This is the website of Abulsme Noibatno Itramne (also known as Sam Minter).
Posts here are rare these days. For current stuff, follow me on Mastodon
|
- Reading – Doctor Who Episodes – “THEY ARE NOT MISSING BUT DESTROYED THE END” (Rich Johnston) http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/20/doctor-who-episodes-they-are-not-missing-but-destroyed-the-end/ … 20:13
- Drat. This means I need to manually post another daily summary. :-) 20:13
- Fun Read -> RT
@AthertonKD: Greenwald and Schindler, Fistfight in Secrecy http://sfy.co/s9Js #storify #snowden #nsa 21:58
- Looks like more Greenwald NSA stuff today (and I realized I missed a bit earlier too). I’ll have to catch up soon, but you know.. work. 22:40
- From the bit I’ve skimmed though, seems like more “within the law” stuff. Bad law, allows way more than it should. But still legal. 22:43
- Of course, point is making public just how expansively law is being used. Q is if enough people will think it is overreach to change law. 22:44
- Wish the answer was yes. Suspect the answer is no. Majority of public OK with broad surveillance in exchange for perceived incr in safety. 22:45
- Every time Snowdon talks: initial hype falls apart more, he looks like more of idiot & chances of fixing any REAL 4th Am concerns diminish. 16:22
- Kudos to people last week who were quiet and waited for more facts instead of believing initial Guardian and WP stories. I feel silly now. 16:48
- Program looks more and more constrained and reasonable the more that comes out about it. But better it is public than secret. 16:51
- Real reason for secrecy looking clearer though: Make bad guys fear monitoring is more pervasive than it is. Sunlight exposes the limits. 16:52
- Still lots of legit concerns about how such things work, particularly regarding openness v secrecy, abuse protections, privacy implications. 16:58
- But huge freak out (including mine) looking more and more overblown the more comes out. Could be changed by more revelations of course. 17:03
- And of course, to be conspiratorial, I should say “Of course, that is what they WANT you to believe.” :-) 17:04
- If there really are more shoes to drop, time to drop them. Maybe check them out more deeply first. Sloppiness in 1st reporting lost trust. 17:09
- RT
@BYUfan: .@abulsme There’s still a LOT more surveillance going on than we know. http://thehill.com/video/house/305047-dem-rep-lawmakers-learned-significantly-more-about-surveillance-programs-in-nsa-briefing … 17:54
- Reading – NSA revelations only вЂthe tip of the iceberg,’ says Dem lawmaker (Daniel Strauss) http://thehill.com/video/house/305047-dem-rep-lawmakers-learned-significantly-more-about-surveillance-programs-in-nsa-briefing … 17:56
- .
@BYUfan I am sure there is. As new things come out, I may reevaluate. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still concerned about the issue. 17:58
- .
@BYUfan But overblown initial claims and reax there to hurts case for looking at the real issues. 17:59
- RT @BYUfan .
@abulsme Sloppiness was in interpretation of stories. Greenwald accurately reported discrepancies between PPT and Internet company claims. ??:??
- .
@BYUfan Initial Greenwald article did clearly note that discrepancy. But was clear Greenwald believed slides and not denials. 18:01
- .
@BYUfan Articles were pushing the story about the grand revelations…. Not the denials. Would be non-story if denials true. 18:03
- .
@BYUfan Real headline: “Low level IT guy freaks out over PowerPoint he found without understanding context.” 18:05
- .
@BYUfan I would consider possibility a lot of this might be disinformation to discredit Snowden except so much comes out of his own mouth. 18:08
- .
@BYUfan Again, plenty of real issues here about executive power, potential for abuse, due process, even debate on protections for non-US. 18:10
- .
@BYUfan And certainly lots on openness and transparency vs secrecy. I think it is much better these things in the open, debated fully. 18:12
- .
