By now, you have had the chance to read the updates of both NCommander and Barrabas. Nonetheless, you may still be wondering quite a few things about the site and its staff. Here is your chance to ask us anything. These questions can be general in nature, in which case the staff will select a spokesperson to answer it, or it may be specific to an individual. If the question is for an individual, please ensure you identify that person specifically enough.
We will select the best questions from the thread and provide answers to the community. These questions may not be the highest rated, although we will probably use those first.
In keeping with tradition, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one question per post.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by halcyon1234 on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:34PM
Have you been contacted by the NSA yet to install a blackbox on the site? If not, what will you do when they come around?
wtf? [thedailywtf.com]
(Score: 5, Interesting) by ragequit on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:37PM
What if there's a gag order that they not disclose they have been contacted...
Along those lines, could you put a dead man icon on the site so we know whether or not the above has happened?
Oh! and a transparency report?
and hookers
and blackjack
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(Score: 5, Funny) by youngatheart on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:59PM
Yes, I want the same thing, except I don't care about the dead man icon or transparency report.
(Score: 1) by modecx on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:37PM
Can we get a mashup going and just make it a dead hooker?
(Score: 1) by dast on Wednesday February 19 2014, @02:37PM
Free beer, free as in free. Or freedom. Whatever.
(Score: 1) by sfm on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:17PM
Actually, a better way to do this might be to include wording on the info page that indicates the system is not currently acting in cooperation with the NSA (or other TLA-type organization). Should the conditions change the text could go away, similar to a dead-mans switch ??
Could this work?
(Score: 1) by unitron on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:43PM
I has that idea a while back on the grounds that the government preventing you from speaking about something is one thing, but it would be a lot harder for them to go into court to argue that they have a right to compel you to lie.
something something Slashcott something something Beta something something
(Score: 5, Interesting) by dilbert on Wednesday February 19 2014, @02:24PM
http://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/canary.txt [rsync.net]
(Score: 1) by microtodd on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:57PM
That.....is brilliant! I love the canary.txt idea.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:07PM
Nods head.
"No."
This Sig for sale... beer IS an acceptable currency (bitBeer?).