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iwalsh

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    Comment #24818719

    There is an ancient (created in 2012) bug report about this general issue; it appears broader than the report's title would indicate: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/de…

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    Comment #18090718

    Google reads all Gmail messages, presumably for targeted advertising. In this case it looks like they're giving folks a UI to look at (some of) what they're gathering.

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    Comment #17594327

    That vuln only affected RSA keys generated for specific niche functionality and not most uses of the YubiKey. > The issue weakens the strength of on-chip RSA key generation and aff…

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    Comment #17010855

    chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy

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    Comment #16730094

    Not sure if they edited anything. Your quote is from the blog post[1] but the aforementioned quote by tialaramex is from the 1.1.1.1 site itself[2]. [1] https://blog.cloudflare.com…

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    Comment #16572315

    Unfortunately the same requirement isn't generally understood to hold in these circumstances. For example, the 9th circuit court of appeals in U.S. vs Davis[1] held that airport se…

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    Comment #16572255

    >"We just want to search your house for 30 minutes" or "you can have your document back after we photocopy it, so no warrant needed." This scenario would be quite a bit more akin t…

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    Comment #16571070

    It's possible the TSA will claim that taking a device for some amount of time and giving it back doesn't qualify as a (4th amendment) search. However, from a security perspective i…

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    Comment #15596832

    What does this mean for ChromeOS users? Will Signal be maintained for ChromeOS or will those users no longer be able to use Signal?

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    Comment #15360464

    King County is already using prosecutorial discretion to reduce the number of criminal prosecutions that lead to jail and have been for some time. Not claiming that we shouldn't do…