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david_arcoson Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf

That's not persistent :(

david_arcoson The first minute of every phone call is torture now

Same here! "Call Screening" killed all the robocalls, or potential robocalls.

david_arcoson Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers

Original title is about "Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers". Changing "VPN Adblockers" to "Android Adblockers" is misleading, at least.

BTW, I'm using Brave because of having u-block origin, and I recommend it. Needed to change the default chrome widget for a brave widget, and lost the chrome sync. Other than that, works as a charm.

david_arcoson Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years

Same here! Didn't happen with the same monitors when using linux laptops, it's happening only with a Mac

david_arcoson Show HN: StackOverflowgeddon Survival Kit

Tried it, looks great. Thanks!

david_arcoson How WhatsApp enables multi-device capability

> The WhatsApp server maintains a mapping between each person’s account and all their device identities. When someone wants to send a message, they get their device list keys from the server.

Oh, no...

david_arcoson European Citizens' Initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance

The hCaptcha is failing, "Rate limited or network error", so I can't sign.

david_arcoson Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

There is one: https://european-pirateparty.eu

david_arcoson Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)

Blueliv | Full-time | Barcelona, Spain (ONSITE)

Blueliv is an award-winning cyber-threat intelligence provider based in Barcelona. Our company brings together a multidisciplinary, international team in a fast-paced working environment, collaborating in the fight against cyber-crime.

- We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and skilled Senior Python Developer, to help us improve our SaaS platform: https://jobs.lever.co/blueliv/8546a4cf-c83e-4b12-ae64-41af79...

- We are looking for a malware reverser specialist, with experience in Trojans and viruses analysis focused on cyber intelligence point of view: https://jobs.lever.co/blueliv/20492aa6-c771-4598-a1af-ded2b6...

david_arcoson DevTube: Searchable index of developer videos

Take a look at https://pyvideo.org for inspiration: the videos are better tagged and categorized, and the search works better.

david_arcoson Security First [videos]

Another recommendation: http://kfrankc.me/cs88s/

david_arcoson To Know If the Election Was Hacked, Look at the Ballots

The key is the anonymity. A bank identifies the users in your online transactions, so it's much easier. However, a democratic country can't identify the voters: anonymity is a basic requirement.

david_arcoson Stellar

Looking forward to it, thanks for your message.

Anyways, I just did the "Set up password recovery", and instead of getting 1.000 stellars it forces me again into FB.

david_arcoson Stellar

> We are currently using Facebook as a verification method to avoid spam but hope to add other methods soon. We will not post on your Facebook.

Mandatory connect to Facebook? No, thanks.