Hacker News: loeg

New comment by loeg in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

loeg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:33:47 +0000

I may be misremembering, or it may have changed; I've been using Signal from the early days.

New comment by loeg in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

loeg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:06:46 +0000

I think you're on the wrong thread?

New comment by loeg in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

loeg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:05:07 +0000

> If you care about security at all, you disable any previews on the lock screen. The lock screen is by definition visible to anyone without any authorization. Showing anything on it immediately destroys any secrecy. It must be obvious to anyone capable of elementary logic inference.

With at least one combination of settings, it shows the message content only when the lockscreen has been unlocked, but not yet swiped away.

New comment by loeg in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

loeg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:02:07 +0000

I thought name-only was the default.

New comment by loeg in "EFF is leaving X"

loeg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:55:46 +0000

Something like 20% of Americans use Twitter.

New comment by loeg in "EFF is leaving X"

loeg — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:05:57 +0000

I didn't comment on directionality, just that you were objecting to a change (synonymously, a shift).

New comment by loeg in "EFF is leaving X"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:50:19 +0000

> not complaining about shifting positions

> EFF has changed

> EFF was fairly neutral ... Last year, they began ... I saw them becoming more and more partisan

I mean, I read that as a shift.

New comment by loeg in "EFF is leaving X"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:49:21 +0000

> Misgendering someone or refusing to recognize their gender identity is sexism and transmisogyny.

It must be some "ist" of you to assume it isn't transmisandry instead.

(And not sure that anything related to gender identity specifically divorced from sex is "sexism.")

New comment by loeg in "EFF is leaving X"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:58:02 +0000

GP is complaining about a shift from one set of positions to a different set.

New comment by loeg in "EFF is leaving X"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:56:58 +0000

Does anyone seriously think EFF posting to X yesterday tarnished their brand? Be real.

New comment by loeg in "EFF is leaving X"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:56:14 +0000

You're keeping Reddit of all places? If you want a net win for attention and value, Reddit ain't it.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:31:54 +0000

Are the small fines for red light violations costlier, or the impact on health and life from the collisions red light running inevitably causes? I think letting poor areas be high traffic injury areas through deliberate neglect is even costlier to the poor who live there than red light fines.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:28:29 +0000

It's also bizarre because light timings are set by DOTs, not police departments...

Do you think your local DOT is corrupt? I think mine is inept, but not corrupt.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:25:50 +0000

https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/international-crime...

> U.S. crime rates for the three violent crimes homicide, rape, robbery) were several times higher than the averages for reporting European countries. The U.S. homicide rate was 10.5-7.9 per 100,000 population compared to Europe's less than 2 per 100,000. The U.S. rate for rape was approximately seven times higher than the average for Europe. United States robbery rates were approximately four times higher than those in Europe. Theft and auto theft in the United States were approximately twice as high as in Europe. The U.S. rates for violent crime were also higher than those for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but differences were smaller than those for Europe.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:43:14 +0000

This is a bizarre comment. What level of absence of evidence would you accept to prove "not corrupt enough?" The "corruption snack" language strongly suggests you aren't really interested in changing your mind even if such evidence could be provided.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:37:13 +0000

> Do you have empirical evidence that we "habitually coddle criminals"?

In this context, we're talking about SF, not the US at large. Yes, SF is well known for coddling criminals. This is, obviously, a qualitative characterization -- it cannot be proven empirically. But we can point at characteristic examples:

https://ktxs.com/news/nation-world/san-francisco-ends-5m-alc...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f-start-allowing-ev...

https://www.denvergazette.com/2024/01/27/california-finally-...

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/yes-its-ok-to-be-mad-about-cri...

(There's some hope it's improving very recently or in the near future.)

> The united states locks up more of their people than pretty much any other nation...

We (the US) have more criminality than many peer nations. We either lock them up, or let them be free despite doing crimes.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:33:27 +0000

You're taking something that has happened at least once and extrapolating it to every situation; this isn't accurate.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:31:12 +0000

If they only installed them based on collision/injury data, and that data identified mostly poor areas, you would be ok with it? Because this is what the data finds over and over. The people most harmed by red light running are the poor people who live in these neighborhoods.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:29:39 +0000

They provide law enforcement timely information about the location of wanted (e.g., stolen) vehicles. Law enforcement can act on that information. If law enforcement does not have that information, it cannot act on it.

New comment by loeg in "US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology"

loeg — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:27:16 +0000

https://x.com/jeffmklein/status/1430876370175987712