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by cyphunk 13y ago
Chrome: a recursive search on the libraries linked to in Chrome on OSX shows that the OSX system wide Address Book uses OpenSSL. Specifically LDAP. Here is the dependency tree that leads to OpenSSL on OSX Mavericks: /Application
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by cyphunk 13y ago
clearer, thanks. > What kind of attacks is this practice vulnerable to? So long as the trust only translates to the very limited use cases then there is no vulnerability. Those limits basically mean that no trust should be assumed by any
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by cyphunk 13y ago
+1 for trolling/flaming (simply not enough of it left on the internet) but I dont agree. it's propoganda but I welcome this and all forms of ranting and propoganda. agitation can lead to discussion.
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by cyphunk 13y ago
If you only meant verifying the email as apart of a keysigning party, agreed. Meaning you are looking at their passport and sending an email at the same time. This is better than nothing but wont protect against many directed attacks. For i
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by cyphunk 13y ago
Specifically "check a signature". Even everyone that knows how to sign fail to really check anything. Honestly, if it aint boiled down to a green or red icon then people are going to misuse, assume security when its not, or just c
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by cyphunk 13y ago
First, I found that there are some true gems in the article and feel it is worth reading. But here is my contribution to discussion through some criticism. In effect, hacking has arguably grown. Hacker communities, definitely n
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by cyphunk 13y ago
The story is different when it comes to open source. OSS projects are communal in nature and much more democratic than their non-OSS counterparts. It should be no surprising to see the dynamics of state politics, such as examination of unre
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by cyphunk 13y ago
I acknowledge that there is positive to this reputation scheme. It lets Alice ratchet up-trust. But Bob has to be able to somehow confirm the attached accounts. Keybase assumes Bob will check this. 1. It assumes that Malory didn't copy
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by cyphunk 13y ago
As an engineer i tire of engineer worship. Any engineer not too full off themselves should finish the video with too conclusions perhaps unintuitive to much of the HN mass: 1. I could actually fulfil the letter of the request provided I can
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by cyphunk 13y ago
> 'Prerequisites: Node.js' No thanks. Not going to install a slew of node packages all from untrusted sources so that i can "claim" my name in some PGP key DB. Key DB's are not the way to go. Name associations ar
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by cyphunk 13y ago
Delegation should be instant and dynamic. If I trust somebody to make a decision on my behalf, I should be able to delegate to them instantly. And if they lose my trust, I should be able to take it away with the sam
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by cyphunk 13y ago
> The conclusion? "Increased frequency of sharing photographs of the self, regardless of the type of target sharing the photographs, is related to a decrease in intimacy" in personal relationships, wrote the authors. an example
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by cyphunk 13y ago
nature. mehh, theres an app for that
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by cyphunk 13y ago
sound advice but may not fit if the OP was being driven by something other than making money. Also, some people have been doing the side project route for long enough to feel it is not working and they need to devote more time. i applaud th
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by cyphunk 13y ago
I do not know if it is possible but you should tell people a bit more about your service on your webpage. I could find no details about how any of your claims are implemented.
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by cyphunk 13y ago
If someone needs a screenshot howto to turn this feature off: http://pic.twitter.com/V02HdSlriS
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by cyphunk 13y ago
crypto cat requires a plugin to be installed in your browser. it's a good close option but not exactly one link away.
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by cyphunk 13y ago
That reminds me.... Google's brilliant plan to get millions to adopt its social network platform: Gmail
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by cyphunk 13y ago
Appears the site was parsing a google spreadsheet in json form for part of the content. This is the likely reason for the change of content. Might it be quota issues from an HN/Slashdot effect? Probably not but just pointing out ther
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by cyphunk 13y ago
> “Can anyone guess what number he keeps on his parking spot at Fort Meade?” Dempsey said. “007.” I'm reminded of Trevor Paglen's documentation of the military departmental patches. It's as though they are all boys clubs w
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by cyphunk 13y ago
It's the internet. Copy+paste für immer. Get over it.
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by cyphunk 13y ago
I'm not exactly sure why this project annoys me. It could be the overly idealistic language. Though I find idealism usefull I appreciate more when it isn't wrapped into fortune cookie language. More and more it seams that design c
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by cyphunk 13y ago
not much more encouraging. it looks to me like patch work. ive had this in the past. would give a PoC to a client along with a recommended design change to the questionable methods of the code. they would send back a new version with a patc
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by cyphunk 13y ago
> * Before they could start, we had a very serious security vulnerability responsibly disclosed by Will Farrington and Charlie Somerville > * We fixed it on February 17th the fix scares the shit out of me: https://github.co
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by cyphunk 13y ago
> Long story short: stick to the standard. ahem... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG when you can no longer trust the organizations setting the standards (NIST, CFRG) this argument looses water.
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by cyphunk 13y ago
http://phenomist.wordpress.com/2048-variants/
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by cyphunk 13y ago
is there a cryptocoin for that yet?
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by cyphunk 13y ago
I appreciated the criticism of the article but it largely depends on the company i guess. I know that as a technical person having worked in large companies and startups the office managers were perceived as magicians. They also seem to hol
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by cyphunk 13y ago
markdown forever. ive seen institutions that use onenote for everything and i find it gives me a headache dealing with everyones own structuring model. it's like myspace all over again.
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by cyphunk 13y ago
ack

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