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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefers to keep ...
on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:13PM (#18983026)
Great "Adam Ruins Everything" episode about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAeHuDcy_bY
Re:Google Container for Firefox – Prevent Google from tracking you aro...
on Friday November 30, 2018 @06:42AM (#18568386)
I ended up using the exact same solution! The only annoying thing is that I want "untrusted apps" to open external links in a new DEFAULT tab so that I don't carry over the whitelisted cookies but that requires manual "right click > open in" with the default setup.
Re:Modern IRC Client Protocol
on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:36PM (#15736885)
Is end-to-end encryption going to be part of a modern IRC experience? Please, this is an absolute must. And don't make it optional if possible. Make non-e2ee optional.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again
on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:37PM (#15689453)
I keep having the feeling like Google is making its sites unusable on FFX. Same with FB, for example with Chrome m.facebook.com & mbasic.facebook.com serve different pages whereas Firefox gets the dumbed down mbasic content on both domains. I think there are several examples out there where Google does the same.
Re:Standalone Signal Desktop
on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @07:49AM (#15600345)
Signal is about _privacy_ not necessarily anonymity. Understand the difference?
edit: And anyways, if you read their blog posts you can see how you phone number is only required to make it easy to connect for the masses. You already have your social graph in your contact book.
Re:uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions
on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @07:57PM (#14974935)
https://www.startpage.com gives you Google results but proxied.
Re:Why I deleted my Facebook account
on Friday July 07, 2017 @09:13AM (#14718040)
and freakin' Tinder. damn it
Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible
on Monday July 03, 2017 @06:10PM (#14691818)
What are you talking about? It's owned by Rakuten, a Japanese company.
Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads
on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:45PM (#14622626)
WhatsApp also had a session at F8 about e2ee spam filtering...
https://developers.facebook.com/videos/f8-2017/how-whatsapp-...
Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads
on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:41PM (#14622598)
I'd really love to support ProtonMail but one thing I can't swallow is that there's no server-side search of email bodies (only to/from & subject) because it's encrypted. This kills the possibility of searching through years of newsletters & stuff :/
Re:Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens
on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @12:02PM (#14595692)
ProtonMail for mail. ProtonVPN just launched, too.
Re:Apple Is Trying to Make iMessages More Private
on Sunday June 11, 2017 @04:32PM (#14533627)
If the msg content is encrypted what metadata should I "worry about" when using WhatsApp IF I am okay with not being anonymous (eg. for everyday use with friends). What can FB tell me based on JUST WhatsApp? (let's say they haven't connected my identities with FB yet)
Notes from an Emergency [video]
Re:Wire messenger server code open-sourced
on Sunday April 09, 2017 @07:56AM (#14071840)
Re:Wire messenger server code open-sourced
on Saturday April 08, 2017 @06:41PM (#14069462)
Hoping more and more people start to show their support for services such as this one by joining and bringing friends. They are running circles around Signal lately.
Ask HN: Isn't it time for the completely HTTPS web and DNSCrypt?
We're starting to completely lose control over our privacy. It seems to be happening at an accelerating pace.The recent US vote about ISPs selling browsing histories is just a hint at things to come. We, as technical folks, are responsible to do what's ethically best.The average Joe has been boiled like a frog by companies who prey on our personal data. They aren't going to do anything about it.
Re:The Secret Agenda of a Facebook Quiz
on Sunday January 22, 2017 @02:16PM (#13456702)
Is it just me starting to really have enough of "secret agendas" of Facebook and other internet giants? What the hell are the legislators doing? Even if you say that the advertising-based business model is OK where do you draw the line? Do they really need to know what kind of a psychologic personality I am and what kind of porn I watch ?! (exaggerating... but who knows nowadays)
Re:Germany planning to ‘massively′ limit privacy rights
on Saturday November 26, 2016 @09:01AM (#13043515)
What the hell is going on around the world? I can't believe this sh*t. Why are we putting up with this?!
The state of surveillance we are headed towards is getting more and more ridiculous each day.
Re:PayPal 2FA Bypass
on Sunday October 23, 2016 @06:57PM (#12775832)
It's 2016. They are a financial company. Why aren't they implementing TOTP codes? NIST officially deprecated SMS.
Surveillance in the future
Re:Looking ahead for WhatsApp
on Thursday August 25, 2016 @02:19PM (#12361191)
Except that there's a huge security whole (SS7) in the phone networks and it's been there for years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDCYlGX22Q0
Re:Looking ahead for WhatsApp
on Thursday August 25, 2016 @02:16PM (#12361170)
Dropbox alternative: https://tresorit.com/
WhatsApp alternative: https://whispersystems.org/
Re:Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App
on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @02:57PM (#11678167)
use Hangouts as a desktop app...
https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier
Re:Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App
on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @02:50PM (#11678091)
pro tip: you can do cmd+h to hide all windows
Re:Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App
on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @07:59AM (#11674416)
What's different compared to using nativefier on web.whatsapp.com? I've been using that for a while now
Re:Facebook sued for storing biometric data mined from photographs
on Saturday May 07, 2016 @07:16PM (#11651815)
Are these kind of things possible with WhatsApp? (on iOS specifically, and now that it even uses e2e) I don't know if I should trust them with Facebook being behind the wheel...
Re:Swift 3.0 Release Process
on Saturday May 07, 2016 @07:17AM (#11649154)
I would love it if Swift could become the next-gen C++ for cross-platform development. The Apple platforms/Linux advances are great but is it ever going to be adopted on other platforms? I don't think Apple would care, it's mostly Lattner & the team behind pushing the language. (bless 'em :))
Re:WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People
on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @12:32PM (#11431818)
I can't believe that no one ever mentions Signal in any of these articles.
Re:RESTful considered harmful
on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:04AM (#9942460)
Considered harmful considered harmful.
Everything considered harmful.
Harmful considered RESTful.