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Jon Hundley Twitter @hundley
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greenwalls··on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
I think I’ll pass on a chat room face scan. Wow.
greenwalls··on Why is the sky blue?
Awesome graphics. Looking forward to more articles.
greenwalls··on Beta Family: 50k Users to Test Your App
I tried this with an Android app and it went well for us. The only problem was that the UI was super slow in Firefox, but it worked well in Chrome. That was several months ago so hopefully they fixed it by now.
greenwalls··on Facebook’s Onavo Gives Social-Media Firm Inside Peek at Rivals’ Users
App Annie purchased Mobidia in 2015 which has an app called "My Data Manager" that is similar to Onavo. I think it is used in a similar way. https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/06/app-annie-acquires-mobile-...

http://www.mydatamanagerapp.com/privacy-policy/

I wonder how many apps like this are out there?

greenwalls··on The New Copycats: How Facebook Squashes Competition From Startups
App Annie acquired Mobidia https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/06/app-annie-acquires-mobile-... in 2015 which has an app called "My Data Manager" that is similar to Onavo Count.
greenwalls··on Ask HN: HNers who got their “Show HNs” on homepage, how is your site doing now?
Submitted GlassWire https://www.glasswire.com for Windows 1064 days ago. Now we have a new Android app! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glasswire....
greenwalls··on Ask HN: What credit card does your US startup use?
If you use a VISA check card from your bank you can easily monitor all expenses through your company bank account. I found this helpful for my startup, but as you get bigger and spend more money you'll probably want to look at cards that give you extras (cash back, etc...).
greenwalls··on Amazon's Tepid Response to Counterfeiters Frustrates Sellers
The scary part of this problem is buying medications or things you ingest. I no longer buy any kind of food or health products on Amazon because I worry they may be fake.

Buying fake food and health products is dangerous.

I don't buy pet food from Amazon either for the same reason.

greenwalls··on Show HN: Reveal suspicious and data hogging apps on a Live graph (Android)
Just launched. The app is 100% free with no ads or in-app purchases. Please let me know if you have any questions, thanks!

We make it easy to stay under your mobile data limits.

greenwalls··on How the Flash Crash Trader’s $50M Fortune Vanished
Implementing something like Andrew Lo's encryption algorithm to avoid future flash crashes is a great idea https://www.technologyreview.com/s/512291/how-to-avoid-anoth....

It's also interesting the article refers to Sarao as frugal. If he was really frugal it seems like he would have said that X amount of money is enough and stopped risking it all. Scary stuff!

greenwalls··on Ask HN: Online Security Tips for Newbie Freedom Activists?
Twitter Personality @SwiftOnSecurity has a guide https://decentsecurity.com/ that is reasonable for non-techies to understand and follow.
greenwalls··on Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight
I guess it's just a coincidence that most athletes aren't overweight. It doesn't have anything to do with them exercising?
greenwalls··on Ask HN: How did you learn about stocks and the market?
The Bogleheads website is a great community in my opinion. Their Wiki is here https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page.
greenwalls··on Researcher links mass extinctions to 'Planet X'
It would be interesting to know where we are currently on this theoretical mass extinction cycle. Hopefully we have a few million years left.
greenwalls··on How we decreased memory usage in GlassWire 1.2
If there is any interest I can write more of a detailed technical explanation in a future Blog post. Let me know if you have any questions.
greenwalls··on Show HN: AppApp.io – A better search for the iOS App Store
I like it a lot! The only thing that bothered me was how the star ratings show numbers instead of the stars, so I have to look carefully at the ratings before choosing an app.

With a star * rating the rating is visual, so I can easily see at a glance what the rating is.

greenwalls··on Show HN: We want to make websites places to meet people
Chatting instead of posting comments seems like a cool idea. You just need to get enough installs so you have a critical mass of people chatting, then it should build up. Good luck with the idea!
greenwalls··on Ask HN: Where can I buy real software companies?
Find apps you like then do some research and see if you can get a general idea of the revenue they are making. If it looks like you could afford to acquire them then email them and see what happens.
greenwalls··on Take the Money and Run
I can't wait to read about what happened next. Great writing!
greenwalls··on Show HN: DiveReal – A Virtual World inside StreetView
I always thought it seemed impossible to make a new virtual world community because of all the energy and time that would go into building all the background graphics. Using Streetview solves the problem. Very cool idea!
greenwalls··on Ask HN: Paypal alternatives for vendors outside the US?
Cleverbridge https://www.cleverbridge.com is great and works well with International and American users.
greenwalls··on How Google shut down our startup on Black Friday
It's fixed with Chrome, thanks! Unfortunately Google Webmaster Tools still says we have malware for some reason. Hopefully it will update soon.
greenwalls··on How Google shut down our startup on Black Friday
We use Wordpress for our Blog but it's completely separated from our main website. I guess theoretically it could be infected but we don't distribute any software from there. https://blog.glasswire.com Google Webmaster Tools pointed specifically to our installer file that is rated as safe by VirusTotal.com.
greenwalls··on How Google shut down our startup on Black Friday
Chrome no longer blocks the download but Google Webmaster Tools still say we're infected with malware.
greenwalls··on How Google shut down our startup on Black Friday
I always feel like that also when something like this happens but we can't figure out what we did wrong. If we figure it out we'll update the blog post.
greenwalls··on How Google shut down our startup on Black Friday
Thank you.
greenwalls··on Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files
Consider making English the default language choice since the rest of the website is already in English anyway. Cool site!
greenwalls··on Don't upgrade to iOS 8.0.1 or you may experience “no service”
https://twitter.com/search?q=ios%208.0.1%20no%20service
greenwalls··on A live streaming platform dedicated to code
I look forward to checking it out when it's live! Have you thought about including designers? It might make your audience larger. Designers are usually part of the dev process so I think it would still make sense with your name.
greenwalls··on The New Moto G
Pure Android is so much nicer.
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