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NutAgain!
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South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 30, 2017 - 08:58am PT
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Hooblie, those were good shares.
Pud, I read the NPR piece too which tries to downplay the impact. But here's the thing:
1. I can run ad-block and anti-tracker software (I do)
2. I can delete my cookies that they use as tracking beacons (and I do)
3. I can choose which websites I patronize
But this new law means the only way I can have similar protections is to just not use the Internet, or use something like an onion router to relay my traffic through lots of other peers to avoid the ISP getting a clear picture of everything about me.
I remember as a kid seeing TV shows where the bad guy was beaten in part because he checked out a book from the library about how to claim a temporary insanity defense. Now imagine you are unjustly accused of some terrorist activity, and in part they cite as evidence that you read news from Al Jazeera and you once searched for how to make a bomb from household chemicals. Maybe you're just curious, but that will be selectively pulled to paint an unrealistic picture of who you are.
Everything we say (and ever have said) can and will be used against us. All the time, not just when we are in police custody. This is where we are going. After Elon Musk gets his cyber-implants, then we will have the Thought Police branch of the government too.
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pud
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Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Mar 30, 2017 - 09:10am PT
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The fact that the majority of the U.S. population is grossly out of shape is the real reason we are unable to provide decent health care coverage to those that deserve and need it.
Negligent and corrupt doctors are equally responsible for the present healthcare fiasco.
Just a single example of this is the over 1 million prostate biopsies performed on men annually due to elevated PSA levels (can be caused by a host of reasons). A 15 minute procedure that is billed on average @ $26,000.
75% of these men show no signs of cancer. Nearly $20,000,000 in unnecessary costs.
Multiply this by all unnecessary procedures performed or recommended and the balance is nearly infinite.
We need to place the blame were it belongs.
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pud
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Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Mar 30, 2017 - 09:34am PT
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I remember as a kid seeing TV shows where the bad guy was beaten in part because he checked out a book from the library about how to claim a temporary insanity defense. Now imagine you are unjustly accused of some terrorist activity, and in part they cite as evidence that you read news from Al Jazeera and you once searched for how to make a bomb from household chemicals. Maybe you're just curious, but that will be selectively pulled to paint an unrealistic picture of who you are.
These are valid points.
However, the man that was recently convicted of letting his 2 year old son die in a sweltering car in the planned murder, needs to rot in prison for life. Part of the evidence used to convict him was his web searching for details of how to commit this crime.
I have no problem with this.
One needs to be responsible for what one does. This includes web surfing.
To believe no one knows what you search for online in the privacy of your office/home is naive.
If some of the people on this website had to stand up and say the things they type to others here, they would not. The internet provides a false sense of security in this way.
Sometimes this works in the favor of good.
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