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by ssklash 2y ago
The difference in number of situations where it's a corporation enforcing their will on you vs. you being able to trust them is massive. If Signal had used a different method then I don't think there would be a single example of &
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by ssklash 2y ago
Is this the same video that was found via FOIA, but was on an old tape format of some kind that the NSA couldn't/wouldn't read?
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Sam Altman doesn't care about you(disconnect.blog)
21 points by ssklash 2y ago|26 comments
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“YOLO” is not a valid hash construction(blog.trailofbits.com)
140 points by ssklash 2y ago|73 comments
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by ssklash 2y ago
If you've spent any amount on HN reading physics posts, you will see it is absolutely an issue.
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by ssklash 2y ago
I've read both and they are simply phenomenal.
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by ssklash 2y ago
If all ads did was make you aware of products, we would not be having this discussion. They attempt to hijack deep-seated human urges and tenancies in order to get you to buy their crap. Watch any perfume or cologne commercial and tell me t
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by ssklash 2y ago
Maybe not violence, but what word more accurately describes the non-consensual exploitation of human psychology for massive profit?
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by ssklash 2y ago
Many people have also never experienced a world where ads do not exist. I use so many layers of adblocking that whenever I use a vanilla VM or devices, I'm stunned at how shockingly bad the internet experience is for most people.
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by ssklash 2y ago
It's really not though. All that money goes somewhere, and not just in their pockets. Some goes to make sure that serious penalties and serious enforcement doesn't happen, because that too is another avenue of ensuring maximum pro
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by ssklash 2y ago
I'm glad the judge made the right call here. I think it was patently obvious that spending that kind of money to acquire default search engine status so broadly was an effort to corner the ad market, which is their primary business.
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What Does It Mean to Be a Signal Competitor?(soatok.blog)
4 points by ssklash 2y ago|0 comments
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A stupid case about game cheating could make adblocking copyright infringement(pluralistic.net)
4 points by ssklash 2y ago|1 comments
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John Mayall has died(npr.org)
15 points by ssklash 2y ago|4 comments
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by ssklash 2y ago
I'm torn on this. Personally, I feel like this is totally unnecessary, and reminds me of Mozilla doing all sorts of random stuff and ignoring their core competency of browsers. But on the other hand, this seems like an attempt to make
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by ssklash 2y ago
A recent Supreme Court ruling allows pretty much exactly this...
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by ssklash 2y ago
The most significant feature of uBlockOrigin, aside from being open source, is the trust that gorhill has earned over the years. He could have been acquired and probably made millions, but he hasn't, because he knows how important what
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by ssklash 2y ago
Are any of these unfortunate private sector proprietors the sole bulwark against their clients ending up in jail or prison, and always up against better-funded opponents? You're comparing apples and something far, far different than or
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by ssklash 2y ago
This is the true reason for the push back to in-office work, and gets far too little discussion.
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New Government Ban on Kaspersky Would Prevent Updating Malware Signatures in US(zetter-zeroday.com)
2 points by ssklash 2y ago|0 comments
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by ssklash 2y ago
I like to think I'm pretty aware of corporate surveillance practices, but this article really opened my eyes to some of the most devious practices. The price fixing aspect was especially worrying. It's been well publicized that re
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Feds raid corporate landlord, in nationwide criminal probe of rent increases(popular.info)
3 points by ssklash 2y ago|1 comments
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Surveillance Pricing(pluralistic.net)
13 points by ssklash 2y ago|3 comments
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by ssklash 2y ago
Sort of like pre-historic Sea Monkeys. I think that would be super cool to be able to grow at home.
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by ssklash 2y ago
This just seems like an ad...
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by ssklash 2y ago
Why anyone trusts Altman or OpenAI with something as societally consequential as AI is beyond me.
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by ssklash 2y ago
I think you understand the situation perfectly. I'm similarly at a loss to explain why anyone thinks it was ever a good idea to privatise, unless you're one of the few directly profiting from the situation.
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How Americans feel about AI's role in their careers and in K-12 schooling(today.yougov.com)
4 points by ssklash 2y ago|0 comments
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by ssklash 2y ago
I'm not sure how qualified the CEO of McDonald's is to opine on low-income consumers...
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by ssklash 2y ago
Super cool to see MZ initials, which are for Mark Zbikowski. They are still to this day at the beginning of every Windows executable/PE file.

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