Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he can and will do whatever the fuck he wants, consequences be damned.
There are never any consequences. Until there are, his whole circus will continue and get worse.
Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he can and will do whatever the fuck he wants, consequences be damned.
There are never any consequences. Until there are, his whole circus will continue and get worse.
The NSA has two jobs.
The first is to break into any computer or communications stream that they feel the need to for “national security needs”. A lot of leeway for bad behavior there, and yes, they’ve done, and almost certainly continue to do, bad things. Note that in theory that is only allowed for foreign targets, but they always seem to find ways around that.
The second, and less well known, job is to ensure that nobody but them can do that to US computers and communications streams. So if they say something will make your computer more secure, it’s probably true, with the important addition of “except from them”.
I won’t pretend I like any of this, but most people are much more likely to be targeted by scammers, bitcoin miners, and ransomware than they are by the NSA itself, so in that sense, following the NSA’s recommendation here is probably better than not.
If you can’t monopolize, the next best thing is to make sure nobody else can.
Maybe it should be. At least part of the package that’s signed.
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
And since no laws actually apply to the billionaire class, they have no existential fear of a Trump administration. Anti immigrant fervor? LGBTQ persecution? Oppression of women? Violent racism? “They won’t affect ME, or anybody I care about, but higher taxes and labor laws might mean I can only buy a thousand foot yacht every month, rather than the 1100 foot one I deserve.”
I’m pretty sure the demographic that talks about “my bitch ex-wife” is mostly in the tank for Trump already.