I, for one, welcome our new killer robot overlords...

Nobody can be a bigger badass than Raven.

"Fuck the damn creationists I say it with authority,

because kicking their punk asses be me paramount priority.

Them wack-ass bitches say, "evolution's just a theory",

they best step off, them brainless fools, I'll give them cause to fear me.

The cosmos is expanding every second, every day,

but their minds are shrinking as they close their eyes and pray.

They call their bullshit science like the word could give them cred,

if them bitches be scientists then cap me in the head."
 
-MC Hawking, F*ck the Creationists

If not even NASA can move to the metric system, what hope do we have as a nation to move over?

I believe this as well.
 
This is an issue that I run in to more and more these days, usually among younger people who grew up on the Internet. They tend to have the opinion that the personal stuff they post on the Internet should never be allowed to be viewed or used by people they didn't intend it for.
 
I get exasperated trying to explain that the Internet is a public place, like a bus station, except that when you speak loudly on the Internet, your voice echoes forever.

Bravo! Bravo!
 
Nothing like a Simpsons reference to make my day complete.
 
Thank you sir

When you're a spy, you need to learn that sometimes, the easiest way to foil a security system is with an Infrared transmitter. A $20 toy from your local toy store will work just fine.

Personally, I use a flock of seagulls.

Why yes, yes I would!

Snowden is getting exactly what he wanted, notoriety and fame. He has found a way to elevate himself to celebrity status which he will ride for as long as he can.
 
As soon as the public eye starts moving away, I expect some kind of book deal or other, possibly drastic, effort to regain the spotlight.

Presumably he had several employees in the hay day of typewriter repair...
 
However, you bring up a good point. The article should credit the institution he founded / lead, rather than himself, solely.

I was thinking the same thing.
 
I have done the Android thing for a few years but I am starting to trend back to my old habits of keeping my devices separated (i.e. mp3 player, gps, phone, camera, tablet web browser are all separate devices that do their respective jobs well).
 
I am thinking that if you at least just separate our your phone from your multi-function device, you are much less susceptible to this type of surveillance. At the very least you are not a "one-stop-shop" for the NSA. Make them work for their data....

"I think we should discuss this offline..."
 
For some reason, that statement bothers me above all others.

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This is off topic but your points about having "all your eggs in one basket" are well taken.
 
I ran in to a similar problem about a year ago when I lost control of a couple of domains that I no longer used. I had been using those domains for years, tinkering with various Google services and whatnot and unfortunately for me, I didn't unlink those domains from those services before they were picked up by someone else.
 
Over a period of about a week, I was in a battle to wrest control of my Google and other accounts from the hands of someone who was using my old domains to reset password on my accounts. It was a very sobering experience to say the least.
 
I now do exactly as you outlined in your e-mail, which is to say that I have a separate "vault" account that I have specifically for the "password reset / alternate" e-mail fields of all the services I use.