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In Denmark, Online Tracking of Citizens is an Unwieldy Failure(techpresident.com)
1 points by stfu 13y ago|0 comments
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by stfu 13y ago
What I was wondering is this: Are there any good tutorials teaching kids their basic rights of freedom/privacy? With the right framing this could become really popular ("How to avoid your parents snooping on you"). I guess most kids have so
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by stfu 13y ago
Obviously this is a stepping stone towards pushing for harder legislation against anonymous online transactions. That is why this is blowning up that strong in mainstream media which unquestionable accepts the idea that all the over 1m user
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Seeking Food Ingredients That Aren’t Gene-Altered(nytimes.com)
1 points by stfu 13y ago|1 comments
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by stfu 13y ago
Ironically in both cases it was not about "finding the criminal" but about finding out who leaked a story to the press. Seems like transparency is not really popular these days.
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At Odds Over Privacy Challenges of Wearable Computing(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by stfu 13y ago|0 comments
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by stfu 13y ago
I am just hoping to hear one day the "real" story of how "House of Cards" came into place. Somehow my gut tells me that using this as the poster child of big data is only a half-truth. I for one believe that it is just a lucky guess, e.g.
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French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead(itworld.com)
1 points by stfu 13y ago|0 comments
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NYPD detective allegedly hacked 40 email accounts to spy on ex-girlfriend(rawstory.com)
1 points by stfu 13y ago|1 comments
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McCain To Apple CEO: Why Do I Have To Update My iPhone Apps All The Time(youtube.com)
4 points by stfu 13y ago|1 comments
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by stfu 13y ago
Me too. But it would need to be open source, super easy to install, and vetted by a 3rd party with experience in security related issues.
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Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised(politico.com)
1 points by stfu 13y ago|0 comments
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Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to surveillance data(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by stfu 13y ago|0 comments
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by stfu 13y ago
So what you saying is, going to prison (for a non-tech related crime) is a good way to become a (better) programmer. No distractions, very clear time schedule, no distraction by everyday bs etc.
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by stfu 13y ago
I will be getting firefox-os just out of principle. I have a hard time trusting Apple or Google with my data. A (relatively) independent foundation just gives me a little bit more peace-of-mind that they are not trying to track, mine and pr
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by stfu 13y ago
The thing about sales figures is they're facts Maybe... if they are 3rd party verified. And even then you can skew numbers in whatever direction you like just by allocating promotional budgets.
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by stfu 13y ago
I often buy books directly from amazon.com (even used ones) and get the seller to ship them to 1$scan. By creating an account you get a personal ID and as long that is visible on the address label the book is filed under your account.
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by stfu 13y ago
I just love having all my books searchable, I use http://1dollarscan.com/ quite regularly for this purpose. It keeps these things really simple, esp. because it still takes me with regular book scanners (the non fully-automated ones) abou
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OPSEC for hackers(slideshare.net)
87 points by stfu 13y ago|15 comments
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by stfu 13y ago
I've tried blogging under my real name and always went back and deleted everything, it caused me too much anxiety. Same here. Burned already 2-3 blogs that way. Absolutely hate the idea of somebody judging me by my opinion from last year.
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by stfu 13y ago
I'm in an endless loop with my self arguing if I should be more open about my identity on the internet. But in the end I value the ability to post and say whatever comes to my mind higher than the ability to promote stuff.
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by stfu 13y ago
It depends on your own moral compass. I, for example, never got the idea of why white collar crime is such a big deal. I see money as a "temporary" thing which you have to manage based on your individual risk perspective. I know that this i
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by stfu 13y ago
Love that idea. That could also lead to an interesting analysis which institution the co-authors give as their home institution. Might be even demonstrate causality, e.g. researcher X from institution X works with researcher Y from institut
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by stfu 13y ago
Just for putting another option on the table: Get a graduate degree from either a US or UK institution and try making the jump from the low-income country over to a US/EU country. Afaik accounting PhDs are quite in demand so with a littlebi
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by stfu 13y ago
This could become a new opportunity for auditing companies: Pay Arthur Anderson, eh of cause another one of the surviving big four auditors, a ridiculous amount of money just to "certify" your "non-infringyness".
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by stfu 13y ago
Great story! Actually shows that monopolies can even be broken without the intervention of government.
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by stfu 13y ago
Would be interested in that too. What if I just hold me bitcoin wallet locally and and create ids for "critical" transactions that I use only through public internet access points.
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The IRS wants you — to share everything: Demands printouts of Facebook posts(politico.com)
2 points by stfu 13y ago|0 comments
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by stfu 13y ago
Exactly the point. All the money laundering talk is complete bs when it comes to terrorism. There is only one reason, and that is that government wants their taxes.
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by stfu 13y ago
For things like these Hawala systems are existing ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala ). Really a great tool to cut out banks and government control in financial transactions. I wish this somewhat would find its way into the digital age

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