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nsgoetzon Malware scam appears to use GPS data to catch speeding Pennsylvania drivers

I like how that article refers to the cops as "very sporting" for not enforcing these fake tickets.

nsgoetzon The Rest Is Advertising – Confessions of a Sponsored Content Writer

There is good journalism out there - you just have to be more picky to weed out all the bad sources. Fivethirtyeight is probably my favorite resource. Even though they have a niche, that niche is data driven articles, which to me means evidence driven journalism. I'll never get 100% of my news from them, but it is a strong start. I honestly am not sure how they make money. I know they are owned by ESPN (so... Disney by extension?), but not much more than that.

nsgoetzon Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly

So life won't always find a way?

nsgoetzon I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10

I love this idea - I just submitted it as a suggestion in the feedback app.