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EFF: DoJ J20 Dreamhost investigation is unconstitutional(eff.org)
3 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
'Discourage', obviously, is distinct from 'prevent'. But those checks were enhanced in the wake of the scandal, and it is based in large part on the strength of those enhanced checks that this conclusion about the underp
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
I was thinking the exact same thing while reading. And while holidaying in Bohemia earlier this year!
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Because OpenVPN is a VPN technology (and client) that can be used for secure connections, rather than a subscription VPN service. Unless you mean Private Tunnel VPN, their VPN subscription product? It's one of many, many products not r
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Who is your target market? I have used both personal VPS hosted and commercial VPN systems at various times (I currently use a commercial VPN to anonymize some traffic sometimes and bypass national-level censorship). In my understanding of
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
I agree so much. I almost stopped reading when I realised his first complaint about PIA was their name was too long for his off-the-shelf CSS . It's a struggle to keep the criticism of this site constructive.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
You'll find this extensively discussed in a number of other HN threads: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=china%20vpn&sort=byPopularity&... Hope that helps!
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
> That's unacceptable for a privacy company. Why ? The fact of a connection being established in port 80 is to do with how TCP/IP works. You aren't even claiming to understand what protocol is in use on port 80, not to
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Since the entries on the site are ordered top-to-bottom based entirely on his subjective rating, ignoring the objective criteria, the list absolutely rates Vype higher, in both a figurative and literal sense, and in a way that implies that
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Considering your claim to be interested in producing a quality analysis of the various services and clients, and in other reviews you took pains to point out that connections were made to Google analytics servers, I found it pretty disappoi
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
> Open source baseband only won't be enough, Not sufficient, perhaps, but necessary. A 0-day in baseband firmware seems a helluva lot more attractive a target than in a battery controller MCU.
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Most accurate measurement of dark matter structure in the universe released(news.fnal.gov)
2 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Implausible deniability, perhaps?
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
I am genuinely curious in wondering what proportion of the open standards in technology begin as innovative evolutions of existing standards with only limited support at introduction, like this is. Isn't this essentially one of the acc
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Just because the Nearby Connections API layer is neither authenticated nor encrypted, doesn't mean the developer isn't free to implement it. If I tell you an Ethernet cable requires neither authentication nor encryption, you aren&
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
I Am Not An Expert. If I understand correctly, these are a way to automate the execution of the financial part of normal contracts without the need for undue trust between parties. Some simple examples that might help (and I invite correc
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Side note: Publications like this not clearly dated in the document are very frustrating.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
The parent posts here are talking about the admin interface to the router, not the wireless password. While it's technically true that anyone within range can connect, they can't authenticate without the wireless password, and so
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New evidence for Majorana fermion, a particle that's its own antiparticle(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|1 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Well, yes, and as your sibling commenters contributed useful and insightful replies it indicates the question is interesting enough, at least to them, to be worth contributing thought to. If you're really just looking for an unsubtle w
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Very interesting. I'd like to see this simulation run with different (pseudo-)RNGs. I wonder if and how the quality of the randomness impacts the outcome. Can anyone with insight offer comment?
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Is Multics like The Ring? You have to give it to someone else to free yourself of the curse?
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
From what I can gather from a quick look at the 802.11e QoS spec* this is pretty much spot on. Many wireless clients (e.g. many phones) ping in order to discover networks faster than the access point's broadcast interval and to connect
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
... and IFTTT, Tasker, and any number of of automation apps that require the user to both be aware of and be bothered to set up correctly. Developer preview 3 of Android O includes a great option in WiFi settings to automatically turn WiFi
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
I, uh... I didn't expect those kinds of icons.
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Tesla to help build world’s largest lithium ion battery for South Australia(theaustralian.com.au)
5 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|2 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
There are constraints on how quarks combine, according to the standard model, which mean (among other things) that you won't get three of the same quark combining to form a particle. The cc subscript indicates the presences of two ch
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Ukranian company, patient zero for Petya, could face charges for vulnerability(theverge.com)
2 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Signing in from a different machine.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
My god yes. I get caught up in this with Steam maybe once a year — frequently enough that I grimace in irritation at every Steam login prompt. Repeated logins using my email address and password, increasingly obscenely expressed frustration

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