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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:29PM (#30881676)
If someone calls from the bank, take their name and purpose for calling, hang up and call the bank yourself.
> The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) [3] ruled differently and waived most of the arguments raised by Google. The DSB ruled that even anonymized IP addresses are personal data.

Why are anonymised IP addresses still considered "Personal Data"? Is it because Google is doing the anonymisation?

Re:Which version of JDK should I use? on Sunday October 10, 2021 @02:40PM (#28820887)
I had the same thought, what’s the reason this is not recommended outside AWS?
Re:GitHub Advisory Database now powers NPM audit on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:04PM (#28789149)
npm audit npm ERR! code ENOAUDIT npm ERR! audit Your configured registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/) may not support audit requests, or the audit endpoint may be temporarily unavailable.

looks like everyone's trying it :)

"Software giant Microsoft Corp said was confident its search product Bing could fill the gap in Australia if Google withdrew."

This is opportunistic at best and a bad idea for the internet long term. Shame Microsoft is encouraging this only to gain market share.

Re:Ask HN: Why nobody competes with Adobe? on Friday March 30, 2018 @08:03AM (#16715404)
Sejda PDF is a freemium Acrobat alternative: https://www.sejda.com/