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avckp··on New company called Eelo will give you de-Google-ized Android for your privacy
Collaborating with xiaomi makes it rather fishy.
avckp··on DHS Goes Biometric, Says Travelers Can Opt Out of Face Scans by Not Traveling
Why do they want to store the image at all?

Compare against the stored values and discard the captured image. That should be enough.

avckp··on DHS Goes Biometric, Says Travelers Can Opt Out of Face Scans by Not Traveling
I probably will never visit USA. I am only worried as this might set a precedent for others and contribute to the pro-surveillance governments round the globe. Can't Trump be tricked into disapproving this?
avckp··on Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm to bees
Need for more processing power, more manufacturing units, more electricity.

However it's already a self-sufficient efficient eco system only if we could stop deliberately destroying.

avckp··on Facebook Secret: Want to See Who’s Monitoring Your Facebook? Follow These Steps
Instead of "Facebook Security" type in "Facebook".
avckp··on Show HN: LibreTaxi – open source alternative for Uber/Lyft
Cool! I had read about something like this on Distributed APPs possibilities.

So this is only a telegram bot? How will this scale and compete with lyft/uber?

avckp··on Hello from Orkut
What is hooli?
avckp··on Google collects metadata from Android phones
Replicant has too limited support for devices as of now
avckp··on Wanted: Ninja Rockstar Code Monkey Hacker Unicorn
What is HN-driven-development?
avckp··on Google collects metadata from Android phones
Blackphone would fit the bill

[1] https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/devices/

avckp··on Google collects metadata from Android phones
So we need a fork that runs sans Gapps
avckp··on An interactive way of blogging about JavaScript
Link to your gamedev blog please
avckp··on Show HN: A timer shell script to practice timeboxing
What is timeboxing?
avckp··on Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on more PCs
The side effects: "I live in the Central African bush. We pay for slow satellite internet (per MB d/l). Just ONE of our computers has secretly d/l'ed 6GB for Windows 10. We track & coordinate anti-poaching rangers in the field with these PC's + GPS. F* You Microsoft!" https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4mcdon/i_live_i...
avckp··on Are coders worth it? (2013)
what about web mason?
avckp··on The value of an engineering degree
Politics is a different thing but still.
avckp··on The value of an engineering degree
Degrees are not valuable until you know what you should know.
avckp··on Show HN: Crushify.org
"login with facebook" "Sorry"
avckp··on Show HN: Meta-as-a-Service
this is really nice,