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by andreyf 14y ago
the old Maps app was perpetually stuck in 2007 while Android phones gained 3D views and (much more important) vector maps and turn by turn navigation I don't need or care about 3D view or vector maps or turn-by-turn navigation (although I
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Google to pay largest fine in FTC history for bypassing Safari privacy settings (appleinsider.com)
11 points by andreyf 14y ago|4 comments
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by andreyf 14y ago
Could someone who knows about such matters comment on whether this is the usual consequence for what he did, or if it's likely that he's been given "preferencial" treatment for his political activism?
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by andreyf 14y ago
Episode? Did you mean "essay"? This one, in particular: http://cryptome.org/jdb/ap.htm Side note: the story of the author of that essay in an interesting one... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bell
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by andreyf 14y ago
I understood what you were trying to say, but I think you discredited yourself by misusing the term "false flag operation" before he said anything. Edit(ing because I can't reply yet): I think in the context you were using it, "hoax" would
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by andreyf 14y ago
Yes, the transactions to and from these accounts are available here: Stop release: https://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW... Full release: https://blockchain.info/address/12AP6iCwRNFQqKLStH3A4b4hw3SL...
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by andreyf 14y ago
In the last decade they've been innovative, yes, but I think your examples from this year are pretty obvious iterative improvements on their current product lines. PG expounded on this once, as well: I was talking recently to someone who k
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by andreyf 14y ago
Please don't argue like that: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
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by andreyf 14y ago
I don't think this is about money. Apple has enough money. This is about destroying the competition - in particular, Android. I believe Steve Jobs wasn't shy about it, either: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15400984
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Lance Armstrong stripped of titles, banned for life(telegraph.co.uk)
6 points by andreyf 14y ago|1 comments
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by andreyf 14y ago
> "As usual" really? They are not an objective news source, for sure, but they are decent. They often provide a good counter point on any US based and so called "free" media news sources. I don't read them much, but was pretty disappoin
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by andreyf 14y ago
RT is, as usual, full of shit. TrapWire is no secret, but a public product, available to any company who wants to pay for it (see www.trapwire.com). "more accurate than modern facial recognition technology" "recorded digitally on the spo
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by andreyf 14y ago
1) Facetime seems to be vulnerable to MITM wiretaps, but none of Google's services are transmitted in the clear anymore. Skype, afaik, is encrypted, as well. 2) Wikipedia says that "from 2003 to 2006 the bureau issued 192,499 national secur
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by andreyf 14y ago
The article you link talks about the collaboration in response to the "January 2010 cyberattack on Google that targeted the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists", not the massive surveillance the NSA allegedly performs without j
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by andreyf 14y ago
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if most of your communication is over GMail/Google talk/Skype/Facetime/etc, there isn't a way the feds could wiretap that without the cooperation of Google/Microsoft/Apple, and AFAIK, they will require a
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Head of Kaspersky Labs: there's "too much freedom" online(wired.com)
2 points by andreyf 14y ago|1 comments
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EFF: Americans may not realize the impacts of face recognition technology(networkworld.com)
85 points by andreyf 14y ago|43 comments
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by andreyf 14y ago
But on Feb. 29, Dragon received an odd memo from Goldman. It wasn’t addressed to anyone in particular at Dragon, and it wasn’t signed by anyone at Goldman. The Goldman Four testified later that they had no idea who had sent it. But the mem
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by andreyf 14y ago
Windows 3.1, really?
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by andreyf 14y ago
My biggest surprise is that nobody at the Apple store noticed that the camera lights were on for all (most?) of the computers in the store... wouldn't that be kind of obvious?
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by andreyf 14y ago
I also noticed the slew of $$$-related articles lately. I wonder if that's just a coincidence or a real trend.
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by andreyf 14y ago
As fully autonomous vehicles hit the market, I imagine there will be a good case to re-examine driving rules. Perhaps there will be autonomous-only lanes with different speed limits.
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by andreyf 14y ago
Very nice! Wrote something like this one too many times in the past, definitely delighted to replace it with a library in the future, thanks! :)
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Collide: A Dead Google Collaborative IDE Project Now Open-Source(phoronix.com)
2 points by andreyf 14y ago|0 comments
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by andreyf 14y ago
I've always wondered this about vulnerabilities: how can one guarantee an exclusive sale? And why doesn't someone who bought it just go ahead and re-sell it to (multiple) others to make a profit?
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by andreyf 14y ago
This is weird: a Google search for that "2a00:..." string [1] results in a link to what looks like this page, but hosted on 13l.blork.ly. What's up with that? 1. https://www.google.com/search?q=2a00%3A1450%3A4003%3A800%3A%...
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by andreyf 14y ago
Interesting domain! But can't they be removed from Google for selling backlinks [0]? Their ad [1] says it explicitly: "webmasters rank better in Google with backlinks on Nissan.com". That seem to be against the webmaster guidelines, no? 0.
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by andreyf 14y ago
FWIW, the new unit is actually nice when you have to deal with those pesky power sockets at ground level (on skirting boards) that don't provide enough ground clearance to mount the old Airport Express/other chargers without an extension c
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by andreyf 14y ago
Sorry for the stupid question, but where did you guys find the list of hashes? I didn't see it linked in the article. Edit: found it in the Slashdot comments, it's: http://www.mediafire.com/?n307hutksjstow3 For the record, my password's h
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The Flame worm "might be the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed"(securelist.com)
1 points by andreyf 14y ago|0 comments

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