@BYUfan But frustrating that over reactions and exaggerations and incorrect info, mean the real issues will again be minimized. 18:14
- RT
@imbou: @abulsme this has been going through the history of mankind. If you didn’t know about its because you didn’t care to know. 18:21
- RT
@imbou: @abulsme @BYUfan Which was my point about this whole thing in the podcast. All he did is reveal details of something authorized. 18:21
- Reading – Spying on foreigners: It’s a really big deal. (Matthew Yglesias) http://is.gd/1FGrjf 18:26
- Reading – “Truth Is Coming, And It Cannot Be Stopped”: The Best Of Edward Snowden’s Q&A (Gregory Ferenstein) http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/truth-is-coming-and-it-cannot-be-stopped-the-best-of-edward-snowdens-qa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 … 18:46
- Reading – Edward Snowden Q and A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions (Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower … 19:00
- Important to read that whole Q&A. Snowden sounds a lot less crazy in full context than in summary. 19:01
- He actually makes some points/arguments I have been known to make myself. 19:02
- He still however hurts his own cause almost every time he opens his mouth. 19:03
- Reading – FACEOFF: Obama And Snowden вЂDebate’ NSA Surveillance Programs (Igor Bobic) http://is.gd/Qg5ehQ 21:46
- RT @AdamMinter For better or worse, ‘petting a Phoenix’ is now and forever more THE favored & most delightful euphemism for ‘spying for China.’ ??:??
- Still not reautomated. :-( -> Reading – Twitter Digest Shot By Twitter API v1.1 (Mike, Whalespine) http://whalespine.org/2013/06/15/twitter-digest-shot-by-twitter-api-v1-1/ … 22:37
- Reading – Real (Matt Drance) http://www.appleoutsider.com/2013/06/17/real/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed … 22:42
- Good interview -> Reading – 3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so (Eisler/Page) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/06/16/snowden-whistleblower-nsa-officials-roundtable/2428809/ … 23:08
My Dad reading me The Hobbit sometime in the second half of the 1970’s.
Thank you Dad. :-)
- MT
@BreakingNews: Facebook says will divulge requests for data, including those for national security – @Facebook http://bit.ly/11BUiBT 02:03
- Go Zuck! 02:03
- RT
@adamgoldmanap: Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests https://newsroom.fb.com/News/636/Facebook-Releases-Data-Including-All-National-Security-Requests … 02:09
- That was disappointing. Fed requests bundled up with all other requests for which the process is better understood. 02:11
- Without breakdown is of limited utility for really understanding what is going on. 02:11
- But you can of course obviously see that the number is not millions, which I guess is the immediate point. 02:12
- & since I broke the seal & did some nonautomated tweets today, I’ll have to do a manual summary anyway, so might as well tweet some tdy. :-) 02:15
- RT
@F_WRLCK: @abulsme @BreakingNews @facebook I guess you could say that Facebook changed the NSA’s privacy settings without telling them. 02:16
- .
@F_WRLCK Except the Facebook stmnt says this is the result of negotiation with govt. 02:17
- .
@F_WRLCK At first I was having visions of Zuck going to jail for releasing info on principle. But unfortunately, doesn’t look like it. :-) 02:18
- RT @jeffjarvis Apple v fig: FB got 9k total demands in 6mos (w/FISA); GOOG up to 1k Natl Security Letters in 12 mos (w/out FISA): http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/US/ … ??:??
- Google Data too. Not combined with other things. Common between both, numbers ARE pretty low. 02:55
- RT
@jeffjarvis: Administration toying with us. This isn’t transparency. Start with number of FISA demands. What’s the harm? 03:40
- The Google stuff was something a bit different. Gotta look at this stuff closely. 03:41
- Yes -> Reading – Some Questions For and About Edward Snowden (Kevin Drum) http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/some-questions-and-about-edward-snowden … 03:45
- Reading – Al Gore: NSA’s secret surveillance program ‘not really the American way’ (Suzanne Goldenberg) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/14/al-gore-nsa-surveillance-unamerican?guni=Network%20front:network-front%20full-width-1%20Breaking%20news%20ticker:Breaking%20news%20ticker%20(editable):Position1 … 03:49
- Reading – Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind (Claire Cain Miller) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/technology/secret-court-ruling-put-tech-companies-in-data-bind.html?hp&_r=1& … 03:53
- RT
