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Re:Popular Google Chrome extensions are constantly tracking you by def... on Saturday November 21, 2015 @01:56AM (#10605986)
One solution I see (though not optimal), is to install only those extensions you really can't do without, and then have them disabled by default. When you need to use its function though, enable it (only for that short session), and then disable it later.

Otherwise, I have inspected many seemingly innocent extensions like JaSON and REST Console (both meant to run in own tabs, without need to read/modify data on sites I visit, but which nevertheless request for these permissions!). I quickly noted that many other extensions did request for these perms as well... So, for now, for the ones I can't uninstall, I'll just disable them, and only opt-in (maybe in incognito), when I need to use them.

Re:Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @02:22PM (#5947907)
The modern version of misfits are already crafting the brothels of tomorrow - check how this porn site disguises itself amidst today's ignorance of psychology.
Re:Tell HN: WTF are you waiting for? Seriously? on Monday June 24, 2013 @01:11PM (#5934248)
Am thinking devoting our focus on such privacy-focused projects as :

Tent [ https://tent.io/ ] : the crypto-social network protocol

or

BitMessage [ https://github.com/Bitmessage ]: crypto-P2P message protocol

If more people can join these efforts (even as early adopters), it would do us all (the entire internet village) a great benefit in fighting back against the System.

Re:Posting to HN is like exposing yourself to the eye of Mordor on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:42AM (#5831754)
There are times when I've taken it upon me to believe that if I post something I've worked on to HN and it doesn't draw any attention (good or bad), that what I'd assumed to be 'important' in the judgement of my 'peers' is actually no. That way, I get myself simple, but effective feedback...
Re:Heroku Fucking Console on Friday March 01, 2013 @12:03PM (#5305419)
To hell with all yo other stale licensing- other than have none, the Fcking License included in this project just makes me want to frk this project!

The attitude is ill ;-)

Re:HTML5 localStorage allows sites to fill up users' hard disks on Thursday February 28, 2013 @01:32AM (#5297413)
Thanks, gave me a chance to peek at which sites/apps have been running experiments on my box (web db stuf,...).

The thing I still find disturbing is that unlike cookies, it seems not easy/direct to view the contents of a localstorage (other than its meta-data).

Re:HTML5 localStorage allows sites to fill up users' hard disks on Thursday February 28, 2013 @01:17AM (#5297355)
Is there a means to inspect (and or modify) what apps are putting into my local storage? something similar to cookie inspection?
Re:A new section of The Tau Manifesto: Getting to the bottom of pi on Thursday June 28, 2012 @02:08PM (#4173002)
Am in and converted!
Re:How Depressives Surf the Web on Friday June 15, 2012 @11:53PM (#4119797)
"OTHER characteristic features of “depressive” Internet behavior included increased amounts of video watching, gaming and chatting."

Well, then I guess G+ users are on the better side of things given that games are being scrapped off of the platform - sorry for all you depressed FB users :-)

Re:Linus Torvalds: Linux succeed thanks to selfishness and trust on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @07:33AM (#4105332)
>I'll happily sit in front of the computer the whole day, and if the kids distract me when I'm in the middle of something, a certain amount of cursing might happen.

Hahaha I love that Linus :-)

Re:Gmaps.js the easiest way to use Google Maps on Saturday June 02, 2012 @09:38AM (#4058025)
GMAP3 (http://gmap3.net/) is the killer ;-)

Actually, this feels and looks like a ripoff of J.B. Demonte's work (https://github.com/jbdemonte/gmap3), or is it a fork?

Re:Bpython is a fancy interface to the Python interpreter on Monday May 21, 2012 @09:57AM (#4002841)
just got me ipython (a ~few minutes back), and bpython (like a ~minute back), and this feels damn awesome! I mean bpython!
Re:The Future of Social Networks on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @06:07AM (#2441463)
I just avoid Facebook all-together. am content with IRC and HN-style sites. when i really need to chat, I use Gmail's Chat or use Skype.

For me, anonymity and control are the reasons

Re:Tubalr, YouTube without all the bullshit. on Sunday April 10, 2011 @02:12AM (#2428979)
interesting, was able to scroll Canibus's music as if it was a DVD menu! lovely. Using apis, scraping or pattern mining?
Re:Is Twitter for Everybody? The answer is no. on Thursday March 31, 2011 @11:02AM (#2391859)
Personally, I prefer not to have my conversations with other people on such platforms persisting beyond the conversation - the reason I hate twitter and Facebook (with some other reasons of course). I prefer IRC or specialized communities like HN or SO and the like, interaction on these doesn't hurt.
Re:World Backup Day - Today on Thursday March 31, 2011 @10:53AM (#2391806)
And don't forget to perform a diff too, it helps me lots before or after backups.
Re:The Privacy Implications of Carrying a Cell Phone on Thursday March 31, 2011 @10:46AM (#2391771)
In this case, even the dumb chinese-dup phone can't save me much!

What is one to do in this Big-Brother world? Can we entirely avoid it?

Re:Ask HN: Is it Good to approach My Employer as Investor? on Thursday March 10, 2011 @10:05AM (#2309323)
Thanks eggbrain. I've also been feeling it might be wrong to present such a thing before him, but then I have to now hunt in an even darker jungle for a potential investor.

If I had enough money, I'd do this on my own (I can already do the dev part alone, but I need test gadgets, legal, accounts, etc).

Anyway, thanks for the tip.

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