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Re:WeChat permanently closes account after user sets offensive password on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:45PM (#23432234)
Interesting, but did you really have to be condescending? On top of this, not everyone here is a hacker and not every hacker is a computer security expert.
Re:Just Delete Me – A directory of direct links to delete your account on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @09:53AM (#20866451)
Google is "easy" and Youtube is "impossible". Is this reliable?
Re:Bitcoin Bubble Makes Dot-Com Look Rational on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:44AM (#15796313)
What do you mean by 'anything significant'? Paper money is not backed by anything material. Rather, it is backed by institutions (central banks, governments, banks) and individuals using them. To me, that's pretty much the same as cryptocurrencies.
Re:Thinking About Smart Contract Security on Sunday June 19, 2016 @05:24AM (#11932365)
They were indeed very naive. In the history of law, there has always been a divide between those who believe that the letter of law should be applied no matter what, and those who believe that social justice should be ensured. Whatever the terms of theDAO, there WILL be judges to find that what just happened to it is theft. That is why instead of damaging trust in Ether by forking it, the ethereum/DAO management should turn to the law to get its money back.

Smart contracts are a very good thing, but they won't become perfectly safe any time soon (if ever), so the community should recognize that civil and criminal law are a safety net, likely to help smart contract get wider use, because of they create increased trust.

Re:Critical Update on DAO Vulnerability on Friday June 17, 2016 @06:43AM (#11921831)
TheDAO only owns 15% of Ether supply, so it would not destroy its value
Re:Critical Update on DAO Vulnerability on Friday June 17, 2016 @05:56AM (#11921645)
Can't they just take control of TheDAO, and then steal all its Ether?
Re:Thiel shows why tech billionaires are the new robber barons on Monday June 06, 2016 @02:41AM (#11845053)
Thiel get sniped by The Economist here: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21699954-tech-billion...
Re:Teen birth rate hits all-time low, led by 50% decline among Hispani... on Friday April 29, 2016 @03:17AM (#11594233)
... in the US
Re:Thermal camera footage allegedly shows pro cyclists using motors on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:01AM (#11525518)
They can easily switch bikes pretending that they have a flat tire, or any other issue. IIRC suspects of using batteries have also been seen to switch bikes at suspicious moments.
Re:Convert your Pi 2 into a Web Server and host your own Web site on Friday March 18, 2016 @06:54PM (#11315916)
About security: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/1247/what-sho...

Next step: http://mattrichardson.com/Raspberry-Pi-Flask/

Thought I'd share

Re:Leaf: Machine learning framework in Rust on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @09:32AM (#11245404)
It is much faster than humans
Re:Hackers and Heroes: Rise of the CCC and Hackerspaces on Thursday January 14, 2016 @05:21AM (#10900497)
The story of the CCC was told in a very good book: http://flux.hackerspaces.org/2011/08/31/hackerspaces-the-beg...
Re:Techniques for dilution, misdirection and control of a internet for... on Thursday November 12, 2015 @09:28AM (#10553283)
You should be shadowbanned!!
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:25AM (#10425221)
But you can't honk :)

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