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This is a big one, and very disturbing and damaging. And, it sounds like it's totally normal and the people guilty are the ones with their private info stolen; identity, passwords, credit card numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, all.

143 million people!

"The exposure of this data -- which included some credit card numbers but, more significantly, people's birthdays and Social Security numbers -- coming from a company that profits from selling your confidential data should make Americans outraged, says Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center."

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/15/pf/equifax-lawsuits/index.html
 
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I knew it.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/23/...ckers-targeted-election-systems-cybersecurity

We need better systems of democracy if we want to improve the world we live in and work towards peace all together for the survival of our planet and of the 7.5 billion men, women and children living on it.

It's a beautiful blue planet; why screw it by letting hackers take control over?

It would be best to do it manually instead of relating on the flawed computer system where all bandits like to hang nowadays.

It is funny because before the computers we didn't know about all the bad apples. Now with the Internet they can't even catch them. Is that telling us something new that will never change?

We need more laws, more judges, more CIA guys.
 

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To make better citizens we need better schools with better teachers. We also need better judges and lawyers and prosecutors, better CEOs and better laws too to protect the good citizens who pay taxes all their life and even after life!

We need better agents too, and more jails. We need to put all the bad citizens in them...drug dealers, corrupted politicians and CEOs, Wall Street bad apples, and all the rest of the gang up to no good...sex addicts, rapists, killers, emotionally unstable, women and child traffickers, mind controllers, terrorists, street gangs, gang bangers, cult leaders, KKK, professional career criminals of all venues and of all type of crimes including brain washing and enslavers and all that very very bad jazz from the scums of this planet without an education who selected illegal criminal activities as their jobs and hobbies.
 
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The USA already has the best Government and legal system that money can buy.
 

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“Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.”

Frank Zappa
 

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“Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.”

Frank Zappa
Another drugged out zombie that thought he gained special insight into the workings of the world during a 3 day blotter acid trip. :confused: :D
 

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And how.
 

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Uh huh. Pictures or it didn't happen.
 

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He played a "coke lord" on a Miami Vice episode.


Not very convincing, though.

The Congressional Testimony (same year, 1985) was more interesting to me.

I don't think it tops his appearance in UK Court, though. See Chapter 7 here.
 
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Methinks you are confusing him with someone else.

I'm sure Zappa did plenty of drugs.

Who didn't in that era? Heck, I'm not sober most nights of the week.

But definitely not a zombie. His symphonic works certainly showcase the extent of his talents.
 

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http://uk.businessinsider.com/verti...lions-from-1100-websites-forums-stolen-2016-6

Recently I have read that over 1,100 websites have been hacked, involving some 45 million registered members, and including some audio websites.
Twitter accounts with over 32 million passwords? → http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/10/11900792/twitter-locks-some-accounts-password-leak-not-hacked

I am not a computer expert, I'm just reading the news that we can use.
I don't know if you guys read similar news as I, but early this year, apparently, there was some websites hacked.
Back in January and in February, some of those sites could well be some of the ones you are registered with an account.

Do you know how to verify that? → https://www.leakedsource.com/
https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/verticalscope

Furthermore, passwords are sensitive, and changes are happening; did you read about the news?

What is your overall take? ...Amir, I would love to know your take on this, and if you need more info I can provide it to you.

Do you guys have a Twitter account? ....Facebook account? ...Instagram account?
Do you know all the ins and outs of security breach within some Internet companies?
Websites all over the world are run by media companies; do you know the most and less secured ones?

Did you read about the latest news from some of the sites you frequent? Are you a registered member somewhere with a hacked account? Did you receive info regarding a change of password?

Thanks for reading and cheers, ...news we can all use.
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http://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker...reds-of-verticalscope-car-tech-sports-forums/
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...xposes-45-million-accounts-and-1-000-websites
http://jalopnik.com/45-million-accounts-hacked-at-some-of-the-biggest-car-f-1782030203

By the way, the company running ASR's website seems to be more solid.
We are only 150 of us here in the forums but we are safe. :)
{Because of the science of audio, technologies in the latest visual and auditory developments, the love of music and cinema and arts and nature and people, the acceptance of analog and digital, the appreciation of objective and subjective analyses, and the safety of this site, we should be 150,000 members by now...I truly think.}

Use TOR.
 
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If you are working for the government or the FBI or the CIA or a group of up-to-no-good satanic cult, like Scientology, yes, use TOR.

But for simple audio people like us, Science and Audiofiles, no need to, we are very very safe.
 
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Watch the short video: http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/08/technology/marissa-mayer-congress/index.html

@ the end they make tons of money, they apologized by blaming the Russians, and they go back to their mansions in their jacuzzis.
The millions of customers, us, we got our lives stolen, and we have to watch over our shoulders till we die, then our children.
But the CEOs of Yahoo and Equifax have billions of dollars to enjoy spending, and to their children and all their future generations.

Go to school, learn something, work hard, get married, have few children, open an email account, be happy.
We, are the ones who are responsible for our future, we elect the people who we entrusted, they make the laws, we abide by, we die.
The Russians? They are just like kids, they like to play, and we play with them by blaming them...that's how smart we are.

I don't know about you but me I think we are not very good @ many things except @ failing.
 
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It feels like ages since last time hackers were in the news.
Every single day hackers from all over the world don't take a single break, they never rest, and thousands more join the hacking cyber internet every week. No matter if it's on Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Amazon, government agencies, the FBI, CIA, KGB, ... hackers from Russia, North Korea, Alaska, Canada, USA, UK, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, ...from terra del fuego to the north pole hackers are working non-stop around the clock to disrupt global warming, steal bitcoins, profit from credit cards theft, start wars, even hacking other expert hackers. Everything that is online is hackable and hackers know that very well.

How do we know that? Hackers whistleblowers.

Anyway ...

HOW CHINA IS USING QUANTUM PHYSICS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND STOP HACKERS

http://www.newsweek.com/china-using-quantum-physics-take-over-world-695026
 
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