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forward1··on Tuna species popular in sashimi and poke bowls in sharp decline
That's not because they eat tuna sashimi, it's because they eat relatively less processed animal products.
forward1··on Zeiss's "Holocam" turns glass windows into cameras
Implants which modulate and reflect incoming radio signals back to the radar device, especially powered by the radio wave itself, is nothing new in clandestine surveillance.
forward1··on Archiving Steam games for fun and profit
Yes, on principle, against user-hostile software development practices.
forward1··on Degox – Taking back my internet privacy and presence
It's kind of incredible for a person to be aware of surveillance capitalism and also store "151 thousand emails" unencrypted on a third party server.

The same emails could be routinely downloaded offline for archiving and removed from possible prying eyes elsewhere.

forward1··on Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
Ground beef is absolutely not "less processed" than nuts.

Processing means stuff being added and/or removed. Cows, or as they are euphamistically known as "beef", have all sorts of vitamins, growth hormones and other disgusting shit (often literally) added to their diet and bodies. It also has to be cooked, usually in oil, which generates even more Maillard reaction, and thus cancers, etc.

Almost all animal products can be considered ultra-high processed. It's on an entirely different level than whole fruits and vegetables.

forward1··on Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
This is really important. Everyone squirting hand sanitizer at store checkouts and then handling BPA-paper receipts is a particularly good example.

> commonly used hand sanitizers, as well as other skin care products, contain mixtures of dermal penetration enhancing chemicals that can increase by up to 100 fold the dermal absorption of lipophilic compounds such as BPA.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

forward1··on Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
"BPA free" = we changed ~one chemical to avoid the disclosure requirement != it's totally safe.
forward1··on Archiving Steam games for fun and profit
Unfortunately the Steam client is simply abysmal offline. Even basic functionality such as caching game title thumbnails and viewing screenshots appears to be nerfed on purpose. You can't view your own achivements. Some games simply won't launch on the Deck offline. Now I will always try to buy a game on GOG first if it's available to avoid this sort of DRM.
forward1··on Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
> These numbers are much lower than some of the others, but they are not only in processed food.

Meat and dairy are heavily processed foods, and plastics are likely the least concerning thing about consuming them.

forward1··on Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
That's very idyllic, but the unfortunate reality is preparing whole foods takes time which many people simply don't have. Eating processed, packaged foods is a compromise they have to make to tend to family, work or other matters. Not dissimilar from putting purchases you can't afford on a credit card, and paying the price for it down the road.
forward1··on WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode at home
Not only MITM traffic, but also run arbitrary software since it could also govern code signing.
forward1··on WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode at home
It's not official until you change the MAC OID to 00:20:91 as well.
forward1··on WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode at home
That would be an improvement, but authentication would still be based on a phishable credential vs a cryptographic assertion, and ultimately exploited in the enterprise environment it was designed for.
forward1··on WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode at home
> why WPA3 doesn't have a mode where a password is used for the initial connection, but then the client and AP generate a keypair and each store their half and use that for all future connections.

Because it would regress security back to inferior bearer authentication.

forward1··on WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode at home
The title should be enterprise-grade Wi-Fi because the idea of closed-source, foreign-made COTS APs trafficking classified data is hyperbole only.
forward1··on WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode at home
The article borders on irresponsible by not explaining the full implications and risk of trusting a root CA, even if you're its sole private key custodian.
forward1··on Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs
It's already the case with several movies and shows. The French Connection for example has an entire scene removed on streaming services because a racial slur was uttered in 1971. Multiple Always Sunny episodes are not even available except on physical media, i.e. censored because it might offend someone.
forward1··on Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs
I don't think so. Apple likes to collect data as much as anyone else, they're just better at hiding it with euphanisms.

To wit: iOS requires precise location be enabled just to show weather on the home screen; I can't set a static location and just get the weather report for that place.

The whole thing just reeks of willful surveillance anti-patterns.

forward1··on AI and satellite imagery reveals expanding footprint of human activity at sea
> There's really no Constitutional or statutory argument against requiring ADS-B.

You could argue it's not a very good one, but it does exist:

"This rulemaking provides an exception to ADS–B requirements, removing the transmission requirement for sensitive operations conducted by Federal, State and local government entities in matters of national defense, homeland security, intelligence and law enforcement."

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-07-18/pdf/2019-1...

forward1··on Colon cancer is rising in young Americans. It's not clear why
Very tragic, but it's hardly a mystery. Low-fiber, high-protein foods cause cancer growth, and Americans consume way too much of it on a regular basis without a thought.
forward1··on Verizon once again busted handing out wireless subscriber information
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38576530
forward1··on Colliding Secure Hashes
Or you can't, for example because you already signed a 20 year root with SHA-1. Nor does it matter in this example and many others.
forward1··on Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36M Xfinity customers
Those are almost certainly not primary residences, they are likely not mortgaged by their owners (without a substantial rental business providing collateral, for example), and most states LLC records are completely public.
forward1··on What's next for Tor and privacy online?
Given the bandwidth cost alone of some of the top nodes, it is not unreasonable to draw conclusions about who funds and operates them. With the additional incentive to control the network considered, the truth of the matter couldn't be more obvious.
forward1··on Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs
Can we talk about the fact iOS/macOS turns on the Wifi and Bluetooth radios after each system update? Almost as if the devices were made deliberately to maximize spying, contrary to the marketing lullabies.
forward1··on Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36M Xfinity customers
So data brokers have access to search DL and vehicle registrations, but not holding company records? You do realize how ridiculous that sounds, right?

Also, what do you think will happen if someone learns you live at a particular address? Literally what risk is there?

forward1··on Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app
Cool, who did the security audit of the crypto, &c? Wait, no one did? Then kindly stop calling your app "secure".
forward1··on Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app
Seriously, this. One good XSS and you've got an RCE on your machine. Electron applications are the Kia/Hyundai equivalent of the software world.
forward1··on SSH protects the most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker
Good old RSA once again proves it can be trusted, whereas these newer crypto systems made in the last decade disappoint over and over again. Yet people keep using them because they're told they are fashionable, without really knowing the full implications.
forward1··on Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36M Xfinity customers
Chased offered to loan your shell LLC business hundreds of thousands of dollars without collateral or any credit history? Why don't I believe you?
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