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| From | Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files |
| Date | 2015-02-27 13:54 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <mcpsu8$fn2$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <zEMi2dTAnVzOxey+lSUCHpbC@dont-email.me> <mcprjb$ah$4@solani.org> |
On 27/02/15 13:31, RS Wood wrote: > On 2015-02-27, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote: >> >> Quoting from the URL above: >> >> After coming under intense pressure PayPal has closed the account >> of cloud-storage service Mega. According to the company, SOPA >> proponent Senator Patrick Leahy personally pressured Visa and >> Mastercard who in turn called on PayPal to terminate the account. >> Bizarrely, Mega's encryption is being cited as a key problem. > > As a Yank, let me say "now I know what my elected leaders spend their > time on, instead of actually governing the nation." Democracy sucks, > except for the fact we will eventually have a chance to vote dorkwads > like Leahy out of office. They and their supporters call it democracy when it it is oligarchy. > If ever there were doubt that America's Congress is in the pocket of > special corporate interests, here you go. Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the rest of us. "Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence." [1] "American democracy is a sham, no matter how much it's pumped by the oligarchs who run the country (and who control the nation's "news" media)." [2] [1] http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9354310 [2] http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 (I note that the primary source abstracted in [1] costs $30.)
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Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-02-27 13:05 +0000
Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-27 13:31 +0000
Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-02-27 13:54 +0000
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