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the tumblelog of steven berg

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“At what point does a person abandon political affiliation? This is the question that Swanson and the rest of the you’re-right-but-don’t-be-hasty crowd resolutely refuse to address. If ethnic cleansing followed by war followed by more war followed by interment and nuclear bombs and then more war and more war and economic sanctions and more war right on up to the present is insufficient reason to divest from the Donk, then what would mark sufficiency? Does Barack have to strap a kitten and a baby to every piece of US ordnance prior to use?” Who Is IOZ?: Ipsos custodiet

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“With its aggressive advertising campaign and a CEO who publishes his Social Security number and dares people to steal his identity — Todd Davis, 457-55-5462 — LifeLock is a company that’s easy to hate. […] The biggest smear is that LifeLock didn’t even protect Todd Davis, and that his identity was allegedly stolen. It wasn’t. Someone in Texas used Davis’s SSN to get a $500 advance against his paycheck. It worked because the loan operation didn’t check with any of the credit bureaus before approving the loan — perfectly reasonable for an amount this small. The payday-loan operation called Davis to collect, and LifeLock cleared up the problem. His credit report remains spotless.” Schneier on Security: LifeLock and Identity Theft

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