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Nico started offering fixed deals a while back. I don't see much of a problem with it. If someone doesn't like it, they can pay full price at the vcom web site. I just checked, and it's normal full price there.-Renegade (August 13, 2013, 04:39 AM)
Just musing here, but I'm kind of curious as to when developers will need to have a license to write code.-Renegade (August 11, 2013, 11:12 PM)
Russia responded by saying it is “disappointed” by the move, with Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov adding that the situation showed the US “is still not ready to build relations with Russia on an equal footing.” It is “clear” that the decision is related to Snowden, he said, reminding that the US for its part has repeatedly refused Russia’s past extradition requests.
Woohoo for TPB!
I am kind of wondering what makes it different than TOR Browser though...-Renegade (August 10, 2013, 09:03 PM)
Does it make me surf the net anonymously?
While it uses Tor network, which is designed for anonymous surfing, this browser is intended just to circumvent censorship — to remove limits on accessing websites your government doesn't want you to know about.
It seems to me it's another +1 to Snowden. Obama seems to be making the moves that Snowden wanted him to make, which is strategically not a situation you want to be in as a US President...-dr_andus (August 10, 2013, 06:08 PM)
Plenty of notable or controversial sites like Wikipedia and Pirate Bay are censored in various capacities in some countries around the world, but Pirate Bay is striking back by releasing PirateBrowser.
It's a customized Firefox browser with some specialized proxy settings to get around the "censorship that certain countries such as Iran, North Korea, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Italy and Ireland impose onto their citizens."
This browser does not make you anonymous. It's simply a mechanism to maintain access to the entire, uncensored Internet.
However, PirateBrowser comes bundled with the Tor browser, a separate tool that's very effective at anonymizing you.
Earlier this week, Xeni reported on the shutdown of Lavabit, the email provider used by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Ladar Levison, Lavabit's founder, has given an interview to Forbes about his reasoning for the shutdown, which comes -- apparently -- as a result of a secret NSA search-warrant complete with a gag order.
After discussing the general absurdity and creepiness of not being allowed to freely criticize the government for the order they brought to his company, he concludes by saying that he's stopped using email altogether, and "If you knew what I know about email, you might not use it either."
The man is a hero. Even if shutting down the service pisses off large numbers of his users.
“There is a very small window here, for something to occur to shut down this thing.
That window is closing rapidly; you can bet that any meetings being held, are being held for “EVERY” reason other than to “engage in a national debate”, such as this charade with Apple, Google, and AT &T, all subterfuge, designed to get the people believing something will occur…
They will seek to buy time with numerous meaningless meetings, and toothless investigations, while behind the scenes they will be busy little sociopaths, burying the entire program ever deeper within society, honing their abilities, and furiously developing ways to make it all more and more invisible to everyone…
If we want to see real change occur, we need to demand that a verification process be set up, throughout the country, with offices set up in every state, staffed by individuals who are vetted and proven to have no ties of any kind with any governmental agency or subcontractor of any governmental agency…
These individuals will be equipped with state of the art audio and video recording equipment, and just like the NSA did after Snowden blew the whistle, teams of two or more individuals will record the removal and total destruction of surveillance equipment that is being used against law abiding Americans and others throughout the world…
Recordings will be made of the destruction of all private records of whomever has been subjected to such collection, and individual letters will be sent to all, attesting that all illegally held surveillance records have been destroyed, and apologizing for the invasion of privacy.
With respect to damages, which are yet to be determined, a special multi-billion dollar fund will be set up to make people whole, again, under the control of totally independent individuals or entities, subject to public verification as well…
Out of time, but essentially, what I’m proposing here is that process that, someone suggested, during the Nuclear Reduction Treaty with Russia, be employed to establish compliance, referred to as “Trust But Verify”.
At this stage in this game, No one in their right mind could possibly trust anything anyone in our government or any of its agencies does, or indicates they will do…
One last thing, the perpetrators need to be publicly charged with crimes against the American people and other Nations, arrested, tried and jailed, no exceptions…
Treat these b8stards as was done during the Nuremburg Trials… That will teach all those out there who might consider attacking our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, in the future, that there will be consequences…
I’m so bl**dy upset I can hardly think coherently…”
Naw, I really want to get the terminology straight - the Govt hasn't been overthrown.
The Govt has succumbed to systemic abuses of power.-TaoPhoenix (August 09, 2013, 02:52 PM)
However, this:The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war.
He couldn't have been more wrong. The question then is who and why?-Renegade (August 09, 2013, 11:30 AM)
I don't think he was wrong. If anything, he was prescient.
Because the version of the United States we're living in right now is a country nobody knows.
Us included.-40hz (August 09, 2013, 11:34 AM)
Revolution does not have to mean war. But it always means standing up to the government and saying no.
In the words of Thomas Jefferson, "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."-Vurbal (August 08, 2013, 11:39 PM)
It's a great app... I was using ZenWriter before (which is also a great app), but lack of responsiveness from that developer compounded with the great features in this version made me purchase it. My Fellow Users,
I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know what’s going on--the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests.
What’s going to happen now? We’ve already started preparing the paperwork needed to continue to fight for the Constitution in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. A favorable decision would allow me resurrect Lavabit as an American company.
This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States.
Sincerely,
Ladar Levison
Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC
But that is good news! Hopefully the best and brightest will start up their own businesses or opt for a non-evil option at least.-Renegade (August 08, 2013, 11:22 AM)