and initial stages of consumers/companies figuring out actual effective areas of application.

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Not.

Does Barclays continue in the UK? They announced a rename to “easybank” in Germany.

No matter how many words you write, using a leaked password doesn’t make anyone a hacker. You clearly have no concept of hacking. Btw: there is no felony in German law related to unauthorized entry into a house on it’s own. All criminal relevance is gained from other intents.

Then I am sure you wouldn’t mind quoting me “the law” from Germany, by which entering someone else’s house with a key they lost on the street is considered “breaking in”, would you? Btw - don’t bother: you are arguing a strawman that I used as an example anyways, it’s still not “hacking” if you use a password that you found somewhere. Now stop distracting from the administration in the divided states of middle northern america protecting child rapists including their head of state.

“the law” you say? In which country, huh? There’s more than one in the world, you know?

No, that’s just the definition that dumb fucks use to justify punishing people for their own stupidity. Unauthorized access and whatever you do with it is completely independent from HOW you gain access. And using legitimate credentials is not hacking. Obtaining the credentials may be done by hacking, but if they are just negligently tossed into the world, it’s not.

Same as losing your house keys and having someone use them to enter your house is unauthorized entry and violation of a set of laws, but it is NOT breaking into a house.

With your justification, nobody should be working for HSBC, Meta, Google, Apple etc. […]

You are so close.

Possibly, but that excuse doesn’t fly for contacts following his first conviction in 2008:

[…] was convicted in 2008 by a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute.

That was well before the above mentioned email contacts.

Ik vondt de enige gechillte Nederlander ;) Groeten vanuit Duitsland! (Grapje, ik weet dat niet iedereen Rutte of Wilders in het achterste wil neuken)

Technically, North Atlantic. One could say that it would be an organization with a North Atlantic treaty.

A quite impenetrable mountain range from coast to coast is probably what contributed to the distinction historically.

Arguably Turkey as well, albeit sitting on two continents. This hurts. Erdoğan is a stupid shithead but I don’t want anyone - not even him - to play Nazimurica’s little bitch. And the people of Turkey do not deserve this. Atatürk would turn in his grave…

Leaving the planet uninhabitable and killing off not only civilians as well as countless animals is the kind of pettiness that has me believe humans do not deserve to evolve.

Don’t get me wrong, I am with you on “might as well stand for something” - I just don’t agree with being the party to use WMD. Even if I had nukes and someone was sending their nukes to me, I wouldn’t fire back. What’s the point in taking everyone with me when I won’t be around anymore?

I’m fairly sure the divided states have more operational nukes than the rest of the world combined. Meaning nuking them will end with near total annihilation of the planet. Accomplishing what exactly?

Welcome to the sensible German’s approach to “patriotism”. Definitely after WW2, but absolutely relevant again. Our governments have been full of shit ever since, with surprisingly the only non-selfish head of state having been the conservative Mrs. Merkel, whom no one expected it of. She still did spearheaded a government with fucked up social politics, but at least not for personal gain (only for that of her buddies in industry) - which is arguably a low bar to clear. Anyways, the bottomline is: I’m a human first, European second, a lot of things then, and a German only by some piece of paper.

What would be wrong with saying “3 of their 4 engineers”?

Yeah, I’mma call bullshit on this. No sane boss refers to 3 out of a team of 4 as “75%”. Also, everything in the article sounds like a marketing person looking for excuses for his business not working out.

I’d argue that the “left”/“right” leanings are an oversimplification that no longer has a use in the complex world of today. I prefer to go with empathetic vs. egocentric. I want to live in a world of people that are empathetic and want everyone to have a good live. I do not wish to live in a world of people who only look out for themselves & then think “fuck you, I got mine”.

Ah great, it’s not just me pointing out this is 'murica at it again stirring up shit.