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by alister 14y ago
Dear Mr. Glasner, Bagon, and Irani (authors of the super-resolution paper): Please apply this technique to resolve a historically important question about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by identifying the license plate numbe
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British Airways Googling its Passengers(slate.com)
3 points by alister 14y ago|2 comments
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DLP projector and selective lighting make rain invisible for drivers(engadget.com)
1 points by alister 14y ago|0 comments
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by alister 14y ago
I want to add some tips: Exif is the one everyone knows, but don't discount #3 and #4 (i.e., identifiers added by image editing tools). To keep a photo untraceable: Delete the Exif data using a tool like IrfanView. To edit the photo, downlo
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by alister 14y ago
Hidden image data in photos that I know about: (1) Exif meta-data (Exchangeable image file format) which are things like resolution and dates, but can include serial numbers as well. Here's a handy list of cameras (usually high-end ones) th
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by alister 14y ago
> but 5 years later western governments will follow this way I don't want to minimize the assault on our privacy and anonymity from all directions, but the one positive trend in the US and Canada has been toward less ID or no ID for usi
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by alister 14y ago
I would agree with the others who already replied that it was the latter, i.e., there wasn't a way to make all transactions totally anonymous. If you look at the protocol, you can see that there is no obvious way to modify the protocol so
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by alister 14y ago
The 2-minute video on their home page takes the right approach. It does not try to explain the lofty ideals of Bitcoin. It never mentions scary concepts like free banking, lack of government regulation, and crypto. It uses the word "anony
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by alister 14y ago
The OP's point is that displayed content can be made to be indistinguishable from visual elements of the browser even for technically sophisticated users in the near future. This reminds me of login spoofing of yesteryear. How do you know
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by alister 14y ago
You're quite right. I was thinking of an unsophisticated site owner with simple requirements (like a restaurant site) who hires a designer. He wouldn't know to put into the contract that all source code must be delivered. In such a case, he
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by alister 14y ago
What's the problem with Flash? 1. Ceaselessly the biggest security hole on desktop computers. 2. Proprietary. 3. The need to install it in the first place and keep updating it. (And, no, I don't want it to auto-update.) 4. Can't cut and pas
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by alister 14y ago
It's not the Right and Wrong interpretation that matters here -- it's the spin. Orbitz is probably run by a bunch of techies, and techies don't understand PR. Orbitz messed up in how they spun their story to the Wall Street Journal. They co
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by alister 14y ago
Summary of the video This was interesting question that was answered, but it's becoming an annoying trend to have 10-minute videos of things that can explained in a few sentences. Here's basically everything the video had to say: Q: When yo
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YouTube videos freeze at view count of 301(youtube.com)
4 points by alister 14y ago|1 comments
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by alister 14y ago
Really?! It's like a sneaky background check. Can you clarify: Were you selling something for more than $1000 or buying something for more than $1000? What were the questions exactly (not stating the personal data of course)? And how were y
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Apple acquires "identity pollution" patent aimed at fighting Big Brother(theatlantic.com)
72 points by alister 14y ago|45 comments
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by alister 14y ago
I think the whole world will benefit from there being a single , standardized and widely recognized Bitcoin rather than a bunch of balkanized forks. Bitcoin is what everyone knows and it's what has a shot at success. If the choices get mud
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by alister 14y ago
Despite the very basic UI, the Dutch version of Craigslist seems to be doing well based on the hundreds of apartment listings in, for example, Amsterdam: http://amsterdam.craigslist.org/apa/ But if I might inject an opposing data point, n
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by alister 14y ago
The original article ("Why do Nigerian Scammers Say They are from Nigeria?") does not contradict what the grandparent writes. Let X = claim to be Nigerian, and Y = earn money using a "419" scam. The article says that while it may appear foo
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by alister 14y ago
I remember a time when mere camera surveillance in public places was considered unacceptable.
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Border security bugging travelers' conversations in Canada makes TSA look mild(thestar.com)
1 points by alister 14y ago|1 comments
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by alister 14y ago
> I then asked the lady washing my hair about whether they consciously ask for feedback from clients, and mentioned how surprised and amazed I was that they had actually listened, discussed it and made a decision about how to improve th
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by alister 14y ago
This is Zimmermann's third attempt at encrypted phone calls, at roughly 9 year intervals: PGPfone (1995) and Zfone (~2004/5). I'll assume that this will be a lot easier to use than the earlier programs, and I'll also grant that smartphones
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by alister 14y ago
Perhaps it's not worth mentioning, but it's not the first time I've seen a reporter made this same kind of math "error" because it helped make his case: > taxi drivers have asked for a 20 percent hike in fares. How much would the MTBT l
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by alister 14y ago
> All that began to change in 1979. That year, New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission changed its rules to allow medallions to be leased out for 12-hour shifts. The implication here is that the transferability of the medallions caused
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by alister 14y ago
You need to request a "key" (essentially a user ID) before you can make queries. I can imagine only 3 reasons for this: (1) they want to make you agree to the Terms & Conditions, (2) it gives a way to choke off a DDOS attack that makes
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by alister 14y ago
No, just a bunch at the top and at the bottom. Just 1570 out of the 6 million. (I did: grep 'c3d.....$' SHA1.txt |wc -l) It's not clear to me how the file was sorted. Anyone have any ideas?
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by alister 14y ago
As cool as this is, I'd rather just buy one. Could someone here recommend a commercial wifi signal enhancer for use with a laptop that they've had good results with? (It need not have a directional antenna as in the original article.) When
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Microsoft Certificate used to sign "Flame"(isc.sans.edu)
160 points by alister 14y ago|47 comments
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by alister 14y ago
There's a failure of logic in this article that no one is pointing out. If employers are so picky that they can't find anyone to hire, then they will have to lower their standards if they want to hire anyone. There might be a delay--like th

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