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Not all "Blacks"
by Knee Grow 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Black people in early America weren’t slaves. After this lawsuit, they were. The only date definitely connected to John Casor’s life is this day in 1654 or 1655. It’s not when he was born, when he achieved something or when he died. It’s when he became a slave. Casor was originally an indentured servant, which meant he was practically a slave in some senses. But what was bought or sold wasn’t him, it was his contract of indenture, which obligated him to work for its holder for the period it set. At the end of that time, indentured servants—who could be of any race—were considered legally free and sent out into the world. This might sound like a rough deal, but indenture was how the British colonizers who lived in what would later become the United States managed to populate the land and get enough people to do the back-breaking work of farming crops like tobacco in the South. People who survived their period of indenture (many didn’t) went on to live free lives in the colonies, often after receiving some kind of small compensation like clothes, land or tools to help set them up. That was the incentive that caused many poor whites to indenture themselves and their families and move to the so-called New World. But Africans who were indentured were often captured and brought over against their will. That's what happened to the holder of Casor’s indenture, Anthony Johnson. Johnson served out his contract and went on to run his own tobacco farm and hold his own indentured servants, among them Casor. At this time, the colony of Virginia had very few black people in it: Johnson was one of the original 20. After a disagreement about whether or not Casor's contract was lapsed, a court ruled in favor of Johnson and Casor saw the status of his indenture turn into slavery, where he—not his contract—was considered property. Casor claimed that he had served his indenture of “seven or Eight years” and seven more years on top of that. The court sided with Johnson, who claimed that Casor was his slave for life. So Casor became the first person to be arbitrarily declared a slave for life in the U.S. (An earlier case had ended with a man named John Punch being declared a slave for life as a punishment for trying to escape his indentured servitude. His fellow escapees, who were white, were not punished in this way.) Of course, as Wesleyan University notes, “the Transatlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas had been around for over a century already, originating around 1500.” Slaves, usually captured and sold by other African tribes, were transported across the Atlantic to the Americas. Around 11 million people were transported from 1500 to 1850, mostly to Brazil and the Caribbean islands. If they arrived in America, originally they became indentured servants; if they arrived elsewhere, they became slaves. Casor’s story is particularly grim in hindsight. His slip into slavery would be followed by many, many other people of African descent who were declared property in what became the United States. It was a watershed moment in the history of institutional slavery. “About seven years later, Virginia made this practice legal for everyone, in 1661, by making it state law for any free white, black or Indian to be able to own slaves, along with indentured servants,”. The step from there to a racialized idea of slavery wasn’t a huge one, she writes, and by the time Johnson died in 1670, his race was used to justify giving his plantation to a white man rather than Johnson’s children by his wife, Mary. He was “not a citizen of the colony,” a judge ruled, because he was black.

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Google's location tracker works with no SIM, Wifi disabled, and even in Airplane mode
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Tucker Carlson and crew discover what the average plebe would up to this point have found hard to believe, let alone suspect - even with your SIM card removed, Wifi disabled, AND the Android phone in Airplane mode, that little data sucker in your pocket is gleefully wringing its fingers together, covetting your data on a second by second basis. Impressive stuff (for "Holy firetruck, are you shirting me?!" values of "impressive". youtube-dl -f best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s8ZG6HuLrU How much info is Google getting from your phone-0s8ZG6HuLrU.mp4

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In just 24 hours, 5, 000 Android devices are conscripted into (monero) mining botnet
by Razer 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

"So far, the attackers have generated 0.0171757089 XMR, which at current prices is worth about $3..." https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/out-of-nowhere-curre…

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Dell to merge with subsidiary VMware
by Ryan Carboni 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/02/dell-confirms-its-considering-combining-w… What is VMware doing that Qubes is not?

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Sorry, HTTP Cats! + FOSDEM (was Re: HTPP Cats)
by Cecilia Tanaka 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Thank you very much for the heads up, Isaac! <3 Sorry, dear all... I was feeling very lazy and sleepy. :P Still feeling deeply slow, but trying to watch some of FOSDEM's videos. One of my friends wrote saying he is watching an awesome talk about Monero right now. I am jealous, snif! :( <https://fosdem.org/2018/news/2018-02-04-first-videos-online> Not disponible yet, but there will be more interesting stuff pretty soon, yay! :D Kisses, hugs and a lovely day, dear all... <3 c. On Feb 4, 2018 07:00, "Cecilia Tanaka" <cecilia.tanaka(a)gmail.com> wrote: A cat for every status code: http://http.cat Hope you are feline pawsome, dear me-all! :3 Wish each one of you live long and prospurrr! <3 Ceci, pro-cats-tinating in a lazy Sunday morning, puurrrr... ~(=^‥^) ---------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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HTPP Cats
by Cecilia Tanaka 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

A cat for every status code: http://http.cat Hope you are feline pawsome, dear me-all! :3 Wish each one of you live long and prospurrr! <3 Ceci, pro-cats-tinating in a lazy Sunday morning, puurrrr... ~(=^‥^) ---------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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a Soul cookie from the Saker
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Here, have a cookie for your Soul, exploring the darkness some sometimes treat others too. Can we have empathy, truly love, without knowing and rising above that very human nature which most would deny? May you find that which your Soul seeks for you. Anon. http://thesaker.is/his-hatred-by-ivan-iliyn/ His Hatred by Ivan Iliyn January 29, 2018 A musical upper to tap thy feet to: Earl Scruggs And Friends - Foggy Mountain Breakdown-yQIJuu3N5EY.webm youtube-dl -f best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIJuu3N5EY

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Do some exploits require imagination/creativity or only craftsmanship?
by Georgi Guninski 03 Feb '18

03 Feb '18

Do some exploits require imagination/creativity or only craftsmanship? Probably an advance in fully automated exploit development will settle it. It is complicated since sufficiently advanced craftsmanship is indistinguishable from creativity.

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Cryptocurrency: DeepOnion
by grarpamp 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuldPJdfPCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7cxoz9d8gQ

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FBI Warns Republican Memo Could Undermine Faith In Massive, Unaccountable Government Secret Agencies
by Steven Schear 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

https://politics.theonion.com/fbi-warns-republican-memo-could-undermine-fai…

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