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It is misleading to say the laptop was authenticated. While it contained actual Hunter Biden emails, there wasn't an attempt to verify the integrity or disprove tampering of the data before it ended up in Giuliani's hands, as @emptywheel.bsky.social points out. www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/24/e...
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I don't understand your comment.
Both printouts and screenshots of originals will preserve nearly-invisible spacings and subtle character substitutions that can be used to identify the recipient, downloader, or viewer of a document. That undermines the anonymity of the source.
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Leaked documents should be retyped by hand for release. Screenshots and printouts can reveal subtle steganographic details that undermine the anonymity.
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No, since machine learning is not making a copy any more than a reader learning from a book is making a copy.
There needs to be new norms and regulations for establishing training sets, but copyright, which has benefited publishers far more than creators, is not the right tool for that.
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At this point, it's essential to emphasize that this undermining of American values and capabilities isn't just a Trump effort. It's the goal of the Republican party to make these policies permanent.
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Instead of asking for one of the fires to be put out, efforts need to be on stopping the arsonists.
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Republicans effectively broadcast their failures as successes, while Democrats effectively broadcast their successes as failures.
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Alternatively, you could engage with them more here to encourage them to shift their attention away from there.
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The final quote is chilling. “This is not going to be a low priority that we ignore because there’s not an actual child involved.”
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There needs to be a manual for how to read emptywheel's posts. But she's arguably the most iconoclastic and influential analyst of US political activity, and she shows it is done with serious work, not with superficial on-site interviews.
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Swan does exemplify access journalism by spending the whole episode uncritically repeating Trump campaign talking points. Context, accuracy, and the stakes of the race are entirely absent.
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It’s pretty jarring seeing a lawyer open with “People shouldn't be allowed to have opinions...”