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Postby nashvillebrook » Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:42 am

does anyone know if it's a common practice for Forum Websites to use registration info to mine data while you're logged on to the site? i read something about this somewhere in the last 72 hours and i can't remember where. <p></p><i></i>
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The best assumption...

Postby banned » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:32 am

...you should make is that any website you ever go to might be doing everything you don't want them to do.<br><br>So, if you have good virus protection, firewall, antispyware-ware, and don't go to sites that are guaranteed to be problems (PORN!), you've done about all you can do.<br><br>People who have forgotten more than most people ever knew about computers are way ahead of you. The only way to be 100% sure you are not being spied on online is to not go online.<br><br>That's a fact of life.<br><br>It gets much more comfortable if you just assume "they" know who you are, where you live, your nickname in fourth grade, and your favorite cheese, and have a record of every web site you ever surfed to and every single word, nay, every single letter or number you have ever typed on any computer you have ever used to go online.<br><br>Then, you can ask yourself whether you are doing or saying anything that would lead "them" to further investigate you, track you down, or carry out a preemptive strike against you.<br><br>If you are a harmless crank, you have nought to worry about. <br><br>If you are the chief bombmaker for the Norwegian Liberation Front (aka the "Lutefiskers" for their dastardly practice of attacking people with dried fish soaked in lye), expect a visit.<br><br>People online who wonder if the gubmint or the corporations know anything about them remind me of cats who go under the couch but their big, fuzzy, swishing tails are hanging out.<br><br>Their humans usually indulge them, going "Oh gee where is the CAT? Have you see the CAT?" <br><br>They see you.<br><br>I recommend waving back. <br><br>YO, Admiral Poindexter! What up dawg? <p></p><i></i>
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Re: The best assumption...

Postby AnnaLivia » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:23 pm

she's right.<br><br>(for 50 bucks, i'll give you her bra size)<br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br> <p></p><i></i>
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Re: The best assumption...

Postby Col Quisp » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:17 pm

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Then, you can ask yourself whether you are doing or saying anything that would lead "them" to further investigate you, track you down, or carry out a preemptive strike against you.<br><br>If you are a harmless crank, you have nought to worry about.<br><br>If you are the chief bombmaker for the Norwegian Liberation Front (aka the "Lutefiskers" for their dastardly practice of attacking people with dried fish soaked in lye), expect a visit.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>So we should just accept the loss of privacy? So long as we tow (or is it "toe?") the line we needn't worry about having no privacy? <br><br>I don't like it. Maybe I'm just a harmless tinfoil hat wearin' crank, but I don't like it. <p></p><i></i>
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Depends what you mean by 'accept.'

Postby banned » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:23 pm

In Zen, it doesn't mean "agree this is how things OUGHT to be."<br><br>It only means "admit that this is how things are NOW."<br><br>Sure, fight anything you think is unfair! If you've read my posts at all, you know I'm a fighter.<br><br>Just don't duck your head in the sand about what your enemies are up to while you're fighting the good fight.<br><br>AnnaL, you blew it. I haven't worn a bra (except decoratively for gentleman callers in my younger and friskier days <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :eek --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> ) since the early 1970s, goldurn women's libber that I am <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> . Even *I* have no idea what my bra size is.<br><br>Admiral Poindexter, if you do, drop me an email and let me know, k?<br><br>Thanks, Pointy-poo. <br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>
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Re: Depends what you mean by 'accept.'

Postby Col Quisp » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:32 pm

Banned,<br>I didn't mean to imply that you in particular were accepting this. Sorry if it came out that way. I just wanted to emphasize that I don't like it!<br><br>I realize this is how things are. I'm really disappointed in myself because sometimes I find that I self-censor for fear of what might be held against me when the FEMA camps arrive, yet I don't do anything to fight it. What can be done about it anyway? I'm not going to stop using the internet. I'm not going to stop wearing my tinfoil hat. <br><br>Last time I checked, we still have the first amendment. Oh wait, that only applies to journalists according to St. Judy! HA <p></p><i></i>
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Postby mother » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:29 pm

You know I love you goils. There is nobody for miles and miles down here who would ever admit to even owning breasts, let alone worry about their privacy. Maybe because talking about politics is forbidden down here, or I havn't cracked the code. I go in and out of bouts of anxiety and doubt; naturally I have a guilt complex and sometimes think they're going to come and get me whether I deserve it or not. Plus, "they" possess not one bit of a sense of humor, so any way you look at it.... <p></p><i></i>
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it's trolls -- CU trolls (sorry to post and run!)

