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Comment Re:Run a Tor exit node to conceal your illegal act (Score 2) 241

by profet (#52941243) Attached to: Cops Are Raiding Homes of Innocent People Based Only On IP Addresses

Could smart criminals just also run a Tor exit node, and just use it to blame anything that they get caught on?

A Tor exit node is just a tool used to obscure your location. Nothing more. So let's rephrase your question as such:

"Could smart criminals just tape over their house numbers, and just use it to blame anything that they get caught on?"

Uh... no...

A Tor exit node is the last "hop" or "layer" before data exits the encrypted tor network.

So let's rephrase the parent's question as such:

"Could smart criminals just operate a package exporting company and just blame other people when they get caught for exporting contraband?"

The answer is yes.
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Senate Passes 4-Year Re-Up of Patriot Act Provisions 422

Posted by timothy from the but-sir-patriot-must-be-in-all-caps dept.
Bloomberg News reports that, as expected, today "[t]he US Senate approved a four-year extension of provisions in the USA Patriot Act allowing law enforcement to track suspected terrorists with roving wiretaps. ... The measure goes to the House for final passage before being sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. The surveillance powers would be extended until June 1, 2015." The story mentions that the Patriot Act powers this approval includes would extend "to so-called 'lone wolf' suspects who aren't affiliated with any terrorist group."
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Journal Journal: An Update 2

Journal by blinder

so i said in my last je in a response to shadow that i'd drop a quick update, so here it is.

Comment Re:Good to hear from you! (Score 1) 10

by blinder (#35039514) Attached to: Nearly Two Years?

hey shadow! :)
oh oh thanks! i love the word-of-mouth thing :) most appreciated!

yeah i'm going to try to be around here more often. life is just so incredibly hectic and crazy busy... in fact, maybe i'll drop another je just to upload briefly what's been going on.

Comment Re:nice (Score 1) 10

by blinder (#35033852) Attached to: Nearly Two Years?

hey!
heh yeah that's the old one that i recorded in my living room :)
the "do they still make lighthouses?" is the new one. i chronicled the making of it on the fb page with a few photos taken in the studio.

 
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Journal Journal: Nearly Two Years? 10

Journal by blinder

yikes. so yeah not dead.

just wanted to drop a quick update for folks who never made the "migration" that i've been pretty busy with the music stuff. spent the last year and a half writing and recording (in a proper studio) a record that was just released earlier this month.

it's nothing earth shatteringly new, more instrumental post-rock, but i got more ambient with it (which is really where i'm going musically)

Comment Re:Right on Adobe! (Score 1) 731

by profet (#32199744) Attached to: Adobe Calls Out Apple With Ads In NY Times, WSJ

This may be a flawed analogy, but wouldn't it be akin to a company releasing a car that only ran on diesel? That impedes all the companies that sell only "normal" gasoline. They're stifling competition! If you want to use "normal" gasoline, buy a car that runs on that.

That is more than flawed... its plain wrong.

Lets try and fix it.

It would be akin to a company releasing a car that only ran on diesel, preventing companies from creating diesel in unapproved ways (from algae, corn, discarded food products), and then having some approval process for checking diesel that would prevent certain companies from selling fuel for the car.

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