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Anti War

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On Antiwar.com I read an article titled "US forces conduct airstrike on Taliban soldiers just days after agreement signed". On Wednesday US forces bombed Taliban freedom fighters that were attacking government checkpoints. This whole situation is a big deal because the US and Taliban had a deal to withdraw our troops if there is peace. The Taliban began attacking government checkpoints anyways. They also made an announcement that they are going to resume attacks against the government. This puts a lot of pressure on the US because we have to stand up and protect our partners overseas. This was just a week after the deal was signed. The language used in the article was very anti war and trying to paint the picture of everyone wants peace. The recent actions by the Taliban has brought into question their intent to actually holding up their end of the deal.

Facebook Users Phone Numbers

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Awhile ago on Facebook you used to be able to look up people and find them using just their phone number. This was a convenient way of finding someone that you didn't know their last name. All the phone numbers of the users were stored on a database which since has been taken offline. In going offline you would think that you would not be able to find these numbers and information anywhere but that is where you are wrong. The database and all its contents have been leaked online and is fairly easy to find. This causes a great deal of issues with people committing fraud and other types of crimes. The leaking of this data is a massive invasion of privacy because all of the information is supposed to be confidential and secure. It was even to the point that even Facebooks co-founder Chris Hughes became a victim of this. The moral of this story is to be very careful what information you post on even the most reputable sites because you could become a target of spam and fraud s