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Very interesting! I had not heard of these incidences.

To add to this, while the Superfish issue only affected their consumer laptop lines (e.g. IdeaPad), the LSE issue was found on their enterprise lineup (e.g. ThinkPad).

So yes, in a normal case, one would expect to be safe because they are using their own built image. But Lenovo went much further than simply installing crapware, they added a firmw…

I'm always surprised that Lenovo use in the enterprise space didn't take a hit after all this came to light. I would have thought competitors like Dell and HPE would have used that…

Here's an interesting discussion involving many of the players directly involved in the project. Ann Cavoukian from the Engadget article is on this. https://youtu.be/-2C2_ulRrXE Ac…

No one takes a company public for fun. They do it for funds. Especially for something like a car company that requires a lot of initial investment to get going. They can't start ma…

I've always been very curious, that given that the American health insurance lobby is as powerful as it is, why it hasn't successfully lobbied for more accessible abortions. It see…

>How about screen time, do they watch them on tablets/devices or on a media player on a TV? Sorry if my comment implied I had kids, I do not. But in terms of access I see a lot of …

If kids are known for one thing, it's their ability to watch and re-watch the same piece of content over and over. We have decades of good, high quality, children's media. Why do t…

Well I did say 1-2h in the GP.

I would not consider that acceptable. I guess the assumption is that you would commute into Toronto for work. But that is not what I was talking about. I meant that there were plac…

I feel this is a bit sensationalized. If one didn't want to put up with Toronto housing prices, there are many other affordable choices within 1-2h drive from Toronto. No need to p…

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I like fastmail personally because aside from being a fast experience, I like their well written guides and articles. It helps me set stuff up without feeling like I'm just followi…

Could you please expand on this? My understanding was that hydrogen was produced through electrolosys. What process does one use to go from a hydrocarbon to H2? And does that proce…

Bitcoin? Visa gift cards? Temporary Visa cards from places like entropay?

Do ARM chips have ME or PSP equivalents? It would be great to be able to buy a new machine and use something like coreboot without having to use hacks to disable ME.

I'm a bit confused as to why adguard is being targeted here, but things like Disconnect.me which also use a "fake" VPN are not. Can anyone shine some light on this?

While many would not be able to afford a trip to Canada, I would think there would still be a sizeable number who live within 1-2h from the border who could drive there for non-eme…

I've often wondered if we could open up private clinics in Canada for Americans where we charge reasonable rates. Kind of start a medical tourism industry by the border.

>The security issue, which the security firm refers to as the Firebase vulnerability IMO, calling the vulnerability the "Firebase vulnerability" makes it seem like it's a problem o…

I believe whatsapp is free now? I actually only remember paying once.

Huh. This is great! Might be a NameCheap (my registrar) limitation. The way it's worded in the management page on NameCheap is that DNSSEC is not supported for .ca period. Definite…

I like what CIRA (the .ca registration authority) does. The default is for them to hide your contact information. You have to opt-in to make it public. They then handle all communi…

Also not an expert, but since videos are transcoded as key-frames and changes applied to those key frames, I don't think it's as simple as segmenting something like a CSV. Transcod…