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Submission + - US Marshals Accidentally Reveal Potential Bidders For Gov't-Seized Bitcoin (itworld.com)

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes: When the U.S. government shut down the Silk Road marketplace, they seized its assets, including roughly $18 million in bitcoin, and despite the government's ambivalence about the cryptocurrency, they plan to auction the bitcoin off to the highest bidder, as they do with most criminal assets. Ironically, considering many bitcoin users' intense desire for privacy, the U.S. Marshall service accidentally revealed the complete list of potential bidders by sending a message to everyone on the list and putting their addresses in the CC field instead of the BCC field.

Submission + - "The Internet Has A SuperPAC," says Steve Wozniak, about Lessig's Mayday.US (mayday.us)

Submitted by Funksaw
Funksaw writes: Steve Wozniak, co-found of Apple computer, has come out to endorse Lawrence Lessig's MAYDAY PAC in an animated audio recording.

Mayday.US, formerly "MayOne.US," is Lessig's crowd-funded (citizen-funded!), kick-started Super PAC to end all Super PACs.

In the video, Wozniak points out that we're never going to get anywhere on issues important to the Internet community and technology advocates if we don't fix the root cause of corruption. The video can be found at the Mayday PAC's new landing page, "theInternetHasASuperPAC.com"

Comment Crucial Difference (Score 1) 212

by onproton (#47094847) Attached to: Games That Make Players Act Like Psychopaths
When we 'act' violently in a virtual environment we don't feel empathy because there is no one affected by our actions, it's just data in a hard drive; not actual living beings. The same reason we don't feel bad when we break a stick in half, we see the stick as an object not a life. Empathy is not about consequences or punishment, it's about recognizing that others have feelings and identifying with them.

Comment Re:Didn't deserve to die... (Score 1) 450

by onproton (#47032623) Attached to: Robbery Suspect Tracked By GPS and Killed

What he would've deserved for that is a fair and impartial trial, with a verdict handed down in accordance with the law, and, if found guilty, a fair sentence (which, depending on your opinion on such matters, might include the death penalty).

There is such a think as a fair and impartial trial anymore? Maybe he was better off dead and he knew it.

Comment Symantec marketing team: (Score 1) 254

by onproton (#46955215) Attached to: Anti-Virus Is Dead (But Still Makes Money) Says Symantec
I have an idea guys, let's draw attention to how useless our product is and see how many suckers still buy it! Purchase antivirus software from Symantec, the world's leader in software that lures you into a false sense of security. Get it now for only $50 and you can enjoy a few more months of 50% less viruses, after that - meh, who knows!

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