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I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)(privacyinternational.org)
305 points by weare138 6y ago|179 comments
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by weare138 6y ago
It's a tech news site, they should know better. The article is clearly about new privacy features in iOS 14 and doesn't cover any technical aspects of iOS 14's actual security. Calling it 'the most secure mobile OS ever&
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by weare138 6y ago
It's not some random private citizen. This person is basically committing fraud. One that's had negative, real world consequences. These people are not expressing an opinion, they're disseminating dangerous, outright lies for
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QAnon Website Shuts Down After N.J. Man Identified as Operator(bloomberg.com)
14 points by weare138 6y ago|12 comments
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by weare138 6y ago
Is exposing a scam artist the same as doxxing?
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In addition to the stuff you should really being doing? That stuff is hard enough for beginners, without confusing them with speculation like this that goes against best practices and common sense, especially without clearly explaining the
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by weare138 6y ago
But new people in the industry shouldn't think that the things recommended in the article should be used as a primary defense and are accepted industry practices. Moving SSH to a new port to reduce false security alerts is one thing, h
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by weare138 6y ago
Let me give you an example. At a previous job as a devops, of my predecessors frequently used these "techniques, minus the encrypted database but I sure he would have done it if he knew how. So there was some buggy internal app they ne
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by weare138 6y ago
But the examples given won't help and is just bad advice in general. - Assume for every code obfuscator there's a deobfuscator or at least someone as clever as you out there. - Randomizing variable names it just a nuisance, it won
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by weare138 6y ago
I'm guess because VPN's and SSH became so ubiquitous? Having a single point of entry, especially when combined with 2FA, is probably good enough for most situations.
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by weare138 6y ago
I've met both kinds of Evangelicals. I think we need to figure out a term to differentiate between the normal Evangelicals and this strange subset of American Evangelicalism.
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by weare138 6y ago
Do you have to pay to join?
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by weare138 6y ago
So what? Let them be destroyed. I'd rather sacrifice some jobs than watch gigantic media conglomerates take over the computing industry and destroy our computing freedom with their DRM. Honestly I've never come across a study th
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by weare138 6y ago
> Under the new rule, trains would be allowed to transport up to 30,000 gallons of liquified natural gas (LNG) per tank, significantly more than has ever been allowed in the U.S., and there will be no restrictions on the number of LNG ta
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by weare138 6y ago
We're not allowed to talk about that. First rule of Usenet...
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by weare138 6y ago
Good point
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by weare138 6y ago
PEBKAC? (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair) That's an old one we used to use...
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Scientists create a material that makes salty water safe to drink in minutes(sciencealert.com)
4 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments
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by weare138 6y ago
I know OP in the tweet mentioned wikileaks but it's not like anything on wikileaks is new or particularly news worthy lately. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the BlueLeaks hack.
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Physicists observe quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers(livescience.com)
2 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments
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Vatican allegedly hacked by China ahead of key talks(apnews.com)
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True he did commit a serious crime, but it's a non-violent crime. The kid obviously has some skill and potential in life. Sending young, misguided amateur criminals to prison just creates professional criminals. A crapton of strict pro
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by weare138 6y ago
It's one of those situations where everyone is wrong in my opinion. Gawker shouldn't have released Hulk Hogan's sex tape but Peter Thiel probably shouldn't have funded Hogan's lawsuit to run Gawker into bankruptcy
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The big issue was how underpowered it was for the price. It was the same price as a good desktop Mac at the time but with all the limitations of the iMac.
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by weare138 6y ago
I found the old press release. The base price was $1,799 for the 400Mhz G4 and $2,299 for the 500Mhz. Adjusted for inflation it's equivalent to $2,783 and $3,557 in today's money. https://www.apple.com/newsroom&#x2
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by weare138 6y ago
It's also a variation of the classic tech thought experiment/game 'If you only had X and how would you do Y?'. Like 'If all you had was telnet and had to send an email how would you do it?' or some variation of
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Backdoor accounts discovered in 29 FTTH devices from Chinese vendor C-Data(zdnet.com)
4 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments
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If anyone knows what the young people are into now it's Meg Whitman ex-CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. I personally am shocked Quibi failed.
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USENET 2020
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Clues in language suggest a Semitic superpower in ancient northern Europe(theconversation.com)
2 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments

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