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by thinkzig 17y ago
OP here. This is a Reddit IAmA thread where a guy is claiming he writes covert software that allows ISPs and governments to snoop Internet traffic in real time. I found this discussion fascinating and horrifying at the same time. Assuming
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Ask HN: Do You Think this Real-Time ISP Spying Software Exists?(reddit.com)
6 points by thinkzig 17y ago|4 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
I found The Bloop to be particularly interesting. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327246.500-13-more-t...
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More things that don't make sense(newscientist.com)
42 points by thinkzig 17y ago|16 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
Context: Farhad Manjoo wrote a Slate article arguing that corporate IT should let users choose their browser. That article here: http://www.slate.com/id/2226279/
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Finding Better Friends: Delicious and SPEAR(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by thinkzig 17y ago|0 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
I don't know if I'd say simpler. It's different, and both have their pros and cons. I think it would depend on how many different pills you're taking at once. For me, I liked the way the Maya was laid out in a grid. It makes it easier to
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More Muscle = Weaker Immune System?(economist.com)
4 points by thinkzig 17y ago|0 comments
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Apple to App Developer: Remove the Most Useful Function, Please(mashable.com)
26 points by thinkzig 17y ago|16 comments
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Etymology of the F-Word(snopes.com)
6 points by thinkzig 17y ago|1 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
I'm not sure if you'd be willing to divulge this information, but just out of pure curiosity I'd be interested in knowing what types of files people are backing up. For instance, across the whole service, what are the top 10 file types th
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How To Become an Early Riser (2005)(stevepavlina.com)
5 points by thinkzig 17y ago|0 comments
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Internet 'immune system' could block viruses (newscientist.com)
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Why is your brain wrinkled? (boston.com)
2 points by thinkzig 17y ago|1 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
"If anything will drive people to Linux, it will be this Registry-centric architecture of Windows." Wait... what? This whole article is laying things on a bit thick, but this quote is especially hard to swallow. The two groups of people tha
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Landing Page Design Tips(kalzumeus.com)
1 points by thinkzig 17y ago|0 comments
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Adobe Wave: Get Visitors To Return To Your Website(blogs.adobe.com)
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by thinkzig 17y ago
Finally. I've been asking for this for years. Allowing you to authenticate against another SMTP server always seemed like such an easy win for them and I couldn't understand why they didn't just do it. But I guess I'm not the one supporti
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by thinkzig 17y ago
OP here. This is from the talk today being given at Black Hat 2009 by the guys presenting their "hijack any iPhone" exploit discussed here yesterday. While this document doesn't discuss the iPhone takeover explicitly, it does illustrate ho
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Behind the iPhone SMS Exploit: Fuzzing The Phone In Your Phone [pdf](blackhat.com)
2 points by thinkzig 17y ago|1 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
OP here. In short, it sounds like the iPhone SMS infrastructure is susceptible to buffer overflow attacks. Seems the guys who have found it have given Apple a lot of time to fix it with no response so far.
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How To Hijack 'Every iPhone In The World'(forbes.com)
50 points by thinkzig 17y ago|25 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
Such as...?
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by thinkzig 17y ago
Repost. Lots of interesting discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=683097
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Why Does Everyone Else's Code Suck?(visitmix.com)
1 points by thinkzig 17y ago|2 comments
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If Cash In is Less Than Cash Out, You are a Consultant(blogmaverick.com)
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by thinkzig 17y ago
Some impressive number here, particularly: "sites that use Facebook Connect as an alternate to account registration have seen a 30-200% increase in registration on their sites." Has anyone here done this with their site? Are you seeing tho
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Facebook Connect Increases Registrations By Up To 300%?(businessinsider.com)
1 points by thinkzig 17y ago|1 comments
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Page views required to generate $1M in ad revenue?(microsoftstartupzone.com)
60 points by thinkzig 17y ago|40 comments
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by thinkzig 17y ago
OP here and I agree with your assessment of the Pavlina blog's change over the past year. His earlier stuff was great but I've had a hard time digesting some of his newer topics. I posted this because there was a lot of interesting discuss

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