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Propen

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    Comment #18983026

    Great "Adam Ruins Everything" episode about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAeHuDcy_bY

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    Comment #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 whiteli…

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    Comment #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.

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    Comment #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 …

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    Comment #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…

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    Comment #14974935

    https://www.startpage.com gives you Google results but proxied.

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    Comment #14718040

    and freakin' Tinder. damn it

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    Comment #14691818

    What are you talking about? It's owned by Rakuten, a Japanese company.

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    Comment #14622626

    WhatsApp also had a session at F8 about e2ee spam filtering... https://developers.facebook.com/videos/f8-2017/how-whatsapp-...

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    Comment #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 kill…

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    Comment #14595692

    ProtonMail for mail. ProtonVPN just launched, too.

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    Comment #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…

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    Comment #14071840

    https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/10/messaging-app-wire-now-has...

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    Comment #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.

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    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 hin…

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    Comment #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 advertisin…

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    Comment #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 ri…

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    Comment #12775832

    It's 2016. They are a financial company. Why aren't they implementing TOTP codes? NIST officially deprecated SMS.

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    Comment #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

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    Comment #12361170

    Dropbox alternative: https://tresorit.com/ WhatsApp alternative: https://whispersystems.org/

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    Comment #11678167

    use Hangouts as a desktop app... https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier

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    Comment #11678091

    pro tip: you can do cmd+h to hide all windows