FBI's Latest Proposal for a Wiretap-Ready Internet Should Be Trashed.

The article has some errors. It uses the nebulous term "cloud" as if it meant something coherent. It recommends "secure" services that use encryption which users can't trust, because they require a nonfree client program — that is, a program not under the control of its users.

The article also has the bizarre idea that using encryption you can really trust is only for criminals, and that they will have to write it for themselves.

Everyone who wants to communicate confidentially on the Internet needs trustworthy encryption, but you don't need to write it. The GNU Privacy Guard, free/libre software for encryption, has been available for over a decade. Unless you're a sucker with a clouded mind, GPG is for you.

Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform.

I am more concerned with this issue than with immigration as such.

US citizens: oppose military intervention in Syria.

A large conspiracy stole 45 million dollars from banks by counterfeiting prepaid debit cards.

In the past, I would have said this was wrong, but now that banks are robbing people every day, I don't care if banks get robbed.

A salmon farm as overwhelmed a Scottish lake with high levels of pesticide.