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by dispense 12y ago
I cannot read the article or watch the video without enabling Javascript.
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by dispense 12y ago
I can't read this article without allowing Javascript.
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by dispense 12y ago
The minor inconvenience of re-entering my shipping data every time clearly outweighs the possibility that some crime syndicate gets their hands on my personal data. At least for me. I would appreciate it to at least have the option to not c
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by dispense 12y ago
How about not requiring personal data when it's necessary anyway, and removing it as soon as it isn't necessary anymore? If I buy a LaCie drive in a brick-and-mortar store and I pay with cash, there is exactly none of my personal
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by dispense 12y ago
Patches of Disorganization in the Neocortex of Children with Autism http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1307491 doi://10.1056/NEJMoa1307491 Background Autism involves early brain overgro
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by dispense 13y ago
There was an entertaining lecture about it this (and other stuff) at the 30C3: http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/30C3_-_5604_-_en_-_...
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by dispense 13y ago
That's a human problem, not a Bitcoin problem.
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by dispense 13y ago
There is no such thing. In a 2 out of 3 transaction, 2 out of 3 parties have to agree for the transaction to happen. Thus, if the winner agrees and the arbitrator also agrees, the transactions is conducted. It's a cryptographically sec
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by dispense 13y ago
At least they do offer the option relatively seamlessly (or so I hope). It might be cumbersome and awkward to explain to your non-tech friends why you want to enable it, but at least it's an option (although not necessarily proven to b
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by dispense 13y ago
"800,000 users from the Netherlands and counting." https://twitter.com/telegram/status/437275755312345089 This is speculative, but I think Telegram actually has enough momentum at the moment to overtake
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by dispense 13y ago
Semantics. Obviously, theoretically, everybody can be fooled. The common sense definition of secure is not "secure with zero possibility of the security being broken". Storing diamonds in a safe at the bank is secure. Printing you
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by dispense 13y ago
Social engineering applies to pretty much everything. It has nothing to do with Bitcoin (or whatever else a social engineer wants from you) and everything with your own lack of due diligence and gullibility.
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by dispense 13y ago
It is perfectly possible. Your only task is to secure the private keys. These are short enough to be printed as a QR code or written down. keep that piece of paper somewhere safe. Alternatively, it is possible to use a good, random, long pa
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by dispense 13y ago
Either SR2 was hacked or someone ran off with the funds. Whatever the case may be, I do not see how the friction (or lack thereof) of Bitcoin has anything to do with this.
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by dispense 13y ago
Perhaps it's been a while since you've last used Tor, but at least in my experience, the speed really isn't that bad, especially for tasks that aren't time critical. Speeds of hundred or several hundred KB/s are not
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by dispense 13y ago
I would like to see more information on the botnet were or are operating. Is it fully theirs or did they rent it? If they rented it, how and from whom? If it is fully theirs, what did it consist of? Did they rent a bunch of servers, or did
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by dispense 13y ago
Why have parasites promoting mating success been observed so rarely? Paywalled article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002251931... Abstract: Host manipulation by sexually transmitted para
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by dispense 13y ago
The impact of early parenting bonding on young adults' Internet addiction, through the mediation effects of negative relating to others and sadness Paywalled article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article&#
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by dispense 13y ago
Sorry for hijacking, but does Ribbon have an opinion on Bitcoin?
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by dispense 13y ago
So you can't connect to Wikipedia using HTTPS? What's the policy on HTTPS in general? Edit: Never mind, you already answered it in another comment.
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by dispense 13y ago
If you would like me to, I can set up a Tor bridge for you. Unfortunately, YCombinator doesn't have a private messaging system, so we'll have to figure out a way to communicate the details securely. Cryptocat is blocked. If you&#x
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by dispense 13y ago
Placebo Sleep Affects Cognitive Functioning. Paywalled article: http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0035546 Abstract: The placebo effect is any outcome that is not attributed to a specific treatment but rather to
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by dispense 13y ago
Direct link to the study for the lazy: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.23464/abstrac... Abstract: Increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system is thought to play a role in the developme
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by dispense 13y ago
From my perspective, hundreds of unknown parties from unknown jurisdictions (likely not my own) potential collect, store (for unknown lengths of time and with unknown security measures) and analyze unknown amounts of my internet activity fo
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by dispense 13y ago
Users of Bitcoin are likely to be proficient keyboard users. People that aren't proficient keyboard users are not likely to be users of Bitcoin.