Google ain't going to give them anything so they would need to go to your endpoint.
Proposed state law would require NY pistol owners open up social media and online searches
- Thread starter Blimey
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Google ain't going to give them anything so they would need to go to your endpoint.
FrankenCub
.338 Win Mag
I wouldn't bet much money on that, they've been known to share information with government entities before. I'm sure they wont stop now. Google isn't gun friendly anyway.
Marine Cpl
.577 Tyrannosaur.
You can use a VPN but if you are logged into Google or Facebook, whatever you do is seen by Google or Facebook since you are logged in.
Examples.
You are logged into Facebook and post a racist comment. It's seen by Facebook since it's done on your account.
You are logged into Google and search for ways to kill Jews. It's seen and logged by Google since you did the search while logged into Google.
For you to remain totally anonymous, you have to not be logged into anything, have a VPN, and use a browser that doesn't record your activities but the minute you log in to something, it's you.
Examples.
You are logged into Facebook and post a racist comment. It's seen by Facebook since it's done on your account.
You are logged into Google and search for ways to kill Jews. It's seen and logged by Google since you did the search while logged into Google.
For you to remain totally anonymous, you have to not be logged into anything, have a VPN, and use a browser that doesn't record your activities but the minute you log in to something, it's you.
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prambo
.475 A&M Magnum
I would question why anyone would put info they'd essentially rather keep "hidden" on Farcebook at all, especially when they know it is run by that little shitweasel.
PerSec!!!
ETA: Who the fuck uses Goolag anymore??!! - they're the problem, not your friend, or even neutral for that matter - they're fucking communists. Use StartPage or Duckduckgo - barring the latter two being NSA fronts, they don't record your search parameters. And who doesn't clear their history before they exit a browser anyway? Also switch to a non-compromised email, like Protonmail.
pjzwtl
.308 Win
I don’t know why anyone would even use Facebook “especially when they know it is run by that little shitweasel”
Just saying
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
First this, then what next? Check out our YouTube viewings? Netflix preferences? What about your gun rights organization memberships, of which they'll reclassify as radical terrorist.
Slippery slope my ass, more like a vortex down a jet toilet in a diaharea ward.
Slippery slope my ass, more like a vortex down a jet toilet in a diaharea ward.
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
What about work phones or work computers? What if an applicant is an MD, HIPPA conflicts? Attorney client privilege on cell phone, computer info?
Going to change my passwords to GFYNYS.
Going to change my passwords to GFYNYS.
@thewheels
.308 Win
Not all VPNs are a waste but you're right that any VPN won't help when you post racist drivel or anti government rants on FB.
This is another small step towards more security:
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ManrisFrack
6.5 Creedmoor
But what will get you flagged? It's likely to vary by county and over time. That's where this becomes really dangerous. This is what predicating 2A rights on government permission (i.e. pistol permits) leads to.
Interesting question/thought - would you submit to this, if after you pass, you get a full carry?
Jmac00
.475 A&M Magnum
don't you guys worry, when the Emperor discovers most of us will be renewing in four years and pretty much by-pass his new rule, they will extend it out to 5 years so they can trap more gun owners
perhaps they will require us to submit our own incriminating evidence, why not treat another human right. soon they will try to make a law that breaks all of them!
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
........and the girls in the Cigar Bar have me on speed dial too.
Dr. Evil
20×102mm Vulcan
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
Muskets!! .. they did the job before .. stock up 
.. shhhhhh no nics lol
.. shhhhhh no nics lol
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
only if bad guys or girls have to do it too .. wanna buy drugs .. gotta check ya .. wanna vote .. gotta check ya .. want to speak .. ECT ..
how do legally carry a 5 lb hammer ???
camper4lyfe
.308 Win
Do as I say, not as I do; NY's new motto
This is why I don't used Google products. I don't use chrome, I don't use their search engine, I don't use their email, and I sure as fuck don't use their DNS servers. But with all of that said. I will probably start using VPN services more now.
Also I think if this is good enough to keep use from using a right. Then it should be good enough for anyone running for office.
Also I think if this is good enough to keep use from using a right. Then it should be good enough for anyone running for office.
2WheelGnnr
6.5 Creedmoor
probably will amend to add my bank account passwords too....damn NY
Blimey
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Signed in.
VPN + Incognito browser would be anonymous. In theory. I am not sure how powerful the incognito really is; I wouldn't go looking for plutonium through it, but as for linking your search history to you at this point you'd not be able to.
However, if our response to this is to do everything on VPN or Tor or sitting on public wifi parked in our car out of view of cameras, we're already losing.
livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
Was listening to a national radio program talking about this. They claim that this would never hold up on a Supreme Court case ....Laughable .... What is the chances of it being heard...like zero...
Catskillkid
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Are there any links to articles about how to set up a VPN? I actually use one at work but it's set-up for us already.
fartgamer
.223 Rem
What’s social media?
Marine Cpl
.577 Tyrannosaur.
Places like this website.
holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
When the shit gets real , Some of you may want to report a break in .
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
or Russian hackers.....
Bob
6.5 Creedmoor
New?
The entire premise of the Sullivan Act of 1911 was to allow criminals to do criminal shit and to keep innocent people from preventing it.
livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
Gun control in New York: Four ways laws could change
ALBANY - New York lawmakers could be poised to pass new gun-control measures come January, six years after the SAFE Act expanded the state's ban on assault-style firearms.
With Democrats taking control of the chamber in January, incoming Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, said her conference was likely to support "common-sense gun laws" that could include a measure to allow a judge to block someone from possessing a firearm if they pose an "extreme risk."
Gun control in New York: Four ways laws could change
'Red flag' bill
Bump stock ban
Extended waiting period
Social media probe for handgun seekers
The bill from Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, would allow the investigating officer — a local police authority — to go through three years of social-media posts and one year of search-engine history before determining whether an applicant should be approved for a handgun permit.
It would also apply to assault weapons grandfathered in under the SAFE Act.
It's the password provision, however, that has proven to be most controversial.
The bill would allow the investigating officer to obtain "any log-in name, password or other means" necessary to review the applicant's social media accounts and search history.
It's not clear whether the bill will get a vote. It does not have an Assembly sponsor so far.
ALBANY - New York lawmakers could be poised to pass new gun-control measures come January, six years after the SAFE Act expanded the state's ban on assault-style firearms.
With Democrats taking control of the chamber in January, incoming Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, said her conference was likely to support "common-sense gun laws" that could include a measure to allow a judge to block someone from possessing a firearm if they pose an "extreme risk."
Gun control in New York: Four ways laws could change
'Red flag' bill
Bump stock ban
Extended waiting period
Social media probe for handgun seekers
The bill from Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, would allow the investigating officer — a local police authority — to go through three years of social-media posts and one year of search-engine history before determining whether an applicant should be approved for a handgun permit.
It would also apply to assault weapons grandfathered in under the SAFE Act.
It's the password provision, however, that has proven to be most controversial.
The bill would allow the investigating officer to obtain "any log-in name, password or other means" necessary to review the applicant's social media accounts and search history.
It's not clear whether the bill will get a vote. It does not have an Assembly sponsor so far.
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
Meanwhile back at the ranch, the pot calls the kettle black .
This is the NY politician who wants to look into your social media before buying a gun.
This is the NY politician who wants to look into your social media before buying a gun.