Istof

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'Home-brewed' encryption scheme opens millions of smart meters to hacking(fierceitsecurity.com)
14 points by Istof 11y ago|1 comments
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by Istof 11y ago
Quadcopters can also be saved if only one motor fails using only the 3 other motors and an algo: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/new-algorithm-can-save-a...
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by Istof 11y ago
I had a dealer chase me out and then call me back and then offer me to deliver the car and contract to my home but they were so rude earlier that I went somewhere else and ended up getting an even better deal... thanks to http://
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by Istof 11y ago
I guess that depends what deal Apple signs with Greece... and what dirt the NSA has on EU officials...
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by Istof 11y ago
Couldn't Apple require the European union to reimburse them?
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by Istof 11y ago
I Still love the Web but we need at the very least something like a distributed open search engine / cache engine...
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by Istof 11y ago
They would take detours to drive by stores that you might like... even if your pregnant wife is having a baby on the back seat.
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by Istof 11y ago
How do you explain this from a few days ago: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/one-of-the-biggest-privacy-... ?
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by Istof 11y ago
Does $500k in the USA still buy you permanent residency?
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by Istof 11y ago
invisibility: 222222
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by Istof 11y ago
end-to-end encryption is nice, but since the government can force companies to secretly add backdoors, it is pretty much game over for privacy?
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by Istof 11y ago
This effectively destroys privacy...
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by Istof 11y ago
but unlike Elon, you don't think fuel cells are complete crap?
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by Istof 11y ago
Because you vote for somebody who says he will fix something doesn't mean he will... they need to be held accountable somehow... Obama is an example of this.
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by Istof 11y ago
Obama did say everything he needed to be elected.
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by Istof 11y ago
Google dropped the "don't be evil" motto in 2009 and the Google "+" search operator in 2011... I think that is when Google stopped improving (on average) and even started to degrade services for business purposes (w
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by Istof 11y ago
I like to backup my data to storage that I own too and I try to keep a copy of it on all my devices but while storage is getting cheaper everyday, hardware makers try to limit local storage on mobile devices every way they can to increase
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by Istof 11y ago
Apple always closely controlled what hardware can be used with their software, even in the 90s... which is why I never purchased it. Always been the opposite of Microsoft in that regard.
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by Istof 12y ago
somewhat unrelated but if you email a private URL to a Microsoft email address, they will also crawl it, about once a month (I get an email anytime someone access it and MS bot is the only one accessing it). Not sure if Google also does th
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by Istof 12y ago
... but they still should be charged with hacking.
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by Istof 12y ago
I wonder if you would be able to do a FOIA request to get your data?
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by Istof 12y ago
Every month or so, my Comcast service goes down for at least 1/2 day at a time, but Comcast is currently my cheapest option. Many local businesses also rely on Comcast and when that happens, you can't pay by card. ATT used to b
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by Istof 12y ago
It pretty much blends in with the 3-month stock price history... http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=TSLA+Interactive#{%22rang...
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by Istof 12y ago
The SSD speed will be greatly limited if using it through the raspberry pi's USB
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by Istof 12y ago
at least when Google acquires an existing service, it waits a few years before shutting it down
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by Istof 12y ago
Or you could host all your books on your home web server with an ad on your empty bookshelf or above your TV?
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by Istof 12y ago
... and insurance-free, as opposed to credit cards
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by Istof 12y ago
I backup using rsync some important files to a local and remote server(s) daily in a TGZ archive and keep the last 14 days, last 10 weeks (1/week), last 11 months (1/month), and 1 yearly forever.. Very much based off of this: ht
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by Istof 12y ago
I agree with you but I think that you used the wrong term... "use" should probably be replaced with "be cataloged by"... for example they do face recognition on all pictures, they harvest contact information from other p
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by Istof 12y ago
too bad it's not waterproof for the billionaires

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