dropoutcoder

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by dropoutcoder 6y ago
Maybe if one is able to activate the feedback feature and attach their CV, Google will offer a job interview.
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Ask HN: Gmail showing new ‘dev’ options at the bottom
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by dropoutcoder 6y ago
Cleaning after defecation really requires the skillful application of wet paper towel, then dry paper towel, followed by a shower with a removable shower head set to the laser setting, with soap and disposable rag. Having spent time in Japa
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Eventide’s classic DSP4000b has algorithms for phone call sonic simulation. The patches are highly modular (and thus can be inspected for analysis - at least down to the blocks used to construct the patch) and it would be interesting to see
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Rephrased, LE/IC will have a more difficult time fighting crime, not that they won't be able to fight crime at all.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
It's unclear why you've chosen to respond to my comment about my personal situation (which I'm not hiding at all), but I suspect you're trying to conflate something about my credibility with my argument. If that's
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Improving on the design of Exceptional Access systems isn't just about math, nor about considering the problems of key escrow. Rather, it's about considering how to reduce the risks for the issues you've raised. Fighting on p
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would disagree with you, just as one example.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Your comment makes a laughably wrong assumption, and is also low value.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
(Fully expecting this comment to be destroyed.) If you give E2EE to the masses, then the endpoints will need to remain vulnerable by design, or LE/IC won't be able to do their jobs fighting criminals. If the endpoints are designed
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
I have lived in {} since the mid 2000’s. Stalking by strangers and acquaintances has gotten out of hand in (at least) the past five years. (Any such behavior against me has since calmed down in the past year, after reworking my digital devi
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Very nice. Also check out ELK which is a much more ambitious such project. Https://elk.audio
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Yesterday, a fellow customer of one of the big US wireless telecom carriers received a spoofed call from my mobile number. He called me up thinking I had called him, and we started talking, and turns out he’s a Data Broker from the East Coa
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Currently but maybe there’s another way Too much at stake Balance of power God bless America I’m concerned Programmer geniuses often can’t see the forest for the trees This one issue will have a profound impact on our ability to work toward
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
In America, our govt
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
I did
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Semantics aside, if FB isn’t allowed to use the math behind E2EE, they’ve effectively been stopped from using math. Just trying to avoid getting into the weeds. Similarly to you questioning my faith in the matter, you’re ignoring my argumen
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Having exceptional access is important to keeping and improving society. It’s unethical to ignore and fight LE’s ongoing needs regarding such access. E2EE at scale, unchecked, is an extreme viewpoint with trade offs that I consider unethica
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Two parties or three, how can three parties keep a secret versus two
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
It was the secret police with pr You can stop math. Legally stop fb from using E2EE. You’ve stopped math. You haven’t stopped some people from using it. But you’ve prevented common people from having default usage of that math. Disagree. Do
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
I’m suggesting to rethink the problem fundamentally. Minimize abuses of an exceptional access system. The problem with purely technical folks is often an inability to socially transcend from their techno libertarian ideals And my statement
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
If it comes to pass that the department of justice insists on implementation of Exceptional access it would be who’ve the civil libertarians to work towards a better compromise. Hedge your bets.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Minimize or eliminate misuse through fundamental rethink of the solution.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Thanks for that. The goal is to design a system that prevents abuses. A technological solution to the ape problem would be helpful.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
For clarification, the goal is to provide a way for the government to decrypt encrypted comms that pass through the internet.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Thanks for responding. Which part was factually inaccurate?
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
In that case you would not be forced, at least in a more extreme application of the word. Regarding ethics, my opinion is that it’s unethical to offer strong E2EE to the masses at scale, without considering the needs of LE.
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
If you were forced to design an exceptional access system that minimized abuses and risks of compromise, how would you do it?
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
The article you linked is an example of why offering access to employees who aren’t properly vetted, don’t have security clearances is a bad idea. Further, a proper exceptional access system, in my view, will aim to reduce abuses as describ
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by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Yes, it’s serious (in response to your handle). I don’t think it’s necessary to create a throwaway to respond and is also against hn policy. I’ve been downvoted to oblivion simply for stating my view; also not necessary. Secret police worke

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