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Re:Facebook Has No First Amendment Right to Send Unauthorized Texts, S... on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:38PM (#13624970)

Yes. In the top right of the post there is an expandable menu. One of the choices is save post or save link to post.

Re:HN comments are underrated on Sunday October 23, 2016 @11:53AM (#12774000)

Yes, those poor persecuted "whites". With the minorities running the U.S. now, it's very dangerous for us. I narrowly avoided being sent to one of the "whites" concentration camps myself.

Re:HN comments are underrated on Sunday October 23, 2016 @11:46AM (#12773973)

This is certainly true. The "race of users" isn't being "police[d]". It is just a reflection of the subject matter of HN and a reflection of the tech field in general.

Re:HN comments are underrated on Sunday October 23, 2016 @11:42AM (#12773968)

Nothing, but it certainly limits perspectives.

Re:Hackers say Friday's massive DDoS attacks were just a dry run on Saturday October 22, 2016 @09:34PM (#12771409)

This is trolling

Re:Facebook Messenger begins testing end-to-end encryption using Signa... on Friday July 08, 2016 @09:41PM (#12059686)

You answered your own question. No, serious threats do not use Facebook Messenger. The reason it's limited deploy is technical (for now) not caging. Metadata is more important than content. They will always have the metadata.

Re:DuckDuckGo announces partnership with Yahoo on Thursday June 30, 2016 @11:46PM (#12013747)

I think the implication is for Google to just do search. Nothing else. Not to be niche product with a few users.

Re:How landlords get kickbacks to lock tenants into big Internet provi... on Monday June 27, 2016 @08:19PM (#11990584)

Do you enjoy Verizon press releases? "Miles ran", "houses passed". Industry doublespeak. NYC residents invested those billions via rate hikes the PUC granted to Verizon!! It was subsidized even though Verizon claims otherwise. And they didn't deliver.

http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doitt/downloads/pdf/verizon-audit...

https://www3.dps.ny.gov/pscweb/WebFileRoom.nsf/Web/B849A0203...

http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/415-15/de-blasi...

Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook on Sunday June 26, 2016 @03:00PM (#11982105)

Not going to comment on the efficacy of "used" versus "user" in RMS' argument here. However, your comparison to "Democrap", etc. doesn't seem to fit here very well. The former is a shorthand for his entire argument and technically correct. Facebook "users" are "used" by Facebook. This is their business model. The latter is just simple name calling serving no useful purpose.

Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:13PM (#11899093)

It won't be fixed. If anything it will be worse...

Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:08PM (#11899081)

This is the most bizarre thing I've heard. People want Snapchat, Instagram. People have LinkedIn. No one wants it. It's a dinosaur. People using it actively just haven't realized it's dead already.

Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:04PM (#11899064)

What makes you say that? Why do you think this is rogue employee behavior?

Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:01PM (#11899049)

LinkedIn at 10% of Facebook's cap is super over valued. It's pure spam. Everyone is suggesting Microsoft will improve, add features! It would have been better and cheaper to create from scratch. LinkedIn exists in a space that none of the big player care to enter seriously.

Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B on Monday June 13, 2016 @08:55PM (#11899028)

Facebook is irritating and intrusive. LinkedIn is spam. It's garbage used because legacy and lack of alternative.

Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video] on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @10:22PM (#11867167)

Not respected maybe but lolcode is functional, complete, and extensible.

Re:FBI wants access to browser history without a warrant in terrorism,... on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @12:41AM (#11860067)

Not relevant to your point, but Hoover never retired. He died in office.

Re:This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've s... on Monday June 06, 2016 @11:02PM (#11852096)

You do realize that Stuxnet required a failure of physical security. Either an agent inserted intentionally via USB or an employee inserted a compromised USB unwillingly. Neither should happen in a secure facility.

The paper shows simple yet sophisticated POC. The simplicity is the scary part. BTW, do you think the University of Michigan spends more on research than the NSA, GCHQ, BND, DGSE, 3PLA, etc.

Re:This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've s... on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:38PM (#11852023)

No. If your job is to secure systems there is zero difference. If other than primary has key, it's not secure. If you can break in, it's not secure. Legal arguments are irrelevant.

Re:This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've s... on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:19PM (#11851968)

Host OS being compromised is one thing. Hardware compromised? VM won't help you

Re:This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've s... on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:17PM (#11851964)

I really hope you're not involved with securing sensitive systems. This is the nightmare right here. Who cares about hardened a OS when the hardware is compromised in a way that is virtually undetectable. Very few have the resources to verify every item on the board and its purpose. The fact that this is even possible is a problem.

Re:This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've s... on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:09PM (#11851939)

That's a distinction without a difference imo. "Oh, thank goodness I was compromised by a hardware backdoor not a software flaw. What a relief!"

Re:Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage on Thursday June 02, 2016 @11:11PM (#11828047)

Android has approximately 85% of worldwide market. I think his statement is justified.

Re:Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer? on Thursday May 26, 2016 @11:34PM (#11783722)

The NSA isn't subordinate to the State Dept.

Re:Jury in Oracle v. Google finds in Google's favour on Thursday May 26, 2016 @09:25PM (#11783220)

Sorry but this was an example of how a real time feed on twitter can be informative in a way that a long form piece could not. A summary of the trial would not be the same as the minutiae that she was able to convey. It was done really well. If all you get is long form from New Yorker or Le Monde, you're missing out.

Re:Jury in Oracle v. Google finds in Google's favour on Thursday May 26, 2016 @07:24PM (#11782529)

No. You're allowed more than 140 characters because you can tweet more than once. The real time updates were invaluable.

Re:Housing in the Bay Area on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @11:28PM (#11775160)

Seattle isn't in the top ten on any list in either of these categories. Doesn't mean it isn't great there but that's not what your saying.

Re:Avoiding BlackBerry’s fate on Sunday May 22, 2016 @12:09PM (#11749099)

There are no analysts numbers that support what you said.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-watch-may-not-be-tick...

Metrics from article based on data from Slice

Re:Avoiding BlackBerry’s fate on Saturday May 21, 2016 @07:58PM (#11746791)

There is no conceivable metric that shows the Apple watch as a success. Apple, which routinely leaks units sold to business media, has not provided numbers for the watch. According to analysts sales dropped 90% a month after launch and 66% of watches sold were the low end model. Apple is a remarkably successful hardware company but (so far) their watch has fallen flat.

Re:Avoiding BlackBerry’s fate on Saturday May 21, 2016 @07:42PM (#11746731)

Its strength might also be its weakness if the mass of consumers shift towards a more privacy oriented mindset

I'm guessing you mean consumers will stop using the internet because otherwise your comment makes no sense. You don't have more privacy on the internet because you don't use Google services.

Re:Firefox tops Microsoft browser market share for first time on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:16PM (#11717999)

I have no metrics but Android (Linux) and Chromebooks (Linux) would heavily skew the graph. If you ignore mobile you would probably see something similar.