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_snshon Tell HN: I just open-sourced the e-mail client I spent 2 years of my life on

I'll reply here as well, there is an installer in the repo. https://github.com/waseems/inbox2_desktop/tree/master/Code/C...

_snshon Tell HN: I just open-sourced the e-mail client I spent 2 years of my life on

There already is an installer in the repo. https://github.com/waseems/inbox2_desktop/tree/master/Code/C...

_snshon Tell HN: I just open-sourced the e-mail client I spent 2 years of my life on

Only thing I can say so far is that it looks nice ;-) Appreciate the work, I'll try to contribute if I get the chance.

_snshon Tell HN: I just open-sourced the e-mail client I spent 2 years of my life on

Use the installer found at https://github.com/waseems/inbox2_desktop/tree/master/Code/C...

_snshon Dropbox is my publish button

Changing horizontal window size breaks the page (no horizontal scroll bar appears and middle mouse scrolling to the right is open ended) in chrome. With IE no scroll bar appears and I can't scroll to the right at all.

This has nothing to do with his publishing technique of course, I just found it strange since he mentions adapting to screen size. Maybe the page should adapt to window size.

_snshon The Immutable Laws of Computer Security

There are some apps (all requiring root) that allow selective permissions for android apps. I like knowing what the app wants to be able to do and if something strange sticks out, I'll look it up or block it.

>You are shown a list of permissions but I don't see why I have to allow Twitter access to my contact information and gps location.

On your iphone, the twitter app has the same permissions but nobody tells you about it. Only upside is, that you can disable the gps access.

_snshon Germany vs. Facebook: Like Button Declared Illegal, Sites Threatened With Fine

But the TMG as well as the BDSG are federal laws and after reading his paper I would agree with his view of them.

It would only take someone to go to their local data protection supervisor (Datenschutzbeauftragten) and complain about being tracked by the facebook like button on a site hosted in germany, the data protection supervisor would have to issue a fine (if he agrees with that interpretation of the law) and it would go to court, since the owner of the website would naturally dispute it.

Difficult to say how the court would rule.

_snshon German data protection authority puts fine on FB like button integration

It's the only state with an agency trying to enforce it right now.

The applicable laws are federal laws.

_snshon German data protection authority puts fine on FB like button integration

http://dejure.org/gesetze/BDSG/4a.html

http://dejure.org/gesetze/TMG/13.html

http://dejure.org/gesetze/TMG/15.html

Seem to be the most important ones.

Source: https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/facebook/facebook-ap-20110...

_snshon German data protection authority puts fine on FB like button integration

Reading the paper posted at https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de/facebook/facebook-ap-20110... it seems if he finds a judge who understands it he could very well get an injunction prohibiting websites from deploying a working like button to german users. Failure to comply would result in a fine of 50.000€ under current law. Of course it would only be enforceable on websites hosted in germany. I don't agree with his assertion that he can apply the german TMG (TeleMedienGesetz) to Facebook since they have no hosting presence in Europe, as far as I know. And even then there would still be the trouble of enforcing it.

I actually think that would be a good thing, I don't like being tracked through the like button if I forgot to log out.