markzzerella

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by markzzerella 5y ago
If metadata is good enough to kill people it's dangerous enough to stop collecting en masse.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Stop using or supporting these people in every way you can, and help others that are less technically inclined do the same.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Netflix uses(used?) double digit percentages of all internet bandwidth. That's a big player by any metric.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Because the surveillance is nothing but a tool for control and compliance. Solving crimes was never the point. It would not surprise me in the least if we found out in 50 years that these crypto groups were just another government team hoov
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by markzzerella 5y ago
They could even have a 'reverse shell' type button that the client has to explicitly click to enable temporary remote access.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Your neighborhood isn't globally accessible in milliseconds with near complete anonymity. To expect that there won't be attacks is fanciful. To be operating in the 7 figure revenue range without even looking up best practices is
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by markzzerella 5y ago
The internet is global, freely accessible WiFi is covering every city on the planet, and sub $50 single board computers that use so little power they can run off small solar panels are ubiquitous. Hackers are absolutely to be expected like
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Having local restaurants and small businesses in walking distance instead of international mega corps in driving distance sounds horrible too.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Privacy friendly ledgers are old hat at this point, any hypothetical system for torrents would no doubt use one.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
For some hardware. For everybody else, WD says to buy new hardware.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Except for the folks that can't update and WD won't provide a patch, telling them to buy a new device.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
I like my th-d74 quite a bit. I even use the aprs to sms bridge when I'm out of cell service and in a pinch.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Regular datacenters don't seem to be having major problems with technicals full of insurgents stealing hard disks, but maybe I'm just out of the loop.
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by markzzerella 5y ago
I know half a dozen folks that have worked there who all independently described the security as a joke to impress clients. When I took a tour once they claimed that because of their government contracts they can legally commandeer fuel at
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25044254
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by markzzerella 5y ago
Having the back end uncensored and the front end moderated freely seems reasonable.