timmclean

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1. 61.▲
   by timmclean 12y ago

   Thanks, this makes sense.
2. 62.▲
   by timmclean 12y ago

   On the properties page, what does he mean by deniability? > The recipient of a Noise box can authenticate the sender, but cannot produce digitally-signed evidence binding the sender to anything. This seems contradictory -- how can a reci
3. 63.▲
   by timmclean 12y ago

   Here's the actual white paper, which is fairly readable: http://www.rearden.com/DIDO/DIDO_White_Paper_110727.pdf
4. 64.▲
   by timmclean 13y ago

   Seeing this comment downvoted is amusingly ironic (although perhaps undeserved).
5. 65.▲
   by timmclean 13y ago

   Actually, more like Batman saying "I am not Bruce Wayne."
6. 66.▲
   by timmclean 13y ago

   Five-year-olds, these days! :)
7. 67.▲
   Lucky 13 attack on TLS CBC(imperialviolet.org)

   3 points by timmclean 13y ago|0 comments
8. 68.▲
   by timmclean 13y ago

   Nope, this seems to use history.replaceState, not pushState: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/M...
9. 69.▲
   by timmclean 13y ago

   maybe in 50 years, new chemistry advancements could turn water to gold and make gold worthless...
10. 70.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption
11. 71.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    And how is this different from downloading any other source code or compiled executable from the web?
12. 72.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    Run the command, then look through the local copy to make sure it's safe. Once you have downloaded the code, there's no way that the project owner could change your copy.
13. 73.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    Turtles all the way down -- how do you know if a mentor is a great one?
14. 74.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    > Why I did not go to jail Summary: I ran an accounting decision that worried me past my excellent lawyer. This makes me wonder, as someone with little legal experience, how can we find lawyers who are truly great at what they do?
15. 75.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    Your Django debug is showing! D: DoesNotExist at /letter/new Address matching query does not exist. Lookup parameters were {'name': u''}
16. 76.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    Also submitted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7185432
17. 77.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    I found this: https://github.com/mozilla/persona-gmail-bridge/pull/114
18. 78.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    It looks like they're one and the same, so the karma is going to the right place :)
19. 79.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    > Do not, do not, DO NOT, try writing raw transactions at home. You will fail and you will lose a lot of money. I don't see the harm in putting a dollar or two into a new wallet just to have some fun. Just be careful not to mix up
20. 80.▲
    Java Magic: sun.misc.Unsafe(mishadoff.github.io)

    1 points by timmclean 13y ago|0 comments
21. 81.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    Yes.
22. 82.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    I've been quite happy with iwantmyname -- and I've noticed their co-founder frequents HN.
23. 83.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    I think the author is complaining about the opposite: Mozilla is now making available GPS coordinates from volunteer's contributions, which could be used to determine where a volunteer lives.
24. 84.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    I agree that logging search queries has severe privacy implications, but "tracking all data and keystrokes" is unnecessarily alarming. If this extension were tracking all data and keystrokes available to Chrome, the end user migh
25. 85.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    Whoops, you're right. Do we have any confirmation other than from jollymonsa on the Chrome Forums that there was in fact a keylogger?
26. 86.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    This comment from Paul Irish suggests that there was no keylogger: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7048862
27. 87.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    > I would have added a keylogger seems to imply that he was not logging keystrokes, which conflicts directly with the first post in that thread: > they are tracking all data and keystrokes. checked with wireshark. It'd be nice to
28. 88.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    I'm most concerned about the keylogging claims. Does anyone have a copy of the CRX so that we can determine if keystrokes were in fact being transmitted?
29. 89.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    I'm guessing that, if the transaction is rejected, then no fees are awarded -- I could be wrong though.
30. 90.▲
    by timmclean 13y ago

    >> What protection against non-halting? The transaction fee is determined based on the number of computational steps in the contract. My understanding is that, if the contract has not halted by the time the transaction fee has been &