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[quote]Based on the Twitter files, I wouldn't be shocked if these VPN companies are shell companies for nefarious purposes - be it the CIA, a foreign intelligence service, or just dystopian a-holes in general.[/quote] The Snowden documents discussed this. NSA was cracking VPN's on their own and...

[quote]I hate so many things about Apple but their privacy policy is the best of all major phone manufacturers.[/quote] Government still has access to Apple data. Don't kid yourself. I am sure they have a secret arrangement just as they do with most everyone else....

Where were these 29 year old freshmen when I was in school?...

Removing IQ tests would improve diversity in Mensa. :cheers:...

[quote]However, they are important in open wifi at coffee shops and the like. Never trust open wifi.[/quote] True, but most every website nowadays is encrypted anyway, so even if Wifi spies on you, it would do them no good....

Three reasons you might need a VPN 1) Getting around geography restrictions that some sites impose. It's rare but you'll come across it here and there. I remember one YouTube channel I came across a while back didn't allow American IP addresses. I thought it was strange but that's the message I g...

I think the "died suddenly" stuff is idiotic, but I am all for it if it pisses the Atlantic off....

[quote]Because it gives credibility to Trump's statement that he declassified the stuff he has.[/quote] Exactly, and it's pretty funny to watch....

[quote]I can tell you from experience that when Raytheon puts a sales guy on you, the expense account doesn't really have any limits.[/quote] Yep, that goes for any of those contractors - Boeing, Lockheed, etc. (I can't keep up with which of these guys have merged over the years). The problem...

[quote]I’m too dumb to know what the frick is going on in this thread. What am I looking at here? I don’t click NBC links :[/quote] Doomsday Clock. A bunch of nonsense started in 1947 by a few scientists to mark the end of the world. It was originally intended to warn of nuclear exchange, but now...

No pics? Here let me help: [img]https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/962518d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1980x1114+224+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2F40%2Fd904a42b4aeaadb13490411c46ba%2Fscreen-shot-2021-05-03-at-1.07.23%20...

Newsmax is saying that DirecTV might be dropping them starting at midnight tonight. DirecTV claims Newsmax is asking for fees they don't wanna pay, but others are saying Newsmax is being censored the way OAN was. (DirecTV dropped OAN a while back). DirecTV is 70% owned by AT&T and 30% owned by ...

One of the more hilarious things I've seen in a while. BTW, who is Ovido Guzman? Too lazy to google....

[quote]Cherokee Indian swat team[/quote] Don't frick with those Injun SWAT teams. [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F66.media.tumblr.com%2F272d002a81a0723a177e38c55a074d55%2Ftumblr_po8hgfQwQ91ua45zn_400.gifv&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=94db785063432738a5dcc68643f3ca1c4c5d6657e7...

It was a thing in 1975 when Congress investigated it. The CIA director came and brought them a dart gun meant to fire undetectable poisons. CIA director said they worked hard to ensure the poison was undetectable at autopsy AND that the dart went under the skin to make it tough to discover: [im...

Why are we assuming this is misdemeanor assault? He had 3 guys beating him....

[quote]Kaivon [b]Washington[/b], 18, and a 17-year-old,[/quote] George is rolling over in his grave at the thought that his ggggg-grandkids could do such a thing as this....

I played at "Full Tilt" way back in the day. Haven't played in many years, though. I started out with play money. Then I was able to cash in a bunch of play money for a few real dollars. So I played very small stakes with that money and worked up slowly. Before I was done I had about $1 grand...

[img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fd0%2F76%2F44%2Fd076448cc7f90371b203ac66cd363888.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a3938e194c2bf8161ae751c136ed6d2e6897ae50d2ef742442081fc77415713a&ipo=images[/img] [quote]For every mystery someone, somewhere knows the tr...

From NPR: [quote]Luna named the suspect as [b]Huu Can Tran[/b], a 72-year-old Asian man.[/quote] Tran shot himself as Police moved in. NPR seemed really bummed that the shooter was Asian - they were really hoping it was a white guy in a MAGA hat....