Re: Novak Sights Website hacked by Radical Islamists?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lt. Arclight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bugsniper,the OP questioned hacking by Radical Islam.I answered the question, not out of thin air-or as you say-pulled MORAL BS out of thin air.Try:
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It wasn't some personal attack, so please chill a bit. You started off by saying"With Google threatening to pull out due to the censoring of the search engine" I'm sorry, but that is patently false, and that is what I was addressing. Attributing them with such noble behavior was in fact pulling "MORAL BS out of thin air." and there is zero factual support in your making that statement. To the horror of freedom loving techies the world over, Google entered a public agreement acknowledging their willingness to suppress the Chinese people by restricting their access to information subject to their government's whim. It was not a problem to Google then, and it is not a problem to them now.
Lest someone who doesn't know anything about how the 'net works fall into the trap of thinking Google is on the side of the angels, supports privacy, or that its corporate leadership even supports the notions this country was founded upon, I was compelled to correct you. China does not censor internet searches, they tell google what to sensor on their behalf, and google agrees to do so. The way you worded it might make someone feel like buying some Google stock to support something like standing up to Chinese oppression. That would be a sad mistake. If you bought the stock knowing you'll make bank as Google becomes a stakeholder in the operation of the planet, then there's no mistake to be made. Nobody has the "potential energy" for domination in that market like Google and they will win.
I said nothing to contraadict the seriousness of hacking, in particular by China. That is a huge problem, but also one Google is implicit in to the degree that they censor DNS lookups, filter queries of their own datastores, and hand over personal information ALL THE TIME. The fact that local and regional gov'ts are using a lot of Google infrastructure and software makes it a HUUUUGEE problem and security risk to everyone.... not to mention there is a potential conflict of interest / opening for payoffs since they work for both sides of the intelligence their servers house.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lt. Arclight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Maybe you could add some useful info to this thread. Maybe you are an IT specialist-I don't know-why bother to fill out your profile?
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Useful info? Use a search provider that doesn't track you. There are several. If someone like China can hack googles info, that can access a lot about you just in the highly detailed logging of your life Google maintains. They don't even need to hack into the logs... just the gmail (or any mail) of the guy they can blackmail who can access them. Solution: Don't leave a big trail of information for google, or your isp, to store.
It might be useful to many to know that if you want the whole uncensored internet here in the USA, as our content is also censored, there are proxy services that marry the results of DNS lookups across the world so that all the sites blocked in the USA, or China (if they get Snipers Hide and can read this) suddenly appear on your screen. These services are usually pay services, and no I can't recommend one in particular because I only know of them and am not paying for more internet until I see more censorship than I see going on at this point. Ironically, Google does not filter out these services, at least not the ones I saw when I looked.
I figured anyone in IT would immediately understand the monkier BugSniper and laugh. It's not 'cause I'm a great shot and pick off flies at 100 yards.
I kill the computer bugs. Hence my profile says " Killing Bugs on Contract " which is a playful spin off of the familiar "Kills Bugs Dead on Contact" from tv.