If I have a briefcase full of papers at the border can that be searched without warrant or suspicion? If not, then why cana device which serves similar purpose be searched?

Because fuck you (and the constitution), that's why. Oh sorry, because terrist bogeymen, that's why.

My ass hurts.

The next attack will happen with or without illegal, unconstitutional domestic spying. I don't want you magic tiger protection rocks sir.

Sorry, I couldn't finish my previous comment. I had a bsod of 0x00000allahuakbar.

As much stuff as Windows had blown up over.the years I am thinking fundamental Islam.

It seems you and a few others have decided to disagree. But instead of succinct counter arguments I am met with derision and ad hominem. Yes my post was clichéd. There is a reason things become cliches, normally because there is a basic truth in there. Still, no one has answered why, or skillfully debated other options.

Both I think prove my original clichéd conjectures. Some times I wonder if this type of inarticulate attack is really do to some deep seated inner loathing at recognition of oneself in the original argument.

...are divided as usual, but many seem to applaud what he did. I do.

The government however is not divided that I can see. They want his ass on a platter. Strung up, drawn and quartered with his parts sent to the four corners of Scotland as a message. This is telling in this day and age of 'partisan' bickering to keep the masses distracted with largely inconsequential issues. Patriotism is not serving in office. Or recording every bit of data you can weakening our country, technology and economy in the process, to supposedly protect us. It is not giving lip service to the constitution, while you wipe your arse with it by your actions.

It is about standing up. It is about saying wait, this is NOT what MY country is supposed to be. It is about being able to stand up to a Tory, or a Tea Partier, or a Donkey and saying "fuck you, give me my rights, give me my liberty, or give me death", to paraphrase Patrick Henry. It is not in cow towing to the powers that be, but resisting the ever reaching yoke of the powerful.

But we don't stand by and large. We listen to Fox news and MSNBC talking heads and nod. We scream at our football games or hope to see a blurred nipple slip on TMZ. We laugh at cat memes and snapchat sext our co-workers while the spouse is away. We wonder at the changes in the climate then get into our unneeded and wasteful SUV.

What happened to our spine? The one that beat the brits? The one that helped show Germany and Japan where they could put it when they wanted to remake the world into their bleak image? Why are we more interested in goatse, and goth chicks and godzilla than righting our government? Why can 10 random people not discuss issues without at least 1 to 2 people completely derailing any progress? Why do we continually bend over while those in power plum our innermost depths to their own ends?

I wish I knew the answers. I though many of these thoughts as a teen 20 years ago. Then I had the optimism to think that we were on the brink. That we would stand, that a revolution was imminent. That the way things were would be changed and we had the power to do it. I was cynical then, but had hope. Now I think I am a defeatist. I would like more than just a few people to prove me wrong. The Snowdens of the world are currently the exception that proves the rule. Why is this?

In my mind all bugs arise from an unexpected set of conditions and/or poor coding. They may be unanticipated but that does not make them random.

Drunken Santa miscalculated and burned up on reentry.

Isn't that their entire business model? Encourage more people to show of their naughty bits, therefore "downplaying the significance of the hole."

SEED PLS!

To me this whole fiasco smacks of an inside job, or at least having a compromised employee/contractor. Certainly other scenarios are plausible, but IIRC they got into a system that pushed corrupt firmware to the card readers. I am assuming Target uses such firmware to put their graphics on screen, plus other Target specific things (like discount ts for target debit card users).

The number of people with knowledge of how to change the firmware is probably a pretty short list. When crossed against the list of people who have access to the compromised systems it likely gets smaller

Could others break in and figure it out? Sure, but I think Occam's Razor applies. The data is likely already split and sold (Krebs evidence suggests this). So the guys at the top, if smart, have made their money, and can sit back and relax.

Are you scared of tigers?

Take your pants down while a cast a spell to protect you from tigers.

Next time, take off your underwear also, this way the spell can effect you better.

This time, for the spell to work, I have to touch you down there.

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Pretty soon, your fucked either way, but at least it's not ERMAGHERD TIGERS.

Here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/view/

The NSA knew about some of the 9-11 hijackers, but it was lost in the noise (and in lack of interdepartmental information sharing). The solution, suck in more noise? Makes little sense to me.

Dollars, pounds, euros et al have no intrinsic value. And are also volatile (even if not as much as crap to currencies currently are).

Are you dyslexic?