Sentences with phrase «nefarious about»

Computer security analysts had discovered something nefarious about a piece of advertising software called Superfish, which comes pre-installed on cheap Lenovo laptops like the Yoga 2.

I'd like to correct something you wrote in your article — «There's nothing particularly nefarious about what the defendant was doing here, which was taking advantage of the fact that there has been unemployment in the Canadian legal market for the past decade.»

What is so nefarious about that?

Maybe there is something sinister and nefarious about the carriage horse trade in NYC and the industry happens to be doing a great job of keeping a lid on it.

Scientists have to make this kind of trade - off all the time when communicating science to a group that is outside their field; there's nothing nefarious about it.

Nothing nefarious about it, just market supply / demand that has kept the base rate for the majority of composers at roughly the same rate for 15 years.

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.

But there should be nothing conspiratorial nor nefarious about trying it — or in hiring a group of new talents to test it out.

Outright, there isn't anything particularly nefarious about what happened.

«There was nothing nefarious about this arrangement, and Defendants» attempt to construe this into «criminal activity» or «fraud» is pure spin,» the brief states.

There's nothing nefarious about it.

Gordon has also denied that Trump or Manafort were involved in the language change and that there was anything nefarious about it.

Not exact matches

Similar to recent research showing that fake news spreads faster than facts on Twitter, these findings about YouTube's algorithm can't be blamed on any nefarious plot to destabilize the world.

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.

Set in a ramshackle, hilly village run by a group of white - hatted snobs more devoted to cheese - tasting than serving the community, «The Boxtrolls» is a 3D romp about the collision between the village and the subterranean - dwelling Boxtrolls, who scavenge for trash but have been targeted for extermination by a nefarious baddie named Snatcher (voiced by Ben Kingsley).

How about we tax the banksters and their nefarious flash crash computer trading and give this money to the states for infrastructure projects and schools and cops and firefighters?

In conversation with renowned investigative journalist Michael Isikoff, Parscale also suggested that if anyone was seeking support from the Russian government during the campaign — or ignoring nefarious signs about Russian actors — it was the social media platforms, all of which were chasing the money.

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?

If you are serious about your cryptocurrency investment, then you need to take security seriously because there are so many different scams, phishing websites, malware, hacking attempts and other nefarious means that people can try to take advantage of weak...

Finally, GM's quick repayment of the loans has whetted the appetite of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the ultimate repayment of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost of its written - off contributions and creating a budgetary gain).

And one can, if one wants, learn more about the nefarious doings of the left during the 20th - century.

We are hearing about some serious spiritual, physical and emotional abuse here using the Name of Jesus in a nefarious way.

ScottCA was here (page 26) and you did not say a word to him about these alleged nefarious activities of his...

Not surprisingly, Sol zhenitsyn is today an outspoken critic of Rus sian ultra «nationalists who «fulminate about the nefarious deeds of Masons and Jews [and] applaud aggressive chauvinism.»

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

In fact, his role was far more nefarious because unlike Gazidis & Kroenke, who may or may not know anything about the game itself, Wenger was the man who lured the customers to the seats knowing full well what was really going on behind the scenes.

It pitches my eyes into a deep shadow, a fitting tone for the deeply nefarious act I am about to participate in.

US Murph tells us - through gritted teeth - about the greatness of the New England Patriots after their Superbowl triumph, and there's the OCI elections, trusting your team - mates and nefarious table quiz tactics.

Your nefarious activities are about to be revealed.

After defense attorneys spent hours grilling Howe about his nefarious past, U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, with the jury out of the room, tried to get the lawyers to move on.

Iran deal opposition: Next time some anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist tries telling you about the nefarious influence the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — better known as AIPAC — supposedly wields in Washington, remind them of its pitiful failure to stop the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran.

«We've heard a great deal of concern from all corners of the city about the misuse of these kiosks for lewd and nefarious purposes, and today's announcement that web browsing services will be disabled on LinkNYC kiosks is a step in the right direction,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «These kiosks and the connectivity they provide are key to bridging the digital divide in our city, and we must ensure that a handful of less - than - wholesome users do not threaten the success of the entire enterprise.

Instead of answering, she launched into an annoyed rant about personal privacy and the electric company's new wireless «smart» meters, which apparently are part of a nefarious scheme to eliminate the concept of privacy.

In the area where the Alkinanis lived, there were 250 known meth houses and most of their owners had no clue about their homes» nefarious pasts.

Scheufele says the rapid development of CRISPR has also fueled speculation about potential military or other more nefarious applications.

The split I am talking about is not all that nefarious.

It's about eight (young, gorgeous) people who are psychically connected and being hunted by the usual nefarious Big Medical Corporation.

Has he stumbled onto something deeply nefarious in an organization that may or may not have ties to just about every intelligence agency on the planet?

It's about two gleefully corrupt cops (Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña) who remain gleefully corrupt until the very end while a bunch of nefarious, ultimately irrelevant stuff happens in between.

That's the hook for 2007's «Timecrimes» — a nefarious, ingeniously rigged time - travel thriller about a lazy afternoon turned paradoxical nightmare.

With Bradley Manning recently sentenced, Edward Snowden on the run and Assange still holed up in an Ecuadorian embassy, all as more continues to leak about the reach and extent of the NSA's nefarious activities, this movie couldn't be arriving at a better time.

Did the makers of Anon perhaps have access to nefarious data suggesting it would play well with the cinema - going public about now?

Depicting the government as corrupt and nefarious is no longer a compelling enough provocation, and Ramsay has nothing particularly challenging to say about violence, its causes or consequences.

It features an origin story of the titular hero and then quickly cuts into a plot about stopping a megalomaniac from taking over the world for nefarious but unclear reasons (Although it might be good enough reason for someone to climb a mountain, «Because it's there» is about as dramatically humdrum a motivation for world conquest as they come).

In the official Warner Bros. press release, director Zack Snyder is quoted as saying, «What's great about Lex is that he exists beyond the confines of the stereotypical nefarious villain.

Push (PG - 13 for profanity, teen drinking and intense violence) Sci - fi adventure, set in Hong Kong, about a group of psychic American expatriates who band together to elude the clutches of the top secret U.S. government agency seeking to bring them back to the States to put their powers to work for its own nefarious purposes.

Jordan Peele's Get Out is horror / comedy thriller about an unsuspecting black man who wanders into a trap set by nefarious white people.

They are buffeted about in stormy seas (the first in a series of over-the-top sequences) and wash ashore, only to find that the nefarious Mathias Vogel (Walton Goggins) has been there for seven years, leading an expedition to find the tomb himself.

The idea of mechanized roving security cameras that go schizoid and start slaying people — perhaps at the behest of nefarious establishment masters, perhaps not — inescapably aligns with surging modern fears about privacy, and technological intrusion.

The team then sets out to stop Shaw's nefarious plans to bring about mutant domination via the Cuban Missile Crisis.