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by skarz 5y ago
While I’m not a proponent of Apple’s walled garden approach, I think this stuff about bullying over the blue indicator is just Google using something to shame Apple so that Google can get what they want. Even if Apple introduced RCS to thei
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by skarz 5y ago
Maybe there wouldn't be a global chip shortage if they didn't put them in products that don't need them.
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PayPal is considering launching its own cryptocoin, report says(cnet.com)
19 points by skarz 5y ago|1 comments
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by skarz 5y ago
I prefer an article explaining how over why.
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New Law Will Install Kill Switches in All New Cars(motorious.com)
30 points by skarz 5y ago|28 comments
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by skarz 5y ago
After discovering rarbg and Blu-ray quality rips, I never went back to popcorn time. Hosting a plex server on a Rpi with 2 4TB external HDD’s was one of the best things I’ve done.
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by skarz 5y ago
Unless you're totally raw-dogging the internet, Windows Defender is all you need. Stop paying Norton and MacAfee to use your computer without your permission.
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by skarz 5y ago
Passwords were NOT compromised. It is hackers using existing compromised email/password combinations on brute force attempts at Lastpass. That is why your Lastpass password should be a password that you have not nor will ever use on an
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Amazon driver was warned she’d be fired for not delivering during a tornado(theverge.com)
12 points by skarz 5y ago|1 comments
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by skarz 5y ago
Encrypt all of your files before upload: https://www.cryptomator.org/
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Bitcoin ‘may not last that much longer,’ academic warns(cnbc.com)
3 points by skarz 5y ago|2 comments
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'Notchmeister' Lets You Decorate the Notch on Your MacBook Pro(macrumors.com)
2 points by skarz 5y ago|0 comments
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by skarz 5y ago
I remember vaguely that they got their metrics from a browser toolbar.
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by skarz 5y ago
I just did a search for white person and 50% of the results are black people. I don't know what this means, but it seems odd.
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by skarz 5y ago
about:preferences#privacy Scroll down to Address Bar — Firefox Suggest uncheck Contextual suggestions
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Firefox’s address bar has ads now, but you can disable them(theverge.com)
3 points by skarz 5y ago|1 comments
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by skarz 5y ago
We know that PM saves all kind of metadata and happily provides it to any kind of agency. You have to use an anonymous VPN service (obviously not ProtonVPN) in combination with ProtonMail, if you want to avoid exposure by PM. ProtonMail los
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by skarz 5y ago
wow. what distro are you using? mint cinnamon is pretty modern (especially after you theme it) and bluetooth headphones have worked quite well for a long time. never had a mouse not work...there's even a small program to pair logitech
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by skarz 5y ago
This is one guy who says he is a tech expert taking wildly incorrect guesses as to why the Taliban succeeded. It's basically a long HN comment.
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by skarz 5y ago
That's going to be a lot of cloned mobiles and SMS 2FA account takeovers. It's going to be very difficult rotating out that information. That treasure trove of data is worth a lot and somebody is going to pay for it. This KYC and
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by skarz 5y ago
I like the end of the article, he says "its concerning, but unless you happen to be a major critic of a government, you probably won't be a target of the spyware tool" Yeah, okay.
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by skarz 5y ago
I would like to point out that this kind of tech isn't only used by state sponsored operations. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50166147 Lone wolf creepers or quasi legal harassment companies have access to si
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by skarz 6y ago
Wait you actually think that when people are banned they simply just "go away"? Vanish in to thin air? Problem solved?
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by skarz 6y ago
Blockchains are just a tool to maintain social consensus. We do not serve them. The community can modify them as necessary and there's nothing wrong with that.
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by skarz 6y ago
They still haven’t updated their apps since the privacy labels. Went from 3+ updates per month to 0 updates in almost two.
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by skarz 6y ago
How is Owl Mail funded?
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by skarz 6y ago
Limited to 5 aliases? GTFOH, even AnonAddy offers more than that...
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by skarz 6y ago
Who are "Coalition of Safer Web"?? Who are they, dictating what's "safe" for me or what's not safe. What's their definition and standard/safe? why me, Apple or anyone mist agree with theirs? Screw the
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by skarz 6y ago
“At this time, it is unknown if Trump has access to the pages.” Shitty clickbait.
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by skarz 6y ago
I’ll stick with NextDNS which just launched their ultra low latency network and also features adblocking.

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