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by tonyztan 8y ago
I think the right to self defense is especially important in places where law enforcement cannot respond quickly and effectively. Whereas the police can respond in minutes in a densely populated city, the same cannot be said in the middle o
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by tonyztan 8y ago
Esperanto[1] is an attempt at this, but I am not aware of any significant adoption. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
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by tonyztan 8y ago
Laws passed by duly elected representatives (whether in the US, EU, or elsewhere) may not be perfect, but they certainly have more legitimacy than "laws" promulgated by an authoritarian regime that sends political and religious di
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Leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes(techcrunch.com)
28 points by tonyztan 8y ago|2 comments
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Amazon's Accent Recognition Technology Could Tell the Gov't Where You're From(theintercept.com)
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by tonyztan 8y ago
> "the IP that your DNS provider resolves your apex to may be on the other side of the planet" Anycast addresses this issue, right?[1] Cloudflare uses Anycast for their IP addresses.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by tonyztan 8y ago
For mail-related crime, you should also contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov
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China used Huawei to hack network, says secret report(amp.theaustralian.com.au)
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by tonyztan 8y ago
We should also consider the possibility that this is related to the Facebook breach discovered in September, in which attackers got access tokens to 50 million accounts. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/tech
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by tonyztan 8y ago
Signal has optional read receipts. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059812
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by tonyztan 8y ago
Google also has a bug bounty program for Pixels, paying up to $200,000. https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/android-rewards/
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by tonyztan 8y ago
Sorry for asking something that might be obvious to others, but what is WM?
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by tonyztan 8y ago
I've worked as a security analyst at a company and sometimes I would report phishing pages to the webhost. After a while, I realized that half of my emails were being silently quarantined by the company's outbound spam filters due
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by tonyztan 8y ago
I believe it's required after hibernation (because the device is powered off), but not after sleep.
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by tonyztan 8y ago
Hence users who may be targeted should not leave the computer unattended AND powered-on. They need to set a TPM PIN and power down the computer when it's not being used. BitLocker only allows you ten attempts to enter the TPM PIN, and
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by tonyztan 8y ago
Full disk encryption does not protect against hardware keyloggers, but obviously tampered hardware (broken screen) could lead to the user not entering the passphrase. Also, this is not for my threat model, but it could be appropriate for ce
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by tonyztan 8y ago
On the flip side, they are tamper resistant. It would be incredibly difficult for someone to tamper with a Surface tablet siting in a hotel room without leaving marks. This is probably good for travel with a corporate device.
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by tonyztan 8y ago
> "We’ve integrated Titan™ Security, the system we built for Google, into our new mobile devices. Titan™ Security protects your most sensitive on-device data by securing your lock screen and strengthening disk encryption." Anyo
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by tonyztan 8y ago
The NSA doesn't send people to "reeducation camps" because of their political or religious beliefs.[1] [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/asia/china-uighur-m...
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Police to Seattle’s techies, streamers: Sign up for our anti-swatting service(arstechnica.com)
94 points by tonyztan 8y ago|99 comments
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Introducing MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS)(hardenize.com)
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by tonyztan 8y ago
There are banks & credit unions that pay interest close to the fed funds rate. Unfortunately just not the mainstream consumer banks. Some examples: Goldman Sachs (1.90%): https://www.marcus.com/us/en/savings&#x
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There’s a Simple Fix, but Grindr Is Still Exposing the Location of Its Users(buzzfeednews.com)
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by tonyztan 8y ago
And grab any U2F security keys in sight.
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Hacking a Prince, an Emir and a Journalist to Impress a Client(nytimes.com)
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NYC Mesh – community-owned network to replace your current internet connection(nycmesh.net)
550 points by tonyztan 8y ago|170 comments
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China Has Withheld Samples of a Dangerous Flu Virus(nytimes.com)
99 points by tonyztan 8y ago|29 comments
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Tech giants are becoming defenders of democracy. Now what?(wired.com)
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An update on state-sponsored activity(blog.google)
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by tonyztan 8y ago
> "Note that exercising this claim yourself will permanently disqualify you from government clearances at all levels." Could you elaborate on that? Would one be able to renounce one citizenship later on?

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