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45h34jh53k4jon People using Venmo to spy on cheating spouses

Right, but its just so stupid! People think they are being clever or funny. Its as clever as going into a police station and admitting your crimes. Cool joke!

45h34jh53k4jon People using Venmo to spy on cheating spouses

Its the world we have made. We make a whole generation of people not care for privacy (FB), and then we are surprised when people assume their finances are not private?

We are all collectively to blame for such privacy failures. The users/victims are simply that, victims of our troubled privacy-less future.

45h34jh53k4jon People using Venmo to spy on cheating spouses

I dont know why people even defend MZ, with arguments like, "he was young" -- he still is young. "People grow and mature" -- yup not seeing it. "People change" -- also dont see it. In fact, the MZ of today is just as creepy (if not more) than sketchy Mark 'Dumb Fucks" Zuckerberg.

Typically, the only defenders of MZ are FB employees. I guess they indoctrinate their employees to their Godhead well!

45h34jh53k4jon People using Venmo to spy on cheating spouses

True, but its a shame the authorities have no sense of humor.

45h34jh53k4jon People using Venmo to spy on cheating spouses

Who would use Venmo? When I see people buying drugs (see vicemo.com), I shake my head at the stupidity of it all.

I have been asked multiple times by people who want to pay me, and I have flatted refused because of there approach to financial privacy. I try to get them to stop using it also, for their own privacy. Lucky we have other options -- I usually get them into cryptocurrency instead. Hey -- its also open by default, but at least its hard to correlate an address to a person.

45h34jh53k4jon GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloudflare Workers

You have a responsibility to your users, be they EU or not. The fact you consider "they keep sending it to me" means that you are not considering the whole privacy issue. This data is not yours to do with as you please. Yes they send it to you -- but you are listening, You are the active party here. There is a duty to protect your users data.

45h34jh53k4jon IPO Slowdown Leads NEA to Sell $1B Worth of Startup Stakes

Bitcoin.

45h34jh53k4jon Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

Hyperbitcoinization incoming!

In all seriousness, the attention from institutions, growing maturity of custodial solutions and good monetary policy are colliding. Nocoiners, watch out!

45h34jh53k4jon Encryption Workarounds (2017)

Very nice discussion paper that outlines the taxonomy of breaking encryption. The outcome is six classes of attacks, mitigations and legal implications.

45h34jh53k4jon Jails are replacing visits with video calls–inmates and families hate it

I understand you are a student, and you really need a job, but working for an unethical company is not worth it, for your sanity and the world.

You didn't study for years just to end up making the world a worse place.

45h34jh53k4jon Ask HN: Where did you find your “cult”? (As described in Zero to One by Thiel)

This group identity philosophy is very destructive. Build your own identity first before you sacrifice autonomy to groupthink.

45h34jh53k4jon Ask HN: Where did you find your “cult”? (As described in Zero to One by Thiel)

You can probably guess:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/agent-...

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Huawei will be shipping BTC.com bitcoin wallet on all new handsets. This is something like 80 million new handsets a year.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/huawei-releases-bitcoin-walle...

'blockchain smartphone'... lol..

45h34jh53k4jon Australian government proposes to limit cash payments for purchases to AUD$10K

Update: You could also have said this about dogecoin in 2013, and been wrong also: (man sells house for $130k of dogecoin)

https://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/26/tech/innovation/dogecoin-...

45h34jh53k4jon Australian government proposes to limit cash payments for purchases to AUD$10K

I think this is a very short sighted prediction. You could have said this about bitcoin in 2010, and you would have been wrong then too.

45h34jh53k4jon Who controls glibc?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_(metaphor)

RMS is typically correct, even if at the time the industry thinks he is being melodramatic. Everything he said has come true. You either listen to his rants and consider the ramifications, or you watch as all your digital rights are eroded.

45h34jh53k4jon Excel Adds JavaScript and Power BI Support

This is a horrible horrible idea, and will end in tears. We need less active scripting in documents, not more. :-(

Example: coinhive monero miner distributed in xls: https://twitter.com/CharlesDardaman/status/99391267580461465...

