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Microsoft mistakenly posted a 'test' Windows update patch(zdnet.com)
3 points by eloy 11y ago|0 comments
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by eloy 11y ago
Confirmed that it was a test update: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-accidentally-issued-a...
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by eloy 11y ago
> There is other NO laptop on the market today that has a physical means to turn off a machine’s built in Webcam and Microphone. That was shocking to read, actually. I assumed that Purism wasn't the only company doing this.
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Simple explanation of how Shor's Algorithm works and how to break RSA with it(medium.com)
1 points by eloy 11y ago|0 comments
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European Commission Approves NXP’s Acquisition of Freescale(europa.eu)
2 points by eloy 11y ago|0 comments
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by eloy 11y ago
Hmm, that's taking a long time assuming Mozilla itself is involved in the project.
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by eloy 11y ago
The infrastructure to connect them is widespread available. It is a relatively little step to connect them with each other. That might happen faster than you'd expect.
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by eloy 11y ago
The Chinese authorities neither understand how FOSS works nor the Streisand Effect.
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by eloy 11y ago
I know, it was disabled almost as soon as it was discovered, which would not happen with proprietary software. But, we learned again that it can happen, even when you use FOSS.
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by eloy 11y ago
Even in Ubuntu, you still need to disable user tracking. It's not difficult though, but you still need to do it. I don't even mention 3th party tools such as Chromium with their microphone spy activities...
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by eloy 11y ago
I already knew this would be an article about Moxie before clicking the link.
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by eloy 11y ago
True indeed, the article was written a week before the release of 5.8...
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by eloy 11y ago
This is basically IRC for IM platforms, such as Whatsapp. But I like the idea.
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by eloy 11y ago
The title sounds very clickbait, or is that just me?
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by eloy 11y ago
Then the terrorists will move to different services. If you want to prevent that, you have to shut down the internet, which is quite impossible due to the decentralized structure of TCP/IP. Someone should explain the technical working
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by eloy 11y ago
I enjoyed Tanenbaum's talk. I learned some new things about the design of kernels (In particular how bad everything actually is)
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by eloy 11y ago
This will never work. I'm more enthusiastic about DIME.[1] I think SMTP will not (and cannot) ever be replaced. But if there will be DIME support in Postfix and Thunderbird, I can give it a chance. [1] https://darkmail.info&
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by eloy 11y ago
Satya Nadella is taking the right decisions for Microsoft. I don't think Steve Ballmer would've done this.
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“Music was better back then”: When do we stop keeping up with popular music?(skynetandebert.com)
48 points by eloy 11y ago|58 comments
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by eloy 12y ago
I suggest: HypnosIIS. https://twitter.com/eloydegen/status/588362098314477569
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by eloy 12y ago
https://filippo.io/psa-enable-automatic-updates-please/ I can also recommend to enable automatic updates. It won't hurt, and if it does, it will be far less than a hacked server can cause in amount of damage.
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by eloy 12y ago
> People my age or a bit younger (early 20s) say craigslist and hackernews look "hideous" but dammit this is how web pages are supposed to be. Not for me. I'm 18, and I think HN is doing great with this webdesign. As well
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by eloy 12y ago
You can still move the login pages out of the CDN?
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by eloy 12y ago
> No longer accept insecure RC4 ciphers whenever possible What do they mean with "whenever possible"? If there is a downgrade attack ongoing, will it be possible to avoid RC4?
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by eloy 12y ago
Do you realize that Snowden never leaked single documents? He just delivered over 100,000 of documents to Glenn Greenwald last year, and he published them continuously over a long time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they said some time