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ghuin··on YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content
The problem is people who thought there were "clear cut issues". Now there are more issues that are considered clear cut. Disagree? Bad for you.
ghuin··on High-profile autism genetics project paused amid backlash
There also could be medical reasons for the removal of arms. That doesn't mean parents should be allowed to remove the arms of their children as they are born.
ghuin··on High-profile autism genetics project paused amid backlash
Or remove their foreskins :')
ghuin··on High-profile autism genetics project paused amid backlash
Because some people seem to think autism is a cool personality trait more than a disability.
ghuin··on Telemetry in Alibaba MNN: no opt-out, obfuscated server url
I wonder why they obscured the URLs in that way. It seems so stupid, given how trivial it is to decode base64.
ghuin··on False Pro-China Accounts Invade Twitter in the UK
Not to mention politics. Yes security guys on Twitter, we get it, you're all very progressive. Can you talk about bloody computer security for a change?
ghuin··on How malware gets into the App Store and why Apple can't stop that
>According to Zerodium, iOS exploits are cheaper than Android exploits because iOS exploits are so plentiful[1][2] in comparison.

On the other hand if your iPhone is vulnerable it will get an update. Can you say the same thing about Android?

ghuin··on Brave reduces the page load performance cost of its adblocker
They never did that.
ghuin··on Show HN: Find Reddit discussion threads for your TV shows
IMDb closed their forums (and wiped all the messages!) a few years ago.
ghuin··on AT&T says it has big problems. A T-Mobile salesman showed me how big
Group chats where everybody uses iPhone work through iMessage. If only one person switches to Android they get downgraded to MMS (open standard) which is much worse.

Why these people don't use OTT apps like WhatsApp I'll never know.

ghuin··on Nitter and other Internet reclamation projects
I like the idea of nitter and bibliogram but they are so unreliable that I always end up giving up on them.
ghuin··on When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may not know it for years
They already have end to end encryption available in WhatsApp. Facebook chats are not encrypted and users are aware of it and the risks.
ghuin··on When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may not know it for years
What do you expect Facebook to do in this situation? Disobey the order?
ghuin··on Firefox Addons Unable to Update, Undisclosed AMO Issues
Chrome
ghuin··on Firefox Addons Unable to Update, Undisclosed AMO Issues
I don't hold Mozilla and Google to the same standards.

I used Firefox because Mozilla aligned with my sense of morals. For that reason only. Now that they don't I see no reason to keep using an inferior product.

ghuin··on New Zealand council's Zoom meeting goes viral as people pretend they're in it
It's Google's fault for giving out a set of knives when you reach a thousand likes on one comment.
ghuin··on Firefox Addons Unable to Update, Undisclosed AMO Issues
Users are not necessarily stupid. We all have a reason not to use Firefox. For example, I do it to spite Mozilla.
ghuin··on Demonopolizing the Internet with Interoperability
Maybe if they asserted themselves as much as the EU does the tech situation of the US would be the same as the one in the EU.
ghuin··on All businesses will eventually turn into subscriptions
Who's going to respect you if you make the same money as a grocery store cashier? Personally I would think you're a sucker.

Also what power would you have in a Communist country?

ghuin··on Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig detained in China 3 yrs on way home
Do they really take Western hostages often? What are the chances as a European nobody of being dragged into a Chinese jail?
ghuin··on [dead]
If that was true ADA guidelines wouldn't be mandatory.
ghuin··on Opening http://../foo on Android Chrome crashes the browser (Warning: or worse)
What are you typing this on?
ghuin··on The world's worst Linux kernel module
The title of the submission is what makes users post comments like this.
ghuin··on Opening http://../foo on Android Chrome crashes the browser (Warning: or worse)
Miui
ghuin··on Mozilla says Chrome’s latest feature enables surveillance
Marking you as away on discord/teams
ghuin··on Mozilla says Chrome’s latest feature enables surveillance
That won't happen as long as Safari doesn't implement the API. For example: notifications
ghuin··on Ask HN: Are you also getting extremely obvious spam bypassing Gmail's filters?
At least with iOS you get asked the first time you install an app whether you want notifications or not. Android allows them by default, and apps are not shy to spam you to get to open them.
ghuin··on Peter Thiel, Scourge of Silicon Valley
I guess e40 doesn't have an editor any longer
ghuin··on Mozilla says Chrome’s latest feature enables surveillance
As long as you're asked for permission I don't see the problem
ghuin··on Spain will ban selling fruit and vegetables in plastic containers starting 2023
So like covid restrictions.
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