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It was just an example how you could detach the secret and the device made by Apple. I'm sure there are better ideas for that. The way this is configured now Apple can decrypt any …

> Apple doesn't use scrypt. Their approach is to add a 256-bit device-unique secret key called a UID to the mix, and to store that key in hardware where it's hard to extract from t…

I did that years ago as well. Soon as I read somewhere that Stallman meant Emacs to be his only shell and do everything in it(?), this was my first thought.

You're right. I am holding it in my hand now and it seems like a generic model. Below it says "for use with information technology equipment". This charger came out of a brand new …

Sure, but this one came out of the Apple box, purchased in an Apple store in the USA

An original iPhone 5S charger blew up in our co-workers's hand. https://www.flickr.com/photos/125661418@N06/15242534155/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/125661418@N06/15055971937/ ht…

Most of the awesome software running the WWW is running in tightly sealed compartments, hidden away from our sight. Imagine being able to see Google's search engine source code. Th…

> Maybe all the time I spend looking for better ways to do things is keeping me from, well, doing things. Eureka! People are complicating their lives just to decomplicate later. It…

And this is in Scotland. Can you imagine what it is like in the poorest countries in the world? This is why we need a permanent, open Internet on all nations, because as soon as th…

This was absolutely expected. The Nasdaq delays probably had about zero impact on the IPO results but you know how it goes...someone lost money on Facebook paper and they're bound …

Thanks for your feedback. Yes, I have been trying with the bank for the past 2 months. Apparently it takes a while. The intuit here is not only to try to receive the U$ 300 back bu…

> But how about if Google collects its OWN information about me. Does that fall under habeas data? Anyone whom you suspect has data on you can be subpoenaed to give you, and only y…

Dear HN, yesterday I posted my issue here but it was a hectic day(first after Faceboo IPO I guess) and my issue is admittedly of little popular relevance. I'd like to ask you for y…

> Do you own the data or does the company you post the data on own the data? This is a decision that needs to be made This decision was made long ago. The remedy is called habeas d…

> The problem here is that the whole security model is upside down. I had to scroll two screens down to find your comment. At some point Google and Facebook(and everyone else, thes…

> The Inquirer The question-headline and the article without any usable content is thus explained.

> I thought this acquisition as was just about patents. This, IMHO should be the top comment here.

> All the manufactures drop Android? [ ... ] > I see only good in this. This makes zero logical sense.

> what else will happen? Well that is like asking what comes next in the stock market. If anyone knows, then they're the next billionaires ;)

> Even if Facebook collapses, it doesn't mean it will take the rest of the web down with it. The WWW was here before Facebook. To even raise that possibility shows people completel…

It was a wrong move for Google to have gone into the social media business IMO. It took focus from their search, which has arguably lost quality, and injected search with too many …