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ascii_field: trinque: as i understand, the story isn't about '90s-style bans, but smoke to distract from the fact the 'smartPnohe' etc. is thoroughly pwned and
usg-controlled on every level, 'crypted' or not
pete_dushenski: not that this should be in any way surprising. it's a
usg feature after all.
assbot: Logged on 29-07-2015 04:17:19; mircea_popescu: but the beating
usg is taking online for the past half decade makes the beating it's been taking on the ground in any military engagement since ww2 look like a piss in the park.
mircea_popescu: but the beating
usg is taking online for the past half decade makes the beating it's been taking on the ground in any military engagement since ww2 look like a piss in the park.
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 28-02-2015 04:57:56; asciilifeform: essentially, something so utterly catastrophic to
usg that it could not possibly be a hangout
mircea_popescu: it can only be plausible if simultaneously a) one's never had any sort of interaction wit hthe
usg and b) one's stewed for years / millions of words' worth in some armchair generalship club.
mircea_popescu: so, t1 = snowden 2 ran off with some papers ; t2 =
usg figurdd it out ; t3 = snowden 1 is created for purpose of defense ; t4 = greenwald & co start promoting snowden 1 ; t5 = snowden 2 finally makes public contact ; t6 = greenwald & co claim contact ; t7->to this present day
phf: gentooization is the norm of
usg living
shinohai: If nothing else, it is like all my
USG silver. I can melt it into skulls one day.
assbot: Logged on 28-07-2015 03:12:30; asciilifeform: my current understanding is that 'imsi catcher' is an artifact specifically of the bureaucratic side of
usg. intercept at the tower, where the bits hit a land line, is trivial and no one has to leave his chair - but the paperwork is annoying. hence squaddie and 'catcher'
decimation: yeah it takes a special idiot to use strong gps jammer in a
usg free-fire zone
BingoBoingo: <decimation> where cell phones used analog FM channels around 800-900 mhz <<
USG mandates scanners and amateur radios ship with "blank spot" over that portion of spectrum
decimation: plus you are forgetting something:
usg demands that
usg minions can excercise 'priority override'
phf: well, that's the conversation about real computers. i wouldn't mind paying those same $800 for a phone that's not "diddle by
usg", has excellent sound quality and can send sms with a full keyboard. such phone is not to be had though
decimation:
usg is nominally responsible for the 'security' of all of its computers and a good deal of its subsidary's
ascii_field: and i can't fathom why anyone outside of
usg walls would even consider using this
decimation: trinque: what do you expect?
usg was using lisp?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
usg style is also consistent over long periods, so much so that it makes gavin read like reddit etc.
mircea_popescu: which is why all the charade and all the dancing. and yes the various jews, selected goats, ibms m$ and
usg will be beheaded for this fault "of theirs",
assbot: Logged on 26-07-2015 05:35:06; decimation: but you make a point - the software industry (and
usg in general) has mastered the art of wasting the productivity of its population
decimation: yarvin wrote about this pattern in the policy side of
usg as the smartest bureaucrats exactly cancelling each other's efforts
decimation: but you make a point - the software industry (and
usg in general) has mastered the art of wasting the productivity of its population
☟︎ decimation: yeah, if not this
usg than another one
Bingo_VACAY: Shanghai no point biting PenTagon's penis. Preservved in
USG lab as complaint and not intimidating
mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=25-07-2015#1212471 << more like, only path to survival for google. they don't have an actual place in the marketplace, they're much too large, old and ossified to find one. if they don't pull a redhat/mcdonalds/walmart/whatever and screw themselves in the
usg spigot, they're going the way of revlon.
