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Hacker Scripts(github.com)
2 points by surround 6y ago|0 comments
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by surround 6y ago
Flip the silence switch off, then tap the screen where the “notes” are playing.
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by surround 6y ago
The point is that the EARN IT act primarily affects the general population. Al-Queda hasn’t used American-made encryption software for the past 13 years.
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by surround 6y ago
I included the clock.org homepage because I found it surprising how closely it describes the EARN IT act, despite being published before 1998. It’s a warning from over 20 years ago. I agree that their analogy isn’t particularly strong, so I
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by surround 6y ago
“A Parable” by Perry E. Metzger (1993) > There was once a far away land called Ruritania, and in Ruritania there was a strange phenonmenon -- all the trees that grew in Ruritainia were transparent. Now, in the days when people had lived
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by surround 6y ago
What about vendor lock-in? Apple forced many apps on the App Store to use Sign In with Apple for increased “convenience” but it also makes it very inconvenient for people to switch to Android.
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by surround 6y ago
Another thought: If anyone can make an account to hide their IP anyways, why not hide the IP of all users? But I guess the answer is that enough vandals don’t create accounts to warrant keeping IP addresses public.
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by surround 6y ago
I don’t have a static IP (but I do share one), and I don’t really make any “risky” edits. Yet the thought of my online activity potentially being tied back to myself makes me uncomfortable enough to not contribute.
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by surround 6y ago
This proposal echoes my concerns and ideas very closely, thank you. Unfortunately, the project is “currently in very early phases,” there’s no “particular deadline,” and there’s a lot of opposition to the proposal [0], so perhaps it’s wishf
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by surround 6y ago
But how does allowing everyone to see IP addresses help with anti-vandalism? There’s already the CheckUser if there needs to be an IP-block ban. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser As for privacy, allow
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by surround 6y ago
Is there any reason why Wikipedia doesn’t assign non-logged-in users a unique user ID instead of exposing their IP address?
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by surround 6y ago
Both? I believe you need a license to publish a cover, so the pay will probably be split.
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by surround 6y ago
A comment I made recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23138828 Basically, cell service providers collect as much data as possible and share it with as many third parties as possible. They keep track of your intern
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by surround 6y ago
Cell service companies track your location based on signal strength, and are known for selling this data to as many third parties as possible. There is no way to stop them from tracking your phone location, short of removing your SIM card.
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by surround 6y ago
This seems reminiscent of Mozilla’s decision to rebrand “Firefox” as “Firefox browser” and put it together with their other products under the parent brand “Firefox.” https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/files/2019
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by surround 6y ago
Why doesn’t it give you any indication that it’s going to “correct” your query before you hit enter? This has been bugging me lately.
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by surround 6y ago
I’ve never understood the purpose of DOH. It doesn’t really hide your traffic from any party, does it?
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by surround 6y ago
> As always, we don’t sell your information to anyone Well, yeah, obviously. Why would they sell your data to competing ad networks?
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Firefox Extensions – Most Users(addons.mozilla.org)
1 points by surround 6y ago|0 comments
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by surround 6y ago
Why not analyze the page and only apply the necessary generic rules, the way uBO does it? Am I missing something?
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by surround 6y ago
I read more about how AdGuard works on the website (which is what I should have done in the first place, instead of making assumptions on how it works). I’m quite impressed, especially with Android, at how much control AdGuard has over netw
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by surround 6y ago
The point I was trying to make is that cosmetic filtering slows down the browser, period. AdGuard is not more efficient at applying CSS rules than uBlock.
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by surround 6y ago
> AdGuard desktop and mobile apps are quite different from hosts files or pi-hole. For instance, they're also able to apply cosmetic rules. My understanding is that AdGuard desktop is equivalent to hosts file + adblocking extension.
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by surround 6y ago
WebP also supports animation, which is important because GIFs are notoriously large.
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by surround 6y ago
Yes, I’m going to downvote you, but only because you misunderstand how ad blocking works. uBlock does marginally slow down webpage render because it has to inject CSS rules (cosmetic filters) to improve blocking quality. If you don’t want
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by surround 6y ago
If this submission gets flagged/killed (it’s already gone from the front page) will I be penalized for upvoting it?
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by surround 6y ago
Indeed, it was removed by moderators. Here’s the OP’s response: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9ctho/serious_a... Edit: another user determined it was both removed and deleted.
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by surround 6y ago
> Do you think there was a way for you avoid this path? Like more understanding parents, other friends, another therapist? Or was it unavoidable? >> It was a combination of things, so I can't say for sure what could have preve
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by surround 6y ago
Related: There are six surviving signatures by Shakespeare, and they are all different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare's_handwriting#Sign...
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by surround 6y ago
> The use of awful real life crimes (against children, even) make this a difficult one to share. But that’s just it. Every time someone wants to put limitations on encryption, they cite child exploitation.

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