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Show HN: A game about the Snowden leaks played by email(playtopsecret.com)
43 points by agd 11y ago|5 comments
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by agd 11y ago
It's worth pointing out that the government is about to try and push through new surveillance powers. Despite his protestations to the contrary, he very much is trying to shape UK policy and opinion.
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Malicious Cisco router backdoor found on 79 more devices(arstechnica.co.uk)
2 points by agd 11y ago|0 comments
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Password guidance - simplifying your approach (GCHQ) [pdf](gov.uk)
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Snowden Treaty against mass surveillance on internet and communication(snowdentreaty.org)
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by agd 11y ago
I think this misses two main arguments for increased use of end to end encryption. 1. It reduces the behavioural entropy of people who really need it (journalists, lawyers etc) 2. It makes mass surveillance much harder. Yes, if the NSA&#x2F
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by agd 11y ago
If the only thing that needs to change to enable that world is a policy document, then it's just as bad.
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by agd 11y ago
Just because somewhere is public does not mean that it is expected (or ok) to be under blanket surveillance there. People can film you in public places, but they can't follow you around all day filming constantly from multiple angles.
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by agd 11y ago
The GCHQ geeks are not stupid, they know banning end-to-end encryption is not really feasible. Yes, increased usage of it will harm "bulk collection" but not too much. Your whatsapp might be end-to-end encrypted, but companies suc
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by agd 11y ago
Cameron is not really trying to ban encryption (or even ban end to end encryption apps). This is misdirection in the run up to new surveillance legislation. The real issue is 'bulk collection'. The UK government is trying to frame
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by agd 11y ago
The bulk collection of phone metadata (which he exposed) was subsequently ruled unlawful: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/07/nsa-phone-rec...
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by agd 11y ago
He wasn't leaving Sweden to avoid US extradition at that point. If I recall correctly, Wikileaks was particularly busy at that time working with the Guardian on several large stories. Hence, Assange would want to be in London for that
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by agd 11y ago
It is fairly clear that there is an ongoing US investigation into Wikileaks and Assange. Whilst this is ongoing, there would be risk of US extradition requests were he to leave the embassy (to Sweden or elsewhere). His best strategy is ther
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by agd 11y ago
Both Ecuardor and the SPA blame the other side for the delay. It is worth reiterating the facts of the case: 1. The Swedish prosecutor refused to question Assange in London for the last 3 years. 2. Sweden’s Court of Appeal rebuked the prose
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by agd 11y ago
people aren’t agreeing to write a blank check and give up reasonable expectations of privacy by clicking a link. They can’t even know what the cost of visiting a page will be until they’ve already visited it and paid the price. This is th
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by agd 11y ago
Assange is not setting the rules. The Ecuardorians set the rules for questioning in their embassy and the Swedish have no rules against questioning suspects abroad if necessary.
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by agd 11y ago
It should be noted that both sides blame the other for the delay. It is also self-evident that this process was (foreseeably) complex and the Swedish prosecutor left it until the last moment to sort out.
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by agd 11y ago
Yes I have read the article. The Swedish prosecutor has had at least 3 years to organize questioning in the embassy but has left it until the last moment. Now it appears there is not enough time to sort out the (obviously complex) details.
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by agd 11y ago
Pretty outrageous that the prosecutor hasn't questioned him in London by now. This has been a huge police cost and is a great disservice to the alleged victims who would surely want the case to progress quickly. I haven't seen any
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by agd 11y ago
If you detected a Quantum Insert attack against you, would you even say anything? Why alert your adversary?
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by agd 11y ago
The point is that Typescript gives you the choice. You can add type definitions like Haxe, or just drop in your (untyped) JS library without any work and type it later. In the latter case, Typescript gives you some typing for free whereas H
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by agd 11y ago
I started out using Haxe and eventually switched to Typescript because: - it didn't easily integrate with existing JS code/libraries - small community - low resources (compiler bugs existed and weren't quickly fixed) The comm
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by agd 11y ago
> It's shown the government as a cabal who will use every weapon in its arsenal to fight those who would do anything to expose how corrupt and self-serving it's become. I think we've reached a point where there are substan
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by agd 11y ago
> He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers Why would Snowden come back when he can't make a public interest defence [1]? The trial would be a formality and he'd be locked up for 40 years wi
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by agd 11y ago
Unfortunately it is the Eurogroup who are not willing to listen or compromise. The IMF reports (including one leaked today http://news.forexlive.com/!/imf-finally-says-what-they-think... ) shows that Varoufakis was righ
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by agd 11y ago
GCHQ already has the power to hack into suspects' devices to view content and communications. Cameron (and May) repeatedly say that they do, in fact, want mandated backdoors.
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by agd 11y ago
> "At the quantum level, reality does not exist if you are not looking at it" So much physics reporting mistakes science for philosophy. It leads to so much confusion among laypeople.
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by agd 11y ago
A few issues: - password generated server-side (why?) - mixed http/https content - no info on how the password is generated
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by agd 11y ago
I wish they had an underwater sprint in the olympics. It would be great to really test how fast people can go in water.
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by agd 11y ago
Great decision. It's amazing how quickly gay rights have advanced in the western world. Unfortunately it's still legal in many states to discriminate against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Hopefully that's next

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