☝︎ assbot: Logged on 24-07-2015 23:59:48; asciilifeform:
usg has a firm grasp on milking the real feed base - the low-six-fig-usd artisan
decimation: asciilifeform: actually I was thinking about how one could buy otherwise useless land in the desert, get
usg to subsidize solar, and sell space in a 'miner's datacenter'
decimation: of course wapo thinks it's an evil idea, but perfectly fine for
usg/telcoms to do it
decimation: asciilifeform:
usg should drop all income and gains taxes and only tax consumption
ascii_field: funkenstein_: years can pass quickly when
usg diddles ntp
decimation: the mind boggles at the various little staffers dreaming of ways to ensure the survival of the present
usg regime even long beyond their own retirements
decimation: some pleb saving and endowing a fortune outside of
usg's control is unthinkable
decimation: of course, the answer is the same as your powerplant theory:
usg-unapproved power centers must be strangled in the crib
decimation: yes but this particular feature is interesting: why would
usg want to ensure that the children fail to gain 'independent wealth'
BingoBoingo: Eventually
USG will fall and finally I can ssemble motorcarriage I like
mircea_popescu: and i'll say this to assuage your doubts : i am the man who said "you are not safe, for we know where you live". a year and change later, reality has borne my saying : the entire
usg employee list, leaked. etc.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: this is why i say " within a decade we will see full area denial in the sense that no govt anything will still run online.". they're simply too weak and ineffectual to do anything that matters, and even they know it. by 2025 internet will be exactly like iraq for the
usg.
mircea_popescu: in any case : the front against the
usg in the cyber world is only going to strengthen the way it's going. within a decade we will see full area denial in the sense that no govt anything will still run online.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: "Additionally, the FBI said that the Murgio sold bitcoins to victims of ransomware attacks such as Cryptowall. " << yeah, like various
USG offices, including if memory serves a sherrif. i suppose this is now a crime, right ? selling bitcoin to the derps. them using public funds to pay the ransom IS FINE!
assbot: Logged on 23-07-2015 04:23:12; BingoBoingo: decimation: Predator follows
USg school of design which created "Abrams"
BingoBoingo: decimation: Predator follows
USg school of design which created "Abrams"
☟︎ decimation: meh.
usg doesn't have the energy to startup death camps
assbot: Logged on 21-07-2015 11:40:52; mircea_popescu: so random schmuck today finds himself in the following situation : if he goes anywhere, taking uber, all his travel is in
usg db.
decimation: ^
usg should raise all its money this way, voluntary taxes: "Funding the $1e9 joint strike fighter: at the $1e7 level:recieve turd hand-polished to the same specifications as the canopy"
mircea_popescu: so random schmuck today finds himself in the following situation : if he goes anywhere, taking uber, all his travel is in
usg db.
☟︎ BingoBoingo: Ones who read.
USG department of internet says that no. Bandwidth usage must never correlate with actual readership. So packet inflation.
mircea_popescu: and then im supposed to not suspect
usg is out there ddosing everything.
mircea_popescu: the only endpoint for that is where rhel ended up : a cheaper
USG Department of Windows.
decimation: virii/malware benefit mcaffee and
usg's 'cyber' budget
decimation: yeah it was burning man when
usg agent demanded royal tent serviced by servants
decimation: phf: yes, the same ones who staff
usg bureaucracies and corporations
mircea_popescu: it has a little leg to stand on, at least. inasmuch as
usg claims a mandate to regulate everything, every failure of regulation is on their head.
mod6: i've got a wide mouth
USG pos that would light my damn balls on fire in the process.
mod6: typicall
usg: take something that works perfectly well and then wreck the goddamnthing
decimation: he's figured out how to sell 'dreams' in exchange for
usg subsidy and hype
mircea_popescu: but in actual fact the
usg idiots have done such a good job at burying themselves, that it likely wouldn't even be needed, today.
assbot: Logged on 16-07-2015 01:37:47; asciilifeform: gotta admit,
usg switching to funding tx spam with stolen coin, rather than giving it at mega-discount to mircea_popescu et al, was a less-retarded-than-usual move
decimation: very typically your company will have a short list of 'funds' in which you can invest your
usg-blessed 'deferred tax' money