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Nelson Espinal

dimanche 10 février 2019 à 01:00

The US deported Nelson Espinal back to Honduras. One week later, he was murdered, just as he said he feared.

Drone attacks by Houthis

dimanche 10 février 2019 à 01:00

The Houthis now imitate the US in launching drone attacks in Yemen.

We can't expect them to stop fighting outside the agreed-on cease-fire zone. So how about extending the cease fire to the whole of Yemen?

Cameras in Penang

dimanche 10 février 2019 à 01:00

The city of Penang has installed over 750 face recognition cameras so that the thug department can track people on the street at will.

The article says this will be used to track "criminals", but the cameras can be used to track anyone, even to track everyone.

Phone-cracking rules

dimanche 10 février 2019 à 01:00

The US government has the power to learn almost everything about anyone's life by breaking into per phone, but it is not clear what rules it follows to get permission to do so.

Please don't call this operation "hacking". The officials that do it are surely not doing it with the playful cleverness that constitutes hacking. So please don't insult us hackers by using that word to mean "breaking security". Please call it "cracking".

US border thug policy

dimanche 10 février 2019 à 01:00

The US border thugs have had for decades an unofficial policy jailing children, taking them away from their parents, and physical torture.

Whatever we do in the future, it should not include this agency.