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Comment Re:Article is from 2009 (Score 1) 115

Well, a little bit more updated news.. (Jan 2010)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/0109dnbusindict.5a69f16b.html?ocp=2#slcgm_comments_anchor

Seems one of the main people referenced in the story is dead trying to re-enter the US after he fled, the other is in Jail.

At least we know what happened to the players.

Comment Sensationalist news... (Score 1) 849

Forgot to say, "...in public places" in the title.

This law is talking about areas that are public. And you have to think what can be covered by that....

Can Wal-mart? Can the Wal-mart parking lot?

No to both answers.

Simple way to view it, anywhere your tax dollars pay for upkeep. A court house, a public park, a school are some examples.

Comment PGP (Score 1) 115

With the thought of this looming, if ever there was a time for mass-adoption of GPGP or other open PGP/encryption methods, this is it. Shared keys, trust, and full party encryption needs to be adopted and expected by the public before that's outlawed as well in order to allow this type of system.

Comment Re:Time Frame (Score 1) 51

You'd hope any spyware scanner worth using would have picked it up 20x faster.

Not all anti-virus and malware scanners will include commercial products in their database.

Unless of course the commercial product in question is a Windows system file...

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