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by fabulist 11y ago
Please understand that proprietary software isn't an enemy that must be routed out, and that developing good software (using the right tools for the job) is usually more important (to the developer) than developing software with no pro
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by fabulist 11y ago
> Someone should find who denied Clinton access to a secure BB, then they should be removed from any security related work. I almost feel sorry for them if Clinton becomes President, because their days will hopefully be numbered. But I d
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by fabulist 11y ago
This is a classic story that gets repeated again and again, and security professionals should take note; if you forbid your users from doing something, they will route around you to do it, and it will be end up being less secure than if you
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by fabulist 11y ago
In a field which is not programming, I've been that guy who sent that email. It is pretty easy to fool yourself into thinking you're starting to sink your teeth into something when you're going in the wrong direction entirely
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by fabulist 11y ago
If the style is not to your taste, I wouldn't ask you to read the article, but it seems rude to then make a comment about how they didn't defend their assertions when you pretty plainly bailed out of the article immediately before
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by fabulist 11y ago
We are already engaged in so many of these that I fear opening a new front will cause integer overflow. Perhaps it would be better for publishers and consumers to find a way to transact in cash rather than eyeball time.
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by fabulist 11y ago
The people you do know will purchase the information from the people you don't.
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by fabulist 11y ago
It is always good to know when someone is profiting financially from a recommendation they're giving you.
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by fabulist 11y ago
Sorry, whether it was intercepted & no longer relayed faithfully, versus intercepted passively.
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by fabulist 11y ago
If someone with the necessary equipment were to document the process of attaching the write-blocker an iPhone of the same make and model, and successfully logging in on the 11th try, it could go a huge way towards illustrating to the genera
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by fabulist 11y ago
> If you ask me the best response was the officer who told his commander he "didn't trust his command and control". It was unclear to me whether or not that message was relayed faithfully to his commander, or whether it w
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by fabulist 11y ago
I'd be very interested to hear more about how it is after one has adapted.
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by fabulist 11y ago
I found this because I was curious about the Amicus briefs in Apple's case. I find it a really fascinating concept that the consensus of a trade's practitioners can have bearing on the law.
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Learned treatise (Wikipedia)(en.wikipedia.org)
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by fabulist 11y ago
I'm afraid that you'll only be able to follow them for a short while before they slip below the ocean floor.
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by fabulist 11y ago
Supposedly it has a cable splicing room. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/politics/new-nuclear-sub-i...
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by fabulist 11y ago
It's also called bug bounties (see Hacker1, BugCrowd, synack)
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by fabulist 11y ago
Ah, drones seem so magical and powerful to me that I didn't pick up on it :)
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by fabulist 11y ago
The implication wasn't meant to be that the organizers nefariously distributed these badges insisting that if participants had nothing to hide they had nothing to fear. It was that the participants will clap for whoever is onstage with
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by fabulist 11y ago
Pardon my ignorance, but is it really feasible for a drone to carry a 20 foot cable with a mic? Wouldn't it drag pretty far behind the drone, making it unwieldy? Wouldn't you need 20 additional feet of clearance to avoid obstacles
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by fabulist 11y ago
While I find that claim much more credible, if I were Apple, I'd focus on breaking into new markets, instead.
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by fabulist 11y ago
One thing I learned in this article is that it's someone's job to call the victims of stalkers, apologize on their behalf, and ask to be notified if the behavior continues. It makes me wonder what process is initiated if they info
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by fabulist 11y ago
You're wrong.
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by fabulist 11y ago
It seems like they've had a lot of time to learn which ones, though.
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by fabulist 11y ago
I strongly recommend you learn to debate without resorting to ad hominem attacks. Helps keep things thoughtful and productive, and not just here either. :)
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by fabulist 11y ago
This, please don't engage in personal attacks on HN, but much, much more importantly, please don't be a partisan fascist. Trump supporters are not your enemy and they are not subhumans incapable of reason. They disagree with you a
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by fabulist 11y ago
It's too late to edit my post, but thank you for pointing it out, I was always perplexed by that.
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by fabulist 11y ago
Lockheed Martin might have OPSEC needs that require building a fake skunkworks, but Apple certainly does not. One imagines they put it in the suburbs because it was an area which is convenient to commute to, which was a boon to recruitment.
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Yes, they are.
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The author is arguing that the rate at which it was increasing (18x between 2008 and 2015) and the persistence of the trend (every year for the past three years) as well as that the most major contributing factor (tax law) is unlikely to ch

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