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by wepple 2y ago
Follow up: I just took this photo: https://ibb.co/v3rdHcm
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by wepple 2y ago
I literally just took this photo right now (2024-05-08) https://ibb.co/v3rdHcm
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by wepple 2y ago
I think you’ve completely missed the point. Folks who design products that are trying to protect privacy should do their absolute best to sand down the sharp edges and make them secure-by-default wherever possible.
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by wepple 2y ago
I would hope so, but is that confirmed? Is there a clear definition between handing over data they have and being compelled to make modifications in order to intercept?
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by wepple 2y ago
I wouldn’t call it reasonable. If you’re trying to evade LE because it’s illegal to be gay in your country, and you get caught because you’d listed an Apple address in your ProtonMail account - can’t we design better products to make this l
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by wepple 2y ago
When thinking about these types of cases, always keep Parallel Construction in mind: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction There’s a reasonable chance that they already had this info (possibly even clea
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by wepple 2y ago
> they do not have the encryption keys. True, but they can trivially obtain them given they control everything in the browser. The question then becomes, does the law allow compelling to that degree? Apple fought back in the San Bruno ca
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by wepple 2y ago
> It is up to the user And therein lies the problem. We on HN may have a few ideas about how to do this, but the typical user of a secure email/VPN/tor unfortunately doesn’t and realistically can’t understand the corner cases a
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by wepple 2y ago
There have been a bunch of these, although if you’re really that concerned, you might as well go all in with tor A modern version of this: https://github.com/grugq/portal
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by wepple 2y ago
> They've offered ad blocking for years. Please show me evidence to back this up and I’ll happily walk back my statements. The “mullvad” browser is not their VPN product. And if you think DNS denylisting prevents “ad networks from s
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by wepple 2y ago
I’m fairly skeptical too, and only time will tell. FWIW I don’t think highly of Microsoft when it comes to security. But two things that may be positive: 1) there is precedent for Microsoft doing a strong 180 when it comes to security, driv
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by wepple 2y ago
I’d love to see an honest blog post from MS after all this effort on what worked and didn’t. A massive horizontal effort like this is especially challenging after accruing substantial security debt over years
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by wepple 2y ago
From my above post: > The NYC subway ads state that they save you from online web ad systems; blatantly false.
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by wepple 2y ago
From my above post: > The NYC subway ads state that they save you from online web ad systems; blatantly false.
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by wepple 2y ago
In combination? The browser piece is doing almost all of the work against ad networks, isn’t it? Which part of defense against ad networks does a VPN contribute to?
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by wepple 2y ago
I’m going to make sure to photograph the NYC subway ads next time I see them
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by wepple 2y ago
The NYC subway ads
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by wepple 2y ago
Sorry, not buying it. To claim that you stop online ad networks is a downright falsehood and you know it. That copy should’ve never made it past basic checks for legitimacy. Or alternatively: feel free to describe to HN how Mulvad protects
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by wepple 2y ago
They’re in it for the money. They’ve made some claims that are downright lies, I chuckle at the idea anyone would trust them. The NYC subway ads state that they save you from online web ad systems; blatantly false. I’ll take a photo next ti
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by wepple 2y ago
Not a single one of these is a valid reason; they all add a distraction round-trip and getting straight to the point achieves the same outcome without the RTT
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by wepple 2y ago
How did someone “brainless” navigate to a position where they get to party, and if you’re so “brainfull”, why don’t you do the same? Is there political corruption and abuse that keeps you there?
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by wepple 2y ago
Yeah, we had a very compact car. Drove my firstborn home from the hospital in it, surrounded by monster vehicles. Then traded it for a (smallish) SUV. I may wish it weren’t that way, but I’m playing the game.
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by wepple 2y ago
Additional datapoint: my account just got locked, was forced to change password. I use a gmail email as my login
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by wepple 2y ago
Are there known examples of ex-McKinsey employees that are generally considered a force for good in general?
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by wepple 2y ago
Double-edged sword, because few organizations also have the resources to do security at the scale and depth as a MS/goog/Amz
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by wepple 2y ago
I’d imagine that these proclamations are part of the negotiation. I wouldn’t want to be a Microsoft account executive on the US govt contract right now; they’re about to have a massive load of additional requirements. And if they don’t play
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by wepple 2y ago
What is an “angry state” - the people? The politics? …?
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by wepple 2y ago
I’m saying if you have a collection of humanoids and general purpose tooling, you can adapt much faster. I don’t literally mean retool a conventional production line in one night
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by wepple 2y ago
Re-tool an entire factory overnight in response to a change in design of the car, or in fact to produce airplanes instead
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by wepple 2y ago
You’d have to trust that the data being dumped was 100% identical to the actual pages users would eventually see, or you could end up with very weird (including dangerous) behavior Of course, I know that some version of this can and does oc

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