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Petition for PayPal credit card transactions to be properly regulated

09/06/2008 – 11:09

My petition on the 10 Downing Street Petitions web site has just been approved, so please sign it!
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/3partyccs/
Currently, you are not protected by your credit card company when paying for stuff with a credit card using PayPal, which basically means when buying anything with credit card on eBay too.
The problem is that by using PayPal, [...]

By mojo | Posted in law, politics | Comments (0)

The "I've got nothing to hide" argument

08/06/2008 – 11:36

The argument that no law abiding citizen should have anything to hide, and so surveillance is okay is a deeply flawed one, but one which seems to be quite powerful and rarely properly debunked.
Many people simply respond with rather extreme cases, demanding answers to questions such as “can I see your credit card records then?” [...]

By mojo | Posted in law, privacy | Comments (0)

I own this number

05/06/2008 – 16:27

I own the copyright on the following number. It’s mine, and I’m licensing it under a Creative Commons licence for everyone:
7840503105526216071103157865574030473816135816274075
6659995647367689887704190271686800028652662117436767
3277367311120646735130020647991793716906378068496038
1695401876427914616971423241556196069007992684776810
7140421413129977448963987771460202578977180817576301
0637945407349920630842274701733252363545567191751200
8418817060739478022487892365696480484556391288052670
8409265757194997631649105684044991085523359617979771
5537165589804778865387221835889651966246386788137233
1462875349602216664841504764233358486811183290582291
5278275287922576877967530552582820747972639422108865
3395380485315505521832314901913360126089945951144684
5540895433481351775188493888336736897213647236632858
513568396609123
(C) 2008 MoJo. Creative Commons Licence. By using this number you agree to the licence.
This number is a prime, and the decimal representation of a PNG image file that I created, and is copyright me. [...]

By mojo | Posted in idiots, law | Comments (0)

New "virtual" child porn laws a bad idea

05/06/2008 – 15:34

I have held off writing this entry for a long time, because I was worried about the response I might get. So, I’ll start by pointing out what I hope should be obvious anyway: I do not support or seek to protect paedophiles. Anyone who abuses children deserves punishment.
The issue at hand is new legislation [...]

By mojo | Posted in law, politics | Comments (0)
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