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_martamoreno_
6y ago
That's a real oversimplification and self-serving... It's true that this is a horrible idea, but for different reasons. Criminals first of all don't necessarily use encryption, because apparently even these days they get the
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_martamoreno_
7y ago
Really bad example... Memset to zero members of a structure this way is actually something that should trigger a compiler error, because it makes no sense. I have limited understanding of C these days, but I consider that a good thing, beca
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_martamoreno_
7y ago
Bad example really. There are many companies where you don't need to know this stuff, Google is not one of them. You want that 350k a year, but you don't know the basics about computer science to find the k-th highest element in a
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_martamoreno_
7y ago
Is it though? It's about as inspiring as Albert Einstein is for physics students. In general, taking inspiration from a genius is akin to the American Dream of becoming a millionaire when starting as a dish washer. The world doesn'
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_martamoreno_
7y ago
There is also a tradeoff between anonymity and target of interest. All these suggestions only work when a lot of people apply them. Otherwise you end up just like with using privacy operating systems, like Qubes OS. Yeah, you will be safer,