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auslanderon Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation

In 2013, Sweden tried to drop Assange extradition but the English Crown Prosecution Service dissuaded them from doing so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assange_v_Swedish_Prosecution_...

auslanderon Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation

So sick seeing how UK judges listen to US.

auslanderon Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citing predators

I will continue using strong crypto for all my data even if it will be illegal. Cyberpunks not dead.

auslanderon Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web

> Macs remain a fairly open system, although the increasing focus on the Mac app store, which Firefox isn’t on, bodes ill for the browser’s future.

Why not put FF in App Store? I'd even pay for clean, no "integrations", version.

auslanderon In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

Security slip-ups in 1Password and other

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/28/flaws_in_password_m...

auslanderon Thousands of Facebook internal documents and emails published online

Someone from Google, please do the same.

auslanderon DNS Wars

Is DoH capable of storing and serving cookies? I always wondered.

auslanderon Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware

> Damn, I like their gear; who's the next best?

Linux / OpenBSD with open source wifi drivers, if that is even a thing. Snatch some Atheros or Realtek chips before they disappear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wire...

auslanderon Linus Torvalds: Git proved I could be more than a one-hit wonder

> Serious question, what innovations in Linux would FreeBSD even want? I honestly can't think of any.

systemd

auslanderon Rethinking Encryption

> The problem is that there is no law that clearly empowers governmental actors to obtain court orders to compel third parties (such as equipment manufacturers and service providers) to configure their systems to allow the government to obtain the plain text

That kinda sums the article, but US Gov always finds ways to compel anyone to anything. Raw power. Takeaway is to be your own equipment manufacturer and service provider, as in cheap mini x86 boxes running open source daemons, over proxychains and VPNs. Rotate equipment, hacked wifi APs and identities monthly, use Signal on iOS and hide in the crowd, because if you're on the watch list, game is over. Cyberpunk at its best.

auslanderon Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

> I have too many 32bit games that will never be updated to 64bit. For the first time in 18 years, I am not going to upgrade to the latest mac os

Same here. Counter Strike Source. Shame, Valve!

auslanderon Firefox Privacy How-To Guide

Only 2 months ago. Why it took so long?

auslanderon Apple's list of 235 apps that are incompatible with macOS Catalina

Counter Strike Source looks like will not be updated by Valve. I play it every other day. Is there a petition I can sign?

auslanderon OpenBSD Crossed 400k Commits

> .. because yes the code quality is mostly very high

because he is, actually, smart? I'm in totally different field, devops, don't laugh :), but I religiously follow their approaches to security and design in general.

auslanderon macOS 10.15 Vista

Alfred 3 app is busted.

auslanderon CloudFlare is ruining the internet for me (2016)

> .. to generate 'anonymous' tokens

Yeah, right. I think double quotes is more appropriate here.

auslanderon Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption

No Libra? Eat this! I removed Moxie's E2E encryption from WhatsApp for you, I can put it back, you know.

auslanderon Dropbox CTO Resigns

discovering how Dropbox hacks your mac

https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/08/29/discovering-how-dropb...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338

auslanderon Big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS

> Perhaps because downloading Tor (or even searching for it / visiting its website) demonstrates an active interest in thwarting surveillance.

Not if you access tor over VPN. VPN hides all traffic from ISP and Gov. Obviously, make sure your browser does not use Google or Cloudflare DNS.

auslanderon Watch Steve Jobs Assure 1981 America That Computers Aren't a Privacy Nightmare

David Burnham [0] is 1981's Edward Snowden (born 1983). Skip to 11:00 of the video.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Burnham

auslanderon A developer goes to a DevOps conference

> why would I need kubernetes for that?

They need k8s for their, otherwise bleak CV. Its all hype and shiny today.

auslanderon Facebook Horizon

Yeah, why no legs?

auslanderon Centralised DoH is bad for privacy

Thank you Apple we still have Safari.

auslanderon Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

> but this plus the ECG may put me over the edge.

We are still waiting for ECG here in Australia. Sigh.

auslanderon Pi-Hole 4.3.2

Does Pi-Hole know when a request is third-party or first-party? IMHO only browser knows that.

auslanderon Mysterious Avid Issue Knocks Out Mac Pro Workstations Across Hollywood

> their copy protection management tool/device driver - iLok

MacOS Catalina makes running kernel extensions hard, they probably were testing new iLok version for Catalina.

auslanderon Student Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for 3D Printing Gun

> But, his internet search history showed he was looking for steel tubing

Hello Google

auslanderon Roundoff Error and the Patriot Missile (1992)

Yeah, but bullets a dumb and cheap. The multi $M rocket with radar, guidance should have at least 90% hit rate against SCUD like big target. Agree, not an easy task for Mach 5 SCUD.

auslanderon Roundoff Error and the Patriot Missile (1992)

I read further down, and it got more interesting. Success rate is claimed from 95% by ones to below 10% by others. "standard firing doctrine on average four Patriots were launched at each incoming Scud .. suggests low confidence in individual missiles".

auslanderon Roundoff Error and the Patriot Missile (1992)

Also: "As a stopgap measure, the Israelis had recommended rebooting the system's computers regularly."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dha...