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shermheadryder··on Update on campaign targeting security researchers
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but do you have a source on that?

That feels like a bold claim to make without any references.

shermheadryder··on Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
It doesn’t matter much what your web site has today. If it’s available over HTTP an attacker can inject whatever it wants into the page without too much trouble at all.
shermheadryder··on Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
> Not gonna switch hosting nor pay 2x more for it just to please Google.

Let's not pretend that HTTPS only exists to please Google. It has very real benefits for your users.

shermheadryder··on Grubhub sued for listing restaurants without permission
> Yes they have to ask for permission to present themselves as an agent of the company

That's not necessarily true (yet), that's literally what this legal case is about.

shermheadryder··on Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old and young
I'm in the priority group for a flu jab and I managed to get a jab from a pharmacy no problem. YMMV, though.
shermheadryder··on Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to collect on economic gains
> They don't wear shoes at home and public spaces don't have litters all over.

I might be missing something, but what does this have to do with COVID?

shermheadryder··on Brython – A Python 3 implementation for client-side web programming
> What's wrong with doing something just for the hell of it?

That isn't the goal of this project though. From https://brython.info/static_doc/en/intro.html:

> Brython's goal is to replace Javascript with Python, as the scripting language for web browsers.

Given that stated aim, I feel like the original criticisms have their place here.

shermheadryder··on Show HN: Ukpd – a Node.js module to provide access to UK Police Data
> I checked the crime categories and there's no mention of cyber-crime.

Good spot, I haven't looked myself but there is a list (https://data.police.uk/static/files/police-uk-category-mappi...) of the full list of categories; it may be that cyber-crime falls into one of the other categories provided by the API.

shermheadryder··on AWS services explained in one line each
> S3: File storage. Not directly used for mounting, but you can directly download files from HTTP.

S3 is an object store, not a file system.

shermheadryder··on Trolls break into meetings on Zoom
You can self-host the video/audio parts of Zoom

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201363093-Deployin...