tpxl

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by tpxl 6y ago
It is trivial to put every criminal to prison: put everyone in prison. It is trivial to ban every spammer: ban everyone. If you ban most spam while significantly harming some of your users, you've done your job poorly.
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by tpxl 6y ago
You can instead hire a million support personnel for that kind of money.
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by tpxl 6y ago
Ah yes, employees don't like what their boss is doing, they call him out, and now they have the power, not the boss. They can suddenly set their own hours, raise their pay, steer the products and take vacations whenever they like. What
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by tpxl 6y ago
>Why are these kind of licenses even allowed. They're not in (some parts of) Europe.
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by tpxl 6y ago
True, however your argument was about smart homes specifically, and the phones don't "automatically shovel all of their camera data to the manufacturer's servers".
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by tpxl 6y ago
The vast majority of homes are not in any way smart.
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by tpxl 6y ago
It's ethical to do unethical things because other "worse" people do unethical things?
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by tpxl 6y ago
>This applies to _any_ information, not just bomb making information. Like the information the crowded theater is on fire? I mean I agree, information should be free, but that's a bad way to phrase the argument.
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by tpxl 6y ago
It's an EU directive.
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by tpxl 6y ago
>In fact, what do people on HN think the main reason to choose an SPA is these days? The only reason to choose a SPA is when you need an _application_. A blog has no reason to be a SPA. A news site has no reason to be a SPA. HN has no re
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by tpxl 6y ago
> Not sure Google Nest is a big space for that kind of thing. It's just one more data point ;)
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by tpxl 6y ago
You seeing your own search history does not imply google is able to see your search history. Especially if you don't use their browser.
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by tpxl 6y ago
It's difficult to read every single letter. It's difficult to eavesdrop on every single copper wire. It's easy to store every bit of internet communication. Almost nobody here has a problem with warranted access, but this isn
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by tpxl 6y ago
The OP suggested the EARNIT act provides provisions to put surveillance in your speakers, not provide piracy.
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by tpxl 6y ago
Google used to refuse to license Google Play store to any vendor that had any android phone without it.
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by tpxl 6y ago
>okay, but unless you know which pins are missing, how do you know you're not looking at a data-only cable? You know it's a different cable and that's enough. >this sounds like more of a huawei issue than a USB-C issue.
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by tpxl 6y ago
>sure, if you're familiar with the pinout Literally half the pins are missing on charge-only cables. >but I don't really understand why they are getting so much flak for it. From me, because my partner bought an USB-C to 3.5
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by tpxl 6y ago
Those cables were distinct upon physical inspection (missing pins), which USB C cables are not.
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by tpxl 6y ago
I really did mean Note 1, and I did not know of these details. Thanks for the clarification.
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by tpxl 6y ago
Not 100% sure, but I think one of Netherlands/Sweden/Finland is on that list. The reason I know this is I work in a multinational firm and there were issues with a monitoring tool. Also, parts of Europe have expectations of privac
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by tpxl 6y ago
And the privacy implications. Which is why it's illegal in parts of Europe. >Any black hat that finds a way to gain authorization will basically have a ready-made botnet. This has actually happened with viruses, cryptolockers, etc b
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by tpxl 6y ago
>Employees are often treated like feudal peasants. Could you elaborate on what you mean by this, please?
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by tpxl 6y ago
Years away? Nah. The PinePhone was literally useless as a phone at the start of the year, now I'm close to mainlining it. As long as calling/SMS/internet works it's good enough for me.
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by tpxl 6y ago
While Google mandated their apps, AFAIK Chrome wasn't one of them. My Note 1 has plenty of google garbage, but no chrome.
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by tpxl 6y ago
Do note that google engaged in anti-competitive practices to discourage other stores emerging.
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by tpxl 6y ago
Pine64 is making a privacy focused camera gadget, but it isn't out yet. Not sure what the story around the apps is going to be though. https://www.pine64.org/cube/
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by tpxl 6y ago
I live in a third world European country and I just did that for the first time a couple of months ago. Couldn't get them on the phone to request an appointment (that would have been free anyways), so I just filled out a form and got a
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by tpxl 6y ago
It wasn't really air-gapped if someone plugged an USB in it, was it ;) I'm aware of the "over the air" methods to _read_ data from air-gapped systems (The blinking hard-drive light!), however I was referring to doing dam
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by tpxl 6y ago
I think the misunderstanding comes from you saying "A does not imply B" and the other poster misunderstanding that as "A implies not B". This is a rather common mistake in arguments I find ):
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by tpxl 6y ago
Remote vulnerabilities don't really matter for air-gapped machines.

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