Hacker News: c_c_c

New comment by c_c_c in "Facebook Has No First Amendment Right to Send Unauthorized Texts, Says Court"

c_c_c — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:38:05 +0000

Yes. In the top right of the post there is an expandable menu. One of the choices is save post or save link to post.

New comment by c_c_c in "HN comments are underrated"

c_c_c — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:53:09 +0000

Yes, those poor persecuted "whites". With the minorities running the U.S. now, it's very dangerous for us. I narrowly avoided being sent to one of the "whites" concentration camps myself.

New comment by c_c_c in "HN comments are underrated"

c_c_c — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:46:45 +0000

This is certainly true. The "race of users" isn't being "police[d]". It is just a reflection of the subject matter of HN and a reflection of the tech field in general.

New comment by c_c_c in "HN comments are underrated"

c_c_c — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:42:39 +0000

Nothing, but it certainly limits perspectives.

New comment by c_c_c in "Hackers say Friday's massive DDoS attacks were just a dry run"

c_c_c — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 01:34:22 +0000

This is trolling

New comment by c_c_c in "Facebook Messenger begins testing end-to-end encryption using Signal Protocol"

c_c_c — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 01:41:14 +0000

You answered your own question. No, serious threats do not use Facebook Messenger. The reason it's limited deploy is technical (for now) not caging. Metadata is more important than content. They will always have the metadata.

New comment by c_c_c in "DuckDuckGo announces partnership with Yahoo"

c_c_c — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 03:46:31 +0000

I think the implication is for Google to just do search. Nothing else. Not to be niche product with a few users.

New comment by c_c_c in "How landlords get kickbacks to lock tenants into big Internet providers"

c_c_c — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:19:32 +0000

Do you enjoy Verizon press releases? "Miles ran", "houses passed". Industry doublespeak. NYC residents invested those billions via rate hikes the PUC granted to Verizon!! It was subsidized even though Verizon claims otherwise. And they didn't deliver.

http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doitt/downloads/pdf/verizon-audit...

https://www3.dps.ny.gov/pscweb/WebFileRoom.nsf/Web/B849A0203...

http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/415-15/de-blasi...

New comment by c_c_c in "Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook"

c_c_c — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 19:00:35 +0000

Not going to comment on the efficacy of "used" versus "user" in RMS' argument here. However, your comparison to "Democrap", etc. doesn't seem to fit here very well. The former is a shorthand for his entire argument and technically correct. Facebook "users" are "used" by Facebook. This is their business model. The latter is just simple name calling serving no useful purpose.

New comment by c_c_c in "Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B"

c_c_c — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:13:42 +0000

It won't be fixed. If anything it will be worse...

New comment by c_c_c in "Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B"

c_c_c — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:08:51 +0000

This is the most bizarre thing I've heard. People want Snapchat, Instagram. People have LinkedIn. No one wants it. It's a dinosaur. People using it actively just haven't realized it's dead already.

New comment by c_c_c in "Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B"

c_c_c — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:04:37 +0000

What makes you say that? Why do you think this is rogue employee behavior?

New comment by c_c_c in "Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B"

c_c_c — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:01:36 +0000

LinkedIn at 10% of Facebook's cap is super over valued. It's pure spam. Everyone is suggesting Microsoft will improve, add features! It would have been better and cheaper to create from scratch. LinkedIn exists in a space that none of the big player care to enter seriously.

New comment by c_c_c in "Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B"

c_c_c — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:55:20 +0000

Facebook is irritating and intrusive. LinkedIn is spam. It's garbage used because legacy and lack of alternative.

New comment by c_c_c in "Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]"

c_c_c — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:22:33 +0000

Not respected maybe but lolcode is functional, complete, and extensible.

New comment by c_c_c in "FBI wants access to browser history without a warrant in terrorism, spy cases"

c_c_c — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 04:41:00 +0000

Not relevant to your point, but Hoover never retired. He died in office.

New comment by c_c_c in "This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've seen in years"

c_c_c — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 03:02:12 +0000

You do realize that Stuxnet required a failure of physical security. Either an agent inserted intentionally via USB or an employee inserted a compromised USB unwillingly. Neither should happen in a secure facility.

The paper shows simple yet sophisticated POC. The simplicity is the scary part. BTW, do you think the University of Michigan spends more on research than the NSA, GCHQ, BND, DGSE, 3PLA, etc.

New comment by c_c_c in "This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've seen in years"

c_c_c — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:38:19 +0000

No. If your job is to secure systems there is zero difference. If other than primary has key, it's not secure. If you can break in, it's not secure. Legal arguments are irrelevant.

New comment by c_c_c in "This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've seen in years"

c_c_c — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:19:26 +0000

Host OS being compromised is one thing. Hardware compromised? VM won't help you

New comment by c_c_c in "This is the most demonically clever computer security attack I've seen in years"

c_c_c — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:17:26 +0000

I really hope you're not involved with securing sensitive systems. This is the nightmare right here. Who cares about hardened a OS when the hardware is compromised in a way that is virtually undetectable. Very few have the resources to verify every item on the board and its purpose. The fact that this is even possible is a problem.