tankm0de

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by tankm0de 11y ago
In end-to-end encryption the private keys are on the user's phone. The point of a wiretap is not to let the target know you're listening. Having the code source + user's public keys from WhatsApp is of no help in decrypting
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by tankm0de 11y ago
The long term problem for broad adoption of end-to-end encrypted mobile messaging is closed software ecosystems; the government will just pass a law to force Apple & Android App stores to stop distributing apps like WhatsApp that facili
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by tankm0de 11y ago
moxie marlinspike wrote a really good editorial to this point awhile back http://www.wired.com/2013/06/why-i-have-nothing-to-hide-is-t...
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by tankm0de 11y ago
the active fork of ctrl-p https://github.com/ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim
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by tankm0de 11y ago
The state is not perfect either but typically a larger organization has more (professional) eyes on it, thus making it harder to mismanage or corrupt for a special interest. Same rational as why Michigan steps in to run Detroit as it was g
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by tankm0de 11y ago
There was long-form about this awhile back. Interestingly the blame for waste seemed to lay with both teacher's union and pro-reform consultants demanding a big piece of the action. When teacher's union didn't get what they
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by tankm0de 11y ago
this is a pretty naive viewpoint probably written by someone early in their career. CS programs should be teaching fundamental skills - algorithms, software design and engineering, computer theory. In industry it's much better to hav
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by tankm0de 12y ago
this dude. by his own admission he, 1. had been drinking, was potentially drunk 2. disobeyed police officers at scene of accident 3. provoked the guards of the holding cell police can be thug-ish but this guy is not exactly a posterch
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by tankm0de 13y ago
this is spot on. The only thing I would add is to point out how meticulously little has changed in the Apple OSX over the years. It's mostly carefully vetted polish & performance improvements. Microsoft tries to reinvent the wheel
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by tankm0de 13y ago
I lived 1 block from this recycling center for 4 years. It attracts nefarious sort of homeless who among other pleasantries, defecate on sidewalks, break-in to parked cars, yell violently at each other and passerbys (probably due to mental
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by tankm0de 13y ago
seems like a big decline in developers working exclusively in the windows ecosystem; C#, VB.NET.
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by tankm0de 14y ago
it looks like its basically an anti-competitive law that requires a $500,000 license to be any sort of payment processor in California. The law was pushed through by a lobby group of existing big name financials companies. some recent deve