Hacker News: fianchetto

New comment by fianchetto in "Trezor - a hardware bitcoin wallet, now open for pre-orders "

fianchetto — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:21:41 +0000

Hell yeah, I'll give those boys with the funny accents a bitcoin.

Journalists Detained Attempting to Video NSA Building where Snowden Worked

fianchetto — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:42:43 +0000

Article URL: http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/06/13/journalists-detained-attempting-to-video-record-nsa-building-where-snowden-worked/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5878454

Points: 82

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Fincen to virtual economy: "Ensure integrity and transparency"

fianchetto — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:06:41 +0000

Article URL: http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/speech/pdf/20130613.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5876246

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by fianchetto in "Hong Kong Baffled by Snowden’s Hideout"

fianchetto — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:31:12 +0000

Very curious.

New comment by fianchetto in "Ask HN: US this bad about civil liberties?"

fianchetto — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:14:49 +0000

"Rulers who distrust their own people, must govern in a spirit of absolutism ; and suspected subjects will be ever sensible of their bondage."

The Constitutional History Of England Vol II

Erskine May

1863

New comment by fianchetto in "Eric Schmidt: CNET gets it right on the NSA/Google issue"

fianchetto — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:12:35 +0000

Bernie Madoff didn't have direct access to his victims' accounts. They willingly gave him the money.

New comment by fianchetto in "Eric Schmidt: CNET gets it right on the NSA/Google issue"

fianchetto — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:10:03 +0000

> FWIW, I believe them when they say they aren't giving direct access to their servers to the government.

What have they done to earn your trust so that you believe them?

In matters of espionage and mass surveillance, I expect lying to be the default response for the government and corporate players involved.

New comment by fianchetto in "“The government does not have access to Google servers”"

fianchetto — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:55:22 +0000

> If you're going to say your data not safe in Google's hands, then your data just isn't safe on the internet which I think is a needlessly extreme position to take.

Google isn't the internet.

Dump gmail, FB and other spy holes. Use public key crypto. Take your own network back.

Or continue on as usual. Our choice.

New comment by fianchetto in "Mark Zuckerberg addresses PRISM"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:18:50 +0000

> I'm really not sure why HNers reacted differently in this instance though.

Because the government has admitted it.

New comment by fianchetto in "Mark Zuckerberg addresses PRISM"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:51:28 +0000

> Facebook is not and has never been part of any program to give the US or any other government direct access to our servers.

Amazing how all them, to a company, are using the "direct access" phrase.

Plausible deniability for the whole world to see along with the revelation of the biggest spying operation in history.

BoA blocks $25k from Yoko Ono to Julian Assange

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:14:36 +0000

Article URL: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/assange-no-concern-of-ours-says-carr-20130606-2nt5t.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5841425

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by fianchetto in "Everything you need to know about the NSA’s phone records scandal"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:48:43 +0000

> I wouldn't question their motives

I would.

New comment by fianchetto in " Why are 28/30 of the Top articles about the same thing?"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:50:13 +0000

> The same thing happened when Steve Jobs died.

People and events resonate with, move or touch other people.

Most other people, I should say.

New comment by fianchetto in "Everything you need to know about the NSA’s phone records scandal"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:42:50 +0000

> Why does the NSA want so much information?

> Since the program is secret, it’s hard to say for sure. But the NSA is probably using a software technique called data mining to look for patterns that could be a sign of terrorist activity.

Mr. Lee is assuming a whole lot. I don't trust journalism that tries to steer me into thinking the government is just watching out for us, especially when they've just been caught spying on us.

New comment by fianchetto in "Everything on HN front page is about the NSA"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:45:24 +0000

The biggest government spy operation in history is now public knowledge. It's kind of a big deal.

New comment by fianchetto in "U.S. Government: Reports About PRISM Contain “Numerous Inaccuracies”"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:34:39 +0000

> It cannot be used to intentionally target any U.S. citizen, any other U.S. person, or anyone located within the United States.

"Intentionally" is a weasel word. Clapper also used the word "wittingly", another weasel word, when questioned by Congress.

The takeaway: They still don't deny that they're collecting the info.

New comment by fianchetto in "President Obama’s Dragnet"

fianchetto — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:55:45 +0000

The line was in an earlier edit:

> "The administration has now lost all credibility."

http://www.newsdiffs.org/diff/245539/245566/www.nytimes.com/...

New comment by fianchetto in "Sean Parker's Wedding Defense"

fianchetto — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:36:18 +0000

> How is that any of anyone's business but his?

He used public land. He made it public.

New comment by fianchetto in "The Sean Parker Wedding Is the Perfect Parable for Silicon Valley Excess"

fianchetto — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:13:22 +0000

Old story: Arrogant punk thinks the world is his, will be shown differently in a few years.

New comment by fianchetto in "A Bitcoin service suspended by state of Virginia"

fianchetto — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:38:33 +0000

> who eventually end up hyperventilating about jackbooted thugs forcing you to register your car at the DMV.

It's a poor argument that can be derailed by what you think another might say.