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by tcd 7y ago
> but is it really so terrible? We don't know what the future has in store for us. To me, the level of control China has over its population is scary. Data can be misused in many different ways, and one day, I suspect we'll see
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by tcd 7y ago
They're not "crazy", which is pretty disrespectful. Anyone paying attention has seen the writing on the wall for a while. Snowden just confirmed what they've been saying all along. Data is the new arms race, those who co
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by tcd 7y ago
I generally can agree with this. Encryption is a distraction from the real issue: the weakest chain in the link. We've recently seen recordings of meeting with Trump and associates. No one is safe. You must assume your every tap on a
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by tcd 7y ago
I have a question: Is it the responsibility of the package manager to keep users safe? By that, I mean, if there was a security vulnerability that the maintainers refused to fix, what would the process be? Should NPM refuse to install packa
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by tcd 7y ago
I often wonder if we, as humans during this era, are really at the primitive end of the introduction of computers and big data. We're still incredibly new to the concept of storing PB's of easily searchable and accessible data, an
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by tcd 7y ago
Except what's the human cost of this? If there is a stream of sensitive info, real people will be impacted. Big corps are not usually the ones that are affected the most.
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by tcd 7y ago
I'm honestly tempted to tell my bank I no longer have a SMS capable device and will not be getting one (and that my number on their file is no longer under my control and as such is a security risk). I want 0 to do with SMS security, I
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by tcd 7y ago
If I decide to change the class names, or HTML structure of the page, is that no longer allowed? How far does this go?
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by tcd 7y ago
I find it really intriguing hearing about all these data breaches - never before in human history have we been able to store so much information about ourselves and our world and how readily accessible that information is, just sitting on h
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by tcd 7y ago
Because their regex is crap and if you have @twitterHandle or something with a legitimate "@" you just see the obfuscated version. It's laughably adorable to think it's actually solving a problem or helping in any way, t
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by tcd 7y ago
Keepass - choose your own way of syncing, can never go down, works without the internet etc etc. Cloud services...lol
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by tcd 7y ago
Let's assume product uses domain.com to get updates. domain.com one day might be owned by $badDude - that's a huge risk domain.com might return 404's - that's pretty terrible. What happens to domain.com once $business is
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by tcd 7y ago
That's a very idealistic but unrealistic perspective. Often times the source code can't or won't be released - it could put further customers at risk if a vulnerability is found and the update servers have gone away. Some dev
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by tcd 7y ago
It's not possible to generate a computer system that will remain secure for the rest of time. All encryption can be decrypted. Every phone ever sold can have its internal data read, it's not a case of if but when. This also applie
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by tcd 7y ago
They probably can't, especially if the engine interfaces with proprietary code or is deeply linked to the kernel for example. It's likely part of the reason why they never got it updating as frequently as the Chromeium counterpart
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by tcd 7y ago
"Slow unless you're using our AMP".
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by tcd 7y ago
Your face already exists in a plethora of databases anyway if you've existed the last 10+ years. I'm not saying you shouldn't be concerned but don't be mis-guided this is a recent development. It's not. You as a hum
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by tcd 7y ago
Android is awful regardless of device you buy. Google's control is an absolute disaster for an OS. If Google is involved, expect 0 privacy.
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by tcd 7y ago
The irony as this page blocks many attempts to send my information to known data rapers. You're part of the problem nytimes, how about you start setting the gold standard and show the world you're better than others? Oh wait, that
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by tcd 7y ago
Keepass; open source, can store the file wherever you wish, isn't liable to be acquired by a private entity since you can just build your own copy. Use open source software wherever possible, it's just better that way.
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by tcd 7y ago
You should apply a rule similar to 3-2-1: 3 copies of the data 2 copies on different storage mediums 1 backup in a separate location. Ideally, a backup solution on the OS would target the browser profile itself at regular intervals, and you
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by tcd 7y ago
I'm inclined to agree with this position. Does every Youtube, Reddit, Twitter, Hackernews, Facebook comment need to be archived and stored for the next thousand years? I'd argue no, and there's a huge amount of waste in t
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by tcd 7y ago
And this is the dangers of relying on a private, corporate, for-profit law-bound organization. They're susceptible to abiding by the laws and of course, there is a cost attached to all of this. Exploiting a free resource, as we all do
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by tcd 7y ago
I can imagine it's easier and safer (from a legal perspective) to just delete the data and therefore no longer be responsible for the content. Twitter wants to delete older Twitter accounts because they're required to by law under
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by tcd 7y ago
The GDPR IS the legislation, at least, I thought so. If you're serious about this, the network shouldn't be making these requests unless you've explicitly allowed it (meaning the request is blocked at the network/OS leve
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by tcd 7y ago
As more time passes I begin to fundamentally believe the modern Internet isn't compatible with the GDPR or privacy as a whole. Simply the act of enabling JS within the browser is enough to have your privacy violated in thousands of dif
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by tcd 7y ago
Why do WE need forests? All WE need is roads, and houses and buildings for businesses and transportation networks covering air, land and sea to ensure capitalism can reach every corner of earth. How else will Amazon Prime thrive and make bo
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by tcd 7y ago
PIA also claimed they were going to release the code of their new Windows desktop client. They did not. They have not. They lied. They cannot be trusted.
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by tcd 7y ago
Yet PIA has LIED about making their desktop source code public. Where's the link to the GitHub repo? You are proven liars. (Thanks for the flag, doesn't change the facts, prove me wrong ;) )
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by tcd 7y ago
It is if you're using Chrome or got any Google related properties installed on your PC.

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