NSA Whistleblower J. Kirk Wiebe on Neglect and Rejection of Facts
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-09-04 11:19:00 UTC
- Modified: 2022-09-04 11:19:00 UTC
Recent Techrights' Posts
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- Bombing people is OK (if you sponsor the key organisations), opposing bombings is not (a CoC in a nutshell)
- [Meme] The Most Liberal Company
- "Insurrection? What insurrection?"
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- Apple is also about 120 billion dollars in debt
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC logs for Saturday, November 23, 2024
- [Meme] GAFAMfox
- Mozilla Firefox in a state of extreme distress
- Google Can Kill Mozilla Any Time It Wants
- That gives Google far too much power over its rival... There are already many sites that refuse to work with Firefox or explicitly say Firefox isn't supported
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- Microsofters have been trying to ban or exclude Free software
- In the US, Patent Laws Are Up for Sale
- This problem is a lot bigger than just patents
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- FUD watch
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- The more concerning aspects are coverage of GAFAM and Microsoft in particular
- Links 23/11/2024: Press Sold to Vultures, New LLM Blunders
- Links for the day
- Links 23/11/2024: "Relationship with Oneself" and Yretek.com is Back
- Links for the day
- Links 23/11/2024: "Real World" Cracked and UK Online Safety Act is Law
- Links for the day
- Links 23/11/2024: Celebrating Proprietary Bluesky (False Choice, Same Issues) and Software Patents Squashed
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 22, 2024
- IRC logs for Friday, November 22, 2024
- Gemini Links 23/11/2024: 150 Day Streak in Duolingo and ICBMs
- Links for the day
- Links 22/11/2024: Dynamic Pricing Practice and Monopoly Abuses
- Links for the day
- Topics We Lacked Time to Cover
- Due to a Microsoft event (an annual malware fest for lobbying and marketing purposes) there was also a lot of Microsoft propaganda
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- Microsoft people try to outspend their critics and harass them
- [Meme] EPO for the Kids' Future (or Lack of It)
- Patents can last two decades and grow with (or catch up with) the kids
- EPO Education: Workers Resort to Legal Actions (Many Cases) Against the Administration
- At the moment the casualties of EPO corruption include the EPO's own staff
- Gemini Links 22/11/2024: ChromeOS, Search Engines, Regular Expressions
- Links for the day
- This Month is the 11th Month of This Year With Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (So Far It's Happening Every Month This Year, More Announced Hours Ago)
- Now they even admit it
- Links 22/11/2024: Software Patents Squashed, Russia Starts Using ICBMs
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 21, 2024
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