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markzzerellaon Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising

If metadata is good enough to kill people it's dangerous enough to stop collecting en masse.

markzzerellaon A classic Silicon Valley tactic – losing money to crush rivals – under scrutiny

Stop using or supporting these people in every way you can, and help others that are less technically inclined do the same.

markzzerellaon How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix?

Netflix uses(used?) double digit percentages of all internet bandwidth. That's a big player by any metric.

markzzerellaon Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kaseya CEO says

Because the surveillance is nothing but a tool for control and compliance. Solving crimes was never the point. It would not surprise me in the least if we found out in 50 years that these crypto groups were just another government team hoovering up data and getting more off the books funding.

markzzerellaon Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kaseya CEO says

They could even have a 'reverse shell' type button that the client has to explicitly click to enable temporary remote access.

markzzerellaon Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kaseya CEO says

Your neighborhood isn't globally accessible in milliseconds with near complete anonymity. To expect that there won't be attacks is fanciful. To be operating in the 7 figure revenue range without even looking up best practices is negligence.

markzzerellaon Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kaseya CEO says

The internet is global, freely accessible WiFi is covering every city on the planet, and sub $50 single board computers that use so little power they can run off small solar panels are ubiquitous. Hackers are absolutely to be expected like a force of nature and to think they aren't is pure fantasy.

If you are making millions of dollars but can't manage first year student level security or anything approaching best practices then you get what's coming to you.

markzzerellaon Bay Area cities want to end single-family home zoning

Having local restaurants and small businesses in walking distance instead of international mega corps in driving distance sounds horrible too.

markzzerellaon BitTorrent Turns 20: The File-Sharing Revolution Revisited

Privacy friendly ledgers are old hat at this point, any hypothetical system for torrents would no doubt use one.

markzzerellaon Another 0-day looms for many Western Digital users

For some hardware. For everybody else, WD says to buy new hardware.

markzzerellaon Another 0-day looms for many Western Digital users

Except for the folks that can't update and WD won't provide a patch, telling them to buy a new device.

markzzerellaon Off the Grid Messenger

I like my th-d74 quite a bit. I even use the aprs to sms bridge when I'm out of cell service and in a pinch.

markzzerellaon The slow rise of robots in the data center

Regular datacenters don't seem to be having major problems with technicals full of insurgents stealing hard disks, but maybe I'm just out of the loop.

markzzerellaon The slow rise of robots in the data center

I know half a dozen folks that have worked there who all independently described the security as a joke to impress clients. When I took a tour once they claimed that because of their government contracts they can legally commandeer fuel at gunpoint to run their generators if they need to, which is a cute fantasy.

markzzerellaon AWS acquires Wickr

Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25044254

markzzerellaon YouTube’s rules are used to silence human rights activists

Having the back end uncensored and the front end moderated freely seems reasonable.