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F/U: Steve Gibson's comments on his podcast of Security Now! #758 - 03-17-20 https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/758?autostart=false "A despicable attack on encryption It surely does appear that our government, embodied by crypto-naive politicians, is, one way or another, going to figure out how to break into the encryption-protected assets of American citizens. The most recent effort, dubbed the “EARN IT” act is almost despicable. First of all “EARN IT” is the most tortured abbreviation we've encountered in some time. It stands for: “Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies.” So, get a load of this. What is it that strong data encrypting companies would be “earning”? The legislation proposes to strip the protection provided by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from certain apps and companies which would then hold them responsible for user- uploaded content... unless they provide a means for “lawful access” to their encryption- protected content. In other words, the legal protections that currently serve to hold all of our online social media companies harmless for whatever their users post, would now need to be “earned” by allowing law enforcement to have access. Sadly, EARN IT is a bipartisan effort, having been introduced by (no surprise) anti-encryption crusader Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal and other legislators who continually use the specter of online child exploitation to argue for the weakening of encryption. Remember that we discussed this back in December 2019: While grilling Facebook and Apple, Lindsey threatened to regulate encryption unless the companies give law enforcement access to encrypted user data while pointing to child abuse. Graham said to the assembled tech-company heads: “You’re going to find a way to do this or we’re going to go do it for you. We’re not going to live in a world where a bunch of child abusers have a safe haven to practice their craft. Period. End of discussion.” The EFF notes that one of the problems with the EARN IT bill, among many, is that the proposed legislation “offers no meaningful solutions” to the problem of child exploitation. They wrote: "It doesn’t help organizations that support victims. It doesn’t equip law enforcement agencies with resources to investigate claims of child exploitation or training in how to use online platforms to catch perpetrators. Rather, the bill’s authors have shrewdly used defending children as the pretense for an attack on our free speech and security online." If passed, the legislation will create a “National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention” tasked with developing “best practices” for owners of Internet platforms to “prevent, reduce, and respond” to child exploitation online. But, as the EFF maintains, “Best practices” would essentially translate into legal requirements: "If a platform failed to adhere to them, it would lose essential legal protections for free speech." It turns out that the “best practices” approach arose from pushback over the bill’s predicted effects on privacy and free speech – pushback that caused its authors to roll out the new structure. The best practices would be subject to approval or veto by the Attorney General (currently William Barr, who has himself already issued a public call for backdoors), the Secretary of Homeland Security (ditto), and the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). CNET talked to Lindsey Barrett, a staff attorney at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Public Representation Communications and Technology Clinic who said that the way that the bill is structured is a clear indication that it’s meant to target encryption: "When you’re talking about a bill that is structured for the attorney general to give his opinion and have decisive influence over what the best practices are, it does not take a rocket scientist to concur that this is designed to target encryption." If the bill passes, the choice for tech companies comes down to either weakening their own encryption and endangering the privacy and security of all their users, or foregoing Section 230 protections and potentially facing liability in a wave of lawsuits. A senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said: "The removal of Section 230 liability essentially makes the ‘best practices’ a requirement. The cost of doing business without those immunities is too high."

Good Point Papi - Change my rec to post "Still Open 4 Business - date/time"

PLs can post COVID-19 'closed until further notice' comments under each club's discussion area. They'll show up on the all discussions: front room page; PLs worried that others may miss announcement can 'bump' comment. Too early to perform final rites w/o more info.

TUSCL with SJG is purgatory TUSCL without SJG is heaven

Silence is Golden But............. https://tuscl.net/photos/5e7584cd2f1ee T-Shirt for It Who Must Not Be Named...................Pass the chloroform, please

⬆ Just checked Kansas and Missouri city listings. Both are down to about 20 city/town listings. For MO LL only cities/town WITH clubs or suburbs of those place. Before MO had 100+ listing including unincorporated places and those with ZERO pop. Interesting fact: Conception, MO & nearby Conception Junction were listed as having NO NEARBY strip clubs. Considering the town names seems like a very good idea. 😁

SLD - you've been forever spoiled by jousting with it who shall not be named

Upvote for dancer directory. Not as useful for me in my home area but I appreciate how useful it is to other members. Bring back posting date/time stamps on Comments list. Similar to member's Discussion post list. All Discussion tab lists posts from all 'groups' together. On this page'Start Discussion' defaults to new Front Room post with no option to create post in other group. Invites unintended posting to wrong group [meant political but posted to front room by mistake] Any change to prevent will create a little more work on posters part. So it's a toss-up and depends on how many 'wrong group' occur now to justify change. Personally Neutral but no objection if lots of others upvote; IOW if it useful to lots it flies; if not it dies: * Night /dark mode -personally don't need but ok if it's an *optional* setting * top 40 - no use to me, too out-of-sync with current club status. Okay, if lots of members feel its useful to them. If it's designed as a 'tab' just ignore clicking on it 😁 * More discussions per page: I'm neutral but okay if lots of members upvote. One way would be to shorten all ops and comments to same # of lines with 'more / expand' to view full post/comment.

