tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post3672430530958908559..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Remember, "Off" is not "Off" AnymoreComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16245861531215818632017-03-09T14:58:37.348-05:002017-03-09T14:58:37.348-05:00My iPhone has been known to have been powered off ...My iPhone has been known to have been powered off and placed between the couch cushions.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-21118582926824141372017-03-09T12:50:54.602-05:002017-03-09T12:50:54.602-05:00The major advantage of an Android cell phone is th...The major advantage of an Android cell phone is that you can remove the battery.<br /><br />Not sure about Assange, but the idea that Snowden was a Russian agent when he worked at NSA is absurd. I've never heard anyone make that charge. Sure, he took asylum instead of the Chelsea-Manning-naked-solitary-confinement gig at Club Fed, but that's a whole 'nother discussion. Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-48609267431052159682017-03-09T03:26:35.631-05:002017-03-09T03:26:35.631-05:00I view Assange as Putin's useful idiot, not as...I view Assange as Putin's useful idiot, not as a fellow traveller. Putin strokes him and uses him and even subsidizes him (Wikileaks was partially hosted in Russia until I noticed that and publicized it), but frankly, the only thing Assange loves is a mirror, and the only thing Putin loves is Russia. <br /><br />Regarding "smart devices", they have to be connected to a network to do anything. And if you're good at firewalls, it's easy to keep things from leaking over the network unless you want them to. I don't have any voice-activated "smart devices" in my home, just my laptop with its microphone, but I do have a very good firewall that detects and blocks outgoing connections when I don't want them. My BluRay player and Roku devices all talk over the Internet, but I can control who they talk to at my firewall.<br /><br />But most people don't have my firewall-fu, so... the future will make 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 look like utopias, as far as spying is concerned.<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-91763431524589017802017-03-08T21:06:19.595-05:002017-03-08T21:06:19.595-05:00I thought we already knew this.
And I recall comme...I thought we already knew this.<br />And I recall commenting on the fact that Wikileaks only has leaks from free societies, not Russia; and I know I'm not the only one.3383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-76517971702877671442017-03-08T16:14:31.505-05:002017-03-08T16:14:31.505-05:00While not the commonist thing, surge protectors wi...While not the commonist thing, surge protectors with individually switched outlets are available. My TV and entertainment equipment are plugged into one. Reduces vampire load and, now, improves security.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-88322164979969057702017-03-08T13:41:16.280-05:002017-03-08T13:41:16.280-05:00Here we go again. Remember last time? George W. Bu... Here we go again. Remember last time? George W. Bush? Vaughn Walker? Anna Diggs Taylor? "We can't answer your questions about mass surveillance because it would reveal state secrets"? That was 13 years ago, and I can't imagine that technology has gotten weaker or fallen into disuse.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-17312240377479375332017-03-08T11:14:47.500-05:002017-03-08T11:14:47.500-05:00I presume only powering up the device will allow l...I presume only powering up the device will allow listening? We 'off' the surge protector at night after an expensive electrical storm. I was given an Alexa add on for our TV since all our TV comes from the internet. I hope they can't listen off of a charged capacitor? <br />Also wouldn't my laptop be the same gateway?<br />Heck they had my name and number since the 60's anyway after they called my Dad, and then my StepMom over some imagined BS.<br />w3ski<br /> w3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-9351122976518473032017-03-08T10:09:07.806-05:002017-03-08T10:09:07.806-05:00I wonder if it's possible for a class action s...I wonder if it's possible for a class action suit of every American with one of these devices... a suit based on stolen electricity. It's hard enough keeping the iPhone charged without the government peeping on me all day long, plus I'm paying to keep the TV tuned in on me, too?Nangleatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-25700214541890513442017-03-08T09:10:41.982-05:002017-03-08T09:10:41.982-05:00I think the FBI under Twitler wouldn't mind se...I think the FBI under Twitler wouldn't mind setting up a turn-your-neighbor-in society, if not for the efficiency, for the psychological impact.Nangleatornoreply@blogger.com