Postby nashvillebrook » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:57 pm

it started so innocently. i got a comment on this weeks' old post:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://johnsoncity.blogspot.com/2005/10/my-disaster-is-worse-than-yours.html">johnsoncity.blogspot.com/...yours.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>figure it's too boring for ME to answer and post it in GD at DU. here's what happens next:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://johnsoncity.blogspot.com/2005/10/battle-of-undergrounds.html">johnsoncity.blogspot.com/...ounds.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>bascially my sleepy little blog is crawling with aggression and hatred from Conservative Underground -- which i had not heard of. i'm looking around and it seems nothing but anti-DU agit and other favorite disrupter sites like media matters. they only have 2,000 registered but it doesn't seem outrageously active. in fact, it seemed so flatly generic, contrived and one-diminsional that i just can't believe it's not wysiwyg. you know? <br><br>now that i'm writing this -- it's coming back to me, i saw the original piece on GLoP...something about a network solutions whois search showed the new owners of a bunch of alt-news, para-news, forum sites was known for running porn/app-cracker forums. and that *registering* on those sites and letting them put cookies on your machine is prolly not so good. i guess my question is, i can't get CU goo on me from just visiting the site can i?<br><br>the front page of my blog template crap out like 3 times now and i'm wondering if it's related.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.conservativeunderground.com//forum/showthread.php?t=22664&page=1&pp=25">www.conservativeundergrou...ge=1&pp=25</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>
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Re: it's trolls -- CU trolls (sorry to post and run!)

Postby FourthBase » Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:04 pm

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>If you are the chief bombmaker for the Norwegian Liberation Front (aka the "Lutefiskers" for their dastardly practice of attacking people with dried fish soaked in lye), expect a visit.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Shouldn't that mean that they could wipe out terrorism in a matter of days? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>I'm beginning to accept reality the Zen way. <p></p><i></i>
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Postby Homeless Halo » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:41 pm

nashville:<br><br>you can "pick up" little things just by visiting, yes, but not nearly as intensive as the things that you can get by actually "doing" something there. (sort of like STDs versus a common cold)<br><br>Everytime you visit anywhere, your computer makes secondary connections to other computers. Information is sent and received. Therefore any good cracker, even a properly equipped 12yr old can get info from your computer just from your surfing. Most webmasters don't have anything like that, but the technology exists. You can be certain that "they" have it. Fact is, they built the internet for their purposes, not ours, and it does all sorts of things "we" don't know how to make it do.<br><br>That being said, it isn't THAT scary, the "them" part. At present, you have to worry more about spammers than the secret government, even at a place like THIS one. Think about how many people work for ALL the intelligence agencies with the capability to spy on you...then think of how many people are using the technology who aren't spies...<br><br>They don't have enough human resources to spy on all of us. It'd take a third of us to do that. Nowadays, with such horrible economic trends, most agencies, local and national are cutting back on personnel and shifting lots of funding into advanced weaponry. The internet would have to be regulated to make it where "they" really could spy on you. <br><br>The capability to do it, and the capability to do it to everyone all the time, are not the same thing.<br> <p></p><i></i>
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Use a proxy

