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Karen Hao (WSJ): "I downloaded the sample the hacker provided and called dozens of people listed. Nine picked up & confirmed exactly what the data said." https

by r721 4y ago

Karen Hao (WSJ): "I downloaded the sample the hacker provided and called dozens of people listed. Nine picked up & confirmed exactly what the data said." https://twitter.com/_KarenHao/status/1543949945614393344 https://twitter.com/_KarenHao/status/1543949945614393344 (thread)

twicetwice 4y ago
nitter link, since Twitter put up what seems to be a timed login gate when I was halfway through reading the thread: https://nitter.net/_KarenHao/status/1543949945614393344 https://nitter.net/_KarenHao/status/1543949945614393344
- black_puppydog 4y ago
  Nitter is the only sane way to read twitter nowadays. Even if I still had an account it would be better for reading.
  - moneywoes 4y ago
    I keep getting timeouts from them interestingly
    - boomboomsubban 4y ago
      A different instance may work for you https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
- hackernewds 4y ago
  The app download nags on mobile web are so unbearable I stopped using Twitter entirely
  - BbzzbB 4y ago
    I made a webapp home icon from my Firefox and picked out the app-bait popover with uBlock. Basically just about every app (YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, ...) is better this way. I.e., no ads, erase-able elements, less spyware, defaults to no notification and sometimes even gets better functionality. For instance, it (browsers) gets rid of "hearts" in Duolingo for whatever damn reason, so you can practice however much you'd like in a day. The downsides I've found is that you seemingly can't Chrome-cast from it, and it often creates new tabs instead of reusing existing ones or making it's own app-instance, so you gotta close all tabs every so often.
  - l33tman 4y ago
    Same with reddit on a mobile browser... it actually shuts you out, and says (after a couple of clicks) that they have locked you out "for your protection" as the content is "unverified", and that you need to use their app..
guywithahat 4y ago
That WSJ article is so much better than the posted one, I mean what even is "the register"
- imron 4y ago
  The home of snarky IT journalism since the first dotcom boom.
neonate 4y ago
The WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/vast-cache-of-chinese-police-files-offered-for-sale-in-alleged-hack-11656940488 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vast-cache-of-chinese-police-fi... https://archive.ph/02v3p https://archive.ph/02v3p

by r721 4y ago

twicetwice 4y ago

nitter link, since Twitter put up what seems to be a timed login gate when I was halfway through reading the thread: https://nitter.net/_KarenHao/status/1543949945614393344 https://nitter.net/_KarenHao/status/1543949945614393344

black_puppydog 4y ago
Nitter is the only sane way to read twitter nowadays. Even if I still had an account it would be better for reading.
- moneywoes 4y ago
  I keep getting timeouts from them interestingly
  - boomboomsubban 4y ago
    A different instance may work for you https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
hackernewds 4y ago
The app download nags on mobile web are so unbearable I stopped using Twitter entirely
- BbzzbB 4y ago
  I made a webapp home icon from my Firefox and picked out the app-bait popover with uBlock. Basically just about every app (YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, ...) is better this way. I.e., no ads, erase-able elements, less spyware, defaults to no notification and sometimes even gets better functionality. For instance, it (browsers) gets rid of "hearts" in Duolingo for whatever damn reason, so you can practice however much you'd like in a day. The downsides I've found is that you seemingly can't Chrome-cast from it, and it often creates new tabs instead of reusing existing ones or making it's own app-instance, so you gotta close all tabs every so often.
- l33tman 4y ago
  Same with reddit on a mobile browser... it actually shuts you out, and says (after a couple of clicks) that they have locked you out "for your protection" as the content is "unverified", and that you need to use their app..

guywithahat 4y ago

That WSJ article is so much better than the posted one, I mean what even is "the register"

imron 4y ago
The home of snarky IT journalism since the first dotcom boom.

neonate 4y ago

The WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/vast-cache-of-chinese-police-files-offered-for-sale-in-alleged-hack-11656940488 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vast-cache-of-chinese-police-fi... https://archive.ph/02v3p https://archive.ph/02v3p