Sentences with phrase «as nefarious»

News brokethat asthe cryptocurrency market continues to grow and coin prices rise, security researchers have warned that a virtual currency «arms race» is looming as nefarious actors look to exploit the lucrative forum.

They are quick to label them as nefarious or money for «drug dealing».

So, yes, Apple is be slowing down your old iPhone, but the reason isn't as nefarious as it looks on paper.

In addition to the tools and exploits published in the Hacking Team dump, their financial records were dumped, which detailed how they'd had dealings with private companies as well as nefarious and repressive governments.

Contributing factors included the civil unrest in Venezuela, the «Panama Papers» exposé — which seemed to cast an unfavorable light on legitimate cross-border business transactions as well as nefarious ones — and the US Presidential election.

The creation of new criminal offences has usually been preceded by a public consensus that the conduct to be criminalised is that which the majority of the public regard as nefarious or seriously harmful to the public interest.

They will go down in history as nefarious as the inquisition.

Now granted, many of those who will see this as a nefarious activist agenda would never have listened to them in the first place, but there is definitely a risk of alienating some of those in the middle — especially since I think journalists will continue to seek other views for balance or context.

Yet the project was approved, and others just as nefarious, not to speak of a mega power line across condor habitat, laments Save the Eagles International.

Romm should stop seeing the call for government investment in technology innovation to make clean energy cheap as a nefarious delaying tactic and start seeing it as the basis for a new political center on climate.

Pirate Queen's Quest — conquer Sequin Land as the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in an exciting new story!

World of Warcraft, Puzzle Quest, Diablo, Smash Brothers, Lumines, Halo multiplayer — I have heard all of those games referred to as that nefarious drug.

Explain to me how a «gamecube emulator» can be considered as nefarious.

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I should add: You're confusing «inside job» with «adding value to our product» — nothing quite as nefarious as what you're describing is happening.

I wouldn't challenge the contract I have with them because my friend might just be lucky, but I doubt they are being as nefarious as this story implies.

In some cases, schools target students consciously: using out of school discipline as a nefarious means to filter students who need more academic, social and emotional supports, including children with special needs or those in foster care.

Some critics may choose to portray the contemporary school reform movement as a nefarious conspiracy on the part of evil plutocrats hoping to destroy America's schools, but in fact, the vast majority of reformers (ourselves included) are well - meaning people who are acting in good faith and trying to do right by kids.

Brosnan alternates between delivering a strong role as Hennessy, the compromised politician, and overacting as a nefarious man who is increasingly cornered by the poor choices he has made.

With the enemies and barricades featuring as nefarious black silhouettes in front of beautiful crimson - red skies, Gloomy Z creates a really neat aesthetic style, and is definitely one to watch in the lead up to its Winter 2017 release...

Featuring Patrick Warburton as stately narrator Lemony Snicket and Neil Patrick Harris clowning around as the nefarious Count Olaf, it's a family - friendly caper with some nifty tricks up its sleeve, designed to introduce the story to a new generation of fans whilst retaining those who have loved the books for the past 18 years.

Also included are two unedited scenes of Andy Serkis» performance as the nefarious Supreme Leader Snoke, as well as in - depth looks at how Johnson interpreted the mythology of the Force and how he brought key scenes — like the opening space battle or the clash on Crait — to life.

The gang (which includes director Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lem me, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, and resident oaf and Curly Howard wannabe Kevin Heffernan) is joined by Entourage's Emmanuelle Chriqui and Rob Lowe as a nefarious small - town Canadian mayor with a goofy wig.

Keaton doesn't get much to chew on as the nefarious head of OmniCorp, while others like Michael K. Williams (as Alex's partner), Jennifer Ehle and Jay Baruchel only get a few lines of dialogue each.

Patton Oswalt co-stars as a nefarious principal.

Starring Jamie Bell («Billy Elliot,» «Defiance») as Tintin, the young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig («Quantum of Solace,» «Defiance») as the nefarious Red Rackham.

100 years later and this story still stirs the hearts of city dwellers everywhere.Politically corrected and CGI enhanced bigtime this updated retelling has the apeman up against slavers as well as nefarious urbanite types (such as the sneering Chris Waltz, all but twirling his moustache).

