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walid··on Mozilla WebThings
"another move from Mozilla to start gathering"

What do you mean by "another move" here? Mozilla isn't gathering anything!

walid··on Mozilla WebThings
No he can't always contribute himself because most people myself included can't contribute to whatever project just because it is open source. You need to have an intimate knowledge of the technology and the experience and since you suggesting that he "can always contribute" I'd ask you: can you?
walid··on Firefox Pioneer
Check the "How do I opt out?" part of the article.
walid··on Firefox Pioneer
You're conflating different forms of ads. Ads that get your info through trackers are invading your privacy. The Mr. Robot ad is as invading of your privacy as an ad in a paper magazine. It didn't collect your data. Come on don't pretend you don't know how invasion of privacy works.
walid··on Firefox Pioneer
The Mr. Robot extension didn't send data about you to other people so that means it didn't invade your privacy. It was strange that Mozilla would allow such an extension but it wasn't spying on you.
walid··on How a Hacker Proved Cops Used a Stingray to Find Him
Probably crypto mining.
walid··on “Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”
I have an account on Pinterest because I like the service but having to sign-in for the simplest of things surely bugs me. Sometimes I just want to see one image and I end up having to navigate a bunch of sign-in pages just to see something. Recently I've found myself skipping Pinterest pages just because of the hoop jumping that signing-in creates.
walid··on Rubber that can make and store power from light and vibration
So Vibranium is not a metal after all!
walid··on Microsoft Announces Simplygon Cloud; Optimizes Mixed Reality Development
Speak the name loudly to someone and ask them to write it. I know all about the company but I couldn't stop laughing after reading the headline. It gets to me every single time.
walid··on Microsoft Announces Simplygon Cloud; Optimizes Mixed Reality Development
I've heard about the acquisition months ago. It took them a while to create a Microsoft version out of it.
walid··on How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportation. He’s not alone
The reason for his detention is mentioned near the end of the article:

"After several hours, Carrillo and another detainee were driven to a privately run immigration detention center in Adelanto, 85 miles outside Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert."

Privately run centers don't get paid based on citizenship or not but on services rendered.

walid··on How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportation. He’s not alone
This is one of the truly American stupid statements that mean nothing to the rest of the world.
walid··on I'm Testifying to Congress about Data Breaches – What Should I Say?
Derive from other people's testimony: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/11/me_on_the_equ...
walid··on Learning the Language of Mathematics (2000) [pdf]
What's the difference? Discrete mathematical concepts are applicable to programming as is without modification.
walid··on iPhone App will not stay open - just flashes when trying to launch
I think it should be illegal. Frame it in terms of a burger. If McDonald's says "since you say our food is bad we're messing with your burger after you bought it and we'll give you your money back if you return it" that would be illegal and probably, not sure though, a form of discrimination.
walid··on Tesla Model S: the story of a very short happiness and excitement
The reason dealerships exist has nothing to do with accountability. Google it.
walid··on Whiteboard sticker for your laptop
The price seems steep but I like the idea of merging these 2 technologies: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/12/2/13818796/re...
walid··on WikiLeaks and NSA committee: document could reveal informants
This makes me think that the claims to pursue informants/leakers is false. It also makes me believe that the purpose of the leak was to create an alibi to conduct a procedure that looks like a prosecution to intimidate potential leakers.
walid··on InfernoJS – A JavaScript library for building powerful user interfaces
Frankly I think this posting of github pages instead of the authorative source is inappropriate. I see it a lot on HN and find myself having to check that this is the official repo by going to the original website. If you know it you don't need to be told about it but if it's being posted to get it to people's attention then the canonical source is the right link even if it only has a link to github.
walid··on InfernoJS – A JavaScript library for building powerful user interfaces
The graphic on the page links to the github repo.
walid··on Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation as a Menace
A slow paced serial killer is safer than a fast paced serial killer.
walid··on Tech Companies Fight Back After Years of Being Deluged with Secret FBI Requests
“Had the FBI put a reasonable position on the table … five years ago they probably would’ve got that through,” Gidari argues. “They’re their own worst enemy on this stuff.”
walid··on Duffy and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Internet Freedom Act
Cruz fighting for internet freedom, Obama expanding social welfare after cutting it, Clinton fighting for healthcare and minimum wage.

I'm not trying to make this political but thank you Bernie Sanders. After the success of Bernie's grassroots movement traditional politicians are trying to appeal to the more progressive portion of the population since Trump controls the angry.

walid··on Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger words and safe spaces
Hmmm, why did I just feel I'm reading reddit?
walid··on NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing
If that is true then that I think is a violation of due process. If proven to have happened then many people can simply go free due to technicalities of the law. Awkward for the FBI.
walid··on Google is letting celebrities and businesses post directly to search results
This should have been G+ without the creation of a whole social sub domain.
walid··on Man Convicted Based on Erroneous Evidence Exonerated After 25 Years
I think that the blame lies on the FBI. How can non-science be pushed into court under a deceptive cover of legitimacy.
walid··on Man Convicted Based on Erroneous Evidence Exonerated After 25 Years
It doesn't matter if "scientifically invalid" is a vague because when the jury decides based on invalid hair sample analysis then justice is not served. Also some evidence collection might not yield DNA in the first place.
walid··on What “Worse is Better vs. The Right Thing” is really about (2012)
This article is nothing more than ideological bullshit.
walid··on Why NSA Surveillance Scares Me
From a digital point protective measures such hack proof system can be expensively engineered https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc1MTg but biology is a little bit trickier. I can think of biosuits of the future being like what we see in SciFi which is currently unrealistic but still plausible. I don't know where future protective technologies can go but there has always been some form of measure and countermeasure being developed in parallel one as a byproduct of the other.

As for privacy, I think we don't have as much privacy as we think we do. The thing that technology introduced is the recording of our already public moments. Now they can be played back at someone else's discretion and that someone else can control the narrative of our lives portraying us against our will in whatever way that someone wants. We're stuck here.

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