black_puppydog

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by black_puppydog 9y ago
To me, a lot of these functions seem like things that could easily be available to the individual (like AC) or should be provided to the general public, not just in malls (like being a "safe area"). But thank you, that does clarif
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
Maybe someone from the US can clarify this for me: are people upset about this as an indicator for the economic changes happening at the moment, or are they genuinely concerned about the malls themselves? Never having left Europe myself, I
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
Yeah. I am really happy about the ICIJ's work here, but I stopped reading this after seeing that the author didn't get the name right and then explicitely talked about the name. Luckily, there's plenty of good coverage on the
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
I am torn between "This is somewhat tautological" and "This (the second sentence) is plain wrong, and the current situation is a perfect example why."
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
I just love the idea of putting the very things you want nobody to see into the hands of the one company that already knows everything else about you. Better hope you never, ever try to engage in a political campaign that fb doesn't ap
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
see, that's why they need to "manually" verify the photos. convenient, isn't it?
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
another point is that you (the recommender, and, incidentally, also the user) are happy if there is at least one novel and interesting item in the recommendations. This might apply less to music (list) recommendations, but in general that
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
That might be the logical next step. But if you (we) don't stand up now for the freedom of the centralized platforms, what's to stop tomorrow's governments from simply outlawing anything that cannot be decrypted and censored?
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
Any kind of upopian sci-fi would be great. Like many, I do have a soft spot for dystopia, but what $people seem to be lacking lately seems to be some positive [outlook|vision] for the future.
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by black_puppydog 9y ago
well, as the article states, this attack needs elevated rights on your machine anyway. so to install that, you need to be pwned in the first place. and (also stated) you better hope that all admins of all websites/services you use tak
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German Military Cyber March [audio](cir.bundeswehr.de)
2 points by black_puppydog 10y ago|0 comments
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by black_puppydog 11y ago
If you don't trust the other end of the communications, just don't hit send... Anything else is BS.
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by black_puppydog 11y ago
It is sometimes surprising how accurate some of Stallman's dystopian visions were and it is frightening because some of them have not become true. Yet.
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by black_puppydog 11y ago
I like that the kind of text used in this... marketing website (?) could easily fall under the new definitions of terror proposed by e.g. US and UK governments...
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by black_puppydog 11y ago
I found that quite interesting actually. Implementing this kind of thing in an open source(!) browser may be the only way to deliver custom ads without violating the user's privacy. That being said I still think it is a horrible idea..
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by black_puppydog 11y ago
I am particularly annoyed by the name "Whisper" for the "25 seconds only" messages: It got me to read on because I thought they interfacing with WhisperSystem's protocol for TextSecure. Because, open protocols, fede
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by black_puppydog 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8626931
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by black_puppydog 12y ago
That's what I thought. They have been around for a while, too, haven't they?