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by oil25 7y ago
reCAPTCHA on VPN is difficult, but on the Tor network, they are downright impossible. I've never been able to get past it, even after a few dozen painful attempts. That means Google services are entirely off-limits over Tor, even Searc
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by oil25 7y ago
> I could have sworn I'd never signed in to Chrome using my google account, but I guess I must have mistakenly signed in to gmail or something. Chrome 69 tricked users into signing into the browser, myself included - https:/&#
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by oil25 7y ago
> Norwegian software company Opera The company was founded in Norway, but has since sold itself to a Chinese group of investors, which is an important consideration.
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by oil25 7y ago
Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - jus
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Is Facebook a Platform or a Publisher?(nationalreview.com)
1 points by oil25 7y ago|0 comments
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by oil25 7y ago
I agree, but the test was pretty expensive (about $400) so I only opted to test the "filtered" output since that's what I end up drinking and cooking with. I would definitely like to do a comparison test in the future.
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ICE Is Paying Millions to Surveillance Company to Spy on People’s Communications(privacyintyqcroe.onion)
24 points by oil25 7y ago|30 comments
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by oil25 7y ago
We've been using a Big Berkey water filtration system for some years now and totally did away with plastic-bottled water. The arsenic/flouride filters are optional, but I think worth it. I recently commissioned a lab test for my d
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by oil25 7y ago
This is great news - not only will competent NSA hackers improve Coreboot, but their participation will usher in even more scrutiny and review of the code. This is a win for everyone.
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by oil25 7y ago
> ssh -o ProxyCommand="nc -X 4 -x localhost:9050 %h %p" sdf.org This will send a DNS A record request for sdf.org and on some platforms, a request for SSHFP records, too. Unless the system is configured to route all DNS traffic
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by oil25 7y ago
From Project Zero: > A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw.
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by oil25 7y ago
How are these alternatives "privacy-friendly"? I'm pretty sure Opera, Vimeo and many others are monetized and include advertising. Also, why does something like Google Authenticator need a "privacy-friendly" alterna
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by oil25 7y ago
There exist social norms for bathroom use, but many yet for online privacy. You may be more effectual in your approach with a more direct recognition of this fact, for example by explaining that un-encrypted email may be retained forever an
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by oil25 7y ago
For anyone interested in how drugs became such a crisis in America, I highly recommend History Channel's "America's War on Drugs" ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026882/ ) - it's free with a
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The Dawn of Robot Surveillance(aclu.org)
89 points by oil25 7y ago|11 comments
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by oil25 7y ago
The telemetry mostly comes from Google Play Services, which are optional on LineageOS. I've been using my phone without it and side-loading open source programs - no issues so far and no telemetry collected as far as I can see.
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by oil25 7y ago
No root necessary - https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard - although LineageOS or some other non-Google OS is a great idea anyway.
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by oil25 7y ago
"No guns = no shootings" is an idealized logical conclusion, not a pragmatic consideration for how an existing super-empowering technology can be used by individuals to decentralize and evenly distribute political power, which fir
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by oil25 7y ago
Certainly countries with lower populations and fewer guns experience less shootings, but USA is not such a country and guns are ubiquitous, which is also precisely what guarantees law-abiding citizens the means to thwart assaults and attack
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by oil25 7y ago
Armed individuals, enabled by the Second Amendment, is largely the reason mass shootings are not a daily occurrence. There's no mutual exclusivity between privacy and a natural right to defend oneself.
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by oil25 7y ago
This research doesn't account for most defensive firearms use, in which the gun isn't actually fired, but is "brandished" to deter the threat. When defined correctly, defensive gun use is actually several times greater t
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by oil25 7y ago
Is this the same iOS that recently allowed anybody to remotely activate the microphone and camera using Facetime?
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by oil25 7y ago
Do you think about the costs of production of oil, the refinement process, fuel delivery costs, wars in the middle east, and the environment/societal impacts of all of it each time you're at the pump? I doubt many people do.
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by oil25 7y ago
That's the beauty of capitalism: the costs of production are externalized and so far-off or abstract that they cannot be immediately realized by the actor.
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by oil25 7y ago
> Weird, we will have a look. What's "weird" is that someone thought to mandate third-party map and chat javascript widgets on what should have been a simple page explaining what the combination of Cloudflare and PiHole is
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by oil25 7y ago
The answer is in the first few paragraphs: they live beyond their means in a high income tax state, have 3 kids and farm animals, are addicted to consumerism - and want to participate without spending the little money they have.
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by oil25 7y ago
I also have a 6P and strongly recommend LineageOS.
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by oil25 7y ago
Use unique, randomly generated passwords for each online service and encrypt these passwords locally with a passphrase you won't forget. Then there oughtn't be any surprise nor disappointment when the online service is inevitably
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by oil25 7y ago
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by neurologist Oliver Sacks is a fascinating story about visual agnosia - it was also my first introduction to artificial intelligence.
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by oil25 7y ago
That is precisely the point: to externalize and diffuse responsibility on an abstract concept ("the market") rather than hold its creators accountable.

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