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Re:Tracking the Owner of Kickass Torrents – Schneier on Secu... by JohnStrange on Friday September 16, 2016 @08:02AM (#12513394)
It's pretty Kafkaesque that a "Department of Homeland Security" investigates citizens who run simple torrent trackers.

I just can't get used to this terminology.

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Re:Tracking the Owner of Kickass Torrents – Schneier on Secu... by pdkl95 on Friday September 16, 2016 @08:33AM (#12513536)
Enforcing copyright under the excuse of "homeland security" is a subsidy to the media cartels.

/* Regulatory capture sucks.*/

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Re:Tracking the Owner of Kickass Torrents – Schneier on Secu... by ivanhoe on Friday September 16, 2016 @09:20AM (#12513751)
Maybe it's time that they rename Homeland Security to Fatherland Security, it gets that vibe...
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