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pricechild··on Messenger systems compared by security, privacy, compatibility, and features
If you can communicate random text, you can layer E2E encryption over almost any communication medium. OTR is a great example of this. But it isn't a feature of the protocol.

Many irc servers listen on an ssl port, but this then only encrypts data between client and server. The data is decrypted on the server and sent to other clients. (Maybe encrypted)

Some ircd's support "encrypted only channels" where if you're not connected via ssl, you can't /join

pricechild··on Messenger systems compared by security, privacy, compatibility, and features
IRC is listed as "E2E Private" true?
pricechild··on Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?
Don't forget Baldur's Gate?
pricechild··on Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program
Or buy a large amount and then sell them slowly, imitiating low supply?
pricechild··on Adding Mercurial support to Gitlab
My impression was always that Mercurial wasn't entirely stable/reliable.

Especially the Windows port seemed rather prone to corruption.

pricechild··on Juvenile or adult? Leap-year suspect poses conundrum for court
The point is... you're now having to make the definition more complex.

The OP's request was to make it simpler.

With time, you often can't do that without edge cases.

pricechild··on Juvenile or adult? Leap-year suspect poses conundrum for court
What about in the case of daylight savings? Do you need to add an extra hour?
pricechild··on Mozilla Project Fusion: Tor Integration into Firefox
That said, plenty of providers use the list of tor relays (which is also public) to block traffic.

Sites such as https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl then help people do this.

That site in particular may "warn":

> This DNS blacklist contains ALL tor nodes (entry, transit and exit nodes) - think carefully before choosing to use this list for blocking purposes.

but anyone who doesn't understand tor simply won't understand the decision and choose ALL.

Running a relay on your own address isn't sensible because of this. Nevermind an exit node.

pricechild··on UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds
The ASA has made the decision to allow it.

It's annoying that we defer to them...

pricechild··on I know how hard it would have been to escape the helicopter crash in NYC
With the small size of a helicopter and passengers in the front seat, they are certainly in range of many controls which could have that effect.
pricechild··on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
Yes, for each launch they tend to do "Hosted" and "Technical".
pricechild··on Extensions in Firefox 59
11,000 users (if true) isn't disproportionate among the tech audience, just HN commenters.
pricechild··on Google retires the Pixel C tablet as it shifts focus to the Pixelbook
The original model (2012) was pretty terrible as you mention.

The 2013 (with rear facing camera) is still more than usable. I'm more than happy and have bought several over the years. (Rough environments, but £50 used on ebay is doable)

pricechild··on Amazon Merchants Continue to Find Ways to Cheat
Going on previous stories I understand that you can't even trust trustworthy sellers... since Amazon will mix inventory up unless they pay extra?

And you can't tell if they are paying extra?

pricechild··on Chrome breaks the Web
"config option" can't be the right answer.

It's simply not realistic the 1000th time it's offered as the obvious solution.

pricechild··on Update the UK Traffic Signs Regulations to a Geometrically Correct Football
Lets be realistic, probably a 6'ish figure sum to get the bureaucracy completed. Still, peanuts.
pricechild··on MailChimp vs. Amazon SES – How I Reduced My Monthly Bill
Eesh, thanks for the data point.
pricechild··on Testing disks: Lessons from our odyssey selecting replacement SSDs
One of my favourite parts of this article is how Elliot Thomas describes himself as a "Software Engineer".

We may be writing software, but without a working knowledge of hardware it's not worth much!

pricechild··on MailChimp vs. Amazon SES – How I Reduced My Monthly Bill
Amazon SES also support the dedicated ip option?
pricechild··on Google's 'Advanced Protection' Locks Down Accounts Like Never Before
Unless the secret (password, certificate, hardware token, whatever) isn't absolutely required to access your data "because maths", then employees will have access to your data?

I guess there's a distinction to be made... perhaps if you go through that process you can regain control of your handle but not private data. But that wouldn't be useful since unless you're using a system which warns that your identity has changed (e.g. a new pgp key) then old contacts will continue to contact you, spilling the beans on old conversations?

pricechild··on Pencil and Paper Games
So it is! Thank you!

board game geek suggests there's at least one reimplementation: "Sunken Sailor"

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/135779/fake-artist-goes-... https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233994/sunken-sailor

pricechild··on Why Constant-Time Crypto?
Best I could come up with was "868686692969"...
pricechild··on Google is nerfing all Home Minis because mine spied on everything I said
Sorry I wasn't clear enough making my point:

I'm surprised that the implementation of a (simple) physical button was done badly.

I'm surprised that the (surely more difficult) hotword detection works so well.

pricechild··on Pencil and Paper Games
I played a variant of this which was quite fun for 3+ if a little more complicated...

An animal/mineral/vegetable is written on a card for every player but one who gets a blank card. For a couple of rounds you each draw a line before finally voting on who you think doesn't know what you're drawing. The main group is trying to demonstrate to everyone else that they know what the item is (and so drawings become very abstract) without making it obvious to the hidden traitor.

I think the introducer mentioned it was being commercialised...?

pricechild··on Google is nerfing all Home Minis because mine spied on everything I said
Of the two options, "hotword" and "physical touch", I'm surprised at which was disabled to prevent false positives!
pricechild··on Equifax Breach Fallout: Your Salary History
> If you're worried about them going back and verifying what you said you made, well, you shouldn't be lying about that anyway.

I get why it's important to tell the truth to e.g. a lender during a mortgage application.

Why should a prospective employer deserve this information?

pricechild··on Firefox 56: Last Stop Before Quantum
I've been following https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/Firefox56AddonW...

It's surprised me the amount some people rely on addons for their workflow and the amount of effort they will be going through to resist this change come 57.

For my usage, I've found Firefox Klar/Focus (which I believe already include the speed improvements from 57+?) on Android and have been extremely impressed.

pricechild··on Limit Internet access until your child makes progress on educational sites
> DnsLearning is Free until January 2018

Oh wow, literally.

pricechild··on Show HN: Encrypted VPN in 2k lines of Go
They followed up on that question with another blog post: https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/09/14/python-growing-quickly...
pricechild··on UK government calls out Whatsapp for enabling criminals to communicate in secret
It will be a fight to prevent people being punished for keeping secrets.

The horse has bolted, it is not possible to prevent (good or bad) people communicating securely?

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