110 karma · joined March 6, 2021
Why burn bridges?
I used to be very active in HN until I got into a heated discussion with someone and since then my HN "flag" privileges were stripped away.
I know I shouldn't care, but I couldn't help it. Now I am just lurking on HN and rarely reply with this new account using TOR and care as little about "karma" as I do about "producing value" with my replies to HN.
If the attacker can already access arbitrary files on your box, I don't think simple unix permissions will save you
Accidents happen. Even if it was a lab accident, it's not a reason to be outraged with the Chinese government.
I think in parallel to searching for the origin, they should also look into the reports that Chinese government tried to hid it under the carpet and only admitting that it couldn't control it after it was already spread all over the world.
That's the real crime of the Chinese government in regards to Covid and that's what people should be outraged about.
But yeah, good luck getting an unbiased report on that.
It's out of stock everywhere..