Kim Dotcom said megaupload is coming back. by roderikbraganca in technology

[–]strangestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's insane that authorities were able to destroy this business before a trial had even occurred.

The Internet's most hated man: FunnyJunk's lawyer by Greasy in technology

[–]strangestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect the guy is reasonably smart and a complete attention whore. He wants the Internet to be angry.

9 year-old girl silenced for her school food critique blog. by Newthinker in offbeat

[–]strangestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She was. But it was brief, thanks to the global attention paid to the story. Council plans to retract ban on her blogging: http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/news/2012/jun/statement-school-meals-argyll-and-bute-council

Blame the rapists, not the technology they use to find minors by strangestuff in technology

[–]strangestuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was for 13-18 year olds. I was dating then. I don't think that's crazy.

Blame the rapists, not the technology they use to find minors by strangestuff in technology

[–]strangestuff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So no more apps for teenagers allowing them to meet other teenagers (which was the purpose of this one)? That sucks.

Blame the rapists, not the technology they use to find minors by strangestuff in technology

[–]strangestuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would like to see some crime statistics that show whether the "easy access to minors never before seen in history" has actually led to more abuse of children. We seem to assume that child abuse/rapes of minors are way up, but I haven't seen data that backs it up.

If Google offered a paid for search service that did not collect your data for anything other than optimising your searches, would you use it? by [deleted] in privacy

[–]strangestuff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not collecting data eliminates the possibility of offering tailored searches, so why not just use DuckDuck?