At a hearing held Tuesday by the US Sentencing Commission, Dubose warned that “cyber-criminals are increasingly using sophisticated technological tools like ‘proxies’ to evade detection and prosecution.”
— Sentencing commission ponders extra jail time for proxy users – Ars Technica
This is hiliariously depressing. I have to wonder how much of his ignorance is truely just cluelessness and how much of it is willful keyword fear mongering.
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When it comes to technology, I’ve learned that stupidity and ignorance often go hand in hand…
I go with fear mongering due to ignorance.
It’s a delightful blend of both. A dash of fearmongering, a pinch of ignorance, and viola: a new “cyber-criminal” law is born!
Anything more complicated than a series of tubes is more technology than these people can handle.
proxies used to work for foreigners to watch Hulu but now they do not. foxyproxy is useless to me now!
goodbye router mac address.