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ropetin commented on Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number theintercept.com/2026/02/... · Posted by u/lehi

tick_tock_tick · 4 days ago

Why is this a bad thing? It's just like India kicking out those two tourists for political signs. I can't see any benefit at all to allowing tourist or student visas is this case to participate in "activism".

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/india-orders-british-tou...

ropetin · 4 days ago

If I'm reading you right, you're saying if one country does something bad, that makes it OK for another country to do the same? You can likely find a country in the world doing any heinous thing you can think of, so is everything on the table? What about positive things? Lots of countries have socialized medicine, so by your logic doesn't that mean the US should, too?

And if you think activism is bad for non-residents (non-citizens?) who do you think should decide what constitutes activism? A student goes to a pro-Israel rally, is that deportable activism? A tourist goes to an 'adopt-a-puppy' event at a no-kill shelter and donates $10, is that deportable activism?

ropetin commented on Why I Disappeared – My week with minimal internet in a remote island chain kenklippenstein.com/p/why... · Posted by u/eh_why_not

ropetin · 2 months ago

> Contrary to the national security threat machine’s picture of a country at war with itself, we all got along so swimmingly that the idea of a civil war or anything like it struck me as laughable, as did the notion that the statistically insignificant number of politically-motivated killings, though real, said anything at all about the vast majority of real-world Americans.

This line of thinking drives me crazy, especially from someone like Ken. Just because a bunch of privileged Americans were friendly with each other while enjoying an amazing time in nature doesn't immediately negate the very real problems going on in the US.

ropetin commented on Stop Hacklore – An Open Letter hacklore.org/letter... · Posted by u/zdw

ocdtrekkie · 3 months ago

Password managers are one of those things I am still stunned is staying popular for advice, even though it's nearly akin to "use one password for everything". I assume a big part of it is the affiliate deals subscription password managers have with infosec influencers.

There are absolutely valid use cases, but they are much fewer and further between than people claim.

ropetin · 3 months ago

It would be interesting to do a study (if one hasn't already been done) on whether password manager use reduces the number of compromises an individual has or not.

I think if used correctly they can be a net benefit, but the question is how many users actually use them correctly. Isn't the security they offer based on a user only having to remember a single complex and unique password for the manager, and then let it handle unique and complex passwords for everything else. The question is, however, how many users just set the password manager password to 'ImSecure123!' and use it to autofill the same old reused passwords they've always used?

ropetin commented on Stop Hacklore – An Open Letter hacklore.org/letter... · Posted by u/zdw

ropetin · 3 months ago

I find it interesting that the comment about VPNs offering little additional privacy or security benefits is wrapped up under 'Avoid Public WiFi' rather than being called out explicitly. It drives me nuts all the ads I see for NordVPN or whatever claiming that by using their services you are now totally safe from all the hacks. If anything, it makes the median user less safe because they have a false sense of security.

ropetin commented on DOGE employees ordered to stop using Slack 404media.co/doge-employee... · Posted by u/pulisse

ropetin · a year ago

Wouldn't it be the AGs who recently got 'let go'?

And why did you go straight to whataboutism? Just because one person does bad things it doesn't excuse other people from doing the same bad things. You don't see serial killers lawyers arguing, "I know my client killed 17 people, but what about that Jeffrey Dahmer, eh?"

ropetin commented on Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s cjonline.com/story/news/p... · Posted by u/toastedwedge

thinkingtoilet · a year ago

Or you can be an adult and vote for the best option. Harris and the Democratic establishment are certainly not saints and I could rant for hours at how bad they are, but she was a competent woman and at least tried to float solutions to our problems as opposed to being a party of billionaires who is happy to burn it all down.

ropetin · a year ago

Exactly this! I just don't understand how this is hard for otherwise competent people to grasp. The explanation I've used in the past is the choices are either being stabbed in the face or kicked in the balls. Ideally I'd not have either, but forced between one or the other I know which one I'd pick.

ropetin commented on NIH hit with freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/carbocation

refurb · a year ago

He ran on “lock her up” in 2016 and never followed through.

I find it hilarious that everyone is scared of Trump when there was a concerted effort by the other side to use the justice system to stop him from ever running again.

Need I remind everyone of multi-year Russiagate investigation that was all made up? The misdemeanor charges that becomes felonies with massive fines? The media collusion to silence the Hunter Biden laptop story when the FBI knew at the time it was real?

It’s the pot calling the kettle black. It’s the thieves accusing everyone else of stealing.

ropetin · a year ago

> I find it hilarious that everyone is scared of Trump when there was a concerted effort by the other side to use the justice system to stop him from ever running again.

I honestly don't get what you mean by this. Lets say all your comments about Biden, the FBI, laptops and whatever else are 100% true. How does that change if I should be worried about stuff Trump might do? To use a totally extreme example, if John Wayne Gacy went around talking all the shit in the world about Jeffrey Dahmer, does that somehow make Dahmer not a serial killer?

> He ran on “lock her up” in 2016 and never followed through.

So that proves he lies and makes promises he can't/won't/doesn't keep? Is that a positive trait in a politician? How are we supposed to determine when he is 'just joshing, bro' and actually is being truthful? And yes, I know Biden and the dems also make promises they don't keep, but again that doesn't excuse Trump from doing the same.