Stupid password requirements break the most elegant password solution I have ever seen.

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by Nikos Kazantzakis. Merry Christmas.

Yeah but you were using the free trial cd for msdos. It runs way better on os/2.

okay, I'm sold.

there are alternatives. I have been using various combinations of Tox, Signal, and others for a while now, but still fall back on Hangouts due to it's penetration. You knew you needed to take your communications back into your own hands at some point. This is just what everyone needs. We don't need to feed the hive mind anymore.

Yes yes. Don't read the dribble.

"We received a Letter Against today". "OMG, was it signed, too"? "Yes it was"! "Oh crap, we are screwed now"!

You can argue about encryption algorithms and faster computers, but the real issue is time. Anything that traverses the wire becomes part of a permanent record. They copy and store every single bit, knowing that they cannot crack your encryption today, but in the future it will become trivial. So at best you're talking about mitigation. Everything you've ever said or done will have to live up to the impossible moral standard of the world communist courts of the not so distant future. There will be no deviation from the hive mind of public opinion which you will be happy to oblige.

We will never get rid of e-mail. It will be necessary for the foreseeable future and have a much longer lifespan than say, fax. But anyone who can see the writing on the wall with respect to privacy will/has started moving away from any public public or even private public messaging system for as much of their important communication as possible.

Using systems like Tox, Signal on your phone, or something that you have control of needs to be a priority in your life -- and as part of that, you will have to become an advocate (evangelist really) for others to get on board.

One big weakness is people using social networks as communication systems purely due to their convenience and ubiquitousness. There are/have been attempts to make privacy oriented social networks (diaspora, etc.), but the nature of shouting from a mountain top does not lend itself well to privacy.

As the Blade Runner "sequel" showed, if your star is notoriously difficult to work with (sorry Sean, that's just the perception), they can simulate you now.

I loved XMMS. Is there a good player for linux? I haven't enjoyed Rythmbox, Media Player, and even VLC is powerful but not a great interface like winamp & XMMS.

Better idea!
-- IMPROVED GENERATION 2000 FORK: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation.

Yet they'll build a censored search engine for China's Communist Party.

at first. Google? Fighting Censorship? Give us a break.