My content sent over VPNs is original work encrypted to protect it against those not authorized to have a copy. It is thus covered by copyright law. The NSA is circumventing encryption to obtain illegal access to copyright work.

There have been BIOS destroying viruses before. Now the NSA is in the antivirus business? And by doing so, they save the U.S. economy? Even Norton and McAfee don't make this claim.

It's a 3 ton low speed aircraft crashing into an armored cruiser by definition designed to be shot at with things like shells and missiles and bombs and torpedoes. Surpising.

His contract said he could release the passwords to one person. Other people in the organization demanded the passwords after he left. He refused and they arrested him. When the one person to whom his contract allowed him to release his passwords asked, he gave it to him. For this, he was sent to prison.

Remember the NSA has worked to HARDEN linux, and even contributed the SElinux system.

A bunch of guys shooting up in the air in an uncontrolled manner.

If he wants a computer with safe features he can install linux on a PC and put in free software to block porn on the computer he owns.

There's probably a 3rd party program for Apple that does the same thing.

PrefBar will let you turn JS on and off in a way that is very easily accessible.

No. This is not a matter of copyright. Copyright is the right to copy. The former client owns the right to copy. This is about plagiarism. When you sell your book to a publisher you generally sell the copyright. You do not sell the right to have your name replaced on the cover.

Right... because web browsers run on rocks, not computers. Seriously..... why did this get modded insightful?

DMCA is Digital Milllenium Copyright Act. Not watching ads is not a violation of copyright. Downloading the material is not a violation of copyright because it is on a public server and actually set up for downloads. Whether it is a terms of service violation is something else, but NOT a DMCA question.

If you have too many different username/passwords you will not be able to keep them straight. This is what OpenID was supposed to solve. One can flip the argument around very easily: if there were fewer sites maintaining their own password databases, then there would be fewer breaches.

And that does NOT mean using OpenID for everything including financial accounts.

"We demand to see your email account."

An email account isn't like a passport or other official document. It can be created, or deleted, on a whim. What kind of "security" do they think this will bring?

Something can be basic and polished. This doesn't look unpolished.

Yes it is a crazy idea. Laser safety glasses are wavelength specific. Protection for green lasers won't work on blue, or red. The helicopter pilot was responding to a call, so he knew ahead of time what color to protect against.