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Google's HTTPS report card(google.com)
4 points by sjbach 11y ago|0 comments
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Expanding Carrier Support for Google Voice MMS(plus.google.com)
3 points by sjbach 12y ago|0 comments
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by sjbach 12y ago
Transit encryption requires that both sides are game. Google always supports it, but the server on the other side may not.
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QPX Express API (flight search)(developers.google.com)
2 points by sjbach 13y ago|0 comments
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by sjbach 13y ago
The NPR chart may also be misleading; it's unclear from the notes. There was ~60% inflation between 1992 and 2011.
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EFF: Encrypt the Web Report: Who's Doing What(eff.org)
3 points by sjbach 13y ago|0 comments
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by sjbach 13y ago
A salient bit: [Eric] Grosse echoed comments from other Google officials, saying that the company resists government surveillance and has never weakened its encryption systems to make snooping easier — as some companies reportedly h
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by sjbach 13y ago
Re: maps, you can revert to "classic" by clicking on the gear.
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by sjbach 13y ago
If you're asking about NSLs to Google, you can see the ranges on this page: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/US... These aren't aggregated into the counts shown in the table you
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by sjbach 13y ago
Warning: article written by Jonah Lehrer. It's probably still a good read, but that spoils it for me.
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by sjbach 13y ago
Yes, there are 20% projects.
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Google Transparency Report: Making the web a safer place(googleblog.blogspot.com)
3 points by sjbach 13y ago|1 comments
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by sjbach 13y ago
I'm not sure if I can assuage your anger, but the Transparency Report is upfront that there are reasons not all requests for user data are disclosed. The data isn't purported to be comprehensive, though we'd like it to be as
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by sjbach 13y ago
See: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/faq/#do_the... http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/faq/#how_do...
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by sjbach 13y ago
Here's the Google Transparency Report page that features ongoing developments involving this disruption: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/disruptions... (This page is distinct from the time series graph linked in another c
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Google's new legal process FAQ re: requests for user data(google.com)
1 points by sjbach 14y ago|0 comments
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by sjbach 14y ago
"Other" is as compared to search warrants and subpoenas, i.e. it's describing the vehicle of the request rather than the reason for the request. It's defined, loosely, in a tooltip: "Includes court orders issued under ECPA by a judge and o
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by sjbach 14y ago
Google's blog post: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/transparency-report-w...
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by sjbach 14y ago
Khan Academy has a pretty good series of introductory videos: http://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics
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Australia: Google found guilty of libel for refusal to remove search results(chillingeffects.org)
3 points by sjbach 14y ago|0 comments
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by sjbach 14y ago
That punishes users of Google search who want to find these titles.
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by sjbach 14y ago
The data is fairly close to realtime, with caveats. The time series chart widget is a little dodgy, though, so it's sometimes difficult to see things on the margin. We're working on putting something better in place.
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Google Transparency Report: Government requests on the rise(googleblog.blogspot.com)
6 points by sjbach 14y ago|0 comments
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Chinese web monitoring group says Google blocked in China(latimes.com)
1 points by sjbach 14y ago|0 comments
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Windows 8: Get your Google back(googleblog.blogspot.com)
8 points by sjbach 14y ago|0 comments
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by sjbach 14y ago
The casual negativity in the headline is really too bad. I kind-of enjoyed the video, even though I'd been primed not to.
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Use any credit or debit card with Google Wallet(officialandroid.blogspot.com)
2 points by sjbach 14y ago|0 comments
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Google: Transparency for copyright removals in search(googleblog.blogspot.com)
80 points by sjbach 14y ago|22 comments
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by sjbach 16y ago
How about a way to retrieve comments or post ID for a given story URL? I often save articles and read them days or weeks later, and it would be nice if there were a simple way to find the associated HN discussion without risking upvote/sto
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by sjbach 16y ago
> Now try the question again, in what function or macro is the highlighted line located in? Was it easier to answer this time? No? In either case, if it were me I'd highlight the previous close-paren (whether it's on its own line or no

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