techmagus

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Track and target: FAQ on Myanmar CCTV cameras and facial recognition(accessnow.org)
1 points by techmagus 4y ago|0 comments
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Indian government withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill(accessnow.org)
173 points by techmagus 4y ago|107 comments
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The Jamaica NIDS digital identification program: a cautionary tale(accessnow.org)
1 points by techmagus 4y ago|0 comments
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Why 'buggy', 'defunct' Internet Explorer lives on in high-tech South Korea(cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com)
1 points by techmagus 4y ago|0 comments
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by techmagus 4y ago
And if you've been in the Fediverse for a long time, you know Friendica and Hubzilla have this feature since.
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Facebook to allow up to five profiles tied to one account(technology.inquirer.net)
1 points by techmagus 4y ago|0 comments
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Spotify Introduces an Open-Source Tool to Fix a Big Problem for Modern Musicians(news.itsfoss.com)
11 points by techmagus 4y ago|2 comments
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Twins grew apart, then were compared – The results are shocking(jpost.com)
2 points by techmagus 4y ago|1 comments
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Digital Collectibles coming to Instagram to showcase NFTs(about.fb.com)
1 points by techmagus 4y ago|0 comments
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Twitter to pay U$150M to settle with US over privacy, security violations(channelnewsasia.com)
2 points by techmagus 4y ago|0 comments
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by techmagus 5y ago
Exactly. People who save your details in their Address Book and click the "Sync your Contacts" when an app suggests it, are the loophole in privacy and security. The only way is to have a separate set of email, phone numbers, for
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by techmagus 5y ago
I associate "The Krusty Krab" to fake/secondary/tertiary/spam profiles. People I know personally and those I was able to confirm as legitimate profiles doesn't use that or any other fake information (or just le
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New tool helps users decide which countries their Internet traffic transits(eurekalert.org)
3 points by techmagus 8y ago|0 comments
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WhatsApp co-founder tells users to delete Facebook(business.mb.com.ph)
2 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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by techmagus 9y ago
What ultimately caught my attention is this: "Quantum channels send messages embedded in light, and experts say that attempts to disrupt or eavesdrop on them would create detectable disturbances in the system." How long will China
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China sets up first 'hack-proof' commercial quantum network(independent.co.uk)
1 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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by techmagus 9y ago
Made good points but missed the fact that social networks like Facebook and Google started like decentralised networks today. In the Philippines, Facebook wasn't popular at all when Friendster and MySpace were kicking. It was only afte
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Decentralized Social Networks Won't Work(wired.com)
134 points by techmagus 9y ago|134 comments
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Facebook's Ad Platform Is Easily Gamed and Your Privacy Is Cheaply Bought(forbes.com)
9 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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If you value your privacy, be careful with online translation tools(qz.com)
4 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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ZoneAlarm's new app protects you from brand new, unidentified ransomware(techradar.com)
1 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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Google Play Store Security Scans Tricked by Sigh In-Dev Malware(bleepingcomputer.com)
2 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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To protect voting, use open-source software(gulfnews.com)
2 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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Is the Path to Secure Elections Paved with Open Source Code?(linuxinsider.com)
1 points by techmagus 9y ago|0 comments
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by techmagus 9y ago
Ooh, interesting. I learned to lucid dream in my late teens or early 20s and I've enjoyed it most of the time (except those times when I'm losing control). It's true, if you're too much into lucid dreaming, there are tim
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by techmagus 9y ago
Thanks, I'll watch it!
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by techmagus 9y ago
Yep. And the nightmare, of all things, is Dracula and vampires. I'm aware of Dracula, but vampires, didn't even know that term then (early to mid 90s).
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by techmagus 9y ago
Nope. Usually when I first become aware of the dream world, I am already levels deep. The only time I became aware of those levels is when I start to wake up and I ended up still being in a dream totally different from the level I woke up f
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by techmagus 9y ago
Ooh, interesting, very interesting! (And scary)
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by techmagus 9y ago
True. In the creative writing world, there is this notion that we are all pulling the ideas from our stories in some alternate space where ideas freely flow. And when we notice how our original idea (and we're sure it's the first)

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