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So what, are the US armed forces a mercenary force working for a billionaire now? Are they literally potus and friends’ private army, navy, air force, coast guard and space force?
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schakowsky.house.gov you rep me. How is this anywhere near legal?

Pentagon accepts anonymous $130M gift for payroll amid shutdown
The Pentagon has confirmed it's accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown. The announcement Friday raises ethical questions after President Donald Trump had said a friend offered the gift to defray any shortfalls. While large and unusual, the gift amounts to a small contribution toward the billions needed to cover service member paychecks. The Trump administration told Congress last week that it used $6.5 billion to make payroll. …

It’s unbelievable how quickly the USA is going down the drain, private friends paying the military, absurd and opening the door for corruption …https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/anonymous-donor-military-pay-shutdown

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

Fun fact: the military, when they're paid by a third party for their service, are called "mercenaries".
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/anonymous-donor-military-pay-shutdown

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

PerFace: Metric Learning in Perceptual Facial Similarity for Enhanced Face Anonymization
Haruka Kumagai, Leslie W\"ohler, Satoshi Ikehata, Kiyoharu Aizawa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20281

PerFace: Metric Learning in Perceptual Facial Similarity for Enhanced Face Anonymization
In response to rising societal awareness of privacy concerns, face anonymization techniques have advanced, including the emergence of face-swapping methods that replace one identity with another. Achieving a balance between anonymity and naturalness in face swapping requires careful selection of identities: overly similar faces compromise anonymity, while dissimilar ones reduce naturalness. Existing models, however, focus on binary identity classification "the same person or not", making it dif…

Interview: Über Datenschutzrisiken bei medizinischen Forschungsdaten
Krankheitskombinationen sind oft einzigartig – Anonymisierung von Gesundheitsdaten daher besonders komplex. Ein Interview über Rekonstruktionsrisiken.

DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/dod-accepts-anonymous-130-million-donation-to-partially-cover-troop-pay-00622219
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p143#a251024p143

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When you use the @… Browser, the only network traffic that's being masked is via the web browser. If you want more traffic anonymized and encrypted, you need to take a different approach.
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Tor browser's great - but for more complete privacy protection, you need to add this
When you use the Tor Browser, the only network traffic that's being masked is via the web browser. If you want more traffic anonymized and encrypted, you need to take a different approach.

White House will allow anonymous donors to contribute to Trump's ballroom project (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-will-allow-anonymous-donors-contribute-trumps-ballroom-pro-rcna239681
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p131#a251024p131

Aus für digitale Anonymität? Hubig wagt riskanten Vorstoß zur IP-Speicherung
Zwischen Ermittlungsdruck und Grundrechten: Der Entwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung setzt auf juristische Kniffe und das „Einfrieren“ sensibler Standortdaten.