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You don't get it, do you. The guy shouldn't do one second in jail. The threat of 13 years will almost assuredly lock the guy up for a lesser time and make it seem fair. It's not fair.


That's exactly what I was getting at.

But also making a more general point against those kind of threats.

How am I not getting it?


"Russia warns Obama: Monsanto" is another story on the site and a huge issue that's be overshadowed by the NSA fiasco.



So is 'Ghostly Figure Caught On Cam In The Woods.' I don't think you should rely on a site where ghost photos are regarded as front page news.


I like it. Looks great on my BlackBerry Z10. I haven't made a decision yet on a reader but this has a great responsive design and I may stay with this.


Thanks! We made sure the site was responsive, so that we could cover all mobile platforms at launch. We're hoping that some app developers will jump on the API and build some native apps for all of the platforms.


So awesome. But please make an app for us BlackBerry Z10 users. Blackberry's encryption and privacy features is a nice fit with Duck Duck Go's anonymous search.

Don't forget us!


They forgot to mention the "e" logo is now an eye, to remind you big brother is watching.


BlackBerry is in a good position with the Z10. It has encryption and privacy features no other phone has, and innovations like the hub. I switched my iPhone 5 for the Z10 and it's way more graceful.

Yeah, RIM were coasting for many years and they paid dearly. But I'm glad to see them back.


Google will suck up shamelessly to the HN crowd to distract from the fact they sold us out instead of using their clout to fight the NSA.

Interesting how it was a single brave person who put his life on the line and changed the world.

And the weak things of the world will confound the mighty (1 Cor. 1:27)


fight the NSA, that sounds like a patently bad idea.


Right. Don't Be Evil is effectively dead, Eric Schmidt must be removed. Visiting North Korea in concert with other US politicians and a having girlfriend from the Council of Foreign Relations does not a moral compass make.

However, to see it from Google's own view: they make cash from access to your data. Any move towards individualized end-to-end encryption faces this lost revenue impact, plus the lost password problem (no way for users to replace lost credentials, if - to ensure privacy - no master keys are held by Google for this purpose), plus the government gets angry at me for lost intelligence problem.

A solution to the second problem may be for people to declare third parties as their master key holders in an manner similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing ... however, this impacts reliability and might make for interesting attack vectors in the case of ... eg. family factionalism in inheritance cases. On the whole, though, it could be a good path to explore.

A solution to the third problem would be to up and move all physical infrastructure to another country. Someone needs to do it. Google, if any business is going to lead the way, should be able to do this to make a point. It's not like they're going to run out of money.

Finally, Google should certainly remove the Google Account signup effective requirement from Android. If I were a government, I would anti-trust that stuff pronto.


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