So:

Critics say buying commercially available records allows government agencies to bypass safeguards that could require a warrant or court order if the information were demanded directly.

The SEC is controlled by regime flunkies now. This is an end-run of the 4th amendment.

ARC announced last November that it was shutting down TIP following pressure from lawmakers and reports about its government contracts. The program ended in 2025, but the newly released SEC documents reveal that its reach was far wider than previously known, and that overseas travelers were included in the system.

In related news, it was reported in March that FBI Director Kash Patel defended the bureau’s continued purchase of Americans’ location data, despite warnings from lawmakers that the practice sidesteps Fourth Amendment protections.

You can’t imprison a company

What are you talking about? USB-C is mandated in the EU. All Apple stuff can charge on that now.

For fucks sake can we stop doing flat dollar amount fines on megacorps and do percentage of revenue - yes, revenue specifically, not profit, which can be gamed in tons of interesting ways - as punitive measures? Even astronomical 8 or 9 figure fines on companies with market caps in the ballpark of a trillion fucking dollars are effectively brushed off as the cost of doing business, and are ultimately inconsequential and entirely ineffective in terms of serving as a meaningful deterrent to the things they’re being fined for.

Meta is not going to give a single shit about this. This is a small speed bump, nothing more.

lol I’m so glad I unsubbed back when they started letting ICEatzgruppen advertise on their platform. I paid for ad free, but simply knowing they were running ads for the all-American Stasi made me drop them like a hot potato.

Same. Seriously considering popping for one before the 18 releases simply because it’s probs gonna be like $300 more expensive than the analogous 17 models.

Gaze upon mine field of fucks; ‘lo, it is barren.

I have absolutely zero interest in or sympathy for “influencers”.

I’m sorry buddy I’ll definitely hit you up next time we get together to definitely not cut down Flock cameras ❤️

Whoever did it was having pizza and playing Mario kart with me at my apartment

The regime will 100% try to use it as a weapon

Yeah wow hey maybe you should have fucking listened to everyone who’s been saying that for goddamn YEARS. 🫩

Fuck /u/spez lmao

That would be classified as malware, as it is installing something on my system without my desire, consent, or approval.

You know what prevents LG monitors from installing a McAfee popup ad on your machine?

Linux.

Seriously, I have to remind myself that it’s not a bit, and that’s just… him. He is that much of a parody of himself, and a comprehensive loser. I’d call him a feckless chud, but that would be an insult to feckless chuds. If it weren’t for the fact that he’s actually nominally nominally in charge of the FBI, it’d be absolutely fucking hilarious.

Oh yeah, I know, but still it was a weird hill for him to pick to die on

Dude was otherwise quite progressive, which is where my bafflement comes from. If he was a conservative chud, I would not be surprised.

Depends how long the colo blackout lasts.

Honestly, if a little vigilante justice were to occur in this case (and, well, a lot of related cases), I would read the article about any such event with great enthusiasm and enjoyment, and it would absolutely make my day.

Honestly, they should not ban them, and then just low-key encourage enterprising attendees to pwn the devices and any attached accounts. That would be delightful.