Hacker News: hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hn_ackerHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:06:47 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by hn_acker in "Cryptocurrency industry on track to surpass 2024 spending on Texas midterm races"]]>The full title is:

> Cryptocurrency industry is on track to surpass 2024 spending on Texas midterm races

]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:27:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834876hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834876https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834876<![CDATA[Cryptocurrency industry on track to surpass 2024 spending on Texas midterm races]]>Article URL: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/20/texas-crypto-currency-pacs-fairshake-menefee-green/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834875

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]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:27:40 +0000https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/20/texas-crypto-currency-pacs-fairshake-menefee-green/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834875https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834875<![CDATA[Georgia's Voting Technology Blunder]]>Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/18/dominion-sucks-actually/

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]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:38:58 +0000https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/18/dominion-sucks-actually/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817242https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817242<![CDATA[New comment by hn_acker in "Ban the sale of precise geolocation"]]>Cory Doctorow argued against using copyright law as a substitute for privacy law or labor law [1], and I argue the same for location privacy. Copyright law already gets abused enough in contexts that indisputably involve copying of creative work. I do not want to stretch copyright law into location/movement privacy, where nonconsensual recording of location/movement does not necessarily copy something created by the person whose location was tracked. At least in the US, copyright comes into existence when creative expression is recorded in a tangible medium (such as your device's RAM, because outside of my beloved meme world you cannot download more RAM), and the copyright belongs to whoever did the recording. If an app on your phone records your location, was it you who recorded it? Was it the phone maker who recorded it? Was it the app maker who recorded it? Keep in mind, maybe you didn't install the app, or maybe you weren't aware that the app would track your location when you first installed it.

[1] https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/21/the-internets-original-si...

]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811908hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811908https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811908<![CDATA[From Endless Frontier to Enemy of the People: The Assault on Public Science]]>Article URL: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from-endless-frontier-to-enemy-of-the-people--the-assault-on-public-science

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811508

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]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:01:32 +0000https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from-endless-frontier-to-enemy-of-the-people--the-assault-on-public-sciencehn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811508https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811508<![CDATA[Ban the sale of precise geolocation]]>Article URL: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/it-is-time-to-ban-the-sale-of-precise-geolocation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806304

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]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:25:46 +0000https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/it-is-time-to-ban-the-sale-of-precise-geolocationhn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806304https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806304<![CDATA[Tiktokification shall set us free]]>Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/17/for-youze/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806285

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]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:23:15 +0000https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/17/for-youze/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806285https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806285<![CDATA[How Push Notifications Can Betray Your Privacy (and What to Do About It)]]>Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/how-push-notifications-can-betray-your-privacy-and-what-do-about-it

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806179

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]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:15:01 +0000https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/how-push-notifications-can-betray-your-privacy-and-what-do-about-ithn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806179https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806179<![CDATA[New comment by hn_acker in "AGPLv3§7 Paragraph 4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware"]]>The original title is:

> AGPLv3§7¶4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware

]]>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:57:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795283hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795283https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795283<![CDATA[AGPLv3§7 Paragraph 4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware]]>Article URL: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/16/badgeware-onlyoffice-nextcloud-affero-gpl/

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]]>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:56:33 +0000https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/16/badgeware-onlyoffice-nextcloud-affero-gpl/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795256https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795256<![CDATA[A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers]]>Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/pascals-wager/

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]]>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:49:38 +0000https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/pascals-wager/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795113https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795113<![CDATA[Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise of Network Shutdowns]]>Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/digital-hopes-real-power-rise-network-shutdowns

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]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:41:04 +0000https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/digital-hopes-real-power-rise-network-shutdownshn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779688https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779688<![CDATA[Rights for Robots]]>Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/15/artificial-lifeforms/

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]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:39:54 +0000https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/15/artificial-lifeforms/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779678https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779678<![CDATA[New comment by hn_acker in "438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Required It Anyway"]]>The original title is:

> 438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.

]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:34:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779596hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779596https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779596<![CDATA[438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Required It Anyway]]>Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/

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]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:34:29 +0000https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779595https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779595<![CDATA[In Praise of (Some) Compartmentalization]]>Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/14/compartment/

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]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:53:48 +0000https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/14/compartment/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766448https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766448<![CDATA[Speaking Freely: Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco]]>Article URL: https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-dr-jean-linis-dinco

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]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:52:41 +0000https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-dr-jean-linis-dincohn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766436https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766436<![CDATA[War as a Pretext: Gulf States Are Tightening the Screws on Speech–Again]]>Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/war-pretext-gulf-states-are-tightening-screws-speech-again

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766430

Points: 53

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]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:52:17 +0000https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/war-pretext-gulf-states-are-tightening-screws-speech-againhn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766430https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766430<![CDATA[New comment by hn_acker in "Texas Tech cancels academic programs "centered on" sexual orientation, gender"]]>The original title is:

> Texas Tech System leader cancels academic programs “centered on” sexual orientation, gender identity

]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:32:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754526hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754526https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754526<![CDATA[Texas Tech cancels academic programs "centered on" sexual orientation, gender]]>Article URL: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/10/texas-tech-ban-gender-identity-sexual-orientation-academics/

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]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:32:06 +0000https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/10/texas-tech-ban-gender-identity-sexual-orientation-academics/hn_ackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754525https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754525