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[–] 152 points 2 years ago (7 children)
  • [–] [S] 93 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    the whole plan is to get him over here and then kill him or let him die of neglect.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I suspect they’d prefer that he die in prison over there, but if not then in prison over here. I don’t think they want to ever take this to trial, because it’s been a farce from the start.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    They literally dropped all the potentially credible charges they were first going for. Those women in Sweden? Long gone, as of 5 years ago. Hillary Clinton's emails? Also dropped.

    What really sucks is that the narrative has changed over years, as the facts have been forgotten. People think he's been in league with Russia, and some even think Russia provided him with evidence against Republicans alongside the Democrat emails, and that he refused to publish the Republican stuff in support of Russia so that Russia's man (Trump) could get in the White House.

    First off, Russia wouldn't provide Republican emails if they were trying to get a Republican inside the White House (they didn't provide any such emails and they did promote Trump). Second, the controversy as about Wikileaks not publishing details of Russian corruption. While this is definitely controversial (and frankly something I disagree with), Wikileaks' reasoning was simply: "Russian corruption is not news, it is to be expected".

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Those two women from Sweden were not prostitutes (and even if, it wouldn't matter) and have themselves backtracked from pressing charges. They are also victims of this entire farce and have been instrumentalized.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Does the uk not have a law against executions and if so would the not be breaking said law by extraditing him.

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    [–] 124 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Everytime someone says they don't have anything to hide I ask them what the pin of their phone is and to give me their phone. Suddenly that's something different...

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  • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I once asked a friend if he trusted the lock on his phone (brand new iPhone 15 Pro Max, latest and greatest). He told me he did. I asked him if I could use his phone while it was locked, and he told me "No, I don't trust you. You would probably hack it or something." That statement says two things:

    1. He only cares about attacks on privacy on a personal level, which is the mental flaw lots of people have.

    2. He doesn't actually trust the lock on his phone, but refuses to admit it.

    By the way, here's a few fun gimmicks you can pull on iPhone users:

    1. See if you can swipe left to view widgets on the lock screen. I was able to get someone's address this way. He told me the whole time "There's nothing you can find there." and then afterwards said "Ah, crap."

    2. If there is a lock screen mini widget (under the time) for a clock or related feature, tap on it and it will open the clock app. You can also get there if you can swipe down to access control center if the "timer" button is enabled there. You can then make it look like you unlocked their phone, and start reading off their alarm names. This one has freaked out a lot of people.

    3. If they realize how you got there and try disabling control center access on the lock screen (as they should, FaceID is fast enough people!), you can see if you can access Siri and say "View my alarms".

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Me: graphene phone with notifications hidden until unlocked. No voice assistant whatsoever. I guess the only thing you can do is take pictures from lock screen but that's not really useful. It doesn't show gallery of previous photos.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    There is a difference between having nothing to hide and not closing the door when talking a shit

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    What I'm hearing is that people have an inert desire for privacy, EVEN if they don't have anything to hide (what are you hiding in the toilet?) I don't see why that wouldn't extend into the digital realm....

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  • [–] 82 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Say whatever you want, Snowden's a fucking hero for sharing this.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    A 'State' is not inherently bad. That's just libertarian propaganda/dogma. Self-interested psychopaths in charge of a state is bad..

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Funny thing about ancap libertarianism is that they've correctly identified that power can lead to tyranny, but they're completely oblivious to the power that corporatism (the conclusion of lassez-faire capitalism) results in.

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    [–] 42 points 2 years ago

    Man I really do enjoy reading the classifieds

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This argument of "nothing to hide" always reminds me of Google, show me this man's balls, please by Eric Andre.

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    [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    Warthunder forum be like

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Putin Alert! Putin Alert! This guy supports Vladimir Putin! He is undermining the US so that the Russians can invade! Also, the Chinese! Also the... uh... Cubans? Venezuelans? Quebecians? Idk, but its bad! They're coming to take your freedom! Protect the NSA! PROTECT THE NSA! THEY STAND BETWEEN YOU AND TYRANNY!

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  • [+] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Nothing to hide...

    It's the same reason I don't support free speach: I've got nothing to say.

    /s

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    BUT BUT BUT THOSE ARE ILLEGAL TO SHARE

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Bruh it's the government. They have plenty of things to hide.

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