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The USA is already a functional oligarchy. (Or, more accurately, a plutarchy.) It has been functioning as such for some time — since 1992 at the latest, although the roots of this system go back to before the Declaration of Independence — it's a recurrent failure mode. Historically such periods last for a few years then go into reverse. However, this time the trend has been running since 1980 or even earlier. What we're now seeing are the effects of mismanagement by the second generation of oligarchs in power; the self-entitled who were born to it and assume it to be the natural order of things.

Vielleicht fragt ihr euch auch gelegentlich, was die Amis eigentlich machen, wenn sie bei einem Verdächtigen eine Festplattenverschlüsselung vorfinden und die Passphrase nicht haben. Nun, hier erzählt ein Angeklagter, der Secret Service habe denjenigen schlicht von der Türkischen Nationalpolizei foltern lassen, bis er die Passphrase rausrückte. Geht los auf Seite 19. Der Teil davor ist auch ganz allerliebst, da beklagt er sich, dass er die Verbrechen ja als Informant des Secret Service auf deren Anweisung gemacht hat, und die ihm zugesichert haben, dass sie ihn straffrei halten würden.

Then he happened on an article about a little-known government project: The U.S. Secret Service has been working with manufacturers of color laser printers to place tiny, imperceptible yellow dots on printed pages so that the government can track the machine that produced them. Good put the puzzle under a blue-light filter and saw the dots. “It was a breakthrough moment,” he says. “The pattern of dots is practically a map for how everything comes together.”

Most print newspapers will be gone in five years.

“Circulation of print newspapers continues to plummet, and we believe that the only print newspapers that will survive will be at the extremes of the medium – the largest and the smallest,” said Cole. It’s likely that only four major daily newspapers will continue in print form: The New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. At the other extreme, local weekly newspapers may still survive.

Defending privacy at the US border - A guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices https://t.co/JevK3u3J

WiFi-Sicherheitslücke betrifft vermutlich die meisten Router. In 4h durch brute force offen http://t.co/55gW2dPZ via @heise_de, @sviehb

For the network nerds: Some nice traceroutes from http://t.co/GhXW6zmO to #28C3 • IPv4 http://t.co/q81UvM1g • IPv6 http://t.co/WAj6dhvX

For the network nerds: Some nice traceroutes from http://t.co/GhXW6zmO to #28C3 • IPv4 http://t.co/q81UvM1g • IPv6 http://t.co/WAj6dhvX

For the network nerds: Some nice traceroutes from http://t.co/GhXW6zmO to #28C3 • IPv4 http://t.co/q81UvM1g • IPv6 http://t.co/WAj6dhvX

Strategien gegen Bedrohungen aus dem Netz http://t.co/5XNLUcwi

Migrated my blog to http://t.co/aC1q64xQ! :) Looking forward to picking up that blogging thing again - and your comments, feedback, etc!

Datenaufkommen in #Telekom Netzen in D 2011 bei ca. 400000 TB/ Monat = 200 Bio. bedruckte Schreibmaschinenseiten ;-) http://t.co/HDrO98rw

Guter Kommentar von Heribert Prantl zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung #VDS: http://t.co/Wej245sV – passend zur Runde eben auf'm #28C3

"Es gibt eine neue Leitkultur. Es ist die Kultur der Nerds und Geeks.". Bisschen dick aufgetragen, aber naja. http://t.co/GEK6Err9

MultiTetris Display in #28C3 hackcenter. According to @leyrer this is single player mode. (pic taken with consent) http://t.co/paHlmH9X

http://t.co/SfnRByj4 @Nickf4rr dancing on stage trimmed to the ~5 minutes it really lasted

Nettes Interview zur Technophobie die zur Zeit um sich greift bei Cicero: http://t.co/H0s2BuIk

Streit um Vorratsdatenspeicherung: Warum Deutschland ein EU-Verfahren nicht fürchten muss http://t.co/bJPqQSxo

Apple's TV killer 'on shelves by summer 2012' http://t.co/EY0Ivg8v #apple #rumours