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541.
by Canada 7y ago
Systems in some places load it, while others don't.
542.
by Canada 7y ago
And if China nationalizes US technology nobody will trust it either. No sane company would invest there in that scenario. I think whoever takes drastic action first would lose trust of third parties. Anyway, I don't think it's goi
543.
by Canada 7y ago
If China takes that action the US can cancel China's bonds. I don't think either side wants to take such drastic action though.
544.
by Canada 7y ago
I don't know if you're aware of this, but in retail it's not unusual for the producer to pay the retailer for the space. Next time you're at the supermarket take a look at how many units of something are lined up on the
545.
by Canada 7y ago
I'm very uneasy with allowing Google to have control of even more sensors
546.
by Canada 7y ago
I just don't buy that argument. If the evidence is mere hearsay, then how could it be good enough for compelling him to testify against himself? It isn't hearsay in this case though. Hearsay is when Alice testifies that Bob told
547.
by Canada 7y ago
If the prosecution has such convincing evidence that the drives contain the images they say, then why do they need to compel the defendant to do anything at all? If it's such a foregone conclusion, why not just go ahead and try him on
548.
by Canada 7y ago
Yeah, Signal seems to work fine in most of China. Obviously there's not a snowball's chance in hell that Open Whisper Systems would ever even consider complying with any demand from the PRC. I just don't think PRC authorities
549.
by Canada 7y ago
I'm well aware that the shareholders are very diverse and detached. All the more reason to impose a reasonable damages: $1000 per person. Let the market price that into companies that hold such vast amounts of sensitive data.
550.
by Canada 7y ago
Yeah, it should be at least $100 billion. The damages should completely wipe out all existing shareholders, and the company should be unable to continue as a going concern.
551.
by Canada 7y ago
That was a really CPU intensive read, consuming 14% of my battery, but very nicely presented. I like these kind of well produced presentations. The Notre-Dame post put out by the NYT the other day is another good example.
552.
by Canada 7y ago
Well TC is much older than Bitcoin, so you'd think newer stuff by the same author would be better. But it's hard to say anything for certain. The projects are so different in form and function. TC targets Windows, Bitcoin targets
553.
by Canada 7y ago
I have. I compared contemporary Truecrypt and Bitcoin sources. They don't show any obvious sign of being written by the same person. If anything I'd say Paul Le Roux is a better programmer than Satoshi.
554.
by Canada 7y ago
I'm aware of what blockstack is. I want to see decentralized apps succeed, but asking anyone to entrust their sensitive social media data to some random website is a stretch. However little the average person trusts Facebook, they trus
555.
by Canada 7y ago
Unless there's a client I can run locally, it's not decentralized in any meaningful way. Needs a link to the means I can sign up, login, and use this without relying on your web server at all.
556.
by Canada 7y ago
I am fanatically opposed to random, suspicionless searches of personal property, whether psysical items or data. I don't find Costco offensive. They make it clear up front that's how it is and they search everyone rather than disc
557.
by Canada 7y ago
Well, I'm fat and I don't think other people should have to pay more for my lifestyle choices. Doesn't make any difference if the insurance system is for profit or not.
558.
by Canada 7y ago
It’s reasonable to charge fat people more. It’s something you can measure objectively. It’s also something under your control. The lie detector is just bunk though. If something is really a factor then measure it or test for it objectively.
559.
by Canada 7y ago
I'm not disagreeing with any of that. All I'm saying is that a chain of hashes is not a blockchain. Also, we do care what paypal’s certificate was in the past. That’s why we have CT to catch CAs that mess up. We just don’t need to
560.
by Canada 7y ago
It seems like any distributed system that involves any cryptography these days is being called a blockchain. The Vice article is simply wrong. Yes, it's a great idea to use a chain of hashed timestamps+data to prevent data from being
561.
by Canada 7y ago
A blockchain isn't necessary because there's no double spending to prevent. Just broadcasting signed assertions to a bunch of nodes who make all of the data available to the public should be enough for everyone to know who claimed
562.
by Canada 7y ago
Great job, thanks guys. Shouts to NSA and the whole security industrial industrial complex for looking out for us. Glad to see all the research and 0day hoarding paid off. Really appreciate it.
563.
by Canada 7y ago
Bring some VR headsets and Beat Sabre. You win.
564.
by Canada 7y ago
That's a step too far. What's next, a ban on even talking to Huawei employees? I mean, if you want to be absolutely safe from serious legal troubles right...
565.
by Canada 7y ago
Forget politics, let's just see how well Huawei's Androids sell outside without Play infrastructure. My bet that people will only choose China's consumer software offerings is if they have absolutely no choice.
566.
by Canada 7y ago
I'm surprised he left behind anything cleartext
567.
by Canada 7y ago
Yeah CMC sucks. I've been looking at this one more lately: https://www.bti.live/currencies/
568.
by Canada 7y ago
You're right, it was in 2003.
569.
by Canada 7y ago
Remember when they put a wildcard in the gLTDs? Assholes.
570.
by Canada 7y ago
Don't worry, unless Facebook can convince Western governments to ban all competition this will never happen. The Chinese government banning the competition is the reason WeChat has the position in China it now enjoys.

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