😁 a whole 'industry' has emerged on TUSCL dedicated to reacting to, mocking, or explaining this fictional persona. Members spend time entertaining each other creating bio backstories based on accepting everything its author wrote as 'gospel', sort of like fans of soap opera or 'reality' show characters do on social media. Absent SJG's distracting posts we'll be 'forced' to focus more on strip club topics and political 'discussions'. Still, they'll always be a fresh crop of 'posers' and outright trolls to distract us. 😁

⬆ medical pot users = essential lol

There will be news stories about guys blowing their entire Covid-19 direct govt checks on strippers 😁

😲 absence even more dramatic affect on board than I imagined. really SEE home much space it takes up on a discussion page. even when on mute/ ignore

No, working the board under another assumed name

😁 troll or not - 'some mental health issues' is a far cry from 'Spent a month on psych 10 years ago' Like repairing a broken arm vs quadruple bypass heart surgery 😁

⬆ Future = Drive-thru humanoid sex doll rentals. Combine it with liquor and marijuana sales. No worries your dancers will sue you over employee-contractor issues.

You first GeordieBoy :) Here, let me kickstart your self-revelation: Care to explain this reveal from your Anyone Have A Stripper Hoe Blackmail Them post - "Spent a month on psych 10 years ago and almost ended up there again over this." ?? Inquiring minds want to know.

⬆Anyone seeing "private" clubs starting up? Recently saw reference to one on ECCIE site. Think it was Dallas SC subforum.

Locally, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few clubs not reopen if this closure continues for several months. Clubs that were struggling before or newly reopened clubs that hadn't gathered a steady customer momentum.

⬆Bummer Papi. I'm bet the situation changes daily or more often, still it's thoughtless not to use online ordering system to immediately notify customers of service changes. I received daily emails over the last three days from a local grocery notifying its customers to changes in online food delivery services, store hours, and closing in-store eateries. No more in-store food sampling tables, too :) So far take-away for prepared food is still available.

Latest Arizona Data on Testing Results and Cases Arizona Health Dept on Twitter: https://twitter.com/azdhs Tl;dr = no reported deaths, 28 positive state-wide w/ 102 tests pending results The COVID Tracking Project collects information from 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and 5 other U.S. territories to provide the most comprehensive testing data we can collect for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. We attempt to include positive and negative results, pending tests, and total people tested for each state or district currently reporting that data. https://covidtracking.com/ Arizona Arizona data Last updated: 3/18 00:00 ET Positive Negative Pending Deaths Total 28 148 102 0 278 Negative = “Ruled Out”. Our total is slightly higher than the state’s site because their total is only from public health labs. We also add in the additional positives from private labs.

jackslash, send me your check I'll put it to good use.

@nicespice - yeah, a chance to see the Rolling Hills Zoo and the Flywheels Yesteryear Museum ain't worth $150 access fee, though I assumed you'd be traveling there way after the pandemic subsided and they dropped the traveling dancer fee. Outhouse...hmm, well....ah, best left to a PM exchange. I think Lawrence is a more interesting and diverse place to visit than Salina. Nearer KC metro and BBQ.:)

If smothering in big tits don't kill ya, Covid-19 will.

@nicespice: re: travel - "I wanted to try out ... Salina KS, Lawrence KS, " Salina, I assume for Shady Lady SC which, since new ownership, has gotten much better reviews. Salina as of the 2010 census, had a population of 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas. It is home to *multiple colleges* as well as the Rolling Hills Zoo, Smokey Hill Vineyard and Winery , and the Central Kansas Flywheels Yesteryear Museum. More importantly, it is just under 50 miles [a stone's throw to Kansans] west of Ft. Riley military base in Junction City. Warning: DO NOT go bare-chested AND carry a knife in public in Salina. "A Salina woman is behind bars after she was spotted walking with her chest exposed and then threatened a man with a knife." [local TV news]. Pass it on to blah. However, in Manhattan, Ks, home to K[ansas]-State U, you are legally allowed to go topless. "Women are now legally allowed to go topless in Manhattan, with some restrictions. The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday unanimously decided to amend the city code to allow females to go topless. However, property owners and businesses may still require all patrons to wear shirts.[...]The [City Attorney] said the government could still prosecute a topless woman who is acting in a lewd manner, which is against state law." Well, on second thought, maybe not you, spice. Your being topless in public might, on its own, be considered lewd. :) Lawrence - I lived there and liked the town very much. I also lived in its near neighbor to the west, Topeka. Despite being the capital, residents favorite tagline was "Committing suicide in Topeka is redundant" Lawrence is the 6th largest city in KS [ latest pop est 97,000+]and home to University of Kansas [KU]. Much more spread out than when I lived there, the center of the city is still bounded by a rectangle of four streets, Sixth, Iowa, 23rd, and Massachusetts [downtown shopping area]. KU main campus lies w/in this boundary. In addition to KU there are startup tech, etc companies and some unique eateries and craft breweries among the usual college town franchises. Great walking scenery. More importantly to you it's home to four SCs: Allstars, Paradise Saloon, Flamingo [Dirty Bird], and The Outhouse. PM me if you're interested in my views on these clubs.

$1000, ........t'aint necessarily so Latest: WH [Mnuchin] likes the idea but not necessarily the amount. Amount based on income AND family size. TWO checks would be mailed, one in early April and one in mid-May. Bottom Line: Don't spend it until it is safely deposited in your account.