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godaddy hate

Postby veritas » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:39 am

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Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353<br> Scottsdale, Arizona 85260<br> United States<br> (480) 624-2599<br><br> Domain servers in listed order:<br> NS1.CONSERVATIVEUNDERGROUND.COM<br> NS2.CONSERVATIVEUNDERGROUND.COM<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Who else registers with DomainsbyProxy?<br><br>How about <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://judicial-inc.biz/False_Flags_summary.htm.">judicial-inc.biz/False_Fl...mmary.htm.</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>How about <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.iamthewitness.com/">www.iamthewitness.com/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Lots of hate on godaddy. Wonder why?<br><br>Here's a blog entry form their owner. Not a nice man.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Sunday, June 19. 2005<br>Close Gitmo? No way!! Think our interrogation methods are tough? Prisoners in the Middle East talk quick. Here's why.<br>May we never forget the day!<br>I still remember the day like it was yesterday. Planes, filled with innocent people, brutally hijacked and exploded into buildings. Countless people (some holding hands) decided to jump hundreds of feet to their death, rather than being burned alive by the scorching flames. And when they landed, they unfortunately killed other people who were on the ground trying to help.<br><br>On that day 2,819 people died. The vast majority of them were Americans, but the death toll included citizens from 115 other nations.<br><br>Of all those brutally and senselessly murdered, only 289 of them had their bodies recovered intact. Those who had the grisly task of digging through the carnage, found a total of 19,858 body parts.<br><br>It was indeed, a dark day for this country. As you might guess, I’m talking about the tragedy that struck America on September 11, 2001.<br><br>America did not deserve 9-11.<br>There are those that have since said we “deserved” this attack. They’ve said we “had it coming”. I could not disagree more. To me, saying that we “had it coming” is the same as saying that someone deserved to be raped – i.e., that they were “asking for it”. No individual, of course, ever deserved to be raped, and our country did not deserve to be attacked on 9-11.<br><br>Since 9-11, we have been fortunate in that there’s not been another terrorist attack on United States soil. I think there are a number of reasons for this. They are:<br><br>1. We’ve taken the fight to the terrorists in Afghanistan, Iraq and other places.<br>2. The terrorists, as a result of our country’s outrage and overwhelming military response to the 9/11 attacks, are disorganized and off balance.<br>3. Our military and intelligence services are now proactive in hunting down terrorist cells wherever they are and are destroying them.<br><br>To me United States' soil is sacred.<br>I believe that there is nothing more sacred than United States soil and that it deserves to be protected at all costs. If there is another country or a group who would do us harm, then we must be both smart and tough enough to first destroy them.<br><br>Gitmo serves an important purpose in our fight against terror.<br>One of the most important assets we are using to protect Americans both at home and abroad is our military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- “Gitmo.”<br><br>The prisoners at Gitmo are America's sworn enemies.<br>Presently there are over 500 prisoners there; once there were a few hundred more, but over 200 of them have been returned to their country of origin. Most of the prisoners there are “terrorists” and are, beyond any shadow of a doubt, enemies of the United States.<br><br>One of the Gitmo detainees is the so called "20th hijacker."<br>One of the detainees is Mohammed al-Qahtani, who is widely reputed to be the 20th hijacker. However, because of an alert INS official, Mohammed al-Qahtani was not allowed to enter our country. He did not participate in the 9-11 massacre only because he was turned away by immigration. Mohammed al-Qahtani was supposed to provide "muscle" for the team that hijacked United flight number 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania. Because of his absence, that plane was hijacked by a team of four -- not five -- terrorists. This lack of muscle may be why the hijackers on flight 93 were able to be overwhelmed by the passengers and prevented from completing their deadly mission. The other three planes on 9-11 were hijacked by cells of five terrorists, and each five man cell accomplished what it set out to do. Mohammed al-Qahtani was captured by our military in Afghanistan where he was fighting with the Taliban against our forces.<br><br>Time Magazine's recent article.<br>Time Magazine recently ran a large article where it talks in detail about the interrogation techniques our military is using to get Mohammed al-Qahtani to talk. Some who read the article, like Dick Durbin, the Senator from Illinois, were horrified that our military would use such interrogation techniques.<br><br>Senator Durbin likened the actions of our military at Gitmo to those of Nazis, Soviet gulags and the “mad regime” of dictator Pol Pot. I find this to be a ridiculous exaggeration and an inappropriate comparison, as many millions perished under the cruelty of each of the regimes Senator Durbin compares us with. Fortunately, many others also do not agree with Senator Durbin and resent his comments.<br><br>The interrogation techniques at Gitmo are very mild.<br>It’s important to note that to date, there have been no fatalities among the prisoners at Gitmo. Some of the “terrible” techniques we are being decried for using in Gitmo are sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, exposure to cold and heat (as in a cold room), mental games, constant questioning, etc. All of it, when compared to what has been done in the Middle East to extract information from prisoners is mild, indeed.<br><br>Interrogation techniques in the Middle East are incredibly brutal.<br>In the Middle East, it’s not uncommon to use murder, rape, extreme physical torture (like running a drill through a prisoner’s head), electrical shocks to the genitalia, pulling out fingernails, dripping acid on victims, or burning victims with a hot iron or blow torch. Yes, it’s a brutal crowd that we’re at war with over there.<br><br>Among the most infamous torture devices in the Middle East is a Syrian invention—they call it Al-Abd Al-Aswad--The Black Slave. The victim is strapped to a chair with a hole in the center. A red hot poker then rises from the hole and goes into the victim’s rectum. It goes in and out and can go as deep as the intestines. I suspect that Syrian interrogators find out rather quickly whatever it is they want to learn.<br><br>Senator Durbin strikes again!