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Those graphs are determined purely from messages - no away states, nothing There's no way to disable that.
by kuschku 9y ago
Those graphs are determined purely from messages - no away states, nothing
There's no way to disable that.
- KGIII 9y agoReason #32* to avoid the application. * Entirely made up number.
- kuschku 9y agoIf you're in a group chat, anyone that is in the same chats can see all your messages in there. That's the one and simple trick.
- KGIII 9y agoCorrect, but this doesn't appear to be group chat. This appears to be individual chat and the timing attacks based on their online presence. Group chat, by default, is going to seriously hinder one's ability to remain private.
- j_s 9y agoSee also: timestamps when HN comments are posted. This is much more interesting because pretty much everyone only participates in discussions when posts are on the front page - it would be tough to schedule/delay a post and stay relevant. Also, the lock-in after 1 hour (or a reply) preventing deletion is huge. Some HN participants are now kind of "whales" in the startup community - at the very least, this info could be used to schedule cold-pitch emails! (And this is across the entire archive of past users, not just current users. These habits need not necessarily change much.) Timestamp metadata is all over the place - GitHub activity graph, blog post comments, etc. -- merging timestamps for the same person across their accounts on all the different services offers amazing insights. The only way to "disable" this is to schedule things or provide garbage data (only when user input is given precedence - like with this tool: https://www.laurencegellert.com/software/github-graph-builder/ https://www.laurencegellert.com/software/github-graph-builde...).
- dredmorbius 9y agoGithub activity profiles.