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g0dg0don Government Employees Had Weapons-Grade Plutonium Stolen From Their Rental Car

Ummm why was plutonium allowed to be transported in a contractors car?

g0dg0don 12 Russian Intelligence Officers Indicted for Hacking the Clinton Campaign

This case will NEVER go to trail and that's the point of Mueller filing it. He knows he has to get someone for something and indicting 12 Russians for crimes he can't ever prove is a win for his team. What I'd like to see is the proof that these Russians ACTUALLY did the hacking. How do we know that THESE specific individuals committed these crimes? We don't, Mueller won't/can't prove that but that's the point. It's charge anyone for anything at this point.

g0dg0don Utah voting system fending off 1B hacking attempts per day

Why would a voting system even need to be online?

g0dg0don FBI would rather prosecutors drop cases than disclose stingray details (2015)

It's because they know that what they are doing, collecting up everyones cellular data WITHOUT WARRANTS...IS ILLEGAL!

g0dg0don Tails 3.8 is out

A lot. https://boingboing.net/2014/07/03/if-you-read-boing-boing-th...

According to the story, the NSA targets anyone who searches for online articles about Tails

g0dg0don Tails 3.8 is out

Snowden revelations mentioned that even downloading or visiting sliaT website gets you on a list.

g0dg0don States Can Require Internet Tax Collection, Supreme Court Rules

This is going to drive so much business OUT of states with these taxes.

g0dg0don Facebook confirms data sharing with Chinese companies

So in other words, Zuckerberg lied.

g0dg0don Hello, GitHub

Goodbye Github. No way I trust Microsoft with my private code. Hello Gitlab.