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po1nter··on Answering questions about Android developer verification
Taking away adb install should be the next step. It's a slippery slope
po1nter··on Update on Sharing
Stealing? They're freaking paying for it. If you're paying for 4 streams why the fuck do you care where they are streaming it them from? This is just a money grab for their shareholders pure and simple.
po1nter··on Trying Out Flipper Zero
> the Flipper is an awesome device. I'm kinda sad to understand that its successor is Linux based

Anyone know where can I find more info on this "successor" I tried googling with no luck.

po1nter··on Communities Now Available
> whatsapp is not end-to-end encrypted.

Didn't they work with the Signal team for their e2e encryption of messages and calls? Are you saying that they've removed that despite showing the opposite at the beginning of of every new conversation?

po1nter··on What are your most used self-hosted applications?
I use watchtower to update my containers
po1nter··on Show HN: Open-core icon sets that took me 12 years to create
I'm not sure about the subscription model. Everything is a subscription these days and I think it's a bad thing because if you've already made the icons then just set a fixed price. Made new icons? create a new version and charge for it.
po1nter··on Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge
> Disable Windows Defender real-time scanning and related scheduled tasks.

Why do this?

po1nter··on Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox
Good to know I'm not the only one. I thought I was IP banned or something. It works when accessed with Edge (chromium)

*EDIT:* Looks like it's back up.

po1nter··on Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance with French legislation
Yes, if they want to keep doing business in France.
po1nter··on The Matrix Awakens: Unreal Engine 5 Techdemo [video]
I think the comment you're replying to was being sarcastic.
po1nter··on The Matrix Awakens: Unreal Engine 5 Techdemo [video]
Any reason the demo isn't available on PC?
po1nter··on How we protect our most sensitive secrets from the most determined attackers
In France, it's the law. Refusing cookies should be as easy as accepting them ( https://www.cnil.fr/fr/refuser-les-cookies-doit-etre-aussi-s... )
po1nter··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
I was thinking the same thing but it's legit and is linked from the official Google Store (in France https://i.imgur.com/tgwGoQp.png )
po1nter··on TikTok requests access to devices on local network
It's TikTok* and do you have any evidence to support what you're saying or you're just pulling this from thin air?
po1nter··on Black Hat USA 2021 Review
I mean that's what you get for using PNGs for pictures.
po1nter··on Finding Windows HANDLE leaks, in Chromium and others
I just did this and I'm surprised to see DropBox with 19K handles. Even more than Visual Studio at 4.5K handles.

    Handle type summary:
      <Unknown type>  : 4
      <Unknown type>  : 2
      <Unknown type>  : 332
      ALPC Port       : 19
      Desktop         : 2
      Directory       : 4
      Event           : 395
      File            : 131
      IoCompletion    : 55
      IRTimer         : 11
      Job             : 3
      Key             : 104
      Mutant          : 21
      Process         : 66
      Section         : 45
      Semaphore       : 18109
      Thread          : 154
      TpWorkerFactory : 5
      WaitCompletionPacket: 70
      WindowStation   : 3
    Total handles: 19535
po1nter··on Windows 11 upgrade requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0
some processors have TPM built-in.
po1nter··on Microsoft announces Windows 11
Windows 11 will be a free upgrade: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/24/22546801/microsoft-window...
po1nter··on Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Instagram for children [pdf]
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
po1nter··on Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
> Because the scraping took place prior to GDPR, Facebook chose not to notify this as a personal data breach under GDPR.

From here https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/press-releases/d...

po1nter··on China accused of forcing 570k people to pick cotton in Xinjiang
Why is this flagged? Didn't know the CCP had that many supported on HN.
po1nter··on Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Robinhood
Active discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25947814
po1nter··on FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
Might be GDPR related if you are in Europe.
po1nter··on AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Notebooks
I wonder how they will tackle the availability issue since on the desktop side, it's close to impossible to get a 5900x/5950x CPU at MSRP or close to MSRP price.
po1nter··on Malware on My Android Phone
Same here with my Samsung Galaxy S8+. There's a QR code scanner in the camera app.
po1nter··on Handtrack.js: A library for prototyping realtime hand detection in the browser
It detects my face as a hand with a score of 0.900+ especially when I tilt my head backwards.
po1nter··on GFXBench: Apple M1
> most advanced operating system

Sounds like someone is regurgitating Apple's marketing speech.

How do you define "Most advanced"? because, for me, an OS that you can't use to run apps because Apple's servers were down is anything but advanced to me.

po1nter··on macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
> This is temporary, don't forget to remove it tomorrow.

or maybe don't depend on apple to allow you to run programs on your OWN computer. that hosts rule should stay in place...

po1nter··on Google Chrome is preparing a widget with shopping ads on the new tab page?
disclaimer: I'm a Firefox user.

I'm genuinely interested in why you think Firefox's UI sucks? What could be done better?

IMO it's more customizable than Chrome's which is a big plus for me.

po1nter··on Google Chrome is preparing a widget with shopping ads on the new tab page?
I get a "permission denied" on the first link. guess they don't want other opinions on the subject.
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