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by finnw 13y ago
> a number of cases show undercover officers flaunting those rules No, they flouted the rules. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/flaunting-the-rul...
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by finnw 13y ago
Not to mention the radiation http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010329075139.ht...
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by finnw 13y ago
Has anyone ever actually found NSA spyware on a feature phone?
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by finnw 13y ago
Also Alabama. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Obscenity_Enforcement_Act
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by finnw 13y ago
I can just see the Daily Mail headline now: "Facebook records reveal convicted killer wrote 13-word post 5 years ago - red flag was raised - why was nothing done? "
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by finnw 13y ago
What if the current firmware has a bug that allows an attacker to steal your keys?
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by finnw 13y ago
I can see firmware updates being a problem. If the malware can hijack the firmware update process, then it copy itself onto the Trezor (making the device worse than useless.) I assume it will display a fingerprint of the new firmware and th
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by finnw 13y ago
Shame all they need to work around it is to have 2 or more cameras pointing at the same spot (which is usually the case in London.)
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by finnw 13y ago
Thanks. I love paying extra tax to replace vandalised cameras.
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by finnw 13y ago
> don't use plain AES to encrypt a file What does "plain" mean in this context? (If you mean ECB then you are right, but it is ambiguous.)
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by finnw 13y ago
> Laws should be about the informed* consent of the governed* That is a huge can of worms, because it depends on being able to determine who is and isn't "informed."
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by finnw 13y ago
Previous submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5767116
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by finnw 13y ago
Some of these questions can be guessed at by data mining from your email and social network data.
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by finnw 13y ago
> Also if more than one percent commits fraud you could have a problem. Yes, it means that the definition of "fraud" is too broad. Most UK citizens have probably laundered money this year [1]. That does not mean all money la
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by finnw 13y ago
> Google knows exactly what sort of porn you all like If only.
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by finnw 13y ago
Your first paragraph is inaccurate. The IWF[1] does operate such a blacklist, but it is not secret and they are not involved in the blocking of piratebay by UK ISPs. [1][ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation ]
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by finnw 13y ago
That depends whether you agree with the parents having the choice of how the money they earned is used. My point is that if we take the money from the children on the grounds that they do not deserve it, we implicitly deny the parents that
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by finnw 13y ago
It is a robot, just not a quadrupedal robot.
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by finnw 13y ago
If the use of ECB is appropriate (which it may well be for this application) then the fact that is was used is not an indication of "brain dead" decision making. I would be much more worried if they made the system unnecessarily complicate
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by finnw 13y ago
> What about people born into wealth, who inherited the money their parents or grandparents earned by doing something useful for society? There isn't really any difference. The parents kept the money they earned, and (quite rationall
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by finnw 13y ago
And maybe predict domestic violence before it happens. I'm not sure if I qualify as one of the "privacy folk" or not, but I would say "As long as the police cannot compel you to install the thing and switch it on, or have an AI system issue
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by finnw 13y ago
I was just thinking the exact opposite. I am really not convinced that the site can be maintained indefinitely for a $15 one-off payment per user. And when it inevitably closes down I will feel cheated out of the "lifetime" of service I p
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by finnw 13y ago
> Let's face it, if someone has hundreds of hours of footage of your work, they can find problems. Yes but they will have to spend hundreds of their own time to do that (and if they intend to sue you to get their money back, also a lawy
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by finnw 13y ago
The type of user who uses public keys usually knows better than to use server-side key management on a social networking site (however pretty the interface may be.)
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by finnw 13y ago
But if you are a competent recruiter, you should be able to spot these people quickly.
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by finnw 13y ago
No, but it does not matter. Either you have already decided not to hire them, or they have decided not to wait any longer for you to make your decision.
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by finnw 13y ago
I've had former colleagues offended that I did not endorse them for skills (that I had not witnessed them using, though I knew they used them at that company.)
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by finnw 13y ago
Metal bitcoins are real. https://www.casascius.com/
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by finnw 13y ago
I wonder if the steam rocket[1] was invented as a result of an incident like this? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_rocket
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by finnw 14y ago
I guess I will have to introduce random spelling errors into my messages then.

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