@MikeIsaac: annnnnnd microsoft follows suit, releases data request #’s in aggregate, like Facebook: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2013/06/14/microsoft-s-u-s-law-enforcement-and-national-security-requests-for-last-half-of-2012.aspx … 03:55
- Reading – Poll: Majority Says Snowden Did A Good Thing, But He Should Be Prosecuted (Tom Kludt) http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-majority-says-snowden-did-good-thing-but … 04:03
- Reading – NSA cyber spying on China not a surprise, but it’s not ho-hum, either (Mark Clayton) http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2013/0614/NSA-cyber-spying-on-China-not-a-surprise-but-it-s-not-ho-hum-either?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+%7C+All+Stories%29 … 04:16
- Reading – Facebook, Microsoft release NSA stats to reassure users (Declan McCullagh) http://m.cnet.com/news/facebook-microsoft-release-nsa-stats-to-reassure-users/57589461 … 14:23
- Reading – AT&T issues Wireless Emergency Alerts update to iPhone 4S, 5 (Mariella Moon) http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/15/att-wireless-emergency-alerts-iphone-4s-5/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget … 14:25
- Reading – Edward Snowden: Classified US data shows Hong Kong hacking targets (Lana Lam) http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1260306/edward-snowden-classified-us-data-shows-hong-kong-hacking-targets … 14:30
- Good Read -> The NSA Leaks & Pentagon Papers: Whats the Difference Between Snowden & Ellsberg? (France-Ruta) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JoshuaGreen/~3/jfMIB0jfWuo/ … 14:39
- Reading – Latest results put Rouhani ahead in Iran poll (Aljazeera) http://m.aljazeera.com/story/201361522643286979 … 14:44
- Reading – The NSA’s Prism: why we should care (Doctorow) http://m.guardiannews.com/technology/blog/2013/jun/14/nsa-prism … 14:52
- Reading – Google opts out of FISA disclosure deal calls it вЂa step back for users;’ Twitter agrees (Dieter Bohn) http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/6/15/4432368/google-opts-out-of-fisa-disclosure-deal-made-by-facebook-and … 14:56
- Reading – Iran’s Election Surprise? (The Dish) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewsullivan/rApM/~3/oMbyhDV-Bc4/ … 15:00
- Unfortunately, overblown initial NSA reports will ultimately hurt cause of actually re-strengthening 4th amendment protections. 15:11
- There is lots of real stuff that is of concern. But credibility evaporates quickly when items overstated, facts and details wrong, etc. 15:15
- Of course, there may be more revelations to come, but perception will be tainted by errors in earlier reports. 15:16
- Good Overview -> Secret to PRISM: Even Bigger Data Seizure (Braun/Flaherty/Gillum/Apuzzo) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-prism-success-even-bigger-data-seizure … 15:24
- Reading – An Outbreak of Reasonableness in Tehran (Juan Cole) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/juancole/ymbn/~3/zUoDXQevEyI/reasonableness-conclusions-election.html … 15:33
- Important -> How did mainstream media get the NSA PRISM story so hopelessly wrong (Ed Bott) http://www.zdnet.com/how-did-mainstream-media-get-the-nsa-prism-story-so-hopelessly-wrong-7000016822/ … 15:49
- Reading – Blue Boy (Josh Marshall) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/iGGr07WEKak/story01.htm … 16:01
- RT
@BreakingNews: Iran’s interior minister declares moderate candidate Hasan Rowhani victor in presidential vote – @AP, @Reuters 16:02
- Reading – Source: Obama Considering Releasing NSA Court Order (Carrie Johnson) http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/14/191822828/source-obama-considering-releasing-nsa-court-order?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter … 16:19
- Reading – NSA Apparently Surveils About 0.01 Percent of Foreign Facebook Accounts (Kevin Drum) http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/nsa-apparently-surveils-about-001-percent-facebook-accounts … 16:21
- RT @joshuafoust A program of activity is not a software program. A secret slide about software doesn’t mean the software is secret.
#prismbasics ??:??
- Reading – Daddy’s Little Dalek (Jill Harness) http://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2013/06/15/Daddys-Little-Dalek/ … 16:32
- RT
@BreakingNews: Egyptian President Morsi says Egypt has decided to cut all ties with Syria – @Reuters 19:25
- Good Summary -> Reading – PRISM Isn’t Data Mining and Other Falsehoods in the N.S.A. “Scandal” (Kurt Eichenwald) http://m.vanityfair.com/online/eichenwald/2013/06/prism-isnt-data-mining-NSA-scandal … 22:13
- [Abulpost] Haircut Time Again!: Before: After: This is Alex’s fifth haircut. (And my umpteenth.) Brandy … http://www.abulsme.com/?p=12815 23:11
|
|
