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grahoho··on Second Swiss firm allegedly sold encrypted spying devices
This link should explain it:

https://surveillancevalley.com/blog/fact-checking-the-tor-pr...

The author of this book did FOIA requests to various entities but most of them got predictably shot down for national security concerns. This one obscure government agency, Broadcasting Board of Governors, wasn't covered by these exemptions.

So the author read the emails between BBG and the Tor Project maintainers and found that when they received a bug report, rather than fixing it they reported it to their sponsors. The government would then exploit the bug for years before the Tor guys got around to fixing it.

grahoho··on Ask HN: Where are all the crypto companies?
To shreds, you say?
grahoho··on Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011)
I'd say the invention of the printing press had a far more profound influence.
grahoho··on Hal Finney’s proposal for optimizing Bitcoin to be enabled in Bitcoin Core
Also why some other folks suspected of being Satoshi have denied it so arduously.

If the above poster is Satoshi (which I suspect, it being a new account), I'd like to thank you for your contribution. Your writings are underrated but will be appreciated by future economists, developers, and historians.

grahoho··on Instant.page
I got 73 ms.
grahoho··on Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps from the Play Store
A reminder that F-Droid banned Gab from their store.

https://reclaimthenet.org/f-droid-bans-gab-app/

grahoho··on Ask HN: What non-obvious tech/market may take off in the next few years?
Augmented Reality. Apple seems poised to release some AR Glasses based on the patents they've been registering and the investment they've made in the ARKit framework. This will probably become another iPhone-like platform for developing apps on, and will likely present opportunities like the early days of the App Store.

There's a cool project trending on Github right now showing how magic-like some of the technology in this space is: https://github.com/cyrildiagne/ar-cutpaste

grahoho··on Ask HN: Financial websites/communities other than Zerohedge or Wall Street Bets?
You could try https://www.bogleheads.org
grahoho··on Ask HN: Crossovers/intersections between mechanical engineering and CS?
Simulation software companies for the aerospace industries would fit the bill. I know CAE in Montreal hired both mechanical and software engineers.