frostmatthew

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by frostmatthew 14y ago
Sadly many users don't heed the warnings. I would guess those users are also less likely to have everything fully patched and up to date.
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
Yes, Firefox uses Google's Safe Browsing blacklist of malware and phishing sites. So the "credit" probably goes as much to the safe browsing team at Google as those working on Chrome (or Firefox).
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
Instead of setting a hard number (that requires adjustments) they should change it to responding to the top X petitions with the most signatures each month.
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
Sure, he could have become a billionaire, but that's not good rationale as a reason "not to leave a startup." For every "Ronald Wayne" there are many many more people who will never become billionaires (or even millionaires) no matter what
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A Fuzzy Border: Malvertising(stopbadware.org)
1 points by frostmatthew 14y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: weekend project: see how frequently someone tweets before following(shouldifollow.com)
3 points by frostmatthew 14y ago|0 comments
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
They're working on it http://www.adsintegrityalliance.org/ :-)
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
The warnings are just that, warnings. Any user is free to proceed to the site if they desire. Just like any user is free to NOT use a browser that uses Google's blacklist if they desire (Chrome, Safari, Firefox use it). Though FWIW Google's
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
Evernote does :-)
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Getting Medieval on Infosec: A Response to Schneier(blog.stopbadware.org)
1 points by frostmatthew 14y ago|0 comments
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
Life: switching careers from hospitality management to software development (I don't think any developer who has never been anything else can really appreciate how great we have it) Programming: learning C++, even though at work we use Java
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Developers Deserve Residual Royalties(dustinclingman.com)
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by frostmatthew 14y ago
I'm not sure what they're doing but I bet none of them are posting disparaging comments about other people's hobbies. How people choose to entertain themselves in their free time is up to them (to the extent it doesn't cause harm to others)