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who now sells encryption services Also: How to use the internet through Indonesian proxies and install OSes on hidden volumes.
by mynameishere 17y ago
who now sells encryption services
Also: How to use the internet through Indonesian proxies and install OSes on hidden volumes.
- jacquesm 17y agoMore likely: Be aware, your identity is easily assumed and 'bad people' may ruin your life very casually. He's had an object lesson in the consequences, it lost him a ton of money, you really can't fault the guy from trying to recoup some of his losses with his new-found knowledge.
- mprime 17y agoHis "new-found knowledge" is what anyone here would call common sense.
- jacquesm 17y agoHow many people on HN do you think fall in the 'common' bracket? There is probably more IT competency here than you'd find in a very large majority of the net population. For most people this would be news, for you and I, and most of the rest of HN it's old hat.
- mprime 17y ago>"For most people this would be news" If that's the case, I'm more out of touch with the world than I thought.
- enneff 17y agoIf he was savvy enough to take any of those measures in the first place, why would he be stupid enough to type his credit card number in?
- noonespecial 17y agoThe article indicates that his number was stolen from a well known and generally believed safe online retailer. Someone else was stupid enough to get his number stolen. His savvy-ness is irrelevant.