<br>In response to a hailstorm of criticism, Senator Durbin returned to the Senate floor and re-read his earlier "Nazi" and "Soviet gulag" comments verbatim. He then described what he felt were the alarming interrogation techniques being used on the detainees at Gitmo. He mentioned holding a detainee in such cold temperatures that he actually shivered, another was held in heat passing 100 degrees, some were left in isolation so long they "fouled theirselves" -- and if this wasn't enough, he told about a prisoner that was actually forced to listen to rap music. I can't help but wonder how rappers like Snoop Dog would respond to the accusation that being forced to listen to their recordings, is an unacceptable form of torture.<br><br>Key prisoners at Gitmo still have not talked -- because our interrogation methods are so weak.<br>Given the type of individuals we have incarcerated at Gitmo (all of them would love to gouge out your eyes --- and most certainly my eyes), the interrogation techniques we are using there are incredibly mild. All of the prisoners receive regular medical attention. In contrast, Americans who are captured in the Middle East have their heads hacked off. The point here is that there’s just no comparison.<br><br>Nevertheless, vital information has been obtained from some of the Gitmo detainees.<br>So even though our interrogation techniques are weak, and even laughable by Middle Eastern standards, our military has nevertheless been able to obtain vital information from the detainees at Gitmo. This information has been used to save American lives both at home and abroad.<br><br>Now there's a call to close Gitmo.<br>So it has come to light that our military has been unkind, and on occasion, even mean to our sworn enemies being held at Gitmo. And of course, as a result, there’s now a call to shut the prison down. Of course, those who would have us close the prison, as usual, have no alternative suggestions. They just think it’s terrible that our military would deprive a prisoner of sleep, or allow him to get cold enough to shiver, in order to protect our country -- so we should close the prison.<br><br>Put cameras in their cells?<br>I was watching The Beltway Boys (a political talk show on Fox) this evening. One commentator on the show even suggested that we install a camera in each cell at Gitmo to make sure there are no abuses. Once again, this man needs to remember that the people in those cells are our sworn enemies. Instead of transferring them to Gitmo, had we handed these detainees over to our Middle Eastern allies, and allowed them to do the interrogation, we would have found out whatever we wanted to know overnight. Then, of course, the terrorists would now be a shadow of their former selves -- assuming they didn't die in the process. In fact, fearing this very thing (i.e., being turned over to a Middle Eastern ally for interrogation) Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the terrorist who master minded the 9-11 attacks, upon capture immediately confessed everything he knew.<br><br>Our military did not turn these prisoners over to our allies in the Middle East, for interrogation, because we as Americans do not support the use of torture to get information. I also personally do not think we should ever resort to torture. That said, I do not consider the interrogation techniques that are being used at Gitmo (ie sleep deprivation, etc.) to be torture.<br><br>Let's put the detainees at Gitmo on trial.<br>Senator McCain recently came out and requested that we put the detainees at Gitmo on trial. That way those that are not a threat to this country, or who may be there in error, can be returned home. I agree with Senator McCain's recommendation.<br><br>Closing Gitmo would be a mistake.<br>I think that it would be a mistake if we closed Gitmo – most certainly if we did it just to be politically correct with our sworn enemies. I, for one, support what our military has done and is doing there. We can’t lose sight of the fact that we are indeed at war with very vicious people.<br><br>We need to decide as Americans what is right and what is wrong.<br>But maybe even the mild methods of interrogation being used at Gitmo are more than this country wants to have employed on its behalf. We have to decide as Americans what's more important. Should we do whatever it takes to protect our borders, even if it means using mild but unpleasant methods of interrogation? Or should we, unlike our enemies, simply refuse to resort to this sort of thing. Based on the comments I've seen on this Blog, and the completion of the survey, American's seem split 50-50 over which direction they want our country to take.<br><br>Why the invasion of Iraq happened.<br>As everyone now knows, we invaded Iraq because the intelligence community was flat out wrong about there being weapons of mass destruction there. One of the reasons we had such bad information goes back to the shackles put on the CIA by the Committee head by Senator Frank Church back in 1975. It's true that the CIA was literally out of control and needed to be reigned in, but the Committee went overboard in imposing restraints on the CIA's ability to gather intelligence. My friends in the intelligence community tell me that as a result of those restraints (and others subsequently imposed) the CIA has largely become ineffective as an intelligenge gathering service. The point to be made here is that once we soften our intelligence gathering methods (ie like the methods currently being used at Gitmo) there is no way back. Then our defense capabilities (because we don't have good information on which to base our decisions) become weaker, and we become more vulnerable to attacks both at home and abroad. So we need to be very careful in making this decision.<br><br>If I get enough requests, I'll post the video.<br>After writing this article, I once again watched a video showing people jumping to their deaths, one after another, from the World Trade Center. I’ve thought about making this video available for those reading this blog to see. The video can be found by searching on line, but finding it takes a little effort. If I get enough requests, I’ll make it available. I find that watching it helps me keep things in perspective. Compared to those Americans and others who were forced to jump to their death on 9-11, the detainees at Gitmo really don't have it so bad.<br><br>A special note to the reader.<br>Since this blog article was posted I have been accused repeatedly of supporting the use of torture to get information from prisoners. This is simply not true. I do not, under any circumstance, support the use of torture. I do not consider the use of interrogation techniques such as sleep deprivation or the playing of rap music to be torture.<br>Posted by Bob Parsons in Hot Points at 00:47<br>Add Comment<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.bobparsons.com/CloseGitmoNowayThinkourinterrogationmethodsaretoughPrisonersintheMiddleEasttalkquickHereswhyt.html">www.bobparsons.com/CloseG...swhyt.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
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