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Actually it's been reported very widely in Germany as well with exactly this headline.

Is the connectivity layer considered: Is the 3rd party "proxy" handler uploading the information using an Apple ID? Does Apple record, store IP information? It seems to me that by …

> But the real reason it’s as nutty as a AOC’s Green Deal bro's will be bro's

Buying max RAM from start is a $200 extra which may validate saved space. Not justified is soldered SSD. Ive doubled SSD size once a year to extend laptop life by 6 or 7 years.

The comments in this thread indicate clearly, I think, why we should never listen to engineers on social topics and questions.

Note that these models are created in an era of great inequality. You can expect that if at any point a correction is made to this disparity these numbers will also be effected.

Additional information about the companies use of slaves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company#Slave...

also if in the future we actually make cellular standards where encryption isn't demarcated at the tower and instead setup e2e between consumer devices, some risks are mitigated it…

most abuse mitigated by their limits on the number of downloads allowed and how many days it can stay online. Currently at 7 days max and 100 downloads. If they see abuse they coul…

There are many use cases where compromise through code-interdiction after warrant is a perfectly acceptable risk. Also considering what it replaces may further increase the weight …

Could someone explain why this is on HN? I ask because this comes up often on other non-tech topics. Personally I'm happy these topics can be discussed here.

Overlooked: the apathy required to become techno-mercenaries started with the agents convincing themselves that spying on nationals was different than foreign nationals while worki…

most comments are thoughts and opinions and only few provide new critique. The OP comment here, though presented in an obnoxious way, is new critique because no one else has discus…

Taking the sources of the article on their word... They said the tools use faded in late 2017 due to apple patches and that compromise required only sending a text message. Examini…

I can't see how autonomous cars and Musky holes will be good for common people and not just turn into another form of exclusive transport for the rich.

until recently i tried using firefox to quarantine social media and google but the persona extensions would break all the time, leaving me to reconfigure things over and over. Is t…

Not about BAT,cryptocurrency. It's all about usable privacy. Makes it easy for me to quarantine Google services, social media, from each other. Privacy as the killer feature is wha…

some times I love america

eventually this (e2e encryption everywhere) will happen once governments realize their security and secrecy depends on the security of consumer technology and to protect the public…

This doesn’t explain how amazon has removed capability for themselves to mitm the whole process. Or perhaps I missed that part somewhere?

Your a stasi department in charge of monitoring the activity of privileged children (able to afford and get smuggled goods which from what I’m told was something most stasi family …

Is the OP Swiss and wants it hosted where he/she lives? I'd be fine with that as an alternative to US, but do not understand why that would be better than, say, Sweden