45h34jh53k4jon iOS 11.4 to Disable USB Port After 7 Days: What It Means for Mobile Forensics

One time fee? Apple don't pay for such things. Possibly why there is a black market for iOS exploits.

45h34jh53k4jon If Ethereum Isn’t a Security Then Nothing Is

Title of article is misspelled. Its 'Ethereum'.

45h34jh53k4jon Buffett bashes Bitcoin as nonproductive, thriving on mystique

but will it? I would buy BTC at $1, at $10, at $100... There are many like me. I think its foolish to think that it will reach 0. Too many folks believe in it...

45h34jh53k4jon Buffett bashes Bitcoin as nonproductive, thriving on mystique

energy into money. We always wanted a universal energy based currency -- it is bitcoin.

45h34jh53k4jon Facebook announces Clear History feature

What? Noo... When you consider the chrome password manager you must consider the chrome binary as a whole. Chrome has had significantly more security issues than 100% of password managers. Of course -- its a more complex set of code.

Its about surface area. A password manager that has no browser integration is by its nature less likely to be compromised, as there are far less vectors of exploitation.

Don't store your passwords in the browser. Use a proper password manager. How its gets from PM to B is up to your risk appetite.

45h34jh53k4jon Smartphone cradle used to cheat “10k steps/day” health insurance discounts

You are in aussie and drink 7/11 coffee by choice? Turn in your Australia card mate...

45h34jh53k4jon Show HN: Create your own crapcoin in 3 minutes

This should be renamed. Garbage ETH tokens are not cryptocurrency they are 'shittokens'.

This is 'Create your own (crap)token in 3 mins'. Not that its actually this hard -- copy paste ERC20 (and use a better version than this junk, maybe try SafeMath?).

45h34jh53k4jon Ask HN: Anyone making money through algorithmic trading?

HODL during a 10x year?

45h34jh53k4jon Ask HN: Is no anti-virus software still best practice for mac?

Im aware of the research p0 did on AV -- its very important, and their findings were fed back to the vendors, to improve their products. AV is not the low hanging fruit, there has never been a discovered malware that exploits an AV bug. It might happen, but you are a million times more likely to find a garden variety malware that all AV detects.

(of course i am ignoring APT/nation state 0day, as it is not specifically about AV, all software is vulnerable against an adversary of this skill). If you worry is APT attacking your AV, you best to be looking at your Operating Systems first.

45h34jh53k4jon Ask HN: Is no anti-virus software still best practice for mac?

This attitude is so completely negligent I dont even know where to start. Its dangerously misinformed. ('i never caught a virus, why bother'). AV catches the low hanging fruit. If you do not have it, you will forever be poisoned by that low hanging fruit.

45h34jh53k4jon Ask HN: Is no anti-virus software still best practice for mac?

you need AV on your corporate macs. No excuses.

For those in "my enterprise doesnt need AV, because AV is stupid" camp: In the last week, the enterprise AV:

* Blocked 15 cryptominers * Blocked 3 email based ransomware attachments * Blocked 6 phishing emails * Blocked 3 installs for MacKeeper (PUA) * Found 4 other adware-type infections on hosts

Without it, these things would have hit the organisation. AV -- it will catch the lowest hanging fruit. You need this. It is necessary, but not sufficient.

45h34jh53k4jon How to build a house alone [video]

Is getting shit done worth the life or life quality (injuries) of your workers worthwhile? No, OSHA is not ridiculous, its about making an occupations safe for people. The people that share your attitude often have never worked in a place where your negligence can lead to anothers death. This isn't about the big bad government making your life hard, or CYA. Its about making sure your work mates get home to see their families every day.

45h34jh53k4jon Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to Allo, double down on RCS

Hell no, Its like google has absolutely NO CLUE. The carriers are EVIL. You do NOT want them to have visibility of your messaging data. I really cant believe we are even discussing this in 2018. EVERY SINGLE MESSAGING PROVIDER WITH ANY CLUE IS END TO END. Google 2018 -- hey lets get the carriers to implement a clear text messaging protocol, surely after 30 years of abuse they wont mess up this time. Pathetic.