Maxi skirts are constantly cited as Nefarious Tools of Stumpification, and they certainly can be!

Nothing as nefarious as what everyone's thinking, that I'm a Muslim or I'm biased.

While AI may not necessarily be as nefarious as the intelligent computer system Skynet from the popular Terminator film franchise, the use and potential of AI has come a long way and opened a multitude of possibilities.

Not exact matches

If those services get hacked, as was the case with Ashley Madison, or purchased by other companies, customer information ends up in the hands of different people and organizations — from the annoying to the downright nefarious,» Rodriguez reported in November.

«What we do know is that the total number of Russian troops on Belarusian territory is not expected to exceed 3,000 personnel,» Gorenburg wrote, and «the likelihood of this exercise serving as cover for some larger nefarious aim, whether it is an attack on Ukraine or Lithuania or a stealth occupation of Belarus, is practically zero.»

The fact that the comments are identical isn't a sign of nefarious activity in and of itself, but the lack of a clear source for the message, the alphabetically - organized filings, the reported denials of those who are listed as commenters, and the sheer volume of comments listed in such a short time frame, raise questions about their legitimacy.

These days, Wurldtech is building a presence in the medical space, developing security systems for Internet - enabled health devices such as wearable insulin pumps and other wireless devices that could be susceptible to what McDonnell calls «nefarious» forces.

How does this dovetail with the overall western effort to characterize Iran as behind every nefarious act, even the ludicrous - sounding plot announced months ago by the White House, in which the Iranians were purportedly trying to recruit Mexican drug gangs to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US?

Facebook's former VP of ads has weighed in on the ongoing disaster involving his company's apparent negligence in allowing data on as many as 50 million users to be used for nefarious purposes by Camb

And it started in the dark net as a form of payment, and if you really think about it, that's actually the perfect breeding ground for bitcoin and blockchain to start because where else do you need to enforce trust with nefarious individuals than on the dark net?

However, with the prying eyes of uninvited government officials and activities of nefarious elements carting away millions of dollars» worth of crypto - investments, users are beginning to consider privacy - based cryptocurrencies as substitute value.

I also agree, religion has been used as a means of nefarious coercion, and that is something I deplore as much as you do.

They were accustomed, he discovered, to meet on a fixed day very early in the morning, to sing hymns responsively to Christ «as to a god,» and to bind themselves by a solemn oath, not (as he had apparently expected) to some nefarious crime, but to keep the moral law: not to rob or steal, not to commit adultery, not to defraud.

How could he, grandson of the harem and its nefarious political influences, have regarded the plea of the peasants as other than an infringement of his sacred rights?

However, the juxtaposition between her apparent happiness and our expectations of traumatic stress and mourning in the wake of personal tragedy served as grist for conspiracy theorists who claim that she is a crisis actor and the murder was staged for some nefarious purpose or other.

Even former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, one of the most articulate Christian political leaders, seemed uncomfortable as he fielded questions from moderator Tim Russert that hinted there is something nefarious about religious groups receiving government funds for programs that serve the public.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

To be clear, other than the size of the loan — which is way out of the normal range for a typical Apollo loan — nothing on its face suggests anything nefarious... but at the very least, there are some ethical questions with Kushner using the White House as a place to have meetings with people that then turn around and invest in Kushner's private business ventures.

Coppy involved in backdoor, behind the scenes, underhanded, shady, nefarious, illegal (meh... possibly... depends how it is perceived & / or defined as such... more on this later), etc. dealings.....

Frankly though, you sweep aside Emerson injury and the fact he came in over the winter break, as well as Alonso being good, and just sort of conclude that there isn't a rational reason to hold off on playing him and that it must be a bias and something nefarious

That decision Logano would later regret, as Kenseth's rage continued to build and eventually bubbled over in a nefarious act that cost Logano a championship bid.

The fact that those blocks are stored under there is at least, in part, as a response to one of these past waves of concern over the loft and the nefarious activities it apparently causes.

'' This development is frightening as it represents a new dimension to the nefarious business of impersonation of EFCC officers by fraudsters and other criminal gangs.