avifreedman

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by avifreedman 13y ago
I gateway them to a local newsgroup (one per list/newsletter), and read them with tin. Have had a little hacking to do for some newsletters to give me separate commands for forcing reply to the user vs reply to the list. Also scrape e
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by avifreedman 13y ago
havenco.com just released a web site for its relaunch. First services (coupon codes going out starting next week) will be VPN with web proxy today and then adding a ToR-like but commercially supported option, and storage with plans that in
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by avifreedman 13y ago
For havenco.com we are thinking that a cooperating group of privacy-concerned service operators could audit each others' assertions. The specific concern is that it's really untested whether one could be compelled legally to keep
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by avifreedman 13y ago
Finding the problems with FOSS (or really any body of closed or open source or object code) usually requires at least challenging assumptions (not "oh yeah I sort of see what's going on" but digging in) or real creativity. Th
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by avifreedman 13y ago
I think it's possible to build services that enable users to evade the dragnet, whether criminal or potentially governmental. If either of those communities is targeting you in particular, it's much harder. How many people use
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by avifreedman 13y ago
It's actually pretty common for top execs with companies that do lots of government business to have clearances, even if they don't touch the programs or projects directly. Any kind of managed infrastructure or PaaS deployed on a
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by avifreedman 13y ago
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by avifreedman 13y ago
My suggestion is to hack. If you can't do that you won't be happy in the field. If you can, all you needed from the CS education was a guide to googling math in the future. If you can find things that need implementing them and
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by avifreedman 13y ago
[Note: This is more startup/content provider/network world focused and will be a bit less applicable for the enterprise world.] Find some areas that interest you and pursue them. When your spidey sense tingles and you think the t