abugheratwork

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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I think you're right. I also think the browser, as your agent, should enforce expectations. "This website wants to upload data. Allow? [Once] [Always] [No] [Click here to see the data.]"
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
Password should be saved per-site. Like, I think they actually are.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I think it's one of those arguments that disappears once you account for context. No, the datestamp doesn't affect the quality of the encryption. Yes, it might matter if the last time this certificate was vouched for was 100 yea
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
You just claimed that if we don't get them they'll get us, and then called someone childish.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
They're being jerks, but why is an interesting question. I don't think it's a cognitive dissonance thing, at least where I've seen that picture. I think it's an us/them thing. Specifically, the kind where one
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I'm glad to read that they ate the salmon.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I was wondering if he just stood there and drank straight lemon juice while he talked about lemonade.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
"This attitude of deferring to regulatory agencies ... is dangerous to liberty and innovation." I'm just checking that that's really what you meant to say.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I think you might be an environmentalist. My understanding is that if you think the environment is something we should take care of, that's basically it. I guess you're probably just saying you don't identify or maybe agree
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I mean it doesn't seem feasible, but it doesn't seem like a stupid idea, either.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
Any dig for old stuff or old bones is an experiment, which will strengthen or weaken, at a minimum, the hypothesis that stuff is at or near that spot.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
The term for the concept is forward secrecy, or often "perfect forward secrecy". It seems like magic to me, too, and I'll probably be reviewing the basics tonight. I couldn't begin to tell you how the trick is accompli
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I mean ... it slopes down to vegetarianism. I like meat, but a world without meat doesn't sound like hell or anything. Probably not what you meant, but I have kind of an aversion to the phrase "slippery slope", as I think pe
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
If I push some buttons and it shows up later, and I didn't have to stand up to make it happen ... I'm pretty sure I can download toothpaste today. Latency isn't impressive, though.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
> We would laugh if it was "Zuckerberg says..." I mean ... I laughed. Didn't you laugh? > I often hear how Hackernews is such a bastion of objectivity and critical thinking. That gave me another good chuckle.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
No, man. He said Firefox should change their architecture, and he gave some kind of example. After the way you seized on the word "typical", I kind of expected you to take words at face value. I didn't see any text to the e
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
Fair. You also said you're not sure Facebook was wrong, and made reference to doxing. Let's see if we can clear up those points. Providing the identity (or some approximation) of this person, to the family, is not the same as re
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
"The left" is a hand.
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by abugheratwork 8y ago
I thought from the title this would be something about a prison. It would probably be wise to mention in the title that this is for identifying network tracker sites (or the actual intent, if I misunderstood.)