So the airwave spectrum is publicly allocated through taxes. Light is also in the electromagnetic spectrum. Your phone is broadcasting a MAC address(s) on that publicly allocated spectrum. Is that not the same fundamental thing? Or are you saying that because you have a phone or a licence plate, you are given consent to be surveilled?

I don't think having a visible licence plate or a broadcast MAC address gives the government the right to hoover up everything and put it in searchable databases just in case a crime might wander by... Consider this: your face reflects light, just like a license plate. How many cameras owned or "operated/controlled" by the government would it take to violate your privacy?

Here is what it says: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

What does "secure in their persons" mean to you?

"“Even so, law enforcement would also have access to the cellular records of countless individuals, the vast majority of whom were merely passing by a location at the ‘wrong’ time.”

“That is an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment,” the judge concluded."

So would not the same logic apply to Flock cameras?

Same coverage - 3 lines unlimited plus home internet went from $2100+ year to $975. I will give them a year and see what happens. Customer service was horrible on both ends porting in and out. I tried to play the "retention" game and was promised a call back as I "i was a valued customer for over 10 years" but it never happened. And, yes, I know T-Mobile bought Mint. Verizon wanted $2500 and could not even match T-Mobile. I hope starlink does something good because fuck these clowns!

Humidity is currently 91% in Yangsan.

City Council member of a non-listed Twin Cities suburb I know:

FBI is involved. Most water systems use one of two control/alert systems that are old and make them easy targets.

All they did was shut down components of the systems e.g., wells/sewer lift stations. Most cities were able to cycle manually to get back up and running. There was not messages warning or ransom of which I am aware.

They could have done a lot more damage if they wanted to, rather than just shutting things down.

I live in Plymouth; there was no city communications about this nor did I see any issues. So, I assume there were no physical disruptions to service.

I had one breakthrough DMT experience where I saw 'the machine elves' (I just saw what I describe as fast-moving fractals that I 'felt' were beckoning to me); but, we have matching experiences w/the other primary psychedelics: I only had relatively minor on-top visual distortions with even the largest doses of LSD (1500+ mcg) or mushrooms.

That said, everyone is different. I know that some of my friends absolutely lost their fucking minds on a few tabs of LSD and, purportedly, experienced wild hallucinations that I have to trust were real to them but haven't ever experienced myself.

"If the government wants ownership it can pay for it with borrowed money just like everyone else."

tftfy

The term for the current US Uni-Party is orientation "crony capitalism". It can be identified by "politics of personal destruction", rent-seeking, deficit spending, and outright corruption by politicians and bureaucrats, all wrapped in propaganda. If anyone thinks there is a difference between the two US parties, they are a fucking moron!

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If you're sitting at the table and you don't know who the mark is, it's you. It really is that simple.

My server got compromised last week by this, Slashdot is quite far behind.

There's two new exploits in the Copy Fail class that do privilege escalation everyone should be worried about on shared servers. Copy Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo (https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/Copy_Fail2-Electric_Boogaloo) and Dirty Frag (https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag)

I am rather disappointed that Ubuntu sat on these LPEs for a month without releasing a fix.

As it turns out, I and a lot of other people are willing to pay a fee to avoid seeing ads, so the shows do actually get funded anyway.

I hate ads with a passion, and miss the old days of the internet where people would get mad at you for advertising.

I had VERY SPECIFIC requirements and I wanted the extended warranty. I would have paid 2x at a dealer. I know what I was doing.

I bought a used 2020 XC90 from CarMax last week. I did everything online from shipping it from Texas to Minnesota to financing the extended warranty. I walked in the door, gave them a cashier's check, and drove away within 10 minutes.

That's how it should be.

Private Frost: Hey, I sure wouldn't mind getting some more of that Arcturian poontang! Remember that time?
Private Spunkmeyer: Yeah, Frost, but the one that you had was a male!
Private Frost: It doesn't matter when it's Arcturian, baby!