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by cyphunk 8y ago
This could be how the message was advertised by some but most people i met from the protestors understood googles plans were at least recently rather moderated. They all understood google was a symbolic target for a bigger problem.
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by cyphunk 8y ago
The mere mention of google already turned up into most housing and office space sale adverts. The effect on housing costs is real but the amount debatable. Rents in the neighborhood have gone through the roof the past couple years and prote
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Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests(bbc.com)
195 points by cyphunk 8y ago|220 comments
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by cyphunk 8y ago
What reasons are there for being more suspect of money from Palestinians than other middle eastern partners: > “typically, entrepreneurs don’t like to focus on politics and historically have not cared very much where the money came from
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by cyphunk 8y ago
Unable to change title ;)
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by cyphunk 8y ago
But also if a modification of the SPI bus can result in exploitation then the manufacturer will just patch the memory in place. Cheaper, easier, less detectable. So... the manufacturer is not the source of attack.
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Show HN: The Chinese hardware attack is false
1 points by cyphunk 8y ago|2 comments
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by cyphunk 8y ago
> So which is more likely The language of the Apple refute is so strong, to the point of directly attacking Bloomberg and calling them irresponsible. So yes, in this case there are at least a few lies being peddled by the Bloomberg intel
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by cyphunk 8y ago
I have not seen anything that indicates how installing this chip would do anything at all without also modifying the trace design and fabrication of the PCB itself. Also does anyone have information about the "baseboard management cont
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by cyphunk 8y ago
thanks for the recommendation. I couldn't find anything about e2e encryption or encryption before send to server in their documents. Typically this shows up, at least, as a statement indicating that the data is stored on their server i
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Ask HN: Privacy aware anti-theft phone apps?
1 points by cyphunk 8y ago|2 comments
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by cyphunk 8y ago
I thought this was already the case for years. If you use android and have a google account setup, which is essential to downloading apps, it already tracks the user in the map app.
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by cyphunk 8y ago
classic :)
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by cyphunk 8y ago
Effect and side effect seem mixed up here. What is great about Amsterdam isn't the bikes, it's the lack of cars. Yes adding infrastructure for bikes takes space away from cars so the results appear one in the same. But perhaps foc
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by cyphunk 8y ago
Lebanon was fun. When I arrived and purchased a SIM card, after getting on the different smartphone instamessage systems everyone that knew the previous owner started contacting me.
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by cyphunk 8y ago
Stop letting attackers route to you. Put your ssh server behind an onion. Do the same if you have POP/IMAP and other servers that have no reason for being accessible through transparent routing.
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by cyphunk 8y ago
what?
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by cyphunk 8y ago
how is this labeled [dupe]? They are two separate articles. I'm confused because I've seen plenty of times an issue covered from different articles where both show up in results not labeled dupe.
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by cyphunk 8y ago
There is a very long history by succeeding Israeli governments of assassinations with little evidence. Sometimes using false evidence or odd justifications to base the killing on. But there is also little reason to point the finger. The Ob
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by cyphunk 8y ago
I'm going to frame this comment and put it on a wall
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by cyphunk 8y ago
small pods introduce the insanity of the highway system into spaces meant for trains. perhaps there are some improvements to be made through automation and scheduling of lanes but it seems possible pods would prove to be significantly less
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by cyphunk 8y ago
By "gain" they meant privacy. You gain no privacy... you lose privacy when using iCloud and Apple Calendar
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by cyphunk 8y ago
started attending more activist-oriented and critical discussion groups or groups dealing with specific local issues in my community (Berlin). While it can feel as though there is a certain amount of depth lacking to many discussions, the t
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by cyphunk 8y ago
https://github.com/trezor/trezor-mcu/commits/master?after=31... As jochen mentions in his timeline in the post trezor asked he delay publication until they could fix the bug in release 1.3.3. he says they inc
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by cyphunk 9y ago
you point out something important. for-pay models don't properly deal with income disparities. you can be sure that for a portion of current 2.2b users $2 a month for access would be a significant chuck of their income.
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by cyphunk 9y ago
connected botnet ready clocks, but for electrical grids? Or perhaps you just meant setting up a (non-internet) grid time protocol? It would be a risky venture, I'm guessing, as there may be other functions that rely on the 50Hz grid co
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by cyphunk 9y ago
Cordola Fine's Delusions of Gender is an excellent counter to Pinker's naturalist essentialism. Pinker tends to lean to the side of nature rather than nuture in debate around gender influence. The article assumes the readers belie
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by cyphunk 9y ago
rough english summary: the vero privacy policy explicitly permits passing your data with 3rd parties. Also: analysis of what data the app transmits to other sites is shown and somewhat revealing worth reading the translated version: https:
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by cyphunk 9y ago
this is discussed here in the comments extensively. The best answer is that they block Germany because they expect if they complied by only blocking certain books they would have to deal with many more requests in the future. They also deci
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by cyphunk 9y ago
Could you expand on why you think the name of the company is not important here?

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