josefonseca

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by josefonseca 12y ago
It was just an example how you could detach the secret and the device made by Apple. I'm sure there are better ideas for that. The way this is configured now Apple can decrypt any phone, which voids the argument made in the OP. But I
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by josefonseca 12y ago
> Apple doesn't use scrypt. Their approach is to add a 256-bit device-unique secret key called a UID to the mix, and to store that key in hardware where it's hard to extract from the phone. Apple claims that it does not record
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Flaws in Brazil's voting machines exposed just days before the general elections(programacaobr.com)
1 points by josefonseca 12y ago|0 comments
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by josefonseca 12y ago
I did that years ago as well. Soon as I read somewhere that Stallman meant Emacs to be his only shell and do everything in it(?), this was my first thought.
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by josefonseca 12y ago
You're right. I am holding it in my hand now and it seems like a generic model. Below it says "for use with information technology equipment". This charger came out of a brand new iPhone 5S box purchased in an Apple store in
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by josefonseca 12y ago
Sure, but this one came out of the Apple box, purchased in an Apple store in the USA
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A word of caution about iPhone 5S chargers
1 points by josefonseca 12y ago|6 comments
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Brazil’s “Revolutionary Internet legislation" is a trojan horse(zefonseca.com)
1 points by josefonseca 14y ago|0 comments
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by josefonseca 14y ago
Most of the awesome software running the WWW is running in tightly sealed compartments, hidden away from our sight. Imagine being able to see Google's search engine source code. That'd be truly something. Unfortunately market forces are sti
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Cloudy thinking: The death of the PC is a fallacy (zefonseca.com)
1 points by josefonseca 14y ago|0 comments
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> Maybe all the time I spend looking for better ways to do things is keeping me from, well, doing things. Eureka! People are complicating their lives just to decomplicate later. It's a vicious cycle designed to keep the market flowing.
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by josefonseca 14y ago
And this is in Scotland. Can you imagine what it is like in the poorest countries in the world? This is why we need a permanent, open Internet on all nations, because as soon as the truth comes out, someone does something about it.
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by josefonseca 14y ago
This was absolutely expected. The Nasdaq delays probably had about zero impact on the IPO results but you know how it goes...someone lost money on Facebook paper and they're bound to make it back speculating on the courts...
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by josefonseca 14y ago
Thanks for your feedback. Yes, I have been trying with the bank for the past 2 months. Apparently it takes a while. The intuit here is not only to try to receive the U$ 300 back but also to let Yahoo! and others here on HN know that this sh
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> But how about if Google collects its OWN information about me. Does that fall under habeas data? Anyone whom you suspect has data on you can be subpoenaed to give you, and only you, the data they have about you. The government include
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Ask HN: Can you guys please help me get my U$ 300 back from Yahoo
5 points by josefonseca 14y ago|2 comments
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> Do you own the data or does the company you post the data on own the data? This is a decision that needs to be made This decision was made long ago. The remedy is called habeas data and YOU own your personal data and nobody else. Wh
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> The problem here is that the whole security model is upside down. I had to scroll two screens down to find your comment. At some point Google and Facebook(and everyone else, these two are just the most popular right now) inverted the
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> The Inquirer The question-headline and the article without any usable content is thus explained.
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> I thought this acquisition as was just about patents. This, IMHO should be the top comment here.
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> All the manufactures drop Android? [ ... ] > I see only good in this. This makes zero logical sense.
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> what else will happen? Well that is like asking what comes next in the stock market. If anyone knows, then they're the next billionaires ;)
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by josefonseca 14y ago
> Even if Facebook collapses, it doesn't mean it will take the rest of the web down with it. The WWW was here before Facebook. To even raise that possibility shows people completely lack a sense of proportion. Facebook and Google can di
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by josefonseca 14y ago
It was a wrong move for Google to have gone into the social media business IMO. It took focus from their search, which has arguably lost quality, and injected search with too many diversions and "noise". The level of interest in Google+ ref
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Yahoo is Yahoo's own worst enemy(zefonseca.com)
1 points by josefonseca 14y ago|0 comments
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by josefonseca 14y ago
So much bad publicity for Facebook today all over social media...
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by josefonseca 14y ago
Is it just my impression or is there a barrage of bad publicity for Facebook all over social media today?
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The real business of the DIY movement(news.cnet.com)
1 points by josefonseca 14y ago|0 comments
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As Google Tweaks Searches, Some Get Lost in the Web (online.wsj.com)
2 points by josefonseca 14y ago|0 comments
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Apple strips '4G' claim from iPad marketing (watoday.com.au)
1 points by josefonseca 14y ago|0 comments

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