Hacker News: JeremyStinson

New comment by JeremyStinson in "1B identity records exposed in ID verification data leak"

JeremyStinson — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:18:21 +0000

All those people have high-priced lawyers that will keep them out of prison. The DBA and the Data Engineer will be the ones who go to jail for "Not ensuring all applicable data security controls were configured, and enabled, to prevent the detection, collection, and modification of any and all data assets within the purview of Company X, all its holdings and subsidiaries."

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away.""

JeremyStinson — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:17:13 +0000

In addition to what Twitch is doing, a banner popped up in the Android YouTube app stating that you need to upgrade to Premium to be able to "Jump Ahead to parts other users think are valuable". Different from skipping 10 seconds at a time, but there's a non-zero chance that'll be pay-walled too.

It'll only be a matter of time until you can't do anything but watch whatever content Google has curated for you, with no chance to adjust anything at all.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy"

JeremyStinson — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:43:32 +0000

Ironically, signing-up to Criterion isn't available in Australia:

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New comment by JeremyStinson in "Updated rate limits for unauthenticated requests"

JeremyStinson — Thu, 15 May 2025 05:45:15 +0000

Then it means they're looking at the User-Agent string and determining that an iPhone in Europe most likely has a human using it, and might not require rate-limiting.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "We're back: How tuberculosis is set to surge globally once again"

JeremyStinson — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:10:37 +0000

>"Even after treatments emerged to combat TB, their geographic availability revealed the prevalence of prejudice. Starting in the 1980s, the emergence of HIV/AIDS *allowed TB to spread more quickly through weakened immune systems*"

This is the statement that stood out to me. We've had 5 years of weakening immune systems, which has, with a high probability, contributed further to the spread of TB. History is repeating, again.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Scores for adults are dropping on tests of basic skills"

JeremyStinson — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 02:50:56 +0000

Given that there's known neurological complications from Covid infection, it's possible it's a contributing factor to the drop in test scores.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s"

JeremyStinson — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:28:08 +0000

To keep under 16s out, everyone over 16 needs to prove they are indeed over 16. It's like a nightclub/pub/bar - to get in, EVERYONE needs to prove their age, either with a real or fake ID.

IDs don't need to be collected and stored, but "reasonable steps" could mean that Meta, for example, may use services to verify a Driver's License or Passport number, or obtain a myID token that proves age.

How else do you keep kids out for their own safety?

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s"

JeremyStinson — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:20:10 +0000

You're either going to need to have a Digital Id, such as the Australian Govt myID, or something else to prove you're over 16. A burner email doesn't prove age, and that's what AusGov says they want to do.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s"

JeremyStinson — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:45:56 +0000

That's the outcome of the law.

Think of it this way - how will YOU, specifically, prove you are actually over the age of 16 without having some proof of age object that is tied to your device(s) or usage patterns?

If a 15 year old will have to prove they're 16 to use a service, so will a 35 year old. It's not just the kids proving their age.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s"

JeremyStinson — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:34:13 +0000

Only for activation of a service, which has nothing to do with the actual user. Purchase a phone using cash from any store selling mobile phones, and then use free WiFi (however insecure that may be) anywhere you can find it. If you want mobile data, get someone to register a prepaid SIM card, then add money to it using a prepaid debit card from AusPost, which you don't need ID to do.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s"

JeremyStinson — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:08:57 +0000

Just so it's clear - this new law will require everyone over 16 to provide proof-of-age, and thus identity, to use the most popular portions of the internet. Saving the children is the voter-acceptable way of getting it past public scrutiny, and paves the way for a national DigitalID that will be required by all citizens.

New comment by JeremyStinson in "Daily steps and all-cause mortality"

JeremyStinson — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 22:27:45 +0000

You don't need a destination when the walk is the goal.