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721.
by Canada 9y ago
Looks like the HN domain name extraction rules need an update for .hk
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by Canada 9y ago
I'm not aware of any legal basis for blocking the sale. I just don't like the idea of China, a country that runs a brutal censorship and surveillance regime, to have any control over communication or publishing tools used by the r
723.
by Canada 9y ago
That is a great point, a lot of communication happens over games, they do have a sort of social graph as well. WeChat will not suddenly get popular in the US because it sucks. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have survived in China wit
724.
by Canada 9y ago
We're using these services too, and we can say whatever we like about American politicians or policy. No problem. On WeChat we better watch what we say about the Chinese government or any of the issues it deems sensitive. I don't
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by Canada 9y ago
US regulators should block such a sale. No Chinese firm should be permitted to own a controlling interest in any communication system widely used in the US. China doesn't allow US companies to do so in China, so why should Chinese comp
726.
by Canada 9y ago
People without USD accounts. To them selling for USD is just getting them a promise of USD which they're never going to cash out anyway.
727.
by Canada 9y ago
Right, these are just forks of existing systems with very, very trivial changes. Do you know of any significant programming languages, libraries, or frameworks that originate from China? Seems like most of the best Chinese software talent m
728.
by Canada 9y ago
What Chinese operating systems are there?
729.
by Canada 9y ago
Shadowsocks is not very secure at all. Static keys and naive crypto. But that doesn't matter much since its primary use is for obfuscation.
730.
by Canada 9y ago
P2P doesn't really help there. Hardly anyone gets a routable IP address so everyone needs some rendezvous service anyway.
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by Canada 9y ago
It cuts both ways. What's to stop Google, Amazon, Netflix and Facebook from blocking all traffic from AT&T entirely? How long would Comcast or AT&T survive without access to the top 50 sites?
732.
by Canada 9y ago
That has started failing with iPhone. Now you need that and you need need a VPN. I haven't looked into why yet. Outside of China you can just choose US as your region and it's fine.
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by Canada 9y ago
Yes
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by Canada 9y ago
That's true, FATCA has created a situation where Americans are effectively locked out of foreign banks. It sucks, especially for Americans living abroad and business people trying to establish themselves internationally, however it&#x2
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by Canada 9y ago
In contrast, look at what these countries do rather than what their leaders say. American markets are actually open. Americans can invest their money anywhere. Foreigners can buy property and own companies with few restrictions. China disco
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by Canada 9y ago
I'm with you that copying all of Google's data is unlikely. It's a serious project for Google itself to significantly move around its own data internally. My point is that very extensive, damaging information could amount to
737.
by Canada 9y ago
Who says attackers must use home or small office connections? Why can't the data be exfiltrated to a top tier data center with excellent peering?
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by Canada 9y ago
Once upon a time movies were too big to download, and now look.
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by Canada 9y ago
Automated cars will be better than most of us in these conditions. If you live somewhere that only snows a few days each year, you can't drive in it very well. You don't even have the right tires. Fleets will change their tires fo
740.
by Canada 9y ago
How common is that? I've never seen it.
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by Canada 9y ago
Automated or not, the nature of the military mission guarantees it will take the lives and destroy the property of innocent people. (So don't take this as an endorsement of what the military is doing.) If all you care about is winning
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by Canada 9y ago
It's a reasonable strategy for processing images and other sensor data. People aren't perfect for the task either. We're expensive, get bored easily, and even at the best of times we're also vulnerable to plenty of adver
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by Canada 9y ago
Extreme End to End Encryption isn't good enough anymore. Me and all my zealot friends have decided, in our sole and unreviewable discretion as ultimate authorities in determining the righteousness of our actions, to standardize and man
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by Canada 9y ago
It's too bad browsers never made a prominent button to choose language and instead buried this option deep down.
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by Canada 9y ago
I wish Google would respect your accept language header instead of stupidly returning results based on IP address.
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by Canada 9y ago
This attack actually happened years ago at a company called Hushmail. Law enforcement had the encrypted email provider serve malicious code to the target which leaked the secret key.
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by Canada 9y ago
I'm looking forward to learning the details of these weaknesses. I'm sure they will be with us for many years. That said, I'm not hugely concerned for myself because I already already assume whatever LAN I use might be malici
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by Canada 9y ago
Beijing already has its direct hand so far up these firms it can reach the back of their teeth. Most likely this is Beijing offering a little liquidity to pay off some connected shareholders.
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by Canada 9y ago
Because if it's encrypted then even Apple can't unlock it
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by Canada 9y ago
Yeah, companies sometimes bully and intimidate, but all those links point at baseless lawsuits that didn't legally succeed.

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