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schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/digorykirke1/statuses/299986333504516097Feb 09 00:10
TechrightsSocial@digorykirke1: This is why sites like politics.ie and boards.ie don't work - if you cant put your name to it opinion not worth a damn http://t.co/0QJSXqQ5Feb 09 00:10
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2353825Feb 09 10:40
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: ""extraordinary rendition" (kidnapping) and "enhanced interrogation" (torture) are now part of the political language." http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/07/f-drone-lexicon.htmlFeb 09 10:40
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Drone-speak lexicon: from 'Bugsplat' to 'Targeted killing'  - World - CBC News .::. Size~: 60.26 KBFeb 09 10:40
schestowitz"That's the equivalent of politicans throwing around the terms "final solution", "special treatment" - both examples of how the Nazis "beautified" the names of their policies. IMO, anyone using the term "Extraordinary Rendition" is collaborating in covering up a hateful crime. We are talking about kidnapping and torturing innocent people."Feb 09 10:40
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2353857Feb 09 10:41
schestowitz"i like your style"Feb 09 10:41
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: And now I shall commit the act of Suspicious Behaviour by going to bed at 3 AM.Feb 09 10:41
schestowitzNSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake: NDAA Lawsuit UpdateFeb 09 12:21
schestowitznot liking this whole "vagina" meme right nowFeb 09 12:21
schestowitzhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/madhousemuse/8453751452/in/photostream/Feb 09 12:44
TechrightsSocialTitle: NDAA panel_3 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! .::. Size~: 155.35 KBFeb 09 12:44
schestowitzthis is interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_405541&feature=iv&src_vid=Ge_RvMUva6s&v=YDNqy6BGLZEFeb 09 12:45
TechrightsSocialTitle: Susan Lindauer Talks to WeAreChange Connecticut - YouTube .::. Size~: 186.73 KBFeb 09 12:45
schestowitzqu1j0t3: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/2013121141327686972.htmlFeb 09 13:39
TechrightsSocialTitle: Education needs a Bill Gates - Opinion - Al Jazeera English .::. Size~: 110.8 KBFeb 09 13:39
schestowitzwatch who wrote thusFeb 09 13:39
schestowitzadvertFeb 09 13:39
MinceReducation already has a bill gatesFeb 09 13:42
MinceRit's the reason hungarian students only know m$ crapFeb 09 13:42
qu1j0t3oh manFeb 09 15:35
qu1j0t3schestowitz: https://twitter.com/kaleidic/status/300278448163807232Feb 09 16:43
TechrightsSocial@kaleidic: FBI provided the car, garage, supplies, explosives, labor, and leadership but at least the explosives were a dud. http://t.co/Y8ieOA0dFeb 09 16:43
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2354957Feb 09 17:16
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: http://youtu.be/V2aq5M3Q76UFeb 09 17:16
TechrightsSocial-> Title: EFI and Linux: the future is here, and it's awful - Matthew Garrett - YouTube .::. Size~: 206.1 KBFeb 09 17:16
schestowitz"Secure Boot is a curse we should never accept. If you truly support FLOSS - buy from FLOSS hardware vendors. Don't let the other - "secure boot" - side know that you support their rediculous ideas. Sure it's harder to find such vendor. Sure it may cost you more. But what exactly do you want? incompatible hardware, doomed future for FLOSS? or maybe open future, open standards and compatible hardware? We vote with our wallets."Feb 09 17:16
schestowitzqu1j0t3: dentedFeb 09 17:16
schestowitz"Agree ..... I would not buy into it ...... at all ........... and none of my computers have it ...... will also look at why it seems needed to build it in at the hardware level ......... really think this is more to do with Bill Gates having control ......... over everything"Feb 09 17:17
schestowitz"I'd only buy one to mess around with and try and replace it with Coreboot."Feb 09 17:17
schestowitz"Feb 09 17:18
schestowitzIt is not working because it was only an excuse to block other operating systems from working with particular - mass-produced - computer hardware.Feb 09 17:18
schestowitzSo, obviously it doesn't bring any security benefits.Feb 09 17:18
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schestowitzEven those that have it enabled in Windows 8 are finding it is not actually doing anything ......... even though turned on at start - windows 8 is saying it is not on ........ so what security does it actually give to people .Feb 09 17:18
schestowitzand for that matter how many would know how to check to see if it is actually working or not .........Feb 09 17:18
schestowitzhttp://communities.intel.com/message/177645Feb 09 17:18
TechrightsSocialTitle: Secure Boot not Working .::. Size~: 141.8 KBFeb 09 17:18
schestowitzIf indeed it is not working - then you are no more secure and then the question needs asking what benefit if any does it give to anyones security ........Feb 09 17:18
schestowitzhttp://www.google.co.uk/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=secure+boot+hacked&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&redir_esc=&ei=_3cWUbe8KK-a0QXHqIGoAwFeb 09 17:18
TechrightsSocialTitle: secure boot hacked - Google Search .::. Size~: 65.54 KBFeb 09 17:18
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2355112Feb 09 17:19
