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ygkkojr6on Hacker facing an 8-year jail term for exposing vulnerabilities in Magyar Telekom

Having a corrupt public servant (if this is the case here) does not make a country a "repressive state".

It's highly unlikely this guy will actually go to prison. weev, on the other hand, did go to prison. Is the US a "repressive state"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev#AT&T_data_breach

ygkkojr6on Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

It's incredible how condescending people here are. Since you see no value in Facebook, those who use it a lot must be uneducated barbarians who are not willing to spend their time on [thing you enjoy]

ygkkojr6on Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

I don't understand what the ISPs are earning here?

We have zero-rated Facebook/WhatsApp plans here in Spain but they are only available for certain, somewhat expensive plans. If Facebook or WhatsApp were zero-rated for cheap plans, nobody would pay for data, including myself.

ygkkojr6on California's constitution makes affordable housing hard to build

If I buy an expensive house/flat in a nice neighbourhood the last thing I want is a new building full of problematic people. Sounds like political suicide, really.