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New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online

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  • #2
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    But they won't drop kick people who buy Justin Bieber songs online.


  • #3
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Again you'll have people defending this by saying "nobody was harmed" and the likes. There's clearly something wrong with the process though. Some uses of NORA (non-obvious relationship awareness) software are very worrying.


  • #4
    Christ the Redeemer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭Christ the Redeemer


    Police state. The so-called "liberals" over there have abandoned everything they've been saying while Bush was in office in favour of defending their guy. The conservatives have taken up the shouts for better privacy now they don't have to defend the president. What a cluster****.


  • #5
    clairefontaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭clairefontaine


    Thanks to Guiliani the cops are militarised.


  • #6
    bizmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,895 ✭✭✭bizmark


    Land of the free and the home of the brave swat equipped cop who views the citizen as the enemy

    What a world we have allowed to develope


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  • #7
    Reindeer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Reindeer


    Well, at least we know what we have to do to get a freakin' cop to show up to your door when you really need them nowadays.


  • #8
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    This story is most likely a load of balls.


  • #9
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    Eh a friend of mine wants to know how to erase your google search history.........:)


  • #10
    Elbaston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 443 ✭✭Elbaston


    Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

    death to the infidel.


  • #11
    Aineoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,358 ✭✭✭Aineoil


    Common sense it seems is not very common.


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  • #12
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    ^^^^^^lol


  • #13
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    wandatowell wrote: »
    ^^^^^^lol
    I loled too
    And yet we both thought better of thanking or quoting them


  • #14
    karma_
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,798 ✭✭✭karma_


    Oh... finally 1984 is upon us!


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Elbaston wrote: »
    Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

    death to the infidel.

    why would ye want to hurt Michael D??


  • #16
    karma_
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,798 ✭✭✭karma_


    Elbaston wrote: »
    Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

    death to the infidel.

    You courageous bastard.

    /tips hat


  • #17
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    My friend wants to know what is a non-US homeland security susceptible alternative to google search


  • #18
    Red Nissan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭Red Nissan


    bizmark wrote: »
    Land of the free and the home of the brave swat equipped cop who views the citizen as the enemy

    What a world we have allowed to develope

    NAWFUL PITY "911" WASN'T REAL. Google is dangerous. They recently deleted my Youtube account because I did NOT want to join Google Plus.

    We've seen the signs and that Jones Guy has been shouting with implied insanity all along.


  • #19
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    snubbleste wrote: »
    My friend wants to know what is a non-US homeland security susceptible alternative to google search

    duckduckgo is probably the best.
    The links in google search results don't actually link directly to the sites, but link back to google with a load of post parameters giving details of your behaviour. NOt all search engines do this (e.g. duckduckgo doesn't, and neither does bing).

    In case it's not clear what I mean, if I search for security in google, the first result is article on Wikipedia, but the hyperlink is not a link to the article itself but rather:

    http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSecurity&ei=yLT6UaT7A6WS7AbP04GADQ&usg=AFQjCNEMSPdrbwl6XGxdGXsyYGdFmI5axA&sig2=YXhsaB4LXvWeNrajcix3iA&bvm=bv.50165853,d.ZGU

    I predict my targeted ads will be telling me a lot about security for a while after posting that here...:)


  • #20
    Red Nissan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭Red Nissan


    blatantrereg wrote: »
    http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSecurity&ei=yLT6UaT7A6WS7AbP04GADQ&usg=AFQjCNEMSPdrbwl6XGxdGXsyYGdFmI5axA&sig2=YXhsaB4LXvWeNrajcix3iA&bvm=bv.50165853,d.ZGU

    ..:)

    Can I post that on Youtube?


  • #21
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    snubbleste wrote: »
    My friend wants to know what is a non-US homeland security susceptible alternative to google search

    Tor Browser and Duck Duck Go search.


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  • #22
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    Red Nissan wrote: »
    Can I post that on Youtube?
    Probably? (I thought you were asking my permission the first time I read that) You can find pages listing what some of them mean if you search.


  • #23
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Duckduckgo is based in the US though
    Ixquick.com claims it is the world's most private search engine, which duckduckgo also recommends


  • #24
    Christ the Redeemer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭Christ the Redeemer


    Elbaston wrote: »
    Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

    death to the infidel.

    If you're outside Yankeestan they can just drop a bomb on your family.


  • #25
    wolf99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭wolf99


    Just copy and paste from here: http://trollthensa.com/
    Hey! How’s it going? I’m all right.

    My job is so ****ty I wish I could overthrow my boss. It’s like this oppressive regime where only true believers in his management techniques will stay around. I work marathon-length hours and he’s made all these changes that have made it the worst architecture firm to work at in Manhattan. Like he moved the office to the Financial District and fired my assistant. She was the only one who knew where the blueprints were! I need access to those blueprints to complete my job! F my life, right? And he keeps trying to start all these new initiatives to boost revenue, but seriously we just need to stick to what we do best. There’s only one true profit center. I seriously feel ready to go on strike at any second.

    I just read this article about how these free radical particles can cause the downfall of good health and accelerate aging. These could actually cause death to millions of Americans. If these particles are flying around undetected everywhere, does that mean we’re all radicalized?

    Have you seen the second season of Breaking Bad? I just finished it. I couldn’t believe that episode where they poison the guy with ricin! That was the bomb! I won’t say any more because I don’t want to reveal the earth-shattering events to come.

    Oh! So I’ve been planning a big trip for the summer. I’m thinking of visiting all of the most famous suspension bridges in the United States. So probably like the Golden Gate Bridge, The Brooklyn Bridge, and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. I’m gonna bring my younger brother and I know he’ll want to go to bars, so I’m thinking of getting him a fake drivers license, but I hope that doesn’t blow up in my face.

    Okay, I gotta run! I’m late for flight school. I missed the last class where we learn how to land, so I really can’t miss another one. Talk to you later!

    Also... just went to see the movie the world's end, with that guy martin free-man (or freeman) in it, it was pretty kosher!


  • #26
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    blatantrereg wrote: »
    I loled too
    And yet we both thought better of thanking or quoting them

    hahaha very good, I wasn't touching that post :D


  • #27
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    double ended dildo

    I don't even...


  • #28
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Do you own a pressure cooker? My husband said no, but we have a rice cooker. Can you make a bomb with that? My husband said no, my wife uses it to make quinoa. What the hell is quinoa, they asked.

    That is mental. If it wasn't true it would be comical.


  • #29
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Quinoa makes a good adder for dinner salads


  • #30
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,716 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    The police are saying that they were called in by the ex employer of Ms Catalano's husband who were suspicious of what they found on his computer. So it appears that it was not Prism / Big Brother after all. I wouldn't blame the employer in this instance because if there was a repeat of the Boston massacre they would be vilified for not acting.

    And Ms Catalano mustn't have known that the police visit was prompted by her husbands activities at work or she would surely have mentioned that in her blog.

    http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/employer-tipped-off-police-in-pressure-cookerbackpack-gate-not-google/


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  • #31
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    blatantrereg wrote: »
    But google is great and prism shouldn't bother you unless you are a terrorist*

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/new-york-police-terrorism-pressure-cooker

    *This is sarcasm
    Police later said that the investigation was prompted by searches her husband had for pressure cooker bombs and backpacks made at his former workplace. The former employer, believing the searches to be suspicious, alerted police.

    Vital bit to the story that's in that article, nothing to do with PRISM.


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