Hacker News: 0x426577617265

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Raspberry Pi config for all things Internet"

0x426577617265 — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 18:58:02 +0000

I'm having a hard time visualizing how I could use only one interface. How would the rest of the devices connects? Or are you suggesting using as a wifi only router?

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Facebook apology as AI labels black men 'primates'"

0x426577617265 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 03:43:23 +0000

The article I saw with the screenshot was from NYTimes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/technology/facebook-ai-ra...

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Show HN: Age 1.0 – Simple, modern and secure file encryption"

0x426577617265 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 03:28:32 +0000

I like age. I use it with wormhole for quick transfer jobs. Thanks for all the work on this!

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Facebook apology as AI labels black men 'primates'"

0x426577617265 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:13:31 +0000

I’m fairly certain if you showed pictures of both groups to a toddler they’d be able to sort them correctly. It’s really not hard for a human to tell the difference. Which tells me that FB’s AI isn’t really that great.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Rejected internal job applicants are twice as likely to quit"

0x426577617265 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:14:15 +0000

> The sage wisdom from the ILM professor was essentially to avoid pissing off rejected candidates by not interviewing them, as interviewing is a signal that the employees are qualified.

It makes sense, if the candidate is interviewed + rejected they know there is no upward mobility for them in the company. The next logical step is to look for employment elsewhere that may offer upward mobility.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases"

0x426577617265 — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:42:09 +0000

zerodium does payout for zero days -- but I don't think this would qualify. Scroll down to see list of prices.

https://zerodium.com/program.html

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple"

0x426577617265 — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:43:08 +0000

I switched from Linux to an M1 MacBook Air when it came out. I just don't sign into iCloud or use the app store and I have a pretty great experience. The battery life is fantastic and I just install applications from developer's websites.I use FireFox for browser, built in Terminal, Enpass (password manager), Parallels Desktop (VMs), Thunderbird, and Joplin for notes. That's really all I use. So no need for any of the other Apple ecosystem. I do use brew to use stuff like tmux and a few other cli tools.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "FOSS app removed from the Play Store for linking to the project's website"

0x426577617265 — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:10:02 +0000

These aren't payments. The user isn't purchasing anything.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources"

0x426577617265 — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:25:38 +0000

That's correct. If the government asked them to do it, then it would require a warrant to conduct the search.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources"

0x426577617265 — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:22:19 +0000

It's covered in 18 U.S. Code § 2258A - Reporting requirements of providers

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources"

0x426577617265 — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:21:20 +0000

Law Enforcement can also get access to that metadata -- it's called a mail cover. See U.S. v. Choate.

"A mail cover is a surveillance of an addressee's mail conducted by postal employees at the request of law enforcement officials. While not expressly permitted by federal statute, a mail cover is authorized by postal regulations in the interest of national security and crime prevention, and permits the recording of all information appearing on the outside cover of all classes of mail."

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "The Problem with Perceptual Hashes"

0x426577617265 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 20:11:45 +0000

I would assume yes, that this would cover iMessage backups since it is uploaded to their system.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "The Problem with Perceptual Hashes"

0x426577617265 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 18:55:47 +0000

I think so, since the iMessages are synced across devices.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "The Problem with Perceptual Hashes"

0x426577617265 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 04:51:02 +0000

If the process of identifying the images is done on the device, then a jailbroken device will likely give an attacker access to the entire DB. I'm not sure how useful it would be, but if the attacker did have access to actual known CSAM images it probably wouldn't be hard for them to produce false positives and test it against the DB on the jailbroken device, without notifying the company.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "The Problem with Perceptual Hashes"

0x426577617265 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 04:40:03 +0000

Why would they hoard it in the camera/iPhotos app? I assume that storage is mostly pictures taken with the device. Wouldn't this be the least likely place to find a hoard of known images?

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "The Problem with Perceptual Hashes"

0x426577617265 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 04:37:20 +0000

Couldn't the hack just be as simple as sending someone an iMessage with the images attached? Or somehow identify/modify non-illegal images to match the perceptual hash -- since it's not a cryptographic hash.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communication"

0x426577617265 — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 01:26:30 +0000

There is a fairly large caveat to this and it happens to also deal with children.

18 U.S. Code § 2258A - Reporting requirements of providers

In short, it requires ESPs to report incidents of child exploitation that they become aware of to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

According to NCMEC's published data there were over 20 million reports in 2020. The latest breakdown by ESP I could find was from 2019, which shows facebook making 15 million reports.

https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/gethelp/...

EDIT: Here's the 2020 report:

https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/gethelp/...

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Vim Modes Transition Diagram"

0x426577617265 — Tue, 25 May 2021 05:33:39 +0000

kinkos

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', opposition says"

0x426577617265 — Sun, 23 May 2021 17:52:42 +0000

So true. Both Greece and Lithuania are EU members. Part of the EU mission is to provide freedom & security for the members. So here we are, do something.

New comment by 0x426577617265 in "Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', opposition says"

0x426577617265 — Sun, 23 May 2021 17:50:01 +0000

WWII