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Share information about #UEFI http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/UEFI the latest attack on computingFeb 09 17:19
TechrightsSocial-> Title: UEFI - Techrights .::. Size~: 28.84 KBFeb 09 17:19
schestowitz"UEFI is FOSS last I knew o.O"Feb 09 17:19
schestowitz"and Secure Boot is ... ?"Feb 09 17:19
schestowitz"Not sure. Doubting it though. I use older machines with legacy BIOS :P"Feb 09 17:19
schestowitz"UEFI is a great example of why copyleft is important. It might be free software for some people, but it was designed to take software freedom away from everyone else. All free software that is not copyleft can be used that way, so it's better to contribute to or make a copyleft version of the software you like."Feb 09 17:19
schestowitz"Actually, from what I know UEFI isn't evil. UEFI + Secure Boot is. UEFI itself is just an attempt to create "BIOS v2.0". "Better, faster, more capable" [although it is debatable. It is bloated, and in fact - it is a mini-OS. Why would you ever want to run OS on top of other OS?]. So, basically, Secure Boot is an extension to UEFI, it uses UEFI as a platform to implement its crap."Feb 09 17:19
schestowitzEFI vs freedom-respecting boot. EFI has been coerced for bad purposes...Feb 09 17:20
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2354798Feb 09 17:21
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: The "success" of Linux, whether GNU, Android etc, is a total illusion.   While some have been distracted - and have been distracting others - by sales and other statistics, Microsoft controls UEFI.   At the moment it makes "concessions", bestows "priviliges", but with UEFI, Microsoft is in control.   Little by little, slice by slice, it will reduce the favoured few to the "big" distros, who by thFeb 09 17:21
schestowitz"Cheers - I am looking at more videos now to see what it does ....... and how restrictive it is."Feb 09 17:21
schestowitzhttp://forums.opensuse.org/english/other-forums/news-announcements/tech-news/482858-booting-linux-using-uefi-can-brick-samsung-laptops.htmlFeb 09 17:21
TechrightsSocialTitle: Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops .::. Size~: 69.78 KBFeb 09 17:21
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2340551Feb 09 18:22
schestowitzNo, you're unable to grasp simple logic and reason.Feb 09 18:22
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: #Atheist #SuperBowl Commercial Thoughts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGcPjAH2iHQFeb 09 18:22
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schestowitzThe logical fact is that: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". One cannot say that "Santa Claus does not exist".Feb 09 18:22
schestowitzYour argument is literally making me retarded.Feb 09 18:22
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2354715Feb 09 18:49
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Every Laptop and Cell Phone in #Detroit Can Be Searched at Will http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/02/08/every-laptop-and-cell-phone-in-detroit-and-dearborn-can-be-searched-at-will/ 10 years ago unthinkableFeb 09 18:49
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Every Laptop and Cell Phone in Detroit (and Dearborn) Can Be Searched at Will | emptywheel .::. Size~: 56.39 KBFeb 09 18:49
schestowitz"Here's a good write up on this problem. http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/fact-sheet-us-constitution-free-zone "Feb 09 18:49
TechrightsSocialTitle: Fact Sheet on U.S. "Constitution Free Zone" | American Civil Liberties Union .::. Size~: 65.33 KBFeb 09 18:49
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2354798Feb 09 18:49
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: The "success" of Linux, whether GNU, Android etc, is a total illusion.   While some have been distracted - and have been distracting others - by sales and other statistics, Microsoft controls UEFI.   At the moment it makes "concessions", bestows "priviliges", but with UEFI, Microsoft is in control.   Little by little, slice by slice, it will reduce the favoured few to the "big" distros, who by thFeb 09 18:49
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schestowitzqu1j0t3: the bot does not deal well with ipv6 address, which ur1.ca seems to be returning by default nowFeb 09 19:25
schestowitze.g.:Feb 09 19:25
schestowitz[19:20] [Notice] -TRIdentica to #techrights- [rms/@rms] Censorship of Indian film http://ur1.ca/crk2sFeb 09 19:26
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schestowitzohFeb 09 19:26
schestowitzmaybe the bot just need a kickFeb 09 19:26
schestowitznever mind, a restat fixed itFeb 09 19:27
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schestowitzhttp://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/02/09/170256/linux-foundations-secure-boot-pre-bootloader-released?utmsource=rss1.0moreanon&utmmedium=feedFeb 09 20:32
TechrightsSocialTitle: Linux Foundation's Secure Boot Pre-Bootloader Released - Slashdot .::. Size~: 148.83 KBFeb 09 20:32
schestowitzNovell devs work on this (former Novell)Feb 09 20:33
schestowitzMicrosoft gets what it paid forFeb 09 20:33
qu1j0t3schestowitz: icFeb 09 21:46
schestowitzqu1j0t3: tony manco's bday todayFeb 09 21:59
schestowitzmail him or something :-)Feb 09 22:00
qu1j0t3hahaFeb 09 22:03

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