abarbarian Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I always knew there was a reason for not using Mint. A sort of nagging in the dark recesses of the mind that it would end in tears. Seems I was right. Linux Mint-using terror nerd awaits sentence for training Islamic State A paranoid Welsh Muslim who wore gloves while typing on his laptop, admitted being part of Islamic State, and, gasp, harbored a copy of Linux Mint, has been described as a “new and dangerous breed of terrorist.” Inside the Site Teaching Islamic State Supporters How to Use Encryption At one point in the detailed 30 minute plus tutorial video, which explains how to use the anonymizing operating system Tails, the speaker's heavy woolen gloves, perhaps to protect his identity, move in front of the camera. The person's foggy reflection sometimes shows itself in a second computer screen. Welsh Linux Mint terror nerd jailed for 8 years Excitable folk on the internet started asking whether the UK was trying to outlaw basic HTTPS security when Ullah was first arrested last year, thanks to one of the original charges against him being that he was running an encrypted version of his blog. It turned out that his blog was partly hosted on ZeroNet, a peer-to-peer service that keeps websites online without a central server. Personally I am all for hanging terrorists. This guy seems to be a very sad sort and not very clued up so perhaps he deserves some leniency. However if someone made use of his information and killed folk............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 He can't be all that good a terrorist. He hasn't even upgraded to LM 18.1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) He can't be all that good a terrorist. He hasn't even upgraded to LM 18.1 Yep he is pretty inept. Never mind upgrading, you would have though he would have used Heads or Tails https://heads.dyne.org/about.html or https://tails.boum.org/ Edited May 24, 2017 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Er... we're drifting into that "no political conversation" at Scot's area. Let us speak of less volatile things like the emacs/vim debate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Er... we're drifting into that "no political conversation" at Scot's area. Let us speak of less volatile things like the emacs/vim debate. Yes, that comment does not belong here and will be hidden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 To be fair, I started it. I'll hide my comment, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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