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by loteck 1y ago
This commentary attempts to reassure people about staying with 23 and me, but ultimately ends up concluding that there's virtually nothing useful to be gleaned from the data created from the 23 and me process. Author dismissed privacy
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by loteck 1y ago
Hi Peter - do you have any specific thoughts for people posting about immigration scenarios here, to help keep themselves safe? Given that it was recently revealed that ICE is monitoring these comments.[0][1] [0] https://www.404m
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by loteck 1y ago
Almost nothing is worth the hype but the book is an enjoyable page turner if you like space adventures and speculative science. Audiobook also got some extra attention, I'd go with that if you like audiobooks.
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by loteck 2y ago
It's called a gut and amend procedure. Welcome to the California legislature! [0] https://capitolweekly.net/the-micheli-files-gut-and-amend-bi...
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by loteck 2y ago
Jeff's opposition to this technology is not based on principle, rather it is based on the question of convenience of a few hours of time. A lot of commenters reacting to this story based on principle should take note of how many others
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by loteck 2y ago
Hacker News is on this list of sites being monitored by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. People here openly post about their identities and immigration status, they should be aware!
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by loteck 2y ago
It's possible your definition of mission critical just doesn't match up to that of those responding to your comment. If the loss of a set of data would threaten the existence of the company, that's mission critical. While hav
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by loteck 2y ago
Proton takes cash. https://proton.me/support/payment-options#cash
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by loteck 2y ago
There's nothing about my question to misunderstand. Are you troubled at the prospect of answering it?
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by loteck 2y ago
Virality is not an indicator of accuracy or authority. Do you dispute this?
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Kroger Asked About Surge Pricing and Facial Recognition at Grocery Stores(vice.com)
6 points by loteck 2y ago|2 comments
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by loteck 2y ago
100% false headline. Where's the integrity, Verge?
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by loteck 2y ago
Where'd you move to?
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by loteck 2y ago
The incidental and systemic benefits of the recordings are exciting to people and celebrated with stories. The hazards of this constant "pollution" of data — how it is slowly changing our society, our economy, our humanity — is ha
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SolarWinds CISO not off the hook over "materially misleading" security statement(thestack.technology)
1 points by loteck 2y ago|0 comments
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by loteck 2y ago
Privacy and security here are being commingled under the banner of AES encryption at rest, which is apparently disabled by default. I always wonder, if your marketing pitch involves security features, but those features are off by default,
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by loteck 2y ago
Congrats on the app! I don't think I've ever clicked into a privacy policy so quickly.
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Audit finds NYPD spent thousands of police hours on unconfirmed gunshot alerts(comptroller.nyc.gov)
36 points by loteck 2y ago|27 comments
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by loteck 2y ago
This tech has proliferated across cities in the US by claiming to be a "force multiplier". That's supposed to mean it makes police more effective at their mission without actually adding any additional headcount. But if 70-90
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NYC Surveillance Tech on Shootings Gives False Alarms 87% of Time(bloomberg.com)
25 points by loteck 2y ago|6 comments
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by loteck 2y ago
Some good comments on this from cryptographer Matt Green here: https://x.com/matthew_d_green/status/1800291897245835616?t=C... (I wonder if Matt realizes nobody can read his tweets without a X account? Use BlueSky
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by loteck 2y ago
Sorry but this is just fatalistic nonsense. A generation ago people did not have anything like the current evolution of surveillance technology. The small number of people who care about ubiquitous surveillance right now are early adopters,
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by loteck 2y ago
What makes you think the propaganda won't be pumped in if the US app is sold to a different company?
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by loteck 2y ago
Do commenters like this ever stop to consider people who cannot afford to pay higher prices, before encouraging creators to arbitrarily raise prices higher than the creators have already calculated? Do these commenters ever stop to analyze
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by loteck 3y ago
Interesting to me that voter-passed ballot initiatives can simply be repealed by the Oregon legislature. Seems to defeat the point of ballot initiatives.
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by loteck 3y ago
This shouldn't be down voted, this type of arbitrage is common and the parties engaging in it know the baked in risks. It is no different from the common gambit of buying land outside of cities zoned as industrial or agricultural and t
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by loteck 3y ago
They are installed outdoors, sometimes on top of people's homes. https://twitter.com/loteck/status/1760859493133697237?t=AQTP...
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by loteck 3y ago
It may incidentally do that? But if it reliably saved lives you would be selling it to ambulance dispatchers. In reality, ambulance dispatchers would look at the high rate of Shotspotter dispatching a car and finding absolutely nothing and
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by loteck 3y ago
Shotspotter falsely classifies popped volleyball as gunshot: https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/false-shotspotter-al... Slamming doors: https://www.axios.com/2022/04/07/cam
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by loteck 3y ago
I would request that a crowd as technically sophisticated as HN move past marketing claims when discussing this system. "Gunshot detection" is pure marketing. The devices are hot mics — public audio surveillance. The software laye

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