I am sure it won't take long for hired "Armed Guards" turns into indemnified hired thugs.

"Pesky journalist asking too many questions? Goon Gig will lead their investigation into a new direction!"

"Annoying social media detractors irritating you? Goon Gig will give them something else to talk about!"

"Union advocates in your workplace? Goon Gig will provide a work education they will never forget!"

Shouldn't they have to go through arbitration as defined in their customer agreement instead of going directly through the courts? Or is it yet another case of "rules for thee but not for me".

"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Source

The Pentagon must love the concept

The name of the subreddit is GamingLeaksAndRumours. Every leak is the result of someone breaking a NDA or quite possibly the law. Certainly the mods of the subreddit desire to protect their sources of this information.
I would suggest such sanctimonious people who are appalled by game leaks should stay way from communities that promote this kind of content and certainly not be surprised when they are expelled by the community for engaging law enforcement against them.

If it is a NVIDIA firmware limitation then it could probably be hacked like their crypto limiter.

Recall that a decade ago Cisco equipment exports were intercepted by the NSA and backdoors were added.

Gee, I wonder what will happen to the $3.4 billion in bitcoin? No doubt where the US Justice Department's prosecutorial priorities are.

It should also server as a clear warning to American citizens about what will happen to them the next time the US government inevitably attacks and invades without provocation the next "axis of evil" country on the list.

The tribute reminded me of the classic MC Hawking rap tunes.

Political criticism is illegal in China with laws such as Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles and Inciting subversion of state power. I wonder if any of the commenters that draw a false equivalency between the US and China have given any thought of what the ramifications of their posts would be if they were held accountable to an authoritarian government?

Even business tycoon Jack Ma is not immune.

If Sony had a glitch in their systems and accidentally gave away free games or deposited credit into people's accounts they would naturally expect to be able to clawback the misallocated funds. Shouldn't their customers be afforded the same protection in a similar situation where they inadvertently incur exorbitant charges well beyond their typical expenditures?

What is good for the goose is good gander.

Until Open Source election software with verifiable election results like ElectionGuard are in place no one will trust proprietary and unauditable private sector election systems.

All day meetings with telcom industry lobbyist is time consuming but much more important than interacting with the public. Pai's priority is to maximize his "Pai Day" when he leaves the public sector to go back to the private sector.

I recommend watching "Who F***ed up the Internet?!" on Hulu to learn more about why Net Neutrality is vitally important. The Wired article How the FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Breaks With 50 Years of History is also a good read.

Once established case law prevents NN from being reintroduced the telcoms will be off their best behavior and will traffic shape for the highest bidders without consequence.