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11-22-16 04:17 #10527
Posts: 3274Originally Posted by Random99 [View Original Post]
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11-22-16 02:26 #10526
Posts: 3230Originally Posted by Ikksman [View Original Post]
As someone who lives here, I have changed my MO completely now to take account of this very possibility. Definitely NOT infinitesimally small odds.
I know an example of a bar / g from Malabon who did just that very thing to a guy who short-changed her because she only delivered half of what she said she would.
She pointed him out as a drug-pusher.
He has never seen or used any drugs in his life. It freaked him out, and he actually left the country very quickly because the risks are no longer low and unsubstantial.
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11-21-16 04:20 #10525
Posts: 1009Originally Posted by SergeantRay [View Original Post]
There would a reasonable likelihood that someone in her or her friends' extended family being in LE. The girl tells the LE guy or close family member that you met her and repeatedly offered her drugs, and even produces a small amount of the drug as evidence.
Infinitesimally small odds? Or something to include in your risk assessment of mongering in the PI? In a similar vein, we do know that false under-age and [CodeWord123] accusations have been made in the past and members take precautions to prevent these problems.
Ikks.
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11-21-16 03:19 #10524
Posts: 125City to visit outside of Manila (via plane)
I'm looking for a change of scenery and not looking to go to a beach type-place. Will be working 80% of the time via computer. Any suggestions?
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11-18-16 18:17 #10523
Posts: 6782Originally Posted by SergeantRay [View Original Post]
Yet for some who are scared silly maybe there is a more subtle issue at play as you sort of suggest.
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11-18-16 04:09 #10522
Posts: 186DU30 and "Shoot Anyone" Laws
Originally Posted by W20415 [View Original Post]
If anything, I feel safer now. If you're a drug dealer, your days are numbered. And if you were to kill a tourist, God hep you. President Duterte and his right hand man, "Bato," (alias, Rock), have sent a very clear message that crime will not be tolerated. DU30 ran and won on that very clear message, with the strong support of the country.
Criminals know to keep a low profile, and many have surrendered because they realize leadership at the top is dead serious.
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11-18-16 03:59 #10521
Posts: 186Danger?
Originally Posted by Vitaplex [View Original Post]
I have a Filipino martial arts teacher in a neighborhood where he works as a tanod (like a neighborhood watch). He told me of drug users coming into the area from elsewhere to do drugs. This was the same place where Jaguar, the notorious druglord lived and did business. This neighborhood, Duljo / Fatima, is definitely off the tourist track--you'd have to look for it to find it, and there's nothing there to interest tourists.
No drug pusher ever gets shot at Ayala or SM Mall, on the beaches of Mactan, at the Fuente, etc.
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11-17-16 21:26 #10520
Posts: 6782Originally Posted by W20415 [View Original Post]
And you ask a lot of questions in your 30 odd FRs even when you have visited here many times before as you have family here you said so surely they would know? Have a view? Just wondering as last time you were worried about being blacklisted etc.
Confusing me.
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11-17-16 15:25 #10519
Posts: 166Just book ticket.
Originally Posted by W20415 [View Original Post]
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11-17-16 15:14 #10518
Posts: 3040What to do in Manila when jet lagged and can't sleep
Originally Posted by BrainDrain [View Original Post]
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11-17-16 14:30 #10517
Posts: 291Originally Posted by W20415 [View Original Post]
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11-17-16 14:25 #10516
Posts: 45New drug laws
Been to the Phils several times but not since Duturte new shoot any one laws went into effect. Is it safe to go there now? Keep hearing any one can walk up and shoot you. I really want to go but if it's that dangerous I'll just go to Thailand or Jakarta.
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11-17-16 13:38 #10515
Posts: 2374Originally Posted by WickedRoger [View Original Post]
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11-17-16 02:08 #10514
Posts: 2656Your phone tells the government that you are a monger!
Phones made by Blu, a USA Company, were transmitting their owners' personal data to a computer server in China. It's not clear how the data was being used, though security experts say it could have been accessible by the Chinese government.
While the issue was discovered in phones sold by Blu, it could affect models from other manufacturers, and potentially millions of phones worldwide that all use software supplied by the same company, Shanghai Adups Technology Co.
The news story will evolve in the days ahead, but here's what you need to know now if you have or might have an affected phone.
Essentially, a researcher at a security firm called Kryptowire, located outside of Washington the. See, wanted an inexpensive work phone for an overseas trip, and purchased a Blu R1 HD. Without expecting to find a problem, he and his colleagues experimented with the phone, looking at what kind of data it was transmitting, and where that data was going.
The phone makes an encrypted copy of your text messages, including metadata such as the phone numbers you're communicating with. Then, every 72 hours it uploads the data to a server in China.
Kryptowire discovered that the firmware can be set to sift through text messages for specific phone numbers, names, or other key words, capturing and transmitting only that information. The researchers say their phone wasn't picking out specific text messages when they examined it.
Dan Guido, CEO of the cyber-security firm Trail of Bits, speculates that the some personal data could end up in government hands: "You might be in a rude awakening if you go through customs at a Chinese airport," he says. "From the Chinese censors' point of view, this is not a bug. It's a feature. "
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...id=mailsignout
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11-14-16 23:54 #10513
Posts: 1191Anything to do in Manila when not jet lagged?