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qb··on Ask HN: Anyone used Estonia's E-Residency for Business?
I have applied for the card last month and might use some Estonian e-services in the future. SignWise[0] will save some time when signing contracts with persons from countries with supported e-IDs. Forming a company in Estonia remotely is indeed very easy, however there appears to be little benefit compared to e.g. the UK, which makes online limited company formation just as easy (you do not even need a digital ID card) and has a well-known legal system. Since I am a resident of Germany, my Estonian company would be taxed here and could not enjoy the unique Estonian corporate income tax regime anyway.

[0] https://www.signwise.me

qb··on We've developed an automated Bitcoin arbitrage platform
"Bitllama Ltd" does not exist according to Companies House. Are you aware of the legal risks that entails?
qb··on SecureDrop
> Unfortunately, we're "as safe as SSL" no matter what, unless the source has a separate way to verify the .onion address on the SSL-protected page.

Print it in the physical newspaper. The German computer magazine c't prints their PGP key fingerprints in the masthead.

qb··on Launched a payment processor that accepts XRP, DOGE, BTC, and LTC
How do you guys make money with the main service? 2% seems too low for the manual work involved. Miles earning credit cards?
qb··on Ask HN: Temporary Apps?
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/05/apple-re...
qb··on Free Your Android
This list of FOSS alternatives to popular proprietary Android apps is longer and more usable than a simple blog post: http://droid-break.info/.
qb··on ASK: Messenger app name ideas
Suggestion: BurnerChat
qb··on Where can EU citizen study computer science tuition-free?
Germany
qb··on Mozilla’s Firefox OS Gives The Open Web Top Billing On Mobile
Apple patented the idea to temporarily install apps based on location: http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/05/apple-re....
qb··on Hidden HN Pages
https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors
qb··on Instabridge - Share your WIFI with friends
My suggestions:

- Support grabbing passwords automatically for rooted phones, like InstaWifi (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.jessechen....). Or maybe hire the developer and get the superior app name as a bonus? ;-)

- Initially, access to public encrypted networks is going to be the most important use case for users. Good idea to circumvent the chicken-and-egg problem this way! I think you should put more emphasis on this feature in the video and on the site.

- Is it possible to hide the phone number verification SMS? I think the WhatsApp setup flow does it.

qb··on Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
*A as well: http://www.staralliance.com/en/services/visa-and-health/
qb··on Reinventing the Airline Industry
It could also be a liability issue – you cannot guarantee that the person viewing the online safety demonstration is the same who is going to fly.
qb··on Reinventing the Airline Industry
Algorithms are in fact used by airline revenue management departments for perfecting consumer ticket price discrimination. Which is a good thing for the leisure traveller, as their tickets are "subsidized" by people buying more flexible etc. business fares.
qb··on Google Launches Ingress, a Worldwide Mobile Alternate Reality Game
qube23 gmail com
qb··on Show HN: Use your mac as an alarm clock without any special alarm clock apps
Thanks, I used #3. Counting on it to wake me up tomorrow.
qb··on My New Setup
Try http://www.soocial.com/.
qb··on Ask HN: Brainstorming alternative Facebook models
Open-source client software with strong public-key cryptography (built to a spec, like XMPP clients)

Web of trust for key verification

Content hosted on your friends' computers (similar to Freenet and Wuala)

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