival, who admitted to defrauding investors, is living in halfway house in New York City, set for release from federal custody on Aug. 30

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SpaceX Paid $250,000 to Settle Harassment Claim, Report Says
by Gunnar Larson 20 May '22

20 May '22

SpaceX Paid $250,000 to Settle Harassment Claim, Report Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-19/spacex-paid-250-000-to-s… Musk flight attendant ...

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Collapse of govts now directly linked to rising cryptoanarchy
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

vmyths ·2h Fully one-third of respondents would support the overthrow of Costa Rica's government if the rebels claimed they did it to protect the populace from a #ransomware attack Quote Tweet Rob Rosenberger @vmyths · May 18 Would you support a bloody coup in Costa Rica if the rebels claimed to overthrow the gov't to protect their fellow countrymen from the threat of #ransomware? Show this poll https://twitter.com/vmyths?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5E… Rob help us

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Hackers create a robocaller to waste Russian officials time
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

" Vladimir, Karl. Karl, Vladimir " https://www.techspot.com/news/94641-hackers-created-robocaller-waste-russia… Reposts definitely endorsement if this works as advertised

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“WE’RE PRO-CHOICE AND WE RIOT!”
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

A historical look at how anarchists in the 1990s mobilized against attacks on reproductive freedom and autonomy by taking direct action and building autonomous infrastructure. https://anarchistnews.org/content/%E2%80%9Cwe%E2%80%99re-pro-choice-and-we-… Endorsement not just repost

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Modern Principles. In Cryptoeconomics
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

" . . . . textbook, Modern Principles. In Cryptoeconomics we explain just enough cryptography–namely cryptographic hash functions and public-private keys–to understand what new forms of communication and organization have been made possible by these breakthroughs. We then use these fundamentals to explain NFTs, blockchains, Bitcoin, smart contracts and decentralized finance–all in a crisp, compact format accessible to everyone. Not everyone wants to teach crypteconomics, of course, or has the time (scarcity!) so this chapter will be available as an option to anyone using our book and the Achieve online course management system (in fact, it’s available now). Tyler and I have found, however, that our students, colleagues, even people at dinner parties ask us about crypto. Probably your students and friends will ask you as well. Plus our textbook is called Modern Principles so we thought we were obligated to teach these new ideas! Cryptoeconomics is a good guide to some fundamentally new ways of trading, communicating, and cooperating. . . . " https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/05/cryptoeconomics.h… CAVEAT LECTER - The Economics department of George Mason University has been strongly shaped by tens of millions of dollars of donations by the libertarian Koch Foundations of the billionaire Koch brothers. Most, if not all, of the staff (23 GMU professors on the Mercatus "Scholars" list 5/16/09) is affiliated with the Koch-financed Mercatus Center, a libertarian pro-corporatist think-tank.

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Why does Turkey hate our hunter-gatherer freedoms?
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/does-an-unknown-extraordinarily-ancient… Reposts not genocide endorsements

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Baker Blaze Nothingburger cooked
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

The enemy penetrates everywhere - why we have to parachute cypherpunk commando's in there first https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1527399931367108609/photo/1

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