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Show Notes, November 18th, 2013

 

Martin talked about – powertrekk is the battery charger http://powertrekk.com/

 

National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Coordinator Abi Hassen who called in about Jeremy Hammond’s sentencing http://freejeremy.net/ (activist hacker).  We all talk about the computer fraud and abuse act, from 1984 (find out more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act).

www.nlg.org/leadership/abi-hassen

http://cfaadefensefund.com/ (weev’s site)

 

http://freejeremy.net/legal-documents/

 

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/11/18/coin-credit-card-gadget-digital-wallet/

Coin promises to shrink your wallet by consolidating all of yourcredit cards and gift cards into one device. … debit cards, loyalty cards and membership cards, but the physical Coin can only hold up to eight cards at once.

 

 

 

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