data-abuse
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Comment · 3 years ago
Love Kagi. Love paying for good software like it
Comment · 3 years ago
When we hear these stories, we never hear about the end result. We only hear about the act. It's like hearing a gun was fired. It was fired, but what did it hit?
The data that is in these databases have a high probability to be abused. Blackmail and intimidation are easy to hide. What number of the people that had their location data exposed through this database were shot soon after? What number of people had their identity stolen? What number of people lost their jobs? What number of people had their families or friendships destroyed by secrets being spilled?
The dots are never connected beyond the admission of violations.
Comment · 3 years ago
The redcoats couldn't see the travel of every single person. They couldn't stop every person carrying a letter that had met with a certain person. They couldn't arrest everyone that had read a certain article or newspaper.
The tyranny possible today is far worse than the tyranny of a few hundred years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Mother and daughter charged https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/us/abortion-prosecution-n...
Many women with life threatening conditions get stuck waiting for the inevitable because they have already created evidence by going to a doctor. If anything happens to the baby without evidence of natural causes, they can be prosecuted. This has put women in a tough place.
This is a story that might help you understand
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-abortion-ban-do...
Comment · 3 years ago
Too bad its not going to reported on by anyone else
Comment · 3 years ago
To be fair, this entirely depends on the breed in question. There are some breeds that are known to have weak bloodlines, and some breeds that are better.
It is also dependent on the breeder. Breeders that "cheap" out will be more likely to have inbred dogs since it can cost money for a good stud.
Comment · 3 years ago
I wouldn't be surprised. There are a large number of historical examples of human experimentation before 1975 when the Church committee did it's work.
I think these shady agencies figured out a new way to hide this kind of research after that date in ways that have made it much harder to show the world the truth.
Comment · 3 years ago
Is the patent system hurting innovation in the US?
There has been almost a complete consolidation of phone companies into a few conglomerates. There is barely any innovation in the space anymore.
How many startups silently disappear because of a patent troll forcing them to?
Comment · 3 years ago
Like every other tech company on the planet. Its a huge problem that society can't even begin to study because all of it is done in secret. It's also kept secret because the damage it would do to tech companies and the government would be huge
Comment · 3 years ago
Kinda odd that this article is coming out with so many deaths of important crypto people. 3 Dead in November of last year, and a recent one a few days ago.
[1] https://nypost.com/2022/11/27/crypto-founder-tiantian-kullan...
[2] https://nypost.com/2022/11/11/inside-the-home-nikolai-musheg...
[3] https://abcnews.go.com/US/bob-lee-cash-app-founder-former-sq...
[4] https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/russian-billionaire-vyacheslav...
Comment · 3 years ago
There is no article published on the washington post. ChatGPT fully hallucinated this
Comment · 3 years ago
This is close, but the specific verbiage that US leaders hoped for is that China would liberalize and transition to a democracy. In the 2010s, it became clear it wouldn't happen when Xi stepped into the position that he is in today.
The US likes dealing with democracies because the US has so much know how in how to influence elections. The government and CIA has a long history of meddling in elections to get the outcome that is most beneficial for the US.
Ultimately, this has built up many dictatorships around the world that violently suppress political opinions that are detrimental to the US national security.
If you don't know what was going on the middle east with iraq, libya, and syria, read this[1]. After 9/11, before the dust settled, the US wanted to force a regime change in 7 countries that they had no proof was related to 9/11. The US decimated an entire region and sent them back to the stone age for unstated reasons. Please note, all of those countries were not democracies, so they couldn't meddle in elections for more favorable leaders.
China and Xi have been smart enough to avoid a revolution/coup to become an American colony.
Comment · 3 years ago
Different leaders have different policies thus the US is a true democracy and is moral? Just because the Overton Window[1] is large in the US doesn't mean that political dissenting opinions are not suppressed.
Consider the Twitterfiles, the government is actively censoring speech critical of the FBI and politicians. Think of the Hunter Biden laptop story, do you think that if that speech was not censored that different policies would be supported by the masses and that they would elect different representatives?
People need to know information to make good decisions. If they don't know the information, obviously, they won't consider that in the decision making process
Comment · 3 years ago
To be fair, a multi-polar world with the level of technology that we have today is unprecedented. I don't think nations would resort to fighting in the past. It would be more similar to the cold war. Tensions, posturing in hot zones, and occasional proxy wars.
Its not like US hegemony has brought about peace. In fact, the US has intentionally provoked wars in nations that needed a regime change. Iraq War brought ISIS. ISIS brought terrorist attacks to EU and US.
Political instability in Africa has caused genocides. Often with a connection to US decisions. South American regime change doesn't happen as often as it did in 70s to 90s, but that was the source of a lot pain for people.