tonyztan

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by tonyztan 6y ago
Dup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25706993
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by tonyztan 6y ago
My understanding is that you would sue the person who originally posted the content. You can sue "John Doe" and subpoena the social media companies and internet service providers for information to identify the poster. https:&#x2
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by tonyztan 6y ago
> "The rest of the DMCA drastically shifted the balance of power... section 230 was necessary to offset that... Repealing 230 but not the rest of the DMCA would be madness." Note that Section 230 is part of the Communications D
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by tonyztan 6y ago
The President can send a Presidential Alert to all cell phones. This cannot be turned off by the user. https://www.wired.com/story/presidential-text-alert-fema-eme...
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by tonyztan 6y ago
That is a liability. Imagine if every word you have ever uttered to anyone is permanently recorded and can be used against you any time in the future, forever.
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by tonyztan 6y ago
Exactly. Keeping message history is a liability. There is no need to keep all old messages beyond one week. If there is something specific worth saving, there are apps for taking/pasting notes.
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by tonyztan 6y ago
That's a good point. I haven't really thought about transferring messages since I use Disappearing Messages [1] for almost all conversations. [1] https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/36000732
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Capitol Police, a department shrouded in secrecy: not subject to FOIA requests(rollcall.com)
54 points by tonyztan 6y ago|24 comments
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by tonyztan 6y ago
> there needs to be a paid alternative. Just use Signal. It's free, open source, and end-to-end encrypted. https://signal.org/
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by tonyztan 6y ago
Signal is a better choice because it uses end-to-end encryption by default.
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China Is Making It Harder to Solve the Mystery of How Covid Began(bloomberg.com)
12 points by tonyztan 6y ago|0 comments
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Tech was ahead of Covid curve at every stage but couldn’t bring rest of us along(cnbc.com)
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by tonyztan 6y ago
"Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (c) of this section ... knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, or
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by tonyztan 6y ago
See other HN post (submitted after this one): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25474372
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Prosecutors accuse Zoom exec of working with Chinese government to surveil users(washingtonpost.com)
11 points by tonyztan 6y ago|1 comments
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Refraction Networking: Internet freedom in the network’s core(refraction.network)
1 points by tonyztan 6y ago|0 comments
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by tonyztan 6y ago
Exactly, this is a problem with the "may-issue" system that California and a minority of other states use. Most states have "shall-issue": there is a specific list of objective requirements set forth by law; if an applic
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by tonyztan 6y ago
This is why gun permits should be "shall-issue" rather than "may-issue." In other words, there should be a clear set of objective requirements; if an applicant meets these objective requirements, the government official
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by tonyztan 6y ago
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Officers_Safet... "The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) is a United States federal law, enacted in 2004, that allows two classes of persons—the &#
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by tonyztan 6y ago
Letters and emails are private. DKIM does not change that. This discussion about DKIM is about non-repudiation and the ability to prove that a certain person sent the email. If you send me a letter, I (or someone else who gains possession o
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by tonyztan 6y ago
But you need to be able to prove the existence of the contract. Which DKIM would help with.
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by tonyztan 6y ago
Email is not a "serious secure messenger." It is the equivalent of writing a letter and signing your name to it. Email is useful for when you want a paper trail. Otherwise, you would use a secure messenger instead.
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by tonyztan 6y ago
But emails are meant to be accountable. They are the digital equivalent to sending letters. They should leave paper trails. Just like you have written before, secure messaging should be left to secure messaging apps, not email.
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by tonyztan 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Certificate_Status_Prot...
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by tonyztan 6y ago
"You don't need a Google Account to participate in Meet video meetings. However, if you don’t have a Google Account, the meeting organizer or someone from the organization must grant you access to the meeting." https:/&
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by tonyztan 6y ago
Demonetize and demote these videos, without taking them down entirely. Make them accessible through search but do not recommend them to people who are not specifically looking for the videos.
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by tonyztan 6y ago
> "The video platform said it would now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization." The local health authorities (in the US) and
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He’s Sorry for His Bad Reviews. He May Now Avoid Prison(nytimes.com)
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Memory Safe ‘Curl’ for a More Secure Internet(abetterinternet.org)
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by tonyztan 6y ago
https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/discrimination/ethnicdisc#... . https://www.eeoc.gov/prohibited-employment-policiespractices https://www.eeoc.gov/filing